What American 'Culture' did you grow up in?

An article out today, "Who Stole Our Culture? ", presents some interesting ideas. I’ve been thinking about ‘culture’ and just what the ‘culture’ was that I grew up in. It’s difficult to ‘identify’ by visuals. It wasn’t about race or religion, ethnicity or ‘tribal’ prejudices.

Part of my time was spent in a Mormon Community in Idaho about 1958. The little black girl that moved into town and I went to their church and sang like the good Baptists we were and were welcomed and loved and never felt left out. A girl from Mexico moved in and she taught me Spanish and I taught her more English. Her family learned the language before they came. She excelled in school without government intervention.

Most of my childhood, young adulthood were spent in a small West Coast rural community. REDNECKS...so I’m told. My Mexican friends were rednecks too. All I know is EVERYONE said Merry Christmas for a month and everyone was included, the few Jewish families enjoyed it and I learned to appreciate a Menorah. Everyone was included as long as you could be civil and obey the law. We respected our elders and had manners. Our parents and the lady next door always knew where we were.

I never experienced bigotry or prejudice and everyone spoke the same language, except when we wanted to make other ethnic families feel included and we learned to greet them in their native language, as a courtesy. Soon, the big cities and their liberal ways brought the new economy and political correctness to our town. I only saw bigotry after marrying into a very ‘ethnic’ family from Los Angeles who never quite left enough bad parts of their 'culture' behind. You understand it when you’ve been the victim of it.

A farmer or butcher who sold bad food was out of business. We knew where our food came from. Mostly from our own back yards. We helped our neighbors. People pulled their own weight. When a businessman gave you his word, if he didn’t keep up his end, he was out of business. We knew what laws were and we obeyed them or at least encouraged lawfulness and telling the truth. We discussed things like ethics, freedom, fairness in SCHOOL. Oh! MY. And EVERYONE flew the flag...the SAME flag. After school we took our guns and went hunting and NO ONE ever got hurt.

That’s the American ‘culture’ I grew up in. Yours may vary. I miss it! It just didn’t get any better than that and I was lucky to grow up when and where I did. I don’t see that future for any of our children again.

On the Radio....In honor of our Talk radio hosts on this July 4th

The best media is being pushed into extinction.

There was no T.V, not until 1954 in my hometown. I was six years old. One station. Part time. We got the second station years later and the third by the time I was grown with my own family. Three stations! Did we ever think we were in tall cotton then!

Of course, the big coastal economic zones got cable by that time. There weren’t CD’s in the vehicles and until tape players replaced it, folks had to listen to the radio in the car. They weren’t distracted by a cell phone either. In those days, we were in our cars most of the time. Gas was cheap, there was a country to see. Remember those days?

You won’t for long. We old ones will soon be replaced with new ones who will turn on the latest MP3 of Amy Winehouse on their commute to work or school, get collective historical amnesia and never realize the $10.00 a gallon they are paying for gas to get there should alarm them.

When I was a kid I got to listen to Dwight Eisenhower and Edward R. Murrow. In New York and LA the masses were already distracted with the latest technical listening and viewing devices. In the 70’s, I listened to Ronald Reagan every day on my commute home. Most were listening to the Grateful Dead.

And I still enjoy the radio. I get to hear presidents and world leaders and politicians get asked real questions and get real answers that you anti-radio people never hear, instead of the sound bites of the main stream media. The big media pick our candidates. Talk radio asks why.

In the eighties, I got to hear Barbara Jordan make a speech on Immigration policy that should be required listening and reading material in every high school. Why couldn’t we get her instead of Barak? There was a democrat I would have voted for. Well, they don't make 'em like they used to.

In the 90’s on the radio, I learned the Clinton Impeachment wasn’t about sex! Who knew??! It seemed like no one else around me knew, they were busy enjoying their latest CD player in their over financed car or watching the playboy channel.

Take 20 minutes the next time you fill up at the gas station suffering through a $150.00 tank and turn on the radio. Yes, AM. My own grown child said she didn’t know they even had AM any more! But she’s got a CD player and 2 cell phones in her car.

You’ll have to listen to a few hosts to figure out who is on the ‘powers that be’ take list. Sadly, that happens to the big boys of radio once in a while. They morph from American into Republican or Democrat. Listen and you’ll know who they are. And I honor those who, year after year, remain solid. They are a dying breed of the free press that educated the country the best it ever had for nearly 50 years. And it was ALL in English. And no one complained about it. Now, I have to channel through 50 foreign language, USA occupied stations to find my nations language.

If the democrats and too many republicans get their way, they will institute their ‘fairness doctrine’ to destroy the last voice of talk radio. If they don’t, you might actually find out why you’re paying $4.59 for a gallon of gas.

July 4th, 1776 - July 4th, 2008

"Posterity - you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." - John Quincy Adams

TheTownCrier

I was just thinking, as I was walking through my yard in this 10 day wild fire smoke screen we’ve been living in, how some keep telling us that McCain is just veering to the left to get indep/dem votes.

But I don’t see him leaning anywhere but where he’s always been, do you? Are those the votes that have ALWAYS got him elected? I believe they are. I don’t think he’s ever been a conservative representative. He doesn’t even know how to campaign to ‘us’. This candidate is a left trojan horse, and people are jumping on for the ride because he has an ‘r’ behind his name. He will serve his constituency, and that is not any of us. The GOP won’t even back real conservative congressional candidates any more. I believe the next step in this obvious 2 decade effort to rid the GOP of conservatives is to put up the likes of Hillary or Obama with an R behind them, and we’ll have to vote for them too! We’ve been SO had.

Then the next ‘quality’ they tell you about McCain is he will continue the Bush/Iraq policy. Why? He’s done nothing but bitch about it from day one. Barak is about there.... he’s leaning so far to the right....so would they vote for him because he said the right thing too? It’s insane.

This isn’t an election. I’m not sure what I’d call it. But somethin’ ain’t right!

It’s been many years since conservatives were allowed to have a candidate in a presidential election. One third of us consistently have no representation. The problem is, we’re all races and ‘minorities’, the American Mongrel, who wants to pander to that?....we are just not what elections are about any more.

We’re told over and over McCain’s record doesn’t matter, his temperment doesn’t matter, his insults and MORONIC legislation doesn’t matter....the only thing that matters is he’s not a "D". I haven’t worked my whole life, studying these people, legislation and all the assorted BS that goes with it to vote only for that reason. They LOVE the ignorant.

Their last excuse to insult you into voting for Johnny is, 'well then you’re voting for Obama!'.

I’m not convinced voting for McCain ISN’T a vote for Obama and the left.

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BTW -----I got an email from a Ron Paul supporter...OH, YES, if I had supported Paul, we wouldn't be in this mess! Ugh

Ron made some good points in his article, "Something Big is Going on" about the coming economic gloom and doom. But I stopped reading at this line.....

"Instead of using globalism in a positive fashion, it’s been used to globalize all of the mistakes of the politicians, bureaucrats and central bankers.

True...but, Mr. Paul, I sure wish you'd thought of that when you voted Most Favored Trade Nation status for China and pushed other globalist efforts.

Paul supporters, please make note. RON QUIT THE RACE. If he was still running, I'd probably vote for him. But he was wrong about China, the biggest reason for the gas gouge.
Duncan Hunter is the only one that gets it and tried to warn you.

OPERATION SECURE NOW!!!! July 4th! Be there!

We invite ALL Americans to join us for the Celebration Event of the Year!!!

OPERATION SECURE NOW!!!!

When: JULY 4th, 2008!!!
Where: CAMP VIGILANCE, Boulevard, CA
Event Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Border Watch: For Patriots Who Wish To Stay, There Will Be A Weekend Border Watch -July 5th & 6th!!

The Unity of Groups: The event is sponsored by California Coalition for Immigration Reform, Save Our State, The Minuteman Corps of CA Inc, The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps of CA, The San Diego Minutemen, The Escondido Minuteman Brigade, The Antelope Valley Minutemen and others!!!!!

July 4th festivities will include guest speakers, entertainment, patriotic vendors, and a BBQ! ($10 donation per vehicle. And a $10 donation for food per adult. $5 for children. This is to just cover the costs we are spending for the event.)


FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!!!

Special Guest Speakers Confirmed Include:

CONGRESSMAN DUNCAN HUNTER!! (Former GOP Presidential Candidate) http://www.house.gov/hunter/

Darrell Castle, U.S. Constitution Party Vice-President Candidate, http://baldwin2008.com/about/meet-darrell-castle/
Monica Ramos, Joe Loya (Wife and Father-in-Law of Imprisoned Border Patrol Agents, Nacho Ramos) http://agentramos.blogspot.com/

The Jamiel Shaw Family, www.jamielslaw.com

Michael Crimmins, Candidate For Congress, http://crimminsforcongress.com/trail/

Tony Dolz, Candidate For Congress, http://www.dolz.com/

Ted Hayes, Candidate For Congress, http://tedhayestocongress.com/

Duncan D. Hunter, Candidate For Congress, http://www.hunterforcongress.com/

David Lee Joy, Candidate For Congress, http://www.davidleejoy.com/

Bill Lussenheide, Candidate For Congress,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FaithF...guid=107825011 & Others!

Entertainment:

Musical Guests:
Ruben Medina of the Americana Union Band (Songs include "Matricular Madness")

Special Screening of the documentary full length film "Documented America, The "I" Word".
Executive Producer, CJ Raef will be present for a Q & A!!
http://www.documentedamerica.com/
(This film has been accepted into two film festivals!)

Magician Loch David Crane will also entertain http://www.star-trike.com/

Joni Tofanelli will broadcast LIVE!! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/minuteman_nation

Rev Earle Fox will lead a seminar on the role of Christianity in the founding of our country. The Reverend will also perform our opening invocation.

There will also be fun raffles...the donations will go where they belong..the Ramos & the Shaws!!

Patriots Will Light Up the Sky at 9pm with Light filled balloons!! Celebrate our nation's birth!!

Don’t miss this opportunity to show the entire nation (and our Presidential Candidates) that Safety, Sovereignty and Security are THE most defining issues of our day.

Camping is available. Arrivals are permitted starting July 3rd. For more information visit: http://www.campvigilance.com/2008/page1.html or www.saveourstate.org.

God Bless America,
Chelene Nightingale
Media & Events Director
www.saveourstate.org
media@saveourstate.org
office: 310-237-5590