Steadfast doesn’t mean when it’s easy; the term has no meaning when things are working according to our own convenient interests. Steadfast means standing strong when it’s challenging, difficult and unnerving. Just as courage is not the absence of fear, rather it is taking action despite being fearful; so too is steadfast a decision.
Often when things are disconcerting, we retreat to the place where we are comfortable. However, steadfast is unwavering despite the obstacles and difficulties. When we don’t hold the words to comfort the grieved, yet we show up and sit quietly just to eliminate loneliness, that is a steadfast commitment. When we see adversity on the face of another, and we choose to engage with our time and comfort, that is a steadfast decision.
When CTH was formed, it was a small assembly of misfits who were not fearless, but brave enough to be comfortable within our discomfort; and we knew we had to look deeply at the issues which face us. We remind ourselves that ‘truth has no agenda‘ & truth exists despite our feelings of the subject matter. The core elements of CTH are based on this principle of remaining steadfast amid the face of adversity, national, political or even personal.
The CTH armory is insightful, wise and often purposeful, but this assembly is foremost a fellowship. A steadfast decision to stand together and figure out how all of these intense subjects, issues and events interact, influence and ultimately impact our lives.
Right now our nation is facing a time of extreme trepidation. Nerves are frayed, emotions are raw and individually we find our compass spinning in a way that destabilizes us. Into this climate the originating value of our core assembly becomes critical. CTH remains steadfast & committed to the best hopes and solutions within us. We strive with purpose.
Each day for over a decade we begin with a simple prayer. We host a candle for those who need prayers and support, and we engage purposefully with the intent to cherish the value, wisdom and skills that each unique person brings to the subject matter being discussed.
My personal commitment toward that end has been to remain steadfast and unwavering in defense of this little corner of the internet. To maintain a place where facts can be discovered, truth can be unearthed and honest discussion/opinion can be afforded.
In July of this past year, it was our CTH mission to ensure that people within the institutions of our government were aware of: (a) evidence of specific corruption; and (b) our knowledge about it. It was during one of those briefing trips to DC when I recognized a serious disconnect between what the people within those institutions of government viewed as their role, and what We The People expected of them.
It was also the first time when I realized that internal corrective action was unlikely to succeed because the scale of corrupt activity was not simply based on intent, but also present because the absence of morality was metastatic throughout the system.
I’m certain there are good people in DC, but the systems surrounding them have lost their originating purpose. The central function of U.S. government is now so corrupt the institutions regard ‘We The People‘ as the problem the people within the system must protect themselves from.
I quickly recognized the solutions to our national issues were never going to come from our requests to those who operate within the institutions. However, even worse was the impact we were having on each-other due to our national frustration. It was evident within our frustration – as a nation we are losing a sense of identity, unity and fellowship.
The only people who can change that dynamic is us.
We are ‘The People’ we have been waiting for; yet, the professional political class, purposefully walled-off within this corrupt system, are also purposefully blind to our assembly. In order for the DC politicians to continue operating corrupt levers within a corrupt machine they must ignore the will of the same people they are supposed to represent.
President Trump represents ‘We The People‘, and as a consequence those within this corrupt system viewed his appearance with the same dismissive outlook they carry toward those who voted for him.
CTH (The Last Refuge) was founded upon this acceptance long before Donald Trump became president in 2016; and the actions by both wings of the UniParty congress over the past six weeks have been clear evidence of what we always knew was present.
Our current national challenge is to figure out a way to confront this dynamic and then deal with it. However, we must deal with it in a way that does not destroy the founding principles of our constitutional republic. There are many disappointments around us, but we must remain strong and purposeful with any chosen direction. Misplaced corrective action regardless of intent is neither prudent nor wise.
Above all, those who understand the larger issues must remain united and hold a sense of fellowship toward each-other if we are to overcome the challenges. The purpose of using COVID fear as a strategic weapon to achieve division is evident. Unilateral fiats can be an effective strategy deployed by those who benefit from division; we must counter this effort.
The fraud within the phrase “social distancing” not only creates distance between us but also creates a void of loneliness within the soul. Into this void of isolation, fear takes hold and becomes toxic. Thus the true value of fellowship is more important than ever.
Right now everything around us seems less focused on the pursuit of happiness and more focused on what happiness we are missing. At the heart of that anxiety is this sense of foreboding. A choking sense of fear and worry; a sense of trepidation. Faith in a loving and purposeful God is now more important than ever, embrace it – share it.
This moment in history is where each person of strength holds a higher level of influence, and we should engage in the lives of others to show that strength. Right now people around you are looking for courage, optimism and hope. If you do not provide that to your family, friends and community, you allow the alternative, despair, to take root.
Despair is the foreboding outcome of the same evil systems that create it. Recognize despair when you see it, intercept it and eliminate it when you can… AND you always can. Tend to the flickering flame of liberty & teach others, especially our youth, the skills to defend it.
Do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. We are a nation of liberty loving independent and free-thinking people; born under a compact to allow each to live their lives according to their own purpose. Do not abdicate the duty to advocate and protect individual liberty to anyone except yourself. Your dreams are unique to you.
Stay strong for your family…
Stay strong for your community….
Stay strong for our nation… We need each-other.
Steadfast,
~ Sundance
Dear Treehouse,
[…] I have been saying for some time that America is at a tipping point. Regardless of who is in apparent control of the Government (Executive, Legislative or Judiciary), there are forces at work that truly do lead to the creation of a “Uni-party.” As the underbelly of the Uni-party has been exposed, those in control have become vulnerable.
The real prospect that God-fearing, hard-working, honest Americans are beginning to see how the system has been rigged to manipulate them is upon us. Your dogged determination to lay bare the ugliness of what Washington has become is to be greatly admired.
We have lacked true leadership for too many years. This of course creates a vacuum and vacuums are dangerous because they allow false prophets to arise. People are desperate for someone to lead and say that they can restore the values that we once held dear as a nation.
Perhaps this is why your banner with the redhead staring at the gathering storm calls to me. The storm is just off the shore, building energy, waiting to crash over all of us. Yet, in the gathering darkness you have provided a light. A beacon of hope in a dismal world. A beacon which illuminates an alternative to the false choices of the Hegelian dialectic that is forced upon us all.
May God keep and protect you as you gather and collate the evidence to lay bare the ugliness that has become government, as it is now practiced, and reclaim all that makes America truly great. May the Holy Spirit guide you in your words and actions. Know that there are many that believe in what you are doing and stand ready to do their part. Remember that the darkness is always greatest before the dawn. I am confident that a new dawn is about to break.
~ A Patriot
This site is virtually the only place I can become optimistic about our country and ourselves. Not by denying the agenda-less truth, but by having the focus, fellowship and faith to deal with it. Thank you Sundance for keeping that light of hope burning.
I agree!!! This site upholds optimism with reality and faith as a foundation to hold into. I sure have learned this year to truly live one day at a time.
Thanks Sundance.
True Americans, liberty loving Americans, God-fearing Americans we all depend on each other now. From here on out we will do what is necessary to correct this injustice. Thank you Sundance for showing US what is now seen by all.
Seeing what has transpired the past year, or the past four years, I don’t quite understand how come they, a small group of power-hunger opportunists, do not fear us, the overwhelming voter population/Trump supporters, decent, free-spirited, hard-working righteous Americans. They are not stupid for sure. Do they not understand what will happen to them, their wealth, and their families if we are forced to take drastic actions to save the Republic?
Or, having calculated the risk, balanced pros and cons, they’ve concluded we’re not that much of a risk for them, for they’ve successfully blocked all venues to and left no room for resolution in this crisis.
Maybe this action is what the string pullers really want? Along with a drowning of our Republic.
When the result of an elections are determined by rigged voting machine tabulator , What is there for a chosen politician to fear?
Joe Biden said it best, “I don’t need voters”.
When the result of an elections are determined by rigged voting machine tabulator , What is there for a chosen politician to fear?
Joe Biden said it best, “I don’t need voters”.
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May I use your post to sent to Justice Roberts and the Supremes, who think it’s local politicians who should decide because “they are closest to the voters” and if they want to be re-elected, they’ll listen to voters.
“left no room for [a peaceful ] resolution in this crisis.”
They KNOW we will not forcefully act to stop whatever they do. We have grown too fat and happy to risk losing what we have. Our inertia wins FOR THEM. Automatically.
I would add, keep your sense of humor.
Crack a joke, something witty about the lousy mood around ya.. point out something comical.
Humor can slip through that mantle of darkness and crack it open from the inside.
Not feeling particularly funny today? Go hunt for it. Watch afew Ozzie Man clips, reread
Confederacy of Dunces or pickup a Chris Moore book. Whichever direction your funnybone points.
Getting a laugh out of someone, or a chuckle, even a smile,
can change the trajectory of their day, and yours.
Too much “down in the mouth” around here lately.
Inject some humor. Let’s remember how to laugh.
Good point….and great advice!!!!
Very! Humor is often the best medicine.
Yes! As Ben Franklin said, let us all hang together or we shall all hang separately.
Sundance, You are steadfast; indeed.
–Thank you beyond words.
Sundance and fellow Treepers: thank you for your inspiring posts above…inspiration is what moves people to be their best and to make purposeful decisions…I’m much stronger now.
Appreciate the encouraging words.
TKS Read it every am
The uniparty has been in this country for decades and from time to time we are given glimpses of it.
When we now see the GOP filing a lawsuit against the VP to try and stop the constitutional process of rejecting fraudulent electors we are now shown how corrupt the whole system is.
There are very few options to completely stop the destruction of this country and the world is hanging by a very important thread.
Sundance we all need to be steadfast at this time. Thank you for the reminder. Keep your spirits high Sir.
Thank you Sundance for your truly inspirational words. Much Love to you and fellow Treepers. ?
Stay Strong, Never Give Up and Never Give In.
All so beautifully said Sundance! Thank you for all of the reminders that give us hope and courage!
It was said of Gandhi that the good that he was died at the hands of the evil that he let flourish.
We would do well to meditate on those words and consider whether an excess of scrupulosity can be justified during an existential crisis of this kind. Sometimes no quarter should be given and the fields should be salted.
This is war.
Few are recognizing it.
War has only 2 outcomes: winners and losers.
We do not want to lose.
Thank you, Sundance.
I must confess to literally sobbing like I haven’t since my father died when I read your post about CTH being de-platformed. Coming so soon after the fraud and corruption of the election, it was as if all hope was sucked out of the world. I was fearful and distraught.
BUT, you brought CTH back and the hope was renewed.
I can never thank you enough for this refuge.
Much love to you.
Wow, lots to digest here.
First great article. One of Sundance’s best!
Second, creating change without obliterating the system may not be possible. Nor is it a conclusion that the outcome will be better than the system it replaces.
“However, we must deal with it in a way that does not destroy the founding principles of our constitutional republic.”
I’m sure Barr said the same thing once.
We must proceed with caution.
Sadly, from my perspective, proceeding with caution is the same as not proceeding at all. They do not and will never fear us unless we make them fear us, and that is a big step, as it requires extreme uncoordinated violence against corrupt individuals. I don’t see that happening until well after it is too late to undue the damage to the Republic. This means we are totally reliant on Trump who is the only one who is fighting for us. Hope is all we have.
Arnie agreed. I was referring to the aftermath, however.
“Hope is all we have.”
Also I would remind many, in the Boardroom and Halls of Power it is often quoted, “Hope is not a Strategy.”
All the Best and I stand by every Treeper’s side,
Max
We come here for many reasons; knowledge, camaraderie, to plan, bounce off ideas, vent and pray. Most of all we come for hope and to keep up our strength. This seems like a good time to say I appreciate being a part of the community and thank all of you.
As Sundance has eloquently put it. Don’t go wobbly.
A Hopi Elder Speaks
“You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered . . .
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.”
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said, “This could be a good time!”
“There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly.
“Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally, Least of all ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.
“The time for the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from you attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”
— attributed to an unnamed Hopi elder
Hopi Nation
Oraibi, Arizona
If I look anywhere but to Jesus I will fall to pieces. And, I know that is the way it should be.
Thank you Lord!
I could write so much on this because I’ve experienced the corruption firsthand in the corporate workplace when I tried to speak up for the purpose of correction, and was targeted as an enemy. My life has changed drastically because I was labeled as “untrustworthy” to be employed by the same system that has now been uncovered these last 4 years for being corrupt and untrustworthy of “we the people’s” confidence.
This is where steadfast faith enters the picture. It could even be called stubborn faith. Not faith in any governmental system, although I think ours as it was originally created was a masterpiece, but faith in the God who created each of us for such a time as this. In the middle of this muddle it is hard to know where to turn…what to do, but staying steady in our minds about what we believe and what we will sacrifice to stay true to our beliefs will bring us together in a powerful way. And God will lead us.
I thank CTH for giving an outsider like me a place to express my thoughts without reprisal. I’ve tried to keep as much privacy as possible, but now that what I’ve tried to convince others about for years is obvious to so many, I am beginning to feel the fellowship I’ve missed since I was first excluded by the system for my truth telling.
Again, I say “thank you”.
I like that phrase, “Stubborn Faith”. Here’s another one I use lately: “Boatloads of Evidence”. Both can be applied to Christianity and a Trump 2020 election victory.
You will likely enjoy reading an article I just read on AmericanThinker:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/oldguard_scientists_reveal_their_biases_as_new_scientists_suggest_evidence_for_god.html
Boatloads of evidence: Romans 1:18-20
@Susan, I’ve watched the authors mentioned in the American Thinker article develop over the past 20 years, and have several of their books. Homeschooling our kids enabled me to think outside the box for textbooks and resources for teaching history and science especially. Sadly, 18 years ago, I did not understand the critical need for teaching a deep understanding of and appreciation for the foundations of the USA.
What a lonely sorrow you have carried. I’m so sorry that you had to endure this, but sacrifice brings graces to both the sufferer and to others. You learned clarity about the situation and about yourself.
Thank you Margaret, you are very kind. God’s grace and truth has always been with me, especially in the hardest times. I relate to the initial shock that others are experiencing now that so much has been exposed, but life and love is bigger than all that can be thrown at us.
Our problem is that nearly all of our founding fathers were men of God. With God, they formed a perfect union, but as God was driven out over the years, the evil ones took over.
Romans 1; 18-32 sums it up with “Gods Wrath on Unrighteousness”.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Interesting… Those that only recently woke the F up to all this. Honestly so many people come to me with the tone and look of shock all while standing next to countless others still suffering from stockholm syndrome.
Those who have been steadfast are those who have been awake for the last 2+ decades prepping for this. There are 10’s of thousands of us who were patiently waiting till enough of you wake up to actually have a chance to fix this. Now we have 100’s of thousands.. But we lack millions and it’s obvious why.. Stalin sure was right about one thing.. idiots really will follow you if you just give them a little something every now and then. Wakie wakie Americans, I’d advise you all to look inward before you look outward if you really want to be free someday…
A note on the front page left column of the WSJ today says, “Biden said Trump political appointees in the OMB and Pentagon were obstructing efforts of his transition team in ways the he said could impair U.S. national security”.
We heard the other day that they had stopped daily briefings of the Biden team.
I have read elsewhere that a “kernel’ was planted in a daily briefing, and in showed up the next day in a CCP briefing in China! We know Slow Joe is compromised by the Chinese thru his son Hunter.
Don’t bet YOUR money that Joe will ever reside in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Gitmo is more likely. Sat photos show it is being expanded.
Just saying……
Hubby and I placed an ‘ad’ on the carpool site and a single widowed woman asked if she could join us. We said YES!
Last night I got an email from this woman who lives 100 miles away saying she’d pondered the idea of going all day yesterday and decided against going. She was concerned that her current good health might be adversely affected by the trip, since we’d be driving more than 10 hours for two days, we’d be sleeping on the floor, we’d have to take mass transit into D.C. and we would most likely be standing for hours during the rally. As a widow and living alone she did not think it was wise to take a chance on making herself sick in any way.
I felt sad that this woman who wanted to go talked herself out of going.
This morning I wrote and told her I understand her decision was not made lightly, and included that the two old people she’d be riding with (us!) had all the same concerns she did — minus being alone without a spouse — and let her know that if she changed her mind she was always welcome to join us.
Fear is an ugly thing, rushing into it and breaking it’s hold is very freeing.
You apparently assume that her judgment about her own limits rises out of fear. There’s another possibility: her judgment about her own limits may rise out of wisdom and familiarity with her own limits.
Personal liberty always mixes with personal responsibility.
Nope I didn’t assume anything about her.
I do know for myself though that fear is an ugly thing, and rushing into it and breaking its hold is very freeing. That’s what I meant in the last line, and nothing about anyone else.
Breaking fear is very freeing, at least in respect to this virus. Our family gathered, maskless, for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Was heart-warming to be together. I have health issues that make the virus probably fatal, but I would rather risk death than miss being with grandchildren who are grown and scattered except for holidays. When you are old, death is just around the corner anyway. No one can secure one’s life forever by hiding from life. Deep down we know cowardice when we give in to it.
I thought long and hard about many things.. but most of all about the survival of the United States as a good country..
We are between a rock and a hard place.. with a corrupt 3 branches of government.. so how to fix the problem..
I know .. everyone knows the problem the hard part is the solution.. the nation of laws no longer exists.. laws for thee but not for me… I experienced that in the corporate word.. the higher the position the less the rules applied.. that’s what we have in DC.. the rules and laws don’t apply because that’s is by their design.
So if we do nothing this country is lost.. so that brings me to the second choice… the lesser of disruption..MARTIAL LAW.. a better alternative then Civil War..
Now that is irregardless of VP Pence.. Jan 20 is the start of the next term.. even with President Trump in office.. the last four years have been difficult.. we must punish and clean house.. and that is no longer possible under the present system.. and impossible after Jan 20th..
When Martial Law is declared …we must step up and support and defend this nation.. so we can clean up the crooked election process and hand this country back to we the people..
MAGA
We’re not getting “martial law”, so stop that. The only way we see anything resembling martial law is if and when Pres. Trump wins next week, and Antifa/BLM tries to burn down more cities. Team Red isn’t going to sit it out this time, and it won’t be people driving cars through crowds of protesters. There would be shooting involved, so the violence would be epic, and most likely the National Guard would be called in to try and quell the violence. But, that would be very limited in scope and duration.
Always remember that the people in rebellion against the Constitution by-and-large are not your fellow citizens. The people in rebellion against the Constitution and against the People are the Government Party.
We are not extending a lock down from two weeks to all year plus. We are not destroying our economy over a virus with a 99+ percent survival rate. We are not ignoring rule of law so anarchists can riot without consequence. We are not having our election blatantly stolen. We are not having the Supreme Court denying a hearing of the most momentous issue in US history. We are not having the GOP betray the President and the nation. What other trueisms do you have for 2020 H? BTW “Stop that” is not conducive to debate/discussion.
We’re not getting martial law to thwart the election. Period. It’s not going to happen. Forget about it. Same with the Insurrection Act.
If these are used, they will be used against us by a Pres. Harris. Pres. Trump isn’t going to do that.
Demanding martial law is crazy talk. It is not the answer. It is an expression of desperation. Everyone keeps hoping Superman will come along and save the day.
Yeah H my kids used to stamp their feet and repeat themselves as well. Eventually they grew up.
What, then, IS the answer, Hokkoda?
Are we a good country? If our ‘leaders’ that we put in place are and leave in place are so corrupt?
Are we a good country when we’ve allowed 60 million babies to be murdered?
Are we a good country when we’ve allowed tranny story hour at the library, children to be denied both their mother and father, etc.
I don’t think we are – I think there are good people but good country?
We will have to make the best of our situation. What is not tenable is that we continue to support evil and the enslavement and robbery of other people under the guise of “bringing democracy”. I watched the Ukraine video last night, detailing the robbery of $13 million from Ukraine with at least $3 million ending up in Biden pockets. That video also explained how money sent to Afghanistan likewise ended up in corrupt pockets. Millions are dead or enslaved already through the malfeasance of politicians we have supported.
Eventually we will answer to God. We cannot continue this way
question: how does one reconcile President Trump’s stellar fiscal leadership values and performance for the past four years with his signing of the horrid pork packed stimulus bill?
Easy, you look at the veto-override and understand that there is NO MAJORITY CONSTITUENCY in America that supports lower spending and fiscal discipline. Fight the battles you can win, stand on your principles, and if they steamroll you then you move on. I also look at the things he has done elsewhere like getting us out of foreign civil wars which are huge drains on our military resources and which allows for reinvestment of that money into our people and equipment. And the tariffs on China. And the bilateral trade deals. And the growing GDP, which makes the debt at least manageable.
There’s no great answer, but I try to look at Pres. Trump “on the whole” and know that his policies are doing great things for our country. The only people who support any kind of spending cuts are when it’s “cutting funding to those people over there, not my people over here.” Everybody thinks their brand of government cheese is essential to the nation’s survival.
Our system is corrupt. There’s only so much Pres. Trump can do.
You make excellent points. And, this is how I too look at Trump.
He played this correctly. He is using an old law to outline all of the pork. All of it. He outlined what he wanted. He laid it all out for US, the people, to see. Trump said to all of us with his breakdown of the bill, his tweets about it. and all of the past messages:
AMERICA LOOK. LOOK. Look at what they put into this bill for illegals. For foreigners and compare that to what they gave you. Here is what I want but if I veto ,they will override- I am doing what I can to get you what you deserve.
And boom- two days later they agree to redistribute more wealth among Americans. And, are ignoring all other requests. Requests that Americans want to see carried out.
He got them to expose themselves without them taking a roll call vote. Now it’s on us.
There is no way for me to reconcile our President’s signing of this bill…I think he recognized it as a “battle lost” in the war against the globalist cabal. I don’t see an acceptable resolution for this travesty but I hope President Trump has one.
The main issue remains – How do we deal with a government which has become NON-representative and an enemy to America. If President Trump is not declared the winner of the 2020 election will We the People revolt?
Constance, you open your eyes and recognize that President Trump was acting FOR YOU when he signed that bill! HE FOUGHT FOR US!! $2,000 – NOT $600. If Congressional PORKERS are going to push THEIR special interests Donald Trump is going to push HIS special interest – The American People! THAT is why he signed the bill.
He had little to NO support from his own party to stop the PORKERS! PIGS THAT THEY ARE! So he signed the bill – AND HE SENT IT BACK TO CONGRESS DEMANDING THAT THEY MAKE CUTS IN THE PORK (the “RECISIONS” that he outlined when he sent it back to them! He is fighting FOR US! He knows his limits!
Will they make the? Highly unlikely, given their corruption. But what would YOU DO in his situation? Just give up and walk away – letting them pass the bill as it was written – with a veto-proof majority supporting it?
Three words: veto-proof majority.
Reread those three words again and again until they sink in.
Trump had no other option than the rescission route.
It’s always fascinating to me that people can complain about Pres. Trump but they’ll head out next election and vote for the Republicans who over-rode his veto. Then they’ll complain that nothing ever changes.
We really have no choice but to back whomever the Republican Party puts up to run. I voted for Corey Gardener who is only slightly better than John Hickenlooper because Gardner didn’t vote to impeach President Trump when he had the chance.
“WHATEVER IT TAKES”
What is it going to take? If elections are fraudulent and of no effective use, if so-called “representatives” and members of ther “justice system” are lying, corrupt, and pretending to be deaf and blind — or “weak”, if “getting information to the public” isn’t followed by action, and the rule of law is gone…
I hail from a tradition in which prayers are to seek wisdom, guidance, strength — not for God to send someone else to fix things. Our Founding Fathers did not use their meetings merely to pray. Our soldiers going into battle do not pray for the opposition magically to be evaporated. So I ask what. What is the “whatever”. And when does it start? Before or after Donald Trump controls our military? Before or after the First, Second and Fifth Amendments are eviscerated?
History will prove the covid thing was the flu that there was no danger to the healthy and we failed to treat (HCQ early and the real solid treatment of IVERMECTIN) the non-healthy . It was nothing more than fear propaganda.
******* Just something I read, needs more research: the severe covid cases are mostly all related to vitamin d deficiency. ********
History will also prove it was used to take down (mail-ins) a president that was hated by the media, half the US population and especially the demon dems. My theory is, they planned this to remove him
It was the perfect storm to oust ( a coup if you will the final try) him, massive mail in fraud and they planned it. All over the flu, this was the greatest con job ever in the history of our nation.
and it worked , at least looks that way.
Thomas Jefferson spoke of a tyrannical central government in the declaration.
Not sure where that red line is but with 330 million people and more than half buying the propaganda
not should it will ever happen.
I cry for my grand children and there children.
What I’m beginning to realize is all the matters is Jesus and I need to get back in touch with him.
Are they coming for the Christians next.
P.S. The question is “Is the republic lost”.
“If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the long history of man’s relation to man. This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.”
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan could speak to us in plain language; it was a joy to listen to him. I never bother to listen to most politicians, including Trump (whose speeches have moments of greatness, but tend to be repetitive), but watch what they do. Trump did most of what he said he would do; that he was able to do without the support of his fellow Republicans in office and places of influence.
I guess it all rides on VP Pence. We will find out soon enough if he is on our side.
Excellent Article Sundance!! I always pause when I hear the phrase “That we should go quietly into the Night”… I don’t think they understand what that phrase means to some who have been trained to go quietly into the night..SMH
God may forgive them, but, the consequences of there actions will for ever condemn them..
There Are More of US then there are of Them..
Thank you, Sundance
Great post by Sundance but I must say I am getting a little nervous. If the only hope is Trump relying on Pence then it may be over. Yes, MAGA will live on but Pence I always felt was swamp and Trump picked him due to the political landscape at the time. This is the most important election of the time for all countries. I can say, and so do many I know, that if this can be done in America then it can be easily done in any other country. I myself, will never vote again in my life as it is predetermined and a waste of time.
Share your concern but put yourself in Pence’s shoes for a moment. Politician. Christian. Can be the man who let the Republic die for want of courage. Can be the man who saved the Republic and was swept into the whitehouse in 2024. Now consider standing in front of St. Peter to explain your choices…
Yes, Pence has an opportunity like no other (excuse my limited knowledge of the subject) VP in history to go down as one of the most courageous of all time. Should he follow his common sense and what he knows is true in his heart then all will be ok. But after so many years of being stabbed in the back by career politicians, I have lost close to all hope that this will be fixed. I sure hope I’m wrong about him.
Well…all the more interesting especially when Peter did the wrong thing three times before he repented…
Dang. My eyes read
“swept into the whitehouse” as
“swept into the whorehouse”
Canadian for Trump:
In all honesty, my inner feel on Pence is the same as yours. I hope Pence prove me wrong.
It is NOW or NEVER for America and the rest of the world.
VP Pence will play his role exactly as it was written. He has no choice in the matter, just as we Patriots have our own roles to play.
Judith:
For the sake of this country, I’ll try to include him in my prayer.
But honestly, I don’t know why, my heart feels heavy just the thought of praying for him to do the right thing. But as I said already, I will.
Sundance, thank you so much for the post.!! Believe it or not this site has helped me more with my walk with Christ than my political learning, which is saying a lot!! I am thankful for all the people here.
Carol Brown has a pretty good article at AT: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/will_washington_dc_lock_out_trump_supporters_on_january_6th.html
But if you are coming for a “rally” and plan on sleeping in comfortable digs, going to a restaurant for dinner afterward… seems to me that I recall that there were a couple, few “rallies” that were mostly shut down. A few hundred criminals can take over a police station or paralyze a city, but… tens of millions of us have no power to do anything but talk, write, wave flags, make reservations, and pray?
I learn here, everyday. I am grateful for that.
But over the years the more valuable lesson is in courage and steady strength. I need that. They say in 12 step programs that you come to be filled up. Here is a place I can come to be filled up with courage, strength and optimism. I would be in sad shape without this. Thank you.
We Treepers consider ourselves ‘Patriots’ and we definitely are! The common thread connecting ‘Patriots’ is the courage they exhibited in creation of this Republic. We, new era, ‘Patriots’ can now exhibit similar courage. We have but one life, lets Live It Well!
Thank you Sundance for that inspiring message! We must be steadfast when all seems against us.
I will be at Capitol Hill on January 6, when the US Senate will be deciding the fate of our nation. Please come!
I want them to be terrified of our fierce patriotism and yearning for justice. In my opinion, the lineup of speakers doesn’t matter. What should matter is a million patriots singing patriotic songs in unison and marching in place at the same time. That would shake the building that the Senators are in. That would show them we are real, and we are pissed off law abiding citizens who will not readily give up our homeland and Constitution for their takeover of our government by a fraudulent election.
We should definitely sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The people could bring up the lyrics on their cell phones:
https://www.austincc.edu/dlauderb/1302/Lyrics/BattleHymnoftheRepublic.htm
This poor woman does sound insane because we find it hard to believe that this could be true. She speaks in measured tones, not like a raving maniac. How could she have withstood all of this and not be a raving maniac or be dead?
We did learn that our diplomats in Cuba came home with hearing loss and other ailments, so it is probably due to the weaponry she is describing.
I don’t know what to believe about the targeting of dissidents in our own country.
I appreciate the sentiments expressed about the CTH.
In keeping with those sentiments, IMO, this type of comment (below) should not be allowed on the site..
“JKWOOLF
December 29, 2020 10:04 am
Reply to green dragon tavern-7b
Or we could shoot them in the face treasonous dogs”
Why?
Why? It’s their right. And who cares. He’s expressing his anger. Just you don’t go do it.
I’m tired of the “oh, oh we can’t talk like that”….
Says who? They want you afraid to talk like that. It’s that kind of talk that keeps honest men honest and keeps evil men in check. Carrying out that talk is needed when the honest men stop being honest and the evil men are no longer in check.
We are getting very close to that point. Just look at the courts. I fear the number of honest men staying honest is either dwindling or they are too cowardly to do something. Of course, via the legal system first…. but as I said…look at the courts….I see evil not being kept in check because they are the ones that are suppose to be honest.
Pray tell then what we do when the honest stop being honest and rather become evil unchecked? Things worse than words may happen. And that is what we should not want….words….they are just words.
I also ask “why”…because…if you believe that our Country was founded upon Noble thoughts & Principles…”Revolution”…and you are proud of that fact…you cannot ignore or gloss over the actions that were taken in the process. In some cases Neighbor against Neighbor, Family member against Family member. I’m sure that both sides committed many war crimes that have simply been lost in the shuffle such as Rape, Murder, Robbery…etc.
Sundance, Thank you for the reminder that this community is foremost a fellowship. A fellowship of like minds, of Americans who hold dear our God we believe was an instrumental guide for those who won our liberty and constructed our governmental systems, and who cherish this nation as designed and blessed by God, and want to keep it.
Our church has gone to the dark side of the “social justice” (WHAT an idiotic oxymoron!) and we no longer attend. At all. We don’t feel fellowship with those who are celebrating the full-on conversion of America into an even worse version of Sodom and Gomorrah, and those who are contributing to terrorist organizations such as BLM.
This, The Last Refuge, IS our fellowship. As such, I expect the powers-that-be to first try to sour it with lying voices (have seen an increasing number the last few months), and then, if unsuccessful, to completely rip it away.
But I thank you for your 10 years of STEADFAST service, leadership, work, analyzation, expense, love. Few if any have done as much to try to salvage America.
God bless you. God bless Treepers. God bless The Last Refuge. God Bless America.
Well put.
He has some good points. Put things into perspective.
There’s ALWAYS room for positivity..!
Thank you Stella!
I think that we underestimate how differently those under 35 or 40 view America. They don’t know the history of the country and have been actively taught to hate America and personal freedom.
My point is the assumption that Americans are liberty loving people is wishful thinking – those who want liberty and are willing to suffer for it while always a minority are almost non-existent in the younger generations.
My one great joy in this terrible situation is seeing all the home-schooled kids of yesterday being the voice of reason and loving their country today.
I know many of them and they bring tears of joy to my eyes remembering the way they fight, the courage they have and the knowledge they share so freely.
If you meet Dillon at the rally give him a big hug. He appears quiet and reserved, but he is a fierce warrior for our nation, and for the Lord, our God.
before reading the comments…
“the absence of morality was metastatic throughout the system.”
And that right there is the problem … it’s true for the entire populace, not just the political system.
Mandy, that is the crux of the problem. Can we return to the roots of our heritage? The silent pulpits are also to blame, those pulpits that encourage the neglect of our stewardship of the freedoms and heritage which have come to us at such a high price. This is the same brand of political correctness that brought Hitler to power and resulted in the Holocaust in Europe.
Our problems in America are not financial. Any businessman knows that cash flow is a symptom, not a cause in itself. It is an indicator of other more fundamental problems.
Our most telling deficiencies are not military – despite the media’s attempts to mask their deterioration in pursuit of “political correctness.”
America is in a moral free fall. We are victims of spiritual warfare. We have a media masking truth. We have courts without justice. We have anger replacing patriotism. We have schools deliberately “dumbing down” our youth. We have replaced our traditional heritage with “multiculturalism,” revisionism, and values relativism.
Our government is now the purveyor of immorality. Why are we surprised? Governments have always loved crises: they provide the rationale for increasing budgets and bureaucracies and subjugating the population (covid anyone?? multiple genders anyone?? Homelessness???). Most new dictators create external crises to consolidate their internal powers.
In our country, they long ago learned that social crises serve as well as military ones. There is one insight that supplies a key missing link: immorality results in social crises.
Is it any surprise to learn that governments have an enormous incentive to promote immorality?!
Our schools inculcate our children with the myth of evolution-that their existence is the result of a cosmic accident and thus deny any teleological purpose to their lives. (Then we wonder why they have no sense of destiny or self-esteem.)
We need a spiritual revival in our country and in our leaders. We have something more valuable than the ballot box and that is the prayer closet. We need to get serious about it.
like, love and appreciate – so much
I and my fellow ‘Treepers’ consider ourselves ‘Patriots’ and we definitely are! The common thread connecting ‘Patriots’ is the courage exhibited within this Republic. We, new era, ‘Patriots’ are now called upon to show and relate our faith in the Constitution created by our founding fathers. We have but one life and no matter what we do that life will die. We can leave a legacy for everyone we have touched. Therefore I implore to all that will listen. Live Your Life Well.
Amen.
Long time reader first post. I’m afraid nothing will be accomplished until the Republican party has been gutted of its voting base and a new party formed with non negotiable requirements for America First policies in trade, immigration, and anti globalist legislation to break and curtail the monopoly power of companies like Google/Facebook/Twitter et al.
I have watched for 30 years how the “inexplicable” behavior of Republican politicians sabotage the express desires of their own voters and the simplest, noncontradictory explanation is that they are fundamentally leftist in their individual dispositions but were uncompetitive among Democrats so they took up residence in the available alternative. The latest Republican spit into the face of its voters by the House GOP is a testament to this. You are left wondering whether actual conservatives number any more than a dozen or so.
Eventually, you have to lose hope when this thing happens over and over with no consequence. When will the Republican base just pack up and leave since it is obvious the Rockefeller/Rino/Romney types have the establishment totally locked up. Even Fox News is still around when they should have been reduced to another Gore TV and sold to Al Jazeera by now.
I hope I am wrong but after all this time and especially watching the behavior of Republicans over the past 4 years, it is getting really tough to see how things will change. It sure won’t happen through the Republican party and will only start when conservative voters start dishing it out like they’ve been taking it for so long.
Thank you for your “steadfast” article. Have Treepers read Sidney Powell’s tweets this past 24 hours? She leaves me concluding that Something is going to happen, that Constitutionally, we have given wrongdoing every legal chance to self-correct. She will be on Rush Limbaugh’s show at 1PM E.T.
All too often, I wake up in the night worrying about the state of our Republic. Thinking God is teaching us something by ‘punishing’ us. That would mean, no relief in this lifetime! So, knowing that I’m likely on the wrong track, I often ask Him for clarity. I appealed again to Him last night and this morning He guided me toward answers. Praise Him!
Some background: My Bible study group is studying Genesis: right now Lot and God’s judgement against Sodom and Gomorrah. God knew Lot’s heart and knew he was a righteous man living among evil people and culture. Our notes pointed to the following in 2 Peter 2: Verses 6-10.
“If [God] condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) – if this is so, then the LORD knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgement…”.
We are in a YUGE trial. God is with us.
Thank you Sundance for (also) holding our hands.
And thank you fellow Treepers for many of your inspiring and thought provoking comments over the years. .
I am reminded of this from Billy Graham who quipped:
If God doesn’t judge America, He is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!
Billy has been briefed. We wait.
I thank God for CT. Your words encourage me and help me put things into perspective. God bless and protect you for doing Gods work on earth!
Thank you for this again Sundance;
I have to admit, you posted a piece Saturday that stated, Trump may serve us better from outside DC than within. The comment struck me, my first reaction was that you had given up or in to some sort of realization that we would lose this battle we are now in. I had to ruminate for several days, and am now happy I did as my first reaction was totally wrong. I know agree with you. The movement Trump now leads is not going away. We the Trump voting citizens are not going away, but for the average person to see what the future holds under the new totally corrupted system, they may need to live it for a while. That may not be moved to action at this point in time, but as soon as they get a dose of what they thought they wanted, they will be.
Thank you, Sundance! Just after I read your post, I read the beginning of the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians in my prayer book…”By the might of his glory you will be endowed with the strength needed to stand fast, even to endure joyfully whatever may come, giving thanks to the Father for having made you worthy to share the lot of the saints in light.” Needless to say, the words “stand fast” jumped out at me.
Well said…MAGA!
Thanks, Sundance, you said so many things I wanted to say better than I ever could. Thank you for this refuge, for all you do.
I’ve had a lot of thoughts on my mind lately. One thought I keep coming back to is that this is a time to build each other up, to be there for each other, to help each other, to encourage each other. To be strong for each other.
With that in mind, I want to say something to those who are feeling down, to those who are depressed, to those who have doubts, to those who feel like they just can’t walk another step.
I say this: I’m here for you. We’re ALL here for you.
I won’t let you give up. Because I love you too much. Because you’re my fellow countrymen and women. Because, as President Trump says, we are Americans and our hearts bleed red, white, and blue.
Do you need a friend? Do you need a battle buddy? You’re in luck. You got one. You’ve got millions of them. I will reach across cyberspace and give you a big MAGA hug anytime you need it.
If you feel like curling up in the fetal position and giving up then I’ve got good news for you. That’s not happening. Not today. Not on my watch. Because you’re worth it. Because you’d do the same for me. Thank you.
Know this: in the end, we win. And if I have to pick your butt up and drag you across the finish line I will do it. With love in my heart, I will do it. I’m not leaving you behind. Because you’re worth it. Because you’d do the same for me. Thank you.
Never stop fighting. Never give up.
In the end, we win. And I want you all at the victory party with me.
Stay strong, patriots. The best is yet to come.
A few years ago I made a comment on the Treehouse about why I support President Trump and this great MAGA movement. Sundance was kind enough to post my comment in an article. You can see it here:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/09/16/horsepucky-news-courtesy-of-murdochs-wall-street-journal/
I post that old comment again now in the hopes that some of you will enjoy reading it. If any of you would like to share YOUR story of how and why you came to support President Trump and MAGA then that would be awesome.