Freedom Quote of the Day #35 -Jan 16, 2017
“It is never too late to give up your prejudices”
― Henry David Thoreau
Freedom Quote of the Day #35 -Jan 16, 2017
Freedom Quote of the Day #34 -Jan 15, 2017
“The ugliest thing in America is greed, the lust for power and domination, the lunatic ideology of perpetual Growth – with a capital G. ‘Progress’ in our nation has for too long been confused with ‘Growth’; I see the two as different, almost incompatible, since progress means, or should mean, change for the better – toward social justice, a livable and open world, equal opportunity and affirmative action for all forms of life. And I mean all forms, not merely the human. The grizzly, the wolf, the rattlesnake, the condor, the coyote, the crocodile, whatever, each and every species has as much right to be here as we do.”
― Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
Freedom Quote of the Day #34 -Jan 15, 2017
The First Amendment — Your Protection from Government
SINCE I do not believe in reinventing the wheel., but do recognize when something bears repeating.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
There is no more precious freedom we have than that of free expression. The first amendment to the constitution isn’t telling you what you can do, it is telling the government what they can’t do. The founding fathers believed that the rights in the first amendment were inherent or understood to be true. Those 45 words about twice as long as a standard tweet were written to make sure they could not be taken from you.
The first amendment guarantees five rights.
- Freedom from a state run religion
- Freedom to practice a religion of your choosing or…
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Don’t Be Silent. Don’t Be invisible.
“Don’t Be Silent. Don’t Be invisible.“
I’m marching and so is Sylvia Boorstein
I’ve visited her blog and she states exactly what I have been saying for months now. We CANNOT be silent. One voice combined with many can make a difference!
She and I read the same news media the NY Time and Charles M. Blow
“Public pressure has a very real impact on political power. Don’t be silent. Don’t be invisible.” –Charles M. Blow, NY Times
Freedom Quote of the Day #33
Freedom Quote of the Day #33-January 14, 2017
“Leadership and Learning are indispensable to each other.”
John F. Kennedy
Violating Logan Act
One by one, violations stack up and yet, nothing it seems, to make a difference to those that have come into a position of power within our country. Ethics, morality, even a conscience to know what is right and wrong has gone out the window and is totally ignored with no regard for anyone other than those in their tight circle of comrades with their own agenda. This path, I believe is a dangerous one for those of us who are left with no champion.
The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without authorization.
Congress established the Logan Act in 1799, less than one year after passage of theAlien and Sedition Acts, which authorized the arrest and deportation of Aliensand prohibited written communication defamatory to the U.S. government.The 1799 act was named after Dr. George Logan. A prominent Republican and Quaker from Pennsylvania, Logan did not draft or introduce the legislation that bears his name, but was involved in the political climate that precipitated it.
The Logan Act has remained almost unchanged and unused since its passage. The act is short and reads as follows:
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly orindirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or anyofficer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of anyofficer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat themeasures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government orthe agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of itsagents or subjects.
The language of the act appears to encompass almost every communication between a U.S. citizen and a foreign government considered an attempt to influence negotiations between their two countries.
Freedom Quote of the Day #32
Freedom Quote of the Day #32-January 13, 2017
My fellow American, ask not what your COUNTRY
can do for you, ask what you can do for your
COUNTRY
John F Kennedy
Freedom Quote of the Day #31
Freedom Quote of the Day #31-January 12, 2017
A freedom that only asks what’s in it for me,
A freedom without commitment ot other,
A freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism,
Is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
Barack Obama
Trump Team Ignores Ethics Office
Worthy of reading
As a journalist, I always believed in reporting news on the basis of importance to the public. The unit of measurement was simple, I had but two questions for any story. How many people does this issue affect and how significant is the effect? Stories that affected a lot of people in a very significant way always gained prominence. Even if the effect is emotional rather than material it is still important. For example, if a story causes a national mood depression and people quit buying that’s a major story.
All of the above is an introduction to a huge story that has been virtually ignored by the news media. It’s about ethics and the new trump administration.
We are about to enter into a rash of U.S. Senate hearings on the confirmation of
President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominees to run the Government agencies he oversees. These nominees must be vetted…
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The Platinum Dragon 