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Declarationism — The Gold Standard of American Politics

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

 
Building off of my original post on Declarationism, the above video effectively condenses the original post down into a 5 minute video, which states that any and all parts of the constitution of the united American States, are only valid (meaning legal), when filter-able through the Declaration of Independence.

Specifically,

… that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.

Declarationism, as a political and legal philosophy, I hold as a truth above all men, institutions, and other political philosophies. Why?

Because it’s right.

And I know it.

Declarationism is the gold standard of American politics. End of sentence.

– Anthony Dream Johnson

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A short article I found on Declarationism.

As a “strict constructionist,” Alan Keyes believes the Constitution should be interpreted and applied as written — not as distorted by dictatorial courts or self-serving special interests.

But he goes a step further, to ensure true understanding of the intent of the Founders: he believes that interpreting the Constitution accurately requires the additional perspective of the Declaration of Independence — the “self-evident” truths of which the Constitution…

“Striking a Cord With People Around the World”

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

 

Casey is a hero because he recognized his right to his own life, his own liberty, and his right not to be physically abused by others — and was willing to act in defense of those rights at a young age. We’d all do well to remember Casey when government is the bully /w a gun instead of an idiot 14 year old kid.

Remember, government never has the right to put a gun in your face — enact force — unless and until you intiate force against others first.

This is the non-aggression principle.

Young Casey won, and so can will the men of the mind.

– Anthony/Dream

ps — the cord of liberty runs as deep as a cord can run.

Do Evil and Good Still Exist?

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

This is an interesting question, because at this point in our culture, the answer, if you dig deep enough, is “essentially” no.

But is that the real answer?

Despite the increasingly archaic nature of these terms, of course not. The very fact that I was able to reverse the order of them in the title and grab extra attention should prove alarming in this regard.

Especially when it comes to the term ‘evil’. What is evil? Ever try defining it?

Most people today can’t beyond a vague

“bad stuff, like, you know, when people get killed”.

Which is total horse shit. If a mugger tries to kill and rob me, I have every right to defend myself with any and all force necessary — up to and including lethal force.

You know, ending the guy or girls life — and it’s a good thing in that specific instance if it was necessary (now ask yourself, necessary for what?).

 

What about when the IRS rolls up to your house demanding your money…

Judge a Book by Its Content, Not by Its Cover

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

Thomas Jefferson – the principal author of the most profound document ever written in human history — once said,

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”

He said this because he was fully committed to truth, justice, and reality.

This statement is a reflection of reality.

The reality that no such thing as “too much liberty” exists.

That “too much liberty” is an impossible contradiction – like “too much” self esteem, self respect, and integrity.

And contrary to popular belief, “too much liberty” is not anarchy. Liberty requires government – a proper and just government, fully and absolutely committed to protecting the rights of man – every man.

Anarchy is an absence of government, and of the protection for liberty.

Anarchy is a negative. Liberty is a positive. The two are not combinable.

 

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In the same way, and for the same reasons, I am convinced no man…

Time to Win

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

I found the following blog post today, which contains an excerpt from Ayn Rand.

Link: The Tea Partier’s Ayn Rand (blog post contains links I chose not to transfer).

Begin quote, with bolding by me:

Young people are constantly asking what they can do to fight today’s disastrous trends; they are seeking some form of action, and wrecking their hopes in blind alleys, particularly every four years, at election time. Those who do not realize that the battle is ideological, had better give up, because they have no chance. Those who do realize it, should grasp that the student rebellion [at Berkeley] offers them a chance to train themselves for the kind of battle they will have to fight in the world, when they leave the university; a chance, not only to train themselves, but to win the first rounds of that wider battle.

If they seek an important cause, they have the opportunity to fight the rebels, to fight ideologically, on moral-intellectual grounds – by…

The Greatest Generation

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

 
It’s been said that the “greatest generation” in American history was the one that grew up during the great depression and went on to fight in World War II.

Others disagree, and say that the truly greatest generation in our history was the founding generation – the generation that formed a federal union that lasts to this day, and wrote the most profound governing documents in human history.

To the surprise of many, I disagree with both of these viewpoints.

In my opinion, the greatest generation to have ever lived has not yet claimed that title. Not yet claimed because that generation is in the midst of becoming what is was meant to be, and doing as it was meant to do.

That generation is us.

It’s any young man or woman capable of thinking for him or herself, and having the courage to act decisively.

But what’s so special about modern times you ask? Surely, World…