Comments on: A New Birth of Freedom http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/ Recording Bits and Pieces of Heaven in Theory and Practice Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David Miller » Blog Archive » Bloggers - Turn Out Utah http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-6787 David Miller » Blog Archive » Bloggers - Turn Out Utah Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:18:42 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/a-new-birth-of-freedom/#comment-6787 [...] any election with high turnout is a good election. Let’s make this into such an election. [...] [...] any election with high turnout is a good election. Let’s make this into such an election. [...]

]]> By: David http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-6661 David Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:42:13 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/a-new-birth-of-freedom/#comment-6661 There's a ding of the Liberty Bell for Reach. I wish I had a prize to give for everyone who understood the cost of liberty as you just outlined. Voter apathy is always a bad thing in a government of the people for the very reasons you stated. There’s a ding of the Liberty Bell for Reach. I wish I had a prize to give for everyone who understood the cost of liberty as you just outlined.

Voter apathy is always a bad thing in a government of the people for the very reasons you stated.

]]> By: Reach Upward http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-6660 Reach Upward Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:34:59 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/a-new-birth-of-freedom/#comment-6660 Yes, every generation of Americans must be made because we are a nation founded on ideals rather than atavisms. I read one conseravtive pundit who wrote that low voter turnout isn't necessarily a bad thing, because it simply means that many people don't see government as highly relevant to their lives -- which is not necessarily a bad thing. I disagree. The cost of freedom is vigilance. Failure to see government as relevant allows the bureaucratic leviathan to grow almost imperceptably and unchecked. We need to foster a society in which people become enthused about protecting their liberties. Yes, every generation of Americans must be made because we are a nation founded on ideals rather than atavisms.

I read one conseravtive pundit who wrote that low voter turnout isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because it simply means that many people don’t see government as highly relevant to their lives — which is not necessarily a bad thing. I disagree. The cost of freedom is vigilance. Failure to see government as relevant allows the bureaucratic leviathan to grow almost imperceptably and unchecked.

We need to foster a society in which people become enthused about protecting their liberties.

]]> By: David http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-6641 David Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:54:40 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/a-new-birth-of-freedom/#comment-6641 It is a sad statement that our academics would be more familiar with the writings of Marx than with the writings of our own founders. I look forward to any insights you would care to share as I review our founding documents in the future. It is a sad statement that our academics would be more familiar with the writings of Marx than with the writings of our own founders.

I look forward to any insights you would care to share as I review our founding documents in the future.

]]> By: Mackenzie http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/a-new-birth-of-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-6639 Mackenzie Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:46:18 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/a-new-birth-of-freedom/#comment-6639 I just found this blog by searching Google Blogs for The Federalist Papers. I have been a participant on a discussion forum for about ten years but I found that the general public doesn't like to read, although I did occassionally succeed in engaging discussions that momentarily seriously considered the Federalist Papers, but that hasn't happened for a while. It seems unfortunate that most people simply assert truths and don't back them up with any real references. The Federalist Papers is a great reference for many current discussions, as are the laws, which,thanks to the internet are more accessible to the geneneral public than they have ever been. And of course there is Cspan which allows one to listen in on congress, without any editorializing. I think it is very important to our system of government for the individual to be actively involved because the way the government is structured in a democratic republic, the elected represent the people and how can the representatives do that if the individual people do not participate, not just in voting but in writing to our represntatives, and participating in the ongoing process. There is abundant and remarkable thought to be discovered in the Federalist Papers. However in my expereince,the typical contemporary academic is more likely to be familiar with the writings of Marx, than with the discussions of our founding fathers that resulted in the creation of The American Constitution. I just found this blog by searching Google Blogs for The Federalist Papers. I have been a participant on a discussion forum for about ten years but I found that the general public doesn’t like to read, although I did occassionally succeed in engaging discussions that momentarily seriously considered the Federalist Papers, but that hasn’t happened for a while. It seems unfortunate that most people simply assert truths and don’t back them up with any real references. The Federalist Papers is a great reference for many current discussions, as are the laws, which,thanks to the internet are more accessible to the geneneral public than they have ever been. And of course there is Cspan which allows one to listen in on congress, without any editorializing. I think it is very important to our system of government for the individual to be actively involved because the way the government is structured in a democratic republic, the elected represent the people and how can the representatives do that if the individual people do not participate, not just in voting but in writing to our represntatives, and participating in the ongoing process.

There is abundant and remarkable thought to be discovered in the Federalist Papers. However in my expereince,the typical contemporary academic is more likely to be familiar with the writings of Marx, than with the discussions of our founding fathers that resulted in the creation of The American Constitution.

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