{"id":1590,"date":"2012-02-22T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/22\/call-to-arms-against-the-current-the-direction-of-our-country\/"},"modified":"2012-02-22T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:30:00","slug":"call-to-arms-against-the-current-the-direction-of-our-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/call-to-arms-against-the-current-the-direction-of-our-country\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL TO ARMS AGAINST THE CURRENT DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope I am not infringing on a copyright to the picture and message; it is so timely. I could not help myself by putting this on my blog. I did not know its author and apologize if I infringed on a copyright.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I feel our rights our being taken away by our President\u2019s executive orders which bypass Congress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This presidential election is probably the most critical we have ever had.\u00a0 I feel that we must change the direction our country is going.\u00a0 I am most concerned by Obama care dictates which attack our rights especially its assault on our\u00a0 religious beliefs.\u00a0 Because of its length and up to the minute amendments as Congress voted and could not or did not read the entire package, Obama care passed without a thorough and in depth review of its contents.\u00a0 I know the Republican candidates seem week at this point, but we we have no choice; we must work hard to defeat the current administration and its stealthy executive orders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; color: #67295c; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;\">THIS BLOG HAS ALWAYS AND ONLY EXPRESSED MY PERSONAL SENTIMENTS, BELIEFS, AND VIEWS&#8211; AND NO OTHERS.\u00a0 I AM EXPRESSING MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH BEFORE THAT RIGHT IS TAKEN AWAY . . . IF YOU AGREE, PLEASE WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #67295c; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;\"> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00; color: #67295c; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;\">Meredith Johnson-Snyder<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/image.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/rattlebridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/image_thumb.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"518\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So I said to him, &#8220;Barack, I know Abe Lincoln<\/span>, <\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and you ain&#8217;t no Abe Lincoln.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #67295c; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;\">SO WHY DOESN&#8217;T OBAMA USE THIS FAMOUS LINCOLN QUOTE:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #67295c; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;\"><strong>You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.<br \/>\nYou cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.<br \/>\nYou cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.<br \/>\nYou cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.<br \/>\nYou cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.<br \/>\nYou cannot build character and courage by taking away people&#8217;s initiative and independence.<br \/>\nYou cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><br \/>\n<em>~ Abraham Lincoln ~<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope I am not infringing on a copyright to the picture and message; it is so timely. I could not help myself by putting this on my blog. I did not know its author and apologize if I infringed on a copyright. 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