Grandpa Alf's Departure from the U.S.

     Here are a few paragraphs from something I am writting about Grandpa Alf's Life I thought people might be interested in.
     Alf left the states from Seattle, Washington on March 28th 1944 and he arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii on April 5th 1944. He wrote the following in his military journal about his trip across and the ships he traveled on throughout the rest of the war:

Stinks. I never got sick but I was sure surprised [.] more of the ships. M. S. Slotderdyke. From K.S. to Guam- U.S.S. Warhawk – from Guam to Leyte – U.S.S. Elmore. From Leyte to Okinawa – L.S.T. From Okinawa to Luzon L.S.T. From Luzon to San Pedro. M.S.Welteroeden

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If only the government was this truthful about the economic depression.

The Communist Manifesto

I just finished reading the Communist Manifesto for a book Analasis in Sociology.  It was very difficult to read, but I beleive I got the main ideas out of it. I read the book not so I could learn to be a communist, but so I could see what a communist is and how I can recognize the signs of communism in its early stages. I would suggest that all Americans would read this book to know of the ideas behind communism and to understand enough to prevent the integrating of communism into modern societies.

You can buy a cheap copy here at Amazon for your own understanding of communism: The Communist Manifesto: Complete With Seven Rarely Published Prefaces

The Constitution Doesn't Need to Adapt

Obama 9th Circuit Nominee: Constitution Must Adapt to Changes in the World

"He believes the Constitution is something judges can manipulate to have it say what they think culture or evolving standards of decency requires of it in a given day," said the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Republican Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

These are just a few of the words I found in a article from http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/04/obama-th-circuit-nominee-constitution-adapt-changes-world/ talking about the viewpoint of Goodwin Liu, Obama's Nominee for the 9th circuit court.

What is wrong with the United States if our President is nominating people who can't follow the Constitution that this country was founded upon? Sure it's an old document, but it is not outdated and it does not need to be changed. Basic, true principals are good throughout eternity. The Constitution has many of those great eternal truths inside.

Maybe things such as the first amendment containing the freedoms of religion, speech, press, and assembly just might be too outdated. Maybe the parts of the Constitution that explain what powers the three branches of government have, are just not adapted to changes in the world. What are these changes in the world anyway? Communism? Progressivism?

The Constitution of the United States of America doesn't need to adapt to changes in the world. The world needs to heed the truths found in the Constitution.

Amendment Ten

Amendment X (1791)

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States , are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

As I was reading this the tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States I had this question in my mind: When was the first time in American History that the national government broke this amendment? I don't exactly know, but I do know that it has been broken many times especially in the past 100 years in our country. Anytime the National Government takes more power or enacts more laws that belong to States this Amendment created by our founders is broken.

I was reading through some of Grandpa Alf's documents and I looked at his patriartical blessing and read this: "Thou art to be conservative...". I guess Grandpa took his blessing very seriously and was a very good Conservative.

Grandpa's Documents and Pictures

I have been writing a short history about Grandpa Alf and Grandma let me borrow some of his certificates and pictures. Here are just a few:

Here's Alf's Father and Mother

Here's his certificate showing his Melchezedic Preisthood orgination

Here's Alf and Elmer in high school

Here's Alf and Elmer as little Children

Here is his Blessing Certificate