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Expressions of Liberty

A commentary on the governmental respect for natural human rights as expressed by the founders of the United States and how it effects us today. I also show how the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution and other related documents are not dead documents in America today, but merely ignored and misused.

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Location: Champaign, Illinois, United States

I am a classical liberal which is considered a type of conservative in these modern days. I am pro-right to life, pro-right to liberty, pro-parental rights, pro-right to property and a number of other natural human rights.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Britney Spears Image Is Used To Promote The Right To Life

A stature was sculpted in New York and depicted Britney Spears nude having her baby. This of course caused controversy which actually may have helped the pro life cause.

Someone in Japan must of gotten ideas because they decided to put a nude picture depicting a pregnant Britney Spears. Japan has a very low fertility rate and killing your own child in your womb is legal there. In another event a group in Japan decided to give badges to women that claimed they were pregnant women that read "there is a baby in my belly". I suspicion that both actions are to encourage women to give birth to their children instead of killing them. They are both good ideas.

The poster was originally blocked by Japanese subway officials because pornography is illegal but they have since backed off that position by saying the poster was not all that salacious.

I guess some individuals have decided there is a difference between pornography and artwork. To bad we seem to have that trouble in the United States.

Source about Poster of Britney Spheres in Japan

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

States Rights And Securing The Right To The Pursuit Of Happiness

I happen to me a supporter of an increase in minimum wage. It does cause inflation in the goods and services provided by minimum wage workers but it also gives the workers increased money to purchase more goods. This offsets increase of costs due to normal inflation so that instead of purchasing less minimum wage workers can purchase the same amount they did before.

I am not in favor of a federal minimum wage as it is not a power given to the federal government. Each state has the power to raise minimum wage and has the duty to ensure the natural right of pursuit of happiness of its citizens. They may use other solutions than raising minimum wage . That tactics to deal with the situation are up to the legislature to debate and decide and it is up to the citizens of that state to elect those representatives that they fill have the best plans.

In California the legislation has chosen to lift the minimum wage from $6.75 to $8.00 an hour. California has a flourishing economy. The legislation made a deal with the governor that not veto the legislation if they did not include an automatic raise equal to inflation. He gave in his demands for a dollar raise instead of the dollar and a quarter raise he that was made law. That is how the legislation process works.

Illegal immigrants are a threat to the minimum wage as they will work under it and since the law is already being broken by employing illegals the employer has no problem with paying them under the table. Except for a few the Democratic party at the federal level supports illegal immigration.

My source of information on the minimum wage being raised in California.