england as sparta, but the line isn’t being held

 

1. Sounds like ‘we are the world’ is going to come back and bite the EU and liberals on the butt.

   I only hope that the important (i.e. civilized) countries in Europe and the US can hang on that long.

   Love it that the first person to take a pot shot at the (p)Resident (so to speak) is NOT white, a Tea Party person or used a good American made rifle.

   How quickly they forget that liberals/revolutionaries eat their own. I can only hope that as things continue to fail around here (don’t forget the (p)Resident p’od his buddies at the Union with the Keystone pipeline denial - will p’o even more ‘groups’ if it was done to slide the deal to China - watch for emails or some other incriminating info to be dumped soon).

   The ‘isms’ have always failed - and I don’t buy into the ‘party line’ that too many people now have bought into the entitlement gig that it’s inevitable. Too many people in the world crave freedom and most of them reside in the civilized countries. We just have to come together and start fighting back. Might want to follow Geer Wilders who seems to be a really strong and committed to truth and what is right guy.

   Posted by wardmama4       11/17/2011  at  08:10 AM  



2. We here in the US are having some of the same problems, just not as severe. YET.  My grandparents on both sides arrived in America in 1911 and 1913, from Norway and England respectively.  Both sets were poor as church
   mice, my Dad’s family had to learn English, but did, speaking Norwegian at home and in Church and English everywhere else, Dad said it took ‘em about six months to become conversational and a year to be fluent. I still miss my Grandmas’ accent. No official gummint assistance, few gummint regulations, and both families prospered by dint of intellect, frugality, work ethic, and belief in God.  My Dad’s parents felt themselves rich by the end of the great depression, as they owned an electric refrigerator and a car, and lived in their own house on twenty acres of land.  They sent photos to friends and relatives in Norway to brag about it. My Mom’s folks ran a small cafe in town, again, they felt rich as they owned their own home with a big “Garden” around it with room for flowers, veggies and fruit trees.  There were chickens and Guinea fowl as well.  Little to no Gov’t. interference, and prosperity even during the depression.  My dad and mom, instilled in me the old N. European values of work, love of country and God, so I grew up able to fend for myself and my family. Its not that hard, I did it, so can others, all they need is to be forcibly detached from the government teat and made to make their own way. 

   If you give a man a fish he can eat.  If you teach him to fish, he can sit quietly in the shade on a riverbank and drink beer all day.

   Posted by Gerry N       11/17/2011  at  07:37 PM  



3. Yes Gerry - too many people in America forgot what their families went through to get here and establish themselves. During WWII my Dad’s family turned the land they had into a family farm. While they had the luxury of having show quality Saddle Horses, they knew to get through that time, they needed a little more. I wonder how many other Doctors would have even considered something like that. My Dad & Mom continued it when they moved to their own place (the daughters in law both lived on the grandparents property while the sons were overseas) - I have the summer fair ribbons for their produce. They also raised basset hounds for years. They hunted (for food) and I spent my childhood learning to catch and clean fish. My brother and I worked on chicken farm during our summer vacation - my father taught at the local university - he rarely shut down entirely - but no where near what could be called a workaholic - he just had a strong work ethic. By that time, he was father to his brothers children and caretaker for his mother - in addition to his own family. We learned to sew and cook - it was my brother who taught me how to make bread and pies and as you said - take care of ourselves.

   Posted by wardmama4       11/18/2011  at  08:08 AM  

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