We will win this war of ideas, one mind at a time!
Amen, brother! We all have to make efforts at doing so, simply posting online and voting pro-freedom is not enough. Victory will be on the side who makes the most and intelligent efforts, what have you done today for freedom?
I blatantly stole this from Blain, but it's great primer that we should send out to as many people as possible. We can plant seeds of liberty at virtually no cost, so please do so if you actually want to do something about your freedom instead of just talking about it.
http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
How many of you have recently taken a newbe shooting recently? The more people that are positavely exposed to shooting, the more zealous RKBAers we have. It's a numbers game folks, build your numbers.
Ok, now I'll pontificate on themes brought up in this thread.
1) God (or Prayer) in School
To enter into this debate is to fall in a great big bear trap, as you're fighting on the enemy's terms. The reason why is that it is all within the realm of
govt schools. Why would any of you want you kid to go to a govt school? Govt schools have been absolutely disasterous, and the govt has even poisoned private and homeschooling quite a bit. America is severely lagging and our school system is the source of much of it. We are generally taught nonsense that we don't use in real life, and they don't even do a good job of that, and we're not taught the things that are most important.
How many average Americans have even the slightest understanding of basic level economics or financial management? Are you really surprised when these twits beg the govt to provide for them, because working a dead end job while paying off their credit cards at 22% interest doesn't allow them a decent living? I know college graduates who don't understand the concept of "compound interest". What do you expect with people like this who are the next voting block?
How many Americans even know how to change a tire? I know more than you might thing who don't, much less anything else about cars, which happen to be one of the most important things for day-to-day life in America. When my Dad went to school they taught them about cars, and about carpentry, and plumbing, etc. Even if you didn't go into that profession, the knowledge you gained was extremely valuable because you could practice preventative maintenence on your car and if you did have to bring it in to be worked on, you didn't have to walk into the mechanic's with your hands around your ankles. Just some basic knowledge about cars could save people thousands of dollars in their life.
How much better off would we be if we could enter the workforce earlier instead of our low-mid twenties, or even late twenties if you want to be a doctor? After thinking about all the time I wasted in school on subjects I had absolutely no interest in and never used, I'm astounded. If all I want is to be an engineer, why should I have to take college level courses in sociology, anthropology, historical geology, and a host of others that I don't need for engineering? If we cut out all the nonsense we could probably have solid engineers in their late-teens and early twenties. How much of an economic gain would that be for us if we could eliminate all that waste and get right to what's important? Sure, the teacher's unions wouldn't like it,because they'd have to compete for jobs like everybody else but I'll get over that in a few minutes.
The solution is to privatize the education system. If we did that, those of us that are religously inclined can have schools reinforce religous teaching to our kids, and those that are not religous can skip that part. That way, Marko and I can stop fighting with each other and continue our fight against our common enemy: big govt! Govt uses issues like this as a divide and conquer mechanism, keep us fighting on the little stuff while they trap us on the big stuff.
Much of our decline as a nation is due to the eroding morality of the people. It doesn't even phase most people that the are essentially receiving goods and services that were stolen from others via govt, so why should it bother them to murder, enslave, and steal from others directly instead of using the govt as a middleman? Someone of true moral charachter will have a problem with such behavior, whether nor not the govt is involved.
If you truely want a free nation you must first have a just and moral people, for that is the only type of people that freedom is suitable for. That, I think, is the best reason for having the govt out of the religion business, the schooling business and the welfare business, and why we should push immediately for private schooling.
That's why we have free elections
How sure are you? Last time I went to vote I was not asked for my ID, so is it possible that voter fraud is taking place? In 2000 the local DemocratScheisse actually has his minions go to a nearby college and got out of state student to vote straight Democrat, the icing on the cake was that they 'assisted' mentally retarded people in voting by going into the voting booths with them.
How do we really know that the results from an election are genuine, and they're not just pulling some type of Stalinist fraud behind our backs? We can mobilize as many people as we want to take action, but unless we oversee the ballot counting process and make it public we will be at the mercy of corrupt politicians.
I could go on a rant about why Universal Sufferage is a terrible idea and is ruining our country, but I'll save that for another thread.
