Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.


I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.


It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.


The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Sunday, February 26, 2006

INSIDIOUS

This topic was brought to my attention by my co-worker, Bryon. The content of his email is below:

This is indoctrination at its finest.
Why Mommy is a Democrat

Check out the “About this book” page to see how it describes itself. http://littledemocrats.net/aboutthebook.html

But let’s take a more critical look at the three sample pages from the website:

So what is the message here? School should only be for “rich Republicans”. The poor need to be kept out by fences and high tuition costs. The Democrats will make sure that ALL good little children can attend schools.

The Truth: Republicans what competition; they want your kids to go to a BETTER school. Democrats want to maintain the power of the Teacher’s Union and no accountability tied to actual results.




Mommy will keep you safe from The Elephant (i.e. The Republicans). The Republicans are certain to trample The Poor (bedraggled man next to park bench), not to mention trample any nature that may be in its way.

This is a direct appeal to the issue of Security, not to Freedom. It doesn’t say Democrats will let you be free; free to make choices and living with the consequences of those choices. Democrats will take it upon themselves (aided by the power of the Federal Government) to make sure you are safe (and paying taxes).

The Message: your private property does not belong to you, it belongs to everybody. And to Democrats, what are the toys? The toys are your wealth that you have earned and your personal possessions. Democrats will make sure that you share those with other people. How do they make sure? By using the police power of Government to take some of your “toys” away from you and give them to other people.





Like I said… this is simply insidious.