No Time for Heroes
The Restoring Honor Rally was a pleasant event enough. What more could you ask for from a gathering than to pay homage to God and the troops who’ve risked, and sacrificed, their lives for freedom?
Much as I like him, however, Glenn Beck became a little overawed by his surroundings. The magnificence of the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Washington Monument, the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials are undeniable. But we mustn’t feel defeated by our own icons.
Our media hero got carried away by the prospect of future glory, of the prospect of parents whose children would have marble statues carved out in their honor. That’s all well and good, but we don’t have that much time.
We don’t have the time to wait for some future hero to graduate from Hero University, with a master’s degree in valor, Class of 2026. By that time, they’ll be erecting statues to Obama and Osama Bin Laden.
The time is now. The fight is now. We only have – what is it? - 9 short weeks until the mid-term elections. Certainly, we must pray. But this is no time to lay down the only weapons we have – our signs – on the only ground we can call our own – the Tea Party rallies.
I was listening to Glenn brag this morning about he ‘got us to lay down our signs.’ Furious, I shut the radio off, then went to my favorite lake to contemplate, read, have a little talk with God, and think about what to write here (I’m on vacation from work this week). When some kids started throwing stones at the geese and ducks, I left. I have to learn to go to the lake earlier in the morning, before the miscreants arrive.
There were no signs at the Restoring Honor Rally, though there were a few people (including myself) wearing Tea Party tee shirts. I was going to wear a regular tee shirt (one from Alaska, in honor of Sarah Palin), but then I realized – I’m a leader, or at least a bus captain. My passengers had to know where I stood.
I have three – a red one that reads “Silent Majority”, a white one listing the Tea Party events, and a gold one, with the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on the back. It’s the least favorite of my Tea Party tee shirts, but the easiest to spot, so that’s what I chose.
It’s the least favorite of The Media’s as well. What in the world have they got against that Don’t Tread on Me flag? What gets them so worked up over it? If it makes them that angry, I think I’m going to order some more of them and give them to my family to wear.
Glenn Beck said he didn’t want us to carry signs because The Media would make fun of us. Well, excuse me; if they don’t like our signs, so much the better. I discouraged signs out of courtesy to the host, to the military, and to God, to whom we were supposed to be paying tribute. This rally wasn't the place to be calling attention to ourselves.
But that doesn’t mean that we should lay down our signs permanently. There is no law that says we must obey Glenn Beck’s every command, either, although this rally was his party.
If he thinks we shouldn't carry signs because some infiltrator might sneak in with an embarrassing sign, then at the next rally, we shouldn’t carry American flags, either. Because there at Glenn’s rally, near the Lincoln Memorial where he couldn’t possibly have missed it, was some nutcase bearing a HUGE, red, South Carolina state Confederate/secessionist flag.
In all the video television coverage, I noticed that the cameras studiously avoided it. The mainstream media made absolutely no note of it at all, as far as I can tell. I wondered where their outrage was. Surely, there couldn’t be anything more outrageous than someone waving a version of the Confederate flag in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
Still, I’m grateful to that idiot. Whatever that individual’s intention, it certainly made the point about freedom of speech. Shall we now be afraid to wave American flags because some nutjob shows up with the stars and bars? Maybe the Media didn’t recognize it (they’re not big on history). I spotted it immediately. I knew it wasn’t the official Confederate flag, which forms an X, not a cross, but those were surely the same stars.
I snapped a picture of it, then googled the Confederate flag. Sho’ ‘nough, it was South Carolina.
On the radio this morning, Glenn sounded like he was starting to go over to the “other side.” It happens. There has never been an instance of a violent, unruly Tea Party. The signs the Tea Partiers have carried were legitimate. “Common sense” will tell you that if you criticize someone, they’re going to be offended. And isn’t that just too darned bad?
The Media could have used that South Carolina flag against Glenn Beck. Why they didn’t I don’t know, except that they probably just didn’t recognize it. You can’t be afraid of what the Media is going to say. But the GOP is worried about “The Moderates” and media stars like Glenn are worried about ratings and criticism. They want us to lay down our signs like sheep and go “Baaah! Baaah! Baaah!”
What rubbish. There’s a story in the Medal of Honors web site that tells a tale of a charge. During the counter-attack, the men on our side panicked, threw down their weapons, and ran. The charge only succeeded because the Medal of Honor winner called them back and rallied them on. They won the field.
We don’t have time to wait around for a general to show up in a fancy uniform to tell us what to do, to lead us on. If there is such a person, they haven’t stepped forward yet and aren’t likely to. Therefore, we’re going to have to make shift for ourselves.
Those signs are important because they’re the only way we can be sure our voices are heard. Every voice counts. They’re our weapons. If the Progressive Media criticizes and attacks us, we must hold our ground and not break ranks and run.
Neither can we allow mitigating voices to deter us from our duty, make us doubt ourselves, or turn us from the path we know we must follow. The cavalry isn’t going to show up to save us. This is our fight, ours and ours alone. No one can do it for us.
We can’t wait for the next generation, or leave our duty to their posterity. There won’t be a next generation of Americans. We must pick up our signs and our flags and lead the way ourselves, party machine politicians, progressive infiltrators, and media stars notwithstanding.
There’s no time left for heroes. They’re not coming. We’re on our own – and we can do it.
Much as I like him, however, Glenn Beck became a little overawed by his surroundings. The magnificence of the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, the Washington Monument, the World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials are undeniable. But we mustn’t feel defeated by our own icons.
Our media hero got carried away by the prospect of future glory, of the prospect of parents whose children would have marble statues carved out in their honor. That’s all well and good, but we don’t have that much time.
We don’t have the time to wait for some future hero to graduate from Hero University, with a master’s degree in valor, Class of 2026. By that time, they’ll be erecting statues to Obama and Osama Bin Laden.
The time is now. The fight is now. We only have – what is it? - 9 short weeks until the mid-term elections. Certainly, we must pray. But this is no time to lay down the only weapons we have – our signs – on the only ground we can call our own – the Tea Party rallies.
I was listening to Glenn brag this morning about he ‘got us to lay down our signs.’ Furious, I shut the radio off, then went to my favorite lake to contemplate, read, have a little talk with God, and think about what to write here (I’m on vacation from work this week). When some kids started throwing stones at the geese and ducks, I left. I have to learn to go to the lake earlier in the morning, before the miscreants arrive.
There were no signs at the Restoring Honor Rally, though there were a few people (including myself) wearing Tea Party tee shirts. I was going to wear a regular tee shirt (one from Alaska, in honor of Sarah Palin), but then I realized – I’m a leader, or at least a bus captain. My passengers had to know where I stood.
I have three – a red one that reads “Silent Majority”, a white one listing the Tea Party events, and a gold one, with the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on the back. It’s the least favorite of my Tea Party tee shirts, but the easiest to spot, so that’s what I chose.
It’s the least favorite of The Media’s as well. What in the world have they got against that Don’t Tread on Me flag? What gets them so worked up over it? If it makes them that angry, I think I’m going to order some more of them and give them to my family to wear.
Glenn Beck said he didn’t want us to carry signs because The Media would make fun of us. Well, excuse me; if they don’t like our signs, so much the better. I discouraged signs out of courtesy to the host, to the military, and to God, to whom we were supposed to be paying tribute. This rally wasn't the place to be calling attention to ourselves.
But that doesn’t mean that we should lay down our signs permanently. There is no law that says we must obey Glenn Beck’s every command, either, although this rally was his party.
If he thinks we shouldn't carry signs because some infiltrator might sneak in with an embarrassing sign, then at the next rally, we shouldn’t carry American flags, either. Because there at Glenn’s rally, near the Lincoln Memorial where he couldn’t possibly have missed it, was some nutcase bearing a HUGE, red, South Carolina state Confederate/secessionist flag.
In all the video television coverage, I noticed that the cameras studiously avoided it. The mainstream media made absolutely no note of it at all, as far as I can tell. I wondered where their outrage was. Surely, there couldn’t be anything more outrageous than someone waving a version of the Confederate flag in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
Still, I’m grateful to that idiot. Whatever that individual’s intention, it certainly made the point about freedom of speech. Shall we now be afraid to wave American flags because some nutjob shows up with the stars and bars? Maybe the Media didn’t recognize it (they’re not big on history). I spotted it immediately. I knew it wasn’t the official Confederate flag, which forms an X, not a cross, but those were surely the same stars.
I snapped a picture of it, then googled the Confederate flag. Sho’ ‘nough, it was South Carolina.
On the radio this morning, Glenn sounded like he was starting to go over to the “other side.” It happens. There has never been an instance of a violent, unruly Tea Party. The signs the Tea Partiers have carried were legitimate. “Common sense” will tell you that if you criticize someone, they’re going to be offended. And isn’t that just too darned bad?
The Media could have used that South Carolina flag against Glenn Beck. Why they didn’t I don’t know, except that they probably just didn’t recognize it. You can’t be afraid of what the Media is going to say. But the GOP is worried about “The Moderates” and media stars like Glenn are worried about ratings and criticism. They want us to lay down our signs like sheep and go “Baaah! Baaah! Baaah!”
What rubbish. There’s a story in the Medal of Honors web site that tells a tale of a charge. During the counter-attack, the men on our side panicked, threw down their weapons, and ran. The charge only succeeded because the Medal of Honor winner called them back and rallied them on. They won the field.
We don’t have time to wait around for a general to show up in a fancy uniform to tell us what to do, to lead us on. If there is such a person, they haven’t stepped forward yet and aren’t likely to. Therefore, we’re going to have to make shift for ourselves.
Those signs are important because they’re the only way we can be sure our voices are heard. Every voice counts. They’re our weapons. If the Progressive Media criticizes and attacks us, we must hold our ground and not break ranks and run.
Neither can we allow mitigating voices to deter us from our duty, make us doubt ourselves, or turn us from the path we know we must follow. The cavalry isn’t going to show up to save us. This is our fight, ours and ours alone. No one can do it for us.
We can’t wait for the next generation, or leave our duty to their posterity. There won’t be a next generation of Americans. We must pick up our signs and our flags and lead the way ourselves, party machine politicians, progressive infiltrators, and media stars notwithstanding.
There’s no time left for heroes. They’re not coming. We’re on our own – and we can do it.
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