THE PLEDGE OF  ALLEGIANCE

    I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSITUTTION

OF THESE  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND I SHALL HONOR THE GOVERNMENT SO ESTABLISHED

  IN DOING SO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GOVERMENT SHALL PARTNER WITH ME IN UPHOLDING THESE PRINCIPLES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN FOR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR OF OF ITS CITIZENS.

  THIS GOVERMENT SHALL  PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR ITS CITIZENS FROM ENIMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WHO DESIGNS WOULD  ROB US OF OUR LIBERTY AND OUR PROPERTY IF LEFT UNCHECKED;  WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DISCOURAGING  MILITARISM AND WORKING INCESSANTLY   TO END WAR AND FIND A JUST ALTERNATIVE TO  CRUEL INCARCERATION WHENEVER  POSSIBLE.

  WE, TOGEHTER, SHALL   ESTABLISH ECONOMIC JUSTICE BY REWARDING LABOR FAIRLY AND  SHARING  THE  WEALTH IN A RATIONAL WAY.  WE WANT A FAIR AND OPEN MARKETPLACE WITH GOVERMENT ACTING AS AN IMPARTIAL UMPIRE AND WE WILL  NO LONGER TOLERATE STARVARTION, HOMELESSNESS,  OR EXTREME SYSTEMIC POVERTY.

WE SHALL  PROMOTE THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES,  ALWAYS ADVANCING  THE

BLESSINGS OF EDUCATIION  IN WHOSE STORE  THE DARKNESS OF OUR IGNOANCE AND SUPERSTITIOTNS CAN BE EXCHANGED FOR THE BLINDING  LIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION.

  GOVERNMENT SHALL  ACT AS A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ARBITOR IN SETTLING DISPUTES AMOUNGST HONEST PEOPLE AND PROVIDING JUSTICE FOR THOSE VICTUNIZED BY CRIMINAL  AND OR CRUEL ACTS.

   WE SHALL STRNGLY  CONDEMN HATRED, VIOLENCE  AND INTOLERANCE. 

 TWE  WILL  AGGRESSIVELY  PROTECT THE SANCTITY AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THE  NATURAL ORDER AND TO RESTORE AND  MAINTAIN THE  BALANCE OF HUMAN NEEDS VERSUS THE NEEDS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS .

  TWE SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN  MECHANISMS FOR  DEMOCRATIC  DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THEIR REPRESENTTVIES  THAT WILL EMPOWER THE PEOPLE AND NOT JUST THE WEALTHY  PEOPLE.

 FINALLY- TO LET EVERYONE KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT WE ARE ALL EQUAL UNDER THE LAW- AND  THAT VIOLENCE, CRUELTY, GREED , AND MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR WILL CALLED OUT AND CONDEMNED.

 JAN RECHENBERG 5-23-18