The Jackuul Blog

Freedom comes at no price.  It came at a price of blood and sacrifice, yes, but it comes at no price set forth by any government institution.  It is without the price of safety, without the price of security, and without the price of limitations on freedoms for safety and security.  Freedom is inherently dangerous, but much safer in itself than so called security and safety, which are just codewords by the current administration for limitations of civil liberties.  Thomas Jefferson would be sick to know that such things are being used to limit the safety and the security of freedom itself - with the justification of safety and security of the people… which it really isn’t.  It hurts more than it helps.  Little old ladies and infants being searched does not increase the safety of the common good - it hinders it and is a direct assault on the freedom to go forth without molestation by ’security’ guards.

It is an abomination that protesters are cordoned off and placed in little cages away from the rallies and so far out of sight that their words can not be heard.  This is a new low for the government and the two fascist parties of the United States.  Anyone who thinks the Democrats are any different than the Republicans as a whole in their power structure and control is an ignoramus.  How can I prove this?  The exact same box-off-the-protesters methods will be used at both the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention; without question this is pretty much silencing of free speech and hindering the right to gather and protest.

Next thing you know they’ll be taking away more of the gun rights of the people - either party being guilty mind you.  For a people who cannot arm themselves are a people at the mercy of the government’s own police forces, and at the mercy of criminals.  The answer is to get rid of weapons bans, and also to get rid of other bans, while allowing for more lawsuits and bigger awards, additionally taking away a few more rights of criminals (i.e. being able to sue because they were shot while breaking into your home.  They should be billed for the bullet - not given a reward for a botched robbery).

This idiot nation is on its way to Empire and Collapse.  Rome was a republic (flawed I admit) that lasted for hundreds of years.  Then came Sulla, who broke the mold and became the first dictator.  However, Sulla retired and left Rome back to the people (he’s not all bad) and then came Julius Caesar who planned to do much of the same thing (fix Rome, get rid of some corruption, etc etc and then give it back when he could no longer rule or when he died - but that got a little messed up when he was killed and his bastard Nephew started the three-way rule that broke down… then declared himself emperor after having Julius Caesar’s real son executed). What happens with empires?  They grow complacent, they grow old, they begin to fray at the edges, they become weaker and weaker, then they collapse.  Even as a Democratic Empire we have become complacent with the so called new normal.  It is nothing more than a pure and utter lapse of national judgment… because everyone is getting stupid.

Back to the point.  Freedom is free - and there is nothing that should be paid for it except in the defence of it - not the defence of safety or the defence of security.  I would rather die a free man, and I would rather my children die free, than to die a scared lump of human waste in the fetal position in a corner, watching the terror flags go up and down and being afraid of outright violations of my rights.  You know what?  I am afraid of death, I am afraid of being hurt, and I am afraid of getting blown up or shot - but I am more afraid of that happening to me from another American citizen than a terrorist.  Even then, I would rather have it happen that way, then be treated like a cow or steer, rounded up and prodded along in lines and then strip searched in the name of security and safety.  I would rather have the uncertainty of no national ID card, and the scare of undocumented immigration than have my DNA, hair, and fingerprints stored in a national database.  I will always take uncertainty and unknown that comes with freedom over certainty and known that comes with the loss of liberty.  And yet… others continue to cling to the fallacy that is national security and ignore the messages of people like I, or like Ron Paul.

Live free, or die.   It is the only way to live.