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| − | At our beginning, we were a nation of people determined that liberty was fundamental to life. We went to great effort to create something new in government to protect our right to "life, liberty, and property" in a way that would endure. It was new and daring. It was a democratic, federal, republican government with novel protections of liberty. Understanding that such liberty is fragile, we bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. Benjamin Franklin famously answered when asked what the Constitutional Congress had given the country - "A republic, if you can keep it." We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures. | + | ===Welcome to Civicwiki=== |
| + | <br>CW is a project that seeks to bring objective thought to civic issues. It is a reaction to the political process as it has evolved from our country's beginnings into what it has become today - a process filled with misinformation to serve political agendas. Too often the desire for political power trumps truth. | ||
| + | CW would prefer political advocacy that places objective information above political agenda. We have an agenda that we hope is acceptable to all - to establish an environment of anonymous civil discourse that helps CW readers become immune to misinformation and to be able to see through the fog of political rhetoric. | ||
| + | <br><br>A premise of CW is that there is a set of [[Inalienable Rights|inalienable rights]] that apply to us all. All of us should be equal in our enjoyment of these rights. And this set of rights should not be violated or abridged by any person or group. | ||
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| + | (see also [[Civicwiki:Just the Facts Maam|about CW]]) | ||
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| + | <!--At our beginning, we were a nation of people determined that liberty was fundamental to life. We went to great effort to create something new in government to protect our right to "life, liberty, and property" in a way that would endure. It was new and daring. It was a democratic, federal, republican government with novel protections of liberty. Understanding that such liberty is fragile, we bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. Benjamin Franklin famously answered when asked what the Constitutional Congress had given the country - "A republic, if you can keep it." We ''<u>have</u>'' kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures. | ||
<br>'''CW is about how this new government took shape, what made it strong, and how it has evolved''' - within the categories of [[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]] and [[Portal:Federalism and Democracy|Federalism and Democracy]]. | <br>'''CW is about how this new government took shape, what made it strong, and how it has evolved''' - within the categories of [[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]] and [[Portal:Federalism and Democracy|Federalism and Democracy]]. | ||
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You can learn more about Civicwiki [[Civicwiki:About|here]]. | You can learn more about Civicwiki [[Civicwiki:About|here]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:28, 28 February 2014
Welcome to Civicwiki
CW is a project that seeks to bring objective thought to civic issues. It is a reaction to the political process as it has evolved from our country's beginnings into what it has become today - a process filled with misinformation to serve political agendas. Too often the desire for political power trumps truth.
CW would prefer political advocacy that places objective information above political agenda. We have an agenda that we hope is acceptable to all - to establish an environment of anonymous civil discourse that helps CW readers become immune to misinformation and to be able to see through the fog of political rhetoric.
A premise of CW is that there is a set of inalienable rights that apply to us all. All of us should be equal in our enjoyment of these rights. And this set of rights should not be violated or abridged by any person or group.
(see also about CW)
