A Brief History of Mother's Day

Staff Writer, DL Mullan

Mother's Day / Commericalization
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Is Mother's Day a day of celebration for the sacrifices of mothers or a cheap, commericalized holiday? If you said both: you're right. 

Mother's Day in one incarnation or another is celebrated the world over. In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated with dinners, flowers, and cards. Most of which the founding mother of Mother's Day found repugnant. Anna Jarvis lobbied for the holiday after her mother died in 1905. By 1915, Woodrow Wilson was signing the day into law:

Following the success of her first Mother’s Day, Jarvis—who remained unmarried and childless her whole life—resolved to see her holiday added to the national calendar. Arguing that American holidays were biased toward male achievements, she started a massive letter writing campaign to newspapers and prominent politicians urging the adoption of a special day honoring motherhood.

As soon as her holiday for motherhood was official, the holiday became one of money and greed. Jarvis was soon disenchanted by her own achievement because others had ruined it with commercialism. 

While Jarvis had initially worked with the floral industry to help raise Mother’s Day’s profile, by 1920 she had become disgusted with how the holiday had been commercialized. She outwardly denounced the transformation and urged people to stop buying Mother’s Day flowers, cards and candies. Jarvis eventually resorted to an open campaign against Mother’s Day profiteers, speaking out against confectioners, florists and even charities. She also launched countless lawsuits against groups that had used the name “Mother’s Day,” eventually spending most of her personal wealth in legal fees. By the time of her death in 1948 Jarvis had disowned the holiday altogether, and even actively lobbied the government to see it removed from the American calendar.

As you spend your Mother's Day remember: it's the thought that counts, not the cards, the gifts, or the pies. Those materialistic things are not what the holiday is about and never was to the founder Anna Jarvis. 

It's about celebrating family.

Source: History Channel 

Federal Reserve Century Marked by Booms, Busts, and Fraud

Staff Writer, DL Mullan

News / Economics

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As of December 23rd, 1913, the Federal Reserve was created by an act of Congress. "The House passed the bill 298-60 on the evening of Dec. 22, 1913.3 The Senate began debate the following day at 10am, and passed it 43-25 at 2:30pm.4" Later, "President Wilson signed the Currency Bill into law in an 'enthusiastic' public ceremony on Dec. 23, 1913."

Unfortunately for the American people, the Federal Reserve was created constitutionally. Even though approved by Congress, the Federal Reserve has not been the best policy in regards to our economic and national security.

In the article "On The 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve Here Are 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever," the website, The Economic Collapse, outlines how the Federal Reserve has repeatedly failed the United States. 

But as a simple synopsis, the article states:

Since the Federal Reserve was created, there have been 18 recessions or depressions, the value of the U.S. dollar has declined by 98 percent, and the U.S. national debt has gotten more than 5000 times larger.  

The question becomes: why is the United States dependent on this private institution instead of making its own currency? Congress is supposed to: 

Article I Section 8

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

Why in the world was the Federal Reserve ever created? In light of the Federal Reserve's terrible track record, why is the United States still tied to this private institution?

Many Americans are asking the same question: why? Capitol Hill is remiss to answer.

The United States faces many challenges. We have wars, terrorism, and a police state. All of which could be eliminated by placing the National Security of the United States above the need for foreign banks and bankers. 

Without an endless supply of fiat money that is no more relevant than children's play money produced on the computer and printed out on their parent's desk, the United States would not be able to: create endless wars, invade sovereign nations to seize their natural resources, maintain black operations sites and prisons (like Gitmo) to create terrorists, or give out billion dollar no-bid military contracts.

Nevermind, we just found out why.

Source: The Economic Collapse, Cornell Law, FamGuardian,