To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
Today, I feel a deep sense of gratitude for the generations of Americans who have sustained our great nation for the past 250 years. America is a place of incredible freedom, spirit and opportunity—all thanks to those who came before us. May we honor their memory by fighting to make the next 250 years even better than the first. May God bless you all, and happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
Some of our recruits have admitted that there are teams who have been negatively recruiting Notre Dame. Claiming Marcus Freeman's time in SB is short.
Hear it from him again:
"I needed to hear what the NFL was like, to know I'm right where I'm supposed to be. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲.
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I’m old enough to remember when you could actually watch cable TV and find intelligent conversations. Once upon a time, Fulton Sheen sat with William F. Buckley on his Firing Line television program.
Even though it’s been more than 50 years since he said this, I think the quote is not only prophetic but the key to understanding what is wrong with our age today. Sheen warned that compassion shown more for the mugger than for the mugged was dangerous and he noticed it was becoming more and more common.
It was commentary back then, but now it looks more like prophecy.
I’ll never understand why people have more compassion for the criminal than the victim.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote as we approach the one-year anniversary of Iryna Zarutska’s death.
Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, you were right. Pray for us.
I gave up a career I loved because I'm not willing to hand my kids a state this broken.
If you feel that way too, then let's fix it together. The primary is Tuesday, August 11, but you can vote starting TODAY!
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I don't really know Jeremy Newman, but I love him. We sat in a room together for a couple of years and did a radio show. And each day when we signed off I had to go one way and he had to go another, and we wouldn't exchange a word again until we walked in the next day and sat down for the next show. But I loved him, and I loved working with him. There is a decency about him, and he is a masterful broadcaster, a truly excellent broadcaster, probably the most skilled local broadcaster I've ever come across. I enjoyed being his sidekick. He's broken, like me and most of us, but he's a gentleman and he wants to be good, maybe more than most of us. I'll never forget the first moment of our first show together. Brother Wease was handing off to us and, trying to trip Jeremy up, he told him to say a prayer. So, right there, without a hesitation, Jeremy Newman bowed his head and spoke to God, like a friend, like you knew this was a conversation they had all the time. He's going home now, to family in Texas, wonderful people he mostly had to be apart from so that for 22 years he could be our radio friend in Rochester. I don't really know Jeremy Newman, that's a privilege God enjoys, and maybe the guys on Bills Sundays or at wing night, but I love him.
During some of the hardest times our family has faced in recent years our faith has truly helped to carry us through. And I've seen what prayer can do in my own life and in the lives of the men and women I've had the privilege to know who serve and sacrifice for our country. That's why I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of @hallowapp American Heroes Challenge, which launched Sunday. Over the next 13 days leading up to the celebration of 250 years of American freedom, we'll reflect on the lives of some extraordinary heroes. Not just the famous names, but the everyday men and women whose faith left a profound mark on this nation. People who understood that freedom isn't free, and that it has to be fought for, protected, and passed on.
I love my country. I am grateful to be an American. And I know I don't take it for granted. I'd love for you to join me. Download Hallow for free at https://t.co/oeNDV7XRZK and let's celebrate this great nation with prayer, remembering who we are called to be. God bless. 🙏
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I love you, dad. I’m endlessly grateful for the good fortune of being your daughter. The gentle yet powerful steadfast unconditional love you have shown to us throughout our lives is unmatched. When I think back over my life, through thick and thin, you have been by my side every step of the way (often with a guitar or a tennis racquet in hand), not only as my dad but my best friend. I love you with all my heart ❤️ and wish I could be there to spoil you today for Fathers Day!
Why did the press act as cheerleaders & mass behavioral guides rather than investigators or principled skeptics - their traditional roles - during COVID?
How was this transformation effected?
I'm tired of hearing only abt Fauci etc.
I want to know abt the media orchestration.