Lest we not forget.

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Tibet, the country that is controlled by China has been demonstrating the past week. The demonstrations are said to be controlled by the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of the Buddhists Monks. In response to the demonstration China has kicked out all foreign reporters and have quilled the peaceful demonstrations with violence.

This couldn’t come at a worse possible time. China is hosting the Olympics and in an attempt to explain their actions to the World Community they accuse the Buddhists Monks for trying to sabotage the Olympic games. The death toll in Tibet is anywhere from 16 to 80.

Enter Taiwan. Taiwan is holding their free Presidential elections this Saturday. Tibet has become a spring board for the Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP candidate who is pro independence was trailing in the polls by a margin of 20 percent. That margin has dramatically closed. Now the election is at a toss up. To close to call. The KMT candidate is not pro independence and not pro unification. He has a more gentle side to China, China has spent the past 4 years building relations with the KMT. Reports are that the people of Taiwan do not support unification but support a stronger independent identity from China.

Alongside the elections is a very controversial referendum. Actually two referendums will be held. One asks a yes or no vote- if Taiwan should seek to join the UN as Taiwan. The other asks should the country seek the UN membership under their official name, Republic of China, or any other respectable name. China will not tolerate this.

In this article the quote goes like this, “We will defend our sovereignty with all means. If, in fact, we are forced to stop a secession attempt (in Taiwan) with military means, our navy and air force are not yet effective enough. In that sort of conflict, we must be superior in the water and in the air, at least locally.”

The US is sending two air craft carriers to the region for routine tests.

Why the silence on these issues? I haven’t read or heard one US site reporting anything with depth. Why? Why does Iraq get all the attention when we have a free country that is facing pressure from a Communist country to unify with them? Is Freedom a dead cliche that we like to throw around or is it truly alive in hearts around the globe? Let’s pray and support the cause of freedom where ever it may be.

More Links:

U.S. carriers sent toward Taiwan before election

Beijing’s other problem

Vote plea as Tibet fallout hits Taiwan election race

Dalai Lama suggests Taiwan ‘integrate’ with China

Taiwan ambassador returns to native land

China Tensions Sway Taiwan Election

Update:

Taiwan’s Independence Movement Likely to Wane In this article, “Nevertheless, American officials continue to warn Taiwan not to provoke China. In Beijing on Feb. 26, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, “this referendum is not going to help anyone, and, in fact, it shouldn’t be held.”

WHAT? This is crazy… we are expecting Taiwan to back down and not stand up and declare what they already are! I’m ashamed of our leaders. It shows they like to talk tough on freedom but not back it up in action.

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Today I had a sad experience. Two teens walked into a restaurant we were eating at. We said our greetings and immediately they told me they were moving to Canada. When I asked why, they replied because Canada gets free health care. Then they told me about the movie Sicko, and how the US of A is ranked 36th in the world in quality of health care. I looked into their eyes and could tell they were sold on the leftist rhetoric of Hilary’s health care plan. I asked one question, is that the movie Michael Moore produced? They gave an excited reply, like Michael was the modern day John the baptist, or a prophet sent from the gods of government.

Since I’ve never seen the movie I told them to not just buy into the spin. I made the statement, Canada or Cuba may have “free” health care but it has a heavy cost. I have a simple question, am I so out of touch with reality that our nation is actually considering “socialized medicine” and does Michael Moore carry this much weight(no pun intended)?

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Well Chad over at PTA finished his free Wordpress theme called Hunter Theme. I decided it was finally time to get my personal blog up and going so I used Hunter Theme for Springer45.com. S45 will be have more random thoughts as they pertain to my life and my faith. Com’on over and say hi sometime.

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I’m leaving out tomorrow morning for upstate New York for a couple weeks on business. I pray everything goes well and the trip is successful. Again, I am going to feel naked, not being able to carry my 45ACP. Pray for me.

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I realized my links were dead on the Media Page. I fixed them and added the ever so popular “Grouse Hunting” vid.

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Now I have heard this many times in the past but just today I have read two stories with this thinking involved. Do guns owners need therapy for their mental illness? Is conservativism a diagnosable mental illness found in the DSM? Are people who believe in their RKBA psycho? Well, many liberals believe this and they are even making it well known.

Story #1: A college student gets kicked out of school and can only return after being mentally evaluated and cleared by a mental health professional. His crime: emailing administration, lobbying for on-campus gun rights.

Story #2: A man who is QUESTIONING THE LEGALITY of tactics used by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to sue gun dealers has gotten an interesting rise outta the ole mayor. Bloomberg’s exact words: “These are sick people.”

I am here to say that gun owners do not need therapy. But Kudos to the Far Left and their campaign to persuade the American public that 2A loving folks are insane. To bad there are only 215 million privately owned guns America (compared to America’s population of 294 milllion), huh? That’s a lot of crazy people. And to you Stalinists out there: thats a whole lotta comrades to re-educate.

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For every man who began bearing the responsibility when his wife bore him a child …

For every man who walked a factory floor by day and a bedroom floor by night …

For every man who braved the elements that his child might be sheltered …

For every man who wept that his child might be spared his tears …

For every man who denied his dreams that his child might live his …

For every man who ignored his hunger that his child might be full …

For every man who endured hardship that his child might have comfort …

For every man who ignored his pain that his child might be spared his …

For every man who endured illness that his child might be well …

For every man who took a back seat that his child might advance …

For every man who took a stand that his child might not fall …

For every man who would not quit that his child might not fail …

For every man who remained hidden that his child might walk openly …

For every man who humbled himself that his child might stand proud …

For every man who withheld a trifle that his child might gain riches …

For every man who died to self that his child might live to the fullest …

For every man who traded “But I Love You!” for “I HATE YOU!” …

For every man who did all this and so much more …

You know, as do I - it’s worth every moment …

Happy Father’s Day

Blue Collar Muse

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3G wants to welcome HOLYROLLER to the crazy crew. He’s a family man in the Air Force stationed out here near Spokane at Fairchild Airforce Base. Met him online at a gun forum and tricked convinced him into contributing to our wonderful blog. Give him a hardy welcome!

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