What is America? What defines the Dream of America? I will list some principles from the Constitution & the declaration of Independence, the mission statement of America. These are the foundation of America, & are the basis for this experiment in human governance. These defining traits are not always practiced perfectly, and sometimes they are lost in the political winds of change, but they remain the defining goals & aspirations for the experiment in human freedom that we call America.
1. The Equality of Man
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
This is early in the Declaration of Independence, & is the basis for the Nation. 87 years later, a great Civil War was fought, to test whether such a foundation is possible.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ~Abraham Lincoln
We have been tested, challenged, & weathered through many popular philosophies that are contrary to this fundamental concept in American Liberty. Slavery, Nazism, Eugenics, class warfare, racial bigotry, affirmative action, & many other past, present, & future enemies of this concept have & will threatened this basic part of the American Dream. But it has weathered through the storms of war, division, & the fickle whims of men, & remains a fundamental concept of America.
2. Unalienable Rights, Natural Law
..that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
This is a view of basic human rights, not granted by imperial power of the state, but INHERENT to each individual. It did not matter if you saw them as guaranteed by God, or nature, these were the basic concepts of American Freedom.
the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them
The American founders saw these 'natural rights' as inherently theirs, not arbitrarily granted by the state. They went on to list & explain these rights in the Constitution.
a. Freedom of thought, expression, & belief
Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Ideas do not threaten America. It is predicated on the basis of free expression & open debate. Many popular ideologies have come & gone, and have tested the resolve of America to keep its open format.
b. Armed Citizenry
Amendment II: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
In a nation of self rule, there is no need to disarm the people. The goal of the govt is to secure the people's freedoms, not mandate compliance. An armed citizenry is a guarantee of this promise, & a warning to the governors to keep it.
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." ~Thomas Jefferson
The goal of America is for Govt to fear & show deference to the people, not the other way around. Govt is to be kept in check, & an armed citizenry is necessary to meet that goal.
c. Due Process
Six of the first 10 Amendments to the constitution (the Bill of Rights) address legal issues of Justice. I will quote 2 of them as examples:
Amendment V: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Justice is the central duty of Govt. They are to provide a defense from human acts of aggression, foreign or domestic. It is a collective action by the people, to protect themselves from the aggressions of man. But in this deterrence of crime, certain rights of the individual are spelled out, to protect him from overly zealous justice providers. Jury of peers, self incrimination, face your accuser, double jeopardy, counsel, & many other basic rights of due process are spelled out to emphasize the goal of Justice. Justice is to be a systematic process, blind to position or privilege, & governed by the overriding mandate to protect the individual. And this justice is blind to power, position, & station. It's basis is in Natural Law, which covers everyone, not just the common man.
3. Govt as Servant
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
For all of human history, governments have been a source of oppression & domination. They take the labors of the people, & micro manage them for the ruler's own agendas. America was to be different. Govt was to be a servant, not a lord. It was merely a collective expression of the whole, not a separate, self serving entity.
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories. ~Thomas Jefferson
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." ~Patrick Henry
The American system of government places minimal demands on the citizens for the basic duties of govt spelled out in the constitution. These were described as limits, as Amendments 9 & 10 clearly enumerated:
Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Govt was to be minimal, to be a minimal burden on the workers, & content itself to the duties spelled out in the constitution. International treaties, coining of currency, national defense, & other such specific duties are clear mandates of their expected duties. Nothing else was wanted or even allowed. The people & their freedom was the overriding goal & responsibility of Govt.
4. Citizen Representatives/self rule
America was founded upon the principle of citizen representatives.. this was a govt of, by & for the people. It was NOT a nation of an elite ruling class, where everyone else was subservient to the edicts of the rulers. The PEOPLE were to rule. To make that possible, the people were to be the ruling board. The intent was for congresspersons to be elected by the people in the individual states, & senators with a short term elected by the state houses, & a president elected for a short term to run the executive branch.
"A government by representatives elected by the people at short periods was our object, and our maxim... was, 'where annual election ends, tyranny begins;' nor have our departures from it been sanctioned by the happiness of their effects." ~Thomas Jefferson
5. E Pluribus Unum
This concept is interwoven in all of the above descriptions. A nation consists of people.. many diverse people, in a nation such as the United States. This concept, 'Out of many, One' is a collective dream of America. Our individual beliefs, opinions, dreams, & goals are protected & secured as our own, but they are also part of the collective expression of the whole. Individual rights & freedoms are sometimes mitigated by the collective needs of society, but they are never negated. Our overriding commitment to the whole trumps selfish considerations. We are free individuals, but we are united as One, for our collective good. We are not a collection of aimless misanthropes, but a united people, devoted to the overriding goal of our collective liberties, property, & prosperity. We are different, but we are united in our superseding goal of working together for the common benefit. This is not a collectivist ideology of social engineering, but a voluntary system of cooperation & consideration to our fellow man. It is a celebration of morality & altruism, while recognizing the tendency of evil in man.
This is the Dream of America. It may end, but it will be forever remembered as the most successful experiment in human freedom.
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Racism: Progressive Poison for Humanity
3. Racism
a. anti diversity
b. Demonize scapegoats
c. Teaching implied inferiority of minorities
d. Eugenics & institutional racism
I have added to my original list, to expound upon the issue in more detail.
As usual, the very things the progressives ACCUSE others of, they are guilty of in spades. Race becomes an obsession with them, & any hint or possibility of a racial aspect, real or imagined, is played up & overemphasized. The current issue with the racist kid shooter fits within their narrative that all white people are inherently racist. Obama even said it is in our DNA. They distort statistics to 'prove' that white people kill & attack blacks all the time, & are constantly engaged in racist criminal acts.
So, if they want to make a race issue out of crime, lets look at the real statistics, instead of their distortions:
62.6% white, non latino, ---> 62,593 acts of violence against black people
13.2% black, ---> 320,082 acts of violence against white people
Blacks have 1/5th the population of whites, yet commit 5 times the number of violent acts against them.
This completely contradicts the false narrative of evil white people gunning down innocent black people. It is actually, completely, the other way around, as a national problem. Racist crime is a black problem, not a white one.
OK, so maybe they want to make a general crime issue out of race. Which race has the higher rate of crime, & especially, violent crime? How about we go to Chicago, the hometown of the president & the utopian poster child for progressive ideology?
First, here are the race percentages:
Next, the crime stats:
See anything interesting? Like the percentage of the races, & the corresponding murder rate? The same holds true for rape, robbery, assault, & other crimes.
Whites - 31.7% ---> 2.8% of the murders
Blacks - 32.4% ---> 75% of the murders
Now, if i were a racist, i would say that these stats prove that blacks are violent, inferior thugs, who cannot be civilized. This is what the progressives teach in school, by implication. But i see another factor:The welfare state. THAT is the REAL reason for the crime in the cities. The destruction of the family has PRODUCED this breeding ground for crime, the unbridled hate & lawlessness.. that is the real source of the crime, not the race of the people. It is the progressive zoo of the welfare state that has crippled the black race, demeaning the black man, & turning him into a dependent, feral animal. ALL this a DIRECT result of the progressive welfare state policies of bigotry & implied inferiority. They tell the black man he is inferior.. he can't make it in the real world, & must have a handout to survive. He would go extinct in the natural habitat, so they construct liberal zoos to house him in, & turn them into breeding grounds of racist bigotry.
This is what the real statistics show, not some convoluted twisting to demonize whitey. The real demon is progressivism. That is the evil of humanity.. that is the REAL enemy of the black man. If you want to be free, black man, stop supporting the democratic plantation. They will keep you as slaves, & manipulate your life for their own political agenda.
Progressives do not miss an opportunity to fan the flames of division to further their false narrative. Hillary spoke of 'institutional racism' in America, which seems absurd. Which of our institutions promote racism? Then i realized: Academia, the media, the govt, entertainment.. just about ALL of America's institutions are controlled & dominated by progressives. And, since progressives are race obsessed, it logically follows that their racism is indeed 'institutional'. Schools teach white superiority, & black inferiority. They do it by implication, teaching that black people cannot survive in the real world without help from the white man. They teach that white people are superior, & should give assistance to the less capable races, showing pity for them. Early in progressive history, they wanted to eliminate the inferior races with eugenics, another darling of progressive thought. Now, they herd them into progressive zoos.. trapping them in gulags of dependency & generations of crime, hopelessness, & despair.
Progressives are steeped in racism. It is anti white racism on the surface, but it reeks of bigotry in all of their ideology. They are enemies of racial harmony & diversity. All they do is divide & stir dissension. They hate humanity, & undermine humans at every opportunity, under the deceitful guise of 'helping them'. They are bigoted, superior elitists, & look at the unwashed masses with disdain.
They are enemies of humanity, & a deadly poison as an ideology.
Even the black racist Malcolm X warned blacks about the racist, manipulating left:
a. anti diversity
b. Demonize scapegoats
c. Teaching implied inferiority of minorities
d. Eugenics & institutional racism
I have added to my original list, to expound upon the issue in more detail.
As usual, the very things the progressives ACCUSE others of, they are guilty of in spades. Race becomes an obsession with them, & any hint or possibility of a racial aspect, real or imagined, is played up & overemphasized. The current issue with the racist kid shooter fits within their narrative that all white people are inherently racist. Obama even said it is in our DNA. They distort statistics to 'prove' that white people kill & attack blacks all the time, & are constantly engaged in racist criminal acts.
So, if they want to make a race issue out of crime, lets look at the real statistics, instead of their distortions:
62.6% white, non latino, ---> 62,593 acts of violence against black people
13.2% black, ---> 320,082 acts of violence against white people
Blacks have 1/5th the population of whites, yet commit 5 times the number of violent acts against them.
This completely contradicts the false narrative of evil white people gunning down innocent black people. It is actually, completely, the other way around, as a national problem. Racist crime is a black problem, not a white one.
OK, so maybe they want to make a general crime issue out of race. Which race has the higher rate of crime, & especially, violent crime? How about we go to Chicago, the hometown of the president & the utopian poster child for progressive ideology?
First, here are the race percentages:
Next, the crime stats:
See anything interesting? Like the percentage of the races, & the corresponding murder rate? The same holds true for rape, robbery, assault, & other crimes.
Whites - 31.7% ---> 2.8% of the murders
Blacks - 32.4% ---> 75% of the murders
Now, if i were a racist, i would say that these stats prove that blacks are violent, inferior thugs, who cannot be civilized. This is what the progressives teach in school, by implication. But i see another factor:The welfare state. THAT is the REAL reason for the crime in the cities. The destruction of the family has PRODUCED this breeding ground for crime, the unbridled hate & lawlessness.. that is the real source of the crime, not the race of the people. It is the progressive zoo of the welfare state that has crippled the black race, demeaning the black man, & turning him into a dependent, feral animal. ALL this a DIRECT result of the progressive welfare state policies of bigotry & implied inferiority. They tell the black man he is inferior.. he can't make it in the real world, & must have a handout to survive. He would go extinct in the natural habitat, so they construct liberal zoos to house him in, & turn them into breeding grounds of racist bigotry.
This is what the real statistics show, not some convoluted twisting to demonize whitey. The real demon is progressivism. That is the evil of humanity.. that is the REAL enemy of the black man. If you want to be free, black man, stop supporting the democratic plantation. They will keep you as slaves, & manipulate your life for their own political agenda.
Progressives do not miss an opportunity to fan the flames of division to further their false narrative. Hillary spoke of 'institutional racism' in America, which seems absurd. Which of our institutions promote racism? Then i realized: Academia, the media, the govt, entertainment.. just about ALL of America's institutions are controlled & dominated by progressives. And, since progressives are race obsessed, it logically follows that their racism is indeed 'institutional'. Schools teach white superiority, & black inferiority. They do it by implication, teaching that black people cannot survive in the real world without help from the white man. They teach that white people are superior, & should give assistance to the less capable races, showing pity for them. Early in progressive history, they wanted to eliminate the inferior races with eugenics, another darling of progressive thought. Now, they herd them into progressive zoos.. trapping them in gulags of dependency & generations of crime, hopelessness, & despair.
Progressives are steeped in racism. It is anti white racism on the surface, but it reeks of bigotry in all of their ideology. They are enemies of racial harmony & diversity. All they do is divide & stir dissension. They hate humanity, & undermine humans at every opportunity, under the deceitful guise of 'helping them'. They are bigoted, superior elitists, & look at the unwashed masses with disdain.
They are enemies of humanity, & a deadly poison as an ideology.
Even the black racist Malcolm X warned blacks about the racist, manipulating left:
Truth by Decree
2. Anti science.
a. Truth by decree
b. Credentials over reason & facts
c. Hijacking of terms for political agenda
The global warming scam is one of the most obvious indicators of this mindset, but there are others. History is constantly being revised, to promote a narrative. Anti white, or anti American caricatures are constantly drummed into children, from preschool to advanced degrees. Evolution is pounded as 'absolute truth' or 'settled science', when it is not even a good theory.
Men can be 'redefined' as women, white is black, & all truth is relative. It is as if George Orwell himself was transported to the 21st century, before he wrote his books.
:..the three slogans of the Party:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH." ~George Orwell
Muddy truth & fantasy as reality, is what the progressive left brings us, along with the death of Natural Law, & order in the universe. Reason is not esteemed, but credentials, as people claim authority based not on the soundness of their logic or evidence, but in their claim of expertise. All others are commanded to bow in obeisance to their supreme wisdom & omnipotence, even if they spout bullshit.
'We won, didn't we?' ~ Harry Reid
Brian William's helicopter under fire story.
Fauxcahontas, ~Elizabeth Warren.
Black like Me, ~Rachel Dolezal
'We were broke coming out of the whitehouse', ~one broke girl Hillary.
'If you like your healthcare, you can keep it. Period.' ~Cloward Piven strategist Obama.
Revisionism & blatant lies are becoming so commonplace, that we are numb to their damage. What would have brought impeachment a few decades ago is yawned at, all brought to you by the New Progressive America. The only purpose of information is to promote a narrative.. pitching propaganda & eliciting a mythical belief. Truth & knowledge for the sake of truth & knowledge is absurd, to the leftist. It must fit within their political agenda.
But it is not only science & truth that is a casualty of leftist thought, but basic rights like due process, speech, & other standards in the bill of rights. Mob rule & accusations are enough, & 'justice' becomes a caricature with French Revolution style courts & mob justice prevailing. Phony narratives like, 'hands up, don't shoot!' are promoted, rather than truth or evidence.
Individually, many of these things might seem trivial, or minor problems in any social system. But when viewed from their origins, & with the prevailing world view directing the narrative, the danger to civilization cannot be overlooked or underestimated. This is a deadly evil for humanity, & is leading us to destruction.
a. Truth by decree
b. Credentials over reason & facts
c. Hijacking of terms for political agenda
The global warming scam is one of the most obvious indicators of this mindset, but there are others. History is constantly being revised, to promote a narrative. Anti white, or anti American caricatures are constantly drummed into children, from preschool to advanced degrees. Evolution is pounded as 'absolute truth' or 'settled science', when it is not even a good theory.
Men can be 'redefined' as women, white is black, & all truth is relative. It is as if George Orwell himself was transported to the 21st century, before he wrote his books.
:..the three slogans of the Party:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH." ~George Orwell
Muddy truth & fantasy as reality, is what the progressive left brings us, along with the death of Natural Law, & order in the universe. Reason is not esteemed, but credentials, as people claim authority based not on the soundness of their logic or evidence, but in their claim of expertise. All others are commanded to bow in obeisance to their supreme wisdom & omnipotence, even if they spout bullshit.
'We won, didn't we?' ~ Harry Reid
Brian William's helicopter under fire story.
Fauxcahontas, ~Elizabeth Warren.
Black like Me, ~Rachel Dolezal
'We were broke coming out of the whitehouse', ~one broke girl Hillary.
'If you like your healthcare, you can keep it. Period.' ~Cloward Piven strategist Obama.
Revisionism & blatant lies are becoming so commonplace, that we are numb to their damage. What would have brought impeachment a few decades ago is yawned at, all brought to you by the New Progressive America. The only purpose of information is to promote a narrative.. pitching propaganda & eliciting a mythical belief. Truth & knowledge for the sake of truth & knowledge is absurd, to the leftist. It must fit within their political agenda.
But it is not only science & truth that is a casualty of leftist thought, but basic rights like due process, speech, & other standards in the bill of rights. Mob rule & accusations are enough, & 'justice' becomes a caricature with French Revolution style courts & mob justice prevailing. Phony narratives like, 'hands up, don't shoot!' are promoted, rather than truth or evidence.
Individually, many of these things might seem trivial, or minor problems in any social system. But when viewed from their origins, & with the prevailing world view directing the narrative, the danger to civilization cannot be overlooked or underestimated. This is a deadly evil for humanity, & is leading us to destruction.
Social Identity: Us vs Them
1. Us vs them mentality.
a. Hatred. Ridicule & despise 'them'
b. Division
c. Submission to group leaders, demonize opposition
d. Loyalty to group over reason
"In the early 1970s, British social psychologist Henri Tajfel explored a phenomenon he called the minimal group paradigm. The basic idea behind this concept was to investigate the minimal conditions required for discrimination to occur within groups.
Amazingly, studies on this approach have shown that people tend to favor a group bias even when they are categorized on relatively meaningless distinctions, for example: eye color, what kind of paintings they like, or even the flip of a coin.
This tells us that we can potentially separate ourselves from a certain group of people on any random and arbitrary characteristic. Therefore, everyone is susceptible to be a perpetrator and/or victims of social prejudice and ostracism.
It appears that thinking of ourselves in terms of groups automatically leads to a kind of irrational group favoritism." source
There is nothing surprising about the 'social identity theory'. Any human being with any perception has seen it in play everywhere, at every time. But in America, & especially enlightened society, the little things that divide us are glossed over for the overriding UNITING factor of our common identity as civilized, free humans. America spearheaded this concept 200+ yrs ago, providing TOLERANCE & diversity into the constitution, rather than strictly demanding conformity.
But like other American virtues, these are being poo-pooed by the progressives, who are back to the old domineering ways of mandating conformity. THEIR moral views are superior, & they will not tolerate any dissension. The American Ideal supersedes the minor, arbitrary or physical traits like race, education, economic status, etc, as secondary. Not everyone followed this high view of man, but it was there as a goal.. a lofty aspiration to rise above the petty divisions of man.
But this very strength of character is also our downfall. We esteem tolerance so much, we are inclusive toward those who wish to destroy us. We do not have the balance or wisdom to keep our system intact from enemy attack, while accepting (and funding) those who are attacking.
The progressive left uses division as a weapon. they do not appeal to a higher unity, but divide over the smallest trait & petty human distinction. They divide us over race, money, gender, sexual preference, religion, & any arbitrary human trait. And empty headed fools fall for their schemes. They rush to the left to find quarter from the evil oppressors that the fear mongers concoct. They promise protection from bigotry of their own designs, which they constructed. The very things they accuse others of, they willfully & blatantly embrace. They are haters, racist, & bigoted, which they accuse in others with no circumspection.
a. Hatred. Ridicule & despise 'them'
b. Division
c. Submission to group leaders, demonize opposition
d. Loyalty to group over reason
"In the early 1970s, British social psychologist Henri Tajfel explored a phenomenon he called the minimal group paradigm. The basic idea behind this concept was to investigate the minimal conditions required for discrimination to occur within groups.
Amazingly, studies on this approach have shown that people tend to favor a group bias even when they are categorized on relatively meaningless distinctions, for example: eye color, what kind of paintings they like, or even the flip of a coin.
This tells us that we can potentially separate ourselves from a certain group of people on any random and arbitrary characteristic. Therefore, everyone is susceptible to be a perpetrator and/or victims of social prejudice and ostracism.
It appears that thinking of ourselves in terms of groups automatically leads to a kind of irrational group favoritism." source
There is nothing surprising about the 'social identity theory'. Any human being with any perception has seen it in play everywhere, at every time. But in America, & especially enlightened society, the little things that divide us are glossed over for the overriding UNITING factor of our common identity as civilized, free humans. America spearheaded this concept 200+ yrs ago, providing TOLERANCE & diversity into the constitution, rather than strictly demanding conformity.
But like other American virtues, these are being poo-pooed by the progressives, who are back to the old domineering ways of mandating conformity. THEIR moral views are superior, & they will not tolerate any dissension. The American Ideal supersedes the minor, arbitrary or physical traits like race, education, economic status, etc, as secondary. Not everyone followed this high view of man, but it was there as a goal.. a lofty aspiration to rise above the petty divisions of man.
But this very strength of character is also our downfall. We esteem tolerance so much, we are inclusive toward those who wish to destroy us. We do not have the balance or wisdom to keep our system intact from enemy attack, while accepting (and funding) those who are attacking.
The progressive left uses division as a weapon. they do not appeal to a higher unity, but divide over the smallest trait & petty human distinction. They divide us over race, money, gender, sexual preference, religion, & any arbitrary human trait. And empty headed fools fall for their schemes. They rush to the left to find quarter from the evil oppressors that the fear mongers concoct. They promise protection from bigotry of their own designs, which they constructed. The very things they accuse others of, they willfully & blatantly embrace. They are haters, racist, & bigoted, which they accuse in others with no circumspection.
Saturday, June 20, 2015
The Death of Due Process.. The End of Law..
June 15, 1215. 800 years ago. King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. It was a milestone for the concept of Law over Decree. It affirmed the idea of Natural Law rather than imperial rule. It was a foundational document for the English Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, & the American Constitution.
If you read it, it seems mostly concerned with money.. heirs, fees, management, etc. The details of the text was not the central issue, as later in the declaration of independence, but what it represented: Rule of Law. Instead of kings & nobles arbitrarily doing whatever they wanted, there were guidelines.. LAWS that superseded their decrees. It was a foundational document for the concept of due process: LAW, rather than the fickle whims of the ruling elite.
Here are a few points:
(30) No sheriff, royal official, or other person shall take horses or carts for transport from any free man, without his consent
(31) Neither we nor any royal official will take wood for our castle, or for any other purpose, without the consent of the owner.
(35) There shall be standard measures of wine, ale, and corn (the London quarter), throughout the kingdom. There shall also be a standard width of dyed cloth, russet, and haberject, namely two ells within the selvedges. Weights are to be standardised similarly
(38) In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.
(39) No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.
(40) To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.
source: http://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-english-translation#sthash.3RSjblwX.dpuf
The last couple are probably the most noteworthy, & are still valid in English Law. But at the time, very few people were 'freemen', so it was not as revolutionary as it might seem. But this confirmed the concept of individual rights over the ruler's decree, & began the idea of due process. English Law continued to evolve these concepts in the English bill of rights of 1869, which were also codified into the American Constitution.
Here are a few points in the English Bill of Rights:
That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal;
That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law;
That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law;
That election of members of Parliament ought to be free;
That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted;
That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders;
That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void;
..and the American bill of rights, the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
I- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
II- A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
III- No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
IV- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
V- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
VI- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
VII- In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
VIII- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
IX- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
X- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Many of the rights enumerated are almost verbatim from earlier texts. It is easy to see the 'paper trail' of liberty evolving in history. Rights were expanded upon.. going from nobles to freemen, to every citizen. The concept of Natural Law was born, & with it the recognition that everyone had inherent rights to their life, property, & liberty. Wars were fought, attempts made to subjugate the freedoms, but for at least 800 years we have been moving toward MORE freedom for the common man. This should be celebrated! It is a victory for the common man, having the same rights as the ruling elite, & the ruling elite under the same LAW as the common man. This opened the door for the idea of self rule. Citizen representatives could make decisions for the nation, based on common sense & common goals. Govt could be kept minimal, & have few demands on the lives & property of the people. A ruling elite could be avoided, which always seems to degenerate into oppression of the working man. There have been setbacks, but we have been going in the direction of freedom, & we are all the better for it. It has been a wonderful experiment in Human Freedom.. a nation conceived in liberty, & dedicated to human rights & due process.
Now we are engaged in a great national debate, to test whether this nation, or any nation so conceived & dedicated, can long endure. Enemies of human freedom dominate the nation's institutions. Schools do not teach the fundamentals of freedom, the magna carta, or even the declaration of Independence. Major media outlets ridicule the concepts of liberty. Historical documents that elevate human liberty are criticized & viewed as old fashioned, not as building blocks of freedom. But this 'new' mindset is really just one of the old ones, rebranded, revised, & put in hip new terms. It is still elitist oppression from a ruling elite, even if they are just wannabes. But they show their true colors in opposing all the basics of freedom:
Speech.
Religion.
Gun rights.
No unreasonable search & seizure.
No double jeopardy.
Right to trial by jury of peers.
Presumption of innocence.
Right to face accuser.
The basis for these things are the concept of Truth, & due process as a method of discovery. Evidence is submitted, examinations made, & truth is determined, beyond a reasonable doubt. It was an extension of scientific discovery, using technology, logic, & common sense. Assumptions are avoided. Speculation is discouraged. Only facts & evidence count. But the anti freedom, anti truth forces that dominate our institutions are threatening this thread of liberty. It is woven in the tapestry of history, & is now in danger of being cut off. Speech has to follow politically correct guidelines. Religion can be redefined as 'bigotry', firearms are banned, accusations substitute for evidence, & mob rule is promoted, instead of blind justice. Guilt is accused, not proven. Trials are public shows, not inquiries for facts.
How can a nation so rich in human freedom, with a heritage of due process, liberty, & basic rights, toss it all aside for promises of utopia from slick tongued deceivers? How can we even consider letting them rule by decree, & set our basic rights aside?
Notice the progression of rights.. more & more were added, to preempt the despotism of the ruling elite. The last 2 in the American bill of rights are very interesting, & powerful. They delegate ANYTHING that might come up in the future, or that weren't spelled out as being rights of THE PEOPLE, not the state.. just the opposite of what the current nanny state is doing. Anything not spelled out, they claim as their turf, & dictate to US 'how it is going to be'. This should rile up the citizens. We should be greatly offended that some bureaucrat, living off our dime, is bossing US around, claiming authority over us. These assholes work for us, not the other way around. Our elected officials are just regular citizens, not some cream of the crop, ruling class. They have things so twisted that it will probably take armed revolt to make an attitude adjustment.
800 years!! That is a long time. It has not been easy, as the ruling elite NEVER relinquish power willingly. The people must FORCE them to submit to LAW, as they always try to put themselves above it. Early last century, the ideology began that slowly eroded the concept of Law & due process: Progressive ideology. The basic rights were muddied & diluted with stupid nanny state inclusions that obscured the basis of Natural Law. FDR included EVERYTHING as a basic right. Jobs, education, food, housing, old age pension.. everything that humans have had to work to earn for all of human history, he included as a natural right! He just promoted the Great Fiction that govt can enable you to live off of everybody else. It was not about basic rights to life, liberty, & property, but free stuff. It was merely collectivist redistribution, not basic human rights. Someone else had to work to earn these things, & the great mooching state had begun.
And for the next 80-100 yrs, we have been reaping the harvest of this ideology. By diluting the concept of Natural Law & basic human rights, they minimize all of them. By minimizing rights to life, property, & liberties, they kill due process. Those are concessions to be made by Big Brother, not inherent rights. The Messianic Leader can benevolently grant a privilege.. it is not yours by birth. They started with property.. it belongs to the state. You didn't build that. Any success you had in your life you OWE to the govt, your benevolent enabler. That is how all the mooching elite live, so they assume EVERYONE can live this way. And as the basic right to property is eroded, so goes the rest of our 'natural rights'. Speech has been under attack by PC tyranny for decades. Gun rights are constantly targeted by the progressive elite. Due process gives way to mob rule & public propaganda trials.
If this evil ideology is not exposed & resisted, the great leaps of human freedom we have seen over the last 800 years will disappear. They will revise history, & no mention will be made about the quest for human freedom. They don't mention it now, in progressive run academia. They certainly won't mention it when they gain full control of all the information outlets.
Credit to Abe Lincoln for the line from the Gettysburg Address.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
If you read it, it seems mostly concerned with money.. heirs, fees, management, etc. The details of the text was not the central issue, as later in the declaration of independence, but what it represented: Rule of Law. Instead of kings & nobles arbitrarily doing whatever they wanted, there were guidelines.. LAWS that superseded their decrees. It was a foundational document for the concept of due process: LAW, rather than the fickle whims of the ruling elite.
Here are a few points:
(30) No sheriff, royal official, or other person shall take horses or carts for transport from any free man, without his consent
(31) Neither we nor any royal official will take wood for our castle, or for any other purpose, without the consent of the owner.
(35) There shall be standard measures of wine, ale, and corn (the London quarter), throughout the kingdom. There shall also be a standard width of dyed cloth, russet, and haberject, namely two ells within the selvedges. Weights are to be standardised similarly
(38) In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.
(39) No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.
(40) To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.
source: http://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-english-translation#sthash.3RSjblwX.dpuf
The last couple are probably the most noteworthy, & are still valid in English Law. But at the time, very few people were 'freemen', so it was not as revolutionary as it might seem. But this confirmed the concept of individual rights over the ruler's decree, & began the idea of due process. English Law continued to evolve these concepts in the English bill of rights of 1869, which were also codified into the American Constitution.
Here are a few points in the English Bill of Rights:
That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal;
That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law;
That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law;
That election of members of Parliament ought to be free;
That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted;
That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders;
That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void;
..and the American bill of rights, the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
I- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
II- A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
III- No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
IV- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
V- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
VI- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
VII- In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
VIII- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
IX- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
X- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Many of the rights enumerated are almost verbatim from earlier texts. It is easy to see the 'paper trail' of liberty evolving in history. Rights were expanded upon.. going from nobles to freemen, to every citizen. The concept of Natural Law was born, & with it the recognition that everyone had inherent rights to their life, property, & liberty. Wars were fought, attempts made to subjugate the freedoms, but for at least 800 years we have been moving toward MORE freedom for the common man. This should be celebrated! It is a victory for the common man, having the same rights as the ruling elite, & the ruling elite under the same LAW as the common man. This opened the door for the idea of self rule. Citizen representatives could make decisions for the nation, based on common sense & common goals. Govt could be kept minimal, & have few demands on the lives & property of the people. A ruling elite could be avoided, which always seems to degenerate into oppression of the working man. There have been setbacks, but we have been going in the direction of freedom, & we are all the better for it. It has been a wonderful experiment in Human Freedom.. a nation conceived in liberty, & dedicated to human rights & due process.
Now we are engaged in a great national debate, to test whether this nation, or any nation so conceived & dedicated, can long endure. Enemies of human freedom dominate the nation's institutions. Schools do not teach the fundamentals of freedom, the magna carta, or even the declaration of Independence. Major media outlets ridicule the concepts of liberty. Historical documents that elevate human liberty are criticized & viewed as old fashioned, not as building blocks of freedom. But this 'new' mindset is really just one of the old ones, rebranded, revised, & put in hip new terms. It is still elitist oppression from a ruling elite, even if they are just wannabes. But they show their true colors in opposing all the basics of freedom:
Speech.
Religion.
Gun rights.
No unreasonable search & seizure.
No double jeopardy.
Right to trial by jury of peers.
Presumption of innocence.
Right to face accuser.
The basis for these things are the concept of Truth, & due process as a method of discovery. Evidence is submitted, examinations made, & truth is determined, beyond a reasonable doubt. It was an extension of scientific discovery, using technology, logic, & common sense. Assumptions are avoided. Speculation is discouraged. Only facts & evidence count. But the anti freedom, anti truth forces that dominate our institutions are threatening this thread of liberty. It is woven in the tapestry of history, & is now in danger of being cut off. Speech has to follow politically correct guidelines. Religion can be redefined as 'bigotry', firearms are banned, accusations substitute for evidence, & mob rule is promoted, instead of blind justice. Guilt is accused, not proven. Trials are public shows, not inquiries for facts.
How can a nation so rich in human freedom, with a heritage of due process, liberty, & basic rights, toss it all aside for promises of utopia from slick tongued deceivers? How can we even consider letting them rule by decree, & set our basic rights aside?
Notice the progression of rights.. more & more were added, to preempt the despotism of the ruling elite. The last 2 in the American bill of rights are very interesting, & powerful. They delegate ANYTHING that might come up in the future, or that weren't spelled out as being rights of THE PEOPLE, not the state.. just the opposite of what the current nanny state is doing. Anything not spelled out, they claim as their turf, & dictate to US 'how it is going to be'. This should rile up the citizens. We should be greatly offended that some bureaucrat, living off our dime, is bossing US around, claiming authority over us. These assholes work for us, not the other way around. Our elected officials are just regular citizens, not some cream of the crop, ruling class. They have things so twisted that it will probably take armed revolt to make an attitude adjustment.
800 years!! That is a long time. It has not been easy, as the ruling elite NEVER relinquish power willingly. The people must FORCE them to submit to LAW, as they always try to put themselves above it. Early last century, the ideology began that slowly eroded the concept of Law & due process: Progressive ideology. The basic rights were muddied & diluted with stupid nanny state inclusions that obscured the basis of Natural Law. FDR included EVERYTHING as a basic right. Jobs, education, food, housing, old age pension.. everything that humans have had to work to earn for all of human history, he included as a natural right! He just promoted the Great Fiction that govt can enable you to live off of everybody else. It was not about basic rights to life, liberty, & property, but free stuff. It was merely collectivist redistribution, not basic human rights. Someone else had to work to earn these things, & the great mooching state had begun.
And for the next 80-100 yrs, we have been reaping the harvest of this ideology. By diluting the concept of Natural Law & basic human rights, they minimize all of them. By minimizing rights to life, property, & liberties, they kill due process. Those are concessions to be made by Big Brother, not inherent rights. The Messianic Leader can benevolently grant a privilege.. it is not yours by birth. They started with property.. it belongs to the state. You didn't build that. Any success you had in your life you OWE to the govt, your benevolent enabler. That is how all the mooching elite live, so they assume EVERYONE can live this way. And as the basic right to property is eroded, so goes the rest of our 'natural rights'. Speech has been under attack by PC tyranny for decades. Gun rights are constantly targeted by the progressive elite. Due process gives way to mob rule & public propaganda trials.
If this evil ideology is not exposed & resisted, the great leaps of human freedom we have seen over the last 800 years will disappear. They will revise history, & no mention will be made about the quest for human freedom. They don't mention it now, in progressive run academia. They certainly won't mention it when they gain full control of all the information outlets.
Credit to Abe Lincoln for the line from the Gettysburg Address.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Progressive ideology: Deadly poison for humanity
Of all the evil ideologies in the history of man, none are as deadly or deceptive than modern progressivism, or leftist thought. This article is a systematic examination & evaluation of progressive ideology & its effect on society. Each point can & should be expounded upon, to drive the warning home about this evil in human thinking, but to start, i wanted to present an outline.. an overview of the whole.
1. Us vs them mentality.
a. Hatred. Ridicule & despise 'them'
b. Division
c. Submission to group leaders, demonize opposition
d. Loyalty to group over reason
2. Anti science.
a. Truth by decree
b. Credentials over reason & facts
c. Hijacking of terms for political agenda
3. Racism
a. anti diversity
b. Demonize scapegoats
4. Propaganda.
a. The ends justify the means.
b. Lying to promote a cause.
c. Political Correctness
d. Control the narrative, caricature any opposition
5. Ideology based on lies & delusions.
a. The Great Fiction, that govt can enable you to live off the labors of others
b. Entitlement, elitism
c. Deception of source of wealth & the necessities of life.
6. Anti America
a. Elites, not citizen representatives
b. Imperial rule, not Law
c. Anti gun rights, speech, religion, due process
d. Adore anything European, regardless of consequences
7. Anti Christian
a. pro anarchy, Islam, atheism, or anything opposing Christianity
b. Constant assault on morality, law enforcement
8. Corruption
a. nepotism
b. Cronyism
c. Acquiring wealth by taking from others, not production (redistribution)
This ideology is a great evil in any society. It is driving us backwards to the dark ages, not toward human freedom & enlightenment. It has crept in & corrupted almost all human institutions, & is intolerant to any alternate views. Academia, Govt, the media, entertainment, and even within corporate structures, progressive dominated thought & followers are increasingly militant & aggressive, mandating conformity & ruling by decree.
Progressive ideology is not an immature, silly concept for empty headed fools, but a deadly evil for humanity. It is not just based on lies, but Damned lies. It is targeting freedom, dignity, & prosperity. It is just another 'ism' in the progression of Statism, built upon Marxism, Darwinism, communism, & Nazism. Its fruit is death. It offers bondage & slavery, but in smooth words. It should be exposed & opposed at every glimpse by those who value their freedoms, lives, & property.
1. Us vs them mentality.
a. Hatred. Ridicule & despise 'them'
b. Division
c. Submission to group leaders, demonize opposition
d. Loyalty to group over reason
2. Anti science.
a. Truth by decree
b. Credentials over reason & facts
c. Hijacking of terms for political agenda
3. Racism
a. anti diversity
b. Demonize scapegoats
4. Propaganda.
a. The ends justify the means.
b. Lying to promote a cause.
c. Political Correctness
d. Control the narrative, caricature any opposition
5. Ideology based on lies & delusions.
a. The Great Fiction, that govt can enable you to live off the labors of others
b. Entitlement, elitism
c. Deception of source of wealth & the necessities of life.
6. Anti America
a. Elites, not citizen representatives
b. Imperial rule, not Law
c. Anti gun rights, speech, religion, due process
d. Adore anything European, regardless of consequences
7. Anti Christian
a. pro anarchy, Islam, atheism, or anything opposing Christianity
b. Constant assault on morality, law enforcement
8. Corruption
a. nepotism
b. Cronyism
c. Acquiring wealth by taking from others, not production (redistribution)
This ideology is a great evil in any society. It is driving us backwards to the dark ages, not toward human freedom & enlightenment. It has crept in & corrupted almost all human institutions, & is intolerant to any alternate views. Academia, Govt, the media, entertainment, and even within corporate structures, progressive dominated thought & followers are increasingly militant & aggressive, mandating conformity & ruling by decree.
Progressive ideology is not an immature, silly concept for empty headed fools, but a deadly evil for humanity. It is not just based on lies, but Damned lies. It is targeting freedom, dignity, & prosperity. It is just another 'ism' in the progression of Statism, built upon Marxism, Darwinism, communism, & Nazism. Its fruit is death. It offers bondage & slavery, but in smooth words. It should be exposed & opposed at every glimpse by those who value their freedoms, lives, & property.
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