On Independence Day, I ask you to think about how many freedoms we have and how many we're in danger of losing. Every day, the right wing moralists are trying to chip away at our basic civil liberties. They're trying to restrict women's access to healthcare, strip workers of their ability to earn a living wage and pass laws about who you can marry.
The right wing is fond of saying that freedom isn't free. And they're right. It isn't. We see it in the cost of the lives of brave men and women in uniform. But it's more that. I've said this many times, the freedom on which this country was founded is not the just freedom for the thoughts we love and agree with, it's freedom for the thoughts we hate the most. That too is a cost of freedom which must be paid by everyone.
Today as we pay tribute to the bravery and sacrifices made to build this nation, it is important that we remember the full cost of liberty, and not forget that independence is more readily available when people remain focused on the fullest pursuit of their own happiness rather than condemning the way others pursue theirs.
is the day we celebrate
Everything that has made
this country great
The fact that we can sit here
And dissent,
Many nations of the world
never experi ence this
Accomplishment
Although with our politicians
We May disagree
This is a land of infinite possibilities
Of a people proud, diverse and real
There are not enough words
To express how I feel
Yes, now we are living in
Difficult times
But We Americans never falter, in our
Uphill climbs
Christians, muslims, hindus, jews,
Every color in the human spectrum
May god bless you
and, mr flynt, you are a great american!!!!
As to your taking time to explain how to click on a little icon, thanks! :)
"When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny." John Adams
"As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard." Alexander Hamilton
Like Mama said; "Mind your own business, its all that you can handle."
"When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny." John Adams
"As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard." Alexander Hamilton
I am a huge fan of your goal to continue to protect our liberties. In additional, I think a parallel goal would be to try to get Americans to realize that we are being lied to on a regular basis and to point out those lies. I am a huge fan of fact checking and beieve more people should demand accuracy in all so called factual statements made by politicians and advertisers. The only way to inforce consequences is in the court of public opinion. I think a fact checking network or magazine or newsletter is needed to embarass those caught in obvious misstruths. We need to show the people that believe a certain network claiming to be '"fair" is actually a media arm of a major political party. I realize that fox watchers will listen to anything, because fox will tell them that the fact checkers are lying and people need to confirm their own political stances. I am willing to put my time and effort into a FREE e-mail newletter fact checking most major political and advertising comments. Any suggestions on how to spread the word without major costs?
Savconsulting
But any such laws would constitute an infringement on our First Amendment rights. The truth is often hard to define and can be subject to perspective. Who shall be the author of the truth? We do have Jon Stewart...
Let's all just continue blogging, commenting, rebutting and otherwise paying attention, and have faith in a majority of our fellow Americans to make the right calls often enough for us to get by.
Or, perhaps it is already too late.