Men, Made of Sterner Stuff

Orignal Content | 1/7/2015 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

The smoke has cleared, and John Boehner, the neo-progressive Obama-enabler, has retained his House Speaker position.

Despite a clear and unequivocal message sent by many millions of Americans and conservatives, the dissenters in the House who would have removed Boehner numbered only twenty-five -- twenty-five men and women of conviction, out of two-hundred thirty-six. That is a mere 10.5% of the total Republicans seated in 2015.

The reseating of Boehner, who I now call the Crying Cheeto (due to his weepiness and odd orange skin color), guarantees an agenda of appeasement of Democrats, a failure to rein in an out-of-control Barack Obama, and an agenda favoring the Chamber of Communism. The COC agenda consists largely of deflating American wages by turning a blind eye to massive illegal immigration, and by importing technical and skilled workers from low-wage third-world hellholes.

There will be no serious challenge of Obamacare, which is poised to strangle American small businesses, and impose harsh mandates and financial penalties on a populace already under severe wage pressure -- even though Americans have electorally removed half of the Senators who voted for that Obamacare.

There will be an acceleration in the 'normalization' of illegal immigrants, which will permanently change the character of the American electorate to one that favors increasing socialism, and even outright communism.

There will be no attempt to rein in an overreaching Environmental Protection Agency, whose bureaucratic edicts border on insanity.

There will be no desire to investigate and punish the many dozens of Obama scandals, including the weaponization of the IRS, the internal spying on journalists who report negative stories on the administration, and the importation of illegal firearms into the neighboring nation of Mexico.

There is a story that emerged last night: Representative Louie Gohmert related that many of the people who were successfully recruited to oppose the Obama-sycophant Boehner, backed out at the last moment, and did so without warning. It occurs to me that they did so for their own selfish reasons. They were afraid of retaliation. They were scared they might lose committee memberships, or not get new ones. They decided that their own personal interests were more important than representing the people they serve. Polls showed clearly that they were being directed to remove Boehner. No matter to them, they voted for their selfish personal gain.

It staggers the cogent observer: Small-minded and petty personal concerns bested the 'principles' of approximately 90% of the Republican membership.

This mirrors the percentage of the affiliation of American citizens, preceding the Revolutionary War. Ten percent were for the Crown, ten percent were for Independence, and eighty percent had little concern either way.

But do we not elect people who are supposed to be more principled than the common citizenry? Apparently we did not.

If we think back to the Founding Fathers, they risked much more than losing a choice committee membership. They risked their lives. They risked their families. They risked their personal fortunes, and even though the Revolution was successful, many of them still died broke.

These Founders, these men, were made of sterner stuff. Now, we have men and women who can be cowed by the threat of the loss of minor privileges.

I sometimes observe that soft times -- times of abundance and plenty -- breed soft men. We have bred a crop of weak, unprincipled representatives. Their elections and their actions guarantee that we shall enter much tougher times. The bright spot of this situation is that, as things go south -- and they will -- that in about a generation, perhaps we'll have a more moral, hardworking, principled citizenry.

Perhaps we will be made of sterner stuff.

Perhaps we will deserve the freedom that we will have to fight for, again. We have squandered the Founders sacrifices. Someday, we shall need to make our own.

[rarestia]

And Thomas Jefferson was “just some jerk” with a quill and parchment. It’s not the man but the character about which I am concerned.

[nanetteclaret]

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

I guess most people have no clue what “sacred Honor” is anymore, or they would have stood firm. They will have to confront themselves in the mirror every morning, knowing that they were cowards.

[Pietro]

I’m already an Independent.

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark.

[Madame Dufarge]

Well done, Laz, well done indeed.

How degraded our political class has become stands out in stark relief when compared to this brave and principled man, Caesar Rodney

"No portrait of Caesar Rodney exists. We know that he was tormented throughout his life by asthma, and that his adult years were plagued by a facial cancer. He experienced expensive, painful and futile medical treatments on the cancer.

The apex of Caesar Rodney's service to his state occurred in the spring of 1776... He, along with Thomas McKean and George Read, were the three Delaware delegates to the Continental Congress. The explosive issue of actual independence was the question of the hour.

The discussion of the Resolution occupied several contentious weeks. Unanimous agreement eluded its supporters, and a recess was declared. On June 15, 1776 the Delaware Assembly released their three divided delegates to vote their individual judgment in Philadelphia. The Congress reconvened on July 1, 1776.

However Caesar Rodney was in Delaware dealing with militia creation and Tory problems. The Delaware vote on independence was deadlocked with McKean 'for' and Read 'against'. A dramatic story began to unfold. McKean sent a courier to Caesar Rodney advising him of the deadlock and Caesar Rodney immediately left for Philadelphia, either on horseback...or by carriage. Riding all night in a torrential rainstorm, he arrived at Independence Hall on July 2, 1776 muddy, wet and fatigued but 'booted and spurred', and also seriously ill.The eighty mile trip had consumed eighteen hours, and much of his vitality. He was strong enough to break the Delaware tie and vote for independence, adding Delaware to the successful vote that day, and the eventual unanimous vote later in July.

Rodney was elected President of Delaware in 1778 for a three year term, and served an additional seven months.The ratification of the articles of Confederation consumed him for over a year marked by real contention within the Delaware Assembly. As peace approached, Rodney's frail constitution was played out. He was again appointed to the Continental Congress and the Delaware Assembly, but never served. He had reached the end of his strength and had probably bankrupted himself in service to the state. It is the ultimate irony that Caesar Rodney was to die less than one year from the signing on september 3, 1783, of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolution war".

And today's Lilliputians sell their souls for a committee assignment and thirty pieces of silver.

Caesar Rodney, signer of the Declaration of Independence

[Lazamataz]

My very first *official* Laz ping! And, it’s stellar. Bravo, Lazamataz!

I appreciate, but you only pinged me. LOL

[Lazamataz]

I guess most people have no clue what “sacred Honor” is anymore, or they would have stood firm. They will have to confront themselves in the mirror every morning, knowing that they were cowards.

Worse: They don't care. Hell, they don't even KNOW to care.

[Lazamataz]

America has grown soft and comfortable...waiting for the next reality show to come on...

It is the cycle of all nations. We will get our chance to become 'men of sterner stuff', when something hideous happens to collapse us.

[Lazamataz]

Excellent and right to the point message, My FRiend.

I pride myself on my brevity.

99% of the population of the United States do not mind wearing the shackles and chains of the slave as long as they have their EBT card and NFL football along with NBA basketball.

It's a long way off 99%, but it is a majority.

[Lazamataz]

A thoughtful and timely perspective, Laz...........Thanks My perspective, early this morning came from Psalms 2.......

.... and thank you for the reminder that, while I sit in the folly of my fellow man, I can turn to the All Powerful Lord God for solace and shelter.

[Lazamataz]

Thank you, kind sir.

[Lazamataz]

Good job, Laz. Thanks for putting our thoughts into words.

Thanks for the reference, and I'm delighted to be able to vocalize (write-alize?) the feelings we are all feeling.

[Lazamataz]

Fascinating story about a man I knew nothing about.

[exit82]

Your best yet.

Simply excellent.

[Bigg Red]

mark

[Lazamataz]

Thank you, kind sir.

[Lazamataz]

Mark

Twain

[Bob]

While they’ve technically only been in charge for a few days, the election results have been known for about two months. The speakership election wasn’t a pop quiz. The newly elected and reelected reps failed it miserably.

[NorthMountain]

Small-minded and petty personal concerns bested the 'principles' of approximately 90% of the Republican membership.

From which a reasonable man may conclude that approximately 90% of the Republican members have no principles, and are in fact small-minded and petty politicians. Statesmen they are not.

[Lazamataz]

Hey bro. I think I disagree with the Kasserine Pass analogy. After our Kasserine Pass debacle, we changed our tactics. We appointed new commanders. We altered our strategies.

We shall do none of these things. Boehner and the GOP will double-down.

Note that I have removed the term ‘establishment’ from the GOP-e. It is not the Establishment that is the problem, any more. It is the newly-elected so-called “principled conservatives” that are every bit the same problem as the old entrenched progressive Republicans.

The whole party is rotten, with only a 10% that are redeemable.