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Video: Restoring Honor Attendees are Kindest People in DC
Posted by: | CommentsWho were the attendees who came from all points of America to participate in the Restoring Honor rally? They were people of many races. They were people of many faiths. They WERE… the kindest and most well mannered people America has to offer.
I have talked to many people who attended Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally in Washington, D.C. on 8/28 of 2010 and heard story after story about the compliments they received from workers around the D.C. metro area. They have told me stories about how clean everyone left the grounds. They talked about seeing people reach down and pick up a small piece of paper, maybe a gum wrapper, as the crowd was leaving in everyone’s attempt to leave the grounds as clean, if not cleaner, than they had found it before the crowd came in.
They were complimented time and time again with words like, “we just love it when you people come to town because you are such nice people.” Even with many of the subway escalators being shut down, my friends saw person after person helping the determined elderly folks walk up the stairs from the subways. The city was not only overwhelmed with people from across America, but the city was overwhelmed with love, inspiration, and kindness like the DC seldom sees. And then there are the many other stories that are being heard on Glenn Beck’s Radio and FOX News programs. Like the one of a white family helping a handicapped black woman around for the entire day as both attended Restoring Honor. The story about a ladies husband who had lost his wallet with their conversation being overheard by another family who so generously gave them $400 to make sure they would be alright only to later to be contacted by the police that someone had found their wallet. To their surprise the wallet had all the cash and credit cards still in it.
I could continue with telling you about the people who attend other events, but I am going to leave this article as one of positive content because I want this to be a time of moving forward and reaching out to those who have lost their feelings of love and kindness for whatever reason.
Below is a segment from Glenn Beck’s FOX News program which aired 8-31-2010 that tells of just some of the many acts of kindness found before, during, and after the Restoring Honor rally.
Was Restoring Honor Geese Flying in V Formation an Act of God?
Posted by: | CommentsThis odd anomaly of a flying V formation of geese as they fly over the Washington, D.C. reflecting pool will be highly debated for years. This fly-over took place just seconds before Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally was set to begin.
The debate that will follow? Was this an act of God that caused these geese to fly in a nearly perfect V formation when all efforts to get a military fly-over and efforts to get a Color Guard presentation to the event had failed? As a person who just doesn’t believe in coincidence, I can’t help to draw my own conclusions of this but I’ll let you be your own judge. Just keep in mind that the event was not based on politics like many had predicted without ANY supporting evidence. Instead it was based on faith. Restoring Honor was an event focused of faith, hope, and charity no matter what others might say about it.
At about the 60 second point in the following video you will see this impressive display of Geese flying in a near perfect V formation over the reflecting pool in a direction from the Washington Monument towards the Lincoln Memorial, where the Restoring Honor stage was set up. Once again, you be the judge and feel free to share your comments below.
Restoring Honor speaks of Faith Hope and Charity
Posted by: | CommentsMany Americans from all across the country were anxiously awaiting this day, a day of restoring honor in America with faith, hope, and charity. Glenn Beck announced his intentions almost a year ago at which time he was unsure what he was going to do on the day that was to build a new dream for America. A dream to rebuild an America that once again stands for faith, hope, and charity. The worthy beneficiaries of this great event are the children of our soldiers who have given their all. The four start rated charity, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, received over five million dollars from the event, of which they will be using to provide education, scholarships for surviving children of special operations personnel who have died in the line of duty. Anyone still wishing to make contributions to this worthy cause can do so by visiting their “Make a Donation” page.
While the day has come and gone, the message given at Restoring Honor on 8/28/2010, will stay with us for many years to come now that the Smithsonian Institution has even requested items from the event in order to preserve it as a day in history. My assumptions with their request would have to be that they see the Restoring Honor Rally as a potential game changer event that could and should change the direction this great country will be heading in from this day forward. It’s not about the direction of politics, it’s not about anger and hatred, it’s about America and the faith and the love of it’s people for what this great nation was founded upon.
The following video, from my friends at SecularStupidest, shows the building of the historical event that will now be remembered in history as “Restoring Honor” and is the first time any talk show host has EVER been able to hold a rally of this magnitude.
Many leftists and Glenn Beck haters spewed anger and their hatred before they even knew what the rally would be about. With all the threats and attacks that have come out against Beck, Dr. Alveda King, Palin, and the many others who joined in on a day meant for Restoring Honor, it might be easy to come to the understanding that this could be the Leftist’s very own Civil War. America can only hope the FBI is doing and will continue to do their jobs by chasing down all the threats that are being applied towards all those involved in putting this event on.
I’ve listened and watched many reports on this event before, during, and after it. The only ones who seem to be providing any level of accuracy are those of you who ARE the New Media and some foreign reporting agencies. I was shocked when even the lady doing the reporting for FOX News was reporting the Restoring Honor rally as having a crowd of 10′s of thousands. Yes, the politics behind the numbers game is an important game for those in support and for those in opposition. The reason it is so important for those who attended, and even those who are the haters, is because for every 1 person who attended there would be approximately 20 who would have liked to have been in attendance and were unable to attend for reasons that were beyond their control, just like myself. I even had someone on twitter prior to the event try to claim the event was all about selling one of Glenn’s books which has sense been disproved. Many are claiming realistic crowd size estimates to be in the 6-700,000 range. Tonight, September 31,2010, the Glenn Beck Show will be providing a unique view of just how many 100,000 crowds can fit in the areas filled on Saturday.
What is interesting about Sharpton’s Reclaiming the Dream rally – Anti-Beck Rally, of approximately 3-4,000 people (realistic numbers because we have no reason to lie about this), is that it focused on fueling and feeding racism to keep it alive and to keep his lifestyle alive. In no way was his rally or the speeches supporting the dreams of Martin Luther King who was about equality amongst all men (and women). Because without racism Al Sharpton will no longer be a leader who will be able to go to corporations and demand monetary contributions to him and his group to keep them from attacking that corporations products. While Sharpton went on to preach and feed an angle of hatred to his followers and worshipers, Glenn Beck, Dr. Alveda King, and others focused their efforts on bringing Americans of all colors, races, and sexes together to rebuild faith, hope, and charity for the purpose of Restoring Honor in America.
The video below clearly shows what Sharpton’s rally was all about. I’d also like you to pay particularly close attention to the signs. Do you think they have taken the idea of hand-made signs from any other group of people who seem to be taking back their America in big numbers?
Has New York City Forgotten?
Posted by: | CommentsI remember Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. There was righteous indignation in the heart of every American. We became a country molded by tragedy, bound by one cause, to defeat the enemy that caused the tragedy. Not a community in this country was untouched by World War 2. Yet, what was done had to be righted because the enemy we fought was determined to subjugate the world to their will. Hitler had taken over every part of Europe except, England. They almost defeated, Russia. Japan ruled most of China and Burma. Most of the Pacific Islands were under Japanese domination. Had we not entered the fight, the freedom of all people on Earth may have been lost.
You may ask what that has to do with the present? Well, the same principles that created WW2 are present in our struggle against radical Islam. To allow a mosque to be established at ground zero is repugnant to the families who lost loved ones on Sept 11, 2001. This was an attack by an enemy that has the agenda to control the entire world. To allow a mosque on that site would be like allowing the Japanese to park their fleet at Pearl Harbor and refuel there while at war with us. The radical Muslims will view this as a victory mosque and it will be used to fuel their purposes. The money that funds it will in all likelihood be imported from those who want to place us under bondage. I hope no self-respecting American agrees to lift a hammer to create this image of hate. If they build it there, then will they want to build a mosque close to the Pentagon?
This is not a New York problem only. The people who died that day were not just, New York City citizens. They were Americans. The men and women who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are from every part of the country. It is an insult to every one of us. I say, LET THEM BUILD THE MOSQUE IN NEW YORK WHEN THEY ALLOW US TO BUILD A CHURCH AND A SYNAGOGUE IN MECCA !!!!!!
The radical Muslims will view us as weak if this mosque is erected. President Obama has said, in relation to the construction of the mosque, that he will not interfere in local government. He had no qualms in condemning the police in Massachusetts without full knowledge. Mr. President, you are the moral leader of our country. You could have at least given an opinion that reflects the will of the people.
Examine the goal of the radical Muslims. It is the extermination of Jews and Christians. The root of it is the enmity between Muslims and Jews. Hitler, in 1936 brought the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to Berlin to create a common purpose of exterminating the Jews of the world. The mufti’s name was, Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the uncle of, Yasser Arafat. The mufti trained Arafat. Their goal has been to eliminate both Jews and Christians.
The problem here, of course, is political correctness run amok. We have placed a high premium on tolerance to the exclusion of common sense. We are exhibiting the same poor judgment that allowed the Trojan horse of old to enter through the city gates, leading to the destruction of that once mighty city. America offers freedom of religion to all, but that very freedom is threatened by the supremacy of a religious tradition that exalts itself above all others, forcibly submitting entire populations to servitude. If you do not believe me, take a close look at the nations of Europe, whose western culture and civilizations have been undermined in recent years by a new Islamic invasion. You see, unlike Christianity, which expands its reach primarily through evangelization, Islam relies on the crushing weight of sheer numbers to seize control of a population. So long as it remains an insignificant minority, it strives to co-exist. When it becomes a significant minority, it demands special rights. When, at last, it becomes a majority, it imposes and transposes itself on the culture, and freedoms vanish. And if anyone ever again attempts to free an Islamic land from such harsh rule, jihad is declared, and all challengers become implacable foes until the situation is resolved in Islam’s favor. Just ask Israel about that.
To allow the mosque at ground zero is, to the radicals, an act of arrogance. And they are exploiting this opportunity to explore our cowardice, displaying our weakness and lack of will to resist. If America is to survive this insidious attack on it’s culture and traditions, we must act now. Every city in America has zoning laws, made and enforced by those whose job it is to preserve the history of a community, and serve the interests of its citizens. The 9-1-1- Mosque is an affront on both counts, and it is just another salvo fired in the war on western values.
President Obama Disrespects Fallen Soldiers and Vacations in Chicago Instead (Updated)
Posted by: | CommentsMemorial Day is the day set aside to honor our fallen soldiers and normally the Commander In Chief aka The President of the United States traditionally marks this solemn occasion by leading the ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and lays the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. But not this year.
President Obama instead will be heading home to Illinois for vacation with his family, sending instead VP Biden to honor the fallen who gave it all defending our country.
The news of Obama feeling vacation with his family being more important than fulfilling his duty as Commander in Chief hit every veteran, every active service member, every family who lost a loved one in the course of fighting for freedom like a punch to the heart.
Arlington National Cemetary and the Tomb of the Unknowns
In 1921, the United States , following France and England, laid to rest the remains of a World War I American soldier — his name “known but to God” — on a Virginia hillside overlooking the city of Washington DC and the Potomac River. This site became known as the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,” and today is called the Read More→
Patriot Innovations to Solve a Loss of Historical Events
Posted by: | CommentsWhile some patriots have chosen to launch groups on ning, and others have chosen to get involved in an endless number of creative ways, a couple of friends, Joel Munn and Jacob Roecker, joined resources with a goal of helping people to relearn the history that has been withheld from people in the traditional educational books of today and years gone by.
Below, Jacob Roecker has provided you with a brief explanation of what he and Joel are striving to accomplish with their project.
Dear Fellow Patriots:
For the past year learned a great deal about our Liberty as we fought its erosion. In the process, we have learned that we are not alone. We’ve moved beyond the superficial understanding of history and started finding answers to the questions we’ve had burning inside of us. We’ve learned to pick ourselves up from wherever our formal education left off, and have discovered the process of self-education.
Haven’t you sat there over the past year and said to yourself, “Why didn’t I learn this in school?” “Why was the evidence for conservatism being the answer never addressed in my history books?” Well, I think it’s time we do something about it. I’d like to take a minute and introduce you to a new website for those of us who have “re-learned” history, a group of us are working hard to create http://ReLearnHistory.com The idea is to create The Ultimate History Book–the one you wish you would have had in High School. The only problem is, who’s going to write it? The answer is, YOU!
Don’t run off too quick. You don’t have to do it alone.
We believe everyone’s questions about history are legitimate, and the only way to address all of them is online where space is not a limiting factor. We want people who have questions about history to post them online so others can answer them–something you can’t do at Wikipedia. If you can ask questions, you can contribute.
One of the questions I asked as I was re-reading the Declaration of Independence one day was, “Who are the main characters?” In answering this I discovered that there are three, God, The People, and The King. I’ve started the description of the Declaration of Independence showing that GOD is part of the legal argument for creating our nation. At the end of the article I posted other questions I had about the Declaration of Independence for others to answer ( http://relearnhistory.com/content/1776-July-04-Signing-Declaration-Independence ). Over time, as your questions get asked and answered the write-ups for every historical figure, topic, and event will be addressed and our children will have a resource to explore the subjects that get ignored in their history books.
One 13 year old recently told me, “My history book is rather thick, but it really doesn’t say much.” The reason why it doesn’t say much is that it uses a “fair” standard based upon Chronological Significance. Basically, it means that if something takes more time, it must be more significant and therefore it makes the “cut” to be placed in history books. Of course, we all know that doesn’t work, so the government-lobbied-solution has been to placed little historical vignettes to highlight the “diversity” of America’s ethnicity instead of vignettes to show the credibility of America’s heritage. My thirteen year old friend made a bold statement, but what she was really saying was that, “history is something you can talk a lot about, but you can’t learn anything from it.” Truly we are doomed if we don’t provide something that not only illustrates historical topics, but helps us devise the lessons from it!
To make this work ReLearnHistory.com needs an army of authors and readers. We need YOU. If you’ve got a question about history, we want to know it. If you’ve got an answer you discovered, we want you to post it. It takes just a few seconds to create an account ( http://relearnhistory.com/user/register ).
In school you were discouraged from asking your questions. I know it sounds odd to have someone send you this asking you to share your questions. Yes, your questions are legitimate. Yes, we want you to ask them. Even the smartest people who seem to know “everything” about a topic are wise enough to know they haven’t asked all the questions about it yet.
Certainly if you have answers we’d like you to share. We’ll take as many “Answermen & Answerwomen” as possible! Odds are, you already know more than you think you do.
Please ensure this gets the widest distribution possible. Don’t you think the conservative network we’ve built up over the past year ought to get used for something as significant as this?
I applaud these two men for their new and unique approach to providing people with a resource and service to help close the many gaps in our American history. I highly recommend that you take a few minutes of your precious time to review the site and get further involved.
