MacKinnon - The Secessionist States of America: the blueprint for creating a traditional values country ... now

Copyright 2014 by Douglas MacKinnon

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Print ISBN: 978-1-62914-676-8

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63220-117-1

Printed in the United States of America

To the tens of millions of Americans who still believe in Traditional Values and who refuse to compromise their beliefs. Patriots all.

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing... It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. Abraham Lincoln, 1861

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the publics money... In a revolution... the most difficult part to invent is the end. Alexis de Tocqueville

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. President John F. Kennedy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

First and foremost, to Tony Lyons and the staff at Skyhorse Publishing, for your belief in me and this project.

Next, to the men and women behind the scenes who not only brought their expertise to this effort, but who inspired me on a daily basis with their faith, their service, their sacrifice, their certitude, their love of liberty, and their growing belief that a nation built firmly upon the foundation of Traditional Values can once again be a reality. Onward together in a quest to make a positive difference and rebuild that Shining City Upon A Hill.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

M any times, the introduction section of a book gives necessary and sometimes not so necessary background on the subject.

Most of the timeat least for the reader in melike the prologue of a novel, it proves to be an unnecessary false start to what the reader hopes will be an enjoyable and informative experience.

In this case, and in my case, I felt a quick, true introduction of myself was in order.

It is my sincere hope that this book will be read by as many people as possible. Obviously. The main reason I say that is because I want the effort to be worth something. I want it to mean something. As you might imagine, many or most will consider the subject matter of this book to be somewhat to very controversial. Some will be comforted by it. Others will be quite alarmed and even threatened by the theme.

Before putting pen to paper, I gave a great deal of thought to the risks involved in not only writing such a book, but also attaching my name to the project. More than a few people close to me suggested and even implored me to use a pseudonym instead of my real name.

I considered the suggestion for about five seconds, then cast it aside.

Because of the controversial nature of this book, I very well may pay a real professional, and even personal, price for writing it. I understand that, but honestly feel my attempt to help jumpstart a serious dialog regarding the options open to those who cherish Traditional Values far outweighs the risk to me or my career.

Another reason I was strongly against using a pseudonym was because I felt my background and real-life experience might mean something to some readers.

Again, I do want as many people as possible to read this book. Everyone from every single demographic across the board will be a valued reader, and I truly believe all can get something out of the effort if they go into the process with an open mind. That said, I wrote this book with one particular demographic in mindthat being the hardworking American from every race, creed, and color who tries to play by the rules, who struggles to make ends meet, and who lives his or her life in the most honorable way possible with deference and respect for all.

It is this demographic that is the backbone of our country, and it is to that demographic I especially wanted to make something clear: at the very least, this book was not written by some Ivory-Tower academic who has never experienced nor been touched by real life.

For better and worse, I have experienced a great deal of real life, and it is my enduring hope that such a background contributes in some way to the foundation of this project.

As you have read in the brief description of me on the jacket, I found some professional success as an adult. But for sure, it was a challenge getting there.

I grew up in abject poverty and was often homeless as a child. By the time I was seventeen years of age, my family had moved thirty-four times. Each move was an eviction; many of them were fairly violent.

In most of those moves, I lived in economically challenged African American or Hispanic American neighborhoods with some of the most impressive adults and children it has ever been my honor to know. At a very early age, I came to the realization that experience meant everything and that, to survive, I had to learn how to understand or adapt to that experience. Nothing to me was theoretical or remotely close to the psycho-babble nonsense taught today by those who have learned so little in life.

A few years ago, my memoir was published, the opening words to that book being: It really does hurt to get stabbed.

My point then and now in mentioning that experience is this: I may know a thing or two about the challenges of life. I do know nothing is easy for most people. I do know of the endless obstacles most have to overcome just to barely provide for themselves and their families. I do know a little something about picking yourself up when knocked into the dirt, dusting yourself off, and starting again with that particular experience now locked into your memory bank as a positive rather than a negative.