Give Me Liberty Or…?

No matter what you elbows up or down folk might think about the United States of America, it’s past, present and plausibly dystopian future, it was founded on basic ideas of liberty from the writings of America’s founders. There is a cracked bell, a symbol of damaged liberty, displayed on the troubled streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By the way, Bruce Springsteen was not a founding father. Anyhoo, how the bell cracked is a legend open to historical and revisionist interpretation but this special bell is alleged to have been one of many that was rung on July 8, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was was first read to the American public and remains as a symbol of freedom of a bygone American era.

There is also another monument of questionable origin and possibly hidden symbolic conflict on Ellis Island in New York harbor called The Statue Of Liberty which is recognized as a universal icon of freedom, international friendship and democracy. Lady Liberty welcomed genuine and necessary immigrants to The Promise Land. There is of course a Globalist Cultural Marxist attempt to rewrite history or invent new meanings for this symbol and others to sabotage history and cultural identity with the intent of destroying any ideas of liberty that might unify those that might rebel against current galloping tyranny.

Anyhoo.

As with the Ten Commandments or the principles of God’s Law, or even The 12 Steps, there are related 28 basic and sensible principles of liberty that are meant to guide governments to direct peace, morality, equality, prosperity, justice and liberty for all.

Read them and weep or celebrate and act to recover those principles that are being lost. Anarchists may do and think what they like. Pick and choose the ones that make the most sense to you. Build your own constitution and a free society. Perhaps a free republic of Alberta might adopt a few.

“Let’s put our heads together / And start a new country up / Our father’s father’s father tried / Erased the parts he didn’t like / Let’s try to fill it in….” Cuyahoga – REM

Let’s read.

1. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
2. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
3. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders.
4. Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.
5. All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.
6. All men are created equal.
7. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
8. Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.
9. To protect man’s rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.
10. The God given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.
11. The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tryannical.
12. The United States of America shall be a republic.
13. A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.
14. Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right of property is secure.
15. The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
16. The government should be separated into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
17. A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.
18. The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution.
19. Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people.
20. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
21. Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.
22. A free people should be governed by law and not the whims of men.
23. A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
24. A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
25. “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations: entangling alliances with none.”
26. The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.
27. The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.
28. The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.

I’m a bit partial to principles 2,7,11,13,14,15,18,19,26, and 27 myself.

Canada proposed similar unifying ideas into a document called The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms way back in 1960 and revised it in 1982 to better promise what is rarely delivered and is rendered useless and pointless by a prominent, Godless and pervasive globalist agenda. It is a document scribed on smallpox riddled parchment not suitable for sanitary wiping.

Bruce Springsteen is/was an American troubadour. His haunting 1993 hit song, ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ was meant to be a poignant expression of isolation, physical and emotional decay, and the struggle for understanding amidst real suffering. It was written for a film with the same title that portrayed the planned AIDS/HIV depopulation crisis that was launched against the non-heterosexual people of the world by pharmaceutical corporations and a cabal or two. Tom Hanks was in this film. Make what you want of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf9sco0ObvE

‘Streets of Philadelphia’ – Bruce Springsteen

I was bruised and battered
I couldn’t tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
And didn’t know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin’ away
On the streets of Philadelphia?

I walked the avenue, ’til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain’t no angel gonna greet me
It’s just you and I my friend
And my clothes don’t fit me no more, I walk
Thousand miles just to slip this skin

Night has fallen, I’m lyin’ awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia?

A far better representation of the American experience, of ‘Life’s Rich Pageant’ ,was portrayed by the legendary and still relevant folk alt college rockers and balladeers known as R.E.M.

Let’s put our heads together and start a new country up
Our father’s father’s father tried
Erased the parts he didn’t like
Let’s try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me
We knee-skinned that river red
This is where we walked, this is where we swam
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it
We knee-skinned it you and me
We knee-skinned that river red
And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim
We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed
This is where we walked, this is where we swam
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone
Let’s put our heads together, start a new country up
Underneath the river bed we burned the river down
This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone
Rewrite the book and rule the pages
Saving face, secured in faith
Bury, burn the waste behind you
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it
We are not your allies, we can not defend
This is where they walked, this is where they swam
Take a picture here, take a souvenir
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga, gone

By DecemberGuy – 23 years ago

“The Cuyahoga is a river that runs through Cleveland Ohio. During the battles with American Indians in the late 1800s the US Cavalry dumped hundreds of bodies in it. Hence the river red line and the Indian imagery. In the 1970’s, the city of Cleveland had polluted the river so bad, that at one point it ended up catching on fire. I think that what Michael’s saying here is throughout american history, we destroyed the native people and then we went and destroyed their land. He’ saying we oughtta fix things while we still have time. Learn from the mistakes of our forefathers etc.”