God, Washington, and Christmas in 1776….

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

Imagine if you would for a minute that this Christmas and the next several you won’t get to be with your family and friends sitting around a comfortable house exchanging gifts, having a few drinks and a sumptuous meal; or maybe never again.  While I recognize that this is certainly a reality for many every year, and especially our troops wherever they may be stationed, I’d like to transport you to a yesteryear when we were just starting to be America, and almost didn’t make it; a yesteryear when being in our military, while still very honorable, did not come with any of the relative comforts of today.

For starters, unless you were an officer, you likely had to supply your own rifle or, as happened a lot, use a captured piece if you lived long enough; and until 1779 there were no uniforms really, again unless you were an officer.  Until then, trying to match the color scheme, you wore what you had available, which probably wasn’t much more than a pile of tattered rags and a pair of boots that would have been thrown out long ago in today’s civilian or military life.  There were a lot of reasons for this; not the least of which were that just about all of the Continental Army regiments were made up of some sort of civilian or state militias that had previously only mustered when called upon, there was no effective central government and any fiat money it might have decided to issue would have been untrusted by merchants who were probably still loyal to the Crown anyway, and the individual states themselves had limited resources. 

So there you were, your pay was late or missing so often that General Washington himself had to personally guarantee your wage and pony up on occasion; thankfully, by the Grace of God, he had the pockets to do it.  By the way, you had better get used to harsh conditions and walking/marching everywhere.  If C-RATS or MREs had been invented back then, they would have been considered a delicacy compared to the putrid rations they had to contend with when they were even available. 

Keep all of that in mind and imagine that you have probably been part of the 18 month old Continental Army putting up with it for the entire time; it is the dead of winter, you are many miles from home, freezing your butt off and starving, and you get orders to cross an ice choked river in the middle of the night on Christmas to mount an attack against a superior force of well trained, well rested, and well fed Hessian Mercenaries who were backed up by professional British Troops. 

Faced with all of this, if you did decide to stick around, you did so only because you loved and respected your Commander who you’d prayed with and for, and witnessed him praying alone; you loved and trusted him as much as you hated the tyranny of the British and what you knew would happen to you and your comrades if the Revolution failed. 

I guess I should also mention that you are well aware that many of your comrades have already deserted, and in many cases have accepted food and comfort, and probably a promise that they wouldn’t be executed as traitors to the Crown in exchange for intel on what the Continental Army was planning.  Suffice it to say, like so many before you in history, your very faith in God was under assault.

It gets worse.  The barges, (not longboats as famously depicted) that were scrounged up to carry you across said ice choked river were suited to ferry the cannon, (which they certainly did) but not exactly designed for the task of moving people; not only were there no seats, the bottom of the boats were cold and wet so sitting was not a good option.  The entire operation was hours behind schedule and the crossing was also delayed; mostly by a severe Nor’easter with wind driven, frozen rain.  As it turned out, that unimaginably foul weather actually helped save the day because even though the British and the Hessian Mercenaries knew about the planned attack via the deserters, they believed that there was no way they would get attacked on Christmas, and especially not in such inclement weather.

Much to their surprise, they were proved wrong as the solitary unit that DID get across the arduous 300 yards of the Delaware caught them completely unprepared.  That “short” crossing was by no means easy and took from 11:00 PM on 12/25/1776 until just before dawn the next morning, and then they had to march ten miles to Trenton to engage the enemy.  Not only were the Hessians surprised by the attack in and of itself; most if not all of them had been celebrating Christmas with abandon and were found in various stages of intoxication or flat out hung over and didn’t have a lot of fight in them.  As a result, the Continental Army enjoyed its first victory after many months of enduring deplorable conditions and defeats.

The victory, while not really a strategic one, did greatly improve morale and resulted in a spike in re-enlistments, as well as restocking with much needed food and supplies complements of the enemy.  The rest as they say is history.  The war continued; over the next six years and many battles, both sides experienced victories and defeats along the way.  However in the end, the Continental Army, by the Grace of God, ultimately won our Independence from what was the mightiest empire on the planet at the time.   

By the way, in case you were not aware, because the dates can be a bit confusing, the Revolutionary War started long before the Declaration of Independence was even drafted or signed.  Indeed, the “official” start was on the morning of April 19, 1775 right after Paul Revere and William Dawes had rode throughout what would certainly have been a very chilly night mustering the Minutemen for what became the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, where “the shot heard round the world” took place. Clearly, by July 4, 1776, they were fully engaged in warfare and the Declaration amounted to a sort of “oh, by the way” formality listing specific grievances.  By that time, it was certainly not news to King George or anyone on the planet that there was big trouble across the pond and the American Colonies were duking it out with Britain’s Redcoats. 

Also, extremely important and not taught in schools, Revere and Dawes were warning not just of the approaching British, but of what they planned on doing upon arrival, which was to disarm the colonists.  That is how tyrants take and remain in power..! 

I’ll repeat that in caps; “THAT IS HOW TYRANTS TAKE AND REMAIN IN POWER..! 

The Colonists may or may not have uttered the words, but their actions screamed an old saying of defiance from the Spartans.  “Molon Labe”; which essentially translates to “come and take them”.  Sadly, we are very close as a nation to resorting to that same defiance to a tyrannical government this time led by democrats that has far exceeded its authority and intent, and is absolutely preparing to attempt to disarm We the People starting in January.

So as you sit around your homes in two weeks and celebrate in whatever fashion you choose, take a moment to think about those first brave Patriots who with little more than their faith and their love of country and freedom, risked everything to start this great nation; and keep our brave warriors of today in mind as they risk it all as well in faraway places to maintain that hard fought for independence.

One final side note of interest that I never knew before writing this; one of the members of Washington’s group by the name of Conrad Heyer who did cross the Delaware that evening lived long enough to be photographed and is said to be the person with the earliest birth date ever photographed.
   
Merry Christmas my Patriot friends…

Tomorrow Is November 3, 2020

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

As the title suggests, metaphorically Election Day is tomorrow, and we would do well to treat it as if it really is, instead of resting back on our haunches. 

For real, am I the only one who is wondering why the GOP all around America is still celebrating the election of a few weeks ago..?!  Maybe this will come as a newsflash to them, but they only won what they won by the skin of their teeth and the Democrats had a great dry run for the big one in 2020; and they stole just enough power to make the next two years of this administration a nightmare for President Trump and by extension, We the People.

What the GOP should be doing this very moment is working double overtime on a complete restructuring of our entire election system.  You can bet that the Democrats not only have their game plan in place, they are working it while the GOP bosses celebrate.  They will not even take the Holidays off as they steam forward to thwart President Trump and begin their full out assault on him and We the People in January once they are seated.

This issue is far too important to put off until a few months before the next cycle which is when most people start thinking about it. 

The voting system, which should be a simple matter of ensuring that only those who are eligible to vote can and then counting those votes, has become riddled with complications, one of the biggest of which is “early voting”, which by design lends itself easily to all sorts of underhanded schemes.  Let me share my one and only attempt at it with you. 

Granted I live in “Corruption County” where one of the most blatant voter fraud queens holds court, but here’s what happened to me about ten years ago.  I decided to be a poll watcher and after my training I decided it would be a good idea to vote early since Election Day promised to be somewhat hectic and I could have been assigned to “watch” almost anywhere in the county.  So I went to the SOE main office in West Palm Beach three full weeks before Election Day and voted early; I watched the man enter my info into the system that I had voted and it was done.  Then, lo and behold, on Election Day I just happened to be assigned to watch at my own precinct.  Since the turnout was pathetically slow, I asked one of the poll workers if my name was on the list and if I could vote; sure enough it was and I could have. 

When I explained that I already had done so weeks before and was stunned that my name still appeared as eligible, she said it would have been kicked out if I had.  Maybe my vote would have been kicked out since I voted Red, but I would bet my last dollar that a democrat vote would have been allowed; and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that one of those “nice ladies” cast a vote for me anyway at the end of the day.  Suffice it to say, I never have and never will vote early again.  Evuh…!  I also don’t plan on becoming a democrat when my time comes and I pass away…

As I have written before, there are steps that can and need to be taken to ensure the veracity of the vote.  For starters, we need a centralized national voter registration platform which will serve as a sort of Federal SOE whose function it will be to maintain voter statuses and eligibility; such things as relocations, death, mental capacity, etc.  Another very important function would be to record when and where those with multiple homes vote.  I know some in one particular party like to either ignore the law or pretend ignorance of it; however, it is indeed illegal to vote in more than one jurisdiction in the same election.  Doing so could and should trigger a fine and/or prison sentence. 

Likewise, attempting to vote via a provisional ballot or any of the other ways of voting if you are NOT registered nationally would also trigger a fine and/or imprisonment.  Until we do really make it hurt by imposing severe penalties for committing voter fraud, those who do so will never take it seriously and never stop.

Additionally, the idea that asking for IDs somehow infringes or disenfranchises any particular group is as ridiculous as it is insulting to said group.  No one has a problem showing their ID to make certain purchases, travel on a public conveyance, or a myriad of other things; so why is this any different…?!  BTW, I personally do not think simply showing an ID is sufficient; I believe that we need to bring it up to date and make it biometric using Iris and Fingerprint Scans. 

As far as the SOEs themselves; the days of a singular SOE are gone.  We must demand at least three co-equal and co-responsible SOEs in every jurisdiction with a system in which if one of them does something afoul and the others do nothing, they all share the burden and equal weight of the law, therefore if would behoove each of them to be impeccably honest.

As for the SOEs who have already become notorious for blatant misdeeds up to and including fraud, they MUST not only be removed from office; they MUST face charges.

While I know that one of the worst of the worst in the person of Brenda Snipes of Broward County will be allowed to fade off into the sunset now that she has resigned, I remain firm in my personal opinion to see her, Susan Bucher, Gertrude Walker and a number of others around the nation removed from office, investigated, tried, and sentenced to long terms if proven guilty.  And I don’t care one iota about their gender, the color of their skin, or their age.  Crime deserves punishment, and justice must be blind to such underlying factors.  My final thought on that is if she and any of her cohorts to the north had been Republican, she and they would rightfully have been removed from office and punished to the full extent of the law long ago.  Not that long ago really, she and they might have been tarred and feathered.  In case you missed it, my friend Wild Bill for America had this to say...

This is just a start; but there is much to do and little time to do it.  “They” are already working their 2020 plans, and if “we” don’t get some basic stuff changed immediately, we may not be able to overcome what will be nearly perfected fraud in two years.

It’s time America; time for Patriots to show up with Red Flares smoking up the steps of every local, county, state and federal building that houses our “leaders”.  We must make a stand and let them know that we are done with their tyrannical abuse.

#MAGA

Election Fraud 2018, They Need More Time To Rig The Gig…

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

Part of me feels as if I’ve gone back in time, most of me knows that it’s just the same thing over and over.  I’d always heard about election fraud and I always thought it only happened to “those people over there.” 

Then way back in 2012 I witnessed it first hand on a wholesale level at the hands of the Palm Beach and St. Lucie County SEOs when Allen West was vying for reelection to Congress in Florida’s 18th US Congressional District.  You can read what I had to say about that here, however, the bottom line is that except for the names, nothing had changed since the 2000 Presidential Election debacle in which Palm Beach County was the center of worldwide scrutiny over “hanging chads” and “voter intent”. 

And that’s where I go from merely being informational as a journalist to being really pissed off as a constituent.  This isn’t simply just about a handful of specific election races; it is absolutely about one of the core, foundational blocks upon which this nation was established and the criminal intent of one particular party which is doing everything it can to advance its nation destroying agenda at all costs.  In case it was lost on you; up until now, every one of these major cases of blatant fraud have been perpetrated in Palm Beach County, St. Lucie County, or Broward County, or some combination of the three.  That doesn’t mean those are the only places fraud has taken place; far from it in fact; they just happen to have been the most prominent and grievous up until now.  Back in Philadelphia in 2012, over four dozen precincts voted 100%, (or more in some cases) for Barack Obama.  I could see a half dozen or so or maybe even a dozen; but they expect us to believe that not one vote was cast for his opponent in over four dozen precincts..?!  That is not only absolutely impossible; it is not even plausible and very lousy cheating on the part of those involved.  And let’s not forget how many democrat controlled jurisdictions, led by California, have started allowing illegal aliens to vote in elections; that while many in those same jurisdictions scream about foreign meddling in our elections…!

So last Tuesday, just as on the election nights of 2000 and 2012, and 2014 when the talking heads were offering up their analyses as the results were coming in; the margins were unbelievably close and it quickly became apparent that things were not right; and then it started.  The 2000 election gave us terms such as “hanging chads”, and “voter intent”, which were both designed to somehow justify SOEs deciding how the unknown voter actually meant to vote, instead of simply following the law and discarding such ballots as incomplete and therefore invalid.  And again last Tuesday, many ballots which originated in “Republican friendly” precincts or those from the military which are also usually “Republican friendly”, were not counted and it is just amazing how many ballots were suddenly found that all voted for democrats.  Are you starting to see a pattern yet…?!

It's The End Of America As We Know It...

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

October 19, 1781; five years, several months, and a few days after the Founding Fathers declared independence from Great Britain; a day that no doubt lives in secret infamy in Great Britain, because that was the day that, while his band played “The World Turned Upside Down”, British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolution.

The “official” end to hostilities didn’t happen until almost two years later when the Treaty was signed in Paris in 1783; there were no faxes or emails, and ships were at the mercy of the wind; but the war was over and Britain had tucked its tail between its legs and scampered home, at least until 1812 when they decided to try and regain lost ground and Americans once again handed them their tea guzzling butts.

And so it was; for about the next 150 years or so, even through our darkest hours, we were a country to be reckoned with.  We could be one’s best friend or worst enemy; the choice was up to them, and then not long after WWII, our worst enemies came out in full force from within.

In a lot of ways, the theme has gone from “The World Turned Upside Down”, to “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” because in the name of “tolerance,” We the People have allowed our elected leaders to cave in to the left time after time, and we now find ourselves barely a shadow of what our Founders had in mind.

We went from a nation that stood for something and mostly stood together, with both political parties mostly doing what was best for the nation even when they disagreed upon the approach, to a nation divided and on the brink of collapse with neither political party acting in the best interests of anyone except themselves, special interest groups, and lobbyists. 

Indeed, up until the last presidential election, it looked as if we were on a collision course with embracing socialism and worse.

However, the battle is far from over.  In fact we are in for the fight of our lives; we have the mid-term elections in less than a month which while I believe will prove to be a red tidal wave, especially given the embarrassing behavior of the left during the entire seating of Justice Kavanaugh, doesn’t really mean much if a Republican led Congress does not fulfill the voter mandate, which they haven’t thus far.

While I would like to see a major campaign promise by President Trump fulfilled right after the mid-term, my political crystal ball tells me it won’t.  And that is to pursue and prosecute Hillary Clinton and some of the others for their treason and crimes.  I say it won’t because right after the election and New Year everyone will be in campaign mode for 2020, which scares the snot out of me because if the president does choose to wait until after the election and he loses (which is doubtful), Hillary nor any of her criminal brethren will ever face justice on this side of Eternity. 

And while I certainly trust that God will render His justice upon her and them, not prosecuting leaves us collectively with a distrust of our justice system, at a time when confidence in that system has probably never been more important…

Historical Snapshot Of September

Written by David DiCrescenzo on . Posted in Op-Ed

Ask most people about events in September and you’ll likely hear about Labor Day, (but don’t ask what that is all about, because most would say it’s just a day off to drink beer and burn a few burgers), and most will remember that on the 11th, back in 2001, we suffered the worst day in American history, when nineteen Muslim savages screaming “allahu ackbar” flew planes they had hijacked into both buildings of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, with a fourth hijacked plane “crashing” into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers tried to retake the plane.  I believe they did try, but I also believe that in all likelihood, that plane was probably shot down; we will never know the real truth of that day on this side of Eternity.

Anyway, September is loaded with very significant historical events and I’ve highlighted a number of them below.

September 4th; In 1886, the last “major” US/Indian War came to an end when Geronimo was captured at Ft. Sill, OK..!  Sadly, not one of our finest hours.

On the same day, in 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish Governor Felipe de Neve.  It is now home to countless homeless and the liberal loons who created most of them in that state.

September 5th; back in 1774, the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia; I wasn’t there, but I have it on pretty solid authority that the 56 delegates were served sandwiches.  Talk about your “Original Philly Cheesesteaks.”

Also on the 5th, in 1847, legendary “outlaw” Jesse James was born.  I guess it depends upon which side of the “Mason/Dixon Line” one was born to determine whether he was a criminal or not.  This Yankee views him as perhaps somewhere south of a hero, but a whole lot north of a criminal.  In any case, he didn’t deserve the end he met by a “friend.”

September 8th; In 1565, the first Catholic settlement in America, St. Augustine, FL was founded.  As a side note, I believe the Pilgrims of 1629 were actually aiming for this warmer climate as well; but as luck and the lack of GPS would have it, they wound up freezing their buttocks off in Plymouth.

On the same day in 1883, the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed.  The only difference between that railroad and those of today, is that people actually rode it back then.

Richard M. Nixon was pardoned on this day in 1974, a month after being forced to resign because of his knowledge of a B&E at the Democrat HQ at the Watergate Hotel.  Of course, by today’s standards, knowledge of a B&E is child’s play and Democrats get a pass for everything except murder, oh wait, I forgot about the Clintons.

September 9, 2016, Hillary Clinton termed the phrase “Basket of Deplorables,” launching a new movement in conservative circles and creating many fortunes in the Tee Shirt industry; her only positive contribution to society, industry or the economy ever.

Very importantly, on this very day, in 2018, David DiCrescenzo compiled this list of historical events after putting the final touches on a new sport he is trying to launch called "Full Contact Golf," which combines some of the aspects of Golf, Football, Hockey, Skeet Shooting, Alligator Mud Wrestling, Olympic level beer drinking, and Bass Fishing….

September 11, 2001; almost immediately after the worst terrorist attack in US History to date, the liberal left began a campaign to embrace the "peaceful" people who attacked us, culminating in the election to president of one of their members a mere seven years later.

September 13th: In 1814, during the over-night Battle of Fort Henry, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the “Star Spangled Banner” which became the National Anthem.  Who would have thought that only a couple of hundred years later, an American athlete would so disrespect the Flag it speaks of, so as to bring down an American Icon known as the NFL…?!

In 1860, John “Blackjack” Pershing was born.  Among the greatest of American Generals, he led a storied and heroic life, and taught our enemies at the time that messing with America was to their own peril.

September 17; in 1787, tired of the same old daily “Philly Cheesesteaks,” the delegates at the Constitutional Convention voted unanimously to approve the proposed US Constitution so that they could finally head home.

On this day in 1862, 26,000 men lay dead, wounded, or missing at the Civil War Battle of Antietam.  The greatest loss of military life in US history...

September 18, 1947; the US Air Force was established as a separate service.

September 22, 1776; American hero Nathan Hale was executed as a spy without a trial by British Forces.

September 24, 1957, President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard to enforce racial integration in Little Rock, AK.

September 25, 1789, The First Congress of the US proposed and ratified the Bill of Rights,  and liberals have been trying to shred those Amendments and the document they are part of ever since.

September 26, 1918, the final major battle of WWI. “Argonne,” began along a forty mile front.

On this day in 1960, the first televised presidential debate between JFK and RMN was broadcast.  There was disagreement as to who won the debate, however JFK won the election.

September 28, 1542, California was “discovered” by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo when he entered San Diego Bay.  There was not a liberal in sight; however to this day they whine that it had already been discovered.  The only certain thing is that there was not a plastic straw to be found.

September 29, 1789, the US Congress created the US Army.  Hooah…!

Obviously, there were lots of other things that have occurred during the month of September over the years; however, I felt these were the most significant to the history of the US.  Over the coming months, I plan on offering snapshots of other months and I look forward to reader commentary...