by C.E. Dorsett
The forces of progression and regression tug on our nation. The powers of entropy are too strong to allow any culture to stand still. Honest citizens, who out of patriotism and compassion desire to move America forward, long for a return to progressive and populist policies in the House, Senate, and White House. To that end, we propose to restore integrity to our government, and return the congress to the traditional American values: liberty, industry, and personal responsibility.
In these days of poll governed politics and money driven politicians, we offer an alternative: grass roots organization, a holistic philosophy, and a return to government for the people, by the people, and of the people. May we hold to our convictions, not selling out virtue for fame and fortune.
FIRST, Liberty is the necessary state of humanity, and liberty only exists in governments where the rights of all minorities are protected and preserved.
SECOND, a free, fair, unbiased, co-equal, and ethical judiciary is necessary for the working of liberty. Without justice, there is no freedom.
THIRD, the Constitution limits the powers of the government, not the rights of the people. Government can do nothing without the express consent of the Constitution, which is the voice of the people.
FOURTH, the people are the country, not the government.
FIFTH, Foreign Relations are for the benefit, protection, and security of the American people. The citizenry of the United States are compassionate, just, and freedom loving people. These principles should be mirrored in our foreign policy.
SIXTH, We must return to the long American tradition of developing and honoring International Law.
SEVENTH, Personal Responsibility is one of the most cherished and central American value, which must be reflected in our Government, taught in our schools through civics and sex education classes, preserved in a woman's right to choose, and in living wills. Personal Responsibility should govern what people watch, read, and listen to, not the congress.
EIGHTH, the power of the Government to take life should be limited and exceedingly rare. The shadows of the Armenian, Jewish, Rwandan, and Sudanese Genocides being so fresh in our minds, no government should have the power to imprison and kill people. Preemptive war is a license to empire, and should be abandoned.
NINTH, we are an industrious people, who should be unionized, paid a living wage, aided in entrepreneurial enterprise, and not handicapped by so-called "Free Trade" agreements.