“OH what ere twould do us to see ourselves as others see us?”
So Burns wrote in his famous poem after sitting in church behind a high society lady draped in furs, and observed lice crawling around in her finery.
Lice are parasites which sometimes attach to human beings, usually in hair, and are not easy to get rid of. School children frequently get it because they jump off on to others clothing and sometimes transmitted from coats hanging together on a rack. Like all parasites they must have a host to feed off to exist.
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Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I See? Do You Walk In Another’s Shoes? (Issue 175)
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My family and friends all know how I feel about Individual Freedom and Personal Property Rights. Writing on this blog site provides me with an opportunity to express it in the hopes I might motivate at least one other person to appreciate what it means to have Freedom, and that one person may motivate another.
I lived in Japan in the mid fifties, and this was a country just emerging from thousands of years living in a feudal system. Having been freed from that restrictive system, today they are a worldwide economy of creative people no longer living in bondage. Having attacked us in 1941, as President Roosevelt said, “A date that will live in infamy,” a horrible destructive war was fought and when it was over, a Status of Forces agreement was made and Japan was free to govern itself.
In the United States, the colonies living here just over 200 years ago banded together and decided they were sick and tired of the tyranny of the King of England, dumped that tea in the Boston Harbor and decided they would fight to be free.
They had a determination to do whatever necessary to free themselves from bondage. Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty or give me death!” Admiral Farragut said, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” John Paul Jones said, “One if by land, two if by sea” and the mantra among the people was, “root hog or die.” They were a gutsy people, and fought and died to establish a condition of Freedom for themselves, their families, their neighbors and future generations.
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The Reality of the Condition we Face (Issue 124)
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A couple of days ago I listened to the Sean Hannity interview with the Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. When asked why she chose this political route, she replied because of her love for this country and her love of freedom. It’s the first time I have heard any candidate say those words. My achy breaky heart leaped with joy at hearing her say that.
On the other hand, I wonder if she understands the true meaning of the word. She does emanate a certain genuineness and authenticity when she speaks. If she is truly doing what she’s doing out of a love of freedom, I admire her intentions.
Our survival as a species depends upon reversing the road to socialism we are rapidly traveling down to return to individual freedom and private property ownership . . . a return to self-responsibility and self-control. We must reevaluate our thoughts, reason and logic. We must reexamine where we came from, what we are doing to ourselves, go back and reread the Ten Commandments, the Declaration of Independence, and take another look at the history of the men who fought and died for the freedom of this country during the Revolutionary War. What they thought, what they felt, what they believed, and the determination they had to achieve what they set out to do, which was to relieve themselves from an oppressive tyrannical government, headed by the King of England. They left the legacy of their accomplishments for us to have, hold and enjoy. And we have allowed ourselves to stray far from their accomplishments and intentions.
What a tragic shame.
When I suggest politics operates precisely like cancer, here’s why.
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Politics Operate Precisely Like Cancer (Issue 79)
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