Loving America

[FCTP]

I had a friend who was in the Event Planning business.  He helped me plan a big event for the “grand opening” of my consulting practice ten years ago this month.  He was a perfectionist and was well known in the event planning world nationwide.  He is a master at planning a party.

 

When the night came for our “grand opening” at a local club, he showed up after the other invitees were already enjoying the party.  I greeted him at the door.  His first question to me was “Is there love in the room?”  I was stunned by the question and asked him what it meant.  He replied, “When I plan an event, I want everyone in the room to feel loved.” 

 

As I looked back at the crowd and their happy demeanors, I assured him he had accomplished his goal that night. 

 

After that evening, everywhere I went I thought about that and wondered if I had left “love” behind me when I exited a room.

 

It is easy to turn a room into a magical night of wonder and beauty with lights, decorations and plants,  It’s not as easy to do that as a person because there are just some people who will not like you. 

 

You are too different from them.  Your upbringing might be polar opposite of theirs.  Your thinking did not match theirs.  They saw things from another viewpoint than you.  There are many reasons for people to get “cross-wise” with each other.  It’s just human nature.

 

We see it in the politics happening in America.  Polar opposites are trying to be in charge of the people.  The media and even our President have attempted to paint Occupy people as the same people who are in the Tea Party Movement.  The pictures, videos and behaviors tell the world that we are very different.  Some of the signs may read the same, but the people holding them are not the same. 

 

The tea party members have used the rule of law to expose corruption.  The Occupy members have used intimidation to expose corruption.  The tea party members have not used violence while many in the Occupy movement have.  The tea party members love our flag, our founding documents and our history.  Many in the Occupy movement feel these items are holding us back from “change.”

 

As mentioned yesterday, I wonder how all this will end.  It will end and when it does, America will be different.  If the difference is good or bad – time will tell us the end of the story.  It may not be in our lifetime but it will be in our children’s and grandchildren’s. 

 

My hope is the ending will be filled with love.

 

Love for America that has stood the test of time and opened her arms to those fleeing tyranny.  Love for our history that will determine our future.  Love for our Judeo-Christian faith that was the foundational footing of our Founding documents. 

 

If that is the love that is left behind in America, I will feel we have accomplished our goal.  It’s all about the love and no matter how different we are, we can come together on that one – can’t we?

 

The baby boomers of the Tea Party Movement are hippies from the 60’s and the 70’s.  We hung peace signs on our bedroom walls, painted them on our VWs and embroidered them on our hip huggers.  We were looking for the love during the Vietnam War and reality hit when our friends came home either in a casket or to a spitting crowd who hated them instead of the leaders who sent them to war.

 

As I look at the young people camping in parks, I see a few new hippies of today.  They are hanging out with some bad guys who are spitting in the faces of those who serve in the military and stomping on the flag that we love.  My prayer today is that we will begin to see a rising up of those seeking peace and love for America rising up within the Occupy movement. 

 

We will never forget what happened to our country during our lifetime.  We will stand strong against the forces of evil that once again is trying to take us down.  As for those young ones who seek peace, we encourage you to rally with us and feel the love of America’s greatness again.  Together we can overcome the evil that haunts the halls of our institutions.   There is a better way to do this – and violence will not end in peace.

 

Is there still love in America?  I believe so and I believe two very different groups can come together with one common cause.  That cause:  Loving America and all she stands for.  She deserves to be loved back as she loved us.

 

On November 6, 2011, the First Coast Tea Party will rally together with songs of love for America with our Tea are the World Concert starting at 2:00 PM.  Speakers who love America will be there beginning at 4:00.  You can find the details at www.fctpcommunity.org. 

 

We encourage all God-fearing, America-loving patriots to show up and stand together for the sake of our country.  Prayers from pastors will ring out and we are sure you will hear God Bless America at some point during the day. 

In the meantime, take a look at this beautiful video of the Elephant and the Dog.   When the human race can’t get it right – leave it to the animal kingdom to figure it out.  Which are you…the elephant or the dog?

 

[Tracy]

Yeah David the occupy movement LOVES the military alright.... http://www.breitbart.tv/occupydayton-protester-fck-the-military-fck...

[FCTP]

David -- as for the Koch Brothers controlling us.  Not the First Coast Tea Party, kind sir.  We have received NO MONEY from them and do not plan to receive any.  The patriots of this movement have funded it themselves and your facts are incorrect about Koch having anything to do with us.

[FCTP]

David -- here's the stomping on the flags and even more...

 

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/10/unfortunately-all-too-real...

 

Now is that showing Love for America?

[FCTP]

David:  Here you go with the spitting --

 

ttp://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2011/10/14/just-like-the-1960s-occupy-boston-slugs-now-spitting-on-female-military-members/ 

[david weed]

You have it wrong about the Occupy movement. They are not spitting in the faces of any soldiers and they are not stomping on any flags, in fact, our military is joining them. And if you truly believe in the Constitution, then they would be expressing their opinions if the were doing that. Do you remember love it or leave it? Vietnam was another of the many unconstitutional undeclared wars. Today, "our enemy" is our communist friend and all that matters is trade. I grew up in the 60's and saw my buddies come home injured physically and mentally. Stop with the division between Occupy and Tea Party, you won't win the battle ahead by group division. I read on the net yesterday where the Tea Party, the Libertarian Party and the Occupy Group got together to unite and fight despite their differences. You also need to check out the Koch Brothers, billionaires that have attempted to control the Tea Party. We are not fighting just the FED and Wall Street, but those hidden groups that have corrupted our government. I speak of the Council On Foreign Relations whose members have infiltrated every level of government and create policies that have destroyed this country. David Rockefeller would be hanged for treason if our government wasn't under CFR control. I would suggest you Google Steppenwolf " the musical group"and Listen to the song America on the "Monster" album. This is a song you can sing at your get together. John Kay had it right and he wrote this song in the 60's. I was surprised to see that John was still alive and kicking and actually had a website. United we stand, divided we fall.

[Leanne King]

Said with love and my eyes are blurred..This one will stick in my head for a long long time