Hello world! The weekend is over and it's back to Monday. It's overcast with a fine bit of snow falling. It is so small it is hard to tell if it is really snowing. Just enough to make the roads a little bit slick.
Any way....the news of Rep. Gifford is going ballistic now and I have to turn all the news off. We have her and all those affected in our prayers. I'm not sure what can be done about this, but of course the media is into the blame game full bore and missing the point. There are a lot of mentally disturbed people who need help and what the answer to that is, I'm not sure. Well, I'm sure it is NOT another government program or council, or committee or any of the useless, money wasting solutions Washington comes up with to make themselves "feel good" or feel important. The answer also is NOT to censure free speech. Maybe the answer is to quit screaming and start listening. Yup, I like that. I will have to work on that myself!
I agree, giving more freedom just to feel more safe that's B.S.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Franklin wrote, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Times were different. He was speaking about a new country, fighting for what was once treasured above life itself – liberty.
Our forefathers, the original creators of this country, included the following when they declared freedom from Britain – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Yet, they did not only promise “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” but also included, “…whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.”
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Very well said, Thomas!!
ReplyDeleteEven though there are those who will try to exploit this tragedy, we must speak against giving up MORE of our liberty (i.e. TSA grope-downs) for a false sense of "safety". When will be treated as adults?
And when will the constitution be followed as it was intended?
Very good comment Tom...do you have a blog? You should!!
I made it.
ReplyDeleteWell, nothing will change unless the concerned people of this country join together make a plan of action to reach out and regain control of the power centers of society, I just hope it happens before its too late.
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