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Fighting for freedom
To the Editor:
I must commend Jim Cornelius and The
Nugget staff for the June 30 edition of The
Nugget.
On July 4, 1776, my grandfather, John
Hart (eight generations back), was one of
those brave men who signed the Declaration
of Independence. That event marked the
establishment of the most blessed nation ever
in the history of this world. I honor him every
July 4 for his willingness to <pledge his life,
his fortune and his sacred honor= in order to
establish the United States of America.
Have there been mistakes made in the
governance of the nation? Of course. Slavery
was one of the most egregious. My grand-
father did not own slaves and was opposed
to such an egregious practice and, I9m told,
vehemently supported inserting the phrase,
<we hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal= in the document.
Later generations in our family fought, and
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A new Independence
Day in America
By Jeff Mackey
Guest Columnist
We9ve recently hon-
ored those who sacrificed
all for the freedoms we
enjoy and now have cel-
ebrated Independence Day/
Fourth of July. With mask
mandates disappearing and
businesses opening it gives
us pause to think about the
lies and abuse of power
we9ve been subject to over
the past couple years 4 and
how wonderful freedom
feels. I can9t help wonder
why so many hate America
and want to replace our
constitutional republic with
Marxist tyranny; i.e. singu-
lar party rule by Democrats.
Joe Biden seems to do
everything in his power to
divide and destroy, not unite
as he promised.
During the testimony
of General Milley before
Congress last week, Milley
discussed the need to bring
Critical Race Theory or
something similar into our
military. I had to wonder
after 30-plus years9 service
why [he is] just now touting
this need; or is it because
his boss sitting next to him
<WOKED= him? Either
way, Milley as a military
leader made a mistake in
pushing this racist-driven,
racist theory upon our great
military men and women.
During my own 30 years9
service in naval aviation,
there was never one instance
of the need to consider skin
color for missions confront-
ing the threats to our nation.
We were professionals and
brothers.
Real leadership is based
on developing the content of
character, not fretting over
the color of one9s skin to
achieve a cohesive fighting
force?
General Milley also
talked about how well read
he was on communism and
Marxism. Really? Didn9t
he take an oath to protect
against all enemies foreign
and domestic? What does
he think has been happen-
ing to America, especially
since Biden started living
in the White House? Most
aggressive attacks on free
speech in our nation9s his-
tory. (Wonder what pronoun
General Milley uses for
enemy combatant?)
Major cities controlled
by Democrats silent while
crime, looting, chaos, and
anarchy rage on. Absolute
stupidity in defunding the
police where the people
most hurt are the minority
businesses and communi-
ties. Marxist propaganda
targeting our children is
being taught in schools
across the nation 4 to
hate their country and each
other. Never-ending drive to
take away our right to bear
arms. Attack on our voting
system as established in
the Constitution. Ignoring
the sovereignty of America
at our southern border and
creation of more chaos. A
mainstream <free= press that
is utterly corrupt, immoral,
and would be unrecogniz-
able by our founders9 design
as the watchdogs over gov-
ernment. Our enemies and
even jealous allies must
really be enjoying the self-
destruction of America from
within.
Two key actions must
be taken by America-loving
citizens to defeat this path
of self-destruction and
eventual socialist/commu-
nist rule:
1. Parents and teach-
ers must stand up and say
NO to the indoctrination of
our children with Critical
Race Theory! It9s racist to
the core and the antithesis
of everything the party of
Lincoln, MLK, and many
others fought for. To com-
pete in our world, children
need to learn reading, writ-
ing, math, and actual his-
tory. Actual history will
teach them who led our
country into Civil War.
Actual history will teach
them which political party
gave birth to the KKK, seg-
regation, lynching of blacks,
Jim Crow laws, bussing,
<brown= drinking fountains,
signs on businesses say-
ing <Whites Only,= and the
individual who assassinated
MLK.
2. America-loving citi-
zens must take action with
their power of voting on
a new Independence Day,
November 8, 2022, to put
an end to the remaking and
self-destruction of America
by the Democratic Party.
Time to switch from skin
color as a tool of hate to
<love your neighbor as your-
self,= <do unto others as you
would have them do unto
you,= <acknowledge we are
all created in the image of
God,= and, lastly, <as sol-
diers, brothers, and protec-
tors of our nation we shed
the same color of blood to
sustain our freedoms under
the Constitution.=
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