PAX Centurion - September / October 2014

Page 30 • PAX CENTURION • September/October 2014 617-989-BPPA (2772) Veteran’s Corner: Patrick M. Rose Are we Americans? A re weAmericans?Are we descendants of people that left their ancestral ‘Home’ and migrated here, to this piece of earth in search or Freedom?Are we the sons and daughters or possibly the first generation of immigrants that traveled to this great land to seek better opportunities for our families? Don’t we all want the freedoms promised? The freedom of speech; the freedom of religion; the freedom to decide what’s good for ourselves; what we want to eat; what job we want to work; what products we want to buy? I don’t believe that we want this country to imitate or migrate into some kind of 20 th century European Fascist State; that attempted to conquer the world 70 plus years ago! I don’t believe we want to imitate failed dictatorships of the past. So what’s with this push across our country to turn us all into some Orwellian ‘Homeland’ Society that marches to the beat of the government without any thought to who and what we, as a freedom loving society and people, are all about? When did we decide to refer to ourselves as a ‘Homeland’? I mean really, the first thought would be Nazi Germa- ny of 70-80 years ago. Another ‘Homeland’ was former Roman Empire, (after their Senate lost control of their Government), that basically con- quered and ruled the world, (as it was known in its day), and let’s not forget ‘The Mother Land’; a simple play on the term ‘Homeland’ for Russia and then the USSR! How about ‘The Fatherland’, another version of it. What do those terms and sayings bring to mind? Oppressive Governments that slowly stole their Country’s freedoms and liberties. They all started with the national battle cry of ‘Homeland’, ‘Moth- erland’ or ‘Fatherland.’What’s next, confiscated personal weapons, ammunition, monitor your computers and telephone calls, etc.? Oh sorry, those things are already happening! Why in the world would we, especially this supposed Democracy, want to imitate these totali- tarian governments. It’s just not who we are or what we stand for in this Country. It is not anAmerican phrase or term and never has been. It’s been sticking in my ‘proverbial craw’ for years and frankly has been scaring the hell out of me since it popped up after 9-11. It’s kind of a rallying cry that’s been used over the centuries, more this past century, as some sort of perverse battle cry; “Protect The Homeland” or “For The Motherland” or some other BS to elicit some kind of blind loyalty to the current dictator! Now we have ‘Homeland Security,’ another Government Agency that is allowed to do anything they want; invade your privacy, spread false rumor about you or an organization, direct the IRS to target you, fund whatever investigation they want and ignore others simply through ‘Executive Order,’ they basically answer to no one other than the Executive Branch. That is not how our forefathers set up the Con- stitution or how we, as a Democracy, should be governing; through fear and intimidation. What ever happened to our National Department of Defense? Why did our Government believe it was necessary to establish an- other layer of bureaucracy between our Military or our national Law Enforcement agencies and our nationally elected representatives?We already have a CIA for international affairs, an FBI for National af- fairs and the strongest Military in the world. Why do we need another secret government agency that acts for and reports to the Executive Branch? The Nazi’s started their takeover after initiating and installing the ‘SS.’The Nazi Government was allowed to flourish and take hold on the back of the battle cry “Take Back the Homeland,” “Protect the Homeland,” or the best one: “Come Back To The Fatherland,” which was the call toAmerican Germans to abandon their new country, (the U.S.A.), and return to suppress, fight and kill those that they had befriended in their new Country. When is the last time you heard the President or anyone else in the Government or the main stream media refer to our Country as: “The United States of America” or “Our Nation?” No we’re becoming “The Homeland” and we’re heading down a path to becoming every- thing that term implies. We have taken so many liberties since the start of the “War on Terror,” that we are forgetting who we are. The Government is using Terrorism to control our free population and create agencies to steal our liberty. We don’t need new colloquialisms, catch phrases or buzz words to fight terrorism, we need a detailed plan driven by legitimate leaders to direct our Nation’s Military to wipe them from the face of the Earth! This is not some sort of play or theatre, this is aWorldWar and needs to be fought as aWorldWar. Both political houses are attempting to use this expression or word to suit their own means. I tell you it is an Un-American term at best and has devious implications at worst. To borrow a quote fromMichael Reagan, (The Son of President Reagan),: “Excuse me, we’reAmericans, not Homelanders. This is our country, not our “homeland.” In the United States of America we love our freedoms more than our mountains and spacious skies.” The term ‘Homeland’ is “...being used by liberals, conservatives, politicians, pundits, theWhite House, government mouthpieces, and Middle East military experts who otherwise wouldn’t agree on what direction the sun sets.” Ever since the inception and formation of the department of ‘homeland’ security, Federal dollars that supported local law enforce- ment along with money earmarked for boarder protection has slowly been shrinking. Money that states counted on has been shifted to the department of ‘homeland’ security. The Federal Government has already destroyed the State Militias by changing the National Guard’s role from a State run, State con- See Veterans on page 33 “Excuse me, we’re Americans, not Homelanders. This is our country, not our “homeland.” In the United States of America we love our freedoms more than our mountains and spacious skies.” The term ‘Homeland’ is “...being used by liberals, conservatives, politicians, pundits, the White House, government mouthpieces, and Middle East military experts who otherwise wouldn’t agree on what direction the sun sets.” – Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan