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The Many Extensions of Freedom

“No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.” 

This very simple phrase composes the perfect essence of representative democracy and such clarity of mind the custom of its author, Thomas Jefferson. At its heart lies the very foundation of our Constitution and its purpose; “…protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority.”   

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Failure and Why!

January 1, 2009

January 20th will mark the first official day of the new Administration.   There is a great deal of hope saturating the nuance-of-the-day-term “Change”.   Several million people switched party lines and even more ignored reason, principal and purpose on this nebulous concept.   It’s not the first time, either!

I’ve ceded my hope that someone would be able to crystallize the substantive reason(s) for the near puerile form of euphoria we are witnessing and I’ve replaced it with another form of inquiry.  It, the inquiry,  is both a statement and a question:  Failure and Why!

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