“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” Harry Truman
November 26, 2025, And Every Wednesday
By Linda Case Gibbons, Esq.
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Were our Forefathers smarter? Braver?
If you look at the six Congressmen who are inciting treason among the military, the answer is “Hell, yes!”
Our Founding Fathers knew what the word “sedition” meant -- Speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
They knew what “treason” meant -- Betraying one’s country by overthrowing the government.
The Forefathers committed both treason and sedition, knowing full well that they faced certain death by challenging the king of England. By declaring independence.
At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin shrewdly observed, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
After the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, arguing for American independence in no uncertain terms.
The 50-page pamphlet influenced support for the American Revolution among the colonists.
Paine knew what could happen to him by writing it. But he wrote it anyway.
He and those who signed the Declaration of Independence all knew they could be hanged for what they did. But they did not shrink from the consequences.
Unlike the cowardly six “Congressmen” who, after their video urged military treason, are insulted that they are being accused of sedition and treason against their country.
Even Benedict Arnold knew better than to do that.
Astronaut, Navy Captain, Sen. Kelly went on Jimmy Kimmel to whine about it.
These six Congressmen used their “service to their country,” in the CIA and branches of the military, as proof of their right to incite what is clearly a coup.
But cowards are all cut of the same cloth. And patriots don’t whine.
In Valley Forge, the last thing on any soldier’s mind was to question Gen. George Washington’s orders.
Barefoot, cold and hungry, their loyalty to the cause, to their country, to their commander, never wavered.
We are a country of loyal, brave people.
And it all goes back to 1630 when a group of Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
They sailed to an uncertain destiny to seek freedom.
In England, they faced a rigid class system, commoners and the aristocracy, a situation that would never change.
In the colonies, King George III and the English Parliament were determined that this system would continue, with American colonists to be used, taxed and largely ignored.
We face the same problems today that our Founding Fathers faced in 1776.
Arrogant lawmakers. A middle class harassed and used by an elite class.
There are illegal citizens who disrespect our customs, have no connection to our holidays, our heroes and our history.
And there are the people who want to turn the founding of our country into a diatribe about race.
Like Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times, in the book The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, reframing America’s founding as connected to racism.
But our history shows we are not the kind of people who will take our country’s blessings for granted. And we certainly aren’t the type to ever plot a coup against a sitting president.
So, tomorrow we won’t allow the “Turkeys” to get us down.
No. Instead we’ll eat turkey and stuffing with our loved ones, and give thanks to the 53 pilgrims who survived out of 102. Who had the courage to endure the brutal conditions on the sea, and the bitter winter in Plymouth, so that we could have freedom.
Those Americans sat together with the Wampanoag Indians and their leader Massasoit sharing a meal, and peace on the earth that became our United States of America.
That's the real story of that First Thanksgiving.
Hold the line, America. Stay strong, Patriots.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!! We miss you, Rush. You told the best Thanksgiving story!