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

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Feelings of powerlessness

Published Thu, Nov 1 2007 12:29 PM

OK, nothing really profound here. Last night, I was tired, so I didn't post my usual Open Trackbacks Post. I was going to do it this morning, but shortly after I woke up our power went out.

There doesn't seem to be any logical reason for the power going down, at least not at first. There wasn't a windstorm last night. In any case, our power supply lines are underground. We seldom lose power due to that sort of problem, although some of the older neighborhoods intertwined with ours do.

My son called me and told me that power was back on at about 11:00AM, so that at least is good news. Internet service was still working too, so he has no excuse not to do his schoolwork.

In the meantime, I am going to leave my existing Open Trackbacks Post up for the rest of the day as the primary "sticky" post. I really can't put up anything serious right now anyway, since I'm at work, and have a lot to do. I'll have a new one for the weekend up tomorrow.

In the meantime, here's a couple of car pictures that I took a few years ago. One is a 1958 Corvette Convertible owned by a couple that are/were members of the same car club I was in. I took this picture in the hotel parking lot where the club stayed on the Cascade Loop tour in 1998.

The other picture is of a nicely flamed street rod that my buddy John and I saw while we were on a trip to watch the drag races the first year that "The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway" opened. I don't know about you, but I just love a well executed flame job.