Liberty Watch

Fear from the Left

2011-08-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

Two Edged Sword

Organizations like the NRA have been accused of fear peddling.This is nothing but hypocrisy leveled by the liberals who have been fear mongering, firearms, the NRA, conservatives and the 2nd Amendment and any freedom they are afraid of for more than 40 years. Fear is a terrible thing to waste especially for liberals. For liberals if you want control of it or to destroy it make people afraid of it, induce fear of it and then pass a law to "protect the people". Liberals love control and fear is a good tool to obtain control with, be afraid of the liberals they are out of your control.

Fear is a terrible thing to waste, be afraid of the liberals with liberty in their hands we pay the price of eternal vigilance. Freedom, our liberty is not something to fear but something to be protected. Our freedom is not perfect there will be those who abuse it. Regardless of which freedom it is you do not destroy it out of fear, would you destroy your car because you might run over someone, would you stop walking because you might trip and hurt yourself or fall on somebody?

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fear is the tool most used by those who wish to control you, make you afraid to do something or to own something they don't want you to own. The real fear is to let them control you with fear. If they want you to abandon your freedom, then they will make you afraid of it and make you afraid to exercise it. If you want to be controlled, if you want to be fearful and afraid then listen to the liberals who want that control most. Give up your freedom. Then wait for the next freedom they want you to fear and they want to take.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
The organizations that claim the NRA is peddling fear, they say our Second Amendment freedom is safe. I ask the question if our freedom is safe, then why do organizations such as The Brady Campaign even exist?

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Deception

2011-07-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

It Will Not Stop

Gun control is a deception, a political tool used by the Liberals for political gain; it would not have stopped Timothy McVeigh or the terrorists of 9/11. It would not have saved the victims. Had it existed in Iraq, it would not have protected Iraq's people from the late Saddam Hussein that killed so many. It will not stop the criminals that have been preying on this world since recorded history began. It is a fraud perpetrated by politicians who are incapable of dealing with the problems they really must deal with.

This is the truth of gun control, it will do nothing but take the rights of millions of honest citizens while affecting no criminals, who have always found a way to commit their crimes, it is how they make a living. Gun control is a deception and we are being deceived. The laws gun control politicians have leveled upon us have tied our hands. They have made it increasingly difficult to act in our own defense without violation. They allow criminals to sue their victims. In some locales even non-lethal weapons have been vilified by the government. Gun owners and their supporters alike have been made into villains by the Liberals. We have been made into victims by the laws they passed to "protect us". We are being made to pay the price for the true criminals. Criminals continue to do what they have always done and the laws the Liberals have passed have done more to interfere with honest people than the business of the criminals.

When the courts allow criminals to sue their victims who is really being protected, who says crime does not pay? If you are a gun owner, if you believe in the right to keep and bear arms, do not believe the Liberals, whether you use a firearm to hunt, shoot or defend yourself your firearms are not protected. Each attack the Liberals level at your firearms is meant only as a stepping stone to the next attack. Ask yourself if you cannot trust the Liberals to protect all your freedoms can you trust them to protect any?

You have only to look at quotations from our founding fathers to understand what they meant by "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" to understand why the Second Amendment to the Constitution was written. Our forefathers understood the necessity of keeping arms in the hands of the people, the average citizen.

In Defense of Freedom

2011-07-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

Best and Last Defense

Freedom is not made by words on paper, nor is it guaranteed by words on paper. Our forefathers had seen throughout history the rise and fall of dictators, tyrants and the corresponding oppression and subjugation. These things arose from the governments which governed not the people which were governed. Unfortunately freedom is seldom if ever obtained through goodwill or words on paper. Freedom is most often obtained through force of arms or the threat of that force. Tyrants can arise from anywhere at anytime; no paper constitution can guarantee freedom. Looking into our history we can see as our forefathers that this is true, from ancient Egypt to our Revolution to Nazi Germany and the old Soviet Union tyrants rise and fall. Freedom is made or maintained more often than not through force of arms. Our forefathers knew governments are and can become corrupt, giving rise to dictators. Our Second Amendment is our first and last guarantee against this rise, if a dictator arises from our own government why would our government protect us from itself? The Second Amendment is not for the government, it is for the people, it is our guarantee, our best assurance of continued freedom.

Accept no attempts at any law which would allow the government to compromise your freedom or prevent you from acting in defense of freedom. Accept no attempts at any law which would compromise the security of that freedom or allow any oppressive agent to take from you the power to defend your freedom.

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." Patrick Henry

Government Kills

2011-06-28T10:19:00.000-07:00

Death by Government:War

The war casualty numbers listed below are not confined to the United States, other nations are involved and bear responsibility for those deaths regardless of the need for that involvement. The governments bear the responsibility for the deaths not only of their combatants but for the loss of civilian (non-combatant) life. Often referred to as "collateral damage", primarily unarmed, these civilians were left primarily to defend themselves, made victims by the governments engaged in war. Some fought and died defending themselves many were slaughtered in the middle of the battles waged by the governments engaged in that war.

Governments often complicate or interfere with your ability or means with which you can act in your own defense. Their compulsion to have more control is putting us at greater risk. Governments have no right to deny the full ability of their citizens, their people to defend themselves against an aggressor force or criminal attack, not when so many have been killed by the actions of government. Regardless if the war is against an enemy government's military or the "War on Crime", if the enemy has a plan of murder, conquest or genocide, victims (citizens) have a right to use any reasonable and justifiable force to defend themselves and that includes the right to bear arms.

Casualty Estimates

Casualty estimates include all nations involved

World War I - Military Casualties [9,700,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [6,800,000-13,000,000]1,2
World War II - Military Casualties [19,400,00-22,190,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [17,000,000-26,000,000]2,3
Korean War - Military Casualties [1,200,000-2,400,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [1,600,000-2,640,000]2,3
Vietnam War - Military Casualties [1,359,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [2,000,000]1
Totals - Military Casualties [31,659,000-35,649,000] ~~ Civilian Casualties [27,400,000-43,640,000]

Make no mistake, I believe in the military and support it. I also believe in the right of each citizen to act in their own defense. The first person on the scene of a crime is usually not the police, it is the victim. You have the right to defend yourself and that includes the right to bear arms. Do not be victimized by criminals or by governments that make promises they cannot keep. Defend yourself, the government; the police will likely only arrive in time to pickup the pieces.

(1) Wikipedia - (2) Encyclopedia Britannica 2011 - (3) Encarta Encyclopedia 2008

War

2011-06-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

Sometimes a Terrible Necessity

War is the unfortunate necessity forced on those seeking freedom or wishing to preserve it. There are those who would not consider war at any price. I would ask, are you the master or would you be the slave?

I would think there are few who prefer being the slave to being free. I think there are few that would reject the liberties they have, liberties acquired through force of arms. War is a terrible and costly undertaking and should never be so undertaken without great provocation or great deliberation.

War is a sometimes a terrible necessity if freedom is to be preserved or acquired. War is costly for life but to reject it under all circumstances is to invite the master in and to become the slave.

"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy." George Washington

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." George Washington

The Liberal

2011-06-16T10:11:00.000-07:00

What does Liberal mean, what a Liberal usually is to society and government is:
1. Larger or more government programs.
2. More controls on everything you do.
3. Larger deficits for the government.
4. Larger tax bills for the taxpayer.

All of which is rested on the working class. This means you:
1. Less money for gas to get to work.
2. Less money to pay for heat.
3. Less money to make repairs.
4. Less money to pay for food.
5. Less money to pay bills in general.

What do you want?

What should you get from government?

LIBERAL
More regulations

More controls

Less money

Fewer choices

Less freedom

CONSERVATIVE
Less regulations

Less control

More money

More choices

More freedom

Which would you rather be?

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." Patrick Henry

You say tax the rich, I ask who made the wealthy rich? We did, we paid for their services, their products and their creations. We made them rich and our dollars keep them rich. We indirectly pay their taxes every time we pay our bills. The Liberals need more taxes to pay for bigger government; no matter who pays those taxes, the working middle class bear the brunt of it. Higher taxes mean higher prices from the rich, we pay.

Government

2011-06-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

Too many Taxes - Too little Return

Our current liberal led government seems to be fond of overindulgence by spending and controlling. It is, like most government glutted with paperwork, personnel and hot air. I may not be objective with the above statements, but there seems to be very little objective reasoning in our over power-hungry government. Greed, power and control remain the way. A phrase once used about government and attributed to multiple authors that should be applied but is little applied is, "That government is best which governs the least." That is not to say that no government would be best but rather that government should be a lean machine not a fat one. As it happens all too often the reverse can be applied to our government, "He who governs most governs worst." A government grown too large is a government which will lose the individual between the cracks as an individual lost in the vast, dense forest. As a result of governments canned solutions, we hear the stories of delays and refusals because a person does not fit the criteria. They need help but the government still takes their tax dollars and says they can't help, but when they are on the street it may help.

Government often cares more for itself than the people. A case in point, government salaries, in a past administration, the president had frozen federal wages. A freshman politician sought to introduce a bill to freeze congressional salaries as well, he was promptly warned by a senior to keep his hand out of the seniors pocket. It seems to me it is our pocket that this senior is sticking his hand in. I say keep your hand out of our pocket.

Big government is quite often a waste of money. The government produces little; it has little to sell, it takes the profit and still sends out a big tax bill. Grown too large it is a drain on the economy. Money is best spent in the private sector, where it produces more, resells more and makes a better profit. The profit then increased by reduced government drain, allows for increases in spending on private production. The increased production profit can then be taxed at a lower rate producing similar revenue for government.

Criminal Justice

2011-05-20T10:19:00.000-07:00

Always Room for Improvment

The United States system of justice is supposedly one of the best in the world, but I question it in practice. We decry the terrible crime in our country. People feel they must threaten certain freedoms in our nation to correct the problem. The problem does not exist within the exercise of our freedoms. The vast majority of people use their freedom without breaking any laws. We have sufficient laws within this country to deal with crime. Why pass more laws to restrict more freedom, to create more criminals? A criminal's "profession" is breaking the law as it exists, as it will exist. We need no more laws. We need enforcement; we need a justice system that caters more to the offended not the offender.

I am writing primarily of violent offenders, offenders whose parole back into society all too often leads back to crime. I have heard the terms "mandatory parole", if a person has committed a violent crime there should be no such term as mandatory parole. A violent offender should serve his time, not repeat his crime.

As for younger offenders, I understand the concern of people when it comes to jailing younger offenders with adults. Perhaps more facilities should be created for young offenders. The time has come when lessons must be learned. When any offender knows that he has committed a crime, he must pay a price, perhaps probation is enough but not always. Parent's sympathy toward a child is understandable, but a parent may not always be objective. All too often a youth uses their age as an escape route. An escape thus given is often seen as a sign to other youths that they can get away with it to.

Justice is not an exact science and is skewed by laws that are not always fair or just. The system is sometimes weak and sometimes to harsh. It seems with the violent offender it is the weakest. What is clear is that our system needs an overhaul that the abundance of laws needs to be trimmed and clarified. It is also clear that the honest citizens should not lose any freedoms for a system too weak to deal with the real criminals.

Standards

2011-05-18T14:44:00.000-07:00

A Final Word

Freedom, Honor and Justice, if we begin to fail these things, we begin to fail ourselves. If we fail ourselves, we may be truly lost. Therefore we must hold true to these concepts whenever possible, to find in ourselves what we can be, to be our best, for all.

Unjust Laws II

2011-05-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Freedom is Justice - Injustice is Tyranny

Good enforcement can stop crime but enforcement of unjust law only leads to less freedom and more tyranny. Honest and just people should not be subject to the continual onslaught of new law when enforcement of existing law is sufficient and needed. Freedom once given to honest people should not be sacrificed to laws created through injustice and fear. In Nazi Germany freedom became the illusion to those willing to live within the confines of the tyrants laws. No one but another tyrant would consider Nazi Germany free.

Fear is a tool by which tyrants take freedom, by which freedom may be sacrificed through unjust laws. Our forefathers fought the Revolution for freedom; they set forth in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights the tenets of the People's freedom and the power of the people to protect that freedom. The Revolution freed us from a tyrannical government, two documents declared the nature of that freedom for the people. If first consideration is not to be given to the freedom of the people, then these documents have begun to lose their value to the people, if they can being manipulated to the powers of the government, they can be used for the power of future tyrants and our forefathers plan for freedom fails. Government must uphold and enhance the freedom of the people.

It is the governments who allows slavery, and engage in multinational wars and who can engage in the wholesale oppression of their citizens. If governments will not trust the people with the rights given to the people, then why should those governments be trusted?

Red Zone II

2011-05-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Fear from the Left

Brady Center vice president accuses NRA of fear peddling. What hypocrisy is this? The Left of which this V.P. is an apparent member has been fear mongering, firearms, the NRA, Conservatives, the 2nd Amendment and any freedom they are afraid of for more than 40 years. Fear is a terrible thing to waste especially for Liberals. For Liberals if you want control of it or to destroy it make people afraid of it, induce fear of it and then pass a law to "protect the people" from it. Liberals love control and fear is a good tool to obtain control with, be afraid of the Liberals they are out of your control.

Standards III

2011-05-04T14:39:00.000-07:00

Honor

Honor should pervade not only justice and freedom but our lives. What is honorable in damaging freedom or justice? What is honorable about treating citizens that exercise certain freedoms, as doing something wrong? What is honorable about degrading those individuals for the freedoms they have chosen to exercise? These questions may seem unnecessary to ask but they are not. Honor can be hard to define. Actions of honor are actions that uphold freedom and justice. Actions of honor should be actions that the world would see as reasonable and fair. If in an action you feel ashamed or wrong in its commission perhaps you should question the honor in it. The protection and the upholding of freedom and justice will always be honorable.

Standards II

2011-04-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Justice

Law both defines and protects the choices and the basic rights of the free citizen. Justice is the basis of law. The law should take second place to justice. Law is based on that which is just; if it is not just then it should not be a law. I heard once without the law there can be no freedom. This is wrong for without justice there is no freedom. A law reflects the will of its creators. Justice reflects that which is fair for the individual. While law can be fair to all, it is not a guarantee of fairness. Law is a blanket that can keep you warm against a cold wind of anarchy or it can smother you in a stifling hold of tyranny. While law should be applied as a guide, it must be justice that should be the final word, let justice prevail.

Unjust Laws

2011-04-18T17:33:00.000-07:00

There is no Defense of Injustice

We all believe in justice do we not, that laws should be derived from that which is just. Justice should be derived from a simple concept; you do not punish or penalize the innocent for the crimes of another. A law because it exists does not make it just.

How many laws existed under the Nazi and Soviet regimes, which allowed for the unjust harassment, arrest, imprisonment, torture and murder of innocent people? The punishment and penalizing of honest people for the crimes of others is not justice nor should it be the result of any law. Being denied your rights would be penalty and punishment and should not be inflicted on the people who have not committed a crime or injustice against another.

"All the tranquility, the happiness & security of mankind rest on justice, on the obligation to respect the rights of others." Thomas Jefferson

Unjust laws serve two purposes, to hurt the honest or make criminals of the honest who will not subject themselves to the injustice of those laws. True criminals by chosen path will not obey any law just or unjust simply because it exists or there would be no criminals. Law does not stop crime, it creates new crime. Any law that impedes our abilty to defend ourselves makes us victims, any government who makes us victims through unjust law and the infringement of freedom sets the basis of tyranny not freedom.

Standards I

2011-04-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

Freedom

Freedom is our most important asset. It is the ability to make choices about our lives. The right to take a stand against that which we believe is unjust. It is the right to speak against that with which we disagree. Never forget that freedom is also governed by the rights of others to take their own stand against ours. Our freedoms are a precious gift never to be taken lightly or sacrificed without a monstrous consideration. Once freedoms are lost the battle to retrieve them will be far harder, than it was to give them away. The freedom we do not have is to destroy the freedom of another with out the exercise of justice.

No Free Lunch

2011-04-06T20:35:00.000-07:00

No Free Lunch

Most of us would like our lives simplified. We would like to get up in the morning and not worry about how big our paychecks will be or about the next expense. Many people would like the government to do more.

When government does more, we pay, all of us. Government does nothing we do not pay for. Isn't it ironic the government we pay to work for us tells us what to do? How much do you want to be told what to do? How much are you going to pay for it? When will it be enough?

"A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything you have. The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases." Thomas Jefferson

Quotes Only

2011-04-01T14:50:00.000-07:00

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

Thomas Jefferson

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." Patrick Henry

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty no safety." Benjamin Franklin

"A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have...The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases." Thomas Jefferson

"A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse to rest on inference." Thomas Jefferson

"All the tranquility, the happiness & security of mankind rest on justice, on the obligation to respect the rights of others." Thomas Jefferson

Stepping Stones

2011-03-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Stepping Stones

Tyrants and dictators do not always arrive on the heels of war, a coup or civil war. They can hide behind what appear to be benign political intentions. Liberty may have the appearance of being safe, but as one small piece of "benign" legislation is passed then another it chips away at our liberty.

Laying the Path

Each benign little stone is laid in place as a "reasonable" piece of legislation. One stone in a path to the next stone each made reasonable until you look back and see how far it has taken you. How far is too far if the changes are made slowly enough, when do you realize it has gone too far?

"Experience hath shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." Thomas Jefferson

Getting Started

2011-03-28T19:37:00.000-07:00

Regardless of what you think government should or shouldn't do, they work for you, don't be pushed around. Your freedom, your job and your income can be affected by their decisions. Don't let the government take what our forefathers fought to make possible for us. Be aware.