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To: wm25burke

“What is the purpose of government articulated in the American Declaration of Independence?”

In the preamble?

“That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”

“fixing to lead the proletariat from the Edumacational Farmhouse”

No, sir. My aim is to teach them what the Church teaches, and why so that they can understand.

“What of value have you produced in the real world that American children”

I’ve actually taught them about Natural rights, what they mean, that we don’t have a right not to be offended, and that we don’t have a right to be happy. We have the right to pursue it, but that is not the same as the right to be happy.

That rights themselves come from God and not the government, and that the foremost duty of the government is to protect, not procure these rights.

I have taught, that America is an experiment in republicanism, and how that differs from a democracy.

I have taught separation of powers, and the idea that because men are corrupt we must issue constraints on the government.

“From each according to their ability, to each according to their need, that how it goes in Breckenworld, ehh?”

“a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death.”


180 posted on 05/12/2012 2:12:34 PM PDT by JCBreckenridge
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To: JCBreckenridge

>>My aim is to teach them what the Church teaches,

Which "Church"? The proper purview for that is within PARENT's scope of authority, not yours as a public school employee.


>>That to secure these rights,

To secure them from what?


>>I’ve actually taught them about Natural rights,

I asked what you PRODUCED not what you allegedly think you "taught".

Those who can DO, those who can't "teach".

What have you DONE, what have you PRODUCED, other than regurgitating your political/religious opinions upon a captive audience?

Sorry, but "how to pursue happiness as a warehouse forklift driver" isn't high on the list of skills I'd like my children to learn from my public employees in their classroom.

When you've demonstrated a self-funding ability to "pursue happiness" without suckling from a government teat, you're free to apply again. 

Next applicant please?

195 posted on 05/12/2012 4:00:01 PM PDT by wm25burke
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