tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post3983050696123295576..comments2013-01-05T12:29:58.867-08:00Comments on NJ Tea Parties United: Specific Steps YOU Can Take to Promote Liberty, Free Markets, and Individual RightsAverage Citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16242686774324605450noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post-40265450331821938132010-01-04T04:12:40.439-08:002010-01-04T04:12:40.439-08:00If I may add, one step you missed is to teach your...If I may add, one step you missed is to teach your children true American History including the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and about the Founding Fathers. Public Schools are NOT doing this. In fact, quite the contrary. Being a great example and being active in the movement is one thing, but make sure our next generation understands our history and what is happening today and why it is a threat. It is going to take more then a generation to fix this. Look at how many people in our generation are already brain-washed. Vigilance starts at home.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834772549354643073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post-1235191557019201302010-01-04T02:10:40.170-08:002010-01-04T02:10:40.170-08:00I agree with all of the earlier comments, but I wo...I agree with all of the earlier comments, but I would add that the Constitution provided for a very limited government because the Founders understood that a government with more power invited special interests to fight one another for that power and to use it tyrannically over the People. The People are then forced to join in the fight for power to protect themselves, but what many of them really want is just to go about their own productive lives and enjoying their family and friends. An overly powerful government robs us of this choice.<br /><br />Our Constitution was meant to protect us from this fight for power and from being its victims, but that only works if most of us understand and believe in the limited government of the Constitution. Please study the Constitution and read what the early Americans believed it to mean. Without this understanding of American history, we are much less well armed for the fight to convince our fellow Americans that the principle of limited government is the only means to secure the rights of the individual to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We must be again free to choose our own values and then to manage our life in accordance with our own values. The overgrown governments of today do not allow this.<br /><br />I would also urge you to understand the importance of the 10th Amendment as a protection of many of our rights which the Founding Fathers did not feature, since they could not imagine many of them would ever be challenged. We have rights to acquire property, to trade with others, to procreate, to form domestic partnerships of our choice, to privacy, to work in our chosen profession, and to provide for our own health care as we choose. These are all negative rights, so we are not guaranteed success in achieving our goals, but we are free to use our best effort to acquire them without using force against others. We need badly to assert these rights under the 10th Amendment if we are ever to regain the full exercise of our individual rights.Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09610765984333672076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post-55545907508834301922010-01-03T17:24:06.476-08:002010-01-03T17:24:06.476-08:00Louis:
The problem you mention could be addressed...Louis:<br /><br />The problem you mention could be addressed with a constitutional amendment limiting all people in Congress to a maximum of two terms.<br /><br />Regards;<br />--<br />JeffJeffery Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213689789082975702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post-78527091796528342412010-01-03T14:31:55.387-08:002010-01-03T14:31:55.387-08:00This country did not get in this state in the last...This country did not get in this state in the last two election cycles, and winning two more will help, but not cure the problem. The problem is that while we conservatives are working and living our lives, hoping that our elected officials will do the right thing, they have enriched themseleves, their friends and created a dependant voter class. (40% of people don't pay federal income taxes). While COngreesional approval is at all time low, Congress members get reelected at a 94% rate. The ENTIRE SYSTEM MUST BE CHANGED!!! Check out www.ICaucus.org for a system to find and support candidates.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157614686454395586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3925290707347297191.post-88024632194014973392010-01-03T13:51:30.973-08:002010-01-03T13:51:30.973-08:00All great suggestions Mark.
I believe that our co...All great suggestions Mark.<br /><br />I believe that our concerted actions over the next two election cycles can result in a significant change in the direction of this country. I support Mark's recommendations and ask that everyone contribute their time, energy and money to the cause of liberty over the next few years. Consider it the best investment you can make in your future.<br /><br />I also second Marks suggestion that you read or reread Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, which dramatizes exactly what is happening to our country - and explains why. If we fight against the current policies of this administration, but only offer up a loose set of arbitrary alternatives, then all of our efforts will ultimately be in vain and we will soon be back to this same point, having to fight the battle over again.<br /><br />However, if we articulate an integrated philosophy grounded in the principles of individual rights, liberty and a true constitutionally limited government, then our actions will form the foundation of a Second American Revolution, upon which we can restructure our country, and once again become the shining beacon of freedom, both political and economic, that is envied throughout the world. Atlas Shrugged articulates these principles and is an important and inspirational guide to our future - if we choose to seize it!<br /><br />In Liberty,<br />--<br />C. Jeffery Small<br />jeff@go-galt.org<br />http://go-galt.org/Galt_Pledge/Jeffery Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213689789082975702noreply@blogger.com