tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post6220364085734577858..comments2023-11-03T03:37:02.548-05:00Comments on WEBSTER'S BLOGSPOT: A guide to the TEA rallies, for dumm... leftistsTerry Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-83653960753138157922009-05-19T22:21:16.002-05:002009-05-19T22:21:16.002-05:00"...she apparently took copious notes ...Either th...<I>"...she apparently took copious notes ...Either that, or she has a photographic memory."</I>A little from column A, a little from column B. ;)<br /><br />Chiu,<br /><I>"But stand ye fast in that liberty wherewith God hath made you free."<br />"</I> I like that one almost as much as this quote from Samuel Adams-<I>"We shall never be abandoned by Heaven while we act worthy of its aid and protection."</I>Mr. Morris, the copy in your head will only be available to others as long as your head is still on your shoulders.Call Me Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420259973871484926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-39531202486548763012009-05-19T04:21:00.000-05:002009-05-19T04:21:00.000-05:00Meh...I know it sounds anti-intellectual, but I ki...Meh...I know it sounds anti-intellectual, but I kinda prefer clinging to God and guns. Well, except I don't actually like <I>clinging</I> to guns, that's kinda iffy in my opinion.<br /><br />More seriously, the documents of the Founding of the republic are just that, documentation of the principles on which the republic was founded. They can be memorized, of course. But far more potently, they can be <I>understood</I>. Our current government has departed so far from reading them that no possible torture of the words can make them yield any justification for present policies...but that isn't really the heart of the problem.<br /><br />It was that they began to haggle over what they could get away with under the letter of the law rather than respecting the principles of God-given liberty. Even had the letter been observed scrupulously (not that it ever was), the nation still would have come to this final, desperate pass absent love of freedom.<br /><br />The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are both worthy as expressions of such love. It is well to treasure them, and to refine your understanding of what freedom is by the excellent example of profound and deliberate thought they demonstrate. There are many today who claim to love freedom but quickly show themselves willing to resort to oppression in pursuit of their aims.<br /><br />And we see that many of those aims are fundamentally incompatible with liberty in the first place. How does estrangement from truth and reason make one more free? Yet this is what many "liberals" want, sometimes to the point of comedy. The "right" to say that 2 and 2 make something other than four, or the "right" to not learn English, the "right" to disbelieve in God, and even the "right" to deny the reality of the self.<br /><br />On the other side of the coin these liberals want to be shielded from the obvious natural consequences of their own behavior, eventually culminating in a desire to be "protected" from the necessity of making choices in the first place. "Economic liberty" is to consist not of being able to succeed or fail based on one's own actions, but to be be given the same outcome as everyone else regardless of individual actions. Eventually it means not being required to make any economic decisions at all.<br /><br />There are evidently many who find such a notion attractive...but exactly how is that "freedom"?<br /><br />But stand ye fast in that liberty wherewith God hath made you free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-86904032341909810142009-05-18T23:04:21.089-05:002009-05-18T23:04:21.089-05:00"Keep your copies of the Constitution and the DOI ..."Keep your copies of the Constitution and the DOI close."<br /><br />Of course. I have them in here **pointing at my brain**. :-)Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-70762412780258222312009-05-18T14:42:00.000-05:002009-05-18T14:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link and write up, Mr. Morris.
My...Thanks for the link and write up, Mr. Morris. <br /><br />My husband was saying the other day that this administration's answer to everything is to centralize power. <br /><br />Keep your copies of the Constitution and the DOI close.Call Me Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420259973871484926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-14778194091532527392009-05-17T10:10:00.000-05:002009-05-17T10:10:00.000-05:00Yeah. The liberal/socialist/communist answer to e...Yeah. The liberal/socialist/communist answer to everything is the creation of more government jobs and more government dependents/government welfare cases.<br /><br />I thought it was the liberal position that <I>no one</I> should <I>ever</I> be presented with the choice between having the necessities and ... not having the necessities. I guess it doesn't apply in the case of excessive taxation that people can't afford to pay. <br /><br />But like they say, "you can't squeeze blood from a turnip."Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763883859696167228.post-65264037814608529182009-05-16T22:01:00.000-05:002009-05-16T22:01:00.000-05:00Of course, Obama's response has been to demand a d...Of course, Obama's response has been to demand a dramatic increase in the tax enforcement budget.<br /><br />Yeah, <I>this</I> is going to end well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com