Posted by
peripheral on Friday, September 11, 2009 6:50:06 AM
From My Perspective - - -
The politically astute from another time and with firm convictions
declared: IF we forget History, THEN we are doomed to repeat it! WHEN
that begins to occur, it indicates a shift from the basic foundations
and core values of what made our nation strong and prosperous. IF one
chooses to ignore the Warning and Danger signs, THEN destructive
consequences are not far away, On 11 September 2001, this nation was
given a wakeup call regarding the dangerous world in which we live and
the particular hatred toward this republic that has endeavored to
promote Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness – with Liberty and
Justice for all. More than 3,000 people died 8 years ago when Aircraft
mercilessly flew into the World Trade Center Towers. Suddenly – lives
and values were changed. The unbelievable was becoming a reality.
Our Founding Fathers enunciated clearly that ignorance is unacceptable
if a nation is to preserve and honor the liberty it has been afforded.
Part of their legacy to us includes: "We ought to deprecate the hazard
attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and
too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they
are capable of appreciating their own." --George Washington
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the
people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge,
as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them
understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a
right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that
most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the characters
and conduct of their rulers." --John Adams
"A nation under a well regulated government should permit none to
remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government
only that requires ignorance for its support." --Thomas Paine
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily
subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the
Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their
Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of
foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of
civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." --Thomas
Jefferson
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of
acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps
both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to
be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which
knowledge gives." --James Madison
It is too easy to become numbered with those who forget the horrors of
History. It is too easy to become lackadaisical (careless,
indifferent).The synonyms include: “abstracted, disinterested,
half-hearted, idle, inattentive, languishing, passive, slothful,
spiritless, unconcerned…” In the early stages of the Abortion Debate,
the Pro-Life groups would often appeal to a Biblical passage: Proverbs 24:1-12
(excerpts): “Don't envy evil people…For they spend their days plotting
violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble. A house is
built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through
knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and
valuables. A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of
knowledge is more powerful than a strong man…Wisdom is too much for a
fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say…The schemes
of a fool are sinful; everyone despises a mocker. If you fail under
pressure, your strength is not very great. Rescue those who are
unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die. Don't
try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God
knows all hearts, and He sees you. He keeps watch…and He knows you
knew! He will judge all people according to what they have done.” Will
Health Reform actually fund abortions? Will Elderly and the very ill be
counseled in terms of life-ending choices? Will health Care be rationed
in the near-future? Do you care what is happening in our nation and Tax
Revenues? Do you “bury your head in the sand and allow that debate is
for politicians and others? The Judge of all people has spoken: “DON'T TRY TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY BY SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.”
You Know! You need to demonstrate that You Care! God Knows that You
Know! God Cares and wants You To Care too! Consider these things with
me!