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- voicce, on 09/07/2008, -0/+42It is rare to see such an honest and clear examination of the central problem in America at this time -- a bloated government that cares nothing for individual rights but only panders to popular trends in order to increase its power. Ron Paul was the only candidate in the 2 parties who told the truth. It's not too late -- google his Campaign for Liberty -- join in the fight to take back our rights.
- jfej004, on 09/07/2008, -0/+35The two major political parties and their followers don't understand the philosophic foundations which derived the Constitution. We as a country have rejected the ideas of John Locke, Adam Smith, and similar liberty minded intellectuals whose ideas were instituted by the Founding Fathers in their revolutionary document known as the Constitution.
Our Founding Fathers would be ashamed at what this country has become...
Ron Paul is the only candidate which speaks of these truths, and whose willing to stand up and defend our inalienable rights. America no longer accepts nor respects the concept of inalienable rights which our Founder's believed to be self evident truths... - Jassman, on 09/06/2008, -0/+35All values,morals, and principles should be derived from the idea that each individual is the sole owner of themselves.
- krond, on 09/07/2008, -0/+25I, too, urge people to google Campaign for Liberty. But not to "take back" our rights.
This is a study in semantics here; but, an important one. How we perceive our rights translates into how we _act_ regarding them.
We cannot "take back" our rights, because our rights simply cannot be taken away. Ability to take away rights implies that those doing the taking had / have the ability to give the rights in the first place, which just isn't so.
Rights can certainly be trampled upon and violated, and to be sure, that is indeed happening. But let's be clear in our understanding:
Our rights ARE, by nature, ours.
As long as we perceive our rights as a gift from mere mortals that can be removed from us at will, they shall remain in perilous jeopardy.
This may sound like splitting hairs, but it truly is an important distinction of ownership; a matter which is at the very heart of liberty. - Thinbev, on 09/06/2008, -0/+24Very well written and very important!
- magoghm, on 09/06/2008, -2/+24Individuals are not valuable and precious in their own right but as a means for those in power to achieve their grand ambitions.
- jtw2e, on 09/07/2008, -0/+20Wow, looks like one slipped past the censors! Way to go Mr. Chapman!
- muckemuck, on 09/07/2008, -0/+19Ah, but see.. with freedom comes responsibility. Personal responsibility. Both parties have built their platforms around total governmental control to protect those who are irresponsible and to protect others from them.
The public seems to buy into the notion that the federal government is capable of (and the only means of) protecting them and keeping them from harming themselves. Ah well. Let's all go read 1984 again. - nolesmaniac11, on 09/07/2008, -0/+16I am so disappointed in the major parties and their complete disregard for freedom. Over the past few decades, we have witnessed an unprecedented decay in the ideals of the founding fathers. Their dream has been criticized, destroyed, and now, mocked.
The saddest part is that anyone standing up for freedom in today's political minefield is immediately ridiculed and dismissed as a lunatic. It is apathy in its greatest meaning. And it pains me to think of the great injustices done today by our leaders that continue to go unchecked. - Thinbev, on 09/07/2008, -0/+14I've noticed that our freedom message spreads easier when we don't mention Ron Paul or vouch for the Republican Party.
There are people out there who like our message of freedom but they put on their blinders when they hear "Ron Paul" or "Republican"... I know it's silly, but unfortunately it's true. - 0nslaught, on 09/07/2008, -0/+12Related video:
INTRO - Individualism vs Collectivism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJqSsrFDiSA - inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+10Very astute observation - right on!
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+9You are absolutely correct in your assertions. Our rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness are inborn - nobody "gives" them to us; we already own them by our very nature as human beings!
- muckemuck, on 09/07/2008, -0/+8Google it? ssha... here: http://www.campaignforliberty.com
- hollering, on 09/07/2008, -0/+8One of the best, and most important, political articles I've seen this election cycle.
- johndi, on 09/07/2008, -0/+8Drone 57 has increased production.
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+6FTA:
But freedom isn't freedom without the right to pursue what you value—money or knowledge, pleasure or sacrifice, God or atheism, community or misanthropic solitude—rather than what others think you should value. It includes the right to go to hell, and the right to tell others to do the same.
We are NOT free as we stand today. The power to decide what you think and how many words you can say has been decided.
Think George Carlin. His words that you can't say on tv has changed. It's been replaced by a new list of words and it sucks. - curtisag, on 09/07/2008, -0/+5Collectivism is a natural consequence of too many people having the "right" to vote. Our founders understood that the "tyranny of the majority" was very real danger. So they set up a system so only land owners could vote. I don't believe they did this out of any malice towards poor people, but because they knew what would happen given enough time and temptation. Every time we broadened the voting rights in this country it went further and further towards collectivism.
Universal suffrage theory implies that everyone is equally qualified to vote which is simply not the case. Undereducated people, those with low IQs, those who have a limited understanding of economics and history, those who vote based on simplistic or superficial reasoning, should do everybody a favor and not bother voting at all. Because they do vote, every election now boils down to "what have you done for me lately" reasoning. Or we obsess about where Obama went to church and if McCain had an affair with a staffer. This is not the vision the founders had for us, and this is why America is in decline. - lastnymleft, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3Chapman is right in his identification of the problem. He stops short, however, of identifying the solution: a return to the Constitution, and personal and economic freedom, as cited by Dr Ron Paul.
- Radracer, on 09/10/2008, -0/+3This is what's WRONG with America today!
American's have been brainwashed in Government schools to actually believe the government can "give" them things and is supposed to! They don't realize that dooms us all to slavery; in fact America now practices all 10 planks of the communist manifesto; America is technically already communist! Maybe we should have kept some McCarthy type organization around to watch out for communism's approach?
Obama is clearly totally communist and McCain is another Bush. We NEED Ron Paul in office but the media is TOTALLY controlled (which is why we have to do this) by the Reps and Dems as are the elctions due to "laws" meant to keep freedom candidates out of the public eye or off the ballot! In fact the electronic ballot machines can be hacked and the elections rigged even if a freedom candidate gets in the race!!! America is a ONE party Oligarchy with 2 pretend factions.
Vote Libertarian while we still can!!!
Individualism is morally superior to Collectivism! - alamedaman, on 09/08/2008, -0/+3just wait for the Obamcain bury brigade... just remember, Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. and what ever happened to Dr. King's let FREEDOM ring from various locations?
- deadfoot, on 09/11/2008, -0/+2Forget the Dem/Reps. Like Pat Buchanan said, "Their just two wings of the same bird of prey". Look to Cynthia McKinney, or to Ralph Nader, or to Chuck Baldwin, or to Ron Paul. Freedom brings us together. Liberty unites us. We can all agree on the preeminence of the Constitution and civil liberties. Check out: www.campaignforliberty.com/
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -0/+2Are you really that lost or are you being paid to post nonsense?
The left wing whiners want to be called progressives because they have ruined the word liberal. - odigity, on 09/13/2008, -0/+1If you want the best shot at experiencing liberty in your lifetime, consider:
http://freestateproject.org/ - mcgoo, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Your view is cynical, however I agree that Joe SixPack is certainly more impressionable than people that can think on their own two feet.
Bill Moyers did an interview with retire USA Col. Bacevich, the author of The Limits of Power, which describes America's descent into profiligacy.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch.h ...
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/watch2. ...
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -1/+0No one gets paid to post on Digg..Digg is irrelevant to anything in the Real World...Your paranoia is exploding once again !!
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -6/+1People are totally free in this country..Problem is too many of them are too childish to appreciate their freedom or ate just kids who need something to complain about
- inactive, on 09/07/2008, -13/+1Apparently the right wing whiners want to be called Libertarians now that the GOP has failed again.
Changing the name you call yourself and pushing the same failed ideology isn't fooling anyone who wasn't already stupid enough to vote for the failed right wing agenda.
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