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Offline The Village Idiot

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Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« on: February 19, 2010, 12:52:31 AM »
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General Agreement
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Organizing Principles for Voluntary Cooperation
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We the undersigned solemnly pledge ourselves to living as SOVEREIGN individuals, governing nobody and allowing nobody to govern us. We ask nothing of each other but the benefits of voluntary mutual trade and we demand nothing but the respect for individual freedom.

Government, as it has been known, is a failed endeavor. It has been shown that there can be no such thing as a free country for any length of time if it gives power to control people and their economy to a government. Government becomes your ruler, your master instead of your employee. Understanding this, we divest ourselves of the failed, past models of governing.

Instead we choose to govern ourselves and cooperate with others when we believe it is proper and we are free not to join others if we believe it is the better course. Voluntarism is the centerpiece of individual freedom; no person shall be forced to pay for another man’s ambitions. No one shall be forced to expend his treasure on another man’s appetites, ideas or needs.

If there is to be a government let it defend the nation from foreign attack and invasion and insure that the individuals who are citizens are not impeded in their freedoms in any way through its court. Otherwise government should do nothing or it has stretched beyond its useful dimensions.

If there is to be a government entity let it not own land other than for government business, let it be limited to a single flat tax applicable to all citizens of no more than 10%. It shall have a few specific duties and have no say in the affairs of the individual and his church or business.

The sovereign INDIVIDUAL shall have the inalienable right to life for without this there is nothing else to talk about. The individual shall have the freedoms of speech, thought, expression, assembly, worship, create, buy, trade, own, sell, commerce, defense, travel & other without regard or respect to government laws, restrictions, licensing or permissions.

The individual who respects the same rights and freedoms of other individuals shall be able to live free of interaction, interference and molestation of any government entity.

The FAMILY is the most important unit of organization of all organizations and as such holds a central place in any kind of free country or land. The mother and father shall have the right to control and direct the education and upbringing of their children. The family that abides by the General Agreement shall not suffer the interaction, intrusion or molestation from any government entity.

The parents shall have the right to protect and guide their children through their education and health unto adulthood. The violation of the un-matured child shall be considered the vilest act imaginable and is thusly exempted from the concept of all-encompassing liberty.

The CHURCH shall face no controls or sanctions from any government entity, nor shall it be limited in its freedoms of speech, thought, expression, assemblies, worship, create, buy, trade, own, sell, commerce, defense, travel & other. It shall not require permission, license or permit.

BUSINESS shall have the same rights as individuals to be free from interference, control, license, permission or molestation from any government entity. All shall have the right to create, produce, buy, own, sell, trade & other as they see fit. As long as business or other shall not infringe on individual freedom they should operate free of government stricture.
Whether the business be a single individual or a multitude of shareholders it shall be owned and controlled by its owner(s) and operate by their rules.

VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION

A voluntary association shall be one where multiple individuals have come together of their own volition for a single purpose. That purpose could be any legal activity that does not violate individual freedom. Whether it is to build a playground, a neighborhood swimming pool, bank, a radio station, a library, fire department or a road, feed the poor or build a hospital it really doesn’t matter.
 
These individuals and entities (such as church and business) shall raise their own funds from amongst themselves and elect how to proceed from amongst themselves. They shall not have their activity restricted or controlled from outside. They shall have the power to pool their funds, buy land and other, construct and to operate without interference, license, permission or molestation from any government entity.

We believe that these are the foundations of a free country with free and sovereign people.
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2010, 02:07:52 PM »
Well so much for that topic
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 02:12:33 PM »
Quote from: FGL on February 19, 2010, 02:07:52 PM
Well so much for that topic

Well you did seem to get an enthusiastic response over at freerepublic.
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 03:06:46 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on February 19, 2010, 02:12:33 PM
Well you did seem to get an enthusiastic response over at freerepublic.

Probably would have gotten more comments if it hadn't been in the middle of the night
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 04:07:03 PM »
Quote from: FGL on February 19, 2010, 03:06:46 PM
Probably would have gotten more comments if it hadn't been in the middle of the night.

"Timing" has a great deal to do with it.

Some of the best stuff I've ever written, such as it is, was posted at lousy times, and so drew little or no attention.

Some of the crummiest stuff I've ever written--such as the story of the fat girl--was posted at great times, and alas drew much attention.
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2010, 04:16:09 PM »
What is a good time for posting something?  I have a statement of conservative principles, too, and I want to give it the best chance I can.

By the way, we need to figure out how to start one of those e-mail wildfire sorts of things.  I read the "General Agreement," and I just have a feeling that it would really be able to catch on.
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2010, 04:17:47 PM »
Oh, and by the way, my statement is "The Twelve Points."
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2010, 04:29:03 PM »
Quote from: Duodecim on February 22, 2010, 04:17:47 PM
Oh, and by the way, my statement is "The Twelve Points."

I can narrow mine down to 6 letters:

I OWN ME!
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2010, 04:30:14 PM »
Quote from: Duodecim on February 22, 2010, 04:16:09 PM
What is a good time for posting something?  I have a statement of conservative principles, too, and I want to give it the best chance I can.

The best time to post at Free Republic is not 1AM lol. Try 7PM CST
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2010, 04:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Duodecim on February 22, 2010, 04:17:47 PM
Oh, and by the way, my statement is "The Twelve Points."

Those are good Points. All dozen of them.
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Re: Forget the Mt Vernon Statement, mine is better
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 08:18:04 AM »
Thanks!
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