§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag
of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any
person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or
institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as
a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or
property.
Most individuals who have served in the military service of our
nation will (or should) recognize this signal.
As a result of the many traitors and enemies we as a free people
have, both foreign and domestic, as a result of the many
unconstitutional acts and legislation passed and/or
committed against US citizens and their life, liberty and property, and
as a result of policies that have allowed (and continue to allow)
enemies of this nation to enter in large numbers through a porous border
policy, I believe the life, liberty and property of US Citizens are in
dire danger. In addition the systematic and deliberate disarming of the
Constitution and our God given rights have left the sovereignty
and the republic in a state of profound distress.
MY UPSIDE-DOWN FLAG
It all started around 1958 when a man named Charlie, my
cousin’s husband, and I would spend lengthy sessions turning the pages
of his navy year book and spinning tales of the war at sea. A black shoe
sailor that had served aboard an aircraft carrier, he used old nautical
terms that not only fascinated me, but stuck to the inner walls of my
vocabulary for all these many years. Words like gedunk, scuttlebutt,
shellback, skivvies and such. He taught me other words too. Duty,
freedom, liberty, country, veteran, obligation, patriotism and he
enlightened me as to what America really meant, to him. Those parts of
his war stories found their way to the boiler room of my soul and have
been fueling the fires of my patriotism ever since.
Charlie introduced me to a branch of the navy branded
"The Fighting Seabees" and I was hooked! At the ripe old age
of 18 I hitchhiked to the nearest town with a recruiter and enlisted,
for 6 years (4 active duty & 2 reserve), with the stipulation that I
was to serve with the Seabees, and I did. Initial training, Great Lakes
Navel Station, then Rhode Island, then my pride and patriotism surged as
I served in the White House Motor Pool under President John F. Kennedy,
then California, Alaska and then I found myself staring into the eyes of
the enemy in the great Vietnam conflict. I was doing my duty for my
country, what an honor that was. I helped people that needed it, I
killed people that didn’t. I watched the slaughter of friends and
strangers. I pledged allegiance to the flag and to my country and to the
words of cousin Charlie, I pledged to do my duty, and I did. Honorably
discharged with ribbons and ceremony I was returned to a homeland that
didn’t understand, or was it me that didn’t understand. It didn’t
matter, I would adjust.
Adjustment was difficult and never ending, somewhere
along the line I started looking at politics. Something was tearing my
country apart! Yes it is my country! I did my duty, I took my chances, I
killed for my country. It is my country!
With great disbelief I realized it was my government
that was dismissing my rights and replacing my republic with their
democracy. My government was denying the very rights I had elected them
to protect. My country was being seized, not by a foreign enemy, but by
545 people that were sworn to uphold the Constitution and govern by the
privileges granted them, by the people, as outlined in the Constitution.
Then I understood what being a veteran meant. A short term contract with
the Navy had turned into a lifetime commitment to protect my country as
a veteran. I needed help, I summoned other veterans with the signal of
distress, I turned my flag up-side down and shouted, "America is in
distress, the people are in distress, American workers are in distress,
the family unit is in distress and worst of all our posterity is in dire
distress."
So, what do I see when I look at my up-side down flag? I
don’t see any disrespect, I don’t like it, it disturbs me more than
it does anyone else and it pulls at the bindings of my patriotism and
allegiance. I see the faces of all the people that couldn’t be here to
fly their flag up-side down, in the America they fought and died for. I
see their mothers who continue to pay the price of freedom. And I see
the face of the enemy, who I now realize, had Cousin Charlie’s and
pledged allegiance to their own, as I did.
America, the greatest nation on the face of the earth,
is being gutted by a rogue government that is self-serving and
establishing itself as the ultimate power and authority over the people
and their property. To combat this we must awaken our dormant
Constitution and reinstate the republic and our sovereignty.
I hate my up-side down flag! You can help me right it by
moving your country forward to a more constitutional way of life. Bring
the Lords Prayer, the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance back to
school. Lets pledge to help each other. Let’s all turn our flags over
as a form of civil protest and signal of dire distress.
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