Read Beck’s Memorial Day Message Featuring Abe Lincoln and Sam Adams
- Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:36am by
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Get excited — summer starts today! And this is hands down the most important summer of your life. This is the summer we take the responsibility of restoring America out of government hands and put it back into ours. We’ve got a lot of work to do.
But before I get into what I want you to do this summer, let’s take a moment and remember what our brave men and women in the military have already done and continue to do for this country and for freedom around the globe. After the disgraceful way we treated Vietnam vets, we promised to never let that happen again. Today is a great chance to stop and remember the price the countless heroes have paid to secure our freedom.
This Memorial Day, I’m drawn more than ever to the words of Abraham Lincoln. Speaking in his Gettysburg Address, he said, “It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
Those beautiful words describe not only the incredible price American soldiers pay for our freedom, but also the responsibility that we owe to those soldiers to make sure their sacrifice was not in vain. Everyday, “We the People” are charged with making sure freedom is not lost in this great country. Do you want to be the generation that allowed freedom to perish? That allowed the greatest nation in the history of the planet to fail? I for one am not going to sit silently and wait for someone else to do something about it. The time for action is now.
One of the major stops along the road is Restoring Love. Most regular seating is sold out, but there are packages still available that will offer three full days of amazing programming and events focused on getting us all active, informed, and organized – not just as a political movement but as a cultural one.
Mercury One, my non-profit initiative, is currently holding a charity auction in order to raise funds for
the event. Please check it out here.
I know you are busy. But I urge you to do whatever it is you can. One day your kids will ask you what you did during this time. The words of Samuel Adams come to mind:
“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; may your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countryman.”
What’s it going to be: Another summer in the tranquility of servitude? Or will you join the animating contest for freedom? The choice is yours.
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Comments (154)
eaugallie
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:06pmBeck would be well advised to take up the mantle of a much greater man like George Washington. Lincoln was a scoundrel on all counts. Was is a racket and patriotism is always the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Report Post »StandingOnMyHead
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:35pmI agree, I wish Glenn would stop idolizing Lincoln and using him as a symbol of love. After all, Lincoln was truly a puppet for the 1848 Marxists that settled in Illinois and helped Lincoln win office so that he could push their agenda. Seems not much as changed in the last 150 years.
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:45pmWhat nonsense. Leave the country if you hate it so much. Move to Cuba.
Report Post »UnreconstructedLibertarian
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 3:36pmHey anonymouse, you need to wise up.
Check out the likes of Carl Shurz. Just a search on that name alone will garner you at least 20 more examples of the same.
Ever had a look at Charles Dana’s politics. Lincoln’s Assistant Secretary of War, flaming socialist who personally accepted Karl Marx’s “Manifesto” from the hand of Joseph Weydemeyer. Dana was penpals with and personal employer of Marx.
Have you ever studied any of Lincoln’s administration for any connection to socialists? I’ll bet not, but the flaming liberals sure know the facts about it.
God bless you EAUGALLIE and STANDINGONMYHEAD for pursuing the truth. The Lincoln myth is the most insidious lie perpetrated on the American psyche, Obama‘s faux legend is the 2’nd.
Report Post »DamocleAurelius
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 5:45pmActually the greatest lie told about Lincoln is that someone who fought to free slaves somehow was in league with slaver-minded indiviuals, or had some agenda to further enslave America. You “good ‘ol boys” hate to be reminded that the Civi War only happened because some selfish a**holes from the South felt entitled to treat human beings as property against their will
Report Post »UnreconstructedLibertarian
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:25pmHey Damocles,
You might want to read Lincoln’s state of the union adress, December 1862.
Read all of it. Abe was perfectly willing to allow slavery into perpetuity, set up federal funds for those states who would free them by 1900 to compensate the emancipation – and gave the Confederate States 100 days to come back if they’d agree to it. Doesn‘t seem like he’s too worried about taking the US off the gold standard, nor running big deficits in the Mail, or having any qualms about enlarging government even during war – hence the establishment of the USDA and transcontintal railroad.
Us “Good Ol’ boys” aren’t the ones lying – its the folks feeding your this Lincolnite crap to keep the train rolling toward socialism. Marx wasn’t a well recorded supporter of Lincoln and the “Union” for nothing; he never mentions slavery without equating the “plight of the working-man” with it – which is the socialist mantra. So as it was in 1861, it is now in 2012. If you’re conservative presently, you’re a racist slaveowner – even though slavery hasn’t existed for 143 years – and nobody is calling for its return.
Marxists have always been the same and have used the same language since Lincoln. The Marxist Liberal Progressives have a more legitimate claim on the the man than any Conservative ever has, and Obama is about to prove it to you. When he pulls the trigger, he’ll evoke the name of Lincoln to justify himself – will you cheer then?
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:51pmDamocleAurelius
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 5:45pm
Actually the greatest lie told about Lincoln is that someone who fought to free slaves somehow was in league with slaver-minded indiviuals, or had some agenda to further enslave America.
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…….and de-nial is a river in Egypt too!:
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Report Post »“I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution—which amendment, however, I have not seen—has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.”
-Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
soybomb315
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:47pmLincoln’s policy throughout his political career was that all the slaves should be deported to the Carribean or Africa. As a state senator, Lincoln was in favor of preventing free blacks from entering the state. Lincoln was part of the Whig Party which today would translate into a protectionist-high tariff-government subsidized industry type of person…..Sort of a democrat moderate.
Lincoln wrote to Horace Greely on August 22, 1862 -almost a year and a half after the Civil War broke out, when the South was gaining momentum and the outcome was far from certain….
“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”
IF WE ARE TO BEAT PROGRESSIVISM, WE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND PROGRESSIVISM IN OUR OWN PARTY
Read more about Lincoln here
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PresidentDowngrade
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:08pmGlen is a shill for Zion. Gives a little, takes a lot. Don’t be fooled. Sad really, I had a lot of affection for him.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 10:56pmI wonder how much money Glenn is going to make off this thing? And how much money people are going to lose going there? Given the title “Restoring Love”, I wonder how much is going to actually be about hate. Think any blacks or Jews or Mexicans will show up? I doubt it.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:33pm@Anonymouse.
If you are wondering where all your sick links went you can thank me.
@jzs
Report Post »You’re a sick little man with a sick little mind. Glenn has more black people on his show than MSDNC.
rebelwuf
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:57pmI wish Glenn would truly study what Lincoln did and said. He always tell us to “Question with Boldness”. I do question why he idolizes someone who raped the Constitution, had the Maryland Legislature arrested so they could not vote against him, tried to have the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court arrested, only “freed” slaves in a country of which he was not president, and was seriously considering sending blacks back to Africa. And these are only a few examples.
Report Post »BubbaSC
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:25amLincoln gives Beck his standing with the 12% and the Lincoln Cult. If you want credibility with the progressives and liberals, while spouting conservative, you have to tow the line with Lincoln or be called a RACIST. Hitler spoke very highly of his Army also. I feel sure Ho Chi Minh gave great speeches about the soldiers he used too, Beck will spout a lot of holier than thou stuff. Beck does not do his own research, he has others do it for him.
Report Post »blamelessace5
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 1:27amI love how all the ronnies are out …its funny because as soon as i looked up abraham lincols socialist? in the google search i automaticaly got a book by ron paul on abraham lincoln being a socialist …its funny because people that dont agree with the great leader ron are socialists??
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 2:05amHey JZSaul,
Think any intelligent, moral, pro-life, hard working, tax paying people will show up at the democrat convention?
But hey, since it’s in NC, you got a real good shot at getting that moron of a high school indoctrinator to show up and give the keynote speech.
That would be cool………huh?
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:44pmGlen cannot get his head out from MLKs rectum. He is so caught up in the “Lincoln Good-everybody else bad” crap. I agree with other posters. Lincoln was a big fed govt goon. He sent Sherman and his creeps to terrorize and burn the South for nothing other than revenge. I will not bow down a kiss his feet like Glen does. I find Lincoln a disgusting dead president. He is not a hero.
Report Post »LanceJ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:02pmHe really needs to shut up.
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:41pmYes. Glenneth is a huckster, just like Andrew Breitbart said last December.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:55pmObama? You bet. He’s talking now. I turn off the volume. I can’t stand lies. All he does is lie.
EGYPT: Has it occurred to any of you that HAD HILLARY or OBAMA encouraged the Opposition once The “President” of Egypt was over thrown, there would not be a choice between the Old Regime and the Muslim Brotherhood? If anyone had helped this NEW DEMOCRACY potential, they’d have selected their BEST of 9 Pro-Democratic candidates and whomped on the bloody Muslim Brotherhood/Previous Dictator’s Military head. MAYBE when the EGYPTIAN people get fed up with the MUSLIM b.s. …and they revolt again, we can assist them. MAYBE by then we’ll have claimed AMERICA back from that COMMIE/MARXIST/SOCIALIST/SHARIA LAW LOVIN’ J.A. in the WH.
FYI http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html#ixzz1w6N2gnbE
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY. Get busy locally. Kick these liberal Commies out of office. Send Obama packin’. He has to be a psychopath/sociopath. He’s all but ruined America. We had such high hopes for him. All Dashed. Never again.
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:01pmYou Lincoln bashers are morons.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:26pmLiberals worship Lincoln….That should tell you republicans something
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:36pmWhat? You’re delusional. wow
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:45pmFree your mind — your ____ will follow. —-> 1st person accounts—> “apotheosis ceremony” means what?? hm—> — http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/george-edmonds/facts-and-falsehoods-concerning-the-war-on-the-south-1861-1865-omd.shtml
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:52pmYou‘re not another member of the Bill O’Reilly book club, are you?:
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Report Post »“The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there–has there ever been–any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy? Armies, the world over, destroy enemie’s property when they can not use it; and even destroy their own to keep it from the enemy.”
-Abraham Lincoln, Letter to James C. Conkling, August 26, 1863
ALL4FREEDOM
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 5:29pmResponse to KIDCHARLEMAGNE: you removed the statement from it’s context, with the result of communicating the opposite intent of the author. The same thing happened with Chief Justice Taney’s remarks in the Dread Scott Decision. Common practice for liberals and progressives, it is intellectually dishonest. Thankfully, you gave the link so others could read, and thus discover, the truth.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:38pmALL4FREEDOM
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 5:29pm
Response to KIDCHARLEMAGNE: you removed the statement from it’s context,
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Actually, I didn’t…..you just imagined that I did….
When Lincoln says: “The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property.” …..then he is talking about using human beings as an object or instrument in order to use them to wage war with…
The Emancipation Proclamation didn’t free any slaves inside Union-held territory at all (that wouldn’t occur until ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1866)…..Lincoln’s only interest was to use the slaves remaining inside Confederate-held territory as a weapon against the Confederate army.
It’s crystal clear what Lincoln is referring to here, so I don‘t know what ’other’ context there is that you could possibly be referring to.
Haven’t you ever used somebody before in order to get what you want??
Report Post »blamelessace5
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 1:31amdidnt ron paul start calling lincoln a socialist …yes yes it was …lol god you ron paul people are litteraly 3 screws loose from a break down ….ITS OVER HES DONE! lol god ..you guys are just like obama supporters its soooo anoying !! and who do you all think showed the american public about progressivism?? thats right glenn beck so every time your dear leader paul states somthing about bad progressives …just remember glenn beck brought that to light not mr. political candidate ron paul.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:48am@blamelessace5
Report Post »why dont you try to do some honest research? I am a big ron paul fan but i have never heard him speak or write about Lincoln. There are a ton of books and websites out there that will tell you about his positions, ideas, and the unconstitutional things he did.
Mil-Dot
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:52pmDon’t worry Soybomb. The mouse is just another brain-washed maxist product of the U.S. public education system. You cannot expect a mouth breather to accept facts as truth. His indoctrinators (er I mean teachers) told him that Lincoln was great, that he fought the civil war to free the slaves and he’s not going to let the facts stand in his little commie pinko way.
Report Post »Hkitty
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:00pmMy husband and I went to our little community’s Memorial Day parade. It was an awesome sight to see people of all creeds and colors paying their respect to the fallen and to the living who currently are serving. When members of the different branches of the military walked by, everyone rose to their feet and started clapping and cheering. Now this is the America that Glenn and all of us envison where we can stand shoulder to shoulder, despite our differences and celebrate the people who fought for our freedom!
Report Post »LanceJ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:52pmIs there anyone more fake than this clown?
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:59pmyou… maybe…
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:17pmGlen Beck is helping save this country.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:29pmLance, the sooner you realize you have no ability to judge charactor, the better off you’ll be. You are pathetic, posting your marketing garbage here. You are a low life dirtbag. Go look in the mirror and you’ll see what I mean
Report Post »ejelectric
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:29pmSometimes the truth hurts
Report Post »RosePurple
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:25pmI want to thank all of the men and women whom have served our Country. Thank you to all from old to young for upholding our Constitution. If it weren’t for all of you, and the good people of America we wouldn’t have the FREEDOMS we do!
Report Post »Thank you GOD for our freedom and please keep our military strong and safe. AMEN
Guitar Master
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“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”
“Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy (communists, fascists & radical Islam) is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, He will fight savagely.”
“Good luck ! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.”
These quotes are taken from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s speech to the D-Day invasion force. If only we could have the likes of a Dwight Eisenhower or a George Patton with us today.
The words in Ike’s speech apply to us. Heed them and prepare to defend liberty.
God Bless this land and all who fought to keep her free.
“Better to die on my feet than to live on my knees!”
Report Post »AgentP
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:24pmWow, Sam Adams was not mincing words. Now he minces hops to make delicious beer.
Sadly, had our Founding Fathers‘ faith in man’s freedom been conserved, it would not need to be restored. To keep shining the world’s only beacon of freedom for all of mankind we must Restore America Now!
Happy Memorial Day
Report Post »45-ACP
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:20pmGOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!
Report Post »LocknLoad
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brother_ed
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:12pmHappy Memorial Day Blazers.
Thanks for all you do Glenn.
See you at Restoring Love.
Report Post »georgepatton
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:02pmGod Bless America: THE ONLY BEACON OF FREEDOM IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »jc78
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:54pmLets remember all those that died for our freedoms.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=220hCk1Omw0
Report Post »OTBoxer
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 1:34pmYes, let us always remember their ulitmate sacrifices and honor them for it! But let’s also remember that the last ones who gave their full measure of devotion for actual liberty were the fallen in the war for independence. All others since have given it for the self-serving whims and designs of politicians who themselves never lifted a finger, nor dodged a bullet in battle, nor missed a warm meal or bed, for it!! Many, many, many, and many many more horrific sacrifices in war could have been avoided, but for the existence of the class of parasitic monopolists of compulsion and coercion, pols, lusting and agitating for power! Info on how to avoid repeating such tragedies in the future through making America pol-free is now available in the book Democracy-The God That Failed.
Report Post »Reload
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:47pmAs I do I consider you.
Report Post »thebigquad
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:32pmI stand with you, Glenn. God Bless America!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:32pmI stand with Glen Beck, as well as others who are in defense of this country and her Constitution as our forefathers wrote the Constitution to be implemented, for which it stands with the Spirit and Truth in the meaning thereof. I stand always for those who have died for our country and all the Heros dead and alive who serve and have served our conuntry honorably. I stand for all those who are now in all our cemeteries across the land and for those who are dead on foreign soil who have stood with America and those who have never returned home. I thank Glen Beck for the sharing of his insight, knowlege, time and expense to inform the American Public as to what is going on in this land. May God bless and protect Glen Beck and all those fighting along side those who stand, however they may be standing, for this country.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:27pmI think… Glenn Beck & David Barton… are GREATER… than the men that they Praise!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:25pmI caught the end of BHO’s Memorial Day message, I truly found it amazing, the way he can get up and say things he doesn’t believe is truly a reflection of his evil.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:37pmFlim-Flam men only say what you want to hear.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:45pmThere is a Good BHO… and a Bad BHO! The Good BHO wants Votes; the Bad BHO is a Nasty Socialist, bent upon destroying America, and runs the Country!
Report Post »pennsychica
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:21pmWow, Adams’ words put me in my place. I am printing them out now and hanging them on my bathroom mirror where I will see them as I am getting ready to face the world every day. I do not want to become complacent. May God continue to remind all of us and guide us in our unfinished work of recovering and restoring the original intention of America from those who have and continue to seek it’s destruction. May we do so In memory of ALL of our fallen Heros and in the Name of our God.
Report Post »BoyScout_Mom
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 3:36pmAmen, I agree, a very stirring charge… Every single one of us has the responsibility to defend the liberty their blood purchased, every day, and it will take every single one of us.
Charge!…
Report Post »Delores at CH WV
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:20pmWhat a bunch of losers that use Memorial Day to slam of very, great man. Thank You for reminding me of Lincoln and all of those great men in history who loved this Republic. Glenn, I pray for your family to have a great rest this weekend. Joe P. is great; however, I miss you guys but understand that your family needs you too.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:56pmLincoln was a big govt maxist. If that is what you call a great man, then have at it. You have been brainwashed.
Report Post »KidCharlemagne
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:14pmFreedom in America rapidly began disappearing under Lincoln….
In fact, America’s first progressive income tax system was instituted (taken directly from Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto in 1848) in the year 1862:
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“In 1862, in order to support the Civil War effort, Congress enacted the nation’s first income tax law. It was a forerunner of our modern income tax in that it was based on the principles of graduated, or progressive, taxation and of withholding income at the source. During the Civil War, a person earning from $600 to $10,000 per year paid tax at the rate of 3%. Those with incomes of more than $10,000 paid taxes at a higher rate. Additional sales and excise taxes were added, and an “inheritance” tax also made its debut. In 1866, internal revenue collections reached their highest point in the nation’s 90-year history—more than $310 million, an amount not reached again until 1911.
The Act of 1862 established the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The Commissioner was given the power to assess, levy, and collect taxes, and the right to enforce the tax laws through seizure of property and income and through prosecution. The powers and authority remain very much the same today.”
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005921.html
The inheritance tax was certainly an added bonus!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:29pmI love… FACTS!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:30pmKarl Marx sent a letter to Lincoln in November 1864 congradulating him on winning re-election. Marx was supporting Lincolns abolishing slavery (only in the south), but I have a feeling it was really about increasing federal power and crushing states rights
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:20pm@SOY…
Report Post »I pretend that I am a Supreme Court Judge… and I ask: What was the thinking & position of the Founders. I believe that they emphasized States over National Government… and saw Union as simply being a Beneficial Conidtion, as in the First Confederacy, where lacking Benefit could result in Independent Republics, such as Texas!
JediKnight
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:51pm@Soy: You do realize that slavery had already been abolished, through States rights, in the North? There was no need to abolish it in the North since the citizens found it disgusting. I hope you also realize that the Missouri compromise is one of many steps that led directly to the Civil War. That effectively drew an imaginary line through the country that would become the source of animosity between the North and the South.
I honestly believe that slavery would have eventually been stamped out through States rights, but I also agree with Lincoln. If the States have to vote to allow you in, they should have to vote in order for you to leave.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 8:59pm@Jedi
I live in Virginia. The colonies did not vote whether to accept Virginia….Each state voted independently whether they wanted to join. You are wrong to say that they ‘allowed’ Virginia in. Therefore, if an individual state wants out – they should be able to vote amongst themselves the same way they came in.
Not to worry, the only reason a state would do that is if the federal government broke the rules of the constitution….oh wait
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:14pmGlenn-The-Beck has passed it…through both his internal houses, and then signed-it….so it;s OK for commie-libs to read it,
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:12pm“But before I get into what I want you to do this summer, let’s take a moment and remember what our brave men and women in the military have already done and continue to do for this country and for freedom around the globe.”
We walk among the crosses
Where our fallen Military lay.
And listen to the bugle
As taps began to play.
The Chaplin leads a prayer
We stand with heads bowed low.
And the thought of fallen comrades
We had known not so long ago.
They came from every city
Across this fertile land.
That we might live in freedom.
They lie here ‘neath the sand’.
We feel a little guilty
Our sacrifices are so small.
Many only lost a little time
But these men and women lost their all.
When the services are over
For this Memorial Day.
To the names upon these graves
We should solemnly say,
Thanks for what you’ve given
Report Post »No one could ask for more.
May you rest with God in heaven
From now through evermore.
dawghowse
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 4:32pmA A T W….R L T W ! God Bless ALL those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice.
Report Post »stuharnden
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 6:09pmAMEN TIME,
Just finished reading UNBROKEN a WW 2 true story about American POW’s in Japan. All young kids about the same age as the OWS crowd. Makes you want to go down and strangle them. This book should be required reading for admission to college. and by the Professors that teach there. These young men were the real Americans. GOD BLESS all of our present and past service men and women.
O’Lord, O’Bummer Obama
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:02pmPretty ironic that exactly 1 year prior to Beck’s phony Love-A-Thon, he used his radio show to heap scorn and ridicule on a handicapped woman he never even met. You are a hypocrite Glenn and a fraud.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:28pmToo true.
Report Post »ejelectric
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:22pmRemind me of that women?
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:34pmNot true
Report Post »ejelectric
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 3:27pmANONOMICE Those photos are so fake! Tell me wich Labor Union is paying you? Or wich radical leftist is cutting you a check?
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:20amGlenneth trashed a handicapped woman named Sandy McMillin last Jully 29th from the protection of his little radio show, like a coward. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55751455@N02/5987685144/
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:29amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_bu2ykjO4
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:37amANONYMOUSE. That is an awful lot of whining on your part just because a private business on it’s private property has a dress code. If you can’t meet their dress code, you don’t get to enter. Furthermore, cities, counties, and states have laid out laws and ordinances regarding similar dress codes…by their respective health departments predominately where those businesses serve food and/or beverages. Various cities, counties, and states also provide dress codes regarding entering businesses around ocean front beaches, and even fresh water recreational areas. So, go ahead and whine all you want, and try your best to excoriate Beck for agreeing. Just because one is somewhat handicapped, and I myself fall within that category, does not mean you can just willy nilly get your way when in public.
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 9:58amrjjringading, the issue is Beck’s ridicule of a handicapped woman, not Walmart’s dress policy. You completely missed the point and that’s why your rant has no merit. Off you go.
Report Post »Anonymouse.
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:58amToo bad Glenn Beck has to use Memorial Day to promote his latest Amway-style rally. The guy is a shameless huckster who’s end times rants make real conservatives look like a bunch of superstitious hillbillies. Too bad we lost Andrew Breitbart. We need more Breitbarts and less nut-jobs like Beck.
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:03pmAnd yet… You are here promoting Beck…
Report Post »ejelectric
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:24pmOBAMA_SHAM Great point!
Report Post »ConstitutionFreedomLover
Posted on May 29, 2012 at 12:06amanonymouse…you can leave this site…and on your way out…don’t let the door hit ya…where the good Lord split ya.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:46amLincoln is grossly over-rated. He was probaby AC/DC. He tampered with the SCOTUS to get the result he wanted in reference to the division in the country. He suspended habeus corpus. He dabbled in seances and mysticism. He was not a true believer in Christianity. Some accused him of having a homosexual affair with a young soldier that he had as his aid at the white house. All of this crap written about ‘honest Abe’….is just that…Crap!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:12pmLincoln gave Great Speeches… but his deeds alike… $300 fee to avoid Military Service, sending the Army & Navy to kill New Yorkers, and suspending Habea Corpus… speaks of contempt for the Constitution!
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:21pmLincoln is only remembered as a hero because he was assinated. Had he not become a martyr, he would be remembered for the things you mentioned. I find it alarming that Beck is so drawn to Lincoln in spite of all the warning signs
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 11:44amOnly Calvin Coolidge was a Good President… the rest were Pseudo-Dictators!
Report Post »bitterclinger
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:02pmI don’t know many who would say that George Washington, the guy who made it all possible, and Ronaldus Magnus (may he rest in peace), who turned back the progressive clock by 20 years, were exactly slouches.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 12:18pmGeorge Washington… Lashed the Troops for Cussing at Officers… and held his troops Prisoner, shooting the Deserters. Given, 2 Million Colonists… and 60,000 British Invaders… Why do you think that too few came to his Colors? Why did the Founders have to employ the French for Military HELP?
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on May 28, 2012 at 2:36pmLUKERW, you do know you’re just making stuff up out of this air, dont you?
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