He’s misguided, but still an American; I have been in the place emotionall you have been before, but on the way back from Indianapolis one day I got to thinking: Do we really want WAR? No, what we want is freedom, liberty, an Constitutional government: that also got me to thinking that we need God on our side if we are to win, which means we must use His methods- we should prepare (though our state/local governments for “sovereignty” and do this the legal way..we want to make sure in the Eyes of Heaven and the American people that the Feds are the guilty ones here..not us (in starting a revolution) through their blatant violation of their Federal Constitutional Oaths, we NEED to have the high-ground or we WILL most probably fail. Let’s prepare in the meantime (it will really freak out the socialists), but let ‘them’ be the agressors..hey you never know many of them may end up on ‘our-side’ sooner or later ;-)!
You invoked heaven. Wikipedia New England Pine Tree Flag Appeal to Heaven and you will see your essay, transported intact back in time, to the Massachusetts Navy, the USS Hannah, the Maine Navy.
The quote 'appeal to Heaven' refers to a passage by Locke in one of his essays, to the effect that if appealing to these communists to desist and let us have our country back, doesn't work, then, we will appeal to Heaven to justify whatever steps, violent or otherwise, are needed.
Our FFs went through all this weighing and doubting... and condensed it and documented it in the Declaration.
Now it makes perfect sense to you, does it not?
Consider you've got a president who wants to take fully half or more of our earnings money and fund infanticide worldwide, and force health care workers to commit abortion or lose their jobs, and that is just one thing he has done: that's just him getting warmed up after the Inauguration.
Just when do you think it is time to pull the pin? Will it ever be time, in your view?
Do you think people like Barney and Nancy and Barry are going to agree with us and start leaving us alone?
If you do, you are delusional.