Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Left doth protest too much



The louder someone complains, the closer you are to the truth. I anticipate a lot of ad hominum complaints from statists here. Do not let them talk you out of reading this book.

In any given generation, there are but a few authors and thinkers whose creations can survive the ravages of time and the shifting sands of societal evolution. It is rarer still when a key book is written, recognized, and celebrated contemporarily. This is one such book.

Mark R. Levin logically lays out what has made the United States of America different from all other nations in the history of humanity. He re-introduces us to the founders and framers, and those people who inspired them long ago. At its most basic elements, our country was founded on the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...and that we have these rights conferred on us, not by man or government, but by Natural Law, which originates with the Creator. Mr. Levin puts us back in touch with our founding doctrines, which are the at the very heart of what conservatism is and has always been.

For too long, Conservatives have let themselves be defined by the media. Mr. Levin's book recasts what it is to be a proud Conservative, and gives voice to those who are often silent in the face of ideological slander. If you believe in this great country, if you believe in truth and honesty, if you believe in life and principles, if you believe in freedom and patriotism, if you believe that all people are created equal and it is up to the individual to succeed according to their talents and interests, and if you believe in a smaller efficient government then this book is for you.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto Customer Review - Paul Winter says:
I agree with your post, but your paraphrasing of the Declaration of Independence is incorrect. Nature cannot give you rights. The actual text of the DOI reads, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

If you know the Lord, great. If not, I encourage you to seek Him.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto Customer Review - John Meredith says:
"Mr. Levin puts us back in touch with our founding doctrines, which are the at the very heart of what conservatism is and has always been." The founding tenets of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were established by liberals -- Paine, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin and Hamilton among them -- NOT conservatives. The conservatives (then called Tories) were British sympathizers, who opposed the Revolution, secretly hoping it would fail so that they could maintain the power (money and property) they enjoyed under British rule. Today's conservatives are the same unpatriotic fascists they've always been, pretending to believe in the Constitution while secretly despising its principles.

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto Customer Review - Melody Hastings says:
I find it frightening that today's public schools teach little, if anything, about the ideals which founded this nation. Today, kids simply parrot their teachers, who are mostly liberal big-government socialists, and therefore have no appreciation for freedom, opportunity, and why the founders fought so hard for these.

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