This from the Arctic Patriot:
Thoughts for Consideration
Here are some thoughts of mine. They will offend some people. That is not my concern; I cannot control others' reactions to what I say. I hope people are able/willing to look through offense, and my clumsy words that cause it, in order to see what I am saying here. Here goes-
It has been said that the Constitution would only work in a moral society.
I think there's a little more to it than that, but let's assume that the statement is true at face value, and look at some things.
What do you think a "moral" and "religious" people looked like to Mr. Adams, Washington, Franklin, and their contemporaries?
No, I mean it. Really.
Walk through the nearest clothing store and look at the people. Look at the trash and filth polluting our children's (and our) minds at the grocer's checkout line. Look at almost everything that comes from Hollywood and earns millions of dollars. Look at the people who make the news, that slice of degenerate America.
Moral? Religious?
Those of you who know me well enough know that I am not pushing a certain religious worldview here; I have more than enough doubts and concerns with religion for five men.
What I am saying here is that taken in context, John Adams said that the Constitution cannot work in anything other than a moral and religious setting such as that in which he lived.
Think about this. Please. Really.
No, I mean it. Really. Think about it.
If John Adams is to be believed, even a complete, as-ratified, Constitutional restoration will utterly and completely fail in the society in which we live.
Think about that.
Consider what Washington or Jefferson might have had to say about that new Hunger Games movie. Consider what Adams or any "moral and religious" person from that time period would say about the filth Americans pipe into their homes, the trash Americans allow to invade their children's brains, or the garbage that is known as "entertainment" today.
Think about it.
Would they accept it, or would they recognize it for danger and trash that it is, and drive it from their communities?
You may disagree with me on this, and that is (obviously) fine.
Just keep in mind that perhaps the problems in this nation go far, far beyond mere politics and economic interests.
Decadence and immorality often go hand in hand with tyranny. Failure to self-regulate results in harsh government oversight. I have learned this over and over again in the business world.
A "moral and religious people" self-regulates.
Bastiat once said that for a law to be respected, it has to first be respectable.
I will go further. It works both ways. For a people to be respected by the law (and government), they have to first be respectable.
Can you really see Washington and Adams taking their wives out for a lovely evening to watch Hunger Games? Can you see any lady from 18th century America allowing her children to be exposed to the filth on display in nearly everygrocery checkout line? It is utterly amazing to me that I cannot find clothes for my twelve and thirteen year old daughters that are not, by design, tight or revealing.
Moral and religious. Without it, we as a people might as well forget any restoration of the Constitution.
I am not calling for a return of long dresses and breeches, or mandatory church services. What I am saying is needed is a sense of modesty, respect, and basic consideration of others. I think we can all agree these things are vanishing, if not altogether missing from American society. What I am saying is that the American infatuation with materialism, instant gratification, and hedonism is dragging this nation to its death.
So there it is. This is why I believe any restoration of American Constitution / Liberty as the founders understood it is bound to fail in this society. If one accepts Mr. Adams', Mr. Washington's, and Mr. Franklin's words, and applies the proper historical context to them, I cannot see how any other conclusion is possible.
Think about it, and what we, what you can do to reverse this trend.
Let me tell you, it doesn't make you a popular guy.
It has been said that the Constitution would only work in a moral society.
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion ...Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams
Benjamin Franklin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence - "[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
" Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society." - Washington
I think there's a little more to it than that, but let's assume that the statement is true at face value, and look at some things.
What do you think a "moral" and "religious" people looked like to Mr. Adams, Washington, Franklin, and their contemporaries?
No, I mean it. Really.
Walk through the nearest clothing store and look at the people. Look at the trash and filth polluting our children's (and our) minds at the grocer's checkout line. Look at almost everything that comes from Hollywood and earns millions of dollars. Look at the people who make the news, that slice of degenerate America.
Moral? Religious?
Those of you who know me well enough know that I am not pushing a certain religious worldview here; I have more than enough doubts and concerns with religion for five men.
What I am saying here is that taken in context, John Adams said that the Constitution cannot work in anything other than a moral and religious setting such as that in which he lived.
Think about this. Please. Really.
No, I mean it. Really. Think about it.
If John Adams is to be believed, even a complete, as-ratified, Constitutional restoration will utterly and completely fail in the society in which we live.
Think about that.
Consider what Washington or Jefferson might have had to say about that new Hunger Games movie. Consider what Adams or any "moral and religious" person from that time period would say about the filth Americans pipe into their homes, the trash Americans allow to invade their children's brains, or the garbage that is known as "entertainment" today.
Think about it.
Would they accept it, or would they recognize it for danger and trash that it is, and drive it from their communities?
You may disagree with me on this, and that is (obviously) fine.
Just keep in mind that perhaps the problems in this nation go far, far beyond mere politics and economic interests.
Decadence and immorality often go hand in hand with tyranny. Failure to self-regulate results in harsh government oversight. I have learned this over and over again in the business world.
A "moral and religious people" self-regulates.
Bastiat once said that for a law to be respected, it has to first be respectable.
I will go further. It works both ways. For a people to be respected by the law (and government), they have to first be respectable.
Can you really see Washington and Adams taking their wives out for a lovely evening to watch Hunger Games? Can you see any lady from 18th century America allowing her children to be exposed to the filth on display in nearly everygrocery checkout line? It is utterly amazing to me that I cannot find clothes for my twelve and thirteen year old daughters that are not, by design, tight or revealing.
Moral and religious. Without it, we as a people might as well forget any restoration of the Constitution.
I am not calling for a return of long dresses and breeches, or mandatory church services. What I am saying is needed is a sense of modesty, respect, and basic consideration of others. I think we can all agree these things are vanishing, if not altogether missing from American society. What I am saying is that the American infatuation with materialism, instant gratification, and hedonism is dragging this nation to its death.
So there it is. This is why I believe any restoration of American Constitution / Liberty as the founders understood it is bound to fail in this society. If one accepts Mr. Adams', Mr. Washington's, and Mr. Franklin's words, and applies the proper historical context to them, I cannot see how any other conclusion is possible.
Think about it, and what we, what you can do to reverse this trend.
Let me tell you, it doesn't make you a popular guy.
