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To: Kaslin
To the American ear, long-schooled to recognize rights as individual freedoms guaranteed by government..."

Government does not guarantee rights. Rights to life and liberty come from God. Government only protect those rights.

The difference is extremely important.

2 posted on 08/26/2010 8:39:06 AM PDT by downtownconservative (Imam Obama has now noticed he has no clothes. His response? "That infidel Bush stole my clothes".)
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To: downtownconservative

You beat me to it. It’s sad that even conservatives who know what their rights are often forget where they come from.


5 posted on 08/26/2010 8:44:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: downtownconservative
Government does not guarantee rights. Rights to life and liberty come from God. Government only protect those rights.

The difference is extremely important.

Glad I read the comments first, because I started formulating the exact post above as soon as I read that sentence.

7 posted on 08/26/2010 8:46:36 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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