Most people in the gun movement were familiar with the famous Spartan 300 long before the recent movie again made their heroic deeds the stuff of legend. Other legitimate freedom fighters throughout history, however, aren’t as well known.

One person in history stands with the 300 as a key player in the fight for freedom long before the American Revolution turned the sacrifice of such heroes into reality.

That man was a brief part of the movie Braveheart, he was, Robert the Bruce. Do yourself a favor and pick up the book, Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, by Ronald McNair Scott, which is a biography of the Bruce. It’s a worthy read about how he fought for Scottish freedom against the British.

As we go into our fight against the anticipated tyranny of President-Elect Barack Obama’s administration we need to consider the Bruce’s words, spoken to his men prior to the battle of Bannockburn, a battle they were likely to lose as it was against one of the greatest military powers of the time.

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Most Americans transfixed by Black Friday sales at the local discount megamart completely ignored the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Sadly, it’s learning from such tragedies that might save your life someday.

For those not familiar with the story, terrorists fighting for an independent Kashmir stormed several high profile hotels and other locations in Mumbai, resulting in at least 200 deaths as of this writing. Like the bombings that took place around the world prior to 9/11, Americans see the carnage in Mumbai as largely another issue they can ignore. As they see it, attacks similar to what happen in places like India don’t happen here.

It’s amazing that post-9/11 that people have their head buried so deeply in the sand, or should we say they are so deeply buried in the American societal ways, that getting a deal on a plasma TV is more important than taking a few minutes to learn the possible tactics of our next attackers.

The tactics used by the terrorist in India are similar to those found in Al Qaeda manuals in Iraq – hillingly among the documents found during intelligence sweeps included plans for America’s schools.

Al Qaeda learned from their mistakes in planning and carrying out the 9/11 attacks, and there is no doubt they might regret the attack. After all, since they chose to punch us in the face their fortunes have turned a little sour. Osama bin Laden can’t stick his head up out of a cave somewhere in Pakistan and his terror network is in shambles. America faces other security risks yet nearly 8 years later, there hasn’t been another large scale attack.

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