Guest Author - Cynthia Phillips

This past Friday, Glenn Beck hosted a show called, "We Surround Them." It is an effort to rally the American people to come together to think about the dire direction of this nation and reflect on how the Founding Fathers founded this nation. The concept of "We Surround Them," is that the government, media, elitists, etc. do not run our lives, we the people are the ones that should be running the show, as our government was founded as a constitutional republic. Glenn Beck uses the Wizard of Oz metaphor of the "man behind the curtain"�there is only a few that really run this nation and our numbers should overwhelm them.

Beck penned what is called the 912 Project in correlation with the show. It is designed to try and bring us back to a place when were attacked during 9-11, and the day after 9-12, Americans were not concerned with Blue or Red states or political parties, but came together to help out victims, prayed, cried, and just did the right thing during a time of crises.

912 Project is also based on:

The 9 Principles

1. America is good.

2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.

4. The family is sacred.
My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.

5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.

6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.

8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.

9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.


12 Values

�Honesty
�Reverence
�Hope
�Thrift
�Humility
�Charity
�Sincerity
�Moderation
�Hard Work
�Courage
�Personal Responsibility
�Gratitude


I actually agree with most of these principles and values, as should most Americans--maybe, not every single value and principle, but at least with most of them. I don�t know how many people in America have watched this, but it sounded like this idea had an overwhelming response when people sent in their emails and pictures which actually shut down Fox News� website server. People were holding viewing parties and started meetup groups dedicated to this. I applaud Beck for his efforts to salvage our nation, and I pray that this succeeds and people would look past political parties to unite. But, there are also others out there, like Ron Paul who has been warning the nation for years�more people should be supporting him, as well.

I see that some people are waking up, but will we all wake up in time? For whatever reason from my observation, most of us have "our heads buried in the sand." As a mother, if my children were in physical danger, you better believe I would be fighting back to save my children from any physical harm. Our nation which our children are growing up in is in danger, will you help save it?