I had no idea Norris was comedically talented.
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Fritz Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Fritz Holt <[email protected]> > Subject: [ot_caving] FW: Chuck Norris for President - of TEXAS! > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "Jacquetta Breedlove" <[email protected]>, "Ashmore, Stephen C" > <[email protected]>, "mandy holt" <[email protected]>, > "Jenny Holt" <[email protected]>, "James E. Wagner" > <[email protected]>, "Guy Heath" <[email protected]>, "Chris Young" > <[email protected]>, "Bob Rathbun" > <[email protected]>, "Reed Moraw" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "Dianne West" <[email protected]>, "Off > Topic" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 10:24 AM > FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, > > HERE IS SOME INTERESTING AND INTELLIGENT COMMENTARY FROM > CHUCK NORRIS. EVEN MORE INTERESTING ARE QUOTATIONS FROM OUR > NATIONS FOUNDERS (INCLUDING TEXAS) WHO WITHOUT QUESTION WERE > THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND RIGHT THINKING PATRIOTS. (THERE IS > NO ROOM TO DEBATE SLAVERY HERE). REGARDLESS OF YOUR > POLITICAL AFFILIATION, NORRIS IS AN ARTICULATE AND EDUCATED > WRITER AND SPEAKER. > > FRITZ > > ________________________________ > Posted: March 09, 2009 > 1:00 am Eastern > > > By Chuck Norris > ________________________________ > > On Glenn Beck's radio > show<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/22220/> > last week, I quipped in response to our wayward federal > government, "I may run for president of Texas." > > That need may be a reality sooner than we think. If not me, > someone someday may again be running for president of the > Lone Star state, if the state of the union continues to turn > into the enemy of the state. > > From the East Coast to the "Left Coast," America > seems to be moving further and further from its > founders' vision and government. > > George Washington advised, "The great rule of conduct > in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial > relations [and] having with them as little political > connection as possible." Yet the Obama administration > just pledged $900 > million<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130215> > in U.S. taxpayer-funded aid to Hamas-controlled Gaza and > Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian > Authority.<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed1/idUSL4918183> > > Thomas Jefferson counseled us, "We must not let our > rulers load us with perpetual debt." Yet the Feds have > just skyrocketed our national deficit and debt by trillions > of dollars, and it plans much more fiscal expansion with few > expectations of resistance. Despite that George Washington > admonished, "To contract new debts is not the way to > pay for old ones," we keep borrowing and bailing, while > we watch the stock market plunge further every time we do. > > Patrick Henry taught that, "Our Constitution is ... an > instrument for its people to restrain the government." > Yet our Congress and president stampede that founding > document, overlook its explicitness and manipulate its words > to abandon a balance of power and accommodate their own > desires, partisan politics and runaway spending. > > John Adams declared that, "Our Constitution was made > only for a moral and religious people." Yet we've > bastardized the First Amendment, reinterpreted America's > religious > history<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.nationaltreasures.org/> > and secularized our society until we ooze skepticism and > circumvent religion on every level of public and private > life. > > How much more will Americans take? When will enough be > enough? And, when that time comes, will our leaders finally > listen or will history need to record a second American > Revolution? We the people have the authority according to > America's Declaration of Independence, which states: > > That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of > these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to > abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its > foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in > such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their > Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that > Governments long established should not be changed for light > and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has > shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils > are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the > forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of > abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object > evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it > is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such > Government, and to provide new Guards for their future > security. > > When I appeared on Glenn Beck's radio > show<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/22220/>, > he told me that someone had asked him, "Do you really > believe that there is going to be trouble in the > future?" And he answered, "If this country starts > to spiral out of control and Mexico melts down or whatever, > if it really starts to spiral out of control, before America > allows a country to become a totalitarian country (which it > would have under I think the Republicans as well in this > situation; they were taking us to the same place, just > slower), Americans won't stand for it. There will be > parts of the country that will rise up." Then Glenn > asked me and his listening audience, "And where's > that going to come from?" He answered his own question, > "Texas, it's going to come from Texas. Do you agree > with that Chuck?" I replied, "Oh yeah!" > Definitely. > > It was these types of thoughts that led me to utter the > tongue-n-cheek frustration on Glenn Beck's radio > show<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/22220/>, > "I may run for president of Texas!" > > I'm not saying that other states won't muster the > gumption to stand and secede, but Texas has the history to > prove it. As most know, Texas was its own country before it > joined the Union as its 28th state. From 1836 to 1846, Texas > was its own Republic. Washington-on-the-Brazos > (river)<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.birthplaceoftexas.com/> > served as our Philadelphia, Pa. It was > there<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/washington_on_the_brazos/>, > on March 2, 1836, where a band of patriots forged the Texas > Declaration of > Independence<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/declare-01.html>. > (We just celebrated these dates last week.) > > (Column continues below) > > On March 1, 1845, then-President John Tyler signed a > congressional bill annexing the Republic of Texas. Though > the annexation resolution never explicitly granted Texas the > right to secede from the Union (as is often reported), many > (including me) hold that it is implied by its unique > autonomy<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.texassecede.com/Texas%20Secession%20Facts.pdf> > and history, as well as the unusual > provision<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.snopes.com/history/american/texas.asp> > in the resolution that gave Texas the right to divide into > as many as five states. Both the original (1836) and the > current (1876) Texas Constitutions also declare that > "All political power is inherent in the people. ... > they have at all times the inalienable right to alter their > government in such manner as they might think proper." > > Anyone who has been around Texas for any length of time > knows exactly what we'd do if the going got rough in > America. Let there be no doubt about that. As Sam Houston > once said, "Texas has yet to learn submission to any > oppression, come from what source it may." > > Just last Friday, the Alamo celebrated its 173rd > commemoration<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.sanantoniolivinghistory.org/2009%20RTA%20Program%20Schedule.pdf>, > when on March 6, 1836, Texans under Col. William B. Travis > were overcome by the Mexican army after a two-week siege at > the Alamo in San Antonio. But they didn't go down > without a hell-of-a-fight, as those roughly 145 Texans > fought to their dying breaths against more than 2,000 > Mexican forces under Gen. Santa Anna. (Casualties in the > battle were 189 Texans vs. about 1,600 Mexicans.) They lost > that battle, but would provide the inspiration to win the > war. Their fighting spirit rallied the new-found republic, > and still does to this day. So when you think all is lost in > America, remember the Alamo! > > For those losing hope, and others wanting to rekindle the > patriotic fires of early America, I encourage you to join > Fox News' Glenn > Beck<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/>, > me and millions of people across the country in the live > telecast, "We Surround > Them<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/21018/>," > on Friday afternoon (March 13 at 5 p.m. ET, 4 p.m. CT and 2 > p.m. PST). Thousands of cell groups will be united around > the country in solidarity over the concerns for our nation. > You can host or attend a viewing party by going to > Glenn's > website.<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/21018/> > My wife Gena and I will be hosting one from our Texas ranch, > in which we've invited many family members, friends and > law enforcement to join us. It's our way of saying > "We're united, we're tired of the corruption, > and we're not going to take it anymore!" > > Again, Sam Houston put it well when he gave the marching > orders, "We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are > nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is > vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now > act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no > longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, > that your children may bless their father's name." > > (Note: Speaking of showdowns, Chuck is also inviting anyone > near the Houston area this weekend to see a good example of > the raw Texas fighting spirit by joining him and others for > the national martial arts event, "Showdown in > H-Town<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.showdowninhtown.com/>.") > > http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91103<mhtml:{5212E4C5-19E7-4772-B893-5069243E3AEE}mid://00019422/!x-usc:http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91103> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Give this to a friend: [email protected] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
