More Tea, please!
Mr. and Mrs. Republican Party Advocate—don’t change a thing. Stay your ground. Keep your conservative, extremist, all-white, anti-feminist, fundamentalist, non-regulatory, pro-Wall Street, immutable tax policy, big military, anti-city, right-leaning, hillbilly sensibilities right where they are: firmly planted in very expensive cement! And, don’t forget, no-matter-what, say “No” to anything those lefty socialist free-lunch liberals try to get past you in Congress, in your state legislature, in your city government, or in your country club by-laws! No, No, No! Never say Die . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Forward Voting Democrat, including you few and fabulous Independents – if they hold firm to their core beliefs, it shouldn't take long, just two years or so, for the Republican Party to completely self-destruct.
Oh, we of little faith, how frightened we were. Pledging $6 or more each time we received an Obama e-mail request for funds, we secretly feared those PACs of anonymous and not-so-anonymous billionaires who tried to buy the election and condemn us all to political hell. We doubted our friends, people like ourselves who work for a living, patriots who send their sons and daughters to war, union members who seldom have a say, would-be pensioners who can't afford to retire, students with school loans they won't repay for decades, families whose homes are underwater—literally and figuratively. Add us all up – there are more of us than there are of them. And, surprise, surprise—we won!
Already there are mumblings, threats, and warnings, and promises of retribution. Very few words of conciliation, none of congratulation, or suggestions of “how can we all get along.” Citizens of twenty states, so far, have petitioned our government to let their states secede from the union! Once upon a time, I would have welcomed and supported such a petition. Yesterday, my next-door neighbor suggested that Darrel Issa was looking to impeach the President—he didn't say why or how, or if he believed such lunacy. Months ago, the same next-door neighbor bet me dinner at my favorite restaurant that Romney would win the election. He’s a fanciful fellow—hasn’t paid up, either.
If the Tea Party stays the course and maintains any traction, they’ll help loose the next race. They may magically disappear the Republican Party. Thankfully, hopefully, there are a few moderate, centrist Republicans willing to work with moderate, centrist Democrats in order to preserve the union as we’ve come to know it.
Jac Flanders is the author of “What I Learned On The Way Down.”
The Christians Bible's pages are soaked with blood and destruction, including murder, genocide, rape, slavery, the mutilation of children, and the subjugation of women. With few exceptions (Proverbs perhaps), the Christian Bible is not where we draw our sense of morality. That's actually something we are ALL thankful for. Christians don't get it because most of them haven't even read the Bible.
I disagree. Religion has undermined itself - from the sale of indulgences, to the theory of evolution, to the Ku Klux Klan, to Adolf Hitler (Gott mit Uns) and Stalin (playing off the cult-like Tsar/Emperor following) , to Jim Jones, suicide bombers and assassins, to "Creationism" and it's train wreck cousin "Intelligent Design", and more recently pedophile priests. No Gregory, You are giving Leftist bleeding heart liberals way too much competence and credit, I'm afraid.
Page 1: My take on Rights and Responsibilities would probably heavily lean on my (limited) understanding of what our Founding Fathers initiated with the advent of our own struggle. They of course gleaned their understanding (far more encompassing than mine) from their own examples; Locke, Bacon, etc. But first I think that the most important aspect of this would be to come to a common understanding of what a “Right” is as opposed to a “Responsibility”.
Page 2: Well then, what is a “Right”? Is it some magical prize that you win? Is it an earned laurel of accomplishment? Is it a set of privileges granted by government? My answer is no. Rights are what nature endows you with upon your birth. When I use the word nature I also infer a “higher being”, but not necessarily in the Christian concept. But, and we will come back to this later, I think it is paramount to ascribe that Nature equals a higher being as a safeguard to your rights. Now, the Constitution with the accompanying Bill Of Rights specified with the first Ten Amendments what Rights our Founding Fathers considered that nature has bestowed upon every man. Of all men ironically, Thomas Paine’s following captures well what I grasped when he wrote, “Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of the mind, and also all those rights of acting as an individual for his own comfort and happiness, which are not injurious to the natural rights of others." And what then is government’s role in the application of providing for your rights? My view is overly simplistic, but I think essential. My phrase would be to “get the hell out of our way.” Jefferson, immeasurably more succinct, stated that “It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.”
Page 3: Now this ties into my alluding to the imperative of maintaining that Natures equals a higher being, but this certainly casts into a whole different light how we view the evaluation and regulation of the peoples abilities to exercise their liberties as defined in the Bill Of Rights! But how this equates to my understanding is that the only function for any governmental agency in the US in relation to our ‘Rights” is to defend and protect them from any infringement, no matter how well intentioned. This would borrow heavily from Montesquieu who wrote, “In the state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal; but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.” I suppose an ending take on this would be to say that “Rights” exist free from any government.
Page 4: So this leads us to “Responsibilities”. A responsibility would be some action we authorize the government to embark on which provides a welcome or just result for the betterment of our living condition. I do not ascribe the normal definition of responsibility to government as this infers a relationship where we put ourselves into an unending cycle of subservience and dependence. For example, my three daughters are my fiscal and moral responsibility. Should they commit, while all are under the age of 18, some mischief which causes a substantial monetary damage, well then I am “responsible”. Obviously, the same cannot be said in regards to me with government. If I commit a similar act I alone bear the consequences. Or if I fail to provide adequate food for my children, then I am held responsible for neglect. But of course, no such footing exists where you can hold Riverside County accountable for me living in paucity under a bridge. So think it agreeable to forgo the standard definition of responsibility in regards to the individual and government.
Page 5: With that in mind then we enable local, federal (though I argue federal has no place in the following!), or state government to provide a service which affords a benefit to the people, after having thoroughly weighed the consequences. This would include Police, Fire, or infrastructure. Even schools would fall under the patronage of this sentiment. But no man has a “right” to police protection. Even the Courts have decided thus. No man has a right to firefighters. No man has a right to higher education, or even paved roads. These are responsibilities which we have delegated to government to provide in exchange for the tax revenues they withhold (or take) from our incomes or by usage fees.
Page 6: But it is imperative that no government responsibility, regardless its esteem or clamoring for by the majority, can ever infringe upon the innate rights of the citizens. So in my view, if we apply that understanding to what is government’s proper role, the questions pertaining to what should be done about healthcare, welfare, subsidized housing, or any other domestic issue become abundantly comprehensible. At the Federal level, only acts which protect the Rights of its citizens are to be enjoined. Whereas all other issues, so long as they do not infringe upon the “Bill Of Rights” (or the intent) are for the relevant States to treaty with. So, if California wished to engage in healthcare insurance, it remains for the people of California to embark upon. If on the other hand Texas wishes to refrain from any facet of Insurance mandate, then it is for Texans to wrestle with. Clear as mud, no? I leave you with this thought, which I feel describes well my ultimate understanding of the roles and responsibilities of government. “Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” – Daniel Webster
I would agree with you in a political sense only so far as we acknowledge the absolute imperative of a "Higher Being". That we equate Nature equaling a higher Creator. For if we remove any semblance of a higher power, or creator, then from whence do our natural Rights derive from? They default then to government. And whatever we give to government, they always take away.
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Here Comes the Regulatory Flood Costly rules held up for the election are about to roll over the economy. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578115001809986588.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h “Having come close to losing re-election because of a weak economy, Mr. Obama now keeps saying ‘our top priority has to be jobs and growth.’ This new regulatory flood will increase costs and uncertainty and make that priority that much harder to achieve.” Side note. The article points out the Obama admin has not published a list of regulations under consideration, required by Federal law every 6 months, since the Fall of 2011. This is yet another example of how Obama and his administration disregard the law whenever they please. Given the immense power of the Federal government, this is a threat to liberty itself.
Well, that explains why Obama wants to raise taxes on small business, increase the regulatory burden on small business, “spread the wealth around,” increase the cost of health insurance, and make everyone including small business pay more for “alternative energy.” I am glad Obama cleared that up. In addition, does anyone, including Obama supporters, believe that is what Obama really thinks?
After the UK raised the top tax rate to 50%, 2/3 of British millionaires disappeared from the tax rolls. With Obama’s tax increases and CA’s tax increase, CA millionaires will have a >50% tax rate. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9707029/Two-thirds-of-millionaires-left-Britain-to-avoid-50p-tax-rate.html Who could have imagined that people would alter their behavior in response to changes in tax rates?
Merry Christmas to you and yours
And More Great Moments in Socialized Medicine UK Doctor’s Horrifying Admission Reveals How Sick & Disabled Babies Are Put On ‘Death Pathways’, Deprived Of Food & Fluid For 10 Days http://www.theblaze.com/stories/uk-doctors-horrifying-admission-reveals-how-sick-disabled-babies-are-put-on-death-pathways-deprived-of-food-fluid-for-10-days/ Coming soon to a country near you.
CA businesses are leaving, and the other states are actively recruiting them. http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/12/other-states-convince-ca-businesses-to-leave-state/
Manufacturing shrinks to a three year low. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/03/US-manufacturing-shrinks-in-November-to-3-year-low
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