The American Bill of Rights, by the numbers.

Freedom is based on the idea that people have natural rights, and that no person can lose his rights in a free society.  All personal right and freedom is called into question the instant any of the natural rights is negated by state power.  

You would expect tension between personal freedom and the power of the government to rule over (and squash) people's lives.  Politicians make a living by telling other people how to live.  For this reason, a wise person realizes politicians are not trustworthy.  Only a fool would sell himself to a politician. 

Many people don't know what their rights are under the US Constitution.  The Bill of Rights, from the US Constitution, is a list of rights the people enjoy, both as personal rights and as rights against overbearing government.  The list is the essentials, but you should not think of this as the limit of human freedom. 

1. Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
2. Right to keep and bear arms - A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
3. Conditions for quarters of soldiers - No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
4. Right of search and seizure regulated - The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
5. Provisions concerning prosecution - No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
6. Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, limning power of the state to prosecute.  - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
7. Right to a trial by jury - In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
8. Excessive bail, cruel punishment - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
9. Rule of construction of Constitution - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
10. Rights of the States under Constitution - The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The US plebiscite seems to favor growing state power at the expense of individual freedom.  This makes the current American political climate essentially identical to fascism.  Both systems require the individual to submit to the ever growing power of the state.

This can be resisted if the people become aware of what they are losing.  The short list on this page is what you lose, folks  - It may not seem like much, but it makes life worth living.  The rights we have will last only as long as we are willing to defend those rights against encroaching politicians.

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Note on the text:  The words in blue included with the Bill of Rights are meant to be brief descriptions; they are not in the original text.

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Incidentally, the "Affordable Care Act," aka "Obamacare," with its compulsory mediocrity, contradicts the freedom of association, a derived right, whose roots are found in the First Amendment. 

The Quick Rundown: Collectivism must have an elite to set direction

The "Democratic" Party says, The elite must rule!

Joe Biden put it on election day, "How shall we rule these people?" That remark has no place in an elected office.

The "Democratic" Party is a natural collectivist organization. They live by the maxim, "the rule of the majority". If majority is all that matters, why tolerate an individual? Run over him.

The GOP leadership is presently confused by a elitist club which only wishes to be in power. We must help them become unconfused. The reason why the "Democratic" Party is in trouble is the People don't like being ignored in their own country. If the GOP needs similar discipline, we have to give it to them.

An intimidating thought is, the Republicans tend to have real world experience making things work with real people. That makes the Republicans Party more capable technicians than the "Democratic" Party elitists are. In an odd way its better we are exiting the era of "New Tone" politics. Had the Republicans been elected, they would have been forced to give us a working socialist empire. Instead we got the permanently lame, Democrazy version of collectivist socialism. No matter the party affliation, collectivists are dangerous to your liberty, life and personal welfare.

The TEA Party addressed the concerns of the oppressed Individual. Elitists do not offer 'freedom' based in the value of the Individual. The 'freedom' the collectivist offers is counterfeit. How effective the elite collectivists are at frightening the individuals with a mirror will determine the outcome of the coming election. They have mass media on their side.

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We must restore the republic. Law must be based on what is right. Law is not subject to the will of the majority. If it were, the majority of white folk in the old South had a perfect moral and legal right to keep slaves. But slavery is unacceptable in a republic.

In a republic, we have two cardinal rules: First, all persons are equal before the law. No one is above the law and no one is ignored by it. The law is not used to make people equal. "Before" is meant in every sense of the word. Before the bench, during judgment. Before the law is applied. And before the time the law is composed. The last is especially important. Law can be used only to re-enforce the equality of persons, not make persons equal.

Thus law which prefer certain "groups" of people are illicit, and a violation of public trust.

The second rule of republic is all measure of society is in the way it treats the common person as an individual. Any law enacted by a legislature which debases the individual below society or elevates an individual above society is a corruption of society. Such law and policy are a betrayal of the People at large -- that is Treason.

If debasement or elevation are not tolerated, then taxes which are laid heavily on the "rich are a perversion of the value of the individual.

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Let us work not be so near the edge of the abyss. We must break up the "Democratic" Party hegemony in the Congress. If the opportunity presents itself, talk to anyone who will listen until we become free again. It will be a long struggle, but the prize is worth the price.