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Monday open thread

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 18, 2007 at 2:53 pm

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  1. forest hunter says:
    June 19, 2007 at 12:48 am

    Some wonderful topics I found in the archives when I was looking for an article written: By Charles R. Kesler Posted May 28, 1998

    Others by him include: The Age of Reagan. Enjoy the exploration!

  2. forest hunter says:
    June 19, 2007 at 1:37 am

    First annual message to Congress

    [Two qualities are necessary for citizenship, obedience to the laws, and vigilance against threats to liberty. — TGW]

    [This excerpt from the first "State of the Union" address explains briefly one of the main purposes of education in a free government, namely, to teach the citizens the moral habits of freedom.]

    …[T]here is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness……….. to discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousness—cherishing the first, avoiding the last; and uniting a speedy but temperate vigilance against encroachments, with an inviolable respect to the laws.

  3. forest hunter says:
    June 19, 2007 at 1:50 am

    George Washington to the Vice President.

    [The quantity of immigrants should be kept small enough to encourage assimilation. — TGW]

    Alexander Hamilton

    [Hamilton criticizes a Democratic proposal for immediate naturalization of immigrants. — TGW]

    The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on the love of country, which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family……………(These guys are good!)…………In the recommendation to admit indiscriminately foreign emigrants of every description to the privileges of American citizens, on their first entrance into our country, there is an attempt to break down every pale which has been erected for the preservation of a national spirit and a national character; and to let in the most powerful means of perverting and corrupting both the one and the other.

  4. forest hunter says:
    June 19, 2007 at 2:06 am

    James Madison

    [Madison's fullest statement on the property requirement for voting. — TGW]

    In a just and a free government, therefore, the rights both of property and of persons ought to be effectually guarded……….As the holders of property have at stake all the other rights common to those without property, they may be the more restrained from infringing, as well as the less tempted to infringe the rights of the latter………. the danger to the holders of property can not be disguised, if they be undefended against a majority without property………… We must not shut our eyes to the nature of man, nor to the light of experience. Who would rely on a fair decision from three individuals if two had an interest in the case opposed to the rights of the third? Make the number as great as you please, the impartiality will not be increased, nor any further security against injustice be obtained, than what may result from the greater difficulty of uniting the wills of a greater number.

  5. forest hunter says:
    June 19, 2007 at 2:12 am

    For you and many others ST, your issue and perhaps pet peeve with abortion is a point well defined.

    For me, it’s having my land and country invaded from outsiders and most especially from the inside.

  6. Lorica says:
    June 19, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    Well Looks like these wonderful people who wouldn’t hurt a flea are now lighting fires to distract border agents.


    Illegals light border fires to sidetrack U.S. agents

    LINK

    The wildfires have destroyed valuable natural and cultural resources in the National Forest System and pose an ongoing threat to visitors, residents and responding firefighters, according to federal law-enforcement authorities and others.

    Yet another reason to start putting troops on our southern border. This shouldn’t even be debatable. With almost every county along the border being in a state of emergency, our border security should not be used as some political pawn. And the people who guard our border should have the assistance of every state and federal agency available. Why isn’t the October 2006 border security law still not being enacted? – Lorica

  7. Baklava says:
    June 19, 2007 at 11:34 pm

    Star Parker on the View? Found out from LaShawn Barber.