Matt Maupin: Under an American Sky
If this nation is to live true to the principles of our founding fathers, the Maupins of this country will be the Americans who will safeguard our heritage. Simple men and women whom the press denigrates as neanderthals and the Obamas of the world despise as “typical white people.”
Below is a post that I did at the time of Matt Maupin’s capture. Links marked thus **, are dead, but, not any of my sentiments.
I’m off to run errands with the grandchildren that Matt died to protect.
Under an American Sky
April 19,2004
Matt Maupin, the soldier being held prisoner in Iraq, grew up under the sky you see in the photo to your left. He hails from about 15 miles from here. He’s probably driven past this marina many times - maybe after a concert at Riverbend he’d jump on 52, heading West towards town, and hit Annies for more music, or Allyns for some Mexican.
I go cold inside when I see the video, his face reflecting the fear being held at bay by a type of courage I’ll never own. He lived under my skies and now he is captive under an alien sky. How vivid a memory is an Ohio sky for Mr. Maupin while in the hands of Islamic terrorists?
I have come to loathe the irresolute will of the American people. I have come to hate what we’ve become. The following passage is eloquent and accurate. from Lowry’s Legacy, pg. 5
” Clinton was a weak person, and so ultimately a weak president. His weakness related to the kind of man he was. If Clinton’s presidency was “post greatness” - on a determinedly minor key - it also was “post masculine”.
Clinton was the new,sensitive man elevated to high office: sentimental and easily moved to tears, undisciplined and self-indulgent, endlessly and thoughtlessly expressive, schooled in the language and attitudes of therapy, fundamentally out of sympathy with that center of another, different kind of masculinity, the military. He was a soft man for a soft age.”
And men like Mr. Maupin are protecting the soft men. And the soft men are us. Under American skies Muslims seek to erect mosque after mosque. Under these skies they are beginning to indoctrinate our children.. I n every sizable American city, Muslims are slowly inserting their will. They are infiltrating** the schools**, our government. Their objective is not to participate as American citizens but to gain a political foothold, develop networks, form alliances and propagate utter deception** - all with the intent , often stated, just as often ignored, that America will,in the end, become theirs**. Under an American sky, Muslims will soon shrill their mournful dirges to “allah”. Under our skies they build youth camps.
So, tell me again - why, exactly, is Mr. Maupin a prisoner under a foreign sky when under his home sky, we who say we care, fail to guard his back?
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"Conjure magic for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom, and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate. It's the sand of the Coliseum. He'll bring them death... and they will love him for it."
Cathy March 31st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Thoughtful post. It’s been a while since I have been by.
I’ve no doubt, many in the area will be out to pay respect when Matt comes home. I will be among them.