I’m not liking this about myself. I may be able to defend my opinions with well chosen rhetoric, but that’s not good enough. Rhetoric isn’t reason. Rhetoric may support it, but it isn’t a very good replacement.

Here’s the thing. I’m a freedom lover, an advocate for liberty. I’m very much aligned with the “Leave us alone” crowd. The question that most stimulated me after my discussion with my friend was: “Am I a liberty advocate based on the principles advanced by America’s Founding Fathers, or because I’m an independent cuss who simply wants to do as he pleases?”

Other questions I’ve been playing with are:

1. What, exactly, were the principles upon which our Founding Fathers based the Constitution?
2. Is the Constitution really a “living document” meant to change with the times, or is it rooted in universal principles that never change regardless of current circumstances? Can we know the answer to this for certain?
3. What does the Constitution actually advance in terms of personal liberties?
4. What is my responsibility to my neighbor? Am I my brothers keeper? How should this play out? Should it be coerced by politicians, or should it be voluntarily pursued by those interested in helping the helpless?
5. What does it mean for a politician to take “the oath of office”?
6. What responsibilities does it place upon his or her shoulders?
7. What happens when a politician violates that oath? Is it treasonous behavior worthy of impeachment? What actually constitutes a violation of that oath?

I could go on and on about the questions I’ve been thinking about over the last few days, but I’ve listed enough for you to get the idea.

If I’m brutally honest with myself, then I have to admit that I chose to become an advocate for liberty more out of my passion for independence, than from any well-reasoned examination of principle. I don’t like to admit that, but the more I think about it, the more I believe it to be true.

As a result, I’ve decided to accept the challenge to move from a passionate opinion to a reasoned belief in principle, regardless of where that leads me. Once again, I must emphasize that I do not want this to become a Democrat vs. Republican issue. Or a Conservative vs. Liberal thing. I want this to be, as much as possible, an independent journey into the writings of our Founding Fathers so as to establish once-and-for-all what it means to be an American.

What this means for this blog is that I’ll not necessarily be writing a post every Friday. I’m going write about my discoveries and because I’m a slow reader and take my time researching and thinking about what I read, my freedom oriented posts will be more sporadic and much less opinionated.

The place I’m starting is with the debates leading up to the Constitution. I’m going to be examining the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers to get a feel for the ideas that went into forming the Constitution. My purpose will be to answer the questions I’ve been asking myself and to share my insights with you.

What I hope will happen is that you will join me in this journey and enter into discussion with me (in the comments section of each post) so that together we may discover and embrace truth and live and vote accordingly. I want discussion on both sides of the issues I raise, as long as such discussion is civil and trolling is not engaged. I will not tolerate any name calling or disrespect in the comments. None at all. Any such comments will be deleted. However, legitimate disagreement reasonably stated and well defended is encouraged. I really hope we can learn from each other and as a result become better, more involved citizens.

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So for your listening pleasure I bring to you the following wonderful jazz from the Queen herself — Diana Krall. I hope you enjoy.

My Love Is from Love Scenes

Jimmie from “Stepping Out”

All Night Long from “Only Trust Your Heart”

Big Foot from “Stepping Out”

Broadway from “Only Trust Your Heart”

Peel Me A Grape from “The Very Best of Diana Krall”

Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me from “Stepping Out”

Only Trust Your Heart from “Only Trust Your Heart”

Gentle Rain from “Love Scenes”

How Deep is the Ocean? from “Love Scenes”

I Don’t Know Enough about You from “Love Scenes”

Body and Soul from “Stepping Out”

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The “sleeping giant” of true freedom-loving Americans is starting to stir. The question now is, “Are we really going to have an impact? Is it enough, or is it too little, too late?” Is there really a way out of this mess?

Let me state at the outset that I believe in Americans. I believe in our ability to solve problems. I believe in our ability to create greatness out of nothing more than a powerful vision. I believe that, given the opportunity, we as individuals united can solve the problems we face. However, we have been deprived time and time again of the opportunity by a Federal Government that is far more committed to special interest groups than it is in preserving and promoting our freedoms.

Without the freedom to explore and experiment we will remain hopelessly bogged down by problems that can and should be resolved by American ingenuity.

That freedom, however, has been interfered with for decades by an ever increasing, intrusive and manipulative Federal Government. We have allowed that to happen because we became so obsessed with consumption that we lost the vision for production. We have been so concerned with peace and prosperity that we lost the will to fight for our dreams and the vision of leading the world by example rather than by force.

Can we once again regain the freedom to act without interference from government supported corporations or political action committies? Is there a way out? I believe that there is, but it’s costly and will require much from each of us. To begin with we must return to some much needed basics. I see at least five that are absolute musts if we are to see America return to greatness:

1. We must, once again, become rational in our thinking.

We must admit that we have sacrificed truth and rationality for denial and wishing. Any person or government that honestly believes that you can get out of debt by spending more money than you have coming in, is simply irrational and steeped in denial.

How did we get to the point where truth and reality are now less important than wishes and desires? We have been taught since the sixties that “…there is no such thing as absolute truth!” And somehow we bought this as the one absolute truth through which we try to live our lives. Are we INSANE?

Look, you get hit by a bus, you’re going to get injured. Truth! You can’t walk through walls without a doorway, window or some other kind of hole through which you can pass. Truth! One plus one equals two not three. Truth! The next time someone tries to convince you that there is no such thing as an absolute truth, ask them if they are absolutely certain about that.

Reason is vital to our survival as human beings. America was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment. Reason, thinking and debate were at the root of our of our constitution. How is it, then, that we believe that denial, wishing, and irrational actions will work to preserve the principles of that great document?

Yet this is all we seem to get from our politicians. Irrational actions and insane justifications. George W. Bush tells us he’s going to “save capitalism” by abandoning capitalist principles. Barack Obama tells us he’s going to save the auto industry even though he’s never had one day’s worth of experience building an industrial based business. And we as Americans have bought this load of bull. ARE WE NUTS?!

Reason and truth. In our culture today they are almost foreign words, but we must once again value them if we are ever to regain the freedoms we’ve lost and preserve the very few ones we have left.

2. We must, once again, become serious about our values.

Politicians love to use rhetoric that positions them as having the moral high ground. They love to frame their power grabs and freedom destroying policies in flowering phrases such as:

“…for the children;”

“…for the good of society;”

“…to help the poor;”

“…to preserve the environment.”

Anybody who actually takes the time to look at the policies these phrases are used to promote and justify soon comes to realize that these fraudulent politicians don’t give a tinkers damn about the children or the environment or the poor. They simply use them to justify their evil and intentional pushes toward more and more interference in our private lives.

The sad truth is that the Politicians were able to take the high moral ground because WE GAVE IT UP! We are the ones who turned our children over to government schools, because we didn’t want to be bothered with educating them ourselves.

We are the ones who chose to live beyond our means. So much so that we have to have multiple incomes just to survive.

We decided to let the government “take care” of the poor so we wouldn’t have to dirty our hands with the job.

The good of society? Preserving the environment? We’re to busy watching reality TV or the Dallas Cowboys to actually take time to consider thinking deeply about those issues. Let the government deal with ‘em.

If we are ever going to regain our freedom we had better start taking life much, much more seriously than we have over the last 60 years. We had better start taking those things we say we value a bit more to heart and start taking back the moral high ground we gave away from those who gladly took it. Took it so they can keep us leashed.

3. We must, once again, become generational in our vision.

As I’ve been reading men like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, etc., one thing I’ve come to appreciate is their depth of vision. Their thinking went beyond the immediate moment and current circumstances to embrace their children, their children’s children and their children’s grandchildren.

Sure today we think about out children. We want them to have a decent and happy life. We want them to end up living better than we did. But which of us actually spend the time thinking and pursuing principles that will preserve the freedoms necessary for our children to thrive? Do we even know what those principles are?

Our actions and beliefs have impact in the world. Our impact may last for generations or it may only last a lifetime. Either way, part of leading by example (as our forefathers hoped) requires that our thinking and decisions become long term. That they consider future generations as well as current circumstances.

The way out requires us to give up the desire for a quick fix. It requires us to implement solutions that have generational value and that aren’t easily abandoned. Not an easy task with our addiction to short-term thinking, but it is doable.

4. We must, once again, become graciously insistent in our rhetoric.

It is so easy to simply let our zeal for whatever position we bear drive our mouths before we engage our brains. It’s too easy to abandon civility in order to drive home a point. When we do this, however, we often end up winning the argument, but loosing the person.

Gracious and civil debate over issues is rapidly disappearing in America. More and more we are simply lining up on both sides of the fence and screaming at each other. Debate, done civilly and with intellectual honesty, has tremendous power to persuade. Shouting at each other simply leads to frustration, anger and hurt. Nothing good can come from bashing each other with our words.

On the other hand, compromising for the sake of “peace at any cost” is also a losing proposition. To get out of our current mess and to make such an exit more or less permanent, we must learn to be insistent, persistent, and civil in our debating. Never compromise but always invite. Oppose false and wrong-headed thinking, but always be kind. Keep the pressure on, but always seek to persuade and never ever force participation.

5. We must, once again, become courageous in our resistance.

How many of us are convinced of the evil of the Federal Government stealing thirty percent of our income and giving it to organizations that oppose our deepest values? How many of us are outraged by having no choice in how our hard earned money is taken from us without our consent? Yet when someone suggests that we conduct an organized resistance by refusing to pay, what is our response?

“Why you can’t do that! You’d be arrested. You’d go to jail!”

Yet our forefathers were willing to put their very lives on the line to preserve liberty for themselves and for future generations. I wonder which ones of us are truly willing to sacrifice everything like our forefathers did in order to see a restoration of the liberties we were given by nature. I wonder if I am.

The reality is we sold the treasure of freedom for a common mess of pottage called security and we’ve been paying for it ever since. The only way to get the treasure back is to take it back

If we are willing to do these five things listed above and we take action now, not next Tuesday, we stand a chance of getting out of the hole we are in. If not, then they’ve won already. It will only be a matter of time before all our freedoms disappear.

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Christo Redentor — Duke Pearson
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Christo_Redentor/10853627

Black Orpheus — Cassandra Wilson
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Black_Orpheus/10382996

The Best Thing For You — Diana Krall
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/The_Best_Thing_For_You/23034167

You and the Night and the Music — Elain Elias
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/You_and_The_Night_and_The_Music/9646404

Mood Indigo — Rosemary Clooney
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Mood_Indigo/3736048

Bird Alone — Abbey Lincoln
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Bird_Alone/2554173

Learnin’ The Blues — Katie Melua
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Learnin_The_Blues/8556669

If You Can Dream — Lena Horne
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/If_You_Can_Dream/7182981

Hey Big Spender — Peggy Lee
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Hey_Big_Spender/3408723

I Didn’t Know What Time It Was — Anita O’day
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/I_Didnt_Know_What_Time_It_Was/3735363

In a Sentimental Mood — Nancy Wilson
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/In_a_Sentimental_Mood/18181579

Backlash Blues — Nina Simone
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Backlash_Blues/950863

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With such feelings comes a deep drive for some kind of explanation as to how we got here. For that, there seems to be an abundance on both sides of the political aisle of finger pointing and blame mongering. Democrats blame Republicans. Republicans shout at the Democrats. Libertarians mock Authoritarians. Michael Moore blames Capitalism. Capitalists blame Government. Hollywood blames repressive family values. The religious right blames Hollywood. The Religious Left blames everybody (except themselves). The blame game simply never stops.

But what if the blame game serves a different, more nefarious purpose? What if it is actually nothing more than a diversion? What if it really is just a way to keep us from seeing the real source of this mess? What if the real source of our American Tragedy is so dark, so ugly that we’d do anything to avoid the truth?

What if the real source had nothing to do with politics but instead had to do with character? What if those who are to blame for our mess weren’t politicians, Hollywood, the religious, the non-religious or even shadow covered “conspirators?” What if the true source of the American Mess was the person who looks back at us when we look in the mirror?

In his farewell address on March 4 1837, Andrew Jackson had this to say: “But you must remember, my fellow citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. It behooves you, therefore, to be watchful in your States as well as in the Federal Government.”

Thomas Paine told us that, “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

Edmund Burke gave us the following warning: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

The dark and very ugly truth of the matter is that we lost America because we lost our character. We allowed personal security and prosperity to become so important to us that we gave up the only thing that could lead us to true security and deep prosperity. Our integrity.

We allowed politicians to bribe us with our own money. We allowed them to set up series after series of entitlements which we are now hell bent on keeping no matter what it does to our personal freedoms. The whole “stick it to the rich” mentality has been used time and time again to keep incumbent politician in office no matter how much they lie or how corrupt they prove to be.

We have remained silent time and time again giving excuses to corrupt politicians by constantly repeating: “That’s just the way it is in Washington. What can one man do?” The truth, of course, is that one man has often had tremendous impact in a society. Ghandi, Jesus of Nazareth, Martin Luther King, Jr., even Martin Luther himself. When it comes to fighting corruption, these men had tremendous influence. Their influence was, of course, long term and they never really saw the results of their actions. Maybe that’s our problem. We don’t take action because we are too demanding at seeking instantaneous results. Our silence isn’t really so much acquiescence to the futility of speaking out, rather it’s more likely acquiescence to expedience and ultimately cowardice.

We are the ones who redefined the “good life” away from it’s character based definition to a consumer based definition. We are the ones who accepted that the good life meant accumulation of things regardless of the effects that debt has on our freedom. We are the ones who have replaced the art of contemplation and deep thought with the drive toward amusement and celebrity worship. We are the ones who have become voyeurs desperately looking for the latest celebrity gossip rather than seeking to live by the higher standards of classic thinkers. We are the ones who abandoned watchfulness over our State and Federal governments in favor of obsessive devotion to sports and reality TV.

The horrific and dirty truth is we are the ones who have corrupted America. We are the ones who allowed our politicians to destroy our freedoms. We are the ones to blame.

Instead of being angry, we should be hanging our heads in shame.

Benjamin Franklin said, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” We are now losing our liberties with increasing speed and we are much, much less secure than we have been in decades. It’s time to remain silent no more. It’s time to step up to the plate and pay the price for our freedoms…to undergo the fatigue of supporting them. If we refuse to do so, if we continue to allow ourselves to be distracted by what has become irrelevant partisan politics, if we continue demanding more entitlements from a corrupt and evil government, we’ll have only ourselves to blame and will deserve the hellish consequences the loss of our liberty will unleash.

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It’s good to be back even though things will be a bit different. During my brief hiatus, when not trying desperately to breathe during the two weeks in August where temps were in the 90’s with 90% humidity, I did some thinking about the blog and decided to make some changes. Some were internal and not visible on the blog (i.e. adding and subtracting various WordPress plugins) and some were or will be more visible as time goes along. Here’s some of the more visible changes I came up with:

1. I decided to leave the blog theme the same. I tried to experiment with developing my own Wordpress theme and came to the conclusion that I am no graphic designer. To become one would take way more than the month I took off. The theme I’m currently using, though not original, is still nice looking and easier to read with the very minor changes I made to it, so I decided to leave well enough alone.

   As I have time to play some more with graphic design and GimpShop, I’ll come back to the attempt to build my own Wordpress theme in the future. For now…not so much.

2. I did a lot of thinking about my time schedule and posting schedule. I no longer believe the conventional wisdom about posting frequency (that you’ve got to post three to six times a week or you’ll get no audience). This may have been true a couple of years ago, but I don’t think it is today. I believe it’s more important to concentrate on quality posting rather than constant posting.

   The blogs I’m loyal to are not necessarily updated frequently, however, when they are, the writer’s have something important to say and I give them my attention. So I decided to reduce the amount of postings I make to the blog and concentrate more on what I’m saying rather than how often I say it.

3. Finally, because this is more of a personal blog, I decided to keep my posts personal. I’ll be expressing more opinions, and more of the things that pique my interest or grab my attention. These could be cultural commentary, observations on the tech world, or anything else that makes me go “Hmmmm.”

   Don’t worry, I’ll be pretty regular with Freedom Friday posts and Saturday Night Jazz postings (after all ya just gotta have jazz), but I probably won’t post much other than that unless I see something worth blogging about.

So that’s it for now. I’ll be around on Friday’s and Saturday’s and any other time when the mood strikes. If you’re still keeping up with me, I’m glad you’re here. I appreciate your patience as I took some needed “re-evaluation” time off from blogging. I hope the time off will contribute to an improvement in the quality of DAPancost.com. As always your feedback and comments are very much welcome. See ya on Friday.

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Anyway, between the heat and the need to focus on some business issues over the next few weeks, I’ve decided to take some time off from blogging for a bit. I’ve got some decisions to make and some actions to take that will require most of my attention so I’m suspending any blog posting until September. I will return to posting on a regular basis on September 7th. In the mean time if I come across anything I think is interesting or would be of value to you, I’ll put up a quick link and description for your Internet exploration pleasure. I’ll just not be posting as regularly as I have been for the next several weeks.

Thanks for spending time with me so far, and I look forward to sharing future thoughts, observations and ideas with you for a long time to come once I return on September 7th.

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Tonight I’ll be sharing some great jazz done by some phenomenal flutists. Hope you enjoy. These guys have strong talent and wonderful backup musicians. There’s not a piece here that I don’t thoroughly love.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

• My Girl from Blacknuss — A jazz musician’s take on a hit pop tune.
• Ain’t No Sunshine from Blacknuss — Another great jazz take on a pop hit.
• Fingers in the Wind from The Inflated Tear — Nice piece. Kind of reminds me of music played during montage in a travelogue.

Moe Koffman

• Autum Leaves from Devil’s Brew — Upbeat version of a great jazz classic.
• Angel Eyes from Devil’s Brew — One of my favorite “Private Eye” type songs.
• Killer Joe from Devil’s Brew — Another “Private Eye” piece. I so love these.
• Have You Met Mr. Ed from Devil’s Brew — The only Mr. Ed I know is the horse… and no, I haven’t met him.
• Devil’s Brew from Devil’s Brew — This one could qualify for still another inclusion into my “Private Eye” collection.

Hubert Laws

• Pavane from The Masters of Jazz Fusion — Almost has a classical music or latin feel to it. Nice piece.
• Wildfire from Family — An up beat piece of jazz fusion.
• What A Night from Family — Nice mellow piece. Good for background music at a romantic dinner.
• Caras Falsas (False Faces) from Bella Cinderella — Let’s close out with a little latin flavor.

Hope you enjoyed these talented flutists and as usual if you have any requests or suggestions, let me know via comment or contact form.

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Most of the time, at least in this era, requests for contributions are geared toward the idea of self-sacrifice. It is often implied that because we have benefited from the positive things in society, we must somehow pay for those benefits by “giving back.” The idea that we can enjoy those positive things simply because we traded our time, talent and money in exchange for them, is considered, by certain individuals, to be selfish and immoral.

What these “elitist” individuals fail to realize is that contributions to society take place every day through a mechanism they despise. That mechanism is rational self-interest.

Note, please, that I am talking about rational self-interest, not the kind of self-centeredness that you find wrapped up in today’s obsession with excessive consumption. Those who live to consume are not rationally self-interested. They are slaves to their impulses and act only as their impulses dictate. They are on a constant hunt for the new. They live by the slogan “Bigger is Better.” or “Greed is good.” They eat their cake, and once eaten, they are frustrated because they no longer have it. Their lives are an endless cycle of spend, spend, spend, even when they are drowning in debt. Their reward is their self-destruction. They are irrelevant.

The “elite” who usually mouth the “give back” mantra are just as irrationally self-centered as the consumers. Their interest isn’t in improving society or in helping others, their interest is in feeding their ego and maintaining power over others. They use the idea of giving back to guilt others into doing what the elite think is “best.” Your life has no meaning to them except for what they can extract from you for their own ends whether those ends be political power or charitable causes. Both lead to your self-sacrifice for their personal ends. Not a real pleasant way for you to live your life.

The rationally self-interested, however, understand that life is a balance. It is a balance between productivity and consumption; between trade and benevolent giving. Life is not about self-centered consumption, nor is it about total self-sacrifice for the good of others. Life, specifically their own life, is their highest value.

The rationally self-intrested believe in production and trade. They produce things of value to others that they can trade for things that they value. They believe in earning their pleasures through exchanging value for value. The benefits they receive come from these exchanges. Therefore, they owe “society” nothing. They earned their benefits.

Giving becomes a voluntary act. They give because they wish to give, not because they see themselves as owing anything to anybody. They are free from the manipulative guilt of the constant promotion of self-sacrifice.

Production, trade, voluntary benevolence, these are the weapons that deliver the rationally self-interested from the manipulative hands of the politicians and preachers of modern day guilt. The productive can hold their head high and tell the consumers and elite power-mongers to take a long walk off a short pier. We already gave at the office.

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Politics and Liberty

• Welfare for Dependent Dictators — End welfare in the form of foreign aid.
• Preparing for the New Economy — Don’t expect a “recovery.” Expect something New and probably not very good.
• The Fallacies of Another New Deal –A longer article, but very education about why we cannot afford to let this happen again.
• Bernie Madoff Was Only a Petty Crook Compared with Uncle Sam — Why do people hate Bernie Madoff, yet excuse the Government from it’s own serious high crimes and misdemeanors? When will enough be enough?
• Government Creates Human Suffering — Enough said.
• For Police, It’s Not ‘Perjury’ – It’s a ‘Noble Lie’ — Aren’t police supposed to “protect and defend”?
• A Thought or Two on Cognitive Dissonance — Examination of how America got brainwashed by our education system and how liberty will eventually overcome tyranny. Lots of thought provoking stuff here.
• And the Progressives Come Out of the Closet — I’m not a believer in conspiracy theories, but this article makes one wonder.
• The Patronizing Politics of Progressive Hate — I thought “progressives” were for diversity of opinion and free thought. Yeah. Right.

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