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Beers with our Founding Fathers

well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am

about to enter. So help me God.”
The original oath of office intentionally, and rightfully, did not

include any religious connotations. I have no opposition to the
inclusion; it is a personal choice to recite that small part, just as with

our Pledge of Allegiance. Our country was founded on Judeo-
Christian principles, sound principles that may provide a strong

foundation for a person and their morals. The importance being
that when you are born as a citizen, you are born with two things:

1) sacred inalienable rights granted by your birth and guaranteed by
our Constitution; and 2) duty to defend the Constitution – with and

for your sacred inalienable rights.
How did we, as this greatest Nation, get here – and why are we

taking an unintended path? I hope to give a lay analysis. I offer no
expertise in law, political science, or economics, only my

independent experience and independent observations.
Commonsense, logic, informed, unemotional and without allegiance

to any person, party or social issue – allegiance only to my Family,
Freedom and Country. This analysis cannot be all inclusive, volumes

have been written on the discovery, evolution, growth, birth and
creation of our Country. Key documents and persons are examined,

to bring us to a conclusion of where we are and where we need to
go. Together we will walk the road to independence by looking at

key events and documents, including the Magna Carta, Mayflower

Compact, Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’, Declaration of
Independence, Articles of Confederation, Anti-Federalist Papers, The
Federalist Papers, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Together we

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