-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Alamo's Heroes Needed Today By Chuck Baldwin March 6, 2001 When you awoke this morning, did you say a word of thanks for those 186 brave men who died at the Alamo? It was on this date in 1836 that men like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Will Travis chose to fight and die at that little mission fort, rather than leave their posts. As you meditate on the bravery and commitment of those men, try to imagine a congressman and a group of citizen volunteers being willing to emulate that act of self-sacrifice today. It's tough to visualize, isn't it? By today's standards, the men who died at the Alamo must seem rather foolish. After all, they had no chance of winning - none! And isn't winning all that counts? That's what good Republicans have been telling us for the past year. That's why Trent Lott and the Senate leadership decided to let Bill Clinton stay in office. That's why millions of Christian conservatives voted for G.W. Bush instead of Alan Keyes in the Republican primaries. And that's why they ignored Pat Buchanan and Howard Phillips in the general election. This win-at-all-costs philosophy is one reason the Republican Party, and conservatives in general, have been castrated. They have sold their souls (and their children's futures) to the concept that winning is all that matters. But that was not the spirit of the men at the Alamo; neither was it the spirit of the men at Lexington and Concord. Winning has never been man's duty. Picking winners and losers is the domain of God - and God's alone. Man has but one duty: to be faithful to the truth. Nothing more. Nothing less. When those 186 men at the Alamo decided to step across that line in the sand, they knew they were going to die. A force of over 4,000 seasoned soldiers surrounded them, and no help was coming. They knew they were going to die. Yet, to a man, they chose to stay on those ramparts. One of those men was Tennessee Congressman, David Crockett. Some were farmers. Others were ranchers. James Bowie was a wealthy landowner. Ministers, too, were numbered among that gallant group. They came from various backgrounds and trades. But all of them believed that a man's duty was simply to do right and let God decide the rest. They chose to do right - and they died doing it. I pray that one day my conservative brethren will come to understand that our only duty is to stand for truth and right. In standing for right, some prevail; others don't. The eternal rewards are the same for each. I need to add that it is devotion to duty that often prompts Heaven's assistance. On the other hand, to cling to this humanistic "must win" attitude is to cling to a rope of sand. And for those who continue to embrace the damnable belief that "principle without power is useless," I would only respond by saying, power without principle is dangerous. And I would add one more thing: it was the spirit of Crockett's champions, not the spirit of Lott's Lilliputians, that made America the greatest nation on earth. And only the same uncompromising, fearless spirit will turn our faltering country around. Does anyone see Crockett's shadow on the horizon? *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
