There has been much debate over what constitutes a natural born citizen. Much of the debate has been misinformed calling the concept of natural born an obscure technicality or an overight by the writers of the Constitution. Neither of these characterizations are true.

Many times the true meaning of consitutional wording must be determined by looking at the era and the circumstances, and, in some cases, terminology in other sections of the constitution, the inclusion or exclusion of supporting verbage, and even writings other than the Constitution.

Article 2, section 1 of the Constitution states, "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible who shall not attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United Satates."

The addition of a grandfather clause in this paragraph says a lot as to the meaning of natural born. The first thing it says is that being born in the US is not enough to be natural born, otherwise the grandfather clause would not be necessary. The writers and delegates, having been born in the US, wanted to be eligible for the presidency, but most were the children of British subjects. Knowing that that eliminated them from being natural born and, thus, from eligibility, they included the grandfather clause which expired when the last person alive at the time of the ratification of the Constitution died. So, being a native born citizen is not the same as being natural born. If it were the framers would not have included the clause.

When asked to define natural born citizen, John Bingham, the author of the 14^th ammendment which extended the bill of rights to former slaves, stated, "Any human born to parents who are US citizens and are under no other jurisdiction or authority." The Naturalization Act of 1790, also passed by this congress, declared "And the children of citizens of the US shall be considered as natural born, provided that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been a resident of the US." Neither of these definitions, one from US law, mentions birthplace, only the parents' citizenship.

This concept of citizenship by blood as opposed to citizenship by geography is a concept with a long history in British common law. A law passed in 1677 says that natural born citizens are those persons born to British citizens, including those born overseas. Alexander Porter wrote an article over 100 years ago in which he declares that the framers drew upon this difference in the law of heredity and territorial allegiance to define a third class of citizen applicable only to the eligibility to hold the office of president. According to Morse, "the framers thought it wise to provide that the president should at least be the child of citizens owing allegiance only to the US at the time of birth." He goes on to say that the the eligibility of the president "was scarcely intended to bar the children of American citizens, whether born at sea or in foreign territory."

The concept of citizenship by blood also precludes the equation of natural born with native born as the latter strictly demands geographical requirements.

Many argue that Barack Obama was eligible to be a state senator and a US senator and could not suddenly be ineligible to be president, but that is exactly the case. If this premise were true, Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, would also be eligible to be president, and it is established that he is not.

THE REDECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

When the people of a nation determine that the governmental officials they have elected have become inadequate, incompetent, or unwilling to perform the work for which they were elected, it is the responsibility of the people to, out of decency and with all courtesy, inform those officials as to the particular reasons why the people now choose to disassocite themselves from them and seek their removal from office and prosecution for high crimes, as is their right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

We, the People of the United States, recognize the Constitution as the only true law of this nation and are, thereby, legally endowed with the power and responsibilty to assure that our rights both God given and under the law, specifically the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, are not usurped, limited, or modified in such manner as to alienate the people from those self-evident, divinely endowed rights. In the business of securing those rights we faithfully and sincerely elected you from those among us who proclaimed their desire to represent us and to take our hopes, wishes, and concerns as their mandate and be one among the many comprising the elements of a government of the People, by the People, and for the People. It was with your sworn oath to uphold the Constitution that we consented to grant you our power to govern ourselves and to trust in you to act in our best interests. We have, though, always retained the right to alter or abolish that consent and to institute a new government, even if of a different form and foundation, with the principals and powers as we determine necessary to insure our safety and happiness.

We have not come to this decision through impudence or haste but have chosen to suffer, for a sufferable time, the evils wrought rather than rush to hasty and ill conceived actions. But it is all too obvious that the long practiced abuses and usurpations you have pursued are designed and intended to reduce, under absolute despotism, those who placed with you their trust and futures. It is this need for such long suffering that has now become the necessity which constrains us to make such serious and mandatory reform.

The history of both the House of Representitves and the Senate is one wrought with deception, larceny, coercion, perjury, treason, and collusion, all to one purpose: to impose upon the People a state of tyranny and absolute control over every aspect of their lives and liberties. The following is a list of facts that have been confirmed and stipulated to by the People who are the ultimate power and authority having jurisdiction over you.

Congress has passed legislation that limits the ability of the People to determine for themselves what policies they see necessary and wholesome for the good of the People. This includes legislation banning the open display of religious belief, limitations on the ability to bring grievances before Congress, imposition of unecessary and harmful taxes, prohibition of the use of publicly owned natural resources causing extremely high prices, dependence on foreign sources, and forcing, through related legislation, involuntary investments in unproven, technically questionable industry, engaged in personality of false, frivilous, self-serving accusations against an incumbent president, his staff, and appointees, refused to perform the duties ascribed to them by the Constitution to hold confirmation sessions for appoimtees to federal agencies and international organizations, or for international agreements on trade, made abitrary rules changes designed to circumvent their responsibilities and to delay votes until elections on the hope their numbers would increase causing votes to result in their own interests, lied to the public regarding the cause and effect of technology misunderstood and misrepresented, and in general, sought to purposely cause harm to and deprive the People of their rights.

Congress has refused to pass laws that would insure the safety and happiness of the People and, instead, have sought to increase the risk to our nation. Their refusal to act includes the total disregard for the illegal influx of millions of foreign nationals, failure to enact effective border security legislation and failure to provide adequate funding for existing forces, refused to enact or support existing policies intended to gather security intelligence vital to the success of approved military operations, failed to allocate funding necessary for the safety and effectiveness of our armed forces in said conflict, and in general, refused to develop or enact any legislation to support or enhance the reputation and international standing of the USA in any form.

Congress has engaged in fraud and collusion by holding hearings, investigations, depositions, closed meetings, inviting those whose authority is questionable to act as expert consultants on subjects of great importance to the People, and have published false and exaggerated findings designed to fool and confuse the People to implement their own personally beneficial policies of treason and felony.

Congress has thrown the hard earned wealth of the People into myriads of trash bin expenditures, earmarks, bribes, payoffs, and phony investments thereby causing the overall diminishing of the People’s ability to prosper. In addition, members of congress have been found accepting and offering bribes, illegal gratuities and expensive gifts and services, kickbacks on federal contracts, and phony expenditures destined to line their own pockets. In general, congress has proven themselves to be thieves of the People’s money to the point of arrogance and to harbor an indifference and adversarial mentality toward the People. If there were found an incorrupted newcomer to congress it is understood that he be taught the ways and means of congressional embezzlement or be relegated to a position of no concern.

Congress has, at every possibility, sought to increase the size, influence, and cost of government by erecting multitudes of new federal regulatory offices, empowering them with unconstitutional powers of search and seizure with no warrant or presumption of innocence, mandated the distribution of the People’s money as aid to illegal immigrants, repealed essential financial stimuli meant to encourage profitable industry, employed inefficient, dishonest contractors under the false purpose of racial inclusion, and, in general have spent and wasted evermore increasing amounts of the financial fruit of the labor of the People.

In summation, Congress has not only failed to do the good and honest work the People as expected, but have intentionally endeavored to deprive the People of their rights, wealth, security, dignity, and their very lives. They have become the antithesists of representitves of the People, preferring to consider the People their own flock of wooly sheep knowing that, by entrusting them with our right to self determination, they procure for themselves a constantly abundant supply of valuable, comfortable wool ready for the fleecing.

In every way possible and at every opportunity we the People have made our concerns known and have given every possibility for them to change their course and follow the path of a wealthy, intelligent, self determined constituency. There has been no lack of warnings, pleadings, and appeals. We have tried to remind congress of the successes and accomplishments of our nation. We have appealed to them on a personal and patriotic level, only to be ignored. Because of this, we find ourselves in the proverbial corner, pushed beyond all acceptible boundaries onto the path we now must take.

Therefore, we the People, in accordance with the Constitution and the responsibility demanded of us in the original Declaration of Independence, hereby notify you, the members of congress, of our intent to separate ourselves from your jurisdiction unto the sovereignty of the states, to become effective immediately, and we withold the right to, at some future date of our choosing, pursue a more suitable and deserved action against each member, civil or criminal, as we might determine just. You are no longer recognized by the People as having any authority as a member of Congress. You are, therefore, rendered unemployed. You are advised not to leave the borders or jurisdiction of the United States and to make your location known at all times, or be considered fugitives from justice.

Furthermore, we the People declare our support and allegiance to this Redeclaration of Independence, with a devout reliance on the protection of a divine providence, and pledge our Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor to each other collectively as We the People.

Glenn F. Flowers

In all adversarial situations; sporting contests, war, trials, debates, etc., one of the first activities performed by both sides in their preperation toward securing victory is identification and analysis of the enemy and their strengths and weaknesses. It is certainly no different in the competitive arena of local, state, and national political races.

With the distinction being made between the politicians of the various parties and the American voters associated with those parties, we have a framework with which to accurately identify and analyze the true adversaries, to take stock of our resources for confronting our adversary, and make logical, effective strategic and tactical plans to insure we are victorious over that enemy of American values.

Who are the adversaries? The People of America, the voters, on one side versus the self-aggrandizing, lying, professional politicians of any and all parties as the opposition to the People. It is not, as we have been led to believe, the liberally minded American voters against the more conservative minded American voters, because, in all honesty, there is not a great deal of meaningful difference in the core beliefs of the American voters. There are, of course, differences in views between these two groups of Americans, but these differences are tremendously over emphasized and made to seem much more divisive than they are. And who, we ask innocently, would want to play upon those differences and use them to divide the American voters into adversarial, smaller factions who cannot effectively make decisions or influence election outcomes? I’ll grant you just one guess. But we Americans, when we are able to agree that we don’t truly despise each other, don’t need even that one guess. We all, Democrats and Republicans alike, can immediately determine the guilty parties and clearly see their motivation. And suddenly the success they have had in their scheming against We the People becomes very regretfully apparent.

1. we, the American voting public, are not the same as the politicians we have been duped into voting for over, and over, and over again.
2. the professional, lifetime politicians are our common enemy, not the American voters of the other political party.
3. we will, as Americans, in order to save our nation and retake control of our government, agree to vote to replace all incumbent members of congress with a non-professional, policy motivated candidate from our own respective parties. The primary election, every two years, is where this must be done. By replacing both the Republican and Democratic candidates running for that position we eliminate the possibility of any member of congress being re-elected.
4. the term "re-election" is vulgar and profane in its effective meaning and results, and is not an option which we can use in our battle to sweep Congress clean.
5. re-election is the vehicle that has given us more and more of the same old same old, and it should be considered evil and injurious to we Americans and our country.

Americans! Can we agree that, as Americans, we are more alike than we are different?

Americans! Democrat and Republican voters! Can we unite and vote out ALL of our corrupted members of congress and vote in new Democrat and Republican representitives?

Americans! WILL we do this great thing that only we have the power to do? WILL WE PUT FORTH THE NEEDED EFFORT?

Not can we, but WILL we do the right thing for the nation we all love? Will we lay aside the minor conceptual differences of procedure and political theocracy between us and, together, UNITED, assert our only available power as voters, to strategically retake control of our government?

I say let’s get ‘er done! Vote them all out of power in every congressional primary election for the next three, two-year congressional election cycles. That will replace them all in six years. The great building with the dome will resonate with the sincere motivation of these new, FRESH members to honestly work to keep America strong, independant, and insure it will always be the land where the People have a government, not the other way around.

God bless America, and Americans of all beliefs, and protect us from the evil politicians and all of their evil parties and schemes.

Hoping for a true Voter's Revolt of unity between all patriotic Americans,
Glenn Flowers – American

         a) A native born citizen is anyone born in the US. This includes so called "anchor babies" born to immigrant parents in the US.

         b) A naturalized citizen is someone who has satisfied the requirements of the naturalization process and has sworn allegiance to the US, regardless of where they were born or their parents' citizenship status. This includes the multitudes of people who came to America through Ellis Island and then successfully completed the classes for naturalization and swore an oath of allegiance to America.

Obama is a textbook example of why the founders considered it so important for a president to be natural born. They did not want someone like Obama to become president. Their worries and fears about anyone NOT natural born becoming president are validated by Obama’s lack of allegiance to America, the Constitution, and everything good about America.

How, then, do we go about getting him removed from office?

Glenn Flowers

It has crossed my mind that those we elect to Congress or Senate are, possibly, as clueless about what the people who voted for him expect as the voters are regarding how he will represent them. After all, they usually only receive constituent’s letters when something wrong happens or is about to happen.

I believe that when we vote them into office they deserve to routinely hear from as many constituents as is possible to voice opinions on legislation, policies, and their performance in their duty to us. We put them there because they wanted to be there. We now owe it to them to supervise or oversee their representation of We the People. This need to communicate is even more necessary now that the dems are in control and racing toward a socialist remake of the US

In support of this and to give the Voter’s Revolt some useful info I will post the links to the Representitives’ official websites of two or more states each week, more if I can. Each post will also include the link to the complete House member list with the same info for those who wish not to wait. This will just make it easier for some to actually write their congressman.

These websites have district maps to show the regions they represent, an e-mail page to send them your thoughts, and phone numbers and addresses of their home offices. The e-mail page has a screening page where you must enter your zip code to verify you as a constituent. This is per House rules that prohibits congressmen from attempting to influence other district voters and vice versa.

My own experience with writing my representitive has been surprisingly successful at actually getting my letters into the hands of the congressman and him responding to them. I write my rep an e-mail two or three times a month just to tell him he should be opposing this or that, supporting the other thing, letting him know that he is not ever mentioned as one who actively protests or, in other means, makes the news as being an activist for republican party values, or to praise him for doing just that. He knows my views well and probably anticipates my correspondence.

The Voter’s Revolt is my effort to unite all American voters, regardless of party, in a common cause of sweeping Congress and the Senate clean and electing new, more eager members who will be more willing to conduct business in the voter’s best interests.

All parties can take part in the Revolt by just voting for a new nominee from their party. This action has to be at the primary election level in order to replace the incumbent with a nominee from that same party. It does not work if we wait until the Republican and Democrat candidates are elected. We must replace the Republican candidate, if he’s the incumbent member of Congress, with a different Republican candidate, the same goes for Democrat incumbents. The one rule of thumbs is DON’T RE-ELECT ANY CONGRESSMAN. Vote ALL the bums out.

The vote is the only tool Americans have to influence their government and the incumbents know that. They try to keep Americans devided by emphasizing and exagerating the philisophical differences between the two parties. They know that if the Dem and Rep voters ever got together and voted as a single minded block they could do anything they put their minds to at the ballot box.

Let’s all agree that we need to have a new, fresh, and eager Senate and House. That is the common ground we agree on. Then vote your party for new members. You don’t have to compromise or change your views at all. Just don’t re-elect any members of Congress or Senate.

Once in office, pummel the new member with e-mails telling him what you expect from him during his term. Weekly, monthly, or even irregularly your ideas and opinions need to be IN HIS FACE. Or we’ll just vote him out next election.

Aderholt, Robert, Alabama, 4th

http://aderholt.house.gov/

Bachus, Spencer, Alabama, 6^th

http://www.house.gov/bachus/

Bonner, Jo, Alabama, 1st

http://www.house.gov/bonner/

Bright, Bobby, Alabama, 2nd

http://bright.house.gov/

Davis, Artur, Alabama, 7th

http://www.house.gov/arturdavis/

Griffith, Parker, Alabama, 5th

http://griffith.house.gov/

Rogers, Mike, Alabama, 3rd

Young, Don, Alaska, At-Large

(Lafayette Hill, PA – 12/30/08) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of "qualifications" to serve as President of the United States which is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court [Docket No. 08 – 570] with two [2] Conferences scheduled on January 9th and 16th 2009, filed suit against Barry Soetoro a/k/a Obama on behalf of a Retired Military Colonel.

Berg today, with co-counsel Lawrence J. Joyce, Esquire, filed another lawsuit in Federal Court in the United States District for the District of Columbia on behalf of Retired Colonel Hollister against Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama demanding to know Obama’s real name and if he is constitutionally qualified to be President. Plaintiff, Gregory S. Hollister, is a resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado and Hollister has "standing" and needs a decision so he knows whether or not to follow any Order of Soetoro a/k/a Obama.

The suit is in the nature of an Interpleader that shifts the burden of proof to the Defendants, Soetoro a/k/a Obama and Biden to show that they are "qualified" for office.

Berg stated, "I am determined, on behalf of the 320 million citizens in the United States, to see that "our U.S. Constitution" is followed. Specifically, in the case of Soetoro a/k/a Obama, does he meet the constitutional qualifications for President ? I do not believe so based upon: 1) Obama was born in Kenya and because his mother was not nineteen [19], he was only "naturalized" and therefore, not qualified to be President; 2) Obama was legally adopted/acknowledged in Indonesia at the approximate age of six [6] and attended school as "Barry Soetoro," [his step-father is Lolo Soetoro] for four [4] years – Indonesia did not have dual citizenship and to attend school, he had to be adopted or acknowledged and he became a "natural" citizen of Indonesia; 3) when he returned to Hawaii at age ten [10], there is a question if he returned through U.S. Immigration – (a) if he did, Barry Soetoro would have been given a "Certification of Citizenship" that would have indicated he was a "naturalized" U.S. citizen since he was a "natural" citizen of Indonesia; or (b) if he did not go through immigration, which I believe, then Soetoro a/k/a Obama is an illegal alien and therefore, not constitutionally qualified to be President and his three [3] years as an U.S. Senator were a fraud."

Berg continued, "I am appalled that the main stream media continues to ignore this issue as we are headed to a ‘Constitutional Crisis.’ There is nothing more important than our U.S. Constitution and it must be enforced. I am encouraged that the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled two [2] Conferences to look into the merits of our allegations. I know that Mr. Obama is not a constitutionally qualified ‘natural-born’ citizen and therefore, is ineligible to assume the Office of the President of the United States.

Obama, knows he is not ‘natural born’ as he knows where he was born and he knows he was legally adopted/acknowledged in Indonesia; is an attorney, Harvard Law head of the Law Review and graduate who taught Constitutional law; knows the Obama candidacy is the biggest ‘hoax’ attempted on the citizens of the United States in over 200 years; places our Constitution in a ‘crisis’ situation; and Obama is in a situation where he can be blackmailed by leaders around the world."

Berg concluded, "I will continue my efforts until Obama either proves he is qualified or does the right thing and states that he is proud that he, an African American, received more votes than anyone else in the Presidential election on November 4, 2008, but because of things in his past, he must withdraw his name."

For copies of all Court Pleadings, go to obamacrimes.com

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The main stream media feeding us the "news" each and every day consists of several large, conglomerate networks whose only reason for being is not the faithful imparting of the current events shaping our lives, but is the enrichment of the executive board, on-air celebrities, and stockholders who are all looking to profit from your interest in and need to know about the happenings in the world and your reliance on the news broadcasts they provide. It is not even considered by them that an accurate, timely reporting of world affairs be provided as the prime responsibility and highest priority. No, the only responsibility they acknowledge and the only duty they recognize is making a bigger profit than they made in the last rating period. The news events of the day are first screened according to the emotional impact they will have on the listeners, then embellished to include "exclusive" or "breaking now" qualities coveted by the reporters for even more shock and awe, and finally the twisted for profit lies and half truths are broadcast to the public in such a way as to be accepted fully, lock, stock, and pickle barrel, as the authoritative, absolutely truthful representation of the events that have ocurred in the past hours or days. These networks, specifically their broadcast anchors, scour the millions of reports received via wire services and other sources for profitable, impactful, captivating subjects that will insure millions of listeners tuning to their network for their worldwide updates. The more incredible and outrageous the reports the more the public will tend to choose their broadcast, and the more they can charge the sponsors for a thirty second advertisement.

The advertising industry in this and other countries is not in the business of selling the sponsor’s products or services by advertising on TV, rather they make their billions by selling us, the audience, to the sponsor. Think about that concept for just a moment. You, the viewing public watching the evening news, are the product being sold as if you were a bar of soap or fast fix dinner package, to the sponsors. The more millions of viewers the network can show is listening to their programs the more they can charge the sponsor for ad time. The sponsors carefully study the ratings earned by the various media institutions and budget their spending to aquire ad time only on the highest rated networks and programs they can afford. The lower the rating of the network the less they can demand for broadcasting the sponsor’s commercials. So the priority of the main stream media is to be rated higher than the others to guarantee a higher profit and become even more wealthy and powerful than they are. When the network is rated high in the rankings they make more profit. More profit for the network equates to greater wealth, notoriety, and prestige for the major celebrities who anchor the primetime news broadcasts. That, my friends, is the overriding, all encompassing purpose and ultimate priority of the news media, money, and more and more of it.

Now if the media giants were content with their wealth and celebrity we might all survive with only relegation to the status of goats as our worst injury. But be assured and know full well that once the financial victory is verified and secured, the whetting of their lust and relentless pursuit of absolute dominance has only just begun. Knowing for fact that what you perceive as truth and how you react can influence the way you vote, the way you spend, the way you raise your children, and all other aspects of your life, the media networks have embarked on the ominous and frightening path of total manipulation of public attitude and comprehension of reality. Psychological thought control of the entire population of their broadcasting area through the reinterpretation and spinning of what you believe to be truthful news reporting is their ultimate goal. The intentional character destruction of public officials and leaders of communities through biased personal opinions offered as truth, and lies and fairy tales presented as news is, to them, valid means by which to reach that goal.

Yes, they have found their voice and it is woe. Woe unto all who fell for Dan’s scripted apology to "any who might have been offended" after failing to convince us that George W. might have broken the law while in the military. He should have begged the President’s mercy and admitted publicly to promulgating lies and concocting libelous accusations against the Chief Executive.

It is woe unto all who believe the groundless and fact forgetting reports of the state of war in Iraq. They report only the number of American soldiers killed or wounded every night and purposely leave out and hide the fact that ten or fifteen times that number of the enemy are eliminated by death or capture. The news media has never reported any estimate of enemy troop strength or effective state of enemy training because they want you to believe in an endless supply of enemy soldiers and supplies and in the fictitious lethality of their resolve when, in actuality, there were less than 55,000 total insurgents in the beginning and through efficiently planned and well executed battle plans we have eliminated 50 to 70% of those to date and will eventually totally eliminate their ability to fight. But that is good, non-profit news that does the networks no good. What they need is sensationally bad, distressingly depressing news that all mothers, fathers, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters will run to their televisions to tune and listen to. After all, the danger perceived is far more engrossing than the victories achieved and thus, are more sensational, drawing more viewers, increasing their rating share, etc. etc. etc. All for money and power over your life.

Why, you ask, would the networks and mainstream media want to control our lives? What purpose would it serve for them? Power and wealth are the only purpose they know. The press was given a special place in our society by the founding brothers for the purpose of keeping the population apprised of the goings-on of government and other powerful organizations, and that is as it should be. But, as in a lot of areas, the framers of our constitution could not have foreseen the way that special privelage has been twisted and bastardized into the collusive, evil, power hungry criminality it has since assumed. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The media moguls have seen that their interests are in common with those of the liberal politicians, that interest being the overall and absolute control of all aspects of society, and have chosen to promote and praise those who are of like minds and to slander, belittle, and if possible destroy the character of those who would uphold and preserve the pursuit of happiness and all other unalienable liberties we have fought to retain.

Most of us baby-boomers, and those who came before us, were taught a lot of things by our parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even preachers. Even the school teachers of those days went out of their way to teach lessons you wouldn’t find in the textbooks. The single-line admonitions ring in my ears to this day, "If you can’t say something nice about someone, don’t say anything at all," or "Quit complaining about your little problems, there's people who don’t even have what they really need," or "Turn about is fair play", "You reap what you sow", "Pretty is as pretty does", "You’ll appreciate it more if you have to work for it". I call all of these Simple Secrets, I even wrote a song by that name. These "old school lessons" are so simple and so old that most kids of today just shirk them off when they hear them saying, "That’s so old, everyone’s heard that before" or "That’s too easy and simple, there are better rules to live by".

That’s also why they are secrets, no one really believes they are that relevant anymore. But these simple secrets have been told and retold for hundreds of years or more, some having the Bible and other holy books as their source. They have lasted through time because THEY ARE TRUE.

One of the most important lessons that is, apparently, not taught to a great number of kids anymore is that you appreciate more those things you have to earn and work for. The lack of this once common sense is, I believe, at the root of why there are so many who hate America and what she stands for. These kids who bash the president and anyone defending him, and use the most vulgar and personal profanity, were born and raised in an environment that taught that America is the country where you are free to do and say almost anything, the Constitution guarantees it. They’re told how greatful they should be to have been born in the greatest country on Earth. And that is, for the most part, all true. But they are also lucky enough to have parents whose main goal is to give their children a better place and make it easier on them than they had it growing up. The result is absolute freedom, in their mind, with no repercussions and it’s all free.

How much do children, or even adults, cherish something they receive for which they paid nothing nor worked for? How many kids are given an allowance and not given chores to perform? How many of today’s adolescents dare to challenge their parents’ authority and still come home to their snug, sweet smelling bed every night? How many times have you heard a youngster scream at a teacher, "Go ahead, hit me. My dad will sue you for a million bucks!"

Without any responsibility or even education regarding the history of the struggle for freedom, they have no appreciation for what they treat with disdain and ill will. It’s like the bicycle they were given for their sixth grade report card that now lays rusted and bent at the backyard fence. Heck, they have a new 25 speed mountain bike now, and didn’t even have to get good grades. They just whined until it became easier for the parent to shell out the dough than put up with the kid’s constant wailing and bad moods.

So, what we have now is an entire generation, or two, that, to the greater degree, don’t give a damper about the Constitution, don’t understand its premises or its uniqueness, and don’t know the first thing about the enemies striving for its destruction. They can’t imagine that life will ever be anything other than the utopia funded by Mom and Dad, and they could not care less. "Ain’t botherin’ me".

The Constitution and what it means to Americans has become a simple secret that the newer generations just don’t appreciate or even think about. It’s just a 200 year old piece of paper to them.

Then, they are all grown up and able to vote. Need I say more?

Glenn Flowers