Ron Paul: A New Hope
Dr. Ron Paul cured my apathy. Great line in the following video … one of many.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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An award to aspire to…
I was searching for some information on original intent regarding the Internet itself (kinda got sidetracked I think 
), and came across an inspiring web page and maybe something to aspire to as well:
Original Intent’s Founding Fathers Award
There is an old adage, “No good deed goes unpunished”. All too often it seems as though those who pursue nothing more than power and money receive all nature of public adulation and recognition, while those who sacrifice for higher principles, such as honor and liberty, are viewed as sadly anachronistic. In today’s society a high price can be exacted for pursuing principles such as honor and liberty.
We live in an era in which adherence to the original intent of the Founding Fathers is viewed as “odd” at best, and “dangerous” at worst. In today’s society, great men such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Patrick Henry, et al, would be considered little more than troublemakers. It is to our national shame that such is America’s current condition.
In the face of such shortsighted societal devolution, there are those among us who refuse to submit to this modern ethos, choosing instead to live by the founding principles that once made America a true bastion of personal liberty. These men and women are like diamonds; difficult to find, few in number, but hard and brilliant. They stand against the tide, working to preserving all that is good and right in America. They are the beacons of liberty in a tumultuous sea of modernism. It is these man and women that Original Intent honors with the Founding Father’s Award.
Original Intent provides this award in two forms. The first is to honor an individual or an organization for actions that have substantially promoted the great cause of liberty in America. This is the Original Intent Founding Father’s Award.
The second is to honor websites that have actively promoted the cause of liberty in America. This is the Original Intent Founding Father’s Internet Award.
Decisions concerning who will receive the Founding Father’s Award will be made exclusively by the staff of Original Intent, but we welcome recommendations from the Patriot community concerning potential candidates for the Award. Should you make a recommendation, please tell us what the proposed candidate has done that merits consideration for the Award as well as means of contacting the proposed candidate. You may forward your recommendations to editor@originalintent.org.
The site’s intent is an admirable one as stated in their mission statement. I like the last line best, “Restoring the Republic…one Citizen at a time.”
It is so hard to get past anyone actually saying something about getting back to our ‘republican’ roots. Being associated with either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party these days is enough to make me want to go off on a rant as to what’s wrong with both of these extreme and polarizing political parties in our country today. Of course ‘republican’ in general has to do with our roots as a Republic. And has nothing at all to do with the current Republican party.
Like so many wonderful sites out there about our great country and our heritage, I found some great insights and some thoughtful encouragement for each of us to either start, or continue, to “refuse to submit to this modern ethos, choosing instead to live by the founding principles that once made America a true bastion of personal liberty.”
I like that.
I found so many pages interesting! Definition of a Constitution was certainly interesting as was the page on The Federal Firearms Act — In fact on every page I go to I find some very interesting reading. I don’t know what the affiliation of the site is, but I would imagine it’s like Lady Liberties’ sites, and so many others. Just trying to get people thinking….
