Trust Freedom...Trust American Ideals
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"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority keen on... setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." --Samuel Adams, American patriot
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| NEW ESSAYS IN BRUSHFIRES OF FREEDOM
• Keep Watching Out for Rick Santorum
"...The South Carolina headlines will trumpet Gingrich’s win, and most of the stories will focus on the Gingrich/Romney dynamic. But you heard it here first: continue to watch out for Rick Santorum. His 17% in South Carolina placed him as a solid third—well ahead of Ron Paul, and actually closing in on Mitt Romney. But forget the snapshot, and look at the moving picture..."
• America Will Not Fail
"...Why will this happen? How can anyone be confident in the face of the abject evil that appears to be ‘running to and fro’ in American government today?
Very simple. America’s founding principles are not borne of human cleverness, nor are they an accident of history. They are grounded in truth itself, and their appearance marked a milestone in the upward trajectory of mankind toward the higher, deeper understanding of what the founders called “Nature, and Nature’s God”, and of mankind’s relationship to that God. As such, these principles are self-sustaining and have weathered and will weather any and all attacks. Truth prevails, always.
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• Obama's Removal: A Rendezvous with Destiny (from 2010)
"...it is not Obama’s fault that he was born into a circle of confused and angry and perverted thinking about God, Christianity and America, and became ensnared by all of the lies and hates that go with that thinking. But he is the culmination of it, and now stands exposed as the symbol of it. And he got to his position of seeming authority as President the same way every lie seems to gain authority: by hiding and disguising and falsely portraying who and what it is.
The cumulative tares of this fraud have been very plainly exposed now, and all serious people know it. Even Obama’s supporters, including those who share his thinking, know it. And they know he doesn’t belong in the office of the Presidency of the United States of America. Obama knows it, too...."
• Socialism = Evil = Obama (from 2010)
"...Socialism is the removal of God and individuality from society, replaced by human government and its control of the masses. Socialism dishonors and denies the connection between individual initiative, responsibility, accountability--and reward or punishment. Theologically speaking, socialism is the denial of the fundamental Christian concept of working out one’s own salvation according to the laws of moral living. Socialism denies God as the source of morals and substitutes the opinions of humans in power—in simpler terms, socialism replaces Christian morals with the shifting whims of political correctness. Socialism then defines its own heaven and hell on earth, and carries out the sentencing of humans to one or the other based on conformity or non-conformity with these ever-shifting standards of what those in power like or don’t like.
A society-wide determination to deny God is the path to ruin..."
The "Getting It" Quotes for February 2011
"...“Nancy Pelosi is happy to force Catholic institutions to basically supply free condoms. The whole point is that Big Government eventually becomes a kind of national church in and of itself..."
Mark Steyn, guest hosting for Rush Limbaugh, and reminding everyone why he was designated in Brushfires of Freedom a New American Hero: Mark Steyn
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF BRUSHFIRES OF FREEDOM
• Worth a Second Look…
It's About God, America!!!
"...The nationalization of healthcare does not reflect a harmless swing of the political pendulum that does not concern the church. It is not dismissible under some high-minded but utterly misguided notion of ‘rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar’s’.
It is the singular method of forcing all Americans, and by extension, all the rest of humanity, to fully and finally accept human government in place of God.
If you think that last sentence is alarmist or too extreme, sit yourself down and force yourself to think again..."
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Origin of Brushfires-of-Freedom
Samuel Adams' words capture the freedom-impelled and freedom-impelling ideals of the American Declaration of Independence: that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that government exists to secure these rights through just powers derived from the consent of the governed.
These ideals are a principled force for good that cannot be outgrown or superseded. The blessings that flow from fidelity to them may rise and fall over generations, but their rightness and relevance to human progress in government, the economy, and the culture will not.
Even if a majority of voting citizens appears to have rejected or become confused as to these ideals, the darkness that will surely follow is not permanent. Because these ideals are grounded in the Christian truth of God and of man’s individual freedom and responsibility under God—a ‘light’ that shines in the darkness, that can never be extinguished. Brushfires of freedom aims to inspire its readers with essays and links that are grounded in this truth.
“Brushfires” and Talk Radio
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin (and some others) are strikingly attuned to these ideals. Not their commentary as distorted by sound bites or hearsay to create a false context from which to attack them as hateful, bigoted, reactionary, etc., but what is heard when one actually listens for a few days, not a few minutes. What is then heard is— dare say—the God-inspired qualities of thought that quietly and implicitly recognize a loving Creator, and all men and women, with freedom and responsibility under God (not government) as capable of great good.
These qualities of thought are borne of honest spirituality—of faith in the unseen, trust that there is such a thing as truth, and humility in the recognition of a power greater than one’s self—that exists without regard to how individuals (such as Levin, who is Jewish) articulate the theological underpinnings of their worldview. It exists because truth is truth, in every language, among all peoples—and the heart of humanity responds naturally to it. That’s why their audiences are so large and loyal (and why they are so hated within certain other worldviews).
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The spirit of Sam Adams, the spirit of much of talk radio, and the spirit of this website—is the spirit of America’s exceptionalism. It was on fire in 1776, and empowered the American Revolutionary movement to triumph despite being outnumbered in personnel, weapons and wealth. It has smoldered from time to time since then, but is always ready to be re-ignited. It will triumph again, too, regardless of being ‘outnumbered’ by any measure. Just needs a few brushfires…
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