Our US Government

In God We Trust

"The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion." --Abraham Lincoln

How many of us have actually taken the time to look closely at the back side of a dollar bill. Most of us are too busy spending them to ever stop and examine the great symbolism imprinted upon every dollar bill. Beneath the majestic "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and sandwiched between two symbols lie the words "IN GOD WE TRUST." To the left and right of these words lie the Great Seal of the United States. On the seal are inscribed the words "Annuit Cœptis" ("God has favored the undertaking") and "Novus Ordo Seclorum" ("a new order of nation was thus launched.") The Great Seal also includes a pyramid, which represents the thirteen original colonies topped by the all-seeing eye of God surrounded by a cloud of glory, symbolizing the protecting Divine Presence.

Though it was the last half-century that brought the words "in God we trust" to U.S. currency, its presence serves as a reminder of the uniqueness of our nation's founding. America is one of the only societies in the history of the world based upon the God of the Bible. The Pilgrims who came to America in 1620 did not come merely because they wanted freedom of worship. They were far from religious refugees who just wanted a place where they could be themselves. The Pilgrims' own words from the famous "Mayflower Compact" tell it all: "Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith, and the honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Part of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience."(1)

These words told not just of their reasons for coming to America, but also outlined a form of government which would be a precursor to the eventual government of the United States.

"To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots" --Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Americans as a whole, have lost touch with their roots. Few have any interest at all as to how this country came to be. And those who do are often satisfied with the explanation given in a class, or by reading a book, or by watching a documentary. This lethargy of Americans towards their heritage is a danger to our society, for it makes us vulnerable to anyone who wishes to rewrite history to their liking. Slowly and methodically, the courses of entire civilizations can be changed by those who wish to manipulate opinion, values, and history.

Other countries have been brought to ruin because they allowed a person or group of people to slowly overtake them. How can we be so confident that we are exempt from this possibility? We may not be overtaken by a Hitler or a Stalin, but what about special-interest groups, or those who disagree with our values or religious views, whatever they may be? We must not allow our freedoms to be compromised.

America cannot afford to allow its roots to be severed. We must understand our roots lest we risk losing touch with the principles and realities that have made this country what it is today. As a society, we must hold officials in the public sector accountable for ensuring the freedoms that our founding fathers sought after. The responsibility rests on our shoulders, and ours alone--our forefathers ensured us of that by creating the system of government we now possess.

Indeed, our roots cannot be severed apart from our consent.

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Comment by H. RONALD (RON) HARTMAN on February 18, 2009 at 8:30pm: THOUGHTS FROM A "GOLD-BUG" INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICE
(just one of several which I receive periodically over the internet)

HOW CORRECT ARE HIS PERCEPTIONS OF OUR CURRENT DILEMMA?

YOU GIVE YOUR OPINIONS - PLEASE!

The Hijacking of America

Watching the perverted circus of corrupt politicians and administrators in Washington and New York the last six months is enough to make anyone with a brain want to shout a primal scream of disgust and anger. I use the word “brain“ because it is becoming increasingly apparent that many Americans unfortunately are no longer using the gray matter that exists between their ears with regards to what is going on in our country. The rapidly accelerating chain of events moving us faster and faster towards economic oblivion is beyond shocking. It is happening much quicker than I anticipated.

The numbers these stooges in Washington and New York are throwing around for the bailouts and economic stimulus package are simply too big for the average person to comprehend. This is one of the reasons why they can get away with it, because they know the average citizen can’t understand it.

The old adage “if you can’t convince them, then confuse them” comes to mind and the politicians certainly have become very adept at doing that lately. (But why we let them get away with this is another story in and of itself for another time).

At some point large numbers simply become figures on the page, well beyond human scale and intuitive understanding. And yet as discussion about the economy and the gargantuan numbers that come along with it continue to dominate the news, it may be more important than ever to try to understand what these numbers actually represent. The politicians figure that as long as they can keep you in the dark, you won’t demand any accountability from them. And accountability to a politician is what a heart attack means to your average 55 year old.

So before I go any further let’s do a quick study of what a trillion dollars represents in order to understand why the U.S. Government is completely out of control at this point and soon on its way to utter collapse.

With the economic stimulus package estimated to cost around one trillion dollars, and Obama stating on January 7th that “he is admitting to trillion dollar budget deficits for years to come” here are some analogies that express the absurdity of the current situation in the United States.

First - the math:
1 (one)
10 (ten)
100 (one hundred)
1,000 (one thousand)
10,000 (ten thousand)
100,000 (hundred thousand)
1,000,000 (one million)
10,000,000 (ten million)
100,000,000 (hundred million)
1,000,000,000 (one billion)
10,000,000,000 (ten billion)
100,000,000,000 (hundred billion)
1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion)

Now the analogies:

First analogy: If someone spent one million dollars per day each and every day since Jesus was born, it would take another 731 years (beyond today) before one trillion dollars was spent.

$1,000,000,000,000 / $1,000,000 per day = one million days

one million days / 365 = 2740 years

2740 - 2009 = 731 (years remaining)

Second analogy looks at a million, a billion, and a trillion in terms of seconds.

One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days. A billion seconds is 32 years. And a trillion seconds is 32,000 years!

The third analogy puts dollar bills end to end. If you laid one dollar bills end to end, one trillion dollars would stretch nearly from the earth to the sun. It would take a military jet flying at the speed of sound, reeling out a roll of dollar bills behind it, 14 years before it reeled out one trillion dollar bills!

But the last analogy is the one that absolutely blows my mind. If you took freshly minted brand new $1,000 dollar bills and starting stacking them one on top of another, it would take a stack over 68 miles high to reach one trillion dollars!

It’s become almost surreal, like we are in a bad dream or something!

It is clear that Obama’s Keynes

Comment by TDC on February 19, 2009 at 8:30am: TheDailyChange.com

Comment by Chris Lewis on February 21, 2009 at 8:26pm: What a fantastic mini clip about forms of government.Thank you I was certainly enlightened. Ronald Hartman's analogy was breathtaking as it was shocking and he too speaks the truth. I wonder though, if that trillion gets passed around the money moves from place to place ending up back where it came from over a period of time. We make the right moves and it will all work out in the long run.