Yakama Nation Wild Horses
Yes there was a global financial meltdown and yes most people had been suffering the ravages of financial ruin due to medical costs. There were also countless inequities in how citizens were taxed and treated by their government and by each other.
But rather than learn the ways of the American “animal” and try to tweak or train what was already there, Obama and his cohorts have sought to break the American spirit and to render it docile and pliable – that is make it into something unrecognizable. Freedoms taken for granted have been trampled in the stampede to legislate and to do it at lightening speed.
If there is one picture that speaks to what has happened to the noble spirit that has resided in each American who has lived peacefully under the Constitution, it is this:
A wild-eyed Mustang is broken in a brutal way.
Our government has broken our spirit in ways that may never be healed. Our land and our waters have been defied and our very sovereignty has been threatened at our southern border with Mexico. Our hard earned dollars are being redistributed to benefit everyone who comes to what was the land of the free. All of this because of either inaction or inappropriate action.
Our will has been bent to that of our Federal masters and we find ourselves where we never thought we would be: psychological prisoners of an administration that rules by fiat. We shy from controversy as freedoms enjoyed on the internet are being curbed and social networks that actually helped shape Obama’s campaign, gather information about us with no plan to deaccession it. And the information is no doubt shared with and studied by the Federal Government.
Fear will long remain in our eyes, uncertainty in our gait because of what Obama has put us through for the last 1.6 years. It is doubtful that most can sustain pride in America and speak to her greatness when it has been changed beyond recognition. Americans are not as interested in continuing as a super power as they are in continuing to represent that which the founding fathers left in place. That is the value of the 4th of July – the celebration of the American spirit and all that sustains it from her laws to her people. Let no one tie it down or tether it. It is as free as the wild horses of the Yakama Nation. ©On My Watch…the writings of SamHenry
Happy Fourth of July 2010.
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steve
July 3, 2010
Now that little lady was excellent. I wish I could articulate like you have here.
Obama and his regime have hobbled America. I hate like hell what’s happening. All we can do is what we’re doing now I suppose.
Looking at the mustang in the grips of those weasels sends me into orbit. Fortunate for those fellows I wasn’t there.
I surely hope you and your family have a good weekend.
samhenry
July 3, 2010
You and yours have a great weekend as well, Steve. Thanks for making me feel good about my writing. I went through a great doubt period about it just this morning. Anything I can do to effectively get the word out I will do as you have done.
DarcsFalcon
July 4, 2010
Bravo! Well done!
That 2nd picture captures so eloquently what’s being done to your nation – that’s how I feel on so many levels.
I will not be broken.
This is my country, free as the wild mustang, free as the eagle which represents it. I will only soar.
Happy Independence Day!
samhenry
July 4, 2010
And the very same to you DF, the very same and with a tinge of sadness. Thank you for your appreciation of my work. I luves yours!
roxannadanna
July 5, 2010
Great post Sam! So often lately, it does feel like he is destroying that which has made America great. He has not only divided this nation but he’s thrown us into a collective depression and malaise. We have to stand up to this and defeat it, first in November and then again in ’12.
He and his Marxist minions have got to go!
samhenry
July 5, 2010
Agreed and we aren’t being extreme right; we are just correct.
blackwatertown
July 5, 2010
Very striking use of those vivid photographs. Your theme deserves to go a lot more high profile (or be stolen and not attributed by some mainstream media outlet).
samhenry
July 5, 2010
OMG, BIG TX, Roo. I would imagine anything anyone thinks they can repackage has been. I should put the copyright symbol after everything I do. I don’t link to any other blogs like I used to in order to get readership. It just slows me down. Somehow some really interesting people – thoughtful and imaginative and principled find this blog. I’ve had about 2,000 spam attacks since last June when I really got up and running. Someone out there either wants to promote or demote me! Thanks for your confidence in my abilities since they are still in the nursery.