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The following was exerpted from an email I received. I thought Mark's arguments were worth sharing, and he gracefully granted me permission to do so. I couldn't have said it better myself, so I won't bother to try.
Jack:
I would like to congratulate you on your to-the-point commentary regarding the Jimmy Carters of this world. I am not sure when he decided that it was time to become a world citizen rather than a citizen of these United States, but his views definitely do NOT reflect mine.
When he was first elected to the presidency, I had some hope, probably because I was young and foolish enough to believe that anything to cleanse us from the Watergate mess was a good thing. However, it did not take long
for me to change my mind.
It was during his time in office that I reflected most upon the things my father taught me about America, history, and politics. To this day, I stand as a strong believer in the United States Constitution.
As another honorably discharged veteran (USN/SS), I, too, believe that I was not discharged from the oath to defend the United States from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
What the former President says today is useful only in proving the point hat even presidents can be foolish. I believe it was Thomas Jefferson who said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
If we seek to turn our national security over to the United Nations, as Mr. Carter would suggest, then we are committing national suicide. For anyone who has looked, there is no country in the world with a style and form of government that provides so much for the people as does ours.
The majority of the other nations (with the possible exception of U.K. and Israel) would like nothing more than to have control over what our nation will or will not be allowed to do.
NOWHERE in our Constitution is the right given to ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITY to give our nation away. That is what is known as TREASON, and there are many who I would say fit the definition of that word within our government today.
George Washington warned us about the dangers of long-term entanglements with other nation-states. We developed a national view of isolationism until WWI. Even after that war, we would not sign on to the League of Nations because of the powers it sought to wring from our national government.
Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a mistake, and rather than remove ourselves from such, our leaders choose, instead, to spout the party line. "We need to be in the U.N. so we will have a voice in international affairs." That's all I hear. If we were to leave the U.N.,
and tell that body of hypocrites and liars to leave our sovreign soil, what would happen?
They would move to a place like Geneva, Zurich, or Brussels, and without our financial and military support, it would wither and die, a toothless lion.
We would continue on with treaties with our allies, and would be able to thumb ournoses at the rest of those countries who currently are trying to hold us back from being able to attain the greatest heights we are capable of.
If they don't like our style of government, so
be it; but if it works here, then they should back off, even as they don't want us to dictate what type of government THEY should use.
But DO NOT (!!) try to dictate to us what we can and cannot do, or where we can or cannot
send our troops and our financial support. DO NOT try to bleed us dry through a U.N. tax on people/goods/energy used/etc.
As an independent nation, we are responsible to defend those rights guaranteed us in the Constitution. We should watch Congress, and make them accountable for the legislation they pass, NOT to the U.N., but to the
citizens they represent. We should see to it that the judiciary is properly INTERPRETING that legislation, and not trying to legislate from the bench.
Finally, we should praise Almighty God when we have the good sense to put a man of morality and integrity into the White House, and we should stand behind him and support him as he heads the Executive Branch, particularly in
his role as Commander-in-Chief.
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. I am a Constitutionalist.
Whichever party comes around that will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and base its platform on the Constitution and the Bible (U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer said in a majority
ruling, "Christianity is part of common law") is the party that I will be happy to endorse.
As a staunch conservative (because I AM a Constitutionalist), I will weigh each issue on its own merits.
As a government cynic, I will look to see how each issue can be abused by the government.
As a citizen, I will then let my representative and senators know what I think of the issue...and then I will watch to see how they vote.
When asked "What kind of government have you given us?" Dr. Benjamin Franklin turned and replied, "A republic, sir, if you can keep it."
I guess that's one of those things that Mr. Carter never read in school, either...then again, he was also the second most recent Democratic President, laying the groundwork for the most recent one...Bill Clinton.
It's no wonder I voted away from the Democratic Party in the 2000 election!
Keep the faith, and may you continue the good fight until the Lord returns.
Mark
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