Dimensions of Freedom 1

Have you ever read a paper that begins “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…”? http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/constitution/text. html
Perhaps before standing in line at the polls this coming week if you haven’t or it’s been a while since you did; take a quick look. A couple hundred years ago there was a group of men who thought we were deserving of a better life, one that allowed us to choose our leader. When you choose your next leader do so with care, Is the person that you are voting for the best person to lead us, to represent your values and ethics? Have they read the constitution, do they understand it? Do they believe in what it stands for? Do you?
An enormous number of people gave their lives in the name of freedom, the freedom that I find myself taking for granted from time to time. One I witness abused at the polls every couple of years, here is what I mean; if you don’t understand where we came from (the foundation of this country) you shouldn’t be standing in line to vote. It is only from history that we learn how to change the future.
It is our collective responsibility to take control of our destinies by learning our history, educating ourselves and our children on what sacrifices were made so that we could stand in those polls. We need to understand that this is a privilege not a right.
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” Thomas Jefferson
Choose carefully, it is possibly the only thing that you can do as an individual to change the world, it will certainly change the way you feel about the process, not the issues, not the candidate, but the process.

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