Archive for July 4th, 2008

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Essential resources for the citizen

It doesn’t matter if you’re a liberal, a conservative, a communist, a socialist, a Republican, a Democrat, or whatever political side you take… if you’re an American citizen, there are some essential resources available free of charge on the Internet to help you to understand where our nation came from, and where it ought to go. Put aside ideology for a while, our nation is defined by the content of these documents.

Every one of them is available in its entirety online. This is probably one of the single best reasons for having an Internet connection in my mind. They just don’t seem to teach this stuff in public schools anymore. These documents ought to be required reading for every American citizen…

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Friday, July 4th, 2008

My 4th of July thoughts: Is America still great?

The question is on the lips of many.  Some  decry our failings and insist they are endemic, and show the decline of our Country's greatness. 

They point to our prosperity as evidence of our selfishness. 

They point at our innovation and insist that we are lazy and weak.

They insist that in their lives we have never done anything worthy of pride.

Some point to the White House and our president, and decry his failings and decide the America has suffered under his leadership.  They accuse him of crimes and demand his oust.

They demonstrate against our Military, and defame them.  They falsely accuse them of crimes and atrocities.

They protest in the streets against the war we fight, against our foreign policy, against our leaders, against our culture and against religion.

The take the symbols of our country and deface them in protest.

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