{"id":4580,"date":"2021-03-17T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:17:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:17:18","slug":"committed-to-be-careful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=4580","title":{"rendered":"COMMITTED TO BE CAREFUL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All the talk of saying and doing everything &#8216;right&#8217; becomes ridiculous in the face of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What difference does it make to say that Trump should not have said fraud was a fact, without the evidence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Without the evidence&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evidence abounded, but never saw the light of\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Careful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other side was not careful&#8212;they did not have\nto look at the evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;fact of fraud&#8221; didn&#8217;t matter once\nthey &#8216;won&#8217; (stole) the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There comes a point where evil builds to the breaking\npoint for those on the side of good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes\/often that breaking point is the only way\nthat correction\/revolution happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Carefulness&#8217; would have criticized the Boston Tea\nParty&#8212;and we would have no USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boston Tea Party was the catalyst for\nsupport&#8212;action&#8212;even violence to win our freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Logic, reasoning, words have their limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High intellect and profound presentations make\nimpressive cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just like telling points in the debate seldom\nchange the mind of the atheist and others&#8212;likewise the careful coaching of\nthe Monday quarterback does not stop the tyrant from invading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is what just happened in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Careful cowards in Washington, D.C. and the church\ngot us here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Careful words of careful reasoning will change\nnothing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>American envoys to parliament in the eighteenth\ncentury became history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Prime Minister Chamberlain&#8217;s negotiations with Hitler in the twentieth century became history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A million Americans in World War II, with violence,\nstopped tyranny, preserved freedom, and defined history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In America today we do not think it has come to\nthat.<br>\nIT HAS !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to reasoning and logic&#8212;and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does anyone think that conservatives or republicans\n(non rino) going back to Congress now, can make it worth the plane ticket?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Wait and see&#8221; works just fine for the\nother side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I will lose some &#8216;careful&#8217; thinkers with my\nfinal line, next, but I hope to gain and inspire freedom fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a speech at an all-day second amendment rally\nat the Confederate Park in Belton, Texas on February 23, 2013:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I believe that Texas and Texans have a greater\nresponsibility than we realize to be the last bastion of freedom in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must understand that now&#8212;and act on it&#8212;while\nwe have time&#8212;before it is too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;\n&#8211;&nbsp; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I respect those who have excellent, intellectual\nreasoning to deal with every argument against the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t have the mental capacity or the good memory\nto use all their fine points to debate my acquaintances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I do the best I can, particularly in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope this is a word for thought, and not just\nsomething to counter and move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to AWordforThought.com and type &#8220;last\nbastion of freedom&#8221; in the search box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the talk of saying and doing everything &#8216;right&#8217; becomes ridiculous in the face of reality. What difference does it make to say that Trump should not have said fraud was a fact, without the evidence? &#8220;Without the evidence&#8221;? The evidence abounded, but never saw the light of day. Careful? 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