Constitution Party of Allegheny County Monthly Meeting

The history of Thanksgiving is an interesting tale. The very first national “Thanksgiving Day,” established on November 26, 1789, was created by George Washington for “giving thanks” for the U.S. Constitution. Much has happened since that first Thanksgiving. Our form of government has changed. Today if you ask the question: "What is the purpose of government?" Most politicians in America today will say something like: The purpose of Government is to provide a level playing field The purpose of Government is to make everybody safe The purpose of Government is to maintain the infrastructure The purpose of Government is to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves These common answers to this question involve some degree or other of a socialist sentiment. Let’s compare this to what Thomas Jefferson said the purpose of government is. He said, “To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed.” So, the purpose of government is to protect God-given rights. The sad truth is that most elected and most appointed officials today think that the purpose of government is to redistribute wealth -- your wealth. It has to be your wealth because the U.S. Government doesn’t have any wealth. In fact, our federal government is broke. Actually it’s worse than broke. It’s trillions of dollars in debt. And it’s getting worse and our leaders don’t care. At least if you judge how much they care by their commitment to do something about it. Our foundations have been destroyed because our leaders have forsaken the true purpose of government and the true source of law and liberty. Both major parties have adopted the presuppositions of socialism and they have abandoned the presuppositions of America. The major parties do not represent the ideas and principles upon which our country was founded. They have thus broken covenant with the American people. This is why our federal bureaucracies have parasitically devoured the resources and the liberty of a people to whom they are pledged to be accountable. This is why the federal courts have forsaken the rule of law and rule illegally and unconstitutionally by the fiat of judicial oligarchs who have been methodically eliminating all acknowledgment and memory of our Christian history and heritage. Even now, the foundations are being destroyed by blatant attacks on the right of the people to acknowledge the God upon whom our nation was founded. What we must do, however, is learn our history and learn from it. In short, we are called to honor the Sovereignty of God â€Â" defend the American Family â€Â" and Restore the American Republic. We’ve been indoctrinated so that we ask, “What does God have to do with government?” Well, this question would have been easily answered by our founders. They understood the connection between the two. For example, in his October 3, 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation, George Washington, the father of our country, said “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” I never thought I’d see the day in America when any judge would tell any state official that He could not acknowledge the sovereignty of the God of the Bible and attribute to Him our religious freedom. But this is exactly what U.S. District Court Judge Myron Thompson told Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore he could not do! Millions of Americans have no idea that the form of government our founders bequeathed us was not a democracy but a Constitutional â€Â" Representative -- A lot more dangerous â€Â" is the obvious fact that most of those running the three branches of our national government â€Â" both Democrats and Republicans â€Â" do not care that our founders gave us a Constitutional â€Â" Representative â€Â" Republic. Ideas and principles which we fail to advocate in the political arena are lost to history. The principle of liberty under law must not suffer that fate. It must be preserved, protected and defended. George Washington said that it is up to us to “raise a standard to which the wise and honest may repair, recognizing that the event is in the hands of God.” And John Quincy Adams wrote, “Duty is ours, consequences are God’s.” During the month of November you are invited to join us at our monthly meeting at Panera Bread. We will not have our regular monthly meeting during December because of the holidays. However we hope you would consider attending the November meeting and if you cannot make it to the November meeting, mark your calendar for the third Tuesday of January and join us for the new year.