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Thank you for visiting the 12th Carnival of Principled Government, where we strive to uphold the founding vision of our founding fathers. This week's edition is dedicated to that unfortunate byproduct of the internet we all know and love: spam. Why? Mostly because the state of Nebraska keeps sending me the same survey to fill out which they say is completely optional. I actually was planning to until I got it for the third time. I am not sure the government can spam you, but it certainly seems to.The definition of spam is:To indiscriminately send unsolicited, unwanted, irrelevant, or inappropriate messages, especially commercial advertising in mass quantities. Noun: electronic "junk mail."I don't know what this spammer was trying to sell me, because I don't click on links and attachments from unknown sources. But the string of quotes was interesting, so they shall string together this week's entries for the Carnival of Principled Government. With a few interjected comment
April did a wonderful job hosting the Carnival of Principled Government this week. Stop by and check out the entries!By the way, it appears BloggBuzz has been invaded and taken over by the Germans! If they can do it with seven active bloggers, we homeschoolers could do it, too. Not that I would advocate a hostile takeover, or anything. I'm just sayin'...And here they take pride in their pirating activities. Those pesky Germans. They are even plotting more actions against other social bookmarking sites. The internet will never be safe again and we will all be speaking German.Vielleicht soll ich ein bisschen ueben...Updated to add: 451 Press, the blogging group I write Backyard Birding for, is having a contest. Up to $300 just for leaving a comment. You can comment on any of their blogs to qualify, but why would you want to when you can comment on mine? And tell me all about the birds in your yard? So come visit me and talk to me!
Edited to add the Doing it Differently Carnival. Is that not a theme custom made for homeschoolers?First off, April over at Question the Culture is hosting next week's Carnival of Principled Government. I know you have a submission lurking on your blog or in the recesses of your mind. Dust it off and send it in! Vision is here, submit form here.A couple of carnivals for those short on reading and long on time:Carnival of Natural Family Living...this is its first edition, but it looks to be interesting. I doubt I'll ever claim that for my title, but it is a worthy goal.The Christian Carnival is up. Always interesting reading with a diversity of opinion on a variety of topics.
The Carnival of Principled Government will be hosted next week by Judy of Consent of the Governed. Please take a moment to send in your submissions! General guidelines may be found here.The carnival submit form may be found here.Entries are due Sunday evening!
Welcome to the Ninth Carnival of Principled Government. This round's submissions included an eclectic mix of entries on a variety of topics, and one editor's choice. I hope you find some food for thought in each!I'm going to lead off with an editor's choice from an unlikely blog: free from, a blog devoted to Gluten free living. The entry is about an experience with her daughter, but she so eloquently defines the heart of what is needed to improve our nation: personal responsibility.Am I old-fashioned in thinking that individual responsibility is important here, rather than provision by society?Individual responsibility is common sense, is it not? In honor of Independence Day, Kill Bigotry offers an insightful entry on one of America's more enigmatic founding fathers, Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense.If we don't take responsibility, our liberties will not last long. Wenchypoo defines liberty and invites us to defend it in the means provided: the ballot box. But ma
Welcome to the Eighth Carnival of Principled Government, where we have absolutely no theme, just seven entries, all submitted by the authors.Jumping in at the deep end, Rethink challenges some notions of fundamental rights in Politics in the Age of Fundamentalism.Which, as we have discussed, is a wonderful thing when the citizenry is thoughtful and responsible and wanting to make the best use of its freedom. But what happens when an emphasis on freedom becomes an excuse to overthrow authority of all sorts, including the authority of the best one is capable of?Responsibility and freedom are concepts which are historically connected, as I discussed some time ago in Freedom: An Ancient Custom of Rights and Responsibilities.On the subject of being thoughtful and responsible, how would you like to get paid for it? Consent of the Governed talks about Bribing the Poor.T.F. Stern's Rantings shares the frustrations of dealing with the state's irrelevant requirements for locksmiths. Gotta l
The Carnival of Principled Government is seeking submissions. The goal of this carnival is to uphold our founder's vision of limited, representational government. Posts can be historical, philosophical, political or personal. Entries need not be current so long as they have not been submitted to the carnival before. Feel free to let your readers know about the carnival as well. It makes the carnival a bit more interesting when the submissions aren't just from my readers, those I personally invite and people who happen to stumble across the link over at blogcarnival.You can check out the general vision and archives here.And the handy-dandy submit form is here.Also, if you like memes, Anthony finally has posted the meme carnival. There you can find out lots of random tidbits of information about people you've never met and learn how to create your own digital Pollocks.My kids are outside chasing each other with their brand new squirt guns. I think perhaps I should go join them.
And a dollar short, as the idiom goes. Welcome to the Carnival of Principled government where we share thoughts on the principles behind our founding from a variety of perspectives. My sincerest apologies to anyone who follows this carnival closely enough to notice it didn't go up yesterday as scheduled. The following submissions were submitted by the blog owners except the two marked (EC) for editor's choice. These actually were emailed to me, however, although not specifically for inclusion in the carnival.A Day Late and a Dollar ShortThe origins of the idiom are unclear, but it has come to mean basically "too little, too late." It highlights the frustration of a nearly missed opportunity. Something great could have happened if only...Established in 1607, Jamestown was America's first permanent English colony. Thus, we are celebrating our quadricentennial this year as, in a way, America celebrates her 400th birthday. Rick Sincere had the opportunity to visit Jamestown rece
Well, the title says it all, I guess. It is time for the next carnival this Monday. I have a few wonderful submissions, but think the carnival could be greatly improved if you share your thoughts, as well!The vision and archives may be found here.The carnival submit form is here.Please note that the carnival submit form is delivered to a different email address than what is posted in my sidebar.
The Carnival of Principled Government has taken its first field trip and is up at Movement of Existence. I haven't actually read any of the posts but my own (obviously), but I look forward to reading the thoughts others have on our founding principles.The Carnival of Family Life is also up.
Welcome to the Fifth Carnival of Principled Government, a carnival which strives to uphold our founders' vision for our nation as found in our founding documents. In honor of East High's recent victory in the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Contest, we shall have a little test.
1. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
Welcome to the fourth Carnival of Principled Government. While its actual posting was not inhibited by the birth of my fourth child, it went sorely neglected. Still, a loyal few submitted.
The key foundation upon which our nation rests is not so much the documents which created it, but the character of its people. In a speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention (June 20, 1788), James Madison
Welcome to the third edition of the Carnival of Principled Government. Last week, the Jewish people of the world celebrated the exodus from Egypt and their deliverance from slavery through the annual, commanded observance of the Passover meal.
The Seder plate is rich in symbolism, offering the participants a multi-sensory experience reminding them of the bitterness of slavery and the
We're going on a last visit to my parents' before the new baby is born. There house was struck by lightning last week and various computer components were fried, leaving them with no internet access.
It will be like a field trip to the dark ages, huh?
Anyway, I won't be around, probably until Monday. In the meantime, why not consider contributing to the Carnival of Principled Government? At
Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival of Principled Government. Again, we have a mix of views on a variety of topics central to our liberty, offered for further thought and discussion. Somewhat unintentionally, Thomas Jefferson seems to have come up predominantly in preparing this post, so I begin with a picture of the man whom Abraham Lincoln venerated with the words, "The principles
The next edition of the Carnival of Principled Government is coming up Monday. Submissions are due Sunday evening.
Here is a general outline of the goals of the carnival and the first edition. The main point is to highlight those entries which uphold the vision of our founding fathers.
Please consider contributing, and if you would like to let your readers know I'm looking for submissions,
In the Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and its defenses in the Federalist Papers, we find many principles which lay the foundation of our American Republic. These principles have been under attack since the death of George Washington, and with decreasing understanding of these principles, our foundation is beginning to erode as well. Dedicated to Liberty Day, the purpose of this
In celebration of Liberty Day, coming up March 16, 2007, Principled Discovery will be hosting its very own blog carnival: The Carnival of Principled Government. Entries should uphold the founding principles of the United States, either directly or indirectly and may focus on historic or current events, trends or ideas. The specific principles are outlined in the Declaration of Independence,
