Mission Statement and Purpose |
Posted on 03/19/2002 9:48:48 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Mission Statement and Purpose |
Veterans for Constitution Restoration (VetsCoR) is a non-profit, non-partisan educational and grassroots activist organization. The primary area of concern to all VetsCoR members is that our national and local educational systems fall short in teaching students and all American citizens the history and underlying principles on which our Constitutional republic-based system of self-government was founded. VetsCoR members are also very concerned that the Federal government long ago over-stepped its limited authority as clearly specified in the United States Constitution, as well as the Founding Fathers' supporting letters, essays, and other public documents.
"Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."-- Noah Webster, On the Education of Youth in America, 1788
The Bill of Rights has been and continues to be so abused by our lawmakers and politicians it would be unrecognizable to the Founding Fathers. We believe that we are wrongfully subjected to too many unnecessary laws and regulations and that many of them are in direct conflict with the intent of the Constitution. These need to be withdrawn from the books and the Federal government put back in its box as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington so rightly believed it should stay.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights were not written to restrict the citizens of America; they were written to restrict the government and protect our inherent rights. We do not believe the specific rules nor intent of our Founders are being properly observed by the Congress, the Presidency, nor even the Supreme Court.
As veterans and current military, we have taken oaths to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. At times, our own politicians, legislators, and bureaucrats are working at odds with the principles our Constitution is based upon; at times they work in direct conflict with specific wording. These are principles and words that so many have sacrificed for in sweat and blood.
It is our mission at VetsCoR to unite our military brethern to educate all Americans about the history, form, purpose, and scope of the Constitution, and thereby honor our oaths by engaging a common domestic enemy - bloated, intrusive, unaccountable and often unconstitutional government.
The success and progress of any country can easily be judged by the size of its government. America's success and progress is declining rapidly. The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
-- Thomas Jefferson, letter to E. Carrington, May 27, 1788
"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."
-- Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
Purpose
This corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS), Chapter 82, relating to non-profit corporations for public purposes. The specific purposes of this corporation are:
(1) To assist in the promotion of the General Welfare of the United States by serving as an educational resource center for serious research and other information about the Constitution of the United States and the founding documents in order to provide the public with access to these reports and studies; to make available educational materials on the Constitution to public, private and home schools, and to make available members to give lectures and lead discussions on the Constitution and founding documents; to foster, perpetuate and preserve via an ongoing educational outreach program conducted in the electronic media (including but not limited to radio, television, the Internet, etc.) to explain and teach people an appreciation of the republican form of government of this nation as defined in the Constitution of the United States, and the importance of restoring the governance of our nation to the precepts of the Constitution;
(2) to establish and maintain a collection of art and materials (including but not limited to paintings, sculpture, photos, writings, etc.) and related archival materials that reflect our heritage and Constitutional roots and provide for their display, both through regular exhibits and/or through the creation of a cyberspace museum;
(3) to educate the public about our founding documents and our heritage in electronic media (including but not limited to Radio, Television, the Internet, etc.);
(4) to provide entertainment and support to veterans and members of the U.S. Armed Forces via electronic media (including but not limited to radio, television, the Internet, etc.);
(5) to conduct programs which perpetuate the memory of deceased veterans and members of the Armed Forces;
(6) to sponsor or participate in activities of a patriotic nature;
(7) to provide support or otherwise assist corporations, organizations, institutions and individuals carrying on such activities which are consistent with the purposes of this corporation; and
(8) To review current and pending legislation for adherence to Constitutional law and original intent; and to engage in any other lawful activities permitted under Chapter 82 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS).
Seems to me that it would be helpful to have a topic list that includes some active veterans service organizations. These might need to be combined, but I think it would draw a number of vets to your pages who are already involved.
(1) American Legion
(2) Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
(3) Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
(4) Association of the United States Army (AUSA) AND similar organizations from each of the sister services.
(5) Other organizations: USO, etc.
(6) Reunions:
Air Force will give you all the air cover you need.
Count me in!
I'd be honored to again serve for this fine cause.
Air Force!
Glad to be aboard!
Delta 4 5 Charlie... Out!
I wanted to recommend a short book for the books section, entitled 'Ruling Class - Inside the Imperial Congress' by Eric Felten, of the Heritage Foundation. An excellent refresher course on how Congress became part of the problem.
This book scratches the surface of the "dirty tricks, evasions of responsibility, legislative trickery, re-election gimmicks, scams and corruption" Felten reveals in this (1993 edition) book.
From the back cover:
Felten offers 11 specific, cogent Heritage Foundation reforms to restore the citizen legislature that America's founding fathers envisioned. I'm not sure if it's still in print, but I would be happy to mail it to the VetsCoR secretary for circulation. Dave (PQ)
Thank you all for the bump and attention to this thread.
Our Mission Statement and Purpose reminds me of a quote by Winston Churchill:
"Americans always do the right thing, after they have exhausted every other possible thing."
Best FReegards....Mustang sends on this day of Memorial recognition.
Many thanks and BTTT
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