This
letter, from a Saratoga County, New York, Deputy Sheriff speaks of
honor, commitment, and respecting any Oath you take. It was sent to
Glenn Maine, one of our State leaders. It is placed here with the
author's permission. What would you say to your children about how to live? I think Deputy David Jones said some important things to his children.
If you wish to comment on this article, please do so at Oath Keepers' website, here:
I'm sure Deputy Jones will be pleased to read your support for his stand.
- Shorty Dawkins, Associate Editor.
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Glen,
I
am not one who seeks or intentionally brings attention to myself. I am
one who participates, but does so from the rear of the crowd. My
articulation skills are lacking, and in a crowd, I will often pronounce a
word with error or stutter through a phrase. I have known the Sheriff
of Fulton County for some time now. I call Tom Lorey a friend. I
understand and agree with his philosophy and I'm motivated by his
passion. I, if allowed, would like to stand next to Sheriff Lorey and do
whatever I can to assist in the completion of this mission. I will
stand in the shadows no more.
I
am an Army veteran and have been a police officer for nearly 24 years.
I have taken all my oaths freely and accepted the responsibility of
an oath as a promise to those that I serve. In today's society, it
seems that an oath is now nothing more than a ceremony of useless words
and phrases which no longer are binding to those who have repeated
them. Our Government was formed as a representative government for the
people and by the people. Our elected representatives should mirror
the beliefs and morality of the people they served. If a
representative wanders from those beliefs, they feared the vote of the
people. Now it seems the government no longer fears the people. Our
government has become a government by the government and for the
government. Special interest, and money, bribes if you will, tell many
of representatives how they will vote and the will of the people are
ignored.
Elected
politicians and appointed government figures have been knowingly and
intentionally violating law whenever it suits them to push a political
agenda. Never let a good crisis go to waste, even when they are told
by a majority of the people they represent that their agenda is not
wanted. Yet, they will call one of our citizens, who have committed no
crime on Tuesday, who is compliance with the laws and openly accepts
personal responsibility, a criminal on Wednesday for being in
compliance with Tuesday's law, only because someone rewrote the
definition of a term. Now that the executive branch of our federal
government has made the Congress powerless through Executive Order and
they believe that there is no need for any type of a spending plan to
exist, is there any possible way to hold these politicians accountable
since those in Congress appear to be in no hurry or have little to
provide except wonderful sounding press releases that never have an
action attached to them.
I
have been thinking about this for some time and from my recent
experiences I believe that I must start with our young citizens.
Recently I attended a function at the local High School. My daughter was
being inducted into the National Honor Society. The auditorium was
full of families and school officials. At the beginning of the ceremony
everyone was asked to stand for the National Anthem. I stood, clicked
my heels and placed my hand over my heart. I was in horror to see the
number of adults who stood but considered it a hassle and did nothing
else. I looked up and onto the stage and saw my daughter standing
with her hand over her heart and smiling while looking at our Nation's
flag. While some students also had their hand over their heart, I was
amazed by the number of students who were standing, but talking to
the student next to them, chewing gum or fidgeting around. The High
School Principal, who is the leader of the school and the primary role
model for these students, was standing front and center of the stage
and had her hands behind her back. For a moment I said to myself,
"What is wrong with me, I am the one who is out of touch, doesn't this
matter anymore and what has happened to our children?" If I had acted
the way some of these young adults were acting when I was their age, I
would have been punished by my parents for embarrassing them in
public. Citizenship is no longer taught properly in our homes or our
schools if it is taught at all. It has become the responsibility of
those who still believe that this is the greatest country in the world
and it is because of an old piece of paper written a long time ago
that makes it that way, to teach this to our young people. I am
dedicating myself at this time to help teach our young people the true
meanings of our forefathers; I just don't know how to accomplish
this.
Both
of my boys as well as I, are Eagle Scouts. I have taught citizenship,
national history and flag etiquette to scouts for many years. This is
great, except scouting only reaches a small percentage of our male
youth. Part of an Eagle Scout ceremony is called the "Challenge". It
is given to a new Eagle Scout by an Eagle Scout and I had the
pleasure, honor and responsibility to challenge my sons. I told them
that as of this day, they are marked men to everyone who knows them.
That minimal effort and turning away from a situation is not
acceptable and to never compromise on their personal beliefs and morals.
I then led my sons and every Eagle Scout in that room in the Eagle
Scout Oath. This Oath as well as many others ends with, "On my sacred
honor." Meaningless words? I think not.
My
wife and I have tried, and believe we have accomplished, to teach our
children their National heritage and what the meaning of our
forefather's written words actually mean. We have taught our children
not to lie. We have taught our children not to steal or cheat or
associate with those who do. We have taught our children that morality
counts and that there is right and wrong as well as good and evil. The
saying in our home is, "Do what you know to be right", when our
children leave our home unaccompanied by an adult. We are all
hypocrites in one way or another but we have taught and shown our
children that after we are gone, we will only be remembered for our
character.
Our
country is changing at a rapid pace; it seems to be out of control. I
do not know how much longer my law enforcement career will last, as I
will not violate my oaths because some elected or appointed official
does not possess the courage, morality, integrity or guts to say "no"
to laws and directives that violate the Constitution of the United
States of America. I am asking all of you who read these words not to
stand at the rear of the crowd anymore. Let's all stand together at
the front of the crowd with Sheriff Tom Lorey.
Respectfully submitted,
David P. Jones
Deputy Sheriff Saratoga County
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Note from Elias Alias, editor:
The letter above, written by Deputy Jones, stands as an individual
example of the character and honor held by the Deputies of Saratoga
County, New York. That Sheriff's Department has written its own
statement opposing New York's Redcoat Governor Cuomo's S.A.F.E. Act,
which was hastily rushed through the State legislature and forged into
law in a very despicable skirting of normal legislative processes.
Please also read the official Sheriff's Department letter of
condemnation:
Oath
Keepers salutes the whole Sheriff's Department of Saratoga County, New
York for honoring their Oath to the Constitutions of the United States
of America and the State of New York.
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