Marnie’s a country girl who overcame the stigma that Southern women were barefoot, backwoods and backwards. Now she’s an articulate voice for conservative values and wisdom in America. Sitting on her front porch sharing that common sense…
Episode 15 – What Do You Stand For?
My 2020 Presidential Election Prediction Political candidates and parties that rally people around what they stand FOR are more likely to succeed in getting elected than those whose primary focus is defeating another candidate. In this episode I go out on a limb and make my prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election and explain why […]
Episode 14: Stop Walking on Egg Shells
In our families, parenting, spousal relationships, and as a society at large, we are allowing other people to manipulate us. It’s time we stop walking on egg shells and own our own personal responsibility in how we respond to people who make excuses, demand free stuff, or violate the rule of law to get their […]
Episode 13: Reparations & The Sins of the Fathers
Are we responsible for the sins of our fathers? How far do you go back and make reparations? How do people prove that they are due reparations? What about people who have ancestors who were on both sides of situations that modern America deems offensive? Should our own individual contributions be nullified because of the […]
Episode 12: What Is Common Sense Anyway?
What is common sense for some makes no sense to others. Each person comes to conclusions based on their core beliefs. We may think others are irrational but their views are quite rational when you root back to the fact that they have different fundamental beliefs than we do. This episode of Front Porch Sense […]
Episode 11: Betsy Ross Flag Nike Shoe
In this episode of Front Porch Sense, Marnie addresses Nike discontinuing the Betsy Ross Flag Nike shoe because Kaepernick was offended by it. Why do modern people disrespect the Founding Fathers and the sacrifices they made? Why are people so hopped up to judge people throughout history and each other? Marnie talks about the ingratitude, […]
Betsy Ross Flag and Gratitude for Founding Fathers
The Betsy Ross flag is supposedly a symbol of oppression now. I’m assuming this is because the Constitution was ratified with slavery still going on. The US Constitution motivated the states to eventually abolish slavery — that’s what the 3/5 of a person count for slaves was about. The states received representation based on population […]
Episode 10: Are You Accepting or Rejecting Freedom?
Are you accepting or rejecting freedom in your life? Many of us are actually rejecting freedom without even realizing it. This episode is an exploration of why some people actually don’t want freedom and why many of us outright reject it. How can we truly embrace the freedoms available to us? What is the purpose […]
Episode 9: Checks and Balances
We often think of the three branches of government as the checks and balances we have in the United States, but there are more checks and balances intrinsic in the U.S. Constitution. This episode explores 3 additional important ones that we need to be protecting. All the checks and balances are under attack, but especially […]
Episode 8: Abortion
This episode addresses the right to life vs pro choice and what is happening in the world with abortion. How does the inalienable right to life relate to a woman’s right to choose? Are we asking the right questions when it comes to pro choice? What price are we paying for abortion? For world abortion […]
Episode 7: The Proper Role of Government
Today people are trained to turn to government to find solutions for nearly every challenge. Government is involved in everything from health care to education to redistribution of wealth. How do we know what situations are appropriate for government intervention and which are not? In this video Marnie discusses the proper role of government. Please […]
Music for Our Nation
I was playing around on the piano … not with any particular song in mind when I started to play, “Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words” and as I got about halfway through, it morphed into “God Bless America.” I didn’t intend to put the two together, but they fit perfectly. Once I realized what I’d done, I thought, “How fitting… isn’t this what our country needs right now?”
Let us oft speak kind words to each other
At home or where ‘er we may be;
Like the warblings of birds on the heather,
The tones will be welcome and free.
…
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam.
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
Like the sunbeams of morn on the mountains,
the soul they awake to good cheer;
Like the murmur of cool, pleasant fountains,
They fall in sweet cadences near.
…
From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam.
God bless America,
My home sweet home