Grandma, click on the link to see Danny on YouTube.
He wrote this song.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Kentucky Whiskey written by Danny Monk and performed by Shotgun Wedding
This is my retirement package. Go baby, go!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 09, 2009
Time for me to remind myself...
This is a great country. I look forward to the future with a brief look back at our principles.
To become a citizen
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.
(Karl note: sadly, some of the words can be changed, if you have issues with God and the concept of an "oath")
hummm, haven't said this in a while
"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL."the Constitution, not the people
Our elected officials are to uphold the constitution, they don't have another purpose.
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States
Members of Congress (Legislative Branch)
At the start of each new Congress, in January of every odd-numbered year, the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate takes an oath of office. The Speaker of the House will direct the Members to rise and the oath is administered. The original oath was as follows: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States."
The oath was revised during the Civil War, when members of Congress were concerned about traitors. The current oath is as follows:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
a bit of wisdom from 1770
The Fall of Democracy:
When the thirteen colonies were still a part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian republic over two thousand years previous to that time:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have a progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.
Alexander Tyler (1770)
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Special note to Grandma
You know, if you click on the pictures, they get big. To return to the blog, click the left arrow back on your navigation bar (probably, on the top left of your screen) Karl
Friday, January 02, 2009
Jake, 2 yr old Birthday, 1982
Notice the custom furniture, hand made in the Monk Wood Shop. Yes, that is Bucky, The Wonder Horse, in the background.
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