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Charge of the Grey-Haired Brigade

Remember us?  The “baby boomers,” “Senior Citizens,” “Dinosaurs,” “Old Geezers,” and “Over the Hill gang.” Guess What?  We’re baaaaack.  Remember 2010?  We delivered the House and almost the Senate.  Well, what we started in 2010 we intend to finish in 2012.  Democrats make the mistake of believing all we care about is our Social Security checks, so we know what to expect.  Guess what
liberals?  Our real concern is for the future of our children and grandchildren. We intend to see that they have the same freedoms and opportunities our God, our founders and our parents gave us.

We are still the ones who won World War II and fought in Korea and Viet Nam.  We can still quote the Pledge of Allegiance by heart and, unlike the “Amateur” in the White House, know where to place our hand while doing so.  We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the battlefield. We know the words to the Star Spangled Banner, America, and America the Beautiful.  Don’t be surprised if you see some tears run down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many have only read in history books, and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America.

Yes, we are old and slow but rest assured, we still have fight left in us.  We have loved this country, fought for it, and bled for it, and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, “foreign and domestic,” and that’s an oath we plan to keep.  There are those who want to destroy this land we love and, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.  You think the lines at Chick-fil-A were long; just wait till you see the lines at the polling places in November. In 1776, when our forefathers were fighting against the forces of King George III, to establish these “shores of freedom” he referred to them as insignificant rabble.  The colonist had a different name for them – Patriots.  King Obama has labeled those of us fighting to preserve this “Shinning City” as “domestic terrorist.”  That’s a name we wear with pride.

When we think about Obama, one word comes to mind – Tyrant.  When we speak of the Obama Administration we are referring to an out of control Executive branch, a complicit Congress, and the many activist judges sitting on the courts of our land.  The term would also have to include the Mainstream Media which supports them.  Our forefathers were a rag-tag army of untrained volunteers up against the best trained military of their day.  No one thought they could win; no one but the men doing the fighting. The British Forces were paid to maintain the King’s power. The Colonial Patriots were fighting for their land and the families they loved.  Today, Obama is fighting to maintain
his power over “We the People.”  We are fighting to preserve this “Land of Freedom” for our children and grandchildren.  What the Congress, Supreme Court and Joint Chiefs have refused to do, we will.

Our founders had three boxes; the soap box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.  They tried the first, were rejected by the second, and forced to use the third. They left us a fourth – the ballot box. The time is now that we “domestic Terrorist” must either stand and fight, or condemn our children and grandchildren to a lifetime of slavery under a New World Order.  It’s a battle we cannot, we must not, and with God’s help, we will not lose.  It’s about an idea called “America,” it’s about this “God blessed, windswept, island of freedom.”  It’s about America’s story, our story, and we will never surrender to tyrants.  It is the lives of our children and grandchild which are at the heart of this battle.  They deserve our all, no less, and that is exactly what we intend to give – God bless America.

Wayne D. Leeper

A land Called America.Com

COMMENTS

  • reclaimit

    That although the good Christian, God fearing, gray haired Americans may have tolerated racism in their day, those were different times. I don’t know any now who haven’t changed their minds, and they are the first to proudly state that their disgust over Obama has nothing to do with race, but his shameful socialis policies. Domestic terrorist is a label I too will wear with pride, if removing a tyrant from office in November is the goal.

  • gekster

    :)

  • emptybucket

    speaking as one of the grey haired. We are contributing buckets and have gotten behind Romney 100%. Wayne’s piece certainly explains why!

  • merrie7137

    The democrats are cackling with glee that adding Paul Ryan to the ticket means losing Florida. Most seniors I know can’t get past the “I paid in to it and now I want it back” mentality to realize that we can’t keep paying out more than we put in. Thank you for worrying about this country’s future.

    • tacotuesdays

      Thank you for your service to our country.

    • Kyle-MI

      45% to 43%. Not a huge lead, but 43 is pretty bad for an incumbent.

      • commonsenseobserver

        By one point. Respondents largely favour Ryan as the pick, and 48% say Obama’s Medicare plan scares them more than Ryan’s, compared to 42% saying the opposite. On the question of how ready he is for the presidency and his Conservatism, he is slightly weaker. 52% view him as very Conservative, as 45% say he is ready, compared to 42% opposed.

        It seems that the Democrats will have to expand Mediscare to the Badger State as well.

        • rightlane1111

          Seniors are a different kind of breed…in my opinion. It’s easy to figure out that once you “steal”….you will “steal” again. Ryan was EXCELLENT in explaining his healthcare plan.

          The problem that Romney/Ryan have is this…The Hispanic Vote. I know how you feel Kitty…but believe me…if one speaks Spanish they are considered as one. So whether you agree or not….Rubio needs a MEGA PHONE at the convention.

      • pirate55

        Just to let everyone know this Wisconsin “transplant” to Florida is working hard to dispel the “myths” and pure lies and deceptions as the left’s and MSM’s characterizations of conservatives as they pertain to Medicare and Obama care. The scaring is over and the search for truth has shedded a positive light. We will, God willing prevail at this critical time in our history. Educate everyone who is willing to both “listen” and “hear. After 50 years our time has come and it is now. NO more PC, just C.

    • Tbone

      nt

  • kowalski

    The election in 2008 was really an election of the Youth. This election is going to be the Election of the Seniors.

    The senior citizens of America are going to be the decisive element in this contest now – they’re going to be the ones to make the choice for future generations: in which direction should this country go?

    Barack Obama has already shown his contempt for Americans in general by repeatedly saying that HOLLYWOOD people are going to be the decisive factor in this election, the “tie-breaker” in his words. When you have to rely on America’s entertainers to save your Presidency, something is wrong. Romney and Ryan have staked everything on the idea that American Senior Citizens are not going to be taken in because they know what’s really at stake.

    They’ve bet the farm on the idea that senior citizens will be wise, and not listen to the sing-song that got Obama elected in the first place.

    We’re going to find out.

  • liberty17

    but I’ll charge with you!!!!

  • rightlane1111

    His interviews have been informative. This Medicare Scare on seniors needs to be answered very simply. So…here goes..

    In front of a townhall meeting..ask the question: How many people here are 65 and old. They raise their hands…then Ryan/Romney says…your Medicare is protected as you know it UNDER MY PLAN.
    OK…those people 40-65 years old…raise you hands. OK…you have a choice (nice word for a change). You can pick a program that pays you back…a program that pays it all…or a programs where you contribute to get the same exact program we have…in other words..whatever you want WITHOUT GOVERNMENT interference. This is all privately run…not through some government hack deciding whether you need treatment…but an insurance company and if you don’t like the insurance policies of that company…get a new one. COMPETITION…and that means GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY.

    Hows that Folks!

    • xymbaline

      the conservatives who would not settle for a ‘Moderate’, the pressure and discontent forced the Establishment to pick an actual, redblooded, through-and-through Conservative.

      And thus, have saved the Party.

      Romney plus another ‘moderate’ would have lost big.

  • RealQuiet

    And a great diary to boot I might add