there are many different levels or perspectives on "socialism" and some are my dire enemy as are they are also the enemy of the participants of this forum. but what is socialism?
i believe that when the founding fathers spoke of the possibilities of a new way, a declaration of independence it was confounding to many.
i also realize my "liberal" views have been recieived with little favour on this forum regardless of my continual reference to that great and laudible document the declaration of independance and its amendments.
i also believe that if one or all are able to put down the rhetoric and dogma that they were taught and search their very self that they may in fact find that the intent of the founding fathers and authors of these aformentioned documents did not in fact have hate or contempt or revolt in their hearts but hope, hope for a place where the widow and orphan were safe, hope were truth and justice were a real observible experience and not some book on a shelf of some esoteric proffessor, where an honest man could more or less find a way in his society to provide for his family, love his friends and community and in essence love his god by his acts of loving his creation.
so when i read the rhetoric, the pain , the anguish of my many a brethren here on this forum and try and digest where does such venom come from i continiously conclude the same answer, disinformation.
we are fed it like molasses and corn to hogs, we are lied to in a fashion that can only be described as beyond belief.
we are all in fact brothers, sisters of each other and we have been indoctorinated into believing we are seperate, when in fact we are all one, children of a great and almighty father with an infinite measure of compassion , forgiveness and understanding.
so this socialism vs capitolism, this us vs them this duality we are sold to control us ......how do i put it in words that we are all brethren sistren we are all the same and until we can forgive our trespasses as we for give those who trespass against us, we will be controlled by this dualistic mechanism. taught to argue amongst ourselves instead of seeing the real truth that we are in the throes of those who wish to not only control us but abolish us.
we are greater in number and power and we shall overcome this blight on humanity but we must first tolerate then associate then support each other in the assertian that we are all within gods scope and love and until we unite with a peaceful inclusive sysytem of humanity, those that wish to control us will do so and we will be the fodder of their ploy.
sorry for the diatribe but i just have had enough of the bickering amongst men and women whom in actuality love each other or they woudnt even be here.
just because my overindulgence was discomforting please do not let it stop you from enjoying fdrs amazing speach
yours truly
darren

Excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the Congress of the United States on the State of the Union[1]:

    It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people—whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth—is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.

    This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.

    As our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.

    We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. “Necessitous men are not free men.” People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

    In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.

    Among these are:

    The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation; The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

    The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

    The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

    The right of every family to a decent home;

    The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

    The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

    The right to a good education.

    All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

    America’s own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thirty-Second U.S. President, 1933-1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 at Hyde Park, New York. He attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt entered public service through politics, serving in several state and federal positions before being elected Governor of New York in 1928. In the summer of 1921, at the age of 39, he was stricken with poliomyelitis. Demonstrating indomitable courage, Roosevelt fought to regain the use of his legs, particularly through swimming. Roosevelt received the three degrees in Masonry within Holland Lodge No. 8 located in New York City in 1911. During his lifetime he was supportive of Freemasonry and somewhat active in the fraternity. He was elected President in November 1932 to the first of four terms spanning the Great Depression to World War II. His tenure as President was a period of great social and political change in the United States. Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, he brought hope to the American people as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Roosevelt directed organization of the Nation's manpower and resources for global war. During this period he directed the war effort but also contemplated the planning of a United Nations in which international difficulties could be resolved. As the war drew to a close, Roosevelt's health deteriorated, and on April 12, 1945, while at Warm Springs, Georgia, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the beginning of his fourth term as President.