Topic: Liberty
Children of the FREE? Moms for Liberty! Educating and empowering Moms and their Children to embrace Liberty and to stand firm on the values and principles that our country was founded on.by Cathleen Lombard
(libertarian)
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
" Blessed are the Children.. for the shall inherit the National Debt". Moms for Liberty come in all shapes , sizes, creeds and religions but, there is one characteristic, one common thread that uniquely weaves us into the fabric of society.. Intelligence! It is our right and responsibility to uphold the ideals this country was founded on and to pass on the baton of Freedom and Liberty to our children.. the next generation.
Why should the idea of Liberty be the centerfold in the raising of our Children? First we need to secure a future for them that is not going to enslave them with an insurmountable debt. This will never lend them the opportunity to achieve prosperity. We are leaving them an inheritance of a bankrupt nation which, has forsaken FREEDOM and LIBERTY! Taking a "Common Sense" approach adopted from Thomas Paine, our fight for our freedom and liberty is the same as our founding fathers fought for. They embraced the responsibility of defending the next generation's Liberty! Has our generation forgotten that "The American Dream" is about INDEPENDENCE? Have we become complacent during economically good times that "The American Dream" is EASE OF PROSPERITY? Have we forgotten what independence means? Independence is the right to thrive or fail according to your own merits and choices.
Our government's attempt at taking away our liberty is packaged as a solution for our "protection", but it cannot be for our protection or our good to take away our independence. Our founding fathers fought England when they claimed they were giving us protection while robbing basic human rights. We all know the story of the Boston Tea Party! This goes beyond the scope of Taxation without Representation. The price the government will ultimately ask for this type of "PROTECTION" is to forfeit our INDEPENDENCE and LIBERTY. We must instill these truths and values into our children to better equipt them to carry the torch of Freedom.
It is our RIGHT as parents not to have the government dictate how to raise our children beginning with education. We have the right to determine which venue of education is best aligned with our beliefs and values. Should we have to be forced to allow the government school system to dictate through our public schools so as to indoctrinate our children to be obedient robots? To home school or not to home school It is OUR decision. It is our independent responsibility to make all choices concerning the education of our children. YOU are your child's BEST Teacher! Whether it be not to spank, or in what manner they need to be taught about sex education, mandating vaccines or protecting your children, YOU the parent knows what is best! We decide the best course for the development and enrichment of our children! To embrace Liberty is to embrace Life! To embrace Liberty is to secure a Free nation in which, our children have the REAL Hope of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
And last but, not least it is our DUTY to protect our children! We hold strong to upholding and preserving the true meaning of the Second Ammendment. Are we to sit quietly back and TRUST that the government and it's authorities are going to safe guard your family from enemies be it foreign or domestic? What about the "Costs of War"? In his radio address to the nation on December 9th, 1941, President Roosevelt did his best to substitute the inspirational word "privilege" for the economically correct word, "sacrifice." This was a way to describe costs as benefits. Can we see a trend here in the creative packaging of the catch phrases of today's Pop Culture Government? Does "Hope and Change"?, "Everyone deserves a FAIR SHARE?", "It is in the BEST interest of the People?" and my favorite... "We OWE it to OURSELVES!" sound like a solution to our country's issues? Fluffy catch phrases that tickle the ears and instill a false sense of security! YOU are the one person who should have complete control over your Labor. YOU have control over YOUR children. YOUR Freedom and Security and ultimately YOUR Independence is YOUR duty to defend and uphold.
In closing I would like to quote a passage from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
"You cannot control the economy without controlling people. Liberty and Independence are the costs to be paid for economic ease. Only the uneducated and slothful would trust a government, more than themselves with their independence and ask them to fix the economy."
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Posted By: Walt Thiessen
Date: 2009-08-05 04:51:13
Good points overall, but I disagree on one point. Spanking is battery and should therefore be illegal. It should not be up to parents whether to spank any more than it should be up to parents to decide whether their children should be encouraged to violate the rights of others. Expecting parents to teach their children not to violate the rights of others should be a requirement, not an option.
Any parent who decides they have to resort to spanking is a parent who has not developed a sufficiently good and healthy relationship with their child to overcome disciplinary problems in other ways. Most often, spankers don't take sufficient time to get to know their kids as people before problems occur. Often they don't realize that you really can talk to kids as if they were people rather than babies. Even babies can be talked to as people, and while they may not understand the words, they fully understand the meaning. Good caregivers understand this.
Also, spankers are often adults who are looking for their kids to fill a need in the adult's life. It's discouraging how many parents there are (both spankers and non-spankers) who lean on their kids for their own self-fulfillment, which is totally unfair to the kids.
Kids are a lot smarter than spankers are usually willing to acknowledge. Instead of treating kids as intelligent people, spankers treat them as problems. Focus mainly on problems, and you'll get mainly problems back.
Walt, discipline is not the same as abuse. If you don't trust me to raise my own kids, whom no one in this world loves more than I - then who... some fat pig who steals from me and squanders my money on his own immorality?
I really hate to hear a libertarian say, "There aught to be a law..."
I will admit that, as a new parent, there were times when I lost my cool and spanked my kids - and I am not fond of those memories - but government intrusion would not have helped the situation. In fact, my wife and I learned quickly that there are much more effective disciplinary techniques.
The government propaganda centers I attended as a child paddled me much more severely than I ever spanked my kids. Perhaps some day we will have true centers of learning, where kids learn to become adults; where adults learn to become parents. For now parenting continues to be a trial-and-error process for each generation, but still I trust parents, who love their children, to raise them in the way they think is best.
Perhaps some day we will have centers of learning that graduate liberty-minded, individually responsible adults and parents. Perhaps some day that "center" will be the home. I believe noble women like Cathleen will bring that revolution to fruition.
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