Category: Freedom & Responsibility

This started out as a response to an article about a school teacher whom the court found could not be sued over telling his students that “creationism” is superstitious nonsense. Remarkably the courts actually found, properly, in favor of his freedom, although the fact that Christianity is “sinful” in today’s commilib America, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised in this case…

The only “mandate” our government actually has on religion is “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (First Amendment, U.S. Constitution) which has nothing to do with remaining neutral on religion, which would make the 1st Amendment unConstitutional since it gives clear direction on how to treat “religion”. The same “mandate” requires exactly the same protection for a teacher who calls “creationism” the holy truth, amen. “Religion” being the key word. The court didn’t judge the teacher “correct” it only declared him, in this case, to be untouchable. Personally, I think the schools have an obligation to teach what is out there and allow the students to make up their own minds about any “religious” truth. The idea of creationism exists, is believed by a HUGE number of people and whether Mr. Cotter thinks it’s nonsense or not makes no difference. He can legally not be required to teach it one way or the other which is what he did, perfectly within his rights.. Not a critique of your opinion here Shane, I agree it’s nice to see ANYTHING being taught in the classroom. I do think would be nice if he’d said his “opinion is that it’s superstitious nonsense, and here’s why”, but that would be outside the natural human aspect of proselytizing our beliefs. Kind of like someone standing up in church and saying “I believe” or “I think” instead of “I KNOW”.. he hee somehow it loses it’s power! I think Benjamin & Co were correct.. NO. I fuckin’ KNOW they were! and if you disagree shut the fuck up and go find someone who cares.. ‘er somethin’. Of course I’m one of those who realize (like you, whether you’ll admit it or not) that the Founders were deities. Whatever their actual religious beliefs were, they did believe we were “created” and “endowed by our creator” that there is a “nature’s God” and that they considered their “honor” to be “sacred”.. I don’t know. I like that stuff.

Breath:

Nevertheless, if there is a “creator” which the Founders, Christian or not, did indeed believe there was, as evidenced by their personal writings, in spite of what members of the Atheist boglvidion would like to (do) believe of them you’ll find nowhere any statement from a single one of them that there is no God.  The term “Nature’s God” (note the capitalization.. ) has deep roots indeed.. but in the time of the founding fathers it indeed referred to a supernatural deity, the only debate was who this deity is and how and why HE functions. Interestingly Jefferson wrote, “He who made us would have been a pitiful bungler, if He had made the rules of our moral conduct a matter of science.”  Also that he believed in God because of the argument from design:  “I hold (without appeal to revelation) that when we take a view of the Universe, in it’s [sic] parts general or particular, it is impossible for the human mind not to perceive and feel a conviction of design, consummate skill, and indefinite power in every atom of it’s [sic] composition.  it is impossible, I say, for the human mind not to believe that there is a fabricator of all things.” Also of magnificent note: “I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion…or in anything else.”

“Nature’s God” was clearly the God of deism in all important ways. That Jefferson included God in the “Declaration of Independence” is very significant because it helped lay the foundation for a civil religion in America. Paul Johnson addressed the civil religion begun by the founders in his article, “The Almost-Chosen People,” saying that the United States was unique because all religious beliefs were respected. People were more concerned with “moral conduct rather than dogma.” So Jefferson helped create a society in which different religions could coexist peacefully because of the emphasis on morality over specific belief.  (David J. Voelker)

And lastly an aside, it is interesting how closely Islam fits the Biblical teachings referring to the anti-Christ.. In fact, somewhat startling to skeptics such as myself yet hard to cast aside in view of the current unfolding of events. Also interesting and irritating that Islam is utilizing the very religious acceptance of our founders to forward their absolutely unacceptable foundation: convert or be destroyed.

Final breath:

The religion isn’t the anti-Christ, it is (according to those who buy into this) the anti-Christ’s church just as it’s antithesis Christianity is Christ’s church. Islam points to Judaism as being far closer to “the truth” than Christianity, although Jews must also be converted or destroyed as any non-Muslim must be. He heee, it is also interesting how much Judaism/Islam are like Christianity/Mormonism. No end to the fascinating aspects of religion and I, for one, see it as a science. Complex, evolved and evolving, interconnected with everything and ultimately unknowable.

~Bacon

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Those eeeeevil greeeeedy rich sons of bitches!  So what of wealth?  Where do those rich bastards come from? Born rich right? They didn’t actually do anything meaningful to get there, just born to the rich class, the lucky turds!  Tax the shit out of the free ridin’ bastards, I say!  What? Come again?

The majority are NOT born rich, you say?  That’s not what my sociology professor nor my political science professor nor the media says.  Yet Snopes.com which lives and breathes liberalism says 80% of America’s millionaires are not born to wealth but are self made?  Nooo!  Not possible!  Statistically more than 2/3 of the worlds billionaires made their fortunes from scratch?  This can’t be!

Well..  maybe it’s so, nevertheless the rich sons of bitches could pay America out of this indebtedness, Tax ‘em! They can afford it and then some!  What? Who’ll actually pay for those tax increases?  Well, if we tax them, THEY will!

They won’t? How do you figure? How will the rich make the poor cover their tax increases? Huh? Raising prices for the products they produce, lowering wages for the workers they employ, reducing benefits, reducing the quality of the components they purchase, cutting back on the “free” services they provide…  Leaving the country?  Purchasing from foreign companies? Becoming non-American businesses? You’re saying that the cost always ends up being paid by the consumer? Taxing the rich is actually taxing the middleclass?  Isn’t that somehow related to “Trickle Down Economics”? That nonsense program Wikipedia describes as a “pejorative”, following that with a description of how it was a form of tax evasion? I think some even refer to it as (yech) “Reaganomics”.

Praise Allah. ‘er somethin.

~Bacon

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Yer Ted Nugent is right, the Humane Society of United States are indeed a batch of vile criminal scam liars.  They cast the illusion that they care about animals to snag the  dollars of those who really do.  They bank on ignorance, just as do the commie-lib politicians.  It is vitally important to them that people don’t understand hunting, the fur industry, rodeo, horse racing, cock-fighting or even pet ownership (you can’t OWN an animal for crying out loud).  People mustn’t see these things for what they really are, or support for these AR organizations will evaporate.  All “animal industry” benefits animals in various, sometimes surprising ways, but nothing benefits a population of wild animals more than does hunting.  The reality of life for a wild animal is a terrible ending.  There be damn few exceptions.  A wild animal is looking at being eaten alive, freezing, starving, disease or being killed quickly and cleanly by the most humane of hunters, humans. Which would you choose?

The fringe benefits of hunting are huge. The money raised by the sale of permits is used for wildlife management.  The rules enacted promote establishment and maintenance of strong populations of healthy animals and the residual programs such as hunter safety, wildlife management programs and hunting related activities foster a huge increase in the awareness of these animals and their importance on many levels. A 10 year old child from a hunting family is guaranteed to have a far greater understanding of nature and the value of wild animals than will the MTV/video game robots raised in the TV room.

I am a true, dyed in the wool animal LOVER. I grew up surrounded by animals. Horses, hound dogs, bird dogs, bizarre pets ranging from raccoons, hawks, fox and bobcat to mice, rats, and even mink!  Yes, I grew up on a mink ranch.  The son of a hard-core trapping, hunting, fishing adventurer. It was this that introduced me to the magnificence of the AR community.  I’ve received a lot of information about the horrors of the fur industry from various AR organizations over the past 50 years and I’ve yet to see one that was honest.  From more than one of them I learned that we starve, abuse and horrify the poor little critters for a year then skin ‘em alive, just knocking them unconscious before skinning them, most regaining consciousness as the skin is being mercilessly torn from their living bodies.  The truth is, fur is priced according to its quality.  The fur of a happy healthy animal being far more valuable than that of a starved, abused, filthy one.  The concept of knocking them out?  Come on!  In spite of the belief of the AR community, I never did “enjoy” the skinning procedure.  I was damn good at it but wasn’t something I did for the pleasure of watching animals suffer.  We killed them cleanly, humanely, fast AND DEAD!

As a child, my family’s profession was considered respectable, admirable and attracted a lot of positive attention from the community.  But as the AR lies began to circulate, that air of respectability began to evaporate.  Soon we were under attack.  AR terrorists were sneaking onto mink ranches at night, vandalizing and releasing mink by the hundreds.  Releasing them to hunger, starvation, and serious damage to the natural wild animals in the area.  More than once they released mothers, leaving the kits behind to starve.  The terrorism escalated to the point of web sites listing the home addresses of ranchers (us included) and instructions for bomb making, vandalism and suggesting this be used against us wretched vermin in the fur industry.  They actually bombed a feed production plant in Midvale Utah, only missing harming innocent passersby by mere coincidence. As the FBI closed in on them, one ended up dead, a mysterious suicide, hung in the garage, another who was preparing to testify against them disappeared for 10 days or so, leaving behind everything including his wallet and shoes.  When he reappeared he had mysteriously decided to face prison rather than testify against the kingpins of the ALF who sponsored the operation and have had a hand in the attacks of restaurants ranging from McDonalds to expensive restaurants serving the dreaded foie gras.  Firebombs and they’re not even Muslims!

As with most PC causes the propagandia covers up the reality of it as much as possible.  I’ve read about myself in the paper, seen myself & friends described on TV and heard it on the radio..  once again, I’ve yet to hear the truth.

~Bacon

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I think it’s fairly apparent that we’re in an incredibly sorry situation here in America.  A situation that the American voter has supported.  Stupendous governmental expansion, spending that soars above and beyond any sane reason or logic, absurd debt… the answer? Well, isn’t it obvious?  MORE spending! Increase the debt ceiling.

Americans DID elect the “representatives” who’ve delivered us into the comedic adventure we’re on.  I think the term is “masochism”.  It’s apparent that we’ve moved well beyond the point at which we can look at this as stupid, mistaken philosophy and the like.  What we’re seeing now is the intentional destruction of the old American form of freedom and independence.  Obumasorass isn’t stupid, well..  actually he obviously is, but that is not why he’s done what he’s done.  He’s just workin’ for the Massa and things are gettin’ done!

A majority of Americans claim to want him gone, but who will replace him?  Another Sorosatard New international Order Socialist?  A Demonrat liberal forwarding an even more liberal dose of governmental control and international co-dependency?  A Republicrat conservative forwarding a more liberal dose of governmental control, absurd drug “wars”, more behavioral guidelines?  Where is freedom and responsibility in all of this?

As bad as things are, we came a lot of the way here in a Republicrat wheelbarrow.  While they did tend to provide a much more business and success friendly environment than the Demonrats, they borrowed and spent like madmen, increased the national debt and watched as we dug ourselves deeper and deeper into the chasm in which we now find ourselves.  The current administration is Hell bent on digging us in even deeper and the Republicrats are gettin’ in line as well.

The answer?  Glad you asked. It starts with defeating Obumasorass no matter what.  At this point ANY vote for ANYbody other than the GOP choice, whoever that turns out to be, will not be a wasted vote, it will be a vote for Obumasorass.  Once we get rid of Obumasorass we can work on either refurbishing the G.O.P. or replacing it.  I’ve grown rather fond of the Tea Party movement.  My own religion is following the Freedom and Independence God forwarded by the founding fathers.  Anything that reduces governmental control in any way.  Anything that moves toward putting power into the hands of those interested in success, freedom and advancement, rather than into the hands of people invested in “equality” and “fairness” to whom “excellence” is a derogatory term and the ideal Olympics will be the Olympics in which EVERY participant gets a gold medal.

Countless lives have been laid down to deliver the opportunity for freedom which we do indeed still enjoy.  The price paid for the opportunity we are pissing away is beyond comprehension.  Shame on you America!

Oh, and always remember, Gun Control=People Control.  When a politician wants to control guns, you know immediately what the target really is, not guns…  It’s you!

~Bacon

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Liberal..  Now there’s a misnomer for you! The Middle English/Old French Origin came from the Latin “liber” and had the meaning ‘free man’ as in independent or free from restraint.  Interestingly there was also another sense, ‘generous’.  Liberals like to point to the dictionary definition, “Open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.”  Which, in a sense, they are, but it may be better said, “Favoring typically unacceptable behavior and desiring to impugn, discard, and forget traditional values”.  And in the doing of this, Liberals are closer to the “generous” definition as in generous governing.  This is not to say giving everybody everything, (indeed one of their tools) but rather, heaping government on everything in generous doses.  Proffering an association with “liberty” but striving for total governmental control of everything.  Liberalism being as far removed from pure liberty as it is possible to be.

Conservative..  Also from the Latin, “conservativus” meaning to preserve.  The current definition “Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion”, is closer to the truth yet still far removed from the original intent of liberty, held by the founding fathers.  Here again we find battalions of politicians eager to govern you, particularly your behavior and attitude.  From conservatives we get the “war on drugs”, illegalized prostitution, Illegalized gambling and so on, governmental control on behaviors that are not, in and of themselves, harmful.  “Conservative” legislation is fairly easy to promote because of the religious background of America.  Obumasorass is honest and correct in his statement “America is not a Christian country”.  It is, however, a country full of Christians, established and built by Christians for the most part, and the Christian value system is heavily ensconced in America. Thus governmental control of such “sinful” activities as drugs, drinking, smoking, prostitution, sex, gambling and the like is not seen by most for what it really is, governmental control and lack of liberty.

These two philosophies are seen in the two political parties which dominate America today.  Democrats tend towards Liberal and Republicans (used to) tend towards Conservative.  Whichever you choose, you are choosing to sacrifice liberty and freedom for governmental control of one sort or another.  Whichever you choose you are voting for more and ever-growing governmental control.

There is a grove of alternative political parties, Communist, Socialist (our current President), Constitution, Green, Nazi, Tea Party, Objectivist, Libertarian, on and on and on.  But only the two in domination are worthy of consideration at this point.  I’m rather partial to the Libertarian party myself, my religion being freedom and my tithe being responsibility, but I simply can’t vote Libertarian as much as I’d like to, particularly in todays’ environment.  The Liberal side of the demonic governmental coin has succeeded in trampling freedom practically out of existence.  Their success in this has been facilitated by the “generous” aspect of Liberalism.  43% of America has it’s hands in the pockets of all.  Welfare, government, military, education, waste disposal, public transportation, healthcare (thanks Obumasorass) and on and on it goes.  Those in the pockets of our “generous” liberal friends are going to vote for???

Thus, at this point, the only valid option is whomever has a chance to defeat the liberal candidate in question.  It’s no longer a question of maintaining our liberty, it’s a question of getting it back.  Our current administration is currently embroiled in the gun control race, gun control long established as the first step toward people control.  We currently have a “fiasco” going on over US guns going to the drug cartels in Mexico.  What’s that about? Do you think Obumasorass will begin ranting about how we need to clamp down on gun ownership because, “Look the Mexican drug lords are getting hold of American guns.”  There is, my friends, a reason for this and it’s not Freedom and Responsibility!

So what’s the solution?  Well..  I’m gonna think about it and I’ll let you know real soon!

Stay tuned for our next exciting episode!

(Dark mysterious music goes here.)

~Bacon

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I came out of the gate, hard-core dead set against the legalization of abortion.  I stumbled into the Libertarian stream and the concept of liberty hit me hard.  Who is the drug user harming by using drugs? No one, until he starts stealing, cheating, or otherwise hurting someone, and then the crime is the harm he does, not his reason for doing it.  Should driving be illegal because some speed, drive drunk and end up killing someone?  Nope.  Should Islam be illegal because some commit horrible terrorist actions?  Well… maybe..  kidding, the crime is terrorism. Belonging to a religion which promotes it, is not terrorsm.

The religious opposition is no reason to oppose abortion.  In fact, if you live in the God will punish you world, you believe that there will be a just reward coming from God, which seems to mean that legal or not, you will be punished for abortion and since it is your body in which the fetus resides, you should have the liberty to decide whether or not to allow that fetus to remain.

This is indeed liberty for the parent, and I can clearly see the libertarian reasoning behind it, however there are a few problems.  Has the fetus/unborn child any crumblings from the liberty cake?  Does it have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?  One of my philosophical idols, Ayn Rand, said a fetus having a “right to life” is vicious nonsense.  “An embryo has no rights…a child cannot acquire any rights until it is born.”  I can’t help but wonder what gives her the right/liberty to make that determination.

Wherever the line is drawn, at any age, or even before that passage through the birth canal which constitutes for a huge number, the beginning of life, you are dissecting a line, which has led in my case, at 55 years, to skiing, guitar & banjo picking, mountain climbing, smoked salmon, hunting, fishing puttin’ around on rollin’ thunder and now, the writing of this article.  Also, there is behavior going on before that passage.  Things are learned, things, such as mom’s voice, music and more become familiar, reactions in what many interpret to be emotional ways to various stimuli.

Whatever your religious stance, there is absolutely no doubt that the process which begins at the very instant of conception ends at death, regardless of whatever the cause of the death might be.  Abortion delivers the death at a very early point and is done by decision. Not the decision of the fetus.  Liberty?

Even “Libertarians for Life”, who are opposed to abortion look at it from a weird perspective.  “Non-aggression is an ongoing obligation: it is never optional for anyone, even pregnant women. If the non-aggression obligation did not apply, then earning money versus stealing it and consensual sex versus rape would be morally indifferent behaviors. The obligation not to aggress is pre-political and pre-legal. It does not arise out of contract, agreement, or the law; rather, such devices presuppose this obligation. The obligation would exist even in a state of nature. This is because the obligation comes with our human nature, and we acquire this nature at conception.”

Hmmm..  Agression?  It has nothing to do with agression.  It has nothing to do with sin. It boils down simply to liberty.  What liberty is being exercised when a life is ended entirely by another’s decision to do so?  Seems to me as far away from liberty as it is possible to get.

~Bacon

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I’ve been workin’ on poetry lately, believe it or not, and I’ve been listening to masters of the craft speak about their art.  These particular individuals have all been University Professors.  Beyond having been educational for me,  I’ve noticed some items of interest in these elders who are educating our youth.

For one thing, they appear, as a general rule, to be suffering from insecurities of various types and as they tell their tales, they simply can’t resist adorning their educational stories with a good deal of self-aggrandizing ornamentation.  I just finished listening to an English Professor explain in a few short moments, her capability of speaking in several languages, her association with important writers from around the world, her having published several books, her managerial position in the English division of her University, somehow she avoided comment on her own beauty, but I expect it crossed her mind.

None, so far, have actually spoken of hating the concepts of freedom and responsibility, nor their embarrassment in being Americans, yet their aversion is quite apparent.  I recently listened to another poetic Professor speak of a ridiculous poet who dreamt himself worthy of becoming a Poet Laureate.  This poor fool had actually written a poem for the George Bush inauguration! A horrible poem that spoke of eagles, soaring, freedom, reaching higher heights, even such absurdity as loyalty and commitment to the U.S.!! For Shame!  She read the poem and the crowd of students responded as she’d hoped, with approval of her disapproval.  She pointed out that she’d not waste time dissecting the poem (big laugh from the crowd). This disappointed me, because I would have liked to have heard her reasoning.  I’m a sucker for comedy, especially tragic comedy.

This modest treachery extends to other fields on the University campuses as well.  I heard a Humanities Professor teaching a course she dubbed, “The Quest for Justice”, tell the class that we are fortunate enough to live in a country governed by a “liberal democracy”.  She used this interesting terminology numerous times.  Unfortunately, she is right, well… left, but correct in this never the less.  “A Republic if you can keep it.” said Franklin as he peered into the future.  We’ve not kept it.  Even Republicans don’t know what a representative republic is.

The book, “Outcasts United” was not much of a book in my opinion but it did cover racial issues, immigration issues, gang issues, welfare issues and so much more.  I wondered why it was required reading in an Academic Prose course.  Roaming the halls I heard the book mentioned in other classes as well.  For some reason this boring bit of rhetorical redundance was being used throughout the department.

In an Ancient History class we learned of Muhammad and Islam.  We learned of the pillars of the Islamic faith.  The 5 pillars.  Isn’t it 6? Well it’s five if you don’t count the part about convert or destroy, which this professor didn’t.

America is finally presided over by a truly great man, socialism is a sure sign of true civility, CocaCola is a Republican plot, government is the ultimate solution to every imaginable problem…

Does America remain powerful and free when the cream of it’s crop is fertilized with such powerful bullshit? Well… America ELECTED Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Barragh Hussein Obumie, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer and on and on and on.

We protect our children from the evils of the F-word but we pay thousands to have them educated in the evils of freedom and responsibility.

The crop is beginning to blossom.

~Bacon

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Why is it that huge numbers of people, who survive by the sweat of the brow of those who work for a living, love to point out the “Grrrreeeeedd” of those who are maintaining their own existence.  As Welfare Willie sleeps in in the morning, George the Greedy gets up, gets ready and heads out for a day at work.  As Welfare Willie pours his mornin’ coffee at noon, George the Greedy washes his hands and sits down fer a couple of sandwiches he’ll have 20 minutes to eat before gettin’ back to work.  Welfare Willie turns on the TV and sits down to watch programs which will point out the evils of the greedy rich and the conservative right, the Libertarian lovers of that damn fool concept of “freedom and responsibility”.  His existence is justified by the nobility of the “Left” by the world’s largest enemy of Freedom, the Propagandia (main stream media, some call it)

George the Greedy does hard work, but he makes pretty good money.  He actually sees a fair percentage of it, but an ever expanding chunk is taken by his government.  Some of which goes to pay for the security of his country, for enforcers of the law, Emergency rescue workers, fire-fighters, maintenance of the roads and sidewalks, many aspects of living, the benefits of which he and his family enjoy. However a pretty fair chunk of the money he gets paid for the hours he spends working, gets used to pay for the livings of a huge number of people who are like Welfare Willie, and those who operate and work in the offices required to organize and maintain the operation of this Welfare system.  What does George the Greedy get out of this? Must be something, you know the greedy bastard doesn’t do things for nothing.

Another fair (depending upon how you look at it) chunk goes to pay the salaries, ”expense accounts” and retirement benefits of the politicians he’s chosen to speak for him.  These politicians tend to get a much better cut of the pie than the solders who literally lay their lives on the line for both George the Greedy AND Welfare Willie. The politicians like to refer to themselves as “public servants”.  In view of the reward it seems quite the servitude.

But I digress.  The question is, who really, are the greedy and what are we to do about it?

The answer is Socialism, right Barrack Hussein Obama?

…Sigh.

~Bacon

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