In Book IV of The Spirit of Laws Montesquieu discusses how the laws of education ought to animate the principles of the chief political systems, republics, monarchies and tyrannies. He emphasizes virtue as the chief principle on which education in a republic needs to focus. He describes virtue as follows:
"This virtue may be defined as the love of the laws and of our country. As such love requires a constant preference of public to private interest, is is the source of all private virtues; for they are nothing more than this very preference itself.
"This love is peculiar to democracies. In these alone the government is intrusted to private citizens. Now, a government is like every thing else; to preserve it we must love it.
"Has it ever been known that kings were not fond of monarchy, or tht despotic princes hated arbitrary power?
"Everything, therefore, depends on establishing this love in a republic; and to inspire it ought to be the principal business of education: but the surest way of instilling it into children is for parents to set them an example...
"It is not the young people that are degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption."
Montesquieu emphasizes the importance of familial inculcation of belief in democracy, republicanism and patriotism. Yet, the American higher education system advocates academic freedom and in turn uses the academic freedom to present a curriculum that is primarily "critical".
Would Montesquieu have believed that the benefits of today's universities are worth their costs? I think not. Universities exist in order to make the nation wealthier and more successful. But there is no evidence that what occurs in universities contributes to technological knowlege in excess of universities' costs. It is likely that the subsidization of those who have contempt for freedom and republicanism harms the nation in a variety of ways--politically as well as economically.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Left Wing, Anti-Israel Egg Throwing, Hate, Violence
I just received this e-mail dated January 12 from Pamela Hall, who blogs about this demonstration (with photos) here:
This is a report just in from an associate. The persons assaulted asked to remain anonymous, but they participated in the rallies in Manhattan today:
""After walking home from the 42 Street & 7th Avenue Pro-Israel rally, I watched the Muslim rally participants march up 8th Avenue closely controlled by many NYC police to keep them moving along. Even so, it appeared that many of the young men and women were eyeing the bystanders on the sidewalk in threatening ways almost challenging
someone to disagree with their Death to Israel and God Bless Hitler chants.
I went back to my apartment where I met my boyfriend who had also just returned from the second Pro Israel rally on 39th Street & 7th Avenue. We walked outside the building and across a major midtown avenue on the West Side to buy some groceries. He was still carrying the Israeli flag and we were both wearing baseball caps with the American flag and USA on the brims. A large number of Muslims were milling around since it seems that their rally had reached its end point and was dispersing. Six Muslim men were being photographed with posters with the words, "Praise Hamas and Hezbollah, Reopen the Ovens" and were taking photos of themselves and their posters. Seeing us with the Israel flag, they began screaming, " You're assholes,
Kill the Jews, We are going to kill you, This is OUR country," etc.
We went into the corner deli and they began banging on the window and stood outside in a very threatening mob waiting for us to leave. I heard one man say, "She is a female" - very observant. I don't know what this was suppose to signal to his fellow terrorists. When we left the deli a mob of the original Muslims and others who joined
them came up to us screaming death to the Jews, and one man around 19/20 years old ran up and with force and hatred threw an egg into my friend's eye. This may not seem like much but I am sure the intent as for the egg shells to be lodged in his eye. The egg was not thrown from afar against his coat but was thrown like a rock would be - to inflict as much harm as possible. The assailant then grabbed our Israeli flag, threw it to the ground, and was spitting on it and wiping his feet on it. When we asked a traffic cop to make an arrest, the assailant ran away down the block but the traffic agent did not answer us nor did he call 911. He passively stood by doing NOTHING.
Two people standing on the street took photos of our attack and said they would email us with the photos to identity the criminals. We then walked back across the street to our building and were followed by a pack of Muslims - about 8 or 10 - who continued to threaten, mock and scream at us. They seemed surprised at our ferocious counter verbal attack. However, they came right within 6 inches of us saying
they would kill us. One of the men was about to attack me when my boyfriend saw the assault about to begin and said, "If you touch her, I swear I'll kill you." At that point the original traffic control cop came over and a second traffic agent joined him and forced the crowd to disperse. They asked us to go into the apartment building
lobby which we did.
We immediately called the police and asked to make a police report. Two NYC policemen came to the apartment about an hour later hour and took the information. They were very courteous and said they will file the report and a detective is to contact us tomorrow. They apologized for taking so long to come by but explained that there were many incidents of a similar nature that were taking place as the
Muslim rally broke up. They also shared that 2 NYC police officers had been attacked at the rally and that the Muslims are 'out of control.'
Without the photos, it will be near impossible to find the Muslims involved. Even with the photos, I am not sure if the police can find the assailant or make an arrest. I am told by an attorney friend, that just the act of following and threatening is a crime in and of itself. Whatever it takes, we'll take it as far as possible to prosecute.
Any ideas as how to pursue this would be welcome. This attack could happen to anyone. This attack happened in midtown Manhattan, a major American city on a Sunday afternoon. Our country is under attack from within. We need to do much more than attend rallies."
WAKE UP AMERICA. Can we be protected by our police? We must be concerned. We too have heard the taunts of this is their country and get out of here. We must take our country back before it's lost for good.
This is a report just in from an associate. The persons assaulted asked to remain anonymous, but they participated in the rallies in Manhattan today:
""After walking home from the 42 Street & 7th Avenue Pro-Israel rally, I watched the Muslim rally participants march up 8th Avenue closely controlled by many NYC police to keep them moving along. Even so, it appeared that many of the young men and women were eyeing the bystanders on the sidewalk in threatening ways almost challenging
someone to disagree with their Death to Israel and God Bless Hitler chants.
I went back to my apartment where I met my boyfriend who had also just returned from the second Pro Israel rally on 39th Street & 7th Avenue. We walked outside the building and across a major midtown avenue on the West Side to buy some groceries. He was still carrying the Israeli flag and we were both wearing baseball caps with the American flag and USA on the brims. A large number of Muslims were milling around since it seems that their rally had reached its end point and was dispersing. Six Muslim men were being photographed with posters with the words, "Praise Hamas and Hezbollah, Reopen the Ovens" and were taking photos of themselves and their posters. Seeing us with the Israel flag, they began screaming, " You're assholes,
Kill the Jews, We are going to kill you, This is OUR country," etc.
We went into the corner deli and they began banging on the window and stood outside in a very threatening mob waiting for us to leave. I heard one man say, "She is a female" - very observant. I don't know what this was suppose to signal to his fellow terrorists. When we left the deli a mob of the original Muslims and others who joined
them came up to us screaming death to the Jews, and one man around 19/20 years old ran up and with force and hatred threw an egg into my friend's eye. This may not seem like much but I am sure the intent as for the egg shells to be lodged in his eye. The egg was not thrown from afar against his coat but was thrown like a rock would be - to inflict as much harm as possible. The assailant then grabbed our Israeli flag, threw it to the ground, and was spitting on it and wiping his feet on it. When we asked a traffic cop to make an arrest, the assailant ran away down the block but the traffic agent did not answer us nor did he call 911. He passively stood by doing NOTHING.
Two people standing on the street took photos of our attack and said they would email us with the photos to identity the criminals. We then walked back across the street to our building and were followed by a pack of Muslims - about 8 or 10 - who continued to threaten, mock and scream at us. They seemed surprised at our ferocious counter verbal attack. However, they came right within 6 inches of us saying
they would kill us. One of the men was about to attack me when my boyfriend saw the assault about to begin and said, "If you touch her, I swear I'll kill you." At that point the original traffic control cop came over and a second traffic agent joined him and forced the crowd to disperse. They asked us to go into the apartment building
lobby which we did.
We immediately called the police and asked to make a police report. Two NYC policemen came to the apartment about an hour later hour and took the information. They were very courteous and said they will file the report and a detective is to contact us tomorrow. They apologized for taking so long to come by but explained that there were many incidents of a similar nature that were taking place as the
Muslim rally broke up. They also shared that 2 NYC police officers had been attacked at the rally and that the Muslims are 'out of control.'
Without the photos, it will be near impossible to find the Muslims involved. Even with the photos, I am not sure if the police can find the assailant or make an arrest. I am told by an attorney friend, that just the act of following and threatening is a crime in and of itself. Whatever it takes, we'll take it as far as possible to prosecute.
Any ideas as how to pursue this would be welcome. This attack could happen to anyone. This attack happened in midtown Manhattan, a major American city on a Sunday afternoon. Our country is under attack from within. We need to do much more than attend rallies."
WAKE UP AMERICA. Can we be protected by our police? We must be concerned. We too have heard the taunts of this is their country and get out of here. We must take our country back before it's lost for good.
Orly Taitz: More on Lightfoot v. Bowen
I just received the following from Orly Taitz regarding her case Lightfoot v. Bowen.
>Hi everybody,in the attachment is an article from the Newspaper WorldNetDaily, supporting me and my case Lightfoot v Bowen, challenging eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama. Please forward it to the Jewish and Israeli community. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice John Roberts agreed to forward my case to the full court and it will be heard in the conference. WorldNetDaily has a campaign where people are sending letters to the Justices of the Supreme Court, supporting me and my clients. Over 60,000 letters were sent through them and reportedly over 2 million letters were received in total. Address of the Supreme Court is: 1 First Str NE
Washington DC, 20543. The letter writers are asking for the Justices to vote to bring the case to the next step: oral arguments. If 4 out of 9 agree, it will go to the Oral argument, if 5 out of 9 agree during oral argument, we won the case. Chief Justice Roberts obviously supports the case, so do Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia and possibly Justice Samuel Alito. We don't know if 2 Jewish Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Bryer will support the case. Judge Ginsburg is a life time member of Hadassah and is very involved in Jewish Causes, however both of them are Clinton appointees. It is a chess game. They may vote along the party lines and refuse to hear the argument. They may put Justice and constitution above the party lines and vote to hear the argument If they agree with my argument that Obama was never qualified, then either Biden or Hilary Clinton will become the president (it is complicated, but these are the options in a nutshell) . Today, with Palestinian demonstrations all over the World, with Hamas shelling Israel with 70 rockets every day and the whole world and UN supporting Hamas, it is extremely important for my case to go to oral argument, so the whole country and the whole world can see who Barack Hussein Obama really is. I've been embraced by the Christian community and Christian organizations and appeared on over 20 different radio shows and received letters of support at a rate of 16,000 per day, about half a million per month. There were featured articles about my case in News papers abroad and I received these articles and letters of support from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, England, Germany, Ireland, to name a few. Unfortunately, in this country the main stream media is very much pro Obama and they refuse to write about the case, even after the decision by the Chief Justice. It is time for the Jewish community to join this cause, particularly Israeli community and Jewish Women Organizations, particularly Hadassah.
Please, take 10-15 minutes of your time and write to the Supreme Court.
Best to all
Orly
Dr. Orly Taitz Esq
26302 La Paz ste 211
Mission Viejo Ca 92691
29839 S. Margarita Pkwy
Rancho Santa Margarita Ca 92688
ph. w 949-586-8110 c-949-683-5411
fax 949-586-2082
--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Kathleen Vick wrote:
From: Kathleen Vick
Subject: Finally an article from WND about Lightfoote v. Bowen!!!
To: dr_taitz@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:26 AM
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85595
Congratulations, Dr. Taitz! Now, many more people will see your website!!
Praise God! Hephzibah
>Hi everybody,in the attachment is an article from the Newspaper WorldNetDaily, supporting me and my case Lightfoot v Bowen, challenging eligibility of Barack Hussein Obama. Please forward it to the Jewish and Israeli community. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice John Roberts agreed to forward my case to the full court and it will be heard in the conference. WorldNetDaily has a campaign where people are sending letters to the Justices of the Supreme Court, supporting me and my clients. Over 60,000 letters were sent through them and reportedly over 2 million letters were received in total. Address of the Supreme Court is: 1 First Str NE
Washington DC, 20543. The letter writers are asking for the Justices to vote to bring the case to the next step: oral arguments. If 4 out of 9 agree, it will go to the Oral argument, if 5 out of 9 agree during oral argument, we won the case. Chief Justice Roberts obviously supports the case, so do Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia and possibly Justice Samuel Alito. We don't know if 2 Jewish Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Steven Bryer will support the case. Judge Ginsburg is a life time member of Hadassah and is very involved in Jewish Causes, however both of them are Clinton appointees. It is a chess game. They may vote along the party lines and refuse to hear the argument. They may put Justice and constitution above the party lines and vote to hear the argument If they agree with my argument that Obama was never qualified, then either Biden or Hilary Clinton will become the president (it is complicated, but these are the options in a nutshell) . Today, with Palestinian demonstrations all over the World, with Hamas shelling Israel with 70 rockets every day and the whole world and UN supporting Hamas, it is extremely important for my case to go to oral argument, so the whole country and the whole world can see who Barack Hussein Obama really is. I've been embraced by the Christian community and Christian organizations and appeared on over 20 different radio shows and received letters of support at a rate of 16,000 per day, about half a million per month. There were featured articles about my case in News papers abroad and I received these articles and letters of support from Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, England, Germany, Ireland, to name a few. Unfortunately, in this country the main stream media is very much pro Obama and they refuse to write about the case, even after the decision by the Chief Justice. It is time for the Jewish community to join this cause, particularly Israeli community and Jewish Women Organizations, particularly Hadassah.
Please, take 10-15 minutes of your time and write to the Supreme Court.
Best to all
Orly
Dr. Orly Taitz Esq
26302 La Paz ste 211
Mission Viejo Ca 92691
29839 S. Margarita Pkwy
Rancho Santa Margarita Ca 92688
ph. w 949-586-8110 c-949-683-5411
fax 949-586-2082
--- On Sat, 1/10/09, Kathleen Vick
From: Kathleen Vick
Subject: Finally an article from WND about Lightfoote v. Bowen!!!
To: dr_taitz@yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 10:26 AM
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85595
Congratulations, Dr. Taitz! Now, many more people will see your website!!
Praise God! Hephzibah
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