It might be better to pledge allegiance to a Constitution.
“It might be better to pledge allegiance to a Constitution”
I’d like to entertain you all with my story of how I went from a libertarian to a republican.
I was 24 years old. After working for a few dot-coms I made a pretty good fortune. I lived and worked in Connecticut.
Connecticut is a dirty place. It’s almost completely paved. There really isn’t anything beautiful in CT. NY is a bit nicer, but NY to me is where wealth went, and I didn’t have enough wealth. Plus I owned guns so NY, MA, RI were right out for me.
I worked all the time. Everyday. I saw plain skies of mostly cloud cover, the sound of a highway at every moment and streetlights. I never really saw “the milky way”.
I moved to Colorado. I drove across the US. I got past Columbus OH and started to see America. It never made sense to me why someone would sign up for the military and put their life on the line to save such a wretched place as America until I actually got to experience it. During that trip, I became a republican.
I had always loved my rights and freedoms, I had always spoken out for the 2nd amendment and other amendments. But I was severely jaded by what the American Experience was for me. I used to pledge to the flag, but when I actually saw the rest of America.. the “Fly over”... I was totally hooked. Like, in love.
It became clear to me why this must be protected at all costs. It became clear to me that choices and love and compulsion are very different things. Even if Hillary were in office, even if Obama were to seize control, even if the US hunted republicans and patriots, even if the UN were granted full access to police the subjects..
... Even if my neighbors were to yell out “LOOK! Behind that tree ! GET HIM” I would still recite this:
I pledge allegiance,
To the flag,
Of the United States of America.
And to the republic,
For which it stands,
One nation,
Under God
Indivisible
With liberty
And justice for all.
I say, believe and feel this as I do during my prayers. I don’t think of the president when I do this, I don’t think of the treasury and I don’t think of the millions of people seeking to persecute me. Just as I don’t think of those who would persecute me for my prayers.
It’s between me and that flag. My prayers are between me and my God. Just as the Pope doesn’t even put a scratch in my relationship with the Trinity - Any communist thug isn’t going to put a scratch on my relationship with my country.