Plato's Closet
Not only used clothing; ours also has new clothes which may have blemishes, are poor sellers, or leftover stock.
KMart & Walmart have Hanes t shirts in 6packs cheap; good for stretching out the life of your overshirts.
If you have hard winters, Vintage Trends has older Military overcoats pretty cheap. The older, the better. The weight of the wool is incredible, and they're sharp.
It's coming, folks. Cotton & fabric prices have just gone up 30%; it has yet to hit the stores. Be prepared.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Most Glorious Service of the Founders
From a friend on the internet.
Even before the list was published, the British marked down every member of Congress suspected of having put his name to treason. All of them became the objects of vicious manhunts. Some were taken. Some, like Jefferson, had narrow escapes. All who had property or families near British strongholds sufferred.
· Francis Lewis, New York delegate saw his home plundered and his estates in what is now Harlem, completely destroyed by British Soldiers. Mrs. Lewis was captured and treated with great brutality. Though she was later exchanged for two British prisoners through the efforts of Congress, she died from the effects of her abuse.
· William Floyd, another New York delegate, was able to escape with his wife and children across Long Island Sound to Connecticut, where they lived as refugees without income for seven years. When they came home they found a devastated ruin.
· Philips Livingstone had all his great holdings in New York confiscated and his family driven out of their home. Livingstone died in 1778 still working in Congress for the cause.
· Louis Morris, the fourth New York delegate, saw all his timber, crops, and livestock taken. For seven years he was barred from his home and family.
· John Hart of Trenton, New Jersey, risked his life to return home to see his dying wife. Hessian soldiers rode after him, and he escaped in the woods. While his wife lay on her deathbed, the soldiers ruined his farm and wrecked his homestead. Hart, 65, slept in caves and woods as he was hunted across the countryside. When at long last, emaciated by hardship, he was able to sneak home, he found his wife had already been buried, and his 13 children taken away. He never saw them again. He died a broken man in 1779, without ever finding his family.
· Dr. John Witherspoon, signer, was president of the College of New Jersey, later called Princeton. The British occupied the town of Princeton, and billeted troops in the college. They trampled and burned the finest college library in the country.
· Judge Richard Stockton, another New Jersey delegate signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. The family found refuge with friends, but a Tory sympathizer betrayed them. Judge Stockton was pulled from bed in the night and brutally beaten by the arresting soldiers. Thrown into a common jail, he was deliberately starved. Congress finally arranged for Stockton's parole, but his health was ruined. The judge was released as an invalid, when he could no longer harm the British cause. He returned home to find his estate looted and did not live to see the triumph of the revolution. His family was forced to live off charity.
· Robert Morris, merchant prince of Philadelphia, delegate and signer, met Washington's appeals and pleas for money year after year. He made and raised arms and provisions which made it possible for Washington to cross the Delaware at Trenton. In the process he lost 150 ships at sea, bleeding his own fortune and credit almost dry.
· George Clymer, Pennsylvania signer, escaped with his family from their home, but their property was completely destroyed by the British in the Germantown and Brandywine campaigns.
· Dr. Benjamin Rush, also from Pennsylvania, was forced to flee to Maryland. As a heroic surgeon with the army, Rush had several narrow escapes.
· John Martin, a Tory in his views previous to the debate, lived in a strongly loyalist area of Pennsylvania. When he came out for independence, most of his neighbors and even some of his relatives ostracized him. He was a sensitive and troubled man, and many believed this action killed him. When he died in 1777, his last words to his tormentors were: "Tell them that they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge it [the signing] to have been the most glorious service that I have ever rendered to my country."
· William Ellery, Rhode Island delegate, saw his property and home burned to the ground.
· Thomas Lynch, Jr., South Carolina delegate, had his health broken from privation and exposures while serving as a company commander in the military. His doctors ordered him to seek a cure in the West Indies and on the voyage he and his young bride were drowned at sea.
· Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward, Jr., other three South Carolina signers, were taken by the British in the siege of Charleston. They were carried as prisoners of war to St. Augustine, Florida, where they were singled out for indignities. They were exchanged at the end of the war, the British in the meantime having completely devastated their large landholdings and estates.
· Thomas Nelson, signer of Virginia, was at the front in command of the Virginia military forces. With British General Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, fire from 70 heavy American guns began to destroy Yorktown piece by piece. Lord Cornwallis and his staff moved their headquarters into Nelson's palatial home. While American cannonballs were making a shambles of the town, the house of Governor Nelson remained untouched. Nelson turned in rage to the American gunners and asked, "Why do you spare my home?" They replied, "Sir, out of respect to you." Nelson cried, "Give me the cannon!" and fired on his magnificent home himself, smashing it to bits. But Nelson's sacrifice was not quite over. He had raised $2 million for the Revolutionary cause by pledging his own estates. When the loans came due, a newer peacetime Congress refused to honor them, and Nelson's property was forfeited. He was never reimbursed. He died, impoverished, a few years later at the age of 50.
Lives, Fortunes, Honor
Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.
And, finally, there is the New Jersey signer, Abraham Clark.
He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to that infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York Harbor known as the hell ship Jersey, where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: "No."
Even before the list was published, the British marked down every member of Congress suspected of having put his name to treason. All of them became the objects of vicious manhunts. Some were taken. Some, like Jefferson, had narrow escapes. All who had property or families near British strongholds sufferred.
· Francis Lewis, New York delegate saw his home plundered and his estates in what is now Harlem, completely destroyed by British Soldiers. Mrs. Lewis was captured and treated with great brutality. Though she was later exchanged for two British prisoners through the efforts of Congress, she died from the effects of her abuse.
· William Floyd, another New York delegate, was able to escape with his wife and children across Long Island Sound to Connecticut, where they lived as refugees without income for seven years. When they came home they found a devastated ruin.
· Philips Livingstone had all his great holdings in New York confiscated and his family driven out of their home. Livingstone died in 1778 still working in Congress for the cause.
· Louis Morris, the fourth New York delegate, saw all his timber, crops, and livestock taken. For seven years he was barred from his home and family.
· John Hart of Trenton, New Jersey, risked his life to return home to see his dying wife. Hessian soldiers rode after him, and he escaped in the woods. While his wife lay on her deathbed, the soldiers ruined his farm and wrecked his homestead. Hart, 65, slept in caves and woods as he was hunted across the countryside. When at long last, emaciated by hardship, he was able to sneak home, he found his wife had already been buried, and his 13 children taken away. He never saw them again. He died a broken man in 1779, without ever finding his family.
· Dr. John Witherspoon, signer, was president of the College of New Jersey, later called Princeton. The British occupied the town of Princeton, and billeted troops in the college. They trampled and burned the finest college library in the country.
· Judge Richard Stockton, another New Jersey delegate signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. The family found refuge with friends, but a Tory sympathizer betrayed them. Judge Stockton was pulled from bed in the night and brutally beaten by the arresting soldiers. Thrown into a common jail, he was deliberately starved. Congress finally arranged for Stockton's parole, but his health was ruined. The judge was released as an invalid, when he could no longer harm the British cause. He returned home to find his estate looted and did not live to see the triumph of the revolution. His family was forced to live off charity.
· Robert Morris, merchant prince of Philadelphia, delegate and signer, met Washington's appeals and pleas for money year after year. He made and raised arms and provisions which made it possible for Washington to cross the Delaware at Trenton. In the process he lost 150 ships at sea, bleeding his own fortune and credit almost dry.
· George Clymer, Pennsylvania signer, escaped with his family from their home, but their property was completely destroyed by the British in the Germantown and Brandywine campaigns.
· Dr. Benjamin Rush, also from Pennsylvania, was forced to flee to Maryland. As a heroic surgeon with the army, Rush had several narrow escapes.
· John Martin, a Tory in his views previous to the debate, lived in a strongly loyalist area of Pennsylvania. When he came out for independence, most of his neighbors and even some of his relatives ostracized him. He was a sensitive and troubled man, and many believed this action killed him. When he died in 1777, his last words to his tormentors were: "Tell them that they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge it [the signing] to have been the most glorious service that I have ever rendered to my country."
· William Ellery, Rhode Island delegate, saw his property and home burned to the ground.
· Thomas Lynch, Jr., South Carolina delegate, had his health broken from privation and exposures while serving as a company commander in the military. His doctors ordered him to seek a cure in the West Indies and on the voyage he and his young bride were drowned at sea.
· Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, and Thomas Heyward, Jr., other three South Carolina signers, were taken by the British in the siege of Charleston. They were carried as prisoners of war to St. Augustine, Florida, where they were singled out for indignities. They were exchanged at the end of the war, the British in the meantime having completely devastated their large landholdings and estates.
· Thomas Nelson, signer of Virginia, was at the front in command of the Virginia military forces. With British General Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, fire from 70 heavy American guns began to destroy Yorktown piece by piece. Lord Cornwallis and his staff moved their headquarters into Nelson's palatial home. While American cannonballs were making a shambles of the town, the house of Governor Nelson remained untouched. Nelson turned in rage to the American gunners and asked, "Why do you spare my home?" They replied, "Sir, out of respect to you." Nelson cried, "Give me the cannon!" and fired on his magnificent home himself, smashing it to bits. But Nelson's sacrifice was not quite over. He had raised $2 million for the Revolutionary cause by pledging his own estates. When the loans came due, a newer peacetime Congress refused to honor them, and Nelson's property was forfeited. He was never reimbursed. He died, impoverished, a few years later at the age of 50.
Lives, Fortunes, Honor
Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create is still intact.
And, finally, there is the New Jersey signer, Abraham Clark.
He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to that infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York Harbor known as the hell ship Jersey, where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: "No."
Friday, August 6, 2010
Links For the Future
Lehman's Non-Electric Amish Supply Catalog
Honeyville Food Products . Freeze dried and dehydrated foods and meals, many with 25 year shelf life.
Disaster Emergency Living
Foxfire Books . Preserving Self-sufficient skills of Appalachia.
Captain Dave's Survival Center
Northern Brewer . Beer, wine, soda home brewing supplies.
New Hope Tobacco Seed. Non-hybrid tobacco seed, for yourself or for money.
Heirloom seeds. Non-hybrid, for so you can save your own seeds for the next season.
Small Farm Library
Honeyville Food Products . Freeze dried and dehydrated foods and meals, many with 25 year shelf life.
Disaster Emergency Living
Foxfire Books . Preserving Self-sufficient skills of Appalachia.
Captain Dave's Survival Center
Northern Brewer . Beer, wine, soda home brewing supplies.
New Hope Tobacco Seed. Non-hybrid tobacco seed, for yourself or for money.
Heirloom seeds. Non-hybrid, for so you can save your own seeds for the next season.
Small Farm Library
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Mort Friedman
Capitalism And Freedom
On-line reading, I don't think it's downloadable. The mp3 is available through torrents.
Not recommended by Beck (yet), but a must-have for business/bartering economics in the future.
On-line reading, I don't think it's downloadable. The mp3 is available through torrents.
Not recommended by Beck (yet), but a must-have for business/bartering economics in the future.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
From Today's Show
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution Google books
Also: 48 Liberal Lies You Probably Learned In Schoolby Larry Schweikart (author of "A Patriot's History of the U.S.") also Google book
and: from earlier shows: Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
Also: 48 Liberal Lies You Probably Learned In Schoolby Larry Schweikart (author of "A Patriot's History of the U.S.") also Google book
and: from earlier shows: Liberal Fascism, by Jonah Goldberg
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
From the 06/09/10 Beck TV Show
Link to Storm's "Reclaiming Revolution."
From his twitter:
Progressives and Socialists and Communists, Oh My!
The only people from Beck's blackboard missing this meeting are George Soros and Maurice Strong.
An in case you missed it from an earlier post,
"The Road to Serfdom"- Friedrich Hayek
Reader's Digest condensed version
And here's an old Cartoon version of it.
From his twitter:
Progressives and Socialists and Communists, Oh My!
The only people from Beck's blackboard missing this meeting are George Soros and Maurice Strong.
An in case you missed it from an earlier post,
"The Road to Serfdom"- Friedrich Hayek
Reader's Digest condensed version
And here's an old Cartoon version of it.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
A Little Levity
Sometimes,it gets difficult to watch what is happening, prepare for the future, read and learn everything we can to stand alone, especially when everyone around us is the opposite of what we stand for.
Here is something to lighten the day a little:
5 Tips For Surviving The Worldwide Economic Collapse I Picked Up Rewatching The Road Warrior
Here is something to lighten the day a little:
5 Tips For Surviving The Worldwide Economic Collapse I Picked Up Rewatching The Road Warrior
Sunday, May 30, 2010
A Timely Factoid.
Former slaves held the first Decoration (Memorial) Day ceremony for fallen Union soldiers
Just found this out, while researching the day.
Just found this out, while researching the day.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Necessary Documents
Founding Documents
This sight has all of them, in many formats. If you only download a few:
1. The Declaration of Independence,
2. The Constitution, and
3. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. These are amazing, because you can see the actual arguments and reasons for the parts of the Constitution, before it was written. These alone will destroy almost any argument of the true intents of the founding fathers.
If you can, also get the writings of Jefferson and Washington.
These are the meetings, written by Alexander Hamilton, of the writing of the Constitution. Sounds boring, (at times is), but if you put yourself in the time and the moment, is fascinating.
Debates of the Federal Convention
This sight has all of them, in many formats. If you only download a few:
1. The Declaration of Independence,
2. The Constitution, and
3. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist papers. These are amazing, because you can see the actual arguments and reasons for the parts of the Constitution, before it was written. These alone will destroy almost any argument of the true intents of the founding fathers.
If you can, also get the writings of Jefferson and Washington.
These are the meetings, written by Alexander Hamilton, of the writing of the Constitution. Sounds boring, (at times is), but if you put yourself in the time and the moment, is fascinating.
Debates of the Federal Convention
Other Reads
The Famous French Book which Glenn Beck recommends, on the recent uprisings in Greece
Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 : Woodrow Wilson's Fictional Hero.
Atlas
1984 audiobook
"The Betrayal of the American Right,"- Ludwig von Mises (libertarian)
From early religious leaders mentioned by Beck:
Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
Another Beck:
5000 audiobook
Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 : Woodrow Wilson's Fictional Hero.
Atlas
1984 audiobook
"The Betrayal of the American Right,"- Ludwig von Mises (libertarian)
From early religious leaders mentioned by Beck:
Selected Sermons of George Whitefield
Another Beck:
5000 audiobook
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