FFQF: First Things First

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"Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom." Patrick Henry

"(If a) people (are) so demoralized and depraved as to be incapable of exercising a wholesome control, their reformation must be taken up ab incunablis (from the beginning). Their minds (must) be informed by education what is right and what wrong, (must) be encouraged in habits of virtue and deterred from those of vice by the dread of punishments, proportioned indeed, but irremissible. In all cases, (they must) follow truth as the only safe guide and eschew error which bewilders us in one false consequence after another in endless succession. These are the inculcations necessary to render the people a sure basis for the structure of order and good government." Thomas Jefferson

Certainly, sports, sports gifts, entertainments, and amusements have their place in society; there is nothing wrong with earned leisure time and fun. However, when amusements and leisure become the absorbing activities of a narcistic society-- beware, the chains of slavery are soon to be clapped. Our politicians have become so assured of our entertainment-doping that they are exceedingly bold with their plans. As Hitler published Mein Kamp yet his plans were virtually ignored by the Germans, so the Federal Reserve and the Fascist Government of the United States has outlined their agenda. Too few are awake enough to rise from the stupor to see.

Founding Father's Quote Friday is hosted at Meet the Founders blog