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After the Marine Corp Motto "Semper Fi," "Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome" epitomizes what it
means to be a United States Marine. When we have a mission we see it
through - Period.
Chief Kessler may have bailed on the
demonstration this coming September 9th, but I have not. Father always
provides. As a result of my interview with Chief Kessler, the
idea of a mass demonstration of Patriots in Washington D.C has taken
root and captured the imaginations of American Patriots everywhere.
After my friends at the Western Center for Journalism posted it on
Facebook, support for the demonstration began to gel quickly. Just look
at the comments in this ONE Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/WesternJournalism/posts/10151714128853984
Today, my Brothers at Uncle Sam's Misguided Children picked up the
guidon and they have thrown their support behind me and this
demonstration. http://misguidedchildren.com/homeland-security/2013/07/september-march-on-d-c/1790
According to the story they wrote, I have somehow become the leader of
this protest. I guess now that Kessler has bailed, I am. But I don't
want to be the leader of anything. We don't need a "leader." Let me
explain.
I've been thinking and praying all weekend, asking
Father, "What am I supposed to do now? The biggest thing about this
demonstration, what made the idea of it so attractive to everyone, was
having police officers, men that we entrust with our safety, stand up
and tell the Tyrants in Washington D.C. that they would no longer
enforce unconstitutional laws; that even though those in Washington may
have forgotten their Oath to support and defend the Constitution, the
rank and file of America's Oath Keepers have not!"
I didn't
hear a booming voice come from the sky in answer to my prayers. The
answer came in a tiny little spark of recognition, along with the phrase
"Remember Arlo."
One of the first celebrity interviews I ever
conducted as the Entertainment Editor of the Fort Pierce Tribune was
with 60's Rock Icon Arlo Guthrie. During the Vietnam War, music was a
great tool in the arsenal of the anti-war movement. Artists such as Pete
Seger, Janis Joplin, CCR, and Arlo Guthrie galvanized the hopes and
dreams of an entire generation (ideals since betrayed by those 60's
college students that have since come to power) and The People rose up
with one voice: "Hell No, We Won't Go!" and "Hey, Hey, LBJ! How Many
Kids Did You Kill Today!"
THE PEOPLE stopped the Vietnam War
and they didn't do it with armed marches; they just got fed up to the
point that they put their BODIES on the line to protest against a
government that had lost its way and no longer represented the will of
the People. They used their voices to send a message to Congress and to
the President, and as a result LBJ stepped down refusing to run again.
The People had made themselves too big a pain in the ass!
So I asked Arlo, "What was it like to be one of the leaders of the anti-war movement?" I will never forget his reply.

Folk Rock Icon Arlo Guthrie


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