Published Brownsville Herald March 15, 2010
While watching my regular round of news shows, on one a politician was describing his fear of lost freedoms should the current bills in Congress, and some more recent, passed. When asked what freedoms have you lost or do you think you will lose, the reply was a dance around a direct answer. It seems the answer was so obvious that he hadn’t adequately thought of it.
We all live in the land of the free, right? Or do we?
The concept of freedom when the founders wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution they were very clear. They were so clear that when it was suggested that an amendment should be added to enumerate them, it was argued that the specific description would empower the courts to further define the meaning thereby diminishing the freedoms that were held so dear.
To better understand the freedoms and what they meant to the founders I suggest that you read not only the Federalist Papers but the Anti-Federalist Papers as well.
Why is it so muddy now and how is it that things that we held dear have been just taken for granted and then traded in for government payments. More »
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