Have You Wondered Where Your Constitution Went?
"All vows, obligations, oaths, anathemas, whether called "konam," "konas," or by any other name, which we may vow, or swear, or pledge, or whereby we may be bound, from this day of atonement unto the next, (whose happy coming we await), we do repent. May they be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, and void and made of no effect; they shall not bind us nor have powers over us. the vows shall not be reckoned vows; the obligations shall not be obligatory; nor the oaths be oaths."
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And then they are sworn in as public officials. Presidents, congressmen, judges, marshals, governors, police officers, sheriffs, state legislators, city councilmen--public servants at all levels of government--take their oaths of office, swearing to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States and whatever their state of residence, so help them God. Here's a federal oath:
"I, _________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
All across the land is heard the cry, "We've got to get back to the Constitution! The Constitution! The Constitution!" Yet, has it ever been more violated? Now you know why. Kol Nidre turned it into nothing more than "a goddamned piece of paper." (Quote from America's fake president, G.W. Bush).
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