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A bit of History

I thought this was interesting and I had never heard of Haym Solomon but after reading about him, he should have been in our history books.

Please read it to the end!

Interesting and something everyone should know.   Who Was Haym  Solomon?                                                 Do your  children know this?  -Do their  teachers?  Do  you?                              Read this  fascinating history of the $1 bill  –  all the way  to the    bottom to know about Haym  Solomon.   You  may be in  for quite a surprise!                   On  the rear of the One Dollar bill, you will see  two circles.  Together, they comprise the Great  Seal of the United States. The First Continental  Congress requested that Benjamin  Franklin and a  group of men come up with a Seal. It took  them  four years to accomplish this task and another   two years to get it approved.  If you look at the left-hand circle,  you will see a Pyramid. Notice  the face is lighted, and the western side is  dark.  This country was just beginning. We had  not begun to  explore the west or decided what we  could do for  Western Civilization. The Pyramid  is uncapped, again  signifying that we were not  even close to being finished.  Inside the  Capstone you have the all-seeing eye, an  ancient  symbol for divinity. It was Franklin 's belief   that one man couldn't do it alone, but a group  of men,  with the help of God, could do  anything. 'IN  GOD WE TRUST' is on this  currency. The  Latin above the pyramid, ANNUIT COEPTIS,  means,  'God has favored our undertaking.'  The  Latin below the pyramid, NOVUS ORDO  SECLORUM,  means, 'a new order has begun.'        At  the base of the pyramid is the Roman numeral  for  1776. (MDCCLXXVI) If  you look at the right-hand circle, and check it   carefully, you will learn that it is on every   National Cemetery in the United States .        It  is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the   Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery , and is the   centerpiece of most heroes' monuments.    Slightly  modified, it is the seal of the President  of the  United States , and it is always visible   whenever he speaks, yet very few people know   what the symbols mean. The Bald  Eagle was selected as a symbol for  victory for  two reasons:   First, he  is not  afraid of a storm; he is strong, and he  is  smart enough to soar above it.  Secondly,  he wears no material crown.  We had just broken  from the King of England .  Also,  notice the shield is unsupported. This  country  can now stand on its own.  At the top  of that shield there is a white bar  signifying  congress, a unifying factor. We  were coming  together as one nation.  In the  Eagle's beak you will read, ' E PLURIBUS  UNUM'  meaning, 'from many -  one.' Above the  Eagle, we have the thirteen stars,  representing  the thirteen original colonies,  and any clouds  of misunderstanding rolling away.  Again, we were  coming together as one. Notice  what the Eagle holds in his talons. He  holds an  olive branch and arrows. This country  wants  peace, but we will never be afraid to fight  to  preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to  face  the olive branch, but in time of war, his  gaze  turns toward the arrows. An (untrue)  old-fashioned belief says that the   number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost  a  worldwide belief. You will almost never see  a  room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels  with a  13th floor. But think about  this:   America,  which relies on God (not a number)  to direct and  lead, boldly  chose:   13 original  colonies, 13 signers of the Declaration of  Independence , 13 stripes on our flag, 13  steps on the  pyramid, 13 letters  in 'Annuit  Coeptis', 13 letters  in ' E Pluribus Unum,' 13 stars above the  eagle, 13 bars on that shield, 13 leaves  on the olive  branch, 13 fruits,  and if you look  closely, 13  arrows. And  finally, notice the arrangement of the   13  stars in the  right-hand circle.  You will   see that they are arranged as a Star of  David. This  was ordered by  George Washington who, when  he asked Haym  Solomon, a wealthy Philadelphia Jew,  what he  would like as a personal reward for his  services  to the Continental Army.  Solomon said he  wanted nothing for  himself,  but he would like  something for his people.The  Star of David was  the result. Few people know  it was Solomon who  saved the Army  through his financial  contributions   ...then  died a pauper. Haym Solomon gave $25 million   to  save  the  Continental Army, money that was   sorely  needed to help  realize  America’s  –our-   freedom  and  independence  from England . Therein  lies America ’s Judeo-Christian  beginning. Most  American children do NOT know any of  this. They are not  taught because their history teachers  do NOT  know this. [They were  not taught!] On  America’s Freedom: Too many  veterans gave  up too much to let the meaning  fade.  Many  veterans came home to an America that  did not  care. Too many  veterans never came  home at  all. They   served,  they died  for    you … for   me. I  hope you will  share this page with many-so they can  learn  about the UNITED  STATES DOLLAR BILL,  and  what it stands for.  America is  at a critical juncture. Let's  do  whatever we can to save  her while never,  ever forgetting!

Musings...4 Today

I'TS TIME WE LEARNED THIS LESSON BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. THE CLOCK IS AND HAS BEEN TICKING FOR SOME TIME NOW. Sometimes it's the little things that are most telling...

 

I'TS TIME WE LEARNED THIS LESSON BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. THE CLOCK IS AND HAS BEEN TICKING FOR SOME TIME NOW.

 

 

Sometimes it's the little things that are most telling.

 

In Switzerland it has long been customary for students to shake the hands of their teachers at the beginning and end of the school day.

 

It's a sign of solidarity and mutual respect between teacher and pupil, one that is thought to encourage the right classroom atmosphere.   Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga recently felt compelled to further explain that shaking hands was part of Swiss culture and daily life.

 

And the reason she felt compelled to speak out about the handshake is that two Muslim brothers, aged 14 and 15, who have lived in Switzerland for several years (and thus are familiar with its mores), in the town of Therwil, near Basel, refused to shake the hands of their teacher,  a woman, because, they claimed, this would violate Muslim teachings that contact with the opposite sex is allowed only with family members.    At first the school authorities decided to avoid trouble, and initially granted the boys an exemption from having to shake the hand of any female teacher.    But an uproar followed, as Mayor Reto Wolf explained to the BBC: "the community was unhappy with the decision taken by the school.   In our culture and in our way of communication a handshake is normal and sends out respect for the other person, and this has to be brought home to the children in school."

Therwil's Educational Department reversed the school's decision, explaining in a statement on May 25 that the school's exemption was lifted because "the public interest with respect to equality between men and women and the integration of foreigners significantly outweighs the freedom of religion."    It added that a teacher has the right to demand a handshake.   Furthermore, if the students refused to shake hands again "the sanctions called for by law will be applied," which included a possible fine of up to 5,000 dollars.

This uproar in Switzerland, where many people were enraged at the original exemption granted to the Muslim boys, did not end after that exemption was itself overturned by the local Educational Department.

 

The Swiss understood quite clearly that this was more than a little quarrel over handshakes; it was a fight over whether the Swiss would be masters in their own house, or whether they would be forced to yield, by the granting of special treatment, to the Islamic view of the proper relations between the sexes.   It is one battle – small but to the Swiss significant – between overweening Muslim immigrants and the indigenous Swiss.

 

Naturally, once the exemption was withdrawn, all hell broke loose among Muslims in Switzerland.   The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland, instead of yielding quietly to the Swiss decision to uphold the handshaking custom, criticized the ruling in hysterical terms, claiming that the enforcement of the handshaking is "totalitarian" (!) because its intent is 

to "forbid religious people from meeting their obligations to God."   That, of course, was never the "intent" of the long-standing handshaking custom, which was a nearly-universal custom in Switzerland, and in schools had to do only with encouraging the right classroom atmosphere of mutual respect between instructor and pupil, of which the handshake was one aspect.

 

The Council said that if fines were given out it would take legal action.   About 400,000 Muslims live in Switzerland, 5% of the country's population of 8 million. 

 

Shortly after the teenage boys' refusal to shake hands became public, their family's application for Swiss citizenship filed in January was put on hold.   Authorities said they would investigate the circumstances under which the boys' father, an imam at a mosque, arrived in Switzerland from Syria more than a decade ago.

 

The Swiss formulation of the problem – weighing competing claims - will be familiar to Americans versed in Constitutional adjudication.

 

In this case "the public interest with respect to equality" of the sexes and the "integration of foreigners" (who are expected to adopt Swiss ways, not force the Swiss to exempt them from some of those ways) were weighed against the "religious obligations to God" of Muslims, and the former interests found to outweigh the latter.

 

What this case shows is that even at the smallest and seemingly inconsequential level, Muslims are challenging the laws and customs of the Infidels among whom they have been allowed to settle [i.e., stealth jihad toward sharia dominance].   Each little victory, or defeat, will determine whether Muslims will truly integrate into a Western society or, instead, refashion that society to meet Muslim requirements.

 

The handshake has been upheld and, what's more, a stiff fine now will be imposed on those who continue to refuse to shake hands with a female teacher.   This is a heartening sign of non-surrender by the Swiss.   But the challenges of the Muslims within Europe to the laws and customs of the indigenes have no logical end and will not stop.   And the greater the number of Muslims allowed to settle in Europe, the stronger and more frequent their challenges will be.    They are attempting not to integrate, but rather to create, for now, a second, parallel society, and eventually, through sheer force of numbers from both migration and by outbreeding the Infidels, to fashion not a parallel society but one society — now dominated by Muslim sharia.

 

The Swiss handshaking dispute has received some, but not enough, press attention. Presumably, it's deemed too inconsequential a matter to bother with.   But the Swiss know better.   And so should we.

 

There's an old Scottish saying that in one variant reads: "Many a little makes a mickle." That is, the accumulation of many little things leads to one big thing.   That's what's happening in Europe today.   This was one victory for the side of sanity.   There will need to be a great many more.

 

This needs circulation far and wide.

Palestinians: Glorifying Mass Murderers...

In this mailing: Bassam Tawil: Palestinians: Glorifying Mass Murderers Burak Bekdil: How Putin Unmasked Erdogan's Tough Guy Show Palestinians: Glorifying Mass Muryderers by Bassam Tawil  •  January 10, 2017 at 5:00 am The murderous legacy and personality of Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas mass murderer who masterminded a wave of suicide bombings, are being glorified not only by his Hamas supporters, but also by the "moderate" Western-funded Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by Mahmoud Abbas. Ayyash won his reputation on the murdering and maiming of hundreds of Israelis, most of them innocent civilians. Had he fought for peace and coexistence, Ayyash would have been condemned as a "traitor" and gone down in history as a "defeatist" and "surrenderist." "The mosque that produced the mujahed [warrior] Ayyash is continuing to produce heroes." – Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is in these mosques that Ayyash was taught that Islam permits people like him to build bombs and dispatch suicide bombers to blow up buses. It is also in these mosques where he was taught that devout Muslims are best engaged in spilling Jewish blood. Children and youths who attend prayers at these mosques are being fed the same hate-speech rhetoric that their hero Ayyash was exposed to in his childhood. Hence it is no surprise that the mosques in the West Bank and Gaza Strip continue to this day to churn out new terrorists, many of whom aspire to become like Ayyash – mass murderers. Thus, despite Fatah's double-talk about a two-state solution and "peace" with Israel, mass murderers still take top billing in its hall of fame. Fatah is also making it known that its former leader, Yasser Arafat, approved of such terrorism against Israel. The voices of the Palestinians who reject this education for wholesale slaughter are being marginalized by the European leaders doing business with the still-wealthy members of the Arab elite who fund these imams and these mosques. These European leaders wrongly image that if they get rid of Israel, it will be only Israel. They fail see that Israel is just the first course. They imagine that if they accede to Muslims' wishes, they will be safe. What they fail to see, as in France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and Britain, is that they will be next. An image recently posted to Twitter glorifying Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas mass murderer who masterminded a wave of suicide bombings that killed and wounded hundreds of Israelis. The image shows Ayyash's face superimposed over an Israeli bus that was blown up by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the 1990's. 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