http://politics.aztrx.net/6/politics-information/ Resources and articles about Politics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://politics.aztrx.net/6/politics-information/#comment-6 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:37:22 +0000 http://politics.aztrx.net/6/politics-information/#comment-6 <a href="http://politics.aztrx.net/articles.php?CatID=43&ArtID=103209" rel="nofollow">America's Spiritual History: The Impulse That Gave Birth to a Nation</a> <em>By: Julie Redstone, Wed Mar 28th, 2007</em> What follows is a translation of the original founding impulse into a voice that matches the heart of the new Republic: When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to assert its right to freely exist as an independent society, unhampered by restrictions by a governmental authority that is far away and that does not have its best interests at heart, then it behooves that society and that people to express, in words that are clear and cogent, the reasons for its removal from the authority which it has labored under. This removal, rather than being an act of defiance and provocation, is an act of self-affirmation and of positive movement toward a future in which the governed shall govern their own communities and society, and in which the voice of the people shall be heard. America’s Spiritual History: The Impulse That Gave Birth to a Nation
By: Julie Redstone, Wed Mar 28th, 2007
What follows is a translation of the original founding impulse into a voice that matches the heart of the new Republic:
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to assert its right to freely exist as an independent society, unhampered by restrictions by a governmental authority that is far away and that does not have its best interests at heart, then it behooves that society and that people to express, in words that are clear and cogent, the reasons for its removal from the authority which it has labored under. This removal, rather than being an act of defiance and provocation, is an act of self-affirmation and of positive movement toward a future in which the governed shall govern their own communities and society, and in which the voice of the people shall be heard.

]]> http://politics.aztrx.net/6/politics-information/#comment-4 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:27:08 +0000 http://politics.aztrx.net/6/politics-information/#comment-4 <a href="http://politics.aztrx.net/articles.php?CatID=43&ArtID=104368" rel="nofollow">Liberty at a Crossroads in America</a> <em>By: Ray A. Davis, Wed Apr 11th, 2007</em> There is a new paradigm sweeping America. You know you are about to hear a part of its gospel each time someone qualifies a statement with the phrase, "In the post September 11th world..." You've all heard it a thousand times over the past five years. <ul> <li><em>"Freedom of speech is great, but in the post September 11th world..."</em></li> <li><em>"I don't want the government eavesdropping on my conversations, but in the post September 11th world..."</em></li> <li><em>"I don't agree with the war, but in the post September 11th world..."</em></li> </ul> Liberty at a Crossroads in America
By: Ray A. Davis, Wed Apr 11th, 2007
There is a new paradigm sweeping America. You know you are about to hear a part of its gospel each time someone qualifies a statement with the phrase, “In the post September 11th world…” You’ve all heard it a thousand times over the past five years.

• “Freedom of speech is great, but in the post September 11th world…”
• “I don’t want the government eavesdropping on my conversations, but in the post September 11th world…”
• “I don’t agree with the war, but in the post September 11th world…”

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