jcmand
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| 28 Sep 2014 08:12 PM |
I am announcing today my candidacy for the United States Congress.
After a long and weary time of serving this United States of America, my beliefs stand stronger than ever. And it is with this confidence and sacrifice I continue to contribute to our great country under God, protected by a firm Constitution.
My candidacy for Congress will be under the porcupine, which symbolizes the Libertarian National Party. We may be a small party, but we make up for that in the size of our ideals and beliefs.
We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual.
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.
We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.
Consequently, we defend each person's right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.
To me our country is a living, breathing presence, unimpressed by what others say is impossible, proud of its own success, generous -- yes and naïve -- sometimes wrong, never mean and always impatient to provide a better life for its people in a framework of a basic fairness and freedom.
Someone once said that the difference between an American and any other kind of person is that an American lives in anticipation of the future because he knows it will be a great place. Other people fear the future as just a repetition of past failures. There's a lot of truth in that. If there is one thing we are sure of it is that history need not be relived; that nothing is impossible, and that man is capable of improving his circumstances beyond what we are told is fact.
There are those in our land today, however, who would have us believe that the United States, like other great civilizations of the past, has reached the zenith of its power; that we are weak and fearful, reduced to bickering with each other and no longer possessed of the will to cope with our problems.
Much of this talk has come from leaders who claim that our problems are too difficult to handle. We are supposed to meekly accept their failures as the most which humanly can be done. They tell us we must learn to live with less, and teach our children that their lives will be less full and prosperous than ours have been; that the America of the coming years will be a place where -- because of our past excesses -- it will be impossible to dream and make those dreams come true.
I don't believe that. And I don't believe you do either. That is why I am seeking candidacy. I cannot and will not stand by and see this great country destroy itself. Our leaders attempt to blame their failures on circumstances beyond their control, on false estimates by unknown, unidentifiable experts who rewrite modern history in an attempt to convince us our high standard of living, the result of thrift and hard work, is somehow selfish extravagance which we must renounce as we join in sharing scarcity. I don't agree that our nation must resign itself to inevitable decline, yielding its proud position to other hands. I am totally unwilling to see this country fail in its obligation to itself and to the other free peoples of the world.
The crisis we face is not the result of any failure of the American spirit; it is failure of our leaders to establish rational goals and give our people something to order their lives by. If I am elected, I shall regard my election as proof that the people of the United States have decided to set a new agenda and have recognized that the human spirit thrives best when goals are set and progress can be measured in their achievement.
We -- today's living Americans -- have in our lifetime fought harder, paid a higher price for freedom and done more to advance the dignity of man than any people who have ever lived on this Earth. The citizens of this great nation want leadership, yes, but not a "man on a white horse" demanding obedience to his commands. They want someone who believes they can "begin the world over again." A leader who will unleash their great strength and remove the roadblocks government has put in their way. I want to do that more than anything I've ever wanted. And it's something that I believe with God's help I can do.
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the protector of our liberties, not the distributor of gifts and privilege. Government should uphold and not undermine those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded -- religion, education and, above all, family. Government cannot be clergyman, teacher and patriot. It is our servant, beholden to us.
We who are privileged to be Americans have had a rendezvous with destiny since the moment in 1630 when John Winthrop, standing on the deck of the tiny Arbella off the coast of Massachusetts, told the little band of Pilgrims, "We shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world."
A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and -- above all -- responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.
I believe that you and I together can keep this rendezvous with destiny.
Remember to sign!
Thank you and good night.
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Smooks12
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| 28 Sep 2014 08:14 PM |
Signed, Senator Sufferpoop, Minority Leader
I want to thank the Speaker for his great work reaching across the isle and working with the other side. He is very active and truly represents the people. |
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collin816
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| 28 Sep 2014 08:30 PM |
| Why are you running for friggin' running for Congress, you're SoH. |
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jcmand
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| 28 Sep 2014 08:38 PM |
Re-elections, my good friend.
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RyanRevan
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| 28 Sep 2014 08:42 PM |
Support!
I hope you support me to!
Have the most votes as of right now! Come on! Ryan For America! Back Ryan for the House! Party: Democrat. ''America was founded for the dream of Liberty and Happiness. Until that dream is realized, I will not rest, I will not stop. I will fight for our Dream of Liberty!'' http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=146988167 |
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Aerium
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Serpentar
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| 28 Sep 2014 09:23 PM |
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jcmand
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| 28 Sep 2014 09:27 PM |
Sign 4 free food!
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Aerium
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jcmand
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| 28 Sep 2014 09:30 PM |
@Aerium,
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IcySound
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| 29 Sep 2014 05:13 PM |
Signed
United States Capitol Police Chief ~ Ahmedthepro101 |
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