Individual Liberty — Individual Responsibility

For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Tuesday Open Trackbacks

Published Mon, Jan 15 2007 11:02 PM
Technorati Tags: Entertainment, Blogging, Open Trackbacks

For the last couple of months I've been playing the Blogshares fantasy blog stock market. It's a pretty fun game, once you figure out what you're doing. One of the cool things is to add your blog to the index and to track its valuation. Another cool thing is to buy shares in other peoples blogs and track them.

It's sort of like investing in stocks, but it's all fake money. You can also gamble after a fashion. Blogshares has this thing called "chips". You can get chips lots of different ways, by answering anonymous polls on the site, or by voting on the "industry" that blogs belong to. You can then use the chips for various things, but one of the fun things you can do with them is play "Blogshares Chances".

It costs 10 chips to play, but you can win shares in other blogs, win more chips, or win a commodity called "ideas". That's where the big B$ money is...

Another way you can get chips is to report errors in the Blogshares index. I had no idea that there were so many dead blogs out there. Or that there were so many blogs in totally incomprehensible (to me) languages. Anyway, it's a lot of fun.

And it's an interesting way to find blogs you might not otherwise consider looking at.

This is your open trackbacks post for Tuesday, January 16, 2007. If you have something interesting you'd like to share, feel free to link it here and leave a trackback.

Just remember the trackback policy.

For the best exposure, go to the blogger's oasis and use the linkfest chooser to choose the posts you'd like to hook up with.

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Socialist Terrorism?

Published Mon, Jan 15 2007 3:05 PM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, War on Terror

By now you've heard about the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Greece. What's really interesting about the U.S. Embassy bombing is who's to blame. A group called "Revolutionary Struggle" has claimed responsibility for the bombing. From The Olympian:

ATHENS, Greece - Greek authorities blamed domestic militant groups Friday for the early morning attack on the U.S. Embassy.

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Police are examining the authenticity of two calls claiming responsibility from the group Revolutionary Struggle, which has carried out six bombings since 2003. The shadowy group has criticized the United States in past statements, citing treatment of prisoners at the U.S. military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

So who is "Revolutionary Struggle"? Well, they're not Islamic Extremists. No, they're a bunch of socialists, or maybe even anarchists. The same political philosophies that drive the left in the U.S. today.

The same political philosophies that drive groups like International A.N.S.W.E.R. and other groups that have been against the war on terror. That's right, the anti-war crowd shares political philosophies with the latest breed of terrorists to strike out against our country.

Is anyone surprised?

Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Is It Just Me?, Mark My Words, The Random Yak, Big Dog's Weblog, basil's blog, DragonLady's World, Conservative Cat, Pursuing Holiness, Wake Up America, Rightwing Guy, The HILL Chronicles, stikNstein... has no mercy, Pirate's Cove, Dumb Ox News, High Desert Wanderer, Right Voices, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

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OTA Monday

Published Mon, Jan 15 2007 12:30 AM
Technorati Tags: Open Trackbacks

This is your open trackbacks post for Monday, January 15, 2007. If you have something interesting you'd like to share, feel free to link it here and leave a trackback.

Just remember the trackback policy.

For the best exposure, go to the blogger's oasis and use the linkfest chooser to choose the posts you'd like to hook up with.

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