Glenn Beck has raised the title of liberty in our day, but what does that really look like? Some use the Unite or Die snake, but that has a negative connotation. Some use the new Glenn Beck 9-12 snake, which is not as negative but not very pretty. I’ve noticed the yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag as a well-known banner waved at the conservative tea-party movement events, but again it’s negative in its message even though I love it. We need to be brilliant and engage the masses in our cause. It is time to have a banner under which our movement stands. It contend we make it a STAR for Save The American Republic. It has meaning, it holds beauty, it’s part of our original flags, and it is full of light and (sorry to say this) hope. FREEDOM CAN WIN!
Month: September 2009
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Washington DC March on 9.12 / A Utahn’s Account
The 9.12 march on Washington was a wonderful, peaceful event. I had many emotions while I was there.
We drove into Maryland on Friday night before the March. There were activities planned as early as Thursday, but our family opted to spend the time seeing other places, like the Freedom Trail in Boston, that I wrote about earlier. We stayed at a KOA on Friday night and ran into a few people in the KOA store, all who were planning on attending the march. There were three ladies from Florida, who drove up. There was an elderly gentlemen, 83 years old, who was a Veteran of our military, and his wife, who said, “This is the last thing I can do for my grandchildren, so I’m going to do it.”
We got up early on Saturday and went to the train station. ALL of the people that I could see had signs in their hands. The train filled with people going to the march. As we exited the train, the underbelly of DC filled with shouts of “U S A, U S A.” People began cheering. The excitement was palpable. My children joined in. People were giving away American flags and Constitutions. People in wheelchairs participated. Some walked with canes. Children in tow with parents. I met people from Indiana, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, Alabama, Washington, Tennessee, Texas, New York, just to name a few. In addition, of course, we were there from Utah.
I experienced all kinds of individuals, with a wide range of ages. Many elderly people participated. This was no ordinary march. We have been called angry, but I would use the word empowered. We gained strength from each other. We saw all the people around us who had united under 9 Principles and 12 Values.
The issues ranged the gamut from ending corruption, to eliminating czars, to ending the Federal Reserve, to The Statue of Liberty in tears. However, the main theme seemed to be restoring the Constitution to its rightful place inside our government. Also taking a good long look at the unconstitutional things that are currently running rampant within the government bureaucracy. Yes, there were a few who carried the “birth certificate” signs, but most are just frustrated with Congress even more than they are frustrated with the President.
I asked a few people if they affiliated themselves with a specific party. I received answers of Republican, Independent, and Democrat. While most seemed to come from the Republican party, they were frustrated within their own party as well. This was by no means any type of scientific poll, just a chance meeting with the marchers as we walked. One feeling I received was that these people are becoming informed. They will not sit idly by while the so-called elite run their government any more. They don’t trust them to do what’s in their best interest. Party-lines mean very little to this group of people. They are going to listen to the candidates, look at their record, look at their lives, and then pull the lever. If a candidate arises that holds dear the Constitution, small government, tax-cuts, end of corruption, and will live with the same laws they enact they will be popular among this crowd, no matter the party on their sign. These people are going to understand the issues and weigh in through the internet, twitter, facebook and other social media. They are once again looking for statesmen. Mr. Smith is wanted in Washington.
The mainstream media can ignore us, and it won’t matter. The media can pretend we don’t exit, and it won’t matter. For every single person at the march, there were likely hundreds of people back home that wanted to be there, or knew someone who went. They know us. They know we are real, and they trust us. So, if the media downplays the march, they are biting the hands that feed them, because the people who weren’t totally sold on the media bias, now have proof in their friends and neighbors that they were there and were ignored. Their friends, who are not racists, tell them how peaceful it was, and the media said they were an angry, racist mob. Their friends tell them about the wonderful democrats and independents they met, and the media says it was a GOP stunt. Their friends tell them about the people from all races who attended and are standing for the Constitution and running for office, and the media says it was a white-male crowd. The media can ignore us, and they will soon find they are the ones ignored. Their only hope will be to ask for a government bailout that Congress had better think twice about giving. As a friend of mine tweeted, after lamenting at the lack of coverage, her son told her, “Don’t worry, mom, ABC didn’t report on the Revolution either.”
We gathered in the Federal Triangle on Pennsylvania Avenue at about 9:00. We walked around for an hour. There were people with speakers and microphones giving pep-talks. There was only one camera that I saw, and I’m not sure if it was even anyone from a media station. As people continued to get off the trains, the area became so overcrowded you could barely move. One girl saw us with our little children and tears streamed down her face. She reached down and said to my daughter, “I’m so glad you are here. Don’t ever forget this.”
We walked quite a distance both directions and never found the ends of the crowd. At 10:00 the march began. One person with a bullhorn strapped to him, was asking the crowd, “Why are you all so happy? You are supposed to be an angry mob, remember?” And it was true. Everyone was happy. People were signing “God Bless America,” chanting “U S A, U S A, U S A.”
The police at the Capitol building when we got there about 20 minutes after we began, were not allowing anyone else on the lawn of the Capitol even though there was plenty of green to be seen. We sat around the Capital Reflecting Pool, while the street continued to flow for another hour and a half to the capital. There were individuals, who chanted things over the loud speaker, and many joined in, but the conservative group was difficult to lead. We just aren’t the cheerleading type. We don’t chant, because it feels strange. Crowd mentality is not really our thing. We are individuals that believe in individual liberty, so behaving in a crowd is not the norm for this group.
We expected more vendors available on the streets to help feed the crowds, but when that did not happen the crowd began to separate around 12:30 p.m. just to find food. The rally took place at 1:00; many had already dispersed into other parts of DC. This was unfortunate because the crowds were much heavier before the media (only Fox) began their coverage.
In the end, we may have gone home ignored, but the empowerment has taken root, and it will continue to grow. We know who we are. We will continue to educate ourselves, and we will not back down from our conservative stand. At the 9.12 march Senator Jim DeMint said that the Republicans had lost their way. Maybe now they have found it again. The GOP has the right platform, but as said by Rand Paul the GOP is an empty shell. It all depends on the people we fill it with. If the GOP embraces this movement properly, and returns to their roots, finding statesmen instead of politicians to represent their people rather than their party, they, and all Americans will be the better for it.
FREEDOM CAN WIN!
To see all the photos taken from the March please click here
The Boston Freedom Trail
The beauty of the Northeast is breathtaking. The lush green forests that hide the buildings, homes, and even the freeways are amazing. Only when you are right in a city do you feel the city at all. Part of our adventure for the march on Washington, DC, was to come to historic Boston, Massachusetts.
A good friend of mine, Andrew Mismash, and member of The S.T.A.R. Forum, served an LDS mission in Boston and suggested the Freedom Trail. Since we are in an RV, Parking was a bit of an adventure, and we ended up parking by the wharf. Our freedom trail began in the middle. While we didn’t make it down the entire trail, we saw many wonderful and important sites in Boston. There is so much history. I wondered at the liberal views that seem to emanate from this state, when there is so much Constitutional history right at your fingertips. There are many Universities in this state, and according to David Nobel’s Understanding the Times, the liberal professors apparently are having quite an influence. Nevertheless, I digress.
With five children in tow, the 7-hour walk (with a wonderful stop for seafood) was quite exhausting. What a day. My feet are aching, and my heart is full. I am so grateful to the men and women of courage who took a stand in Boston, for this is truly where it all started. According to the Fourth Turning, by Strauss & Howe, a catalyst must set off the crisis at the end of the 3rd turning.. The Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party were the catalyst of that period. Then the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Revolutionary War began.
9/11 marks the day in our time when it is believed we had our catalyst. About 7 – 10 year following a catalyst, an alignment takes place. The alignment in their day, was the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Is the march on DC the alignment of our time? Only time will tell.
We went to Paul Revere’s home. 
It is the oldest building in Boston at over 300 years, because it was already 90 years old when he bought it. My daughter, Silvére, mentioned that the bed in his upstairs room looked the room of Felicity from her American Girls Series. This is where she first learned of the Boston Tea Party.
This brings us to the point of this trip. The Tea Party Movement and the 9.12 Projects When we mentioned back in April that we were having a Tea Party, she asked me if was like the Boston Tea Party. I was grateful she had connected history to today so well. While the original Tea Party movement in this country was about the upcoming taxes we know will be levied to pay for the outrageous spending and unreasonable programs being set forth by the current administration, and past bailouts and spending of the Bush administration, it has morphed into a rally for liberty. Constitutional principles are at the forefront. We want to tell our government “Don’t Tread On Me.”
This flag here, is still hanging in the Old North Church in Boston. Out in front of the church in the courtyard, is the statue of Paul Revere making his famous ride.
We saw the grave marker of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration.
We saw Samuel Adams gravestone, and the markers of those who died in the Boston Massacre.
The gravestones of the early colonists and Americans are interesting, and macabre.
And of course we saw the oldest pub in the state, dedicated to “patriot brewer” Samuel Adams.
Bunker Hill Memorial can be seen from across the harbor.
What a beautiful place is Boston, and so full of the memories of our patriot founders and those who courageously helped them.
The founders wanted to put an end to aristocracy. They wanted no more Lords and Ladies, Kings and Queens, simply, no more titles. The future day of 300,000 million people without title is here…or is it? The titles have changed, but an aristocracy has arisen in these United States. Now we call them Senator, Congressman, Representative, Czar (oh, I mean Special Advisor to the President), CEO, CFO, Professor, and PhD (and I do not mean the medical kind.)
The business suits, and tweed jackets are gods no more in the minds of the people. We are ready to end this new aristocracy. I am not against capitalism by any stretch, but I am against corruption whether it is in business or government. No special rules for the wealthy, no special rules for the government. The laws that are created must be laws they are bound to. Laws on taxes, laws on health care, laws on retirement must apply to our government officials as well as those they serve. Did you hear that? They serve us, the people. We the people of these United States will hold our politicians to a higher standard, and they will not be re-elected unless they are truly statesman, and understand the meaning of public virtue. We will end the taxes that take from the wealthy, and give to the poor. Our government does not get to play Robin Hood. Our growth as individuals depends our opportunity to choose to give to the poor rather than be robbed by taxation, otherwise we are merely slaves under an oppressive self-righteous government.
This is the greatest country in the world. We have a wonderful system of government. But, it must be filled by men and women of virtue, with an educated, and informed public standing behind them.
FREEDOM CAN WIN!
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