What would this country be without this great land of ours.

But the simple truth is that we've lost control of our own borders, and no nation can do that and survive.

Today, we're taking a break from the concerns and the bustle of the work-a-day world. But we're also making a new beginning. As we gather around our dining room tables for the midday meal, let us thank God for life and the blessings He's put before us. High among them are our families, our freedom, and the opportunities of a new year.

For the average American, the message is clear. Liberalism is no longer the answer. It is the problem.

Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

But I also happen to be someone who believes in tithing--the giving of a tenth .

We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.' We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.