Judging Truth

Allow me to post a an article titled Flipped Flag Signals Distress found in Weatherford Telegram, a smaller community oriented publication by its parent paper the Fort Worth Star Telegram. I am not exactly sure I approve of the tone that the very first sentence sets up for this article. To me it is no joking matter that one of the most patriotic people I have ever know has been pushed to the point that he feels it necessary to fly the flag upside down that he laid his life on the line for. It almost seems as if this poor attempt at humor is being made at this man’s expense. I sincerely hope that is not the case. I would hope that a serious reporter for the Star Telegram would be above making fun of a man whom this nation should be eternally grateful to.

Weatherford’s most profound patriot and staunchest supporter of the American flag has flipped (his flag).
 
Chuck Katlic, Battle of the Bulge survivor and American Legion Post 163 chaplain, is flying his flag upside down to draw attention to what he perceives as the USA’s distressed circumstances.
 
“Section 8 Article A of the United States Flag Code says to display the flag upside down when there is dire national distress,” Katlic said. “Our Congress and president are not obeying the Constitution. The first step was taking the gold standard off our money. Roosevelt started it, Johnson continued it and Nixon closed the door. Everyone who feels our nation is in dire distress should fly their flags upside down.”
 
Katlic said he believes that President Obama is imposing Marxist, Socialist rule on Americans.
 
“At the suggestion of Russia and China, Obama said he would consider one world currency,” he said. “They’re taking away states’ rights. They’ve made schools a government cabinet position, limiting what public schools (I call them government school, now) can teach.”
 
Katlic also believes that such people in Congress as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Representative Barney Frank and Senator Ted Kennedy want to “take away our guns.”
 
Admitting that “Nothing personally has been done to me,” Katlic said that “what’s being done to our citizens is that they’re being taxed to death, losing their homes. [Congress is] violating people’s Fourth Amendment rights, stopping them and searching their cars without warrants.”
 
Katlic said that he also fears that because the federal government allows abortions, “next they will be euthanizing older people. This is to reduce the population.”
 
Another concern Katlic expressed is that concentration camps are being built in Arizona “to put us in when we misbehave.”
 
Katlic said that every president after George Washington wanted to be a dictator, and that all politicians care about is power. His daily front-yard gesture is intended to raise awareness.
 
“I’ll fly my flag that this until Obama and Congress obey the Constitution, or they’re out, even if I have to do for the next four years,” he said. “I pledge my life, my fortune and my honor to do my part to turn our nation back to the founding fathers’ principles that have preserved our nation for 250 years. I call on all my fellow Parker County residents to fly their flags upside down, too.”

I know this man. I have gone to church with him since I was a child and my children adore him. He is not your normal run of the mill citizen of this nation. He is one of the few surviving young men that saw such horrors in Europe that we can scarcely imagine. He survived the frozen forests near Bastogne and held out through one of the toughest sieges our armed forces have ever faced. He is a patriot through and through, caring greatly for his God, his country, his fellow soldiers and his fellow citizens.

Some may try to dismiss him as a radical, right wing nut and I guess under this administration’s definition of such I would be one too. After all I believe in the rights of the State’s and the individual. I believe in the principles of the Declaration of Independence and of the founding of this nation. I believe that the Constitution means exactly what it frakking says and needs no manipulation or interpretation. I believe that this is and always has been a nation founded on and rooted in Christian principles, so much so that our first President warned us against straying from this religious bedrock.

I believe that I will be following suit with Chuck and I encourage you all to do the same thing. This most definitely is a nation under duress and distress. What better way to show it that by following the lead of such a great patriot as Chuck Katlic and sending a clear message to our government. I will turn my flags this weekend. I hope that you will do the same.