Veni, Vidi Veritas - #OperationAmericanSpring #OAS

The American Spring is a peaceful, unarmed assembly of Citizens in Washington, D.C., on Friday, May 16th, 2014.

We are a nation of laws, processes and protocols. Our system of government is not only sound, it's also the finest and fairest ever instituted among men. Our founding charters are explicit regarding every Citizen's rights and duties. We are a constitutional republic conceived in liberty, an exceptional union of sovereign states which must be preserved. To quote Bro. Richard Dreyfuss:

“We were responsible for the greatest revolution in the history of civilization. We gave to 98% of the human race freedoms that they have been lashed for, lost fingers for or had their heads chopped off for, and we gave it to them for free. We are the most revolutionary nation that has ever been and ever will be, and we don’t know enough about our Constitution or our history to know why we should be proud of it.

George Washington said the Constitution should be central, the party should be peripheral. Now we’ve got it all backed around, and now the parties are central and the Constitution is peripheral. We don’t know anything about why the Constitution is the most single greatest step toward humans improving civilization since the beginning of man’s sojourn on earth."

Awareness, appreciation and engagement are not extremism, racism, domestic terrorism or any other ill-fitting "ism". It is patriotism in a time of unprecedented peril.   

I am a son of liberty, a registered Independent, and my reasons for participating are twofold: To exercise our First Amendment right to petition the government, and to accurately convey to you what transpires along the way. I have no material support, no editor, no lobby and nothing to sell. I may not be a journalist, but no one has a monopoly on the truth. That's what this all comes down to for me:

Truth.

If there are seven people milling about the monuments, I will report it. If a million KKK members are jet skiing in the reflecting pool, I will share it. If thousands of law-abiding Citizens are peacefully protesting in support of the Constitution, you will see it. No partisan axe to grind, no ulterior motives, just the unbiased facts.

I don't know if I'll be underwhelmed or awed. I have no idea how the authorities may react, if at all. There are many good people involved, and there are some undeniably on the lunatic fringe. Some think it will be a bloodbath, while others have already deemed it a disappointing failure. 

In the event that data/voice connectivity becomes unavailable, arrangements are in place for an alternative source of updates here. Whatever transpires on Friday and for however long I may remain, I give you my word that The Third Lantern will be shining on Washington.