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Sons of Liberty - New Jersey
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Welcome to the Sons of Liberty webpage.  I decided after the debacle of the last general election in 2012 to put up this webpage in order to have a voice.  Like many of you I have felt completely helpless against what unfortunately has happened - the second term election of Barack Hussein Obama, and what I believe to be the consequences of this election

The purpose of this webpage is myriad.  One of the most important reasons is for me to be able to write about what is going on in our country and to speak with likeminded Americans who want to be heard and also to know the comfort that there are people out there who think similar to you.  My first article for this page is "Thoughts on the Presidential Election of 2012."  I wrote this piece in November 2012 right after the election and as you will read, I have serious concerns about our future.  In the comings days, I'll write on political issues as well as morality issues, since they are truly linked.

President George Washingon said in his 1796 Farewell address:  "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric?"

So here, forthwith, is my commentary in the blog to the right.  Let me know what you think.  

Gerri Gibney










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"GOVERNMENT KNOWS BEST!"

by Gerri Gibney on 03/26/13

The discussion over regulating people’s behavior by the government has become tiresome, annoying, and tedious to me.  I think I will start using an acronym for it; T (tiresome) A (annoying), T (tedious) or “TAT,” since none of it makes very much sense, and the answer to the argument is really very simple.  In all of the circumstances where the government is telling you how to behave, the answer is the government should not be in your business in the first place.

 

Take Bloomberg’s big cup controversy; he has dictated that you will not be able to purchase a certain size cup of soda.  It’s O.K. if you buy two smaller ones, just not the giant size.  Of course, as usual, the so-called law he has instituted has many unintended consequences,  For instance;  if you purchase a pizza and want a large bottle of soda added to the order, sorry, you can’t do that.  You must buy smaller bottles or cans, which will cost you more.  But that’s O.K. with the mayor; he’s saving you from yourself by restricting the size of the bottle.  Fortunately, for now at least, a judge with some sense has stopped this nonsense.  However, Bloomberg will appeal the ruling.  Right now he is looking for a left-wing judge to make his appeal.

 

When someone argues that the government should be telling you how to live your life – beware!  Their argument is that you are not capable of looking after yourself, that your decisions are affecting all of the society when you become sick or fat, or both.  My questions to them are; where do you stop butting into my life, who makes the decision as to how much I should have or not have when it comes to soda or anything for that matter, and where is it written in our Constitution that the government has the authority to determine what should be in my life in the first place. 

 

Their counterpoint is that the cost of health care is going through the roof because of people overeating.  My question to them is; why haven’t they come up with a better system of health care than Obamacare?  Is America supposed to be in the business of healthcare in the first place?  If the Congress does not defund Obamacare we are all in trouble because one of the consequences will be the government’s ability to make even more decisions for us as to what you eat, where you eat, how much you eat, and on and on.

 

The vicious cycle of government becoming involved in every aspect of American life under the guise of “government knows best” is frightening, and for some reason many Americans are either oblivious or don’t care.  Maybe when they take away their Big Mac and order of large fries they will wake up!

 

But, I forgot, there will be exemptions to the Big Mac Law.  I wonder what groups won’t have to obey?

 

Gerri Gibney

March 26, 2013

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