Time to Blog Some More

It has been a while since my last posting and I thought I'd post something new.

I have been reading about the American Revolution, intrigued by the men and women who put everything on the line for a chance at self-government. These patriots were willing to die for the off-chance that they could beat one of the most powerful Empires of the time. The odds were not good and the Colonials suffered more defeats than they won victories but they knew they had to outlast their foes to win. They knew Britain could not afford to keep so many troops in the field for year after year, so they decided to fight a war of attrition (probably the bloodiest form of warfare out there where one side simply tries to wear the other down). The patriots knew that if they lost, their lot would be similar to the Scots and Irish but these Americans wouldn't quit.

History often paints the colonists as monolithic but this is far from the truth. Around a third of the colonists were loyalists who actively supported the British. Another third sat on the fence and tried to ignore what was going on and often playing to both sides. The patriots were the last third but many never actively participated with only 5-10% of them engaged in the fighting. This lack of support often left the American armies woefully undermanned and under-equipped but they persevered. The colonies were anything but the united front of patriots that the uninformed believe.

What kept these patriots together was their belief in their cause. They honestly believed their cause was just and that Providence was with them. These ragged patriots knew in their hearts that they were in the right while the enemy was a corrupt aristocracy without blessings by the Almighty. This faith kept them going through the horrors of Valley Forge and Morristown; the defeats at Long Island, Brandywine, Ticonderoga, and Camden; and the "Country Dance" of the Southern Campaign. This faith led to herculean efforts at Trenton, Quebec, Vincennes, and the Mohawk Valley where victory was pulled from defeat. Thomas Paine often voiced this faith and his pamphlets kept half-starved Continentals going as around him all seemed lost.

Now we face constant verbal assault by those who vilify us for our patriotism, faith in God, and our determination that this nation is a nation of laws and not emotions. We are called every vile named in the book when we stand our ground and even physically assaulted. The so-called press makes us out  to be lunatics and monsters while hiding the true monsters among their own. Many claim all is lost.

I disagree.

These people are nothing but unintelligent bullies and fools who live in ivory towers led by narcissists  whose thirst for power and acceptance knows no bounds. Their beliefs  are confusing and contradictory and are based around a corrupt Marxist theory that has collapsed under its own weight throughout the world. The leaders are corrupt, self-serving red-diaper babies bred in the treason of the 1960s counterculture and have become the same kind of despots they accuse patriotic Americans of being. Their followers have been spoiled in a world where they do not have to take responsibility for their actions and have swallowed the lies that government is there to help them. These pawns react with vicious rhetoric and personal (often physical) attacks on those who use fact and logic to debate their ideas while their leaders encourage them with one hand while enslaving them with the other.

If George Washington and his Continentals could endure the defeats and trials they suffered, then we can carry the day against these spoiled-rotten, blind fools. God is with us.