As we honor our fallen, it's impossible not to remember
what they lived, fought, and died for.
THIS is what it's all about, what it has been all about from the beginning.
Faith
Family
Friends
Freedom
Future
The United States of America
Feel free to read on if you choose, but the above pretty much says everything that's in my heart on this day.
Add THIS to the mix:
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.
If you can say the above, and mean it heart and soul, you are welcome here.
This next bit is for the Illegals among us, and for We the People of the United States of America.
We are not 'out to get you' unless you are out to do harm to us or anyone else within our borders, including each other.
We realize that for the most part you were sold a bill of goods by some charlatans using you as a puppet population.
Please know that We the People of the United States of America were NOT behind that.
Please know that one of the reasons we've now chosen an entirely new and different administration for our nation is the result of at last seeing and recognizing what has been going on behind our backs and in front of our faces for a long time, including the lies told to you and the injustice perpetrated on you as well as on us.
No, we did not invite you to come here illegally. Somebody did, but it was not We the People of the United States of America. You, and we, have been used by the same charlatans.
We want you to know that the 'innocent' among you are NOT the babies we want thrown out with the proverbial (and in this case SWAMPY) bathwater.
The bad seed, yes. We want them gone from among us all, including you the 'innocent'.
No, you are not entirely 'innocent' because you broke our law by coming here illegally. For that yes, a penalty must be paid.
But, once paid, let that be the end of it. Work here, live happy lives here, contribute to our culture and our society here, earn your way the same as the rest of us - and you will find your way to the welcome we were not expecting to extend but which we will extend if you do your part too.
That Flag up there, that Pledge of Allegiance - they mean something.
They represent what our families came to this continent to build for us, the Legacy they lived, fought, and died to protect and to preserve.
And so I say to you: One day your own families will be able to say the same, if YOU give them the chance.
Our families did not sneak - there is no pride to be taken in ancestors who snuck in through the back door instead of using the front one.
Give your descendants pride in you. Fix what you have broken so they can live with pride instead of shame.
You took a big risk in coming here.
Take another, for the sake of your generations to come - the ones who will be proud Americans who know the meaning of that Flag, that Pledge, with their whole hearts and souls because you choose now to give them a gift. It's the same gift we Americans all share: a common Legacy.
For me, having Faith means not only Faith in the Creator, but in the Creation as well. In us, in you. Because my Faith has three parts I myself think that those three parts are important: Justice, Mercy, Peace - in that order.
Many of you have already paid a steep price to the charlatans who lied to you. They encouraged you to break our law and they are guilty. But you went along with it. Another price, a penalty, must be paid. Mostly by them, but also by you as you are also culpable.
That's the Justice part, and Justice must come first.
Mercy can only come after Justice has been served.
Then, and only then, will there be a chance for Peace.
To my fellow Americans who might not agree with me on this particular issue I say:
It's all a matter of perspective.
To those who would welcome all and sundry, including the bad apples, I say a very blunt NO.
Period.
To those who would remove all and sundry, including the 'innocent', I say an equally blunt NO.
We can and we will find our Balance here, friends.
All things considered, our good neighbors wish us no harm. The bad neighbors, those who DO wish us harm, will be sent back home.
We in the United States are among the fortunate of the world. Although we have had, now have, and will have charlatans among us, we have also a Legacy of which we can be proud, a Legacy that gives us the tools we need to do what we have to do when we have to do it.
I refer of course to our Constitution and our Bill of Rights.
We cannot blame those less fortunate for wanting to share in what we take for granted.
We can and we do blame them for making rotten choices if they break our law in their quest to share the Legacy our own families have lived, fought, and died for.
Hence Justice before Mercy.
But our ultimate goal is PEACE.
Without Mercy there will come no PEACE.
God Bless the USA!
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