America’s Promise that support and protect the

      American Dream. America's Promise (PDF; 1 page)

 5) Americans possess most of the 13 inherent 

      American character traits that define, identify

      and rank American citizens or resident immigrants as

      "Americans". Character Traits (PDF; 1 page)

2) They question authority.

• Does your State and local government offer residents the option or opportunity to ask questions, question authority, and challenge tradition? Do they listen?
• Are your elected officials, public service providers,

community volunteer groups, business and/or legal

community staffed by "Americans"?

  An American —

  1) Respects the Ten Commandments as the basic

      Tenets of any civilized and prosperous Nation,

      plus the 11th -- thou shall not lie. Ethics describes

      behavior that supports these 11 basic tenets.
  2) Accepts their Oath of Office as a contingency of

      their employment.
  3) Recognizes, respects and complies with their

      Oath of Office/Position.
  4) Delivers "honest services" as described by Statute

      and Precedence.
  5) Understands that earning and deserving respect

      for their personal character is a uniquely American

      concept.
  6) Realizes that their "Rights" stop where their

      neighbor's "Rights" begin. There is no "Right" to

      pursue their version of Happiness at the

      inconvenience or expense of their neighbors or

      follow citizens.
  7) Regards the maintenance of their property,

      possessions, responsibilities and obligations

      as visible demonstrations of their character.
   8) Has read, understands and accepts the

       obligations, responsibilities and protections

       described in the foundation documents which

       built the only Nation on earth with a government

       "of the People, by the People, and for the

       People" -- The United States of America.
   9) Does not commit "perjury" when reciting the 

       Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of

       America.
10) Supports, protects and defends their consitutents'

     Right to "Life, Liberty and their pursuit of Happiness"

     as if they were their own -- whenever and wherever

     necessary. (We are sometimes called Veterans.)
11) Honors their obligations as a U.S. citizen.
12) Refuses to support, endorse or subscribe to any

     moral, political or legal philosophies, practices or

     perspectives that contradict the traditions, morality

     or Cultural Values of the USA as described in

     America's founding documents.