liberty

A national identification program is poised to ensnare our country.
I'm sure the Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves at the very idea and the direction our government is taking this country (and lest you think I'm a left-wing Liberal, I do not refer to the Bush Administration, I refer to our morally-corrupt U.S. government over the past 50 plus years).

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Credit cards are a worldwide thing now. They are so convienant and easy to use. It's a lot easier to use a credit card than to write a check or go to the ATM. But sooner or later, you realize that you have spend your spending limit.

A lot of credit cards give the introductory offer, than after several months they sock it to you. If you are carrying a big balance, than it starts getting hard to make that monthly payment.

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As American citizens we are given liberty and freedom and for this I am grateful.However it seems to me that our freedom is controlled in a very subtle way.Not necessarily by the laws we have to live by (freedom doesn't allow us to be criminals).They control our freedom by giving us unnecessary rights.For example, why should I have need for the right to free speech if I already have freedom and liberty?To me, freedom and liberty gives me all the rights that our government "gives us".Giving rights to us limits our freedom.This is one of the ways that they decide how free they'll let you be.

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Some of you might have been following the exchanges I've had in recent days with a blogger named Jake. Jake is good folks. He is in training to become a Special Forces operative - a Green Beret, if you will. And apparently, a bard, of sorts. His blog sometimes expresses opinions that are, um, a little right of center. But he's thoughtful about it, and - unlike some others - he's prepared to listen thoughtfully to other views. Especially when those views update our understanding of the underlying history and sociology for an event or opinion. And (lest we forget) he is one of those who has sworn (or affirmed) to defend our right to choose to waste away in front of American Idol, and to die - yes, I said die - in that defense if necessary. So, he gets my respect. And my arguments.

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Liberty’s Gown
c. 2002 jennifer k. hilsinger

Her purity and innocence
Are signified by white
Vigilance and justice
Are the blue of shadowed night
Fearlessness and valor
Painted red her vivid gown
And for this She’ll never fade,
Or run, or be worn down
For everyone, she proudly wears
Pure white and midnight blue
But defenders of her home
She wears the red for you

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