President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
Just entitlements. Entitlements is a problem because thats 60 of the total budget goes to entitlements. Lets keep in mind theres also Discretionary Spending that is nondefense Discretionary Spending. And we the first thing that was done, if you all remember when this president took office, was to take 800 billion for a stimulus. None of that was used for the military. That was all for the stimulus. That obligated us on nondefense Discretionary Spending for the rest of the time at the expense of defense. And so now were in a situation that is so serious in this country that even our military leaders have come out and made statements. And im going to read a couple of these. They need to be in here because people have to understand how critical this situation is and how we have disarmed this country. Secretary hagel two weeks ago, he said listen carefully to this, madam president american dominance on the seas, in the skies and in space can no longer be taken for granted. Is this america
Three speakers analyzed the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Rome-based Catholic organization, and its approach to battling acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Africa at a March 25 event. Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs (Berkley Center) hosted the event, which featured Roberto Morozzo Della Rocca, a professor of modern history at the.
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