http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/freedom?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "freedom" on Netvouz http://www.populistamerica.com/a_gift_for_my_daughter It's Christmas & I want to give you a gift that might remind you of me every Christmas. Its not easy to sum up in a few words what has taken me years to learn but maybe if you re-read this every year the meaning will become clearer. I hope so, for I want more than anything else for you to understand this simple truth that can set you free. populist Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:55:52 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/a_forgotten_day_and_a_forgotten_country Today any group of people can get together and vote to take money away from the people who've earned it, vote to regulate the lives of other people, vote to tell other people how to live. We have long since torn up the Constitution and every single article in the Bill of Rights. populist Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:33:12 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/can_republics_and_democracies_really_co_exist It is unrealistic and impossible to expect a government to abide by the strict letter of the Constitution. Doing so is choosing to be condemned to the very history our founding fathers fought to change. Had they known that the true nature of government is power, they might have thought differently, or fought harder to limit that power. populist Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:54:16 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/christians_hindus_and_the_american_challenge If you support religious freedom, and admit that this nation is a secular one, then you must grant the same freedoms to other religions. Therefore, the Senate should next open with a Wiccan prayer, a chant to Zeus, an ode from the Upanashads, a passage from the Popul Vu, a selection from the Enuma Elish, a page from the Tao Te Ching, a paragraph from the Quran, and so on.But fundamentalists don t want this. Instead they seek the transformation of America into Iran populist Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:20:13 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/individual_liberty_and_the_old_world When reading the Declaration of Independence, you see the expression of how society and government is structured. They stood on their own feet, supported their own communities, and educated their children. Those who prospered helped those who didn t. This built the most productive nation in the world. The only one based upon individual liberty. populist Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:00:00 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/is_the_death_of_freedom_a_worthwhile_price_for_security I think it is time to reread the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, and the writings of our forefathers who founded and nurtured this country until it could stand proudly on its own; then ponder the direction we are currently going and what we can do about it. Hopefully, for a time, the choice is still ours. populist Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:49:26 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/is_there_a_future_for_multiculturalism Religious freedom and religious fundamentalism are not equal; the latter is opposed to the former. If we value the former, we must deal with the latter. Multiculturalism is a noble thing. But if radicals don t like freedom of speech, they must change. They must accept it. In the end, they won t be given a choice. populist Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:32:51 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/now_that_you_could_be_labeled_an_enemy_combatant Since Congress recently handed Bush the power to identify American citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and detain them indefinitely without charge, it's worth examining the administration's record of prisoner abuse as well as the building of stateside detention centers. populist Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:53:21 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_spirit_of_tom_paine Paine was profoundly and progressively radical - way ahead of his time and what passes for "Western civilization" and mainstream thought today. He opposed slavery, promoted republicanism, abhored the monarchy, and in many ways was the founder of modern liberalism that Washington and Jefferson called that "liberal experiment, the USA. populist Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:05:43 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/to_hell_with_centrism__we_must_reclaim_the_inspired_edge Rumsfeld is gone. Mehlman is gone. Delay is gone. Yet -- let's not have our progressives' version of a strutting on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier moment. Because mission has not been accomplished. For those who haven't noticed: While we were busy with other concerns, many of our rights and liberties went missing. populist Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:16:08 GMT