That's not change; that's more of the same!
Let's see, - Extraordinary Rendition - Torture - Patriot Act - Department of Homeland Security - State Secrets - Real ID - Bailouts - Economic Stimulus - Iraq War - not to mention - automobile checkpoints - random searches - mandatory identification cards - paramilitary police in our streets - endemic disrespect of the Constitution and Bill of Rights of American Citizens at all levels of Government and Law Enforcement - continued National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency Domestic Spying and Intelligence Gathering - and Transportation Security Administration Molestation and Sexual Assault . . .
What do you think?
Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me!
Centuries ago, Julius Caesar admitted:"Beware of the leader who beats the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into patriotic fervor,
for patriotism is a double-edged sword. It emboldens the blood and narrows the mind. And
when the drums of war have reached fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed,
the leader will have no need to seize the rights of the citizenry. Rather,
the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism,
will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.
How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
God Bless America.
"Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long." - Congressman Ron Paul, Aug 9, 2004
"I say:
Know your enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.
When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal.
If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are sure to be defeated in every battle."
- Sun Tzu.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt 26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
The United States of America is without a doubt the most wonderful country in the world, surpassing all else. However, our government has lost its focus. Command and control has taken over. The "end justifies the means" mentality is pervasive. Statesmen of unquestionable integrity with insight, vision and purpose are needed. The self-serving politicians with agendas are destructive. Much is apparent in this respect in the statement, "What the Congress needs now is a few Madisons, Jeffersons, Pierces, and Crocketts." This is quoted from a 1995 paper, by Stephen Moore: "The Unconstitutional Congress." Read it. It's not about religion and it's not about social equivalence. It is about respect and honor by and for each and every person--and about the legimate function of government.
The Law by Frederic Bastiat--- The Law by Frederic Bastiat (Audio Book)
Love -- of God - of Country - of Others - of Self
"Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.Love never ends."
...exerpted from 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13
Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like.
� William O. Douglas, U. S. Supreme Court Justice
In Retrospect
Our founding fathers envisioned a federal government that was subserviant to the governments of the states.
The Federal Representatives were elected to protect individual rights
and
the Federal Senators were elected to represent the rights of the states.
Those who trade Freedom for Security have neither. - B. Franklin
The Constitution of the United States of America
The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
U. S. Federal Government Agencies (The Center for Information Law and Policy )
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2022 January 1.