Posted on 05/01/2020 2:14:31 AM PDT by Libloather
Link only - https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/30/texas-coronavirus-barber-shops-hair-salons-gyms-cant-reopen/
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/30/texas-coronavirus-barber-shops-hair-salons-gyms-cant-reopen/
Funny how much alike Biden and Sharptom are.
It is hard to imagine a more arbitrary, capricious, and arrogant act than for a government official to decide which stations in life are essential and which are not.
Put another way, there could be no better way to perpetrate an assault on fundamental rights in the name of safety than to curtail daily activities attendant to the individual who is given to serve both himself and others in daily life.
What exactly does essential mean? Does it mean we all die if that particular work is not done? If so, I can think of a good many public officials whose work is non-essential, if not antithetical to the principles they have sworn to uphold and defend.
But it is worse than that. This arbitrary distinction tramples squarely on one of the very things our Constitution was adopted to secure: The pursuit of happiness.
Butchers, bakers, barbers, beekeepers, bartenders. They are worthy of good, solid, clear information as pertains to health and public safety. They certainly do not get it these days, either from the established media or the authorities who enrich themselves by media.
They the butchers, bakers, barbers, beekeepers, bartenders and so forth - are also, by divine right, not by government fiat, to decide how best to benefit themselves and others.
I recall the recent, proud declarations about who is essential and who is not in this land we have inherited. The fact is, every person has essential things to do in life, no matter who holds them in honor or not. That includes government officials who uphold and defend the Constitution.
If the pursuit of happiness means sitting on a couch gorging on snacks and entertainment while claiming oneself to be safety-minded, then let it be known that our forefathers would be the first to reject that notion.
To be sure, most people in our land, when they hear the words, pursuit of happiness, think it means they are guaranteed the right to do whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want.
It is an indictment upon us and upon our schools that we have not undertaken to understand what is meant by this phrase so key to the intent of our founding documents. Because we have been neglectful in this matter, we well-deserve the tyranny of government officials who are intent on deciding exactly how we should live.
Make no mistake. The freedoms we enjoy do not belong to a people who do not know where they came from and where they are going. They belong to a people whose motto is, In God we trust.
That is the sense and understanding we have inherited in the United States, and if we hold public office, then also uphold and defend the same. If you think otherwise, then you may be better suited to a different country.
“...stations in life are essential and which are not.”
I would like to know how many jobs are essential in the Fed govt.
Those words were borrowed from John Locke - the original is "life, liberty, and the pursuit of property." Locke believed that property (earning a living) was an unalienable natural right. Jefferson borrowed heavily from Locke and held similar views.
I think Locke's rendering of the phrase is more direct to your point - "It is hard to imagine a more arbitrary, capricious, and arrogant act than for a government official to decide which stations in life are essential and which are not," as the government's actions infringe upon that unalienable natural right.
Gutless! They will extend the lockdown through May 18th until the end of May. It will never stop!
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