by Dahni
© Copyright 2/06/10
all rights reserved
HOW can WE the People regain control of OUR right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?” WE have been delving into what won’t work in order to find what will work. So far:
The List (simplified)
1. Overthrow the government by a military coup or para-military militias?
2. The 9/12 Project?
3. ‘The Commerce Clause?’
4. Convening a Constitutional Congress?
5. Hope that the present circumstances will change and the will of WE the People will be implemented?
6. Hope that the other party will get its act together and produce the necessary changes for WE the People in future elections?
7. Remain divided and work for self, other causes, parties and candidates.
Today: Freebies & Pay-bees.
Last time WE saw that IF, WE the People, devote ourselves to working solely for ourselves, other causes, candidates and parties, it is to no profit in restoring OUR Liberty and cannot work, for WE remain divided.
WE live in; have grown up in – a digital world of cut & paste, drag and drop, right-clicks with a mouse, downloads and uploads and the many products and services, catered to me-myself-and-i. WE are accustomed to, used to and most always expect much, to be FREE.
Daily, WE are bombarded with vast amounts of information – visually, audibly and textually. OUR interest, the content and the time WE have available, will determine how much WE will give of our resources and OUR time. WE are accustomed to, used to and most always expect much, to be FREE.
Most of US recognize the following symbols and understand their meaning:
© ® ™
These are Copyrights, Registration marks and Trademarks. They are seen almost everywhere and on everything. But they are like locks on doors; only as good as, the occupant’s ability to secure the contents and the honor of those outside the door, to respect the owner’s privacy and property. There is no foolproof lock which can prevent intent to find an opportunity and to exploit some vulnerability! There is no crime committed without intent, opportunity and vulnerability!
Have you ever seen an ‘honor box,’ a little cardboard box filled with snacks, where you take what you want and place the money to pay for it in a slot?
These ‘honor boxes’ are often found in places of businesses and institutions as a service to employees, customers and clients, when space and/or costs prohibit the use of a vending machine. I have removed the money from several of these boxes and it has never equaled the amount due, for the items taken. It was always less. Sure, you could accuse me of pocketing some of the money, you would be incorrect, but you have the right to think that I did. I’m sure some people did not have the right amount of money at the time and forgot to come back. I even found fake money that was placed there intentionally or from an honest mistake. Maybe they didn’t know it wasn’t real? There is no doubt in my mind that some people are either just ignorant or stupid, taking whatever they want because they think it’s FREE. And then there are those that have no intention of paying, just taking. But no matter what the reasons for the shortage, someone, usually the employer or provider of the honor box, still had to make up the difference.
But WE are accustomed to, used to and most always expect much, to be FREE.
WE see sales and trials and use FREE coupons, 2-for-1’s, BOGO (buy-one-get-one), FREE food, FREE products and services, almost every day and nearly everywhere.
Advertising, marketing, publicity, promotion or whatever you want to call this stuff, all pretty much do the same thing. They are designed to attract attention to people, products and services.
A writer writes something – an article, poem, presentation, book etc. A web designer designs a webpage or a blog. An artist produces some kind of artwork. A musician writes a song, a composer composes, a dancer dances and the local burger shop has French fries too. And on and on and so forth…
…each I of WE the People do whatever it is that WE do and whatever it is that WE do, takes time, some amount of effort and the expenditure of OUR available resources.
For this, WE expect something in return. This is usually money.
Money is nothing more than an exchange between parties, for a product or service. Perhaps a long time ago, the house-call-doctor received a chicken for their service. Maybe the local minister was fed by, clothed and housed by their congregation, for spiritual service rendered to the community. WE trade, WE barter, WE exchange time for money or something, for products and services.
But WE are accustomed to, used to and most always expect much, to be FREE.
So WE read, watch, look, listen, touch, taste and smell whatever WE are interested in and that is available to US. WE copy, cut, paste, drag and drop, right-click, download and upload whatever is out there. I have long understood that there is no such thing as security on the Internet, anywhere or for anything! It all comes down to the ‘honor box.’ The honor box is the FREE advertising that draws attention to the persons, products and services in the box. The slot is to pay for the stuff, and it is left to the individual, to do the honorable thing.
There is an exchange between the givers or providers of something and the recipients. This is time. It takes time to provide and give something and it takes OUR time in receiving it. But WE usually do not take or make the time, and WE usually do not pay for something unknown.
Read an article, watch a movie, listen to something, sample something all for FREE and then what? Are WE done? Has the time WE have spent in taking this stuff equal to the time it took to provide it? Have WE paid for it in full? The answer is often no. So then what? What are WE do, what else is required of US?
If WE have enjoyed something, if WE have appreciated it; if it has mattered to US in some way, what about a simple thank you, a comment or even a critique without being critical, as to how it could be improved? What about sharing it with others? What about paying for it to help such people providing such things and services, to continue?
But WE are accustomed to, used to and most always expect much, to be FREE.
Deep down, each 1 of WE the People know that there is, nothing in life for FREE! Someone or something has paid the price. The Liberty and the freedom we enjoy in this country were and are FREE, but to maintain these gifts, to secure these gifts, it has been paid for, often by blood, sweat, tears and lives.
WE each came into this world naked; so shall we leave this world. WE enter in and exit out with only the gifts of Life, Liberty, and the right to the Pursuit of Happiness. But when these rights are re-written as privileges, OUR lives, liberties and the pursuits of that which makes us individually happy, are based upon our ability to pay for them and given to US , by the few that control it and allow it.
What WE freely take without paying for, WE will forfeit in the future. What WE forfeit is taken from US!
“I remain as free as nature first made man. Ere the base laws of servitude began, when wild in the woods the naked savage ran.”
Image & Text Copyright © 2009 Patrick Pierson
“For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life,
if freedom fail?”
Image & Text Copyright © 2009 Patrick Pierson
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What WE will not pay for will be unto US, a master that enslaves us…
…for there is nothing in Life for FREE!
What can each 1 of WE the People; what can WE the People do? What can unite US? How can WE the People, restore our rights to, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit Happiness?”
I have promised and will keep my promise. I promise you that what WE can do about all of this and HOW to do it is coming! WE are just one day or one post to this blog, away from the solution! It is really quite simple. It will not take forever or even a lifetime. It will only take a small amount of time and your direct participation. It may be difficult, but WE can do it IF, WE the People so will to do it. Do WE so will?
What may seem as insurmountable odds in regaining control of OUR liberties may appear hopeless, but there is an answer! Stay tuned here as we continue.
Next Time: I am Asking for Your Help
Check out the other blogs listed to the right. Come often. Bring others. Get involved. Do something. Even if it is just leaving a comment, that’s doing something. But don’t bother in telling me how stupid I am, this won’t work or that you hate my guts and things like that. Been there, done that and heard that all before and then some. Be original. Be different.
Ask not what your country can do for you
or what you can do for your country,
but what can WE the People do, for each other!”
1 of WE,
Dahni
An Amer-I-Can eagle
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