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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. – I Have a Dream!

Anita Christy

In honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, to be celebrated on Jan. 20, here is his most famous speech.   It was given at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, at the conclusion of the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom."  Over 250,000 people attended. Rev. King, a Baptist minister who preached non violence, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.  
At the rally in 1963, he was introduced as "the moral leader of our nation."  What many people don’t know is that when he was more than halfway into his prepared speech, Mahalia Jackson, King’s favorite gospel singer, cried out to him, ""Tell them about the dream, Martin! Tell them about the dream."
Rev. King set aside his written notes, and went on to ad-lib one of the most famous speeches in history.  

 

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January 1, 2014: Celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation

Anita Christy

Thanks to Arizona Freedom Alliance for this event notification.  
The Arizona American African Republican Committee has organized an event to celebrate a great historical day in America when President Abraham Lincoln declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."  While the Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave, it was an important turning point in the Civil War, transforming the fight to preserve the nation into a battle for human freedom.
The event features the Official Centennial Buffalo Soldiers – AZ territory-ladies & gentlemen of the regiment. Speakers include clergy, state and local officials, community leaders, and writer/director/actor Rod Ambrose. Contact: AAARC Chairman Rev. Clyde Bowen 602-274-5439 – aaarc6@msn.com Face Book.
The Declaration of Independence makes it clear, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Date:  Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Time:  1:00 – 3:00 PM.
Location:  East Lake Park, 1549 E. Jefferson, Phoenix.

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The Boston Tea Party: 12/16/1773

Anita Christy

December 16, 2013 marked the two hundred and fortieth anniversay of an event that was a key factor that led to the American Revolution.  The issue?  Taxation without Representation.  Today, we see the same problem in our schools.  See Common Core: Education without Representation.  And we see that Americans can vote to tax their fellow Americans more, but aren’t taxed themselves.  This is called "Representation without Taxation."  
Today’s Taxed Eough Already (TEA) Party movement took its name from the original Boston Tea Party.   I remember Rick Santelli’s famous rant that launched the movement back in 2009.  If you missed it, here’s the link.    
Here’s the link to the article titled "The Boston Tea Party 1773," which begins:
"Victory in the French and Indian War was costly for the British. At the war’s conclusion in 1763, King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to reestablish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. Royal ineptitude compounded the problem. A series of actions including the Stamp Act (1765), the Townshend Acts (1767) and the Boston Massacre (1770) agitated the colonists, straining relations with the mother country. But it was the Crown’s attempt to tax tea that spurred the colonists to action and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution."
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Please Contribute to the 1st Way Pregnancy Center: Receive a Tax Credit

Anita Christy

It’s Tax Credit Time!  Do you want your tax dollars to go to the Arizona Department of Revenue, or an organization that saves the lives of preborn children?
Please consider designating your tax dollars to 1st Way Pregnancy Center by participating in the Working Poor Tax Credit!  You can donate online by visiting 1st Way’s website at Donate Here and choose the tax credit button.  If you have questions on how a tax credit works, feel free to call 1st Way at 602-261-7522, or your personal accountant.  The deadline is 12/31/13.
All taxpayers in the State of Arizona are eligible to participate in the Working Poor Tax Credit. This tax credit allows a taxpayer to designate any amount up to $400 for married couples or $200 for individuals.  As of September 13, 2013, anyone can participate in this tax credit whether you itemize your taxes or not. 
The Working Poor Tax Credit is the easiest way to make a donation without costing you a thing! This is a dollar for dollar tax credit that you can apply to your AZ state taxes.
1st Way Pregnancy Center of Maricopa County is a charitable organization that serves the working poor. Since October of 1972, 1st Way has provided free services to families who seek help during their pregnancies. Services include free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, options counseling for men and women, education classes for men and women, material support, and community referrals. A majority of the women who are served at the center are facing unplanned or unwanted pregnancies. The funds that the center receives through the Working Poor Tax Credit go directly to saving lives of the unborn through peer counseling, ultrasounds, and education.
The men’s program offers fathers of unborn babies peer counseling and education services.  Male peer counselors are prepared to encourage and assist a man to be a good husband and father.

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Dec. 7, 1941 – a date every American should know, although many do not

Anita Christy

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, an attack planned by Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, was carried out to demobilize the US Navy.  
You probably have family members in their 80s and older who remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they got the news:  "We’ve just been attacked!"  Some memories fade quickly.  But not this one.  
My mother remembers.   She and my father had been married for less than a year.  He was a sergeant in the Army Air Corp stationed at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois.  "It was a Sunday," she told me. They were visiting his parents on their farm in down state Illinois that day.   My father and grand-father were driving around the countryside looking at the land, which is what farmers often did and probably still do, after church on a Sunday.  They heard the news on the car radio.  "It was a ’40 Ford," Mom said.  They returned immediately to tell my mother and grand-mother.  "It was a total shock," remembers my mother.  "It was scary."  She and my dad returned quickly to their home.  "From that moment on, he had to be in uniform until the end of the war."  
The next spring, he shipped out to Seymour Johnson Air Field in North Carolina. Mom remembers that the base had been quickly constructed, using trees from the forest where the base was located. It was still being constructed when they arrived.  She recalls that it was a training base for mechanics and pilots.  My mother remembers that, throughout the war, she rarely saw pictures or got much word of what was happening.  "We didn’t have television."  Mostly, she saw newsreels in the local theater.  My father was eventually sent to India.  "It took thirty days for him to get there.  The ship had to zigzag across the ocean, to stay clear of submarines.  He didn’t know where he was going until he got there."    
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese killed 2402 Americans, destroyed 188 planes and damaged 159.  They sunk 4 battleships and damaged another 4.  "The Pearl Harbor attack spurred America into World War II, leading ultimately to Allied victory over the Japanese in the East and Nazis and other Axis powers in the West.  And the country promised never to forget this day of infamy."  See Unforgettable photos from the Pearl Harbor Attack, 72 years ago today. 
One of the battleships that was sunk was the USS Arizona.  See photos below.

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Thank You to 3 Council Members for Voting NO to the 2012 ICC Building Codes

Anita Christy

Dear Council Members Victor Petersen, Jared Taylor, and Eddie Cook,
Thank you for acknowledging the 65 citizens who, on Nov. 7, 2013, spoke out, sent emails, or put their names on a list objecting to the passage of the 2012 ICC building codes.  Thank you for voting No.  I’m sorry that your 4 colleagues passed the codes, against Gilbert families, self-employed builders, and the Free Market.  To them, Liberty is a quaint philosophy, nothing more. 
Thank you for understanding the issues that many of these citizens have brought to your attention for the last several months about the damage that a proliferation of building codes has done to those who must adhere to them, and to those who must pay for them. 
Thank you for seeing that, no matter how much taxpayer money you spend to “train the bureaucracy to be consistent,” you are only adding an ineffective government fix to a government-induced problem.  There will never be consistency within Gilbert, and there will never be consistency among jurisdictions.  Yet, the myth prevails.  Thanks for not believing it.   
Thank you for realizing that the SBA, Chamber of Commerce, and SRP do not speak for Gilbert families. The SBA has been right on many issues, but unfortunately, not on this one.  I doubt if most SBA and Chamber of Commerce members could tell you what ICC stands for, let alone be able to offer an educated opinion about it.   Those who profit financially from higher priced products might like them, however.  Money and power does strange things to people with loosely held “principles.”
Thank you for honestly appreciating the time, effort, research, and meetings that the unpaid citizens have spent for months doing their best to educate the rest of the Council members.  These citizens have invested their own personal, private time, which they have taken away from their businesses and families.  I’m sure it has been a sacrifice to their families, who have supported them as they have exerted their Civic Authority.  These citizens remind me of something I read once.  It’s obvious that you are familiar with this sentence:  –And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Thank you for understanding that some people in the construction industry are delighted with the code mandates because it means more profit for them.  I know this is true, because, as the previous owners of a swimming pool service and repair business, my husband and I stood to make 5 and 6 times more commission by selling energy efficient variable speed motors.  I fought against that legislation, at my own expense, because our customers trusted us to provide the best product for the best price.  The variable speeds are a sham.  We refused to “fleece” our customers and cowardly hide behind “It’s not our fault.  It’s those darned regulations.”  Our customers didn’t even know about our fight, nor did they care.  But we knew, we cared, and so did our God. 
Thank you for understanding that the Free Market responds to an ever changing building/construction environment in an instant, and it adjusts quickly.  The ICC’s codes take years to catch up.  A mandated code can be faulty, worthless, or even dangerous, but “it’s code,” so the law prevails anyway.
Mostly, thank you for recognizing the Truth.  This fight hasn’t been about the newest, best, safest, most energy efficient and greenest building materials.  It has been a fight between Centralized Governance versus Individual Self Governance.  The building/construction experts throughout this battle have been fighting for Liberty and Individual Self Governance.
In the name of God, Family, and Civic Duty
Anita Christy
Gilbert Watch
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Now, More than Ever: Take Arizona’s Land Away from Federal Control!

Anita Christy

This video was published in June 2012.  Nothing has changed, except that the Federal Government has become even more powerful over Arizona’s forests, the Grand Canyon, our natural resources, and our economy.
It’s time to learn how to remove the Federal straitjacket. 
Go to the American Lands Council to learn more.   

 
See below for another video.  This was a presentation Ken Ivory gave in Arizona on 10/1/2013.   Do we possess the knowledge and courage to fight for our lands?  Federal control has had a serious negative effect on the money we have for education.  Federal control has created massive wildfires in Arizona and the Southwest.   
 

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Nathan Hale – 9/22/1776

Anita Christy

Nathan Hale died bravely and defiantly for American liberty, rather than on his knees under subjugation of a King who had "erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance."
Read "I Only Regret that I have but one life to lose for my Country," said Nathan Hale.  
"Exactly 237 years ago, on September  22, 1776, American patriotNathan Hale was hanged for spying on  British troops. As he was led to the gallows, Nathan Hale’s famous last words reportedly were:
“I  only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
"Nathan Hale allegedly  spoke these words to British Captain John Montresor, Chief Engineer of His  Majesty’s Forces in North America and aide-de-camp to British General William  Howe, while the preparations for his hanging were underway."
 

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