Grassroots Commentary
The New Pledge of Allegiance
"I Pledge Allegiance to the President of the State of Amerika and to the Regulatory Czars by which He Commands. One Fundamentally Transformed Nation Under Staggering Debt With Fairness And Equality For the Masses Determined By a Few."
Chief Justice Roberts, this is your legacy.
The difference between the stench of the Roberts' Court decision and the Burger Court in Woe v Wade is that we are still alive to do something about it!
What to do about it?
"It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams
There are plenty of patriotic sites from Freedom Works to GBTV advocating action steps, but as individuals we must light the brushfires of freedom whenever and wherever we can. Four things necessary to light a fire:
• Ignitor: be the ignitor in your circle of friends, family and associates by being grounded in the essentials of liberty. This will help you avoid getting set back on your heels by trying to defend the indefensible such as why Romney passed the state version of Obamacare.
• Tinder: focus on the timeless principles that easily ignite in the hearts of true men such as personal responsibility, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, Nature's Laws and Nature's God, reason, equality of all men, truth, love and respect.
• Kindling: tinder burns out quickly unless materials of substance are added to the fire to bring it to a blaze. Start a study group to teach the principles of liberty such as:
- All Men Are Created Equal
- Balance of Power to check usurpation of authority
- Constitutional Construction that protects from abuse of power
- Democracy vs Republic
- Equal Rights Not Equal Things
- Free Market Economy
- God's Divine Law Is the Basis for Man's Laws
Cleon Skousen's book The Five Thousand Year Leap identifies twenty-eight principles the Founders used to construct the greatest governing document in the history of men.
The Patriot Post's Essential Liberty Project is another great resource.
• Fuel: a wildfire erupts when the insatiable desire to burn goes unchecked. America needs the consuming fire of principled people -- hot for freedom -- holding elected officials feet to the fire of essential liberty!
Moral apathy and gross ignorance in public affairs has led to being led by evil men. May God grant us repentance that leads to the knowledge of the truth. May we escape the enslavement that comes from abandoning timeless truth for the siren call of self-absorption.
"I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for Which It Stands. One Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for All."
5 Comments
Ted R. Weiland in Nebraska
Friday, July 6, 2012 at 9:19 AM
A Pledge of Dependence Upon God: http://www.america-betrayed-1787.com/civil-disobedience.html.
Ted R. Weiland in Nebraska
Friday, July 6, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Let's Biblically examine your seven points
All Men Are Created Equal
All men are not created equal. As one example, as Yahweh's special treasure (His wife), Israel was created with an advantage over other nations (Exodus 19:5-6, etc.) On the other hand, all men are to be equally or equitably treated the same under Yahweh's law.
Balance of Power to check usurpation of authority
All power resides and is balanced in, not We the People, but in Yahweh (Isaiah 33:22), who intends that we form government of, by, and for Him under His immutable laws, rather than a government of, by, and for the people established upon their fickle surrogates.
Constitutional Construction that protects from abuse of power
What a wonderful job the Constitution has done here. Libertarian attorney Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) wrote that the Constitution “has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it.” There is no protection under any man-made law from the abuse of power.
Democracy vs Republic
Both elevate We the People over Yahweh.
Equal Rights Not Equal Things
Nowhere does the Bible speak of God-given rights, only God-expected responsibilities.
Free Market Economy
This is Biblical.
God's Divine Law Is the Basis for Man's Laws
Amen, amen, and amen. Too bad the constitutional framers nowhere in their Godless, Christless document expressly established America's government upon God's Divine Law. Instead, there's hardly an article or amendment that, in some fashion, is not antithetical, if not hostile, to Yahweh's morality and sovereignty.
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Howard Last in Wyoming
Friday, July 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM
For an education look up Red Skelton reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. He did it on his TV program more than 30 years ago, but it still holds true. Was one of the reasons why I never missed his program.
Patricia in Florida
Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 4:16 AM
As a schoolboy, one of Red Skelton's teachers explained the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to his class. Skelton later wrote down, and eventually recorded, his recollection of this lecture. It is followed by an observation of his own.
I - Me; an individual; a committee of one.
PLEDGE - Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity.
ALLEGIANCE - My love and my devotion.
TO THE FLAG - Our standard; Old Glory; a symbol of Freedom; wherever she waves there is respect, because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts, Freedom is everybody's job.
UNITED - That means that we have all come together.
STATES - Individual communities that have united into forty-eight great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose. All divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that is love for country.
AND TO THE REPUBLIC - Republic--a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people; and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION - One Nation--meaning, so blessed by God.
INDIVISIBLE - Incapable of being divided.
WITH LIBERTY - Which is Freedom; the right of power to live one's own life, without threats, fear, or some sort of retaliation.
AND JUSTICE - The principle, or qualities, of dealing fairly with others.
FOR ALL - For All--which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.
And now, boys and girls, let me hear you recite the Pledge of Allegiance: "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic, for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country, and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance: "Under God." Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer, and that it would be eliminated from schools, too?
Red Skelton
Charlie in Michigan
Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 4:05 PM
Thanks, Patricia. I noticed afterward that I left out "indivisible" inadvertently. However, I wonder if the divide over the fundamental direction of this country between right/left, free enterprise/socialism, conservative/liberal, is even greater than the divide over slavery was before the civil war. The question before us is can we co-exist with people who are so antagonistic to personal liberty and demand big-government, european-style entitlements?