“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.”
President George Washington
By Eric Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
AMWS July 11, 2024 – The United States Senate, including at least one follower of #BlackJesus, is leveraging its influence over the 2024 United States presidential election.
President Joe Biden said only one thing could persuade him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. "Look, I mean, if the Lord Almighty came down and said, ‘Joe, get outta the race,’ I’d get outta the race,” he said, adding, “The Lord Almighty’s not comin’ down.”
Two days after this nationally significant anniversary of July 11, 1798, the president's political opponent, predecessor, convicted felon, alleged insurrectionist, and now miraculous survivor of a botched assassination attempt confessed, “I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.” A “Whole of Government” investigation and security review into "God's grace on thee" may never solve the “where are my shoes?” mystery. But proven prosecutorial proficiency and transparent fact-finding into competitive two-party politics will perhaps get We The People to ask relevant questions.
According to the U.S.
Constitution, and not the Constitution
of the Confederate States, Vice President Kamela
Harris pulls double duty as President of the
United States Senate. On
any given day, she is unofficially the co-president with Joe Biden as well as a
running mate for the Democratic Party. Harris is potentially the country’s
greatest influencer when POTUS runs amuck.
Her predecessor, Mike Pence might have saved time, money,
even American lives by examining his own faith along with the history of the
office. "I do not believe that such a course of
action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our
Constitution," Pence wrote. He said the XXV amendment is
"not a means of punishment or usurpation," and that invoking it would
"set a terrible precedent."
But the “terrible precedent “was set long before Pence
survived domestic terror on January 6, 2021.
And, based on the latest ruling
by the U.S. Supreme Court, the co-president now shares an executive responsibility
to “lower
the temperature in our politics” once and for all. Kamela Harris, together with Senator Raphael
Warnock of Georgia might partner on the possibility that “God Almighty” has
sovereign authority over One Nation Under God.
Like a “Fresh Wind,” an unprecedented intervention can,
in the interest of national security, HEAL THE SOUL OF AMERICA. On this date, 226 years ago, The United
States of America put collective faith to work through the establishment of a
unique force in readiness.
11 July 1798
SEC 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in
addition to the present military establishment, there shall be raised and
organized a corps of marines, which shall consist of one major, four captains,
sixteen first lieutenants, twelve second lieutenants, forty-eight sergeants,
forty-eight corporals, thirty-two drums and fifes, and seven hundred and twenty
privates, including the marines who have been enlisted, or are authorized to be
raised, for the naval armament, and the said corps may be formed into as many
companies, or detachments, as the President of the United States shall direct,
with a proper distribution of the commissioned and non-commissioned officers
and musicians to each company or detachment.
The Founding
Fathers, most of whom were of English descent, include those who
signed the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of
Confederation, the United States Constitution and others. Seven figures are
distinguished among key founders, based on the "triple tests" of
leadership, longevity, and statesmanship: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George
Washington.
In every generation since, seven
stars of democracy have compromised on the America value, “all
men are created equal.” As such, compromise stands as the enduring threat known
as The
Triple Evils. In
his farewell address on September 19, 1796, President George Washington articulated
a future for divisive politics based bad habits forming during his own temporal
reality.
After defeating the British in the American Revolutionary
War, Washington stepped in to lead 13 colonies to form a more perfect union. Political
factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the
federal Constitution of 1787.
Friction between them increased as attention shifted from
the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful that
federal government would be.
The Federalists, led by Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton, wanted a strong central government, while
the Anti-Federalists, led by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, advocated
states’ rights instead of centralized power. Federalists coalesced around the commercial
sector of the country while their opponents drew their strength from those
favoring an “agrarian”
society. The ensuing partisan battles led George Washington to warn of “the
baneful effects of the spirit of party” in his Farewell Address as president of
United States.
“Let me now take a more comprehensive view,
and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the
spirit of party generally.”
The same political
dog-whistles of George Washington’s era call on the next
president of the United States to either pay attention to a word from God, or
anticipate a thump upside the head from one
of His fingers.
Whether Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, or even Jesse
Jackson, Jr. is the next Commander-in-Chief, dogs of war respond
to authority. According to military
training sources, “Command voice refers to the way a command is given to affect
the way the movement is executed.” A correctly delivered command is loud and
distinct enough for everyone in the element to hear. It is given in a tone,
cadence, and snap that demand a willing, correct, and immediate response.”
Depending on one’s narrative, Biblical Moses lead Israelites
out of Africa. Like #BlackJesus, Moses
was reportedly an African prince, perhaps born to sensitize the slave master to
the needs of the enslaved. After 40
years at the Egyptian court, Moses learned that he was special. He spent the
next 40 years in the desert of Midian learning that God is special. Moses had
to learn not to have himself and his position as the focus. He had to learn how
to care for sheep in order to be a shepherd of God to the
people.
God’s
plan
is not likely to be found in the political party platforms of either the
Democratics or the Republicans.
Historically, His plan has called on leadership to do His will. Out of seven founding fathers from U.S.
History, one ended up getting shot by the Vice President of the United
States.
The latest ruling by The U.S. Supreme Court theoretically
supports Affirmative
Engagement for eliminating a threat to American lives. If Barack Obama could deploy U.S. Special
Forces to take out Osama Bin Laden, why would Joe Biden debate a convicted
felon over his perceived right to govern? “There’s no place in America for this
kind of violence, for any violence, ever. Period. No exceptions,” said President
Biden. “We can’t allow this violence to be
normalized,” Biden said during his remarks.
Pew Research:
A reckoning over racial inequality
Racial tensions were a constant undercurrent during
Trump’s presidency, often intensified by the public statements he made in
response to high-profile incidents.
The death of George Floyd, in particular, brought race to
the surface in a way that few other recent events have. The videotaped killing
of the unarmed, 46-year-old Black man by a White police officer in Minneapolis
was among several police killings that sparked national and international
protests in 2020 and led to an outpouring of public support for the Black Lives
Matter movement, including from corporations, universities and other
institutions. In a survey shortly after Floyd’s death in May, two-thirds of
U.S. adults – including majorities across all major racial and ethnic groups –
voiced support for the movement, and use of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag
surged to a record high on Twitter.
Attitudes began to change as the protests wore on and
sometimes turned violent, drawing sharp condemnation from Trump. By September,
support for the Black Lives Matter movement had slipped to 55% – largely due to
decreases among White adults – and many Americans questioned whether the
nation’s renewed focus on race would lead to changes to address racial
inequality or improve the lives of Black people.
Race-related tensions erupted into public view earlier in
Trump’s tenure, too. In 2017, White nationalists rallied in Charlottesville,
Virginia, to protest the removal of a Confederate statue amid a broader push to
eliminate such memorials from public spaces across the country. The rally led
to violent clashes in the city’s streets and the death of a 32-year-old woman
when a White nationalist deliberately drove a car into a crowd of people.
Tensions also arose in the National Football League as some players protested
racial injustices in the U.S. by kneeling during the national anthem. The
display prompted a backlash among some who saw it as disrespectful to the
American flag.
In all of these controversies and others, Trump weighed
in from the White House, but typically not in a way that most Americans saw as
helpful. In a summer 2020 survey, for example, six-in-ten U.S. adults said
Trump had delivered the wrong message in response to the protests over Floyd’s
killing. That included around four-in-ten adults (39%) who said Trump had
delivered the completely wrong message.
More broadly, Americans viewed Trump’s impact on race
relations as far more negative than positive. In an early 2019 poll, 56% of
adults said Trump had made race relations worse since taking office, compared
with only 15% who said he had made progress toward improving relations. In the
same survey, around two-thirds of adults (65%) said it had become more common
for people in the U.S. to express racist or racially insensitive views since
his election.
