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The "We The People" Special Interest Group

Posted by ARJIS on Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:22:52 AM
President Ronald Reagan in his First Inaugural Address on January 20th, 1981, outlined many of the ills our country is now facing. His comments should resonate through those who believe that limited government and a free market economy, are the answers to many of our current problems. There should be concern in Washington for only one special interest group: "We The People"
"You and I, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. Why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we're not bound by that same limitation? We must act today in order to preserve tomorrow. And let there be no misunderstanding: We are going to begin to act, beginning today. The economic ills we suffer have come upon us over several decades. They will not go away in days, weeks, or months, but they will go away. They will go away because we as Americans have the capacity now, as we've had in the past, to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.

We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows no sectional boundaries or ethnic and racial divisions, and it crosses political party lines. It is made up of men and women who raise our food, patrol our streets, man our mines and factories, teach our children, keep our homes, and heal us when we're sick—professionals, industrialists, shopkeepers, clerks, cabbies, and truck drivers. They are, in short, "We the people," this breed called Americans."
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Freedom First!

Posted by ARJIS on Sunday, May 10, 2009 12:00:00 AM
I wanted to post this old video, to help America remember its heritage. Have we forgotten what True Freedom is, or how we were able to obtain it? Will you pass on to your children, your grandchildren, neighbors and fellow Americans truth, or "A Torch With No Flame"?

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