The American Dream
A Constitutional Republic
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The purpose of this work is to honor the Founding Fathers for their sacrifices and their worthiness to receive Divine guidance in the establishment of our free land and the creation of the founding documents that express the greatest principle of a just government ever written in the history of the world, The Constitution of the United States of America.
The founding fathers, who having lived under tyrannical government, understood that it is the nature of men (or women) that when they receive a little authority they begin to use unrighteous dominion over their fellowmen.
It was because of their experiences that they created the divinely inspired safeguards found in the Constitution.
Today, however, once more because of the lust for power and wealth, those called to authority have followed the age-old adage that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, and they have chosen to violate every safeguard found in that great document.
For instance in ARTICLE 1, Section 9 of the Constitution we find that no State Legislature nor the Federal Congress can create a Bill of Attainder. (Laws of mass punishment)
As an example of such decrees, let us assume that we have a child in the eighth grade about to graduate that is taking the final exam for the class, and one of the classmates is caught cheating. If the teacher would stop the test and gather all the papers and would give every student a failing grade because of what one student did. That would be a Bill of Attainder. Anyone can see the injustice in such actions. Yet today because one man shot Mr. Brady, every person in America is deprived of the fundamental right to have and carry the weapons of their choice. That is an unconstitutional Bill of Attainder as are all other gun related restrictions found in our laws today.
This book has been compiled for the purpose of placing proper perspective on such activities and warning the citizens of our nation against the impending consequences of such violations of moral principles.
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The primary responsibility of government is to protect the individual, God given rights to life, liberty, and property for when government protects individual rights it automatically protects society because society is made up of individuals.
However, when individual rights are sacrificed to satisfy majority or mob rule, all society suffers the loss of all rights and freedoms.
Government derives its power to govern through delegated authority form the individual citizens it governs. The individual citizen cannot do an illegal activity, such as robbing their neighbor for personal needs without breaking the law; they therefore cannot delegate authority to government to break the law for them.
When government steals in that manner it is called legalized plunder for that is still robbery and no amount of majority support, fifty-one percent or even ninety-nine percent, can make it lawful.
About the Author
Bill Koerner was born in Wisconsin and moved to St. Louis, Missouri when he was 6 years old where he attended school. Upon graduation, he worked as a commercial artist prior to entry into the service in 1949.
Bill served in the Army as Chief Warrant Officer and in the Military Intelligence Department. He saw action during the Vietnam War. In 1967 – 1968, he flew 253 combat missions as an aerial observer in Vietnam and saw extensive action during the TET Offensive.
Since his military retirement in 1969, he has been engaged in speaking on Constitutional principles before patriotic groups, state Legislatures, governors, and high schools and college students. He has worked on initiative petitions both in Utah and in Montana. He travels over the country appearing on radio and television as well as before live audiences. In Hamilton, Montana, he hosted his own television program, “The American Dream.”
In the 1970’s in Utah, Bill organized thousands of citizens into civil defense teams (Neighborhood Emergency Teams). The purpose of these teams was to enable the citizens to assume responsibility for their own safety in case of emergencies or insurrectionist activities.
Since Bill has made his home in Montana, he has been active in local civic organizations and has served 8 years as city judge.
For further information, write to:
The American Dream
P.O. Box 387
Corvallis, Montana 59828