Kevin, I have decided to answer you point by point where appropriate. I am actually very sympathetic to your cause. I tilted at windmills myself supporting Howard Phillips and the Constitution Party every time out since they started as the Taxpayer’s Party. H*ll I was even chairman of my county’s Republican Party for a very short period. After the back stabbing by the faction I defeated and the actions of my homie Bob Dole announcing the National Republican Party’s platform was “their platform not my platform”. I was done with the Republican Party and its substandard candidates. Sadly, I have come to different conclusions than you.

I believe Mr. Dewey’s corruption of American education about a century ago is on pace to ready the country for socialism (his stated goal by the way). Look at the NEA and what children and young adults learn these days in their curricula. You know that it is possible to graduate high school as a functional illiterate incapable of understanding what type of government your government is at all levels. My children, both in the elite group, learned virtually no American history other than white males were bad, that blacks and women were abused and the economic system was not just to the poor. They have no real understanding of what it means to be an American except what I taught them.

You mentioned oaths. I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies both foreign and domestic but sadly throughout our history we, the officer class, have considered only defense against foreign enemies or Amerindians (earlier) as our mission in defense of the Constitution. The military through thorough indoctrination about civilian control has really never looked at domestic enemies and Posse Comitatus drove the last of our domestic inclinations out of us as a group. Beware the anger of the legions — doesn’t apply here.

I wish you only the best. We need Don Quixotes and I admire your lack of jadedness. I would also like to compliment you on the thought, and obvious intellect, and time you took to answer me.

BTW if anything I wrote seems condescending it was not meant that way I was merely answering quickly and my greatest strength is not tact as John can tell you.

Good luck to you and God Bless you.

Merry Christmas!
Jim C.