“I love our country.
“Our God-given rights of freedom, life, and liberty enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights are my inspiration.”
Conscience, Cause of Action (charges)
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ar Machine, Perpetual Aggression
Today’s Democratic
Party led by warmongers firmly in the grips of the military industrial complex
and recklessly leading America and the world to the brink of nuclear war lacks
care or concern about the consequences—costs of war, and who pays the price.
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awlessness: disavowal of institutions of justice, societal order and proper discipline The Party in exclusive service to its “partisan political ambitions” has repeatedly
- · “Weaponized the security state and Federal law enforcement”
- · Arrogantly demeaned “people of faith and spirituality”
- · Created hostile presence against police while excusing crooks
- · Demonized and dismissed the United States’ highest court (the US justice system and justices also the International Criminal Court) as “illegitimate.”
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uppression: a Neo-McCarthyism
The Party in its weakness, cowardice, and peculiar practice of public-private partnering—working “hand-in-glove with corporate for-profit media and Big Tech to smear and silence political opponents and those who dare to challenge their authority—demonstrates its contempt for Americans and for protected freedoms (particularly of speech) enshrined in the Constitution of the United States of America.
The Party “ideology … of hate and divisiveness” exposes their disavowal of principles associated with a “traditional liberalism”— principles such as “the basic goodness of people, the autonomy of the individual; support of civil liberties, and government of, by, and for the people.”
At her website posting, Tulsi Gabbard says
“I’ve dedicated my entire adult
life to serving our country. What I care about is the truth and what’s right. I
don’t fit into any box, and you’ll find me hard to label. I have a simple
message: let’s do what’s best for the American people, our country, and the
planet.” (Emphasis added)
“I love our country. Our God-given rights of freedom, life, and liberty enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights are my inspiration. I answered the call to duty and took an oath, dedicating my life to supporting and defending those freedoms, both in uniform and in public office.”
Biographical sources show Tulsi Gabbard’s nineteen years of US Military Service (continuing) which have included deployments to Africa and Western Asia; the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, awards to include “Combat Medical Badge,” and “Meritorious Service Medal.”
Her Civilian Service includes
- Member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives (2002-2004)
- Legislative Aide to US Senator (Chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee) Daniel Kahikina Akaka of Hawaii (2010-2012)
- Member of the City Council of Honolulu, Hawaii (2010-2012)
- Member of the Congress of the United States (Committee memberships Armed Services, Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, 2013- 2021)
- Candidate for the US Presidency (2020)
- Lieutenant Colonel, Civil Affairs officer in the U.S. Army Reserves (present)
“I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party,” Gabbard declared.
In her biographical notes is the affirmation that Tulsi Gabbard
“Puts country before party; and approaches every issue—domestic and foreign—based on ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people.”
[Text minor edited for present composition]
Sources
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000571
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
https://tulsi.substack.com/about
Gabbard, Tulsi, “Why I’m leaving the Democratic Party,” circa October 11, 2022 https://tulsi.substack.com/
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rings to Mind a Great American Moment
Separation and Cause (An excerpt)“[W]hen a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce [the people] under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Cause (charges)
“He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.”
“He has dissolved Representative Houses, repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people.”
“He has refused for a long time … to cause others to be elected… (thus exposing the State) to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.”
“He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.”
“He has made judges dependent on his Will alone….”
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.”
“He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies, without the Consent of our legislatures.”
“He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the (Civilian) power.”
“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation.”
From the top
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”Except from one of our greatest documents: Declaration of Independence
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all … are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect (to secure, bring about) their Safety and Happiness.” (Emphasis and synonyms added)
In Congress, July 4, 1776: “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America”
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HINK!
Think of destructionist and tyranny in contexts other than ancient and not so ancient Colonialism.
Think of tyranny personified in a two-headed political party and worse a singular domineering party. And ask what ought I to do?
What is my citizenry duty? In contemporary times with so many technological gadgets and platforms, and communications enablers—How do I call our nation to Unity? Break the bonds of tyranny? Demand law, discipline, and order among the higher echelon as well as among the masses?
Blame and complain will change nothing.
How do we establish and insist on participation of multiple political parties, dissent, debate, and independent thought and action (together with respectfulness and proper civility), and no-money (no-greased palms)-required access to public forums, discussion and debate, and candidacy and place on the ballot?
How do we dissolve or disband the incestuous cabal, the tactics, and the instruments of tyranny? How do we work to reestablish and improve Conscience and the Union of the United States of America?
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