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The Reason I Care Part 1
by willb • December 17, 2013 • 0 Comments
http://sosen.org/2013/12/17/the-reason-i-care-part-1.html
Let’s Take Back Our Country
June 13 2011
I have lost a friend today who fell into despair, he felt that there was nothing left for him in this world, it was because of the dark pit that the government had forced him into. Try as he may he could find no way out. So he took his own life.
I realized today that there is a lot more at stake in the fight against community notification of past sins. More at stake than the requirement to belly up to the bar and tell “the man” where I live and what I’m doing. The problem is much deeper and has been going on for a longer period of time. This is a direction that this country is going and somebody must to put a stop to it.
We have grown so large that we have lost sight of what this country was founded upon. That is the right to be our own person to have our own thoughts, our own lives as long as they do not interfere with others. Our forefathers came to this country for many reasons. Many came to get away from the persecution of others and to live a life as they saw fit.
We are, and have always been a nation of misfits, people which were driven out of their native lands for a myriad of reasons; social, economic, religious, and ideological. Our families came into this country to be free, have a new beginning, a second chance, and enjoy the individual freedoms that the Bill of Rights guarantees people. That is what this country means to the world, the freedom to live your life without government interference.
We like to say that the least of our people have the same freedoms as everyone else in this country. That is no longer true. We, as a country, have always had bigots and we have allowed ourselves to follow them; then later been ashamed of our actions. The most obvious examples are the way we treated blacks, and Asian’s early in the 20th century. Then what we did to the Japanese Americans during World War II, and of course what happened to people black listed during the McCarthy Era.
If, out of your hatred, self-righteousness, or bigotry, you believe that these types of laws are justifiable, then you do not understand what it is to be an American. You should consider leaving this country and go live somewhere else for a while. I would suggest North Korea, Pakistan, Iran, or any number of countries in Africa. Maybe then you would understand personal freedoms and how fragile and sacred they are. Any time you pass a law that takes away somebody else’s personal freedoms you are shooting yourself in the foot and eventually you’ll bleed to death.
Our government has said that these laws are necessary for public safety and the personal rights of the people affected are unimportant rather they are similar to a cycle helmet law, a seat belt law, a stop and frisk law, the patriot act and other assorted laws that allow the government to read our personal e-mails and listen in on our phone conversations or laws stopping same-sex people from marrying, or the community notification laws. The people that say these laws are necessary are the ones that cower in their houses and are afraid to become involved with the wonderful world around them or want them for some personal bigotry or revenge. Normally these are the people that are unwilling to give up their personal freedoms, but are willing to take away others’ freedoms to make themselves feel more safe or justified in their hatred of another group even at the cost of everyone else’s freedoms.
Our forefathers saw, what would happen if individual freedoms were trampled upon.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin
The legislators who make these laws think that they are above the law and cannot be touched them by the very laws they make. (e.g. Foley, Weiner, et. al).
I say this, enough is enough! Our government has gone too far and I have decided to make a stand not just for myself but for everyone. Laws which strip away a individual’s civil freedom must be repealed.. It is time to take back our country, and allow individuals to make their own choices and live their own lives with out the overpowering government looking continuously over their shoulders. The government is not a loving parent and we are not the children. It is quite the other way around, we are the parents and the government is the child, and it appears that the child is trying to run the household.
I say that we should not just look at the laws that affect us personally but at the multitude of the laws that have been and are being passed by our supposedly representatives be they City, County, state or federal that are taking away individual rights; the right to choose where we live, to choose a vocation, to choose our friends and who we will marry, the right to choose how we will raise our children. The right to choose how we live our lives.
As long as we do no harm to others, the power of the government should not interfere with us. If we do harm another the government has the right to imprison us, but after the imprisonment that debt has been paid and the government has no right to brand or harass us because of past acts, or the remote possibility of future acts. This is what our forefathers fought, bled and died for, the right to be free to make our own choices. We cannot let the government take this God-given gift away from us any longer.
I believe in the goodness of human nature. For the most part no matter how bad the person, if they see another in distress it pulls at their heart. Even the most stony of us, when we see a person on the street in need of help, have to look away because we know deep in our hearts if they look we will have to help. How many times has it happened that a person that is considered totally evil will without thinking, run into a fire to help a person they don’t even know. This is the best part of the human spirit! We can’t allow our government to destroy that.
I CAN NO LONGER LOOK AWAY!
I take up the challenge to fight for All American’s rights to live free from government interference and I’m asking you to join me in this fight for the freedoms for the citizens of this country.
I believe that we start by making our public officials accountable for their actions. Because they hold places of public trust, if they violate our Constitutional Rights, their punishments should not be a mere slap on the wrist but rather should be set at the maximum allowed by the law.
Dave in the Philippines
by willb • December 17, 2013 • 0 Comments
http://sosen.org/2013/12/17/the-reason-i-care-part-1.html
Let’s Take Back Our Country
June 13 2011
I have lost a friend today who fell into despair, he felt that there was nothing left for him in this world, it was because of the dark pit that the government had forced him into. Try as he may he could find no way out. So he took his own life.
I realized today that there is a lot more at stake in the fight against community notification of past sins. More at stake than the requirement to belly up to the bar and tell “the man” where I live and what I’m doing. The problem is much deeper and has been going on for a longer period of time. This is a direction that this country is going and somebody must to put a stop to it.
We have grown so large that we have lost sight of what this country was founded upon. That is the right to be our own person to have our own thoughts, our own lives as long as they do not interfere with others. Our forefathers came to this country for many reasons. Many came to get away from the persecution of others and to live a life as they saw fit.
We are, and have always been a nation of misfits, people which were driven out of their native lands for a myriad of reasons; social, economic, religious, and ideological. Our families came into this country to be free, have a new beginning, a second chance, and enjoy the individual freedoms that the Bill of Rights guarantees people. That is what this country means to the world, the freedom to live your life without government interference.
We like to say that the least of our people have the same freedoms as everyone else in this country. That is no longer true. We, as a country, have always had bigots and we have allowed ourselves to follow them; then later been ashamed of our actions. The most obvious examples are the way we treated blacks, and Asian’s early in the 20th century. Then what we did to the Japanese Americans during World War II, and of course what happened to people black listed during the McCarthy Era.
If, out of your hatred, self-righteousness, or bigotry, you believe that these types of laws are justifiable, then you do not understand what it is to be an American. You should consider leaving this country and go live somewhere else for a while. I would suggest North Korea, Pakistan, Iran, or any number of countries in Africa. Maybe then you would understand personal freedoms and how fragile and sacred they are. Any time you pass a law that takes away somebody else’s personal freedoms you are shooting yourself in the foot and eventually you’ll bleed to death.
Our government has said that these laws are necessary for public safety and the personal rights of the people affected are unimportant rather they are similar to a cycle helmet law, a seat belt law, a stop and frisk law, the patriot act and other assorted laws that allow the government to read our personal e-mails and listen in on our phone conversations or laws stopping same-sex people from marrying, or the community notification laws. The people that say these laws are necessary are the ones that cower in their houses and are afraid to become involved with the wonderful world around them or want them for some personal bigotry or revenge. Normally these are the people that are unwilling to give up their personal freedoms, but are willing to take away others’ freedoms to make themselves feel more safe or justified in their hatred of another group even at the cost of everyone else’s freedoms.
Our forefathers saw, what would happen if individual freedoms were trampled upon.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin
The legislators who make these laws think that they are above the law and cannot be touched them by the very laws they make. (e.g. Foley, Weiner, et. al).
I say this, enough is enough! Our government has gone too far and I have decided to make a stand not just for myself but for everyone. Laws which strip away a individual’s civil freedom must be repealed.. It is time to take back our country, and allow individuals to make their own choices and live their own lives with out the overpowering government looking continuously over their shoulders. The government is not a loving parent and we are not the children. It is quite the other way around, we are the parents and the government is the child, and it appears that the child is trying to run the household.
I say that we should not just look at the laws that affect us personally but at the multitude of the laws that have been and are being passed by our supposedly representatives be they City, County, state or federal that are taking away individual rights; the right to choose where we live, to choose a vocation, to choose our friends and who we will marry, the right to choose how we will raise our children. The right to choose how we live our lives.
As long as we do no harm to others, the power of the government should not interfere with us. If we do harm another the government has the right to imprison us, but after the imprisonment that debt has been paid and the government has no right to brand or harass us because of past acts, or the remote possibility of future acts. This is what our forefathers fought, bled and died for, the right to be free to make our own choices. We cannot let the government take this God-given gift away from us any longer.
I believe in the goodness of human nature. For the most part no matter how bad the person, if they see another in distress it pulls at their heart. Even the most stony of us, when we see a person on the street in need of help, have to look away because we know deep in our hearts if they look we will have to help. How many times has it happened that a person that is considered totally evil will without thinking, run into a fire to help a person they don’t even know. This is the best part of the human spirit! We can’t allow our government to destroy that.
I CAN NO LONGER LOOK AWAY!
I take up the challenge to fight for All American’s rights to live free from government interference and I’m asking you to join me in this fight for the freedoms for the citizens of this country.
I believe that we start by making our public officials accountable for their actions. Because they hold places of public trust, if they violate our Constitutional Rights, their punishments should not be a mere slap on the wrist but rather should be set at the maximum allowed by the law.
Dave in the Philippines
It's very empowering to stop, stand, and turn and fight what is being shoved on us. People don't know how much they have within themselves, and how much of a difference they can make, by just 'Showing up, Standing up, and Speaking up!' as we like to say in RSOL. There are numerous organizations out there now, committed to fighting the injustice we face. RSOL, W.A.R., USA FAIR..they're out there, be we need help in this fight, with more people and resources comes more things we can do and accomplish.
Dave in the Philippines
I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....
!/images/photos/0000/0874/Great_Dictator_Pub_140-6_normal.jpg! The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. .....
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
Dave in the Philippines