National Chairman's Letter
Platform - Preamble
March 2003
Dear Independent American friends,
Our IAP National Mission is a brief one-paragraph
statement. Our National Principles is a two-page sheet that expands on some
of our Mission points. Our National Platform is a 15-page document that
amplifies the points in our Mission and Principles as well as some other
areas. These were written to provide a balance and an overview of our
political beliefs. However, they do not discuss the issues in great detail.
We rely upon the various commentary and viewpoint articles on our www.usiap.org
web site to provide a fourth level of magnification of our beliefs.
Following is my commentary on the Preamble section of our
Independent American National Platform. Like most platform preambles, ours
reflects the reasons and intent of our Platform. It also comprises
statements of homage, concern, hope, and our IAP purpose.
First we revere or honor our God, our Constitution, other founding
documents, and our founding fathers. We assert our rights, liberty,
independence and responsibilities. Our Mission and Principles affirm these
points, as does the Christian Heritage, Unalienable Rights and U.S.
Constitution sections of our Platform. The section begins:
PREAMBLE
We affirm that the foundations of our country were
spiritual: We testify that the Constitution for the United States of
America was established as an inspired ensign and standard of liberty
for all. It is the only constitution based foremost upon the rights and
liberties of a free and independent people who are superior to
government, having government as their servant rather than as their
master. We revere the founding documents of America, honor the men who
framed them, and ascribe all honor and glory to the God who inspired
them. We claim, second to worshiping God, that our greatest
responsibility as Americans is vigilance in protecting our God-given
Constitution and rights, both for ourselves and our posterity.
Next we recognize that our nation is in a state of crisis.
We express our concern for our Constitution, our rights, our public
institutions, our sovereignty, our heritage, and the family.
We assert that we are in a Constitutional crisis. The
major provisions of the Constitution are being compromised and our
God-given rights are being intruded upon or eliminated at an alarming
rate. Our educational, economic, social, and political institutions are
becoming more perverted. The rights and nature of our national
sovereignty, Judeo-Christian heritage, and traditional family, are under
escalating attack. We solemnly declare that our Constitution, liberties,
and national sovereignty currently hang by a thread. We assert that
institutionalized corruption and the loss of our rights and liberties
are unconstitutional, unacceptable and inexcusable.
Here we express hope for our nation, a reliance upon the
American people that they will stand united and vigilant, and that America
will emerge from the crisis.
We claim that our Constitutional Republic can still be
fully restored by lawful means, but only to the extent that We The
People stand united and vigilant, as never before, in the cause of
freedom. "The people [not government]... are the only sure reliance
for the preservation of our liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
From here on, we declare some of the purposes of the IAP
through 12 bulleted points. The first four points focus on our purpose with
respect to our Constitution, rights, liberties, sovereignty and
independence. The Unalienable Rights, U.S. Constitution and U.S. Sovereignty
sections of our Platform expound on these further.
Purpose of the Independent American Party
* To uphold and revere our Constitution in the
tradition of our founding fathers as the only and supreme law of
this land.
* To restore our Constitutional Republic, restore
Constitutional Law, and restore all rights, liberties, and
properties rightfully belonging to the people and to the states.
* To identify and reverse legislation, case law,
regulations, and treaties, etc., that are unconstitutional or an
offense to God and our founding fathers.
* To permanently restore American sovereignty and
independence from foreign entanglements, and mandates.
The next four points touch on the proper role of and
limits on government, taxation, rights, citizenship, families, and our
religious heritage. The Christian Heritage, Family, Citizenship, Economy and
Government sections of our Platform expound on these.
* To return the control of government back to the
people as intended.
* To greatly minimize taxes, and to limit the
size, power, and function of government to the intended constraints
established within the original Constitution and Bill of Rights.
* To advance the principles of freedom,
patriotism, and traditional family values.
* To preserve and honor our Judeo-Christian
heritage, and the rights of all religions.
The last four points express Constitutional vigilance,
government reform, redress of grievances, and political cooperation and
efforts. As a political party, we are reaching out to other like-minded
parties and organizations for a united effort for our nation.
* To identify and defeat all efforts to undermine
and overthrow the Constitution, by those in government and by those
operating behind the scenes.
* To promote at all levels in government, superior
ethics, integrity and accountability.
* To restore fair and responsible redress of
grievances, as allowed for in the Constitution.
* To unite the independent votes, the silent
majority, grassroots organizations, and other patriots and lovers of
liberty under one umbrella; and, while keeping our separate
identities, to stand united in reflecting the sovereignty of the
people.
These may not include all the purposes of our party, but
they touch on the key ones and reflect the Independent American spirit of
our party. We feel that we have a balanced platform that represents the
whole keyboard of crucial and important issues that are essential to the
restoration and preservation of our heritage, our freedoms and our way of
life. Our Independent American challenge to the American people is: Learn,
understand, embrace and promote the principles of the IAP National Platform
for the sake and future of our country, ourselves, and our posterity!
For God, Family and Country!
Bruce Bangerter
IAP National Chairman
