Councilman
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2009
- Messages
- 4,454
- Reaction score
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- Location
- Riverside, County, CA.
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny, when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Truer words are seldom spoken but these are often overlooked.
Thomas Jefferson wrote this profound statement as a warning to future generations not to ever let the Government that he was helping to create ever get to the point the founding father found them in when it became necessary to throw off the Kings Government, and to provide new a new structure under which the people could pursue freedom and happiness.
The new system would insure that instead of a King/Dictator handing down edicts they would create the new rules in such a way that the power would remain with the People and the Government would derive its powers from the consent of the People.
We are now at a crossroad where anyone who pays any attention to what is going on will see that the “Will of the People” is being ignored in direct conflict with the express precepts on which this Nation was founded and many fought and died to maintain.
Republicans allowed the Bush Administration to run roughshod over the Constitution and place many of our rights at risk while trampling over others to the point where even an Obama looked like a reasonable replacement at the time.
Bush’s mistakes should have taught us that Benjamin Franklin’s words in this eloquent statement should be heeded: “Those who would sacrifice Essential Liberty for a little Security deserve neither Security nor Liberty.” Franklin believed the opposite of Safety was not Danger but Personal Responsibility. One thing very much in short supply today in many people.
“Are We There Yet,” is not only a question about whether or not we realize our current situation and how close I believe we truly are to tyranny as the Congress continues to ignore We The People, but are we ready to do what is necessary to throw off, or as I see it throw out those in Government that believe Socialism/Marxism is some kind of solution. History is replete with examples of Socialism/Marxisms, utter failures and the destruction those examples show are inevitable at the end of that path. We have litle time to dilly dally.
I close with two quotes. The first credited to and Italian philosopher in the late 1960s, and I paraphrase: “Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.”
In closing I ask that you seriously think about the meaning of this one I believe truly fits today is from: Albert Einstein, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Are You There Yet? I am.
Thomas Jefferson wrote this profound statement as a warning to future generations not to ever let the Government that he was helping to create ever get to the point the founding father found them in when it became necessary to throw off the Kings Government, and to provide new a new structure under which the people could pursue freedom and happiness.
The new system would insure that instead of a King/Dictator handing down edicts they would create the new rules in such a way that the power would remain with the People and the Government would derive its powers from the consent of the People.
We are now at a crossroad where anyone who pays any attention to what is going on will see that the “Will of the People” is being ignored in direct conflict with the express precepts on which this Nation was founded and many fought and died to maintain.
Republicans allowed the Bush Administration to run roughshod over the Constitution and place many of our rights at risk while trampling over others to the point where even an Obama looked like a reasonable replacement at the time.
Bush’s mistakes should have taught us that Benjamin Franklin’s words in this eloquent statement should be heeded: “Those who would sacrifice Essential Liberty for a little Security deserve neither Security nor Liberty.” Franklin believed the opposite of Safety was not Danger but Personal Responsibility. One thing very much in short supply today in many people.
“Are We There Yet,” is not only a question about whether or not we realize our current situation and how close I believe we truly are to tyranny as the Congress continues to ignore We The People, but are we ready to do what is necessary to throw off, or as I see it throw out those in Government that believe Socialism/Marxism is some kind of solution. History is replete with examples of Socialism/Marxisms, utter failures and the destruction those examples show are inevitable at the end of that path. We have litle time to dilly dally.
I close with two quotes. The first credited to and Italian philosopher in the late 1960s, and I paraphrase: “Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.”
In closing I ask that you seriously think about the meaning of this one I believe truly fits today is from: Albert Einstein, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Are You There Yet? I am.