" A right is the sanction of independent action. A right is that which can be exercised without anyone's permission. -- Ayn Rand
from: Textbook of Americanism

However, laws of governance and the arbiter of those laws (government) must be aligned with the wishes of the governed to insure their equitable application. It is at this point where most pacts for a civil society fall apart. More to my point, I list five areas of potential failure in the chartering of civility. I've listed them in the order of descending importance (based on my own opinion).

1_ The governed fails to play an active role in his governance either due to ignorance, distraction, or apathy.
2_ The arbiter (government) ignores the governed and the law and arbitrates on the basis of self interest.
3_ The arbiter (government) demonstrates bias by failing to equitably arbitrate the law
4_ The governed (citizen) can not concur or even negotiate on the proposed laws
5_ The governed (citizen) can not concur or even negotiate on the proposed arbiter (governor) of the laws

Here again we often see many opportunities for the disassembling of a civil society by either the citizen, the government or both. The innate inclination of men can invariably incline its head in all endeavors small and large. But you might gather from the above list my deeper concern with point #1 where one's innate instincts are pushed aside to be replaced by apathy. Giving up on an unalienable and natural right is totally foreign to myself. It's a flame extinguished and when enough flames are extinguished, the concerned as well as the apathetic will succumb to the most powerful among us, that being our government or (point # 2). The most imminent danger of proceeding to point #2 is the neglecting of point #1.

In summation, the overall argument I'm trying to make is that we should not fight the flame that God or Nature has instilled within us. It is our endowment until the final reckoning or until some unforeseen but improbable evolution of mankind. It is incumbent upon us all to keep ourselves and our fellow men vigorously involved in maintaining our civilization especially in this the most blessed country of all. We cannot neglect to defend ourselves from the overreaching hand of a big government that ignores its governed. We cannot expect the tyrant to police itself . Neither a president, nor a legislature, nor a judge will diminish his own pursuit of power by killing his prized cows that provide him with cash and power. As I said before, it is not generally in his nature to do so.

Like many of you, I often feel angered and depressed by what I see in our heavy handed federal government. Some contributors to this blog suggest that we have but one remaining way (short of bloody revolution) to bring power back to the people. The process they mention would involve the employment of Article V of the U.S. Constitution which would allow the various state governments, when petitioned by their citizens, to make changes to the federal government to bring them into compliance with the people. I am inclined to agree with them. You and I need to take a very close look at this marvelous part of our Constitution and get involved . We also need to encourage the apathetic and doomsayers among us to become involved. We need to help them fuel their dwindling flame before it is extinguished. I think we might find some of that fuel in Article V : A Convention of States. Per previous posts I see that more information can be found at an aforementioned website. I intend to go there and learn. >>>

http://www.conventionofstates.com/

Put on your seatbelt, wear your helmet, get a license for EVERYTHING!!! Buy food the revolution is coming.

Every man at birth is endowed by God and nature with the flame of desire to pursue life, liberty, and property, or should we say happiness. This pursuit is understood by believers in the Creation to be part of the law of God and as such is viewed as an unalienable right of every individual. Likewise, this flame of desire is understood by believers in Darwinism to be part of the law of nature and as such is also viewed as a natural and innate part of the individual . In both cases the flame is an endowment that can not be taken or given away without violating either the moral or natural law of the individual.

Be that as it may, it is also true that both the proponents of Creationism and Darwinism confirm the propensity for transgression if not aggression among humankind. The Creationist denotes this evil as “original sin”. The Darwinist describes it as one of the inherent mechanisms of natural selection among mankind , the primary driving force being mutation and and subsequent selection via the “survival of the fittest”. Moreover, it would seem that both the Creation and Darwinian proponents agree that these tendencies toward mutual transgression are unalienable in that they can not be easily dismissed from the human condition.

So it would appear that both camps agree on these two premises :
Premise 1 . Man as an individual is endowed with the burning desire, whether by God or by nature, to pursue life, liberty, and property to such an extent that the desire becomes an unalienable right.
Premise 2. Man as an individual is also endowed with a strong and often unalienable inclination, whether by God or by nature, to pursue transgression if not aggression against his fellow man and in so doing trample on the unalienable rights of the other man.

Encompassed within the realization of these two premises we find some genuine insight into all the historical struggles that have plagued human existence. Some may think otherwise, but there is no real paradox nor contradiction found when analyzing the human condition. It is as it is, whether by God or by nature, an unalienable condition, much of which we would rather do without. But thankfully God and nature also gave us a free will guided by intelligence and reasoning to adjudicate and alleviate that condition And indeed, much of our history revolves around our attempts to do so by the reasoned formulation of laws of governance. The Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest known deciphered writings on the laws of governance is dated back to 1754 B.C. It consisted of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, among them “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth”. Likewise, in biblical history we find that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, as His laws of governance for men of “original sin” living among other men of “original sin”. Many of those laws, having stood the test of time and reason during subsequent history, became a standard in subsequent governments, secular and otherwise. The resulting advancement of man into civil society can be attributed in great part to these early laws.