Usque quo, America?

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Thursday April 03, 2008 · 7:47 PM PDT

2008/04/03 · 19:47

My partner and I have been rapt watching John Adams. That should be required viewing for every junior high student.

Yes, it took a great deal of thought, negotiation, and an huge amount of courage to stand up to tyranny in the face of being shot for simply demanding dignity, fairness and equality. Most folks out walking around have no idea what the Founders and Framers went through and that is a shame on our educational system and a shame on any responsible citizen. Stories have been passed down from my Revolutionary War ancestors, and I've read quite a bit of history detailing the bitter winters with little to no protective clothing, the swarms of mosquitoes and pestilences of summer, the year-round hunger.

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Monday May 28, 2007 · 8:27 AM PDT

2007/05/28 · 08:27

Tonight, I suppose, more than any other in my life, do I feel the press of 300 years of American ancestry. Tonight, more than any other so far in my life, do I feel such an anxiety about what kind of world I'm soon (well, in the next score-or-so of years) to hand down.

It is with many an emotional and tearful redaction that I humbly offer this petition to you, my American brothers and sisters.

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Friday September 29, 2006 · 8:56 AM PDT

2006/09/29 · 08:56

I'm still shaking my head in amazement from yesterday's passage of a bill that not only authorizes the use of torture, but abrogates over 200 years of settled Constitutional law.

When I volunteered for the military some thirtyish years back, I promised with G'd's help to protect, uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Not coincidentally, people elected to serve in the halls of Congress make nearly exactly the same oath. The first item to which one pledges absolute loyalty and defense is to the Constitution.

Because I gave my promise and asked G'd for His help to keep me true to that promise, I took it (and still do take it) very seriously. That promise was in honor of the men and women who sacrificed much (if not all) to create the United States and the Constitution that makes it the country that it is.

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