The 9/12 project

The "We Surround Them" and "9/12 Project" movement all began on the Glen Beck radio program. We are not alone and Beck set out to prove it as much to himself as to the rest of us in March of 2009. He developed a list of 9 core principles and 12 values he felt embraced what our founding fathers believed and the foundation of our country. This was the start of a true grassroots movement based on these 9 principles and 12 values (the 9/12). The second part was to bring us back to the people we were September 12, 2001. The day after America was attacked we were not obsessed with Red States, Blue States or political parties. We were united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created. This was the beginning of the 9/12 Project.

Unlike the Tea Party movement our focus has been more about laying a foundation than protest. This is a non-partisan group made up of average people like you and me - homeschoolers, soccer coaches, grandparents, new parents, small business owners, and concerned citizens. These are average people with the same feeling in the pit of their stomach you have that made a commitment to our country and are hoping to foster an idea - an idea based on values, a movement founded on principles, and a feeling of unity and pride we felt on 9/12.



The 9 Principles
1. America is good.
"Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself." Thomas Jefferson
2. I believe in God and He is the center of my life.
“The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.
“I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington
4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.
“It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson
5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.
“I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson
6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.
“Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.
“It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington
8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.
"In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington
9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.
“I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

The 12 Values
* Honesty
* Reverence
* Hope
* Thrift
* Humility
* Charity
* Sincerity
* Moderation
* Hard Work
* Courage
* Personal Responsibility
* Gratitude

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Eric Wilson – Executive Director KY9/12
ericwilson@ky912.com
859-983-5190