"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." ~~Thomas Jefferson

"Who will protect us from those who protect us?"

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. ~ Thomas Jefferson

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free." ~~Goethe

21 August 2012

20 years ago...

This is in our local paper today.  The Weavers went to school in my little town.  Same school that I went to, actually.  Read comment #1 and #2...  They're everywhere, I guess.  (referring to comment #2)

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper’s bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family’s cabin on a mountaintop called Ruby Ridge.
As the 16-year-old closed in, her mother, Vicki, opened the cabin door and stood behind it, holding Sara Weaver’s 10-month-old sister in her arms. Just then, a sniper’s bullet struck her mother in the head, killing her.
For the next nine days, the surviving Weavers holed up in the cabin while hundreds of federal agents laid siege in a standoff that helped spark an anti-government patriot movement that grew to include the Oklahoma City bombing.
Today, 20 years later, Sara Weaver has left the anger behind, finding religion — and forgiveness.

Read the rest here.

Stay safe.

4 comments:

Mark/GreyLocke said...

Click on his name to see all of his other comments. A typical leftist who refuses to see what is evident in front of their eyes.

Blue said...

And to think... he must be one of my neighbors. He sounds confused. :)

Brock Townsend said...

Wouldn't be any forgiveness here, quite the contrary, but as I have stated recently, I wouldn't be alive to forgive.

Blue said...

I'm with you, Brock.