Archive for December, 2012

2013 American Pride Calendar Available!!

Monday, December 10th, 2012

My Fellow Patriots,

I am extremely excited about the 2013 American Pride Calendar. To restore America, we must educate our families, friends and associates to the price paid for freedom and rich history of America neglected or falsified by our educational system.

The 2013 American Pride Calendar is a beautifully and brilliantly crafted interactive tool to entertain, educate and inspire. This calendar is a prefect way to begin getting America back on track.

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
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A Wedding To Remember: Congrats To Jen & Tim

Monday, December 10th, 2012

December 8th, I had the honor of singing at the wedding of dear friends, two extraordinary people, Tim Piccirillo and Jen Stackpole. Wow, talk about an event that was all about love, their wedding was awesome.

Tim and Jen tied the knot at Disney in Florida. Even Mickey and Minnie Mouse made a surprise appearance.

Jen, a super talented singer/songwriter, came into our lives years ago when she began recording with music producer/music engineer Frank Starchak at Deltona Records which is housed in Deltona Arts & Historical Center. I am president, janitor and chief bottle washer of the arts center. We are family there.

So, it was truly heartwarming to see the arts center so represented at Jen and Tim’s special day. Our very own multi-talented Adrian Sutton, singer, songwriter, music producer, film director, actor and strong young man of faith presided over the wedding ceremony.

Music producer, Frank Starchak who is usually attired in t-shirt and jeans in the recording studio, looked really sharp in his tux giving Jen away. Jen’s dad passed away several years ago.

Several members of our arts center family were guests at the wedding.

At the reception, for Jen and Tim’s first dance, I sang my original “Eyes” (When I Look in your Eyes), a song I wrote to my wife Mary over 20 years ago.

Unquestionably, the vibe and message of Tim and Jen’s wedding was love, love, love – all we need is love.

Tim and Jen will Honeymoon in Hawaii. Aloha!

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American

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Restore America 101

Saturday, December 8th, 2012

What patriots find most alarming about the reelection of Obama is the feeling that we have lost America.

Recently, a pro football player committed suicide after murdering his girlfriend. The media blames guns and football for the shooting. They act as if the football player bore no responsibility, which is in keeping with Obama’s new America.

This is why we who cherish morals, decency, hard work and personal responsibility are so upset that Obama has four more years to further his decline of America.

Admittedly, the decline of America began long before Barack Obama. However, under Obama, America’s decline has been on steroids. He won reelection promising to punish the rich and encouraging Americans to indulge in an orgy of mediocrity featuring endless unemployment benefits, an unprecedented number of Americans on
food stamps
, half the country on welfare and free Obama phones.

Such is the new normal in Obama’s new America.

So yes, we patriots are heartbroken.

After serving in the Merchant Marines, my black dad earned a humble living as a day laborer. In 1956, he broke the color barrier into the Baltimore City Fire Department. The white firefighters hated my dad and did not want him at Engine 6. And yet, despite horrific conditions, dad won Firefighter of The Year two times.

Dad did not win because of lowered standards, Affirmative Action or someone deciding it’s the black guy’s turn. Dad won because he was the BEST! Such was a time when America celebrated excellence.

Have we totally lost that America?

What offends me most about the Obama Administration is that he continues to lower the bar of what it means to be an American. Given his reelection, one can only assume that a large percentage of Americans are OK with Obama’s ask-what-your-country-can-do-for-you-rather-than-what-you-can-do for-your-country new vision for America. Screw work! Just gimme, gimme, gimme!

Dad did not believe government owed him or his five kids the American Dream. With me at his side, dad marched with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. to assure that his kids would have an opportunity to pursue the American Dream. Today, far too many Americans believe the job of government is to confiscate wealth to divvy out the American Dream equally to every American.

When did we lose Dad’s America?

When did we become a country in which government and media celebrates immorality, laziness and covetousness? Occupy Wall Street thugs are declared heroes of a majority of Americans for demanding that government confiscate the earnings of achievers for redistribution. When did it become morally correct in America for government to confiscate and give away the harvest reaped by hard working citizens?

Were we asleep when America launched its War on Achievers?

Athletes who perform at the highest levels are inducted into the Hall of Fame. And yet, extraordinary success in the arena of finances is frowned upon and deemed evil. Remarkably, Mitt Romney’s extraordinary financial success was effectively marketed as a negative against him in the presidential campaign.

When did exceptional-ism in business become demonic in America?

Well, here is a dirty little universal truth that the gimme crowd may not be aware of. The word is reciprocity. Reciprocity means we mutuality give to/help each other. But when that relationship becomes one sided, the giver stops giving. How long will Obama get away with seducing new voters by taking from achievers to redistribute to non-achievers before the givers say, “Screw it” and stop working?

How do we restore America? The answer: We continue to Tea Party.

The Tea Party began when patriots looked behind the curtain of white guilt and media hype to see Obama’s overreaching, trashing of the Constitution and his socialistic/progressive agenda. Over the last four years, the Tea Party has evolved into countless organizations and a growing army of sophisticated political activists.

Obama winning reelection was the loss of a major battle. However, beware Obama and company, we have no intentions of surrendering our country or losing this war.

Future battles will include taking back our culture and educating dumbed down clueless Americans to the superior virtues/benefits of Conservatism over Liberalism.

And another thing – we MUST STOP being passive when democrats throw absurd character-assassination-grenades such as Republicans/Conservatives want blacks in slavery and women barefoot and pregnant. We must boldly get in their face and rebuke their vile, hate-inspiring, divisive lies.

I have also had it with black Americans being allowed and even encouraged to be racist. Black racists believe Authentic Blackness or “Racial Pride” means maintaining at least a minimal resentment against whites and our country. Racism is evil wherever it flexes its venomous tongue – time to call such people out!

So, I am ready. I am prayed up and my powder is dry. Let’s roll!

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
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Lloyd’s Life Lessons: In Battle, Listen & Trust God To Be Your General

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Dear Patriots, I’m back. The last two months before the presidential election I was touring battle ground states in a full press effort to defeat our lying tyrannical dictator in chief.

After licking my wounds, counting my blessings, kissing my wife, trusting God and a little rest (Well, not really – Mary has a list of Honey-Do projects), I am ready to continue fighting to restore the greatest nation on the planet.

Lloyd


Lloyd’s Life Lessons: In Battle, Listen & Trust God To Be Your General

An incident confirmed three truths. One – God will fight my battles. Two – No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Three – Trust God!

I am a singer, songwriter and entertainer who tours nationally. Every tour with one particular company, I always performed early in the show until something unexpected happened.

A world renowned celebrity was scheduled to make a special guest appearance which equaled extensive media coverage. I thought it wise to check the format of the show because I knew one act was stealthily conspiring to promote themselves by under-minding the other acts. I learned years earlier that true promotion comes from God – not via dirty tricks.

My suspicion was correct. The conniving act was moved up to my spot. Though angry and a bit hurt, experience has taught me to stabilize my emotions before reacting.

I calmly asked the stage manager to explain why my performance was moved down in the show. Obviously uncomfortable, he referred me to his boss. His boss gave me a rambling senseless answer. The bottom line was the conniving act had successfully stolen my spot.

As I stood in front of management ready to argue for my well-earned position in the show, a still small voice in my brain instructed me, “Say OK, turn, and walk away.”

My wife Mary, upset about this latest attack of my Nemesis anxiously awaited to know the result of my meeting with management. I told her, “I don’t know what this is about, but I have decided to trust God”.

The renowned celebrity excited and captivated the audience. Afterward, the TV cameras and media along with the audience’s attention continued to follow the celebrity off stage.

The emcee introduced the conniving act, but nobody cared. Their performance was overshadowed by the lingering presence of the renowned celebrity; media seeking interviews and audience seeking autographs.

When the celebrity retired to back stage, the emcee gave me an unexpected enthusiastic and glowing introduction. I was received with thunderous applause. All the TV cameras, media and the audience’s attention were refocused back to the stage. Wow! I could not have planned it better. My performance was a huge hit. The audience applauded seeking an encore.

Whatever God has planned for you can not be taken away by man. God had my back.

“Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.” 2 Chronicles 20:15

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
LloydMarcus.com