Freedom Lost

I was sitting here this morning sipping my coffee and reading through my bible, when I came upon some old notes I had made one day in Church.
That particular Sunday the message was from Acts 16:25-34. Paul and Silas had been  jailed and began singing praises to Jesus, and a great earthquake struck. All the prisoners were set free of their bonds, but stayed in the cells. The Jail keeper was amazed and called upon the Lord and was saved.

Just below my notes for the sermon I had written this:

   "Freedom assumed is freedom forgotten,
     Freedom forgotten is freedom lost"

I am not sure who first said it, so I can give them credit for it, but the preacher that Sunday included it in his message.  I found it important to his meassage and wrote it down.
It has made me think on how our country has assumed freedom and how we as a nation have forgotten it, and how it is slowly being lost......

-JUGM

Memorial Day 2014

Are You All Warm and Fuzzy?

Last night was the State of the Union Address.  Senior and I listened even though I can not stand the sound of POTUS's voice.  It is just kind of fun to watch expressions on the audience, and listen to the lies he tells.  Senior and I took part in the online political poll with Bing.  I kept hitting that "Strongly Disagree" button like I was a contestant on Jeopardy.

Instead of mentioning the  millions that are unemployed..he talked about the few who do have jobs. And how fantabulous it is that people are getting back to work.
He showcased a lady who has been on unemployment that wrote him a letter.. well my thought is if she is unemployed , and struggling to make ends meet, then how the heck did she afford to travel to Washington D. C ?
And then Senior said " We paid for it"     "DUH" !

Next was how spectacular Obama Care is.. No mention of the folks who have lost insurance because of it. The camera went to the face of Kathleen Sebelius..did you see how she rolled her eyes and shook her head?
Then he decided once again to trample on the Constitution, and warn of using executive powers to invoke his will on the people. That is when I got a good glimpse of John Boehners face, he looked like a man who just ate the worlds hottest pepper... 

Did you also hear the race card dropped?  " We must do more for the young black men of this country" or something like that..... 

BO  Painted the picture of  a Rockwellian Society...every thing is just warm and fuzzy. Don't you feel all better now?