Bay Patriots Aug 3rd Meeting
July 10, 2010
We will hold our August 3rd meeting at the Springfield Community Center.
Ms. KrisAnne Hall is our scheduled speaker. Ms. Hall is former Assistant State Attorney who also worked for a Constitutional Law firm representing the first amendment rights of religious liberty and free speech. See more of her bio and speeches she has made on her website, www.krisannehall.com.
This will be a gathering you will not want to miss.
6:30-8:30 PM
Bring a friend!
Bring a spouse!
Bring a young person!
Bring a student!
For more information and better directions; visit the Bay Patriots Meetup site.
In Liberty,
Dan Nash
Bay Patriots First Annual Ball
July 8, 2010
PLACE: Holiday Inn Select: 2001 Martin Luthor King Blvd, across from the Mall.
WHEN: October 16, 2010 at 6.00 PM.
PROGRAM: Live Music by Suzanne & Paul, Dancing, Singing by our own Patriots, and a Minute Men/Women Skit.
BUFFET: Featuring Garden Fresh Salad with Choice of two Dressings, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Roast Sirloin of Beef Au Jus, Red Skinned Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Almandine, and Whole Kernel Corn, Apple cobbler with Variety of Deserts, Rolls & Butter, Iced Tea and Coffee.
COST: Tickets are $29.00 each. An RSVP must be made by purchasing a ticket. Guaranteed number of meals is due by September 7, 2010.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE AUGUST AND SEPTERMER BAY PATRIOTS MEETINGS.
YOU MAY ALSO RSVP BY SENDING A CHECK TO:
Bob Thompson
7115 Maxwell Ct.
Panama City, 32404.
Your pre-paid Ticket can be picked up either at a Patriots Meeting or at the Door. Guests are encouraged to attend.
DRESS: Founders Dress or Simi-Formal (Dress-Up Casual)
The Lady w/ the Black Umbrella
April 12, 2010
The Lady with the Black Umbrella
I’m surprised I noticed her at all.
People were carrying signs, shouting slogans and waving to the passing motorists on Hwy 98. The vast majority of citizens passing by in their cars and trucks were honking their horns and giving the “thumbs up” in solidarity to our cause. I was overwhelmed with that special camaraderie one feels when they find they are among others who are as passionate about Liberty as they are.
Still…., when I noticed her, I was strangely moved by the absurdity of her presence. “How old is she?” I asked myself. She slowly moved across a stretch of grass headed for the sidewalk that held throngs of demonstrators. We were protesting the latest attack on freedom and liberty by our government, the Cap and Trade Bill.
She had already made it across the asphalt parking lot and was negotiating the last stretch of broken ground with the assistance of her walker. Carrying a black umbrella to provide her with shade, she clutched her walker, her umbrella, and her hand lettered sign as she struggled along. “Jeees, it must 95° or hotter”, I remember thinking. “What in the world is she doing out in this heat?”
I lost sight of her as she blended into the crowd and took her place on the sidewalk about a hundred yards away. I didn’t think much more about till one of the Bay Patriots came up to me and told me there was an elderly lady who wanted to meet me. As President of the organization I am always humbled to think that someone would want to meet me. I am, after all, of no special importance. Just a regular guy who’s concerned about his country.
I followed them down to where the lady was waiting and was excited to see it was the women with the black umbrella. I introduced myself and she told me her name was Jane. I could tell the heat was working pretty heavily against her and I asked if she would like me to get her some water. “No”, she replied…. “I’m fine.” “I do have something for you, though”. She began to pull some money out of her pocket and tried to hand it to me. “What’s this for?,” I asked. “I want to join Bay Patriots and help support your cause. Here is my membership fee.”
By that time two other Board Members of Bay Patriots were standing beside me, listening in. I looked at them and then told Jane that we weren’t going to accept her money….. we were going to give her an honorary membership. I didn’t ask the other board members for permission because I already knew what their answer would be. The smiles on their faces were answer enough. As I began to get her information for our records I asked her a question. “Ms. Jane, I know a gentleman doesn’t ask a lady her age, but if you wouldn’t think it too rude, may I ask how old you are?” “Not at all”, she replied. “I’m 75.”
I stayed with Ms. Jane till the rally broke up and tried to help her to her car. “No thanks”, she said, “I’ll be just fine”. And with that, she left.
It’s been a few days since I met her and I still can’t get her out of my mind…. 75 and struggling through the heat of that day to protest her government’s conduct. Ms. Jane shouldn’t be out on sidewalks in 95° heat, breathing hot diesel fumes from trucks. She should be in a nice air conditioned living room with visiting children and grandchildren. Not having to wave signs of protest against an out of control government.
It got me to thinking about you, my fellow citizens. I get a lot of calls from you. They go something like this…. “We just want you to know what a great job Bay Patriots is doing! Thank goodness someone is finally saying something about the direction our country is headed. I would love to come to some of your meetings but Tuesdays are bad for me. It’s just so hard with the kids and all. There’s soccer and tennis and by the end of the day we’re just so tired. But I support you guys and want you to know I’m with you.”
I appreciate the calls. I appreciate the emails. I appreciate how busy you are, I honestly do. But I wonder who’ll step up and take Ms. Jane’s place? I wonder who’ll take her place so she can rest at home instead of being out in those conditions.
You see….Ms. Jane senses the urgency. She knows the clock is ticking. She knows our future is probably counted in months instead of years.
Maybe it’s her age. Maybe it’s what her eyes have seen.
Who’ll take her place?
Derrell Day
Bay Patriots
Aug. 2009
The Resolution!
April 12, 2010
Citizens Resolution and Proclamation
To the Bay County Board of Commissioners
Bay County, Florida
July 7th, 2009
Mr. Chairman, Commissioners, Ladies & Gentlemen,
I am here today to represent the Bay Patriots and hundreds of our fellow citizens who believe that government at all levels is exceeding the powers granted to them by the Florida State Constitution and United States Constitution.
In just this last year we have seen the nationalization of the banking
industry, the insurance industry, the automobile industry, and soon the health care and energy industries.
Deficit spending is out of control, threatening our national security, our economic strength, and the preservation of Liberty.
The limits found in the US Constitution are being ignored and the federal government is rapidly overreaching its limited authority. Our state and local governments have failed to adequately restrain spending, while increasing taxes and imposing new fees as a device to balance an already over-inflated budget.
Because governments may only govern with the consent of the people, we therefore petition for redress of these grievances.
We may not be able to immediately influence action at the state and federal level, but we cry out for your attention to our local distress.
Here are our requests;
1. We ask you to include in all acts, directives or administrative rules
that portion of the U.S. or Florida State Constitution which authorizes such action.
2. Taking of private property by eminent domain, code, restriction,
administrative rule or zoning that negatively affects the value of private property must be properly justified and justly compensated.
3. No citizen shall be detained or seized for ANY reason, no matter how noble, without probable cause. This right shall not be violated without warrant, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place, persons or things to be seized, as stated in the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
4. Good stewardship of our natural resources is prudent, but the rights of personal property shall not be violated in preference to the interests of any plant or animal, without just compensation to those private property owners, as stated in the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
5. We petition this Commission to issue to the State a Declaration of the Rights held by the Sovereign State of Florida, as stated in the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
6. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things. The people cannot lawfully delegate to our government any power that we as citizens would be held accountable as unlawful. If it is against the law for any citizen to forcibly take from one person to give to another, no matter how benevolent, it must be held that the government has no right to do likewise. If the government deems the taking as lawful, it has further violated the one’s rights to appeal the taking. Be wary of using our tax money and your commission authority to fund projects which do not benefit all citizens of the county.
7. The Right to Life, to Liberty, and to Personal Property are so entwined as to be held as one. The loss of one is the loss of all.
Finally,
We encourage and will support those of our representatives who adhere to and honor the United States and Florida State Constitutions and who fiercely uphold the Creator-given, unalienable rights of all people and the inviolability of personal property rights.
Respectfully,
Derrell Day
Bay Patriots
Principles of Liberty
May 4, 2009
Principles of Liberty
- The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
- A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
- The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
- Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.
- All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.
- All men are created equal.
- The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
- Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
- To protect man’s rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.
- The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.
- The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.
- The United States of America shall be a republic.
- A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.
- Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right of property is secure.
- The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
- The government should be separated into three branches – legislative, executive, and judicial.
- A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.
- The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution.
- Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.
- Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
- Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.
- A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.
- A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
- A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
- “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations – entangling alliances with none.”
- The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.
- The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
- The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.
Source: Over 150 volumes of the Founding Fathers original writings, minutes, letters, biographies, etc. distilled in The Five Thousand Year Leap, by W. Cleon Skousen, Published by The National Center for Constitutional Studies, 1981.
**HOW TO JOIN BAY PATRIOTS**
April 12, 2009
We have established our membership guidelines and membership pricing;
Annual fees:
$20 Student This is an honorary call. Only YOU know if you are a student.
$35 General Membership
Membership Guidelines
PLEASE READ!
Bay Patriots is open to ANYONE, regardless of political party, race or gender. Members shall “check” their affiliations at the door. We strive to join together simply as Americans who are concerned about our continued Liberty. We believe government from the national level to the local level grows more oppressive and intrusive each day. We believe governing by the “consent of the governed” should be limited to the powers allowed by the United States Constitution and not a successive line of perversive “case law” precedents.
We recognize different people have different opinions and we celebrate their individual rights to differ. We believe that the decorum displayed by Free Men and Women shall be without rancor. Passionate but not rude.
Bay Patriots is an ALL volunteer, self supporting organization and as such relies on membership dues and contributions for our funding. Our expenses include such things as printing costs, postage, informational radio spots and expenses incurred for special events. We receive pocket Constitutions from time to time from one of our sponsors, The Heritage Foundation, but also purchase them direct from other sources as needed. We have NO paid staff and depend upon the volunteer time of our members and Board of Directors.
For membership or contributions, make checks or money orders payable to Bay Patriots, Inc. and mail them to ;
Bay Patriots, Inc.
PO Box 1441
Lynn Haven, FL 32444
Let us know if you are just contributing or would like to become a member, or both.
In Liberty,
Derrell Day
President
Welcome To Bay Patriots!
March 20, 2009
At Bay Patriots (BP) we endeavor to reeducate Americans about their Constitution in order to energize them into positive action in regards to their legislators. Never will we engage in partisan politics, support one candidate over another or engage in debates with those that do.
This forum is for pertinent news, announcements and calls to actions and we respectfully request all posters to maintain the highest of decorum.
Thanks for visiting BayPatriots!
If you would like to join us…..visit our website and see what our Mission and Vision are all about.
We will begin posting News & Events on our website, so bookmark us and visit often.
If you can, and if you believe the cause is just…..we ask that you consider supporting us. By a one time donation, monthly support, honorarium, foundationally, corporately….however you feel led.
Contact us;
Bay Patriots, Inc.
PO Box 1441
Lynn Haven, FL 32444
Please include an email so we can get an electronic newsletter list started.
For donations;
Make checks payable to;
Bay Patriots, Inc.
We are an ALL VOLUNTEER organization and NO ONE receives compensation for their time or effort. Our current expenses are for the PC’s, shipping, postage and printing and meeting places.
In Liberty,
Derrell Day
President
Bay Patriots, Inc.