I’ve been struggling with an idea for the past few weeks…I’ve been looking for a symbol to represent what I see as the elimination of the country I have worked hard to support my entire life. With the present administration’s rush to nationalize the finance, auto, energy and health care industries we are running headlong into Communism. Why is it so hard for the average liberal to see that their leaders are taking them, Pied Piper-like, into absolute Socialism ? I’ve been calling my Democrat acquaintances “Commies” for years, and it always gets a little laugh and a nervous smile…but really, I wish they would actually THINK about the policies that are taking us in this direction at so fast a pace.
Just last week we were celebrating the freedoms that mean so very much to so many Americans…how is it possible for this Congress to so deliberately trash the framework upon which so many have prospered throughout the history of our Nation…how can they turn their backs on the system the world has envied ?
And so, I’ve been searching for a way to get the word out…a way to not only show my displeasure with the direction our leaders are taking us, but to also get others to notice, and to question, as well.
From this day forward, until I can recognize the country of our forefathers, I will be flying my American flag at half-mast.
I hope this will become a national symbol. I hope that others across this great nation will do this to get their neighbors and friends and local leaders, and even their legislators to notice that we know something is wrong. And when someone asks me “who died” my answer will be “The Constitution”.
I looked into flag etiquette about this, as I knew some might find this disrespectful. But according to USFlag.org , “The flag is to be flown at half staff in mourning for designated, principal government leaders and upon presidential or gubernatorial order”. Well, in my book the Constitution is the ultimate “designated, principal government leader”. It is the rulebook, the foundation and the one supreme document we are supposed to rely upon. It is the reference manual for all government action…and it spells out, precisely, what the government is allowed to do, and what the people have the right to expect.
I mean no disrespect to my country, or to the brave souls who have worked, and fought, and died to build this great land. But I am serious…I want my country, my Constitution, and my government back. I want to know that the greatest economic and political system ever to be borne by the minds of men will survive.
So please join me. Fly your flag proudly; salute it, honor it and remember whenever you see that symbol of freedom that it asks for you to give it support. But let’s show everyone that we mean to use this symbol to fight and support the country we deserve.
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