Negative99 » Patriotism http://negative99.com An onslaught of expository excellence covering web design and development, politics and current events, faith and religion, guitar and music, programming... oh, and anything else. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:22:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Happy Fourth of July 2009 http://negative99.com/faith/happy-fourth-of-july-2009/ http://negative99.com/faith/happy-fourth-of-july-2009/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:26:32 +0000 WarAxe http://negative99.com/?p=848 On this day of all days, never forget that it is a profound privilege, and a blessing from God, to live in the United States of America. Volumes could be (and have been) filled with evidence of this simple yet oft slippery truth. Even in certain circles of American “Christians” it’s becoming uncool-ish to have a Christ-honoring gratitude and pride for our country… so I can only wonder who those folks are honoring today instead. For the rest of us, let us engage our culture this Independence Day with our patriotism and our remembrance of the soldiers and sailors – past and present – who made this possible.

I leave with you with a well-put-together tribute to our troops from a USAF officer, and a message from one of the few spokesmen for freedom in Washington… Ron Paul.

]]> http://negative99.com/faith/happy-fourth-of-july-2009/feed/ 3 Enter Hope’nchange: Obama Becomes the President http://negative99.com/politics/enter-hopenchange-obama-becomes-the-president/ http://negative99.com/politics/enter-hopenchange-obama-becomes-the-president/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:00:15 +0000 WarAxe http://negative99.com/?p=636
A young Barack Obama

A young Barack Obama

Today Barack Hussein Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States. I wasn’t necessarily a fan of John McCain, but I really did NOT want to see a Chicago liberal become president. I have been fairly quiet since the election, and was shockingly more distraught about my beloved Patriots losing last year’s SuperBowl XLII than the November outcome. But, with this inauguration day at hand… and as the mainstream media orgasms its approval… I find it hard not to weigh in.

They’ll Let Anybody Vote

I remember being at a party a few months before the election. I was in a side conversation when politics was brought up (not by me, I swear!). An early-twenty-something schoolteacher voiced his enthusiastic support for Obama. To this point the only topic this fellow seemed knowledgeable in was hard liquor (seriously — and indeed this party of mostly church-goers talked more about hard liquor than any other topic… astounding… but I digress).

So, intrigued, I prodded him for a few details of why he supported Obama. His faced turned uncomfortable, but he managed to mumble something about “feeling” Obama was a good choice and would “bring change”. Unsatisfied, I asked for which of Obama’s proposed changes he favored the most. Astoundingly (or not so), this schoolteacher — this young “learned” instructor of my community’s children — could not name even ONE THING Obama professed to change.

His ignorance is not without healthy company…

Electric Justice

A man kept having his McCain signs stolen… so he set up a camera and electrified the sign. [article link] Turns out a local neighborhood liberal had coerced his young son into crime… replacing local McCain signs with Obama signs. But this time he got “caught”. :-)

This is a wonderful, feel-good story. It’s beautiful… really. This man, an electrical engineer, used his skill to electrify his property and brought joy to the world. Joy in the form of pure, justice-honey. Mmmm. Poetry… a balancing of the universe… like the dawn’s light pouring over green hills.

She Said What?!

So What Does Change Really Mean?

Change Means Socialism

Change Means Socialism

As a conservative the idea of governmental wealth redistribution is repugnant on a scale usually reserved for telemarketers or napalm enemas. Even the poor in our nation are better off than most of the rest of the planet. So what change is coming? Political change? Then why is his cabinet filled with the typical Washington insiders? Fiscal change? Then why is he pushing for a trillion dollars of bailouts?

Mugshots for Change

Let me leave you with a collection of Obama supporter mugshots? Indeed, this is the kind of thing you’d probably never be able get from a conservative candidate. Behold the faces of change! :-)

Some Obama supporters

Some Obama supporters

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Memorial Day - US Flag flying in front of Washington Monument

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