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1 January 23, 2014 Volume 2, Issue 1 National Veterans Coalition of Indiana I Am the Constitution of the United States WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (italics by author) When in the course of human events, there comes a time when a people oppressed by their leaders, have the need to resist their oppressors and break away from them to establish a society or union of themselves for pure justice, peace, the ability to defend themselves, with the ability to provide for their own fortunes and to care for their families. They must have the liberty and freedoms to choose, for themselves and their families, peaceful lifestyles without the interference of any other controlling entity whether private, government or royalty. The blood of heroes was shed in the formation of the United States of America. The citizens of the Thirteen British Colonies of America were ruled by a tyrannical British king who did not treat the Colonists as citizens of equality but as slaves and chattel not recognizing them as people of freedom, property owners or individuals with personal rights to privacy and the right to worship God by the dictates of their own consciences. King George ruled the peasants of his kingdom with an iron fist. The only rights the king recognized were his own. Because of this, the Colonist leaders, members of the Continental Congress, met together to draft a Declaration of Independence from the British Empire and from any other entity. They declared and established themselves a free people in a new nation with no ties but to God and to each other. The Revolutionary war resulted when on July 4 th, the United States of America was born. I did not yet exist but in the hearts and minds of the Patriots of Freedom. Much, much more blood was to be shed prior to my birth, blood of American freedom fighters and the blood of soldiers of the tyrant, King George. Eleven years later, from May 1787 to September 17, 1787, delegates from each of the thirteen states of the United States of America, came together in a small building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city of brotherly love. During this three and a half month gestation period, these men labored day and night to conceive and birth the Supreme Law of the Land. This law was to establish a strong government to protect its citizens from all enemies foreign and domestic. It was especially designed to protect them from the government itself.
2 Prior to my adoption, by the States of the Union, my Fathers saw the necessity to provide, for the PEOPLE, a powerful reinforcement to protect their God given and Constitutionally guaranteed rights. Thus, in 1789, they met again and drafted the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution. The amended Constitution was then introduced to the legislators and PEO- PLE of each of the thirteen States. In only two years after my conception and birth, I was officially adopted by ratification process by the States as the official Constitution and Supreme Law of the newly birthed United States of America. I felt loved and honored to be endeared by the whole nation, now and forevermore. I name only a few of my wise fathers whose knowledge of history and governments became the essence of my life. Some of my fathers who put their lives and fortunes on the line for me and my country, the United States of America, were Roger Sherman and John Dickinson. These two men were great leaders of patriots in the American fight for freedom. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Governor Morris were intelligent and articulate students of history and governmental affairs who helped give birth to the Great Experiment of a free people and the document that became their law, me. George Washington who was appointed the first President of the United States, Benjamin Franklin who was the great inventor and author of Poor Richard s Almanac and John Adams, the second President, made the declaration that the Constitutional Convention (my mother s womb) was the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen. These are just some of my fathers who met my mother in Philadelphia. I was delivered to the United States by these men on September 17, 1787, my birthday. I am the law of this land. I proclaim the organization of the government; I declare the positions of the officials who are responsible for maintaining the organization and protecting the liberty of America; I delineate the responsibilities and authority of each of these officials and their organizational positions. I also limit them in their authority and I subject them to consequences if any of these limitations are breached. Each of these officials must swear an oath to abide by my authority of law and to protect and defend me prior to assuming their positions. In order for a nation to survive, it must have a constitution, a document of law to be recognized and abided by of all its citizens. I am but a constitution but I am the ultimate standard of law, liberty and justice for a unique nation. I recognize and declare the PEOPLE of this nation as the ultimate owners of the United States. I declare the PEOPLE responsible and duty bound to be the ultimate preservers of their liberty. Whenever a corrupt government attempts to usurp the
3 powers that I have bestowed upon them, the PEOPLE are duty bound to correct the situation and to return the government to an allegiance to me, their Constitution and Supreme Law of their Land. The United States of America is a nation of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE and for the PEOPLE. Any entity that attempts to control the PEOPLE by force, manipulation, brain washing or any other tactic, is criminal and must face the consequences for their actions. I, the Supreme Law of the Land, am also subject to the people. The PEOPLE, and they alone and collectively have the right to change me, to revive me or if necessary, to replace me or put me to death. The government is NOT the PEOPLE but the organization declared by me to protect the PEOPLE and their liberty. I still exist because of the shed blood of innumerable patriots who gave their lives that I may continue to live. I revere those PEOPLE. I taste the blood of each of them as they sacrificed their all for me. They are my lifeblood. I don t like the shedding of blood but their sacrifices have shown their love for me. Monuments and memorials to these patriots are scattered throughout America and the world, declaring their allegiance to me, their constitution. I honor them as well, these PEOPLE are my PEOPLE. I love every one of them. I love every citizen of our blessed nation, men, women and children, from conception to death and beyond. My story almost sounds arrogant as though I am bragging on myself but I assure you that I am not a braggart. I am You, the PEOPLE. You are my family and I am your family. We coexist because of our love and commitment to each other. Without you, the PEOPLE, I could not exist. Without your unique Constitution, you would not exist as a free PEOPLE. We coexist in the United States of America; WE ARE ONE! The document of the Constitution of the United States of America is a proclamation of law to anyone who desires to override or abolish it. It is a permanent record and reference to what is right in our nation. Even if that document is destroyed, I will still live. I will live in the hearts and minds of every patriot who cherishes his/her liberty. You see, when I declare my birth and life to the PEOPLE of the United States, I declare the greatest possession of a free PEOPLE. I declare their right to chose for themselves, without interference, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. My life does not exist in the document itself; it is a proclamation of my life. My life exists in the hearts, minds and dreams of every patriot who cherishes the life of their Constitution in their own free nation, the USA. Without the hearts, minds and dreams of those patriots, I would not exist. I would be dead and so would be the dreams and freedoms of those patriots. Again, when patriots pro-
4 claim their desire for liberty, they proclaim my life. My life is in the hearts of the patriots. WE ARE ONE! We are the United States of America! This author,, is retired from the US Navy. I took an oath upon entering service as a warrior for my country to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. My liberty and the Constitution are still extremely important to me. I have observed, throughout the 64 years of my life and have studied in the history of America, the gradual shredding of the Constitution and our Liberty. They are both now being attacked by our own government and by foreign powers that have infiltrated this nation, to destroy them rapidly. For several generations, our children have been slowly but positively programmed to look to the government as their source for all things to the point that now, the adults know nothing else but government control and rely on Uncle Sugar to take care of them from cradle to grave. They have been stripped of their sense of independence, self protection and trust in anyone but Uncle. They do not understand Liberty or the Constitution. They, blindly, trust the Law of government to protect them and provide for them. I pity those victims who are convinced that constitutionalists are the enemy. I performed my oath 45 years ago, but I have not neglected nor rejected it. Not only do I still abide by that oath, I still defend the Constitution of the United States with all that is within me. I have recently become the Chairman of the Constitution Party of Indiana because of my dedication and tenacity to fight for the Constitution. I have also become the Chairman/ Coordinator of the National Veterans Coalition of Indiana and a Co-Chairman for the national organization of the National Veterans Coalition. I defend and promote WE THE PEOPLE. I defend and promote the Constitution. The Constitution lives in my heart, my heart lives in the Constitution. Without the collective hearts of the PEOPLE working together as one PEOPLE, our Constitution will die, the hearts of the PEOPLE will die. WE THE PEOPLE must come together with one purpose, to replace ALL elected government officials with Constitutional patriots who will work to nullify, abrogate and eliminate all unconstitutional laws throughout the land that we may once again be known as a Christian nation and return to the original intent of our beloved Constitution. Please enter the fray with me as we return America to God and our Constitution. EA1 Steven Walker US Navy Retired Visit us at: at: thewarriorcpin@gmail.com nvc.indiana@yahoo.com Phone at:
5 CPIN NVCI The Bill of Rights Amendment VII In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be re-examined in any Court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law. E A1 S te ve n Wal k e r U S N av y R e t ir e d Th e WA R R I O R E d i t or : CP I N /N V CI N ews l e t t e r The WA R R I O R Ch ai r m an : Co ns ti tu tio n Pa rt y o f Ind ian a Ch ai r m an : Nat iona l Vet era ns Coa li tio n o f Ind iana F ri e nd us on ou r n ati on al f ace b ook p ag N at iona l Vet era ns Coa li tio n o f th e Co ns ti tu tio n Pa rt y We b s i t es : ht tp :/ /n vc i cp. blog spot. com ht tp :/ /c pi n. we eb ly. com ht tp :/ /n v ci.w e ebl y.com E mai l: n v c.in dia na@ yahoo. com t h ewar rior cp ai l.com P h on e : (812 ) ) ht t p :/ /c pi n. w e e bl y. c o m ht t p :/ / nv cic p. b lo gs po t. c om ht t p :/ / nv ci. we e b l y. c o m NVC Mission Statement The Mission of The Constitution Party National Veterans Coalition is to contact, inform, recruit, and organize America s Military Veterans in support of the fact that the growing Constitution Party is a strong option at national, state and local ballot boxes vs. the failed two party system. All Veterans have taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Our country faces grave national issues within our borders and abroad that again calls for the same allegiance. The present crisis compels Veterans to call on family, friends, neighbors and social contacts, one and all, to join the Constitution Party to help in timely defense of our country and to insure and sustain forever the personal goals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. is a monthly publication of Constitution Party of Indiana and the National Veterans Coalition of Indiana. The editor, nicknamed is EA1 Steven Walker U.S. Navy Retired. He is the Chairman of the CPIN and the Chairman/ Coordinator of the NVCI. is currently seeking volunteer contributors for patriotic journalism. All journalistic contributions must conform to the Constitution Party Platform, both national and Indiana. Please submit all contributions by to nvci.indiana@yahoo.com, along with identification for proper recognition. focuses on solutions to America's problems through the platform of the Constitution Party. The Platform of the CPIN is available at our new wedsite; The WARRIOR s phone number is ; nvc.indiana@yahoo.com. & thewarriorcpin@gmail.com
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