It really takes only a little time to post, but for a geek i don't get on the computer much for some reason. Don't know why and I don't want to talk about the same thing very often, so I don't have much to say if I am still thinking on the same subjects. Although i was enlightened on to the idea that there was a kind of law before Moses, which makes sense when I think about Melchezidek. Pre-Moses, the law would have just been less detailed or something like that.Well that is all I have to say for now.
Feel free to comment, only people I know are doin' it so far and they aren't too judgemental.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Politics, my friend
The president has been spying on us. Well, not me, i hope. He has been evesdropping on conversations that are associated with terrorists. How he knows? He doesn't, he suspects. All this is without a warrant(spell it right for yourself if it isn't). The congress appearently authorized this by voting for the war. War in Iraq. War on terrorism has yet to be declared officially. As of yet it is only a political catch-phrase. You cannot wage a catch-phrase, but you can use it to push an agenda.
I used to support our president. not now. Even if this spying thing turns out to be leagal, it is so wrong. Our entire country is based on not supposing someone is guilty. To spy on a citizen, he/she HAS to be suspected. The president has said that national security trumps personal liberties, in not so many words. The hundred dollar man, Ben Franklin, said that those who would give up freedom for security, deserve neither.
I think they will not get it either. They will give up the freedom to trade it for security. But the biggest enemy a people can have are thos who wish to dominate. They are just as likely to live in a country as out. Without personal freedom, those in country have no restraints from using the government to dominate the people. We still have most of our freedom, and this is a struggle here, in other countries, it has proved to be an impossible struggle. Domination takes a stronger will than subjection, so dominators are bound to win eventually. This means that without a system to stop them, that is, without guarenteed personal freedom, the masses will be dominated more often than not.
Our freedom is diminishing. It is only a matter of time. Or society is failing. like Rome did, and Greece and Russia and Mongolia and Babylon...etc I'm not elequent today, but you get what i'm saying even if you disagree i hope.
I used to support our president. not now. Even if this spying thing turns out to be leagal, it is so wrong. Our entire country is based on not supposing someone is guilty. To spy on a citizen, he/she HAS to be suspected. The president has said that national security trumps personal liberties, in not so many words. The hundred dollar man, Ben Franklin, said that those who would give up freedom for security, deserve neither.
I think they will not get it either. They will give up the freedom to trade it for security. But the biggest enemy a people can have are thos who wish to dominate. They are just as likely to live in a country as out. Without personal freedom, those in country have no restraints from using the government to dominate the people. We still have most of our freedom, and this is a struggle here, in other countries, it has proved to be an impossible struggle. Domination takes a stronger will than subjection, so dominators are bound to win eventually. This means that without a system to stop them, that is, without guarenteed personal freedom, the masses will be dominated more often than not.
Our freedom is diminishing. It is only a matter of time. Or society is failing. like Rome did, and Greece and Russia and Mongolia and Babylon...etc I'm not elequent today, but you get what i'm saying even if you disagree i hope.
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