JWHargisSr's Blog

 There is an ongoing argument concerning flag lapel pins and if they should be worn by our elected officials.  This argument is compared to wedding rings and the like.

 The American flag is and has always been the icon of the United States of America, it represents the American people and the ideals of freedom and liberty, it is the bases of every patriotic quote, from, these colors don't run, to, the pledge of elegance, and it represents our National Anthem when it cannot be said in battle or in defense of American freedom and democracy.

 Our election system allows Americans to vote for candidates that best support and promote the ideals of America and it's people. Elected officials of America from the President down to the town mayor are representatives of everything America stands for, they should not deter from the basics of our Constitution, nor should they believe more in political party guidelines than the people that they are suppose to represent.

 They should not take it upon themselves what laws to enforce and not enforce, or what country to send aid to before the basic requirement of the needs of every American citizen is addressed and administered as they have sworn to do. Their personal belief's should be set aside during their term of office, nor should they appoint officials to government service based on those belief's rather than finding people with the ability to best serve the people and the betterment of American society.

 To distinguish between the conservative and the liberal representative is the start of division in America, it continues and promotes racism, working classes, bigotry, segregation and double standards that literally destroy America from within, it frustrates Americans and increases stress within each of us, then those Americans that are mentally challenged to some degree, but not any noticeable degree, or those to overwhelmed by harships are forced in their own minds to lash out, which becomes domestic terrorism, in reality, when America says that it will not submit to terrorist threats, it is saying that those Americans that suffer hardships due to the division caused by officials and their party's belief's, are saying that their own standards are more important than the American people and the American way of life and thereby oppose what they should be defending by neglecting Americans and their basic rights and needs.

 These political parties took the Pledge of Allegiance from our schools, they took God from government, they are taking our national security, our economic security, our freedom of American culture and our right to life. When an American woman conceives the child is not only a life, but an American, which is suppose to be protected under the Constitution and also the child, like every other American, is protected under the American flag and all it is suppose to represent.

 The Ten Commandments are the bases of every law we have, yet they are forbidden to be seen, or allowed to influence our children down the right path of life, that is left to the parents, whom for the most part are too busy and exhausted from working several jobs and searching for their family's pursuit of happiness, the American dream, preventing foreclosure, finding money to pay for gas to get to work, to put food on the table, pay for family healthcare and fighting insurance companies for claims on accidents and natural disasters. Once a child learns to read, they have a guide in those Commandments that tell them of a higher law, it becomes an awareness in their subconscious and guides them throughout their lives'.

 Our military service personnel all have American flags on their battle dress, do politicians require that only Americans who give their lives for our country wear them, are they telling us that they are not willing to do so by not wearing lapel pin flags. Do we need another terrorist attack on our soil before the American flag rises again?

 I submit that any politician who places party guideline's above the Ten Commandments, US Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights are not worthy to represent the American people, and that the reluctance to wear the American Flag lapel pin is an indication of their lack of respect for America, the support of our military, law enforcement and all that America stands for, which holds true under the the protection of the American flag, and i call on Americans to speak out to these officials and demand that Americans and America be first and foremost in their hearts and intentions, and to prove that every day by wearing the flag lapel pin. A cross lapel pin wouldn't hurt either.