Can't sleep... So just thinking about...well, lots of things. One of them:
One reason why Glenn Beck is a good, smart, respectable man.
He created the 9/12 Project which is: The name for the 9 principles and 12 values that Glenn says embody the spirit of the American people on the day after September 11 attacks and how we should be living our lives today.
Purpose: "To bring us back to the place we were on September 12, 2001...We were not obsessed with red states, blue states, or political parties. We were united as Americans standing together to protect the values and principles of the greatest nation ever created."
9 Principles accompanied by quotations from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson:
1. I believe in God and He is the center of my life
2. America is good
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government
5. If you break the law, you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it 6. I have a right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but there's no guarantee of equal results
7. I work hard for what I have, and I will share it with who I want. Government cannot force me to be charitable
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
2. Reverence
3. Hope
4. Thrift
5. Humility
6. Charity
7. Sincerity
8. Moderation
9. Hard Work
10. Courage
11. Personal Responsibility
12. Gratitude
2. America is good
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government
5. If you break the law, you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it 6. I have a right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, but there's no guarantee of equal results
7. I work hard for what I have, and I will share it with who I want. Government cannot force me to be charitable
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
The 12 Values are:
1. Honesty 2. Reverence
3. Hope
4. Thrift
5. Humility
6. Charity
7. Sincerity
8. Moderation
9. Hard Work
10. Courage
11. Personal Responsibility
12. Gratitude
Thanks for the post Lon! I learned a few things I didn't know. Not just about the quotes you posted and stuff but about you too. I didn't know you thought about Glenn Beck, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson before bed. ;)
ReplyDeleteI totaly agree. Just think how the world would be if everyone REALLY lived by those principles. If everyone lived kowing that the family is sacred, and parents were the ultimate authority. If everyone had GRADITUDE and THRIFT. People would be living within there budgets, thankful for what they have-happier people. This is a subject that one could comment on forever!
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xoxo
ove you Loni. We miss you and Stevie. I hope everything is going ok for you in TN. Carter loved his present from you. We picked out a box and filled it with craft stuff and horses.
I meant Love. Not ove.
ReplyDeleteWOW you are such a deep thinker in the middle of the night!!! and Thank you for the Values we as a people all need in the world today. Love you Loni Don't forget to pick us up on Sat. 10 pm I have a present for you love me
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