We the people

Read these words from the ending paragraph of our Declaration of Independence –

‘And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence,
we mutually pledge to each other
our Lives,
our Fortunes and
our sacred Honor.

Consider the level of trust in God as well as the sacrifices made for God and country by our founding fathers…..how much faith and trust are we willing to place in divine Providence to restore our country ? What sacrifices are we willing to make ?

In this day of ‘me-isms’ as well as special interest groups and select special classes of people that seek to isolate and pit us against one another, who and where are the true patriots willing to stand up for our amazing country and pledge their lives, their fortunes and their honor to restore our country to ‘a more perfect union’ ?

To stand firmly upon the ideals established in our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.

To understand that freedom comes with a cost and that cost is responsibility and sacrifice.

To reach an understanding that a strong country insures our freedom’s continuing benefits.

To reason together within the bounds of our founding ideals of democracy thereby securing the blessings of liberty for our future as a sovereign nation.

To restore honor to the virtues of self discipline and honesty and integrity

To rekindle our pride in the ideals that founded our country – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

To acknowledge the benefits of hard work and of a job well done.

To remove the growing undercurrent of reliance upon government entitlements and the mentality of victimization.

To disengage the growing tide of class warfare that has been continually escalating by those who do not have a firm belief in our country’s founding ideals.

To restore accountability and fiscal responsibility to our systems of spending and taxation at all levels of government, soundly rejecting socialistic trends.

To recognize and appreciate our diverse cultural heritages yet stand together as one nation indivisible.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…

Paul R. Barriball (April 2008)