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Revision as of 21:44, 1 March 2014

Welcome to Civicwiki
Dedicated to Presenting Civic Fact about the Origins of Liberty in America,
How it has Evolved, and the Issues we must now Resolve.
Your thoughtful contributions are invited.

Why we're here

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. CW would prefer political advocacy that places objective information above power seeking. Our agenda is to establish an environment of anonymous civil discourse that helps CW readers become immune to misinformation and be able to see through the fog of political rhetoric.
(see also about CW)

We began as a nation of people determined that liberty is fundamental to life. We created something new in government - a democratic, federal, republic that had novel protections for "life, liberty, and property." Because we understood that liberty is fragile, we bet the future of our country on the strength of those protections. When asked what the Constitutional Convention had given the country, Benjamin Franklin famously answered - "A Republic, if you can keep it." We have kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures.
At our beginning, America debated how to build a stable and strong country with people of diverse interests. Today's issues are no less important to the stability and longevity of our government. Their importance seems heightened because we now seem deeply divided. Politicians and factions divide us by misinforming us to get elected. It is a cynical play for political power at the expense of the health of our society. Therefore:
  • CW is about providing informed citizens and a forum for developing objective information, better understanding and, thus the political momentum that is needed to govern effectively.
  • and about the issues viewed in the light of the vision of liberty that created our country. (category: The Issues)

CW will be effective to the extent that people like yourself get involved.
You can learn more about Civicwiki here.

Civicwiki:Handling the issues

Featured article

American Independence and English Common Law " 'Government is a conditional compact between king and people. A violation of the covenant by either party discharges the other from its obligation.' 'An Act [of Parliament] against the Constitution is void.' In these thirty words Patrick Henry and James Otis denied the divine origin of the British kingship and the legislative supremacy of the British Parliament, and substituted therefor the Common Law and the eternal rights of man."(Full article...)

Issues

Featured issue

Today, many people use the term 'big government' to describe what they believe to be government overreach and intrusion in our daily lives at every level. Wikipedia defines it “as a derogatory term generally used by political conservatives, laissez-faire advocates, or libertarians to describe a government that they consider to be excessively large, corrupt and inefficient, or inappropriately involved in certain areas of public policy or the private sector”. But, a recent Gallup poll found that 72% of us – including 56% of Democrats and 78% of independents – believe it to be a big threat. The basic problem is, Government has this innate dilemma of balancing between serving and interfering.(Full article...)

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