“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times, to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.” Theodore Roosevelt
March 6, 2024, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
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Think happy thoughts. Keep your nose clean. Look out for Number One.
That’s what we’re told. And it works.
But there are people who don’t do that.
The men who were willing to die of typhoid, starvation and yellow fever in the holds of British prison ships during the Revolutionary War.
The maid who was sick and tired, of being sick and tired of sitting in the back of the bus.
Abraham, Martin and John. Why do they do it? And what would we do if they didn’t.
Being a patriot is tough, and not everyone wants what comes with it.
This week veteran investigative journalist Catherine Herridge was fired from CBS News, her personal reporter notes and research seized by the network.
Herridge’s choice of investigative work left a bad taste in CBS’ mouth.
When she began investigating leads related to the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, she said she “encountered roadblocks” from management for covering the First Son.
Ironically, last Thursday U.S. District Court Judge Christopher Cooper held Herridge in civil contempt of court for refusing to reveal her sources in regard to a series of 2017 articles about Chinese American scientist, Yanpin Chen, and an FBI investigation into Chen.
Chen, now suing the FBI and the DOJ for leaked portions of their investigations, is demanding the identity of Herridge’s sources for the leak.
Herridge invoked the First Amendment protections afforded to the press, but she didn’t realize she was a member of the wrong press.
Now it is feared that CBS could be subpoenaed to reveal Herridge’s sources from the material they are currently holding. And what that will mean for freedom of the press.
There are more ways to skin a cat, or silence an opponent. Lawsuits are one of the best.
Being a patriot is tough, and not everyone wants what comes with it.
So why did Nathan Hale say “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country?”
Hale was 14 when he attended Yale. He was a good scholar, a schoolmaster, a member of the Sons of Liberty. And a spy.
After volunteering to fight in the Continental Army, he joined Knowlton’s Rangers, an elite group of soldiers whose focus was intelligence gathering for General Washington.
Hale was exposed as a spy, and was hanged in New York City, near current day 66th Street and Third Avenue, on September 22, 1776.
He was 21.
People who pursue truth and excellence are dangerous. They are feared by the people who oppose them, because they cannot be controlled. Because they are idealists.
And because, when it is certain that like Icarus, their wings will melt for daring to challenge the universe -- and fly -- they still choose to fly too close to the sun.
And what would we do if they didn't?
Hold the line, America.
Stay strong, Patriots.