http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/liberty?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "liberty" 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.west-populistamerica.com/2007/08/06/a-judge-standing-up-for-liberty/ I know, I know - it just doesn’t seem right these days. But, it appears to be true! With all the frenzy about the new spying “law” that’s being imposed on us, I was doing a little research on the subject and came across EFF’s Class-Action Lawsuit against AT amp;T populist Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:21:52 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/a_look_back_and_ahead_in_an_age_of_neocon_rule_part_iii Imagine what might have been, what was lost, and how the country might be governed today had Jefferson and Madison prevailed. Still they deserve our gratitude for what they accomplished, and wonder how much worse off we'd be now if they hadn't gotten any of the Bill of Rights freedoms in our founding law... populist Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:08:07 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/a_new_years_resolution_for_all_presidential_candidates No matter how awful you think our government and political system have become, odds are you do not know about this travesty of justice, an incredible failure to honor our fabled Constitution. This failure has removed the sovereignty of we the people, and made Congress much more powerful than it should be. populist Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:58:57 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/american_democracy_slogan_or_action A recent survey found that just 1% out of 1,000 Americans could name all five First Amendment freedoms afforded to them, compared to 22 percent naming all five characters from the Simpsons television show. The fundamental fact that most Americans cannot identify the rights afforded to them under the First Amendment is a startling problem. populist Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:55:45 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/contempt_for_the_bottom_feeders_in_dc As a taxpayer and a voter, I want to know what happened. I want to know what happened to my Constitution, which you swore to protect and defend, not shred and discard. It is NOT just a g-d piece of paper. It is what distinguishes the United States of America. populist Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:13:17 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/countdown_to_dictatorship Our Constitution was written by men who knew at first hand what unbridled power could do. They had just fought a long and desperate war to free themselves from King George, who could dissolve the parliament at will, dictate the fate of anyone in his far-flung empire, and was also known to be a bit nuts. populist Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:39:20 GMT