ABRAHAM LINCOLN: ADDRESS BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN'S LYCEUM OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

January 27, 1838
As a nation, at what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant to step from the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, If it is to ever reach us it must spring up amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time, or die by suicide.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Senators Up for Election in 2010 - if you want to take back America vote them all out!

VOTE THEM ALL OUT....

16 Democratic seats
Evan Bayh (IN)
Michael Bennett (CO)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Christopher Dodd (CT)
Byron Dorgan (ND)
Russell Feingold (WI)
Daniel Inouye (HI)
Ted Kaufman (DE) - retiring
Patrick Leahy (VT)
Blanche Lincoln (AR)
Mikulski Barbara (MD)
Patty Murray (WA)
Harry Reid (NV)
Charles Schumer (NY)
Senator replacing Barack Obama (IL)
Senator replacing Hillary Clinton (NY)


19 Republican seats
Robert Bennett (UT)
Christopher Bond (MO) - retiring
Sam Brownback (KS) - retiring
Jim Bunning (KY)
Richard Burr (NC)
Tom Coburn (OK)
Mike Crapo (ID)
Jim DeMint (SC)
Chuck Grassley (IA)
Judd Gregg (NH)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
Mel Martinez (FL) - retiring
John McCain (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Richard Shelby (AL)
Arlen Specter (PA)
John Thune (SD)
David Vitter (LA)
George Voinovich (OH) - retiring