By now most of you should have seen this video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51kAw4OTlA0
known as the I Pledge video. In this video, the viewer is asked (several times) what is YOUR pledge?? Well, I'm going to tell you. I have taken several pledges and an oath or two, and I am ready to do so again. I shall start with an Oath, this is the exact same oath I took in Buffalo, NY on 24 Jun 1985...
I, Donald Kinney, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Every enlisted serviceman has taken the exact same oath since 5 Oct 1962, nowhere in that oath, or in our subsequent service were we, or have we been absolved of that oath.
My dear reader, you are probably wondering when/if I am going to get to the pledge I promised, well here it is,
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with Liberty,and Justice for all.
So there you have it, and oath and a pledge all wrapped up in a nifty little blog.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy 4th
My fellow Americans, as we celebrate the birth of this our great nation, let us consider what this day represents.
233 years ago 56 men mutually pledged to each other their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor. These were not idle words, these men knew that the consequences of their actions would mean ruin, and death, yet they still signed. They believed in something greater than themselves, they had a vision of creating something completely different than anything that had gone before. A way for people to relate to, and live in harmony with, one another as free men.
Now, it seems that we, their sons and daughters, have forgotten their vision, our country is in a shambles, OUR government is out of control, there is no longer any real difference between the two parties, we are no longer choosing a set of values, we are choosing which group of rights we wish to have trampled on for the next 4 years.
With the Democrats, we get to have a massive increase in the federal government, to go along with a seizure, without due process, of not only our property, but also the property of our sons, daughters, and grandchildren including those who have not yet been conceived. We get to have a government that instead of protecting our rights from others, it attempts to protect us from ourselves!! Welcome to government as mother!
With the Republicans we are not better off, we just lose a different set of rights, with them, we get to look forward to a massive increase in the federal government, to go along with little or no right to privacy, no writs of habeas corpus, and the entire 5th amendment being ignored . Welcome to government as big brother.
My countrymen, I say we do not have to accept these conditions any longer. There is an alternative, there is a way for us to regain the freedoms we once enjoyed. We the People have the ability to fix the problems our government has created. With the latest incantation of our government those in power have made a grave error. In their hast to spend and tax and spend and tax and spend and tax, they failed to understand the consequences of their actions. We the People woke up!! We the People are now watching!! We the People are now mad!! We the People have had enough!!
Now, since those currently in our government are no longer to be trusted with protecting our rights, We the People will replace them with those who can be trusted. We the People will remove anyone and everyone who refuses to live up to the 9 principles and 12 traits that are naturally evident in good men. We the People will no longer tolerate our elected representatives ignoring our will. Now is not the time to rest or relax, now is the time to continue to let our government know, We the People are watching, and WE ARE NOT HAPPY!!
On this day, I would ask that we take a moment and reflect on the sacrifices our founders made. Let us not forget the sacrifices our military are currently making to further the cause of freedom in foreign lands. Let us rejoice with the citizens of Iran who are currently attempting to exercise their inalienable rights for they are attempting to throw off the shackles of oppression as we did 233 years ago.
Thank you and God Bless,
If you want to help regain control of our country, go here and sign up:
http://www.thenational912project.org
233 years ago 56 men mutually pledged to each other their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor. These were not idle words, these men knew that the consequences of their actions would mean ruin, and death, yet they still signed. They believed in something greater than themselves, they had a vision of creating something completely different than anything that had gone before. A way for people to relate to, and live in harmony with, one another as free men.
Now, it seems that we, their sons and daughters, have forgotten their vision, our country is in a shambles, OUR government is out of control, there is no longer any real difference between the two parties, we are no longer choosing a set of values, we are choosing which group of rights we wish to have trampled on for the next 4 years.
With the Democrats, we get to have a massive increase in the federal government, to go along with a seizure, without due process, of not only our property, but also the property of our sons, daughters, and grandchildren including those who have not yet been conceived. We get to have a government that instead of protecting our rights from others, it attempts to protect us from ourselves!! Welcome to government as mother!
With the Republicans we are not better off, we just lose a different set of rights, with them, we get to look forward to a massive increase in the federal government, to go along with little or no right to privacy, no writs of habeas corpus, and the entire 5th amendment being ignored . Welcome to government as big brother.
My countrymen, I say we do not have to accept these conditions any longer. There is an alternative, there is a way for us to regain the freedoms we once enjoyed. We the People have the ability to fix the problems our government has created. With the latest incantation of our government those in power have made a grave error. In their hast to spend and tax and spend and tax and spend and tax, they failed to understand the consequences of their actions. We the People woke up!! We the People are now watching!! We the People are now mad!! We the People have had enough!!
Now, since those currently in our government are no longer to be trusted with protecting our rights, We the People will replace them with those who can be trusted. We the People will remove anyone and everyone who refuses to live up to the 9 principles and 12 traits that are naturally evident in good men. We the People will no longer tolerate our elected representatives ignoring our will. Now is not the time to rest or relax, now is the time to continue to let our government know, We the People are watching, and WE ARE NOT HAPPY!!
On this day, I would ask that we take a moment and reflect on the sacrifices our founders made. Let us not forget the sacrifices our military are currently making to further the cause of freedom in foreign lands. Let us rejoice with the citizens of Iran who are currently attempting to exercise their inalienable rights for they are attempting to throw off the shackles of oppression as we did 233 years ago.
Thank you and God Bless,
If you want to help regain control of our country, go here and sign up:
http://www.thenational912project.org
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
"Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as Traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.
Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.
These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this Declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted….we shouldn’t.
So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently think of the memories and thank God for the work of these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid."
Author unknown
Five signers were captured by the British as Traitors, and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.
Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.
These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this Declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted….we shouldn’t.
So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently think of the memories and thank God for the work of these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid."
Author unknown
545 People, By Charlie Reese
By Charlie Reese
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party.. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... is up to you.
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party.. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... is up to you.
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