JEFFERSON SAID NO!

When Thomas Jefferson became President Jefferson he ended the practice of paying tribute to the Berbers of North Africa, known as Barbary Pirates.  For years they had preyed on ships of all nations, holding them for ransom.
In 1801 Jefferson sent ships of our infant Navy and set Marines ashore who converged on Tripoli from land while the Navy stood off shore with all guns bearing.  The practice of piracy was ended.
Now we are back to paying tribute to criminals and buying back innocent Americans held hostage.  The tribute paid was the release of convicted criminals back into the free world.  Obama and Kerry said it was a great victory for us.  I wonder?......Medicineman!

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY!

January 16 marks the date of the passage, in 1786, of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom.  Religious Freedom Day is celebrated in America each year on January 16.......News to you too?
From Thomas Jefferson:  "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority".
He also said: "Our rulers can have no authority over such natural rights, only as we have submitted to them.  The rights of conscience we never submitted, we could not submit"........Medicineman!

AND WE SAY....I'M SORRY????

The President gives his "State of The Union" address while U.S. sailors are on their knees in front of Islamic hoods and we say, "We're Sorry?" 
We have forgotten how to be the man God made us.  Just remember; "A man dies but once, a coward a thousand times!" ....Medicineman!

OPPOSITION--MEANS "OPPOSED TO"--AND THAT"S WRONG???

The English Parliament has what they call, The Loyal Opposition.  In the United States we have always had the Opposition Party, that is the Party of the minority.  The two, essentially, have the same task to do.  That is to point out, on the floor of Congress or Parliament the hazards of proposed legislation.  In other words, to offer an alternate proposal.  Seems sensible.
But, in the world of politics  today, it seems almost to be unreasonable to be opposed to ANY piece of legislation put forward by the party in power.  How did we come to this?...Medicineman!

GOOD GOVERNMENT

Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural address in 1801 said this: "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.  This is the sum of good government."......Medicineman!