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Principle Without Opposition

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

In our ongoing discussion of principles and values occasionally we end up addressing the topic of adherence to one’s principles and values.

This is of great interest to me because here in the United States of America one finds that principles of convenience are rife. This is revealed through action, or lack of action. The actions one takes tells the true story of principle and value.

When one trumpets adhering to a principle, but then fails to uphold that principle through action, then one is practicing principle of convenience. That is to say that this is not principle at all but a fawning of value upon concepts one has no intent to uphold. Worthless really, pointless, and in some circumstances damaging.

Which brings me to this post, principle without opposition. These core values built on shared principles are tested at times, and our choice is to uphold or fold. The USA chose to uphold in the face of tyranny at its birth. This was not convenient, unlawful, certainly was heavily opposed, and punishable by death. Yet they carried on…

Principle without opposition is easy, and not principle at all.

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Obama Wins Big

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Standing on principle the United States of America gave a sweeping mandate to the one man in a position to affect meaningful change despite what the song says. See No Change by Off Every Day.

I was disappointed at times by Obama’s apparent lack of conviction, lack of consistency, lack of principle, but ultimately I found that he, the man, as a whole, is genuine and seriously championing equality, freedom, justice, democracy, the heart and soul of the USA. Like Andrew Jackson.

I called this election to be a land slide because I knew that US principles could no longer stand idly by and watch our country being destroyed, fragmented and shattered into ideological camps of lunatics because the effects were coming home and because some people became aware of the fact that business as usual was not sustainable.

11 trillion in the hole, 1 trillion expected in deficit spending, the US is in heaps of trouble, but our captain to be, is a steady hand in turbulent seas.

I recall thinking out loud when Obama was nominated how fucking unbelievably great this nation is.

Despite all that had happened, all the global sentiment against us, all of the dolt president’s bungling crimes, all the hatred and jealousy, all the dying human beings in useless conflict, all the US erosion of responsibility and leadership, all the apparent results of the end of US economic dominance, all the US imperialist mandates, despite this erosion of the US the Dems nominate Barack Hussein Obama to run for President of the United States of America.

We the People of the United States of America then elect him.

Has the US sent a message to the world? Fucking aye!

What a fucking great Country this is. It’s a matter of principle.

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Principle

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

There’s something to be said for principle.

As we peel away the layers of humanity and come to the realization that humans are a part of this earth and not on this earth and that our own vanity inflates our self worth to the point of believing there must be more to us, we can see that principle, or principles are the underlying basis of what makes a human…human.

Here in the United States we have an opportunity to voice our principles in a big way tomorrow, if one is of voting age.

Barack Obama will become the first President of the United States that symbolizes the principles of equality, honesty, justice and freedom.

Are these principles that we value? Do our actions evince these principles?

My vote is for Barack Obama as a matter of principle.

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