"For the beauty of the earth, For the Glory of the skies…" Grapefruit and lilacs for breakfast Down East early morning.
On this Fourth of July a republication of our timeless May 25, 2008 post "Because we sailed too close to the shore":
"I'm savoring the revealing contrast between Drake's seafaring 'reach for the stars' vision and Michelle Obama's landlocked 'audacity of whining' (Powerline's expression)," we wrote in the comments of Bird Dog's totally awesome "Annual re-post: Sir Francis Drake's Prayer (1577) at Maggie's Farm.
Sir Francis:
Disturb us Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore…Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,
To venture on wilder seas
Where storms will show Your mastery;
Where losing sight of land,
We shall find the stars.
What we said two Mem Days back still applies, big time: "Sunrise this morning over Eastern Point across the river from Goomp's, headquarters for the family's Memorial Day salute to the awesomely brave and good and true fellow Americans who give their all so we might enjoy such natural wonders. We think you know who you are, our beloved fellow bloggers and readers who serve and love those who serve. We cannot thank you enough. God bless."
Michelle Obama:
You start working hard and sacrificing, and you think you’re getting closer to the bar, you’re working and you’re struggling, you get right to that bar, you’re reaching out for the bar, and then what happens?
They raise the bar. Raise the bar. Shift it to the side. Keep it just out of reach.
"Let us not wallow in the valley of despair," Martin Luther King famously said:
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream.
Is Michelle Obama "too pleased with herself," venturing on Francis Drake's "wilder seas" even as she urges her listeners to instead "dream too little" and sail "too close to the shore"? The soft bigotry of low expectations?
Crossposted at Riehl World View and Liberty Pundits.
Of course they want others to have low expectations - since all they can deliver is low quality governance! Pinheads that the Obamas and their "handlers" have proven themselves to be!
Gadzooks, we need to defeat this man for reelection in 2012!
Posted by: Gayle Miller | July 05, 2011 at 07:50 AM
Hope you had a lovely July 4th Sissy. The pictures are most excellent!
As for the moving of the bar... well that's been the way of the world since time began. Instead of complaining about it, you have to get to work twice as hard. It ain't easy for anybody ever. But it's so easy to complain isn't it.
Posted by: Teresa | July 06, 2011 at 12:58 PM