Thursday, July 4, 2013
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY 2013
Hello friends, It's been a while since I've posted something, I have been trying to figure out "WHY" we haven't reached our REAL INDEPENDENCE DAY yet? I have tried to make people see that we need to be independent, once and for all. In my past blogs, all I have said is "WE", like in"WE THE PEOPLE" sound familiar? So why do most people still say "I"? Because I don't understand, if our DECLARATION states INDEPENDENCE, why aren't we? We all have the choice to be Whoever, Whatever, live Wherever, Whenever WE want, so why not start today to be REALLY INDEPENDENT. GOD gave us free will (seems like We pay"not everyone" for everything else) to know the difference between good and bad, right and wrong, help and hurt, give and take, you would THINK! Well it's about TIME we wake up and smell the coffee, we drink enough of it, to be AWARE of what's GOING ON in OUR COUNTRY. WE'VE come to far, fought to many wars, lost to many people, DEFENDING our COUNTRY AMERICA, home of BRAVE and land of the FREE. We need that INDEPENDENT PEOPLE PARTY AMERICANS FOR AMERICA TODAY! No if's and but's about it, if we all NEED and WANT the same things in OUR lives,( I know we do) it's today. So Stand up for OUR RIGHTS and take charge of OUR FUTURE,( if we are to have one) and become an independent people. That's what and why OUR forefathers fought and died BELIEVING in this PROUD and FREE country AMERICA . The "GOOD OLD USA", have a safe and good 4th enjoy and GOD BLESS
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
JULY 4 2012 INDEPENDENCE DAY
Hello friends, here we are celebrating OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY 2012, and what does that mean to US? Well for sure, WE fought for OUR RIGHTS to become an INDEPENDENT COUNTRY a long, long, long time ago. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration Of Independence was ammended to the Constitution of the United States giving US that right, once and for ALL! But somewhere and someone decided for US to be divided not united, and thats where we stand TODAY. I don't know how you feel about that, but it makes me feel uneasy, sad, and mostly upset, that WE accept IT. On this day we should be HAPPY and PROUD to be an AMERICAN, for what WE stand for, what do we stand for? To watch this country be torn apart, and watch all OUR morals, values, faith DISAPPEAR before our eyes, WHY? WE all need to become more accountable for what happens in AMERICA, and hold those not accountable now, ACCOUNTABLE. It is our responsibility to this country, for WHICH IT STANDS, as OUR forefathers stated, to be INDEPENDENT. So today should be the START of US getting and going BACK to our heritage, and become that GREAT NATION, under GOD, from which WE came from. I hope you have the COURAGE, and be BRAVE enough, to STAND UP and say, I'm an AMERICAN, I'm INDEPENDENT, I'm UNITED (not divided) and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to acheive this. We can make this HAPPEN, believe it, do it NOW and a change will come. It took US time to become that INDEPENDENT COUNTRY back in 1776, it won't be that long for US to get there TODAY. Have a great INDEPENDENCE DAY, and a safe 4th of July, GOD BLESS AMERICA AND YOU
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a resolution earlier in the year which made a formal declaration inevitable. A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence. Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document,[2] which congress would edit to produce the final version. The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The Independence Day of the United States of America is celebrated on July 4, the day Congress approved the wording of the Declaration.
After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.[3] The original July 4 United States Declaration of Independence manuscript was lost while all other copies have been derived from this original document.[4]
The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry. The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution. Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution. Since then, it has come to be considered a major statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence:
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a resolution earlier in the year which made a formal declaration inevitable. A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence. Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document,[2] which congress would edit to produce the final version. The Declaration was ultimately a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The Independence Day of the United States of America is celebrated on July 4, the day Congress approved the wording of the Declaration.
After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Although the wording of the Declaration was approved on July 4, the date of its signing was August 2.[3] The original July 4 United States Declaration of Independence manuscript was lost while all other copies have been derived from this original document.[4]
The sources and interpretation of the Declaration have been the subject of much scholarly inquiry. The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural and legal rights, including a right of revolution. Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution. Since then, it has come to be considered a major statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.This has been called "one of the best-known sentences in the English language"[5], containing "the most potent and consequential words in American history."[6] The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the Unitnotably promoted by Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.[7] It has inspired work for the rights of marginaliHello friends, here we are celebrating OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY 2012, and what does that mean to US? Well for sure, WE fought for OUR RIGHTS to become an
Monday, May 28, 2012
MEMORIAL DAY 2012
Hello friends, I hope you're enjoying this day, and also remembering why we celebrate this day. To pay respect for OUR HEROES, men and women who gave their lives for US. We know that all our lives depend on our soldiers defending AMERICA, and what it stands for OUR FREEDOM. Freedom to live our lives doing what we want to do, with nobody telling us no you can't. That's a privilege WE have because of THEM and what they DIED for. Although we may not think about it, it's something we take for granted every day, our freedom. You and I need to make sure that OUR FREEDOM stays that way, but I'm not so sure it will.We have allowed some things in OUR SOCIETY to fall down and disappear from OUR VIEW. Everyday some part of it, is being taken away from US, is there nothing we can do? In America we have rights to secure our future on how to maintain this thing called freedom. So WE and our future generations have those rights, that nobody can take them away from US. WE THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, is that RIGHT on how we KEEP that FREEDOM ALIVE for US! All those people had VALUES and TRADITIONS worth FIGHTING and DYING for, do YOU? Now is the TIME for all of US, to take a LOOK at what we stand for, us AMERICANS. Are WE willing to show that WE will DEFEND OUR PEOPLE and OUR COUNTRY, for which it stands? I sure hope so that we can SURVIVE all that might try to DESTROY our VALUES, TRADITIONS, and OUR FREEDOM. So remember those who gave their ALL for FREEDOM, and enjoy this MEMORIAL DAY 2012. PEACE and GOD BLESS YOU and AMERICA
Memorial
Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan,
national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11,
and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the
graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in
1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South
refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days
until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just
those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died
fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the
last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of
1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day weekend for Federal
holidays), though several southern states have an additional separate
day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South
Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and
Tennessee.
In 1915, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:
She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms.Michael and when she returned to France, made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help. Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their "Buddy" Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it. Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country.
There are a few notable exceptions. Since the late 50's on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. They then patrol 24 hours a day during the weekend to ensure that each flag remains standing. In 1951, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louis began placing flags on the 150,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an annual Good Turn, a practice that continues to this day. More recently, beginning in 1998, on the Saturday before the observed day for Memorial Day, the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts place a candle at each of approximately 15,300 grave sites of soldiers buried at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on Marye's Heights (the Luminaria Program). And in 2004, Washington D.C. held its first Memorial Day parade in over 60 years.
To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps."
The Moment of Remembrance is a step in the right direction to returning the meaning back to the day. What is needed is a full return to the original day of observance. Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to their country.
But what may be needed to return the solemn, and even sacred, spirit back to Memorial Day is for a return to its traditional day of observance. Many feel that when Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971, it made it all the easier for people to be distracted from the spirit and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002 Memorial Day address: "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
On January 19, 1999 Senator Inouye introduced bill S 189 to the Senate which proposes to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th instead of "the last Monday in May". On April 19, 1999 Representative Gibbons introduced the bill to the House (H.R. 1474). The bills were referred the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Reform.
To date, there has been no further developments on the bill. Please write your Representative and your Senators, urging them to support these bills. You can also contact Mr. Inouye to let him know of your support..
| We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies. |
She then conceived of an idea to wear red poppies on Memorial day in honor of those who died serving the nation during war. She was the first to wear one, and sold poppies to her friends and co-workers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. Later a Madam Guerin from France was visiting the United States and learned of this new custom started by Ms.Michael and when she returned to France, made artificial red poppies to raise money for war orphaned children and widowed women. This tradition spread to other countries. In 1921, the Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium. The League disbanded a year later and Madam Guerin approached the VFW for help. Shortly before Memorial Day in 1922 the VFW became the first veterans' organization to nationally sell poppies. Two years later their "Buddy" Poppy program was selling artificial poppies made by disabled veterans. In 1948 the US Post Office honored Ms Michael for her role in founding the National Poppy movement by issuing a red 3 cent postage stamp with her likeness on it. Traditional observance of Memorial day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly ignored, neglected. Most people no longer remember the proper flag etiquette for the day. While there are towns and cities that still hold Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some people think the day is for honoring any and all dead, and not just those fallen in service to our country.
There are a few notable exceptions. Since the late 50's on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the 1,200 soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry place small American flags at each of the more than 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. They then patrol 24 hours a day during the weekend to ensure that each flag remains standing. In 1951, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of St. Louis began placing flags on the 150,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery as an annual Good Turn, a practice that continues to this day. More recently, beginning in 1998, on the Saturday before the observed day for Memorial Day, the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts place a candle at each of approximately 15,300 grave sites of soldiers buried at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park on Marye's Heights (the Luminaria Program). And in 2004, Washington D.C. held its first Memorial Day parade in over 60 years.
To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed on Dec 2000 which asks that at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps."
The Moment of Remembrance is a step in the right direction to returning the meaning back to the day. What is needed is a full return to the original day of observance. Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to their country.
But what may be needed to return the solemn, and even sacred, spirit back to Memorial Day is for a return to its traditional day of observance. Many feel that when Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971, it made it all the easier for people to be distracted from the spirit and meaning of the day. As the VFW stated in its 2002 Memorial Day address: "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
On January 19, 1999 Senator Inouye introduced bill S 189 to the Senate which proposes to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th instead of "the last Monday in May". On April 19, 1999 Representative Gibbons introduced the bill to the House (H.R. 1474). The bills were referred the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Government Reform.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
PATRIOTS DAY 2012
Hello friends, well here we are celebrating"PATRIOTS DAY" 2012, and what does this day mean to you? I know what it means to me, that some people called "PATRIOTS" have defended and died for their country. Would YOU be willing to do that for our future, like they did? Then you would also be a PATRIOT, a person with beliefs that values and traditions are worth fighting for, correct? I would like to BELIEVE so, because they also believed that OUR COUNTRY was worth whatever it took to keep it "OURS" With all the problems today in our country, some might NOT think so, and there's the problem. WE ALL need to think that it's worth the sacrifice to keep AMERICA strong and stable, for all of us to have a future. Most of us, I would like to say ALL OF US, give praise to our patriotic men and women, who are defending freedom & liberty all around this world. But we need PATRIOTIC PEOPLE right here at HOME, in our "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". To STAND UP and let people know that WE are here and not going AWAY, for what we believe is OUR RIGHTS.The"INDEPENDENT PEOPLE PARTY AMERICANS FOR AMERICA has those same beliefs. NOW is the time to show HOW UNITED WE ARE, not how DIVIDED we are, to overcome all the problems we face TOGETHER. To be strong, secure, stable, a society with a belief of hopes and dreams, justice, equality & unity for all who are willing to SACRIFICE whatever it takes, for those beliefs. Then and only then, we'll be able to call ourselves "TRUE PATRIOTS" GOD BLESS
Sunday, April 1, 2012
April fool's Day 2012 (Who's foolin Who?)
Hello friends, Well it's been 2 years (to the day) since I started my quest to get US UNITED, and start the INDEPENDENT PEOPLE PARTY AMERICANS FOR AMERICA. Our goal is to STOP the political circus in our society today, and CREATE a UNITED third party. ONE that once and FOR ALL will bring back all the things that "ALL" of us have lost sight of. I don't know exactly when or how this happened, but I have my own beliefs, I'm sure YOU have yours too. What I know is it's for sure SOMEONE is trying to fool US to believe that their LOOKING out for our BEST interest, who fooling who? If you're a "Working Class Hero" where's your tax dollar going? And why isn't it doing what it should, and does EVERYONE contribute to HELP & PROTECT this country the way we know WE SHOULD? If we keep going the way we are today, there is no light at the end of the tunnel, no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, no AMERICAN DREAM, no FUTURE for us and our children, or OUR COUNTRY! What WE need to do is BRING BACK our BELIEFS that all of us have the rights & choice, to accept or reject what is not acceptable to US. It's TIME has come for US to take a STAND and go "BACK TO THE FUTURE" if we're to have one at all. So TODAY lets START BELIEVING in OURSELVES, and take back OUR FUTURE for the "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NO more FOOLS for US, and no more being FOOLED by those who have been chosen by us, to DO WHAT THEY WANT without our CONSENT or PERMISSION. We need ACCOUNTABILITY of those people first, to build TRUST & RESPECT second, but above all to know the TRUTH.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Presidents Day 2012
February 15, 2012
Until 1971, both February 12 and February 22 were observed as federal public holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and George Washington (February 22). In 1971 President Richard Nixon proclaimed one single federal public holiday, the Presidents' Day, to be observed on the 3rd Monday of February, honoring all past presidents of the United States of America.
Presidents Day 2012
Hello friends, Well here we are celebrating Presidents Day and what exactly what does that mean to you and me. To me it's a day to remember, respect and recognize what our past Presidents did for our people and country. To create a country of people who need and want the same things for all who live here the " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". America the land of the Free, home of the BRAVE, LIBERTY for all, people who know what that means. But somewhere along the way, WE lost sight of those goals and dreams, letting our WANTS overpower our NEEDS. George Washington said "few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder" Thomas Jefferson said " he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time till it becomes habitual. Also the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of "Patriots" and Tyrants, it's natural manure. John Kennedy said " A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives ON. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. And the one I LIKE BEST, "AND SO MY FELLOW AMERICANS ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY'! This is the question WE must ask ourselves TODAY, how can we help "OUR AMERICA". First WE must make it The "UNITED" states of America, not the DIVIDED states once and for all," FOR ALL OF US"! IF we let continue to let the WRONGS over power the RIGHTS we will FALL. Even if we have to fight for those rights our Constitution says "WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, gives US those rights, We must have a POSITIVE VOICE that will be HEARD, to lead us UP and OUT of this "Revolving Door" cycle were IN. WE must listen to our past Presidents words, to have a Future, so let us START TO CHANGE NOW! We need to create a SAFE AND SECURE SOCIETY willing to SACRIFICE some things to achieve LIBERTY, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM and PEACE here in OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GOD BLESS
Until 1971, both February 12 and February 22 were observed as federal public holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and George Washington (February 22). In 1971 President Richard Nixon proclaimed one single federal public holiday, the Presidents' Day, to be observed on the 3rd Monday of February, honoring all past presidents of the United States of America.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799). Early in his life George Washington became an experienced surveyor. Following these years, he fought in the French and Indian War. After the war he returned to Mount Vernon in 1758, married Martha Dandridge in 1759, and became a planter. That same year he became involved in politics when he was elected representative to the Virginia House of Burgesses. He was a representative until 1774 when he became a delegate to the Continental Congress. In May of 1775 George Washington was appointed Commander of the American army during the Revolution. He was the first President, (1789 1797) governing the 13 states.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865). Abe Lincoln was born into a poor family and had little formal schooling. He basically taught himself to read and write and walked long distances to borrow books. He failed in early business and political ventures, yet became President in 1861 and guided the Union through the Civil War. He shaped his own character and education as was evident in the simple language he used in his speeches. His famous Gettysburg Address was delivered in 1863. LincGln was assassinated on April 15, 1865 during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington just a few days after General Robert E. Lee and his army surrendered.
Presidents Day 2012
Hello friends, Well here we are celebrating Presidents Day and what exactly what does that mean to you and me. To me it's a day to remember, respect and recognize what our past Presidents did for our people and country. To create a country of people who need and want the same things for all who live here the " UNITED STATES OF AMERICA". America the land of the Free, home of the BRAVE, LIBERTY for all, people who know what that means. But somewhere along the way, WE lost sight of those goals and dreams, letting our WANTS overpower our NEEDS. George Washington said "few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder" Thomas Jefferson said " he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time till it becomes habitual. Also the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of "Patriots" and Tyrants, it's natural manure. John Kennedy said " A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives ON. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. And the one I LIKE BEST, "AND SO MY FELLOW AMERICANS ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY'! This is the question WE must ask ourselves TODAY, how can we help "OUR AMERICA". First WE must make it The "UNITED" states of America, not the DIVIDED states once and for all," FOR ALL OF US"! IF we let continue to let the WRONGS over power the RIGHTS we will FALL. Even if we have to fight for those rights our Constitution says "WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, gives US those rights, We must have a POSITIVE VOICE that will be HEARD, to lead us UP and OUT of this "Revolving Door" cycle were IN. WE must listen to our past Presidents words, to have a Future, so let us START TO CHANGE NOW! We need to create a SAFE AND SECURE SOCIETY willing to SACRIFICE some things to achieve LIBERTY, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, FREEDOM and PEACE here in OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GOD BLESS
Saturday, December 31, 2011
History of New Years Day
History of New Years Day 145 The celebration of the new year is one of the oldest holidays. Many believe it was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago it marked the first New Moon after the Vernal Equinox. The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. How did New Years Day move from the summer to the winter? A good question, especially since the spring is the season of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of blossoming. Today New years Day is January 1st. The month of January was named for their god, Janus, who is pictured with two heads. One looks forward, the other back, symbolizing a break between the old and new. The Greeks paraded a baby in a basket to represent the spirit of fertility. Christians adopted this symbol as the birth of the baby Jesus and continued what started as a pagan ritual. Today our New Year's symbols are a newborn baby starting the next year and an old man winding up the last year. Not all countries celebrate New Year at the same time, nor in the same way. This is because people in different parts of the world use different calendars. Long ago, people divided time into days, months, and years. Some calendars are based on the movement of the moon, others are based on the position of the sun, while others are based on both the sun and the moon. All over the world, there are special beliefs about New Year. The Jewish New Year is called Rosh Hashanah. It is a holy time when people reflect on the things done wrong in the past, with a promise to do better in the future. Religious services are held in synagogues, and an instrument called a Shofar, which is made from a ram's horn is played. Children are given new clothes, and New Year loaves are baked and fruit is eaten to remind people of harvest time. The Chinese New Year is celebrated some time between January 17 and February 19, at the time of the new moon, and it is called Yuan Tan. It is celebrated by Chinese people all over the world, and street parades are an exciting part of their New Year. At the Festival of Lanterns thousands of lanterns are used to light the way for the New Year. The Chinese people believe that there are evil spirits around at New Year, so they let off firecrackers to frighten the spirits away. Sometimes they seal their windows and doors with paper to keep the evil spirits out. The traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. Making a resolutions to change some part of one's life also dates back to the early Babylonians. Today most people promise to lose weight or quit smoking. Our ancestors thought that one could affect the luck they would have throughout the coming year by what they did or ate on the first day of the year. It has become common for folks to celebrate the first few minutes of a brand new year in the company of family and friends. New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes "coming full circle," completing a year's cycle. Some put coins in black-eyed peas and the person who gets the coin in their meal will be prosperous in the coming year.
Hello friends, Well here we are again toasting in the new year, hoping that it will be a happy and healthy one. Well for some of us it will be, but not for all of us, and that makes ME sad. You see, that the new year is a time to look back, as well as forward, to see what's ahead. WE need to change the mindset in our society today, so that we can have a positive outlook for OUR tomorrows. What I can see is, that those in charge of our well being, DIDN'T do what they said they would DO. That leaves US in uncertainty, as to the direction in which were headed, it's not the right answer for me. It's our jobs, our homes, our food, our health, and our land that is in jeopardy! This is not acceptable, and those who were elected to serve and protect the people, should be held accountable to them for not doing so. So OUR NEW YEARS resolution should be WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IF WE WANT IT TO BE, because it's the HOME of the BRAVE and the LAND of the FREE. Just BELIEVE in "WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE and ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL! Have a SAFE and HAPPY NEW YEAR GOD BLESS
Hello friends, Well here we are again toasting in the new year, hoping that it will be a happy and healthy one. Well for some of us it will be, but not for all of us, and that makes ME sad. You see, that the new year is a time to look back, as well as forward, to see what's ahead. WE need to change the mindset in our society today, so that we can have a positive outlook for OUR tomorrows. What I can see is, that those in charge of our well being, DIDN'T do what they said they would DO. That leaves US in uncertainty, as to the direction in which were headed, it's not the right answer for me. It's our jobs, our homes, our food, our health, and our land that is in jeopardy! This is not acceptable, and those who were elected to serve and protect the people, should be held accountable to them for not doing so. So OUR NEW YEARS resolution should be WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IF WE WANT IT TO BE, because it's the HOME of the BRAVE and the LAND of the FREE. Just BELIEVE in "WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE and ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL, UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL! Have a SAFE and HAPPY NEW YEAR GOD BLESS
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