Lost

On November 17, 2006, the Kim family left San Francisco to make a road trip to spend Thanksgiving in Seattle with family and friends. After spending a pleasant holiday weekend with loved ones, the Kims began their trip home. James Kim had his heart set on staying at the Tu Tu Tun Inn at Gold Beach in Oregon. Although it was already late and their two daughters, Penelope, age four years, and Sabine, age seven months, were asleep in the back seat, the Kims decided to make the five-hour drive to Gold Beach. Kati Kim called ahead for reservations.

After a quick meal at Denny’s, the Kims headed down I-5 to Gold Beach, but they soon made a wrong turn. Before long, they realized that they were on the wrong road, but they agreed that they had gone too far to turn back. Kati consulted the map and found what she thought was a short cut to Gold Beach. As a result, the Kims made another wrong turn. Satisfied that they would arrive at Gold Beach in record time, Kati went to sleep, and while she slumbered, James made yet another wrong turn that took them up Bear Camp Road—a road that should have been blocked by a gate to prevent motorists from entering during the fall and winter months.

Kati awoke to find that they were hopelessly lost on a precipitous mountain road that led to nowhere. Snow was falling, and black bear were patrolling the forest. Terrified, James and Kati agreed to spend the night in the clearing where James had parked the car. They tried to call 911 but were unable to find cell phone service in the forest. When daylight arrived, the Kims decided to stay where they were and wait to be rescued. They remained in their car for three days, huddled together for warmth, with the engine idling and the heater running, until they finally ran out of gas. In a desperate attempt to save his family, James then took the tires off their car and burned them in the hopes that someone would see the smoke and rescue them.

On day seven James left the car to try to find help. He began walking down the road on which they had come, but, once again, left the road to take a “short cut” through the woods. On day nine, Kati and the two girls were rescued and taken to the hospital where they recovered. James eventually died of hypothermia, and on day eleven rescuers found his body in Big Windy Creek lying on its back in a foot of icy water.

This horribly tragic story provides a good parallel for what is currently happening in our country. We are headed down a dangerous road, and if we continue on this course, it will soon be too late to turn around. When my children were young, I told them that everyone makes some bad choices, but when we realize that we are on the wrong path we must stop and immediately start making better choices. We may not be able to undo all the damage that has already been done, but, in most cases, if we stop as soon as we know that we are on the wrong road, the damage will be minimal.

I wish that all Americans would hear this message: Stop stressing about the current problems that we face as a nation. Stop saying that we have gone too far for things to get better. Stop predicting that everything will get worse and worse until all hope is gone. We have the power to turn the car around and go back to responsible fiscal policies that will revitalize our economy and allow Americans to go back to work. But if we are not willing to start making better decisions and get involved in our political process and rid both houses of Congress of the legislators who are accelerating the car forward into a wilderness of wrong choices America will not survive.

If James Kim had turned around when he and his wife first realized that they had made a wrong turn, they would have, at worst, lost an hour or so of driving time. By returning to the point where they had gone wrong and getting back on the proper highway, the family would have been spared days of trauma, and James would not have lost his life. As in driving, in political matters it sometimes seems more expedient to continue on a road to nowhere than to turn around. Even when we can no longer delude ourselves that our current road will get us where we want to go, we try to compensate by simply taking another wrong turn. If we take enough wrong turns, it may become impossible to find our way back to the highway.

The choice is ours. We can continue on our current road to disaster, or we can start making better choices. We can find strong Conservative candidates who will stand up to the Washington D.C. elite and refuse to allow more wrong choices; we can start paying attention to the 2014 elections that can enable us to take both houses of Congress; we can get behind the candidates who are willing to turn the car around and hold them accountable for their choices. Get informed. Know your candidates. Make your voice heard. Today is the day to begin. Tomorrow may be too late.

Joyce Swann is the author of Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years as a Homeschooling Mother co-author of The Chosen, a dystopian novel about the battle of one U.S. family to restore the Constitution and stop the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. For more information, visit her website at http://www.frontier2000.net.

A Few Good Men

In the 1970s a Marine recruiter came up with the slogan that would forever define the U.S. Marine Corps in the minds of all Americans as a fighting unit so elite that they did not accept the unexceptional; they were interested in only “a few good men”. The Marines have the right idea. Battles have never been won by virtue of numbers of boots on the ground. They have been and always will be won by a few good men who are willing to stand their ground and fight for the principles they believe in—even when they stand alone.

 

Today our nation is embroiled in a battle for freedom on a scale that is unprecedented. Our battle, however, is not fought with guns and tanks; it is a battle of ideas that spring from a deep and abiding belief that ours is a unique country, ordained and blessed by God to stand against the evil forces that would enslave not only Americans but would bring every nation into subjection to a one-world tyrant.

 

It would appear that everyone would oppose such a plan, but that is not the case. Many people embrace the idea of a New World Order that would take away national sovereignty and abolish those rights specifically stated in the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They believe it would be easier to live with a dictator’s heel on their necks than to take responsibility for their own successes or failures. They would rather exist in a government-issued hovel eating government-issued rations than accept the responsibility for providing for themselves.

 

Margaret Thatcher said, “First you win the argument; then you win the vote”. We have a vitally important election coming up in 2014 that will impact on the future of our country as few other mid-term elections have. The time has come for those of us who want to remain free to take action and define the Freedom vs. Bondage debate in a way that will send the message to the average American in a clear, concise manner. If we don’t win this argument, we will not win the vote.

 

Fortunately, we have a few good men in the private sector and in both houses of Congress who are working to define the argument so that we will not only win the argument but we will also win the election. Today I would like to share some information that you may not know about four of these men.

 

Jim DeMint: After fourteen years in Congress Sen. DeMint (R-SC) resigned to take over as President of The Heritage Foundation. DeMint has spent most of his life building and running his own research and marketing firm. His experience as a market researcher and strong conservative leader led him to write in the Washington Post, “Conservative policies have proved their worth time and time again. If we’re not communicating in a way that makes that clear, we are doing a disservice to our fellow citizens.” DeMint is working to reach all Americans with “bold, positive ideas” that will further American conservative principles.

 

Ken Cuccinelli: Cuccinelli became Attorney General of Virginia in 2010 after serving in the Virginia Senate and working as a private practice attorney from 2002 until 2010. In his private practice Cuccinelli served as a court-appointed attorney for people with mental illness in Virginia’s involuntary civil commitment process. As a state senator he passed legislation that provided for more humane treatment of the mentally ill. Cuccinelli is a champion for Virginian’s property rights, sponsoring a law and helping to write and pass a constitutional amendment to dramatically curb Virginia’s eminent domain power. This law made it much more difficult for the state to take homes, farms, and small businesses under eminent domain and give them to another private entity for development solely to increase tax revenues, economic development, or private gain. He also brought more transparency and accountability to the citizens of Virginia by writing a law that requires that the state budget and expense details be posted online in a format that is easy to access and easy to understand. Cuccinelli is currently running for Governor of Virginia in a race that will be decided in November.

 

Ted Cruz: Elected in 2012 as the 34th U.S. Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz’s name has already become a household word. Even though he had never before held elected office, Cruz won decisive victories in both the Republican primary and the general election. According to the Washington Post, it was “the biggest upset of 2012…a true grassroots victory against very long odds.” Before being elected to the Senate Cruz served as the Solicitor General of Texas. He was the nation’s youngest Solicitor General and Texas’ longest serving Solicitor General. He authored more that 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. His landmark national victories include successfully defending:

 

• U.S. sovereignty against the UN and the World Court in Medellin v. Texas
• The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms
• The constitutionality of the Texas Ten Commandments monument
• The constitutionality of the Texas Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment law
• The Texas congressional redistricting plan

 

Rand Paul: In 2010 Dr. Paul was elected U.S. Senator for Kentucky. Paul is an outspoken advocate for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility and has worked tirelessly against government overreach. His first legislative proposals included cutting $500 billion in federal spending and a plan for balancing the budget in five years. Paul is also a vocal advocate for term limits, a balanced-budget amendment, a Read the Bills Act, and an audit of the Federal Reserve. In 1995, as a practicing ophthalmologist, Paul founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic, which provides eye exams and surgery to needy Kentuckians. As a U.S. Senator, Paul continues to provide free eye surgery to Kentuckians in need of care.

 

Our list of a few good men includes many others—Justin Amash, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, to name a few, but these few are fighting the many world-wide who advocate the Agenda 21 New World Order that will usher in a one-world government. These men need your help if they are to succeed in protecting our freedoms. If you can do so, please donate to their campaigns—even if they are not from your state. The time has come to cross state lines in supporting conservative candidates who will protect our constitutional rights. After you give, remember to pray. Pray for all those who are working to defend our liberties because few good men supported by millions of prayers can accomplish anything.

 

 

 Joyce Swann is the author of Looking Backward: My Twenty-Five Years as a Homeschooling Mother co-author of The Chosen, a dystopian novel about the battle of one U.S. family to restore the Constitution and stop the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act. For more information, visit her website at http://www.frontier2000.net