Posted on 03/19/2009 11:04:33 PM PDT by neverdem
I must be living in a different world. If someone came to my door in Australia asking for a pledge of loyalty to the Prime Minister, I would assume I had an escapee from a sanatorium standing in front of me.
If they knock on my door they will meet a giant 6”5”, 340lbs naked guy (With a gun in one hand behind the door) and a 100lb pissed off pit/lab mix.
If they can read the sign at the door they will not knock, other than that, I can’t help them.
Not in this particular case but the idea remains the same.
No thanks to Obama’s campaign for supporting the Government’s construction of health care, energy and education systems for the continuing oligarchy. Health care costs need to be cut down—not built up more for any inefficient system. Low-cost energy needs fewer regulations and special business interests working against the men who build. Education needs men instead of accusers full of pretended super-sensitivities.
And the constituents controlling the political parties should end their fight against fatherhood and working class families.
I’ll answer Obama’s them the same way I do Jehovah’s Witnessses who find their way to my door:
“Thank God we both live in a free country where we can each worship or not worship whomever we wish, without interference or pressure from anyone. You’re strong in your beliefs, as I am in mine. Bye, bye and have a nice day.”
75 years later, history repeats itself.
The death of 86-year-old Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934 removed the final obstacle to Adolf Hitler obtaining absolute power over Germany. Even before Hindenburg’s death, Hitler’s cabinet had enacted a law combining the offices of Chancellor (the head of government) and President (the head of state); Adolf Hitler would henceforth be known as Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) and was both head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces. The day of the President’s death, the cabinet ordered a plebiscite for August 19 for the German people to approve the combination of the two offices.
Germany’s voters went to the polls and 89.9% voted their approval for Hitler to assume complete power over Germany. The following day, August 20, 1934, the cabinet decreed the “Law On The Allegiance of Civil Servants and Soldiers of the Armed Forces”. (Gesetz über die Vereidigung der Beamten und der Soldaten der Wehrmacht), which superseded the original oaths. Prior to the decree, both members of the armed forces and civil servants had sworn loyalty to “the People and the Fatherland” (Volk und Vaterland); civil servants had additionally sworn to uphold the constitution and laws of Germany.
The new law decreed that instead, both members of the armed forces and civil servants would swear loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
Wehrmacht oath
I swear by God this sacred oath that I shall render unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler, the Führer of the German Reich and people, supreme commander of the armed forces, and that I shall at all times be ready, as a brave soldier, to give my life for this oath.
Civil servant oath
I swear: I will be faithful and obedient to Adolf Hitler, Führer of the German Reich and people, to observe the law, and to conscientiously fulfil my official duties, so help me God.
Consequences
By swearing loyalty to the person of Adolf Hitler rather than the nation or the constitution, the officers and men of the armed forces found themselves bound by their honor to the Führer, even after Hitler had set out down the path to war and ordered the Wehrmacht to commit war crimes. Among the infamous crimes were atrocities in Poland and the Commissar Order in the Soviet Union.
As the dictator’s desire for war became increasingly clear in late 1938 during the Sudetenland crisis, a number of Wehrmacht officers hatched plans for a conspiracy against Hitler that was to be launched as soon as the dictator launched the invasion of Germany’s neighbor; the Munich Agreement put an end to the dispute as well as the plot against Hitler. Though historians cite a number of factors why Hitler’s opponents within the armed forces failed to act when they realized the dictator’s aims, their reluctance to violate their personal oath of loyalty is cited as a prominent factor.
I’ll gladly swear an oath...
It will start with something like, “Eff you, zer0...”
and it will finish off with a statement of loyalty to my G_D, and to the Constitution of the United States of America.
A.A.C.
At some point I would say that was a safe assumption in The U.S. But things are a little crazy here now.
Everyone should just sign with the name of the real power in the White House :
T.E. Le Prompter
Bravo! That was my exact thought process as to how I’d respond. Wow. :-)
some of us don't see marching and stomping our feet as accomplishing much - i am not against it - but it is not changing anything - so we are looking for a specific action to perform to disrupt this freight train of hopeandchange
levin suggested that you step outside and have a discussion with the brownshirt - the longer you talk, the fewer doors the brownshirt can knock on
its a small thing - but multiplied by all of us, it could make an impact
The problem we find ourselves in is not too many know history these days. Blind devotion to anyone can never have a good outcome.
Your special friend,
Love, Larry Sinclair
People should take the opportunity to tell the O-bots that they want further information on the president, for example, a verified copy of his birth certificate. However, make sure you have witnesses and a safe escape route.
I’ll sign mine “F U Barrack!”
If they knocked on my door they’d hear some things I couldn’t repeat in polite company.
How about signing
Kanweesee Yercolb
I look forward to some rejects knocking on my door.
LOL!
It would be nice if we knew what the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES real name was.
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