We want to share a story about Charlie Kirk that most people would never know.
Charlie was the very first sponsor Good Ranchers ever had. At that time, we were just a young family trying to build a business with more hope than resources.
We first met him backstage at a small church in Houston. We were pregnant with our 4th baby, and life felt overwhelming. Charlie believed in us when he had no reason to. That belief was a lifeline.
When we launched online in 2021, Charlie did ad reads for us on his show and promoted us on social media without charging anything extra. No long-term deal, no big contract. Just generosity.
Later, when one of our biggest competitors came to him with a massive budget, Charlie told his team no. He told them to call us first. He did not have to do that. But he did.
Charlie cared more about small business and the American dream than a paycheck. That kind of loyalty is rare, and it changed everything for us.
To us, Charlie was not just a political figure. He was a husband, a father, a Christian, and someone whose character shaped the way he lived.
Charlie stood for faith, freedom, family, and the American dream. His life and legacy mattered, and they still matter.
We will never forget what he did for us. Thank you, Charlie.
SEN. MULLIN: "1-in-36. If that's not a pandemic, then what is? It used to be 1-in-10,000 have autism. Can any of you guys with a straight face say that we shouldn't look at every aspect to what we're putting in our kids, be it from the food to the vaccines?"
VP Harris sounds like she just admitted the Covid virus originated in a lab. That was one of the “conspiracy theories” the Biden-Harris administration censored on the Internet. #Debate2024
“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’”
~Michael W. Smith
Metallica performing "Master Of Puppets" one week ago in Munich.
This is not a performance, it is a statement.
Rain, thunder, 60 years old…
Nothing can stop Metallica.
#Metallica
In 1991, Metallica performed in Moscow at a military airfield just a few months prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The event was part of the 'Monsters of Rock' festival, featuring bands like AC/DC and Pantera.
With a staggering attendance of over 1.6 million people, the concert set a record at that time and was hailed as a symbol of democracy and freedom.
Metallica was enjoying immense success thanks to their critically acclaimed album known as the Black Album, and one of their popular hits, "Enter Sandman," was performed during the show.
Reflecting on the experience years later, Metallica's lead singer, James Hetfield, remarked, "Actually, I would have to say the Russian show when we showed up in '91 after the coup, where the country had opened up and was no longer communist. Doing that open airfield, we played with four other bands, and basically, for the first time, it was a free concert out in an airfield, and they estimated a million, or half a million, nobody knew really. But just being able to play in a place that was just fresh and hadn't heard anything like that before really, and just watching people change as the music moved them. There were plenty of military people that just started taking their uniforms off and started rocking out. It was a really freeing thing, so it was awesome to witness that."
It's worth mentioning that only two other bands have achieved greater concert attendance numbers. Rod Stewart's concert in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in 1994, drew approximately 3.4 million people, while Jean Michel Jarre's concert in 1997 amassed a staggering 3.5 million fans.