America always has been that shining city on the hill.
Without it, where will people go? (And would someone mind telling me that?)
Think about it. In this upcoming election, and afterward.
American leadership: the world's best hope?
Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
2012/08/20 22:58:15
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President Ronald Reagan said it best:
Not too long ago two friends of mine were talking to a
Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the
midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, “We
don’t know how lucky we are.” And the Cuban stopped and said, “How lucky
you are! I had someplace to escape to.” In that sentence he told us the
entire story. If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to.
This is the last stand on Earth. And this idea that government is
beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except to
sovereign people, is still the newest and most unique idea in all the
long history of man’s relation to man. This is the issue of this
election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or
whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little
intellectual élite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us
better than we can plan them ourselves.
Ronald W. Reagan, 40th President of the United States. Official portrait, 1981.
That's the deal. We're not just talking about our own way of life. We're talking about the greatest refuge of freedom in a world getting rapidly drunk on the schemes of one despot after another.
Read More: http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2012/08/20...
Libs cringe when they see this:
What I do have a problem with is if people are convinced that their country, the US, is specially blessed by God, is better than any other county in the world.
In fact acts vey paternalistic towards other countries.
They believe in a mythe, a mythe that keeps them blinded, removes the ability to look at the actual facts.
In fact places itself on a pedastal, way above the rules and regulations of international
law (wich they aso did sign), but expects everybody else to abide with them.
Socialism, legalized drug, prostitution .....
If this is all you know about my country, your knowledge is not only very, very limited.
In fact it is incorrect.
The Netherlands is:
A Constitutional Monarchy
Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy.
The Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics
Parlimentary Democracy
Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy.
The Netherlands and drugs:
The drug policy of the Netherlands officially has four major objectives:
1.To prevent recreational drug use, to treat and rehabilitate rec...
What I do have a problem with is if people are convinced that their country, the US, is specially blessed by God, is better than any other county in the world.
In fact acts vey paternalistic towards other countries.
They believe in a mythe, a mythe that keeps them blinded, removes the ability to look at the actual facts.
In fact places itself on a pedastal, way above the rules and regulations of international
law (wich they aso did sign), but expects everybody else to abide with them.
Socialism, legalized drug, prostitution .....
If this is all you know about my country, your knowledge is not only very, very limited.
In fact it is incorrect.
The Netherlands is:
A Constitutional Monarchy
Since 1815 The Netherlands has been a constitutional monarchy.
The Dutch monarch has no real political power, but serves as representative head of state and a symbolic person uniting the divided parliamentary politics
Parlimentary Democracy
Since 1848, the Netherlands is also a parliamentary democracy.
The Netherlands and drugs:
The drug policy of the Netherlands officially has four major objectives:
1.To prevent recreational drug use, to treat and rehabilitate recreational drug users.
2.To reduce harm to users.
3.To diminish public nuisance by drug users.
4.To combat the production and trafficking of recreational drugs.
A common misconception is that soft drugs have been legalised in The Netherlands.
The fact is that cultivation and possession remains a criminal offence.
The pocession of no more than 5 grams marijuana per person is allowed.
The use, pocession and production of hard drugs is prohibeted.
The Netherlands and prostitution:
Is prostitution legal in the Netherlands?
Prostitution itself has never been a criminal offence in the Netherlands.
Brothels were banned in the Netherlands in 1911 to protect prostitutes from exploitation.
However, the ban has not been enforced for the past 50 years.
Action was only taken against brothels and sex clubs if they engaged in criminal activities or disturbed public order.
Thegeneral bans on brothels and pimping were removed from the Penal Code in 2000.
The sex industry is regulated under normal labour law, which increases protection of the workers from exploitation. The prostitutes have their own trade union.
To end abuses in the sex industry, the Netherlands decided to change the law to reflect everyday reality.
It is now legal to employ prostitutes who are over the age of consent, and do the work voluntarily, but stricter measures have been introduced under criminal law to prevent exploitation.
The legalisation of brothels enables the government to exercise more control over the sex industry and counter abuses.
Through regular inspections to ensure that brothels conform to the licensing conditions, the police are in a position to pick up signs of human trafficking.
They obtain invaluable information that can be used immediately to trace and prosecute offenders in both the regulated and unregulated sectors.
if we were allowed printing presses in our houses ..no one would be in debt either !
well,, we would ,,the dollar would be worth less than it is !
twas the great mentor's solution on the debt picture !
so we can all have what we cannot afford !
our leadership...???...
pppfffttt...
those are not leaders...
they are followers...
followers of global governance-
they have sold us all out-
i am certain this is true...
more than you care to contemplate-
would you agree if i clarified...???...
that it is not just dem leaders who are guilty???
repubs are too-
Anyone remember Iran-Contra?
All you have to do is make a list of what you people represent versus us.
You, radicalism
Us conservatism, sure we are boring but stable where you people are exciting but prone to failure.
Good points!
Let this be clear, the US has many.
Having said that: No country is without faults.
No, you have not more freedom than any other country.
On some issues you have even less!
You last remark is often used by US-SH's with nationalistic views.
If you don't like it go.
Forgetting however that majority not rules all the time, that minority often start a change for the better.
If it wasn't for the Japanese you wouldn't have even got involved in the war and the german language is just fine thank you. I am proud of my British/German heritage. (Slightly less german than Queen Elizabeth but British/German nevertheless).
As for every country has laws, I wasn't contradicting that and if you read my other posts I support the legal system. Which means you disagree with Reagan, if you agreed those laws would have changed already.
As for Obama not following the law, I do believe he has not been found guilty of any crime and has therefore followed the laws of the land. Please feel free to point me to a court decision where he has lost.