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

OTA Wednesday

Published Wed, Jan 24 2007 1:00 AM
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Fifteen years in jail for a crime he didn't commit... DNA evidence proved Roy Brown didn't commit the murder he was convicted for in 1992.

The official reason Mike Nifong stepped down from the Duke Lacrosse case was a "conflict of interest" brought about by the ethics charges against him. It's too bad the DNA evidence in that case didn't convince him he was pushing the case against the wrong people. Instead he suppressed it. Now he's facing disbarment.

Corrupt Congressmen won't be getting their pensions now. At least those that are convicted in the future won't. That's if the House bill passed unanimously ends up becoming law.

The Senate wants to wait until the next Senate elections are over before they would punish the corrupt. I wonder why?

Al Gore's powerpoint presentation masquerading as an "objective" documentary is up for two Oscars. In a business that honors and peddles fiction, this should come as no surprise.

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