Comments on: Citizens must not let government take away liberties in favor of safety

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:00:42 +0000

Zach clearly plagiarized part of his articles… way to go dude.

By: GovTrack

GovTrack — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:41:03 +0000

Write a collaborative letter to congress against H.R. 45

Tell Congress why H.R. 45 stinks (Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009)! GovTrack.us, the nonpartisan legislative tracking website, launched a first-of-its-kind experiment last week to see if Americans can come together to write a collaborative letter to Congress. Using the MixedInk.com tool, citizens can write, re-mix, and rate the best letter opposing H.R. 45. In late April, GovTrack will take the top-rated letter and deliver it in person to appropriate congressmen.

The bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-45
The letter: http://mixedink.com/GovTrackUs/111Hr45Against

A large problem facing Congress is their inability to keep up with constituent communication, as the rise of electronic communications to Congress has far outpaced the increases in their office budgets. One of the many ways to address this problem is to have constituents come together on a single letter, an aggregated communication. Petitions were the aggregated letter of the past. In the future, we will see the letter actually being written collaboratively, and this is what GovTrackâ€™s experiment is about.

More information on the experiment can be found here:
http://www.govtrack.us/blog/2009/03/16/mixedink-experiment-a-collaborative-letter-to-congress-on-hr-45/

GovTrack.us is an independent, nonpartisan, noncommercial website whose aim is to use technology to make innovations in civic life.

By: Lance Wheeler

Lance Wheeler — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:17:52 +0000

This is exactly right! I love the title which goes with Benjamin Franklin’s quote “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

We have forgotten out founding fathers ideas and it is those ideas that we need to go back to to make America great like it used to be.

By: Nate Kremer

Nate Kremer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:40:29 +0000

I would like to meet whoever posted that ^.

By: Joe the Real American Plumber

Joe the Real American Plumber — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:38:55 +0000

i loved your article because i agree with what you’re saying so much
I’m sick and tired of these damned ultraliberals wanting to take away our civil rights. if i want a gun by god i should be able to have one. this country was founded on liberties of freedom, you can’t take them away now. pretty soon i’m expecting these slick, smooth talking politicians to take away my religion, thinking they’re so smart because they went to harvard. well i tell you what i’ll take a cold piece of steel over them stack of books anyday. you just wait and see, America the beautiful, we have to start protecting the things we care about in this world and not take them for granted. without my guns, and my religion, i’m unable to cling to anything, except this here monkey wrench.

By: Marilyn S Ralston

Marilyn S Ralston — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:44:08 +0000

It is so far from me that the Government wants to take away one of our rights. There is no way we wil be able to protect ourselves and our families. Since when does the Governemnt have the right to invade “our privacy”? Where did Democracy go? The last I knew we were still a “Free Nation”.
We have the right to bear arms; that did not change inless I missed something. How the HELL can we defend ourselves; (pray we aren’t faced with the situation) . I’m thouroughly FED UP being told what I can and can’t do. Our “elected officials” must believe they are “GOD”. Wake up and look at what “they” are doing to the U.S.A. and each individual living here. “WE” have “rights” also- DON’T FORGET IT!

By: Nate Kremer

Nate Kremer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:54:32 +0000

Jimmy B,

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to revel in your eloquence. You are undoubtedly right, hot frying pans do hurt when touched, but I didn’t believe you until I tried it. I was actually just guessing about guns hurting, and for my unwarranted assumption, I offer a sincere apology.

Your potential friend,
Nate

By: Jimmy B.

Jimmy B. — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:27:50 +0000

Nate, guns hurt???? So do cars when they run over people, So do hot frying pans when you accidentally touch them. So does alcohol when you drink it every- day to excess. So does food when some people overeat. Let’s just outlaw or regulate everything so we can’t do anything unless big brother approves. You freakin’ liberal. Let me hear from you guy!

By: Joe T. Plumber

Joe T. Plumber — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:51:52 +0000

right on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHoOfcFM33c&NR=1

By: Chris Adcock

Chris Adcock — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:46:38 +0000

Good article Zach. This bill is lunacy. I can understand the Liberal agenda of strict gun laws, but unwarranted searches of gun owners’ homes is tyrannical. Unfortunately, I believe the ultra liberals will vote for this Bill. This goes farther than gun restrictions, it takes our government to the level of Big Brother.

By: Nate Kremer

Nate Kremer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:27:13 +0000

Dear friend,

Guns hurt but I appreciate the shout-out. Keep it up.

Your Friend,
Nate