July 4, 1776

Freedom is a Fragile Thing

If you have not read, The Declaration of Independence, in awhile I recommend that you take a few moments to reflect on the words that expressed the yearning for liberty.

"Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again." Ronald Reagan

Find What You Love

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." Steve Jobs

Ok, I admit I'm a Steve Jobs fan. Here are his thoughts providing insight into what makes life important. This speech was given at Stanford University on June 12th.

Carol Platt Liebau

You must read Carol's tome entitled, Help Me Understand

"Their Senate minority leader denounces the President of the United States -- in wartime, mind you -- as a "liar" and a "loser." Their Senate minority whip equates American troops with Soviet Communists, the Khmer Rouge, and Nazis. Their minority leader in the House is a woman so vapid that she's given to uttering bon mots like the following (back in 2002): "Going to war would show our power, but not going to war would show our strength." One of their senior congressman steps forward to opine that the Iraq war "is the biggest fraud ever committed on the people of this country. ... This is just as bad as the 6 million Jews being killed."

Read the entire article here.

Full of Themselves

If you are anything like me the folk who are "representing" the people seemed to have lost their way. Take a look at Peggy Noonan's article here in Wednesdays OpinionJournal.