Happy Thanksgiving, Mark, and to all the staff whom I am thankful for so I may be better educated on current events and our Founders' philosophy. May God Bless you all and keep you safe!

Not having the left margin of your messages constant makes your message hard to read.

Would like to contribute but am 91 and in poor health.

Keep up the good work!

Happy Thanksgiving

After reading your publication several weeks ago, my colleagues and I decided to step up.

We put together 'ConstitutionOath.com' - take the oath, become an oath giver.

It's a simple oath - only to the Constitution - not to any commanding officer or person.

We're proud of what we've done - we've had a couple dozen sign ups - but we are expecting this to take off. We're doing it out of our own pockets - but that's ok. 3 generations have served in the US Army - we feel it's an investment well worth making.

Any comments or shoutouts would be appreciated!

Thanks again - and Happy Thanksgiving.

Great Thanksgiving edition. I just recently started subscribing to the Patriot Post and think that the information is very informative. I would like to give my Thanks to all our Service Men and Women active and veterans for keeping America free and safe. God Bless all of you.

Lisa CP MD

I am thankful for the Patriot Post and wish with all my heart that I had the financial resources to contribute more financially than I already have. I look forward to your messages as a beacon of hope for the survival of our country. God Bless America and the Patriot Post.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, AND MAY WE ALL TAKE TIME TO BE THANKFUL, AND SHOW OUR THANKS TO ALL WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH!

As I sit down with my loved ones to enjoy our Thansgiving dinner my pryaers and thoughts go out to the young men and womenf=offering up their lives to furtrher our liberty As a WWII veteran with almost four years of service and six major cam-paigns I,m not asshamed to sasy that I cry for our young who are sent home to their families only to return asgain to the battlefield. Jit's horrendous and (I say damn you! damn you to those in the WH and Congress dithering and partying and putting out youth in harm's way, not caring one whit; filling the air with liesand corrupting our nation with debt and an apotheosis of hate and moral decay.

jjd

It is surprising to me that, in this time of war, there are still some who can speak of how horrible war is - while sitting with their latte or hamburger. From the safety of the home front, the only such consideration should be as prelude to planning for the return of those who are immersed in that horrid crucible.

I cannot get out of my head when, recently, a person told me how terrible they think war is - as partial excuse for not supporting the troops; not half an hour later I read (I cannot recall where) that the only thing more terrible than war is the unwillingness of free men to consider anything worth a war. Those who think that freedom is not worth fighting for are not worthy of the blood shed by Americans fighting to defend it.

I cannot even hope that their chains sit lightly upon them, but I hope most fervently that all memory of our shared heritage is forgotten!

We need more reporting like this...

TV station WTOC in Savannah , GA turned their General Manager and VP loose to tell it like it is!!!

http://www.wtoc.com/global/video/flash/popupplayer.asp?ClipID1=4285612&h1=Editorial%20-%2011/09/09&vt1=v&at1=News&d1=186467&LaunchPageAdTag=News

Then we could all really celebrate the joys of Thanksgiving!

edh

Fight organized crime. Re-elect NO ONE!

Thank you for your 11/25/09 patriot post about your friend in Afghanistan. May God bless him and all his fellow soldiers and families. My son has just left a few days ago for Iraq. We are very proud of our son. It is so unfortunate people are so uneducated and unappreciative of the sacrifices of the few for the many. World peace is such a vague, ambiguous term. I wonder if they understand what they mean.

To All at The Patriot Post and TO it's readers:

It is my prayer that each of you has a list of things to be thankful for that is very long, and.........

A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND THOSE YOU LOVE!

Well Said, Sir! Your inspiration, thoughts, and comments are, in the highest traditions of the Naval Service--'OUTSTANDING." Thank You.

Mark, outstanding Thanksgiving special edition. Sadly, I do not read each of your posts as diligently as I should, but today's was a special treat. Thank you for the great story about the Pilgrim thanksgiving progress, and the ending comment about the Christian message. God's blessings to the Alexanders, and your good friend in Afghanistan. -- Matt

Reading the recent article by Brian W. Walsh & Hans A. von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation concerning the use of the tax code and the criminal enforcement powers of the IRS for all who refuse to buy the soon-to-be mandated health insurance makes me think that this is, at the least, a 21st century version of the Stamp Act. I can only hope it will be resisted with as much fervor as was that measure in its time. The very idea of such an act even being proposed shows not only a total ignorance of the Constitution, but also a complete disregard for individual liberty; just as was the case in the eighteenth century, its passage will again be time for resistance by any means available.

Economically, this beleaguered Thanksgiving will be painful for many who no longer have a job or income. However, we must stand together in support of those who suffer lack and want, and thank Almighty God that we have Patriots who will help sustain this great nation until Obama is impeached and removed from terrorizing our nation.By the grace of Almighty God and the love of country by such as those at the Patriot Post, we will survive! Best wishes for a wonderful holiday!

Thank you Mark for your wise and considerate thoughts. Your Plymoth analogy is poignant and serves yet again to point out the path we should be fighting to get back on.

Kevin

Thank you, Mark for letting us gather in your warm room. Though under continuing deadly attack, it is heartwarming to know that the American family still exists. Thank you for your partiotic fervor and the readers words. Though these also are times that try men's souls, it is reassuring to know that the American spirit has not been quenched.

Have the politicians elected to office "by the people"forgotten who serves who,and what about backing up our servicemen and women who are in harms way now? This needs to be corrected now,not later! I cannot bring myself to enjoy this holiday season as Washington's elite push their agendas ahead of the safety of our greatest national treasures...

I weep for all those who are now in harm's way, fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and I pray for their safety. Their families are lonely at home but strong and resolute. I would like to thank them today for giving the rest of us the gift of peace. We would never be able to repay you for all your sacrifices. I know the pain of a spouse who leaves for Iraq or Afghanistan. I also know how it feels to live in some part of the world that even time has forgotten, representing the U.S. Let's not forget them this Thanksgiving.

May God bless all of our soldiers and their families!

I am not a wealthy man, far from it. In fact took a 40% pay cut to help keep the company I work for afloat, which will stay in effect until we have economic change or go out of business. That said I have made a 2nd year end contribution to Patriot Post because I so believe in your mission. Thank you for what you do and God Bless.

Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/11/navy_seals_capture_most_wanted.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576646,00.html

Words fail me. Thinking about the government in Washington makes me vomit. And then I get angry.

I've been outside the US since 1996 but I still display the flag I carried with me through nearly 30 years in the Army. Today, for Thanksgiving, I'm in Kharkov, Ukraine. The country only shook off the yolk of communism in 1992 and they still have teething problems with a free market economy and personal freedom. When I listen to my Ukrainian friends complain about democracy and how it hasn't improved their lot, I remind them that they are free say what they want, do what they want, and fail if they don't do the hard yards. They complain about politicians and corruption, and I give them this web site to read. If there's a PC handy, I log on and bring up the Patriot site. A few issues of the Patriot is a world class introduction to what it takes to gain and keep your freedom. I won't have Thanksgiving today, except in my heart, but I'm sharing the bounty of the American political philosophy, like the Apostle Paul in his journeys, to anyone who'll listen. And there are lots of folks here who will. Keep up the great work. Reminds me to remember where I came from even if I never get back.

I was thinking this morning of the title to this message on the Patriot Post, "Count Your Blessings". Of course, this is the name of an Old hymn of the American Church. The words are so good and may prove to be a blessing to someone today.

When upon life's billows

You are tempest tossed

When you are discouraged

thinking all is lost

Count your many blessing

Name them one by one

And it will surprise you

What the Lord has done.

So amid the conflict

whether great or small

Do not be discouraged

God is over all

Count your many blessings

Angels will attend

Help and comfort give you

To your journeys end.

Count your Blessings

Name them one by one

Count your blessings

See what God has done

Thanks be unto God for His bounty to us as Americans.

AS HE WAS WITH OUR FATHERS

"But while, in imitation of our pious Forefathers, we are aiming at security of our liberties, we should all be concerned to express by our conduct their piety and virtue, and in a day of darkness and general distress carefully avoid every thing offensive to God....

Let every attempt to secure our liberties be conducted with a manly fortitude, with that respectful decency which reason approves and which alone gives weight to the most salutary measures.... "

Samuel Cooke, A.M., Mass. Election Day Sermons, 1774, They Preached Liberty.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Perhaps the problem is identified ....

This is an interesting observation. Draw your own conclusions.

Johnny Carson nailed lawyers with one of his how cold was it? jokes! It was so cold that lawyers were running around with their hands in their own pockets!!

This is very interesting! I never thought about it this way. Perhaps this is why so many physicians are conservatives or republicans.

The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party.

Barack Obama is a lawyer.

Michelle Obama is a lawyer.

Hillary Clinton is a lawyer.

Bill Clinton is a lawyer.

John Edwards is a lawyer.

Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer.

Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).

Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.

Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:

Harry Reid is a lawyer.

Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.

The Republican Party is different.

President Bush is a businessman.

Vice President Cheney is a businessman.

The leaders of the Republican Revolution:

Newt Gingrich was a history professor.

Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist.

House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastic manufacturer.

The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.

Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.

The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.

The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers. Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, like Frist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich. The Lawyers Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies of America. And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyers Party, grow. Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail? Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation. This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes

of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people. Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side. Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine. But it is an awful way to

govern a great nation.

When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become adverse parties of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit. We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.

Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too big. When lawyers use criminal prosecution as a continuation of politics by other means, as happened in the lynching of Scooter Libby and Tom Delay, then the power of lawyers in America is too great. When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies

are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.

We cannot expect the Lawyers Party to provide real change, real reform or real hope in America Most Americans know that a republic in which every major government action must be blessed by nine unelected judges is not what.. Washington intended in 1789. Most Americans grasp that we cannot fight a war when ACLU lawsuits snap at the heels of our defenders. Most Americans intuit that more lawyers and judges will not restore declining moral values or spark the spirit of enterprise in our economy..

Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business. Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work. Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.

The United States has 5% of the world's population and 66% of the world's lawyers! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being

voted on by the Democrat Party.

When you see that 97% of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association goes to the Democrat Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!

Today I would like to give thanks to my parents, Mimi and Florin, who chose to give me life, taught me right from wrong, patriotism, a positive work ethic, the value of a good education, sharing what I have with those less fortunate, instilled the desire to succeed, to be a good citizen, to be kind and helpful to my fellow man and all creatures great and small, to be a good parent, to be a good Christian, and to help myself without any interference or handouts from the government. Thank you, mom and dad, you are my true patriots.

From individuals, to state governments, to federal institutions initiated at the dawn of our Constitution, nothing -- absolutely nothing -- is sacred to the leftists currently controlling our nation's capital.

No, you forget abortion "rights," gay marriage "rights," special rights for minorities, and wealth redistribution aka "welfare." THOSE things are quite sacred to the Left.

Great response Mr. Tannert and I thought I might add this in support, although it is not mine.

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws" Tacitus

I wonder if we could modifty that to, "The more corrupt the state the more numerous it's lawyers."

Mr. Tannert, a very good post.

What did Thomas Jefferson say about this, "a baneful judiciary beholden to no man." It has come to pass.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Since March of 2008 I have kept an extensive log regarding Obama, his past (what is known that is), his promises (that became his lies), his sudden and unexplained rise to power that he has abused beyond comprehension. Each day brought me more offenses and more anger.

I (and all Christians) have been called to pray for our leaders with the knowledge that God has placed each of them into positions of power for His glory. This is a very tough nut for me to crack... One night two weeks ago I was tossing and turning, embroiled in seething anger towards Obama and could not pray or find rest. An unaudible thought (obviously not mine) said, "I love Barack Hussien Obama. And I died for him."

My anger drained from me. I realized that I in my natural state continues to sin against my Lord and I am no better (or worse) than Obama. Having said all of this may I pose a question regarding how we (nation and individual) fit in His plan? Is it possible that we are going at this wholeheartily in the wrong direction? Could it be that the short-falling (Greek: hamertia) of our nation has already doomed it into the history books? Should we then spend our time, efforts and whatever wealth we have towards spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the uninformed? Is not the individual soul and spirit of each of us far more important to our God than a paltry nation that will ultimately be swept aside by Him at the final part of the End of Days?

So much for brevity... I welcome all thoughts if any find the questions worth pondering and answering. I pray that God will continue to bless us all with the knowledge and grace of Christ. Ron.

One of the most in depth discussions about the constitution I've read. I haven't gotten all the way through it yet. This is on a fishing website.

http://stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=676732

Brilliant in it's simplicity.

Any economic system need only be viewed in how it effects human incentive.

This is the conclusion also of The 5000 Year leap.

Thanx for all you do

With all due respect, Ron Dickman, our country is not a "paltry nation" that will be swept away at the end of days.

We have the best nation on the planet, we built it, and I refuse to accept defeat just because you say, we will all disappear in the end anyway. You may believe in the 2012 Mayan predictions but I don't. And it is not o.k. for Obama to destroy our country, we will not allow it, there are millions of us who did not vote for a hopey-changey communistic lifestyle or a fundamental makeover of our country. Nobody asked him nor empowered him to do it. Liberals just elected him president to carry on the traditions of our republic, end the war, and get more freebies. We did not give him carte blanche to re-make America. So, Ron, wake up from your lethargic state and fight.

Mr. Dickman, the Scriptures are not on your side. We are to pray for those in authority over us if they are good, if they are evil, we are to pray for God to restrain them (He uses humans according to law and that is the Constitution) Romans 13:3.

Our Fathers, "Put their hands to work and their hearts to God." So we must, too.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

In regard to those defending liberty in places far away, so that we may live in peace at home - please take a moment to send them a card with a personalized note. Xerox has made it easy for you to do so at the following link;

www.LetsSayThanks.com