I just got back from the Rally in DC. I will blog about it and edit this post on Monday.
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Edited on Monday, July 14th at 7:16pm
The July 12th March and Rally was a very good time. In my estimate, about 6,000 people showed up, but the 'Official' line is ~ 10,000 people attended the rally on the west lawn. I say 'Official,' since I am not able to find a proper link or anything I could cite directly.
Many people were gathered on the NE corner of the lawn surrounding the Washington Monument, and the march towards the west lawn was a nice walk past such ignominious building like the IRS and the FED. As you may imagine, many a impolite thing was shouted at these edifices of slavery.
The rally itself was interesting, with many speakers who really charged the crowd. In addition to Dr. Paul, other speakers who really showed up to bat were:
Tom Mullen - His letter from the individual was rousing and really got to the heart of what the movement is fighting for.
Marcy Brooks - Her speech on Juror powers and preparation should be heard by anyone who is a potential juror. Knowing what she has to say may make the difference between a just ruling and a free person being placed in jail.
Naomi Wolf - This speech really put our place in history into perspective.
Adam Kokesh - This veteran's speech is proof that outspoken, intelligent people really are moving this movement forward. I would not be surprised to see Mr. Kokesh elected in the near future.
Chuck Baldwin - From what I heard on the 12th, and the limited research I've done at this point, this man seems to be a good candidate for president. Contact the Constitution Party in your area and help them get him on the ballot.
And of course, Dr. Paul Himself.
I was disappointed by the many people who took the opportunity to promote 9-11 truth. While the events of 9-11 require a full and independent investigation, I cannot and in no way do I support the idea that our own government would be malicious enough to to murder 3,000 of it's own people. Additionally, I have no faith in our government to pull it off if it even wanted to. The attachment of the 9-11 truthers to the Freedom movement does nothing more than remove the Freedom Movement from the public forum of discussion and serves only to allow the media at large to point a finger at us and say 'Wow! Look at those idiot!'
I am glad I went to Washington on the 12th, since I got to see a lot of great speakers and I also got to meet up with the NJ wing of the movement and network a bit. I look forward to the next time this kind of thing can be arranged.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
Independance Day - 2008
This 4th of July marks the 232nd anniversary of a treasonous document signed by 56 men who in so doing were also signing their death warrants should they be captured. A document which, opposed to common view, had more to do with English common law then any grand statement of a free people.
The Declaration of Independence lists out the many and various transgressions of the British crown against the people of the American colonies and seeks to prove that in legal terms those same people had the right to throw off the bounds of their sovereign lord in England and establish their own government. This right to deny the sovereignty of the crown dates to the Magna Carta.
Essentially, when the Declaration of Independence was written, more correctly titled "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America," it was a declaration to the rest of the world that they were not denying the law nor were they against monarchies in general, but the rights they had as loyal British Citizens were violated by their very crown and they there fore had no choice but to throw that same crown off and stand on their own.
This move was very important for the times to come, as the only powers which were, at the time, able to stand against the British Empire were themselves Monarchies. The only way to survive this dangerous time in the before now untested waters of full colonial rebellion was to be as civilized as they could and to toe the letter of the law as much as they could.
Our nation is the result, and long may it stand.
The official site of the Declaration of Independence can be found here.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
The Declaration of Independence lists out the many and various transgressions of the British crown against the people of the American colonies and seeks to prove that in legal terms those same people had the right to throw off the bounds of their sovereign lord in England and establish their own government. This right to deny the sovereignty of the crown dates to the Magna Carta.
Essentially, when the Declaration of Independence was written, more correctly titled "The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America," it was a declaration to the rest of the world that they were not denying the law nor were they against monarchies in general, but the rights they had as loyal British Citizens were violated by their very crown and they there fore had no choice but to throw that same crown off and stand on their own.
This move was very important for the times to come, as the only powers which were, at the time, able to stand against the British Empire were themselves Monarchies. The only way to survive this dangerous time in the before now untested waters of full colonial rebellion was to be as civilized as they could and to toe the letter of the law as much as they could.
Our nation is the result, and long may it stand.
The official site of the Declaration of Independence can be found here.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Equal
Back when I was young, I sought some kind of order to the world. Day and night I would sit and think about how our society and our universe works. More than once, this search brought me to a crisis of faith, a break through of thought o a period of massive and pervasive confusion and despair.
The problem is this: whenever I look for order, I find chaos. Evey rule has it's exceptions, every truth is it's own lie and the world as it ought to be, isn't.
I have struck on a few points which seem to be stead fast in the flow of the universe. No matter how often I get lost in the flood of chaotic creation and thought, these points always arise as stead fast bulwarks to calm my flailing mind.
- Everyone who is, was or will be will go from nonexistence to existence. Afterwards, they will cease to exist. More to the point, we all came from nothing, were born, live and die.
- The world as you see it is not the same as the world as I see it. Our nature as individuals prevents us from ever knowing what another person knows, feels, thinks, believes or hopes for. Our lives color our perspectives.
- The world as I see it is the only one I will ever know. The only guarantee I have that the wold exists is that I interact with it. In many ways, the world only exists for the person who is observing it. You and I have no guarantee that the world we are interacting with is not a dream, and all we know only figments of some imagination. More exactly; I experiance, therefore I am.
- You are unique and special, just like everyone else.
From the above, I have drawn two conclusions. Each conclusion is mutually exclusive, and therefore I apply a qualifying agent to them, so as to have a basis for further exploration.
Either only one person an ever be 'right' at a time and the rest of us 'wrong,' or we are all 'right' and 'wrong' at the same time.
Our culture is filled with stories of 'The Chosen One' who leads the rest of us on the path to enlightenment and fulfillment. A person is born who is destined to hold each of our fates in hand and guide the whole of the earth to it's preordained destiny. This conclusion creates a mythical god on earth who knows what is best for every person on the earth and is given heavens mandate to take those people like so many sheep and usher them about, all for their own good.
Alternately, since each person has a unique and special perspective of the world and each person makes decisions with only the accumulated knowledge and experiance they and only they could collect during their miraculous lives, then it may very well be that each and every one of us is 'right' from our own perspectives, but possibly 'wrong' when viewed by other people.
A western Man, when meeting a western Woman, will generally show the respect of standing and offering his hand for a hand shake. This is considered correct and polite by western society. In some middle eastern societies, a Man would never under any circumstances even attempt to look at a Woman he was not related to, let alone touch her hand. This would be considered a horrible offense not only to the woman, but her entire family.
Since the only qualifier I can ever really have is to ask howI would feel if I was placed on the losing side of a situation, I side with the miraculous position that every single person on the face of the planet is simultaneously right and wrong at the same time. Evey one of us, we whole human race, is bound up in a morale equivalent of a quantum theory light beam: we are a particle and a wave, only depending on how you look at us at that moment. Perspective is everything, and since each perspective is unique and miraculous, then I side with the outcome which leaves the possibility I may be right, as opposed to the side which only allows one person to ever be right, and the rest of us are only sheep or cattle to be lead around for our own protection.
Thus, we find the source of this post's title: We are all equal in our claim to being right, with the only difference being our perspective from which we view the world. I want to note that this is only a starting point and not the final destination of this meditation. Over time I will flesh this idea out to some logical conclusions, but that is for another time.
The problem is this: whenever I look for order, I find chaos. Evey rule has it's exceptions, every truth is it's own lie and the world as it ought to be, isn't.
I have struck on a few points which seem to be stead fast in the flow of the universe. No matter how often I get lost in the flood of chaotic creation and thought, these points always arise as stead fast bulwarks to calm my flailing mind.
- Everyone who is, was or will be will go from nonexistence to existence. Afterwards, they will cease to exist. More to the point, we all came from nothing, were born, live and die.
- The world as you see it is not the same as the world as I see it. Our nature as individuals prevents us from ever knowing what another person knows, feels, thinks, believes or hopes for. Our lives color our perspectives.
- The world as I see it is the only one I will ever know. The only guarantee I have that the wold exists is that I interact with it. In many ways, the world only exists for the person who is observing it. You and I have no guarantee that the world we are interacting with is not a dream, and all we know only figments of some imagination. More exactly; I experiance, therefore I am.
- You are unique and special, just like everyone else.
From the above, I have drawn two conclusions. Each conclusion is mutually exclusive, and therefore I apply a qualifying agent to them, so as to have a basis for further exploration.
Either only one person an ever be 'right' at a time and the rest of us 'wrong,' or we are all 'right' and 'wrong' at the same time.
Our culture is filled with stories of 'The Chosen One' who leads the rest of us on the path to enlightenment and fulfillment. A person is born who is destined to hold each of our fates in hand and guide the whole of the earth to it's preordained destiny. This conclusion creates a mythical god on earth who knows what is best for every person on the earth and is given heavens mandate to take those people like so many sheep and usher them about, all for their own good.
Alternately, since each person has a unique and special perspective of the world and each person makes decisions with only the accumulated knowledge and experiance they and only they could collect during their miraculous lives, then it may very well be that each and every one of us is 'right' from our own perspectives, but possibly 'wrong' when viewed by other people.
A western Man, when meeting a western Woman, will generally show the respect of standing and offering his hand for a hand shake. This is considered correct and polite by western society. In some middle eastern societies, a Man would never under any circumstances even attempt to look at a Woman he was not related to, let alone touch her hand. This would be considered a horrible offense not only to the woman, but her entire family.
Since the only qualifier I can ever really have is to ask howI would feel if I was placed on the losing side of a situation, I side with the miraculous position that every single person on the face of the planet is simultaneously right and wrong at the same time. Evey one of us, we whole human race, is bound up in a morale equivalent of a quantum theory light beam: we are a particle and a wave, only depending on how you look at us at that moment. Perspective is everything, and since each perspective is unique and miraculous, then I side with the outcome which leaves the possibility I may be right, as opposed to the side which only allows one person to ever be right, and the rest of us are only sheep or cattle to be lead around for our own protection.
Thus, we find the source of this post's title: We are all equal in our claim to being right, with the only difference being our perspective from which we view the world. I want to note that this is only a starting point and not the final destination of this meditation. Over time I will flesh this idea out to some logical conclusions, but that is for another time.
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