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Jan’s Big Love

My friend, Jan of salabasngmandaluyong tagged me for this, which is much more an award than a meme. I copied his post starting here:

We're not supposed to look at the gift horse's mouth. If, however, you want to pay this forward, follow the following::

1) Put the logo on your blog
2) Add the link of the blogger who shared the award with you
3) Pass this award to bloggers whose blogs you love
4) Add your link to the list of participants below
5) Leave a message on the blog of the blogger who passed this award

Bloggers Lair/The World of Nothing/ The Macky That Doesn't Exist/ The Spoiled But Not a Brat/ Holding On/ The Mark of an Explorer/ Feel Free/ Shout Out/ Proud to be Filipina's Corner/ My New Way of Living/ I Love-Hate America/salabasngmandaluyong/Diary of a Heretic (Awards & Memes)/

After this, I’m naming a few others. Many bloggers who favor me with links and love, don’t go in for awards much and rarely put up memes. (You know who you are but most likely are not reading my Review & Meme blog, which I admit is a poor relation to Diary of a Heretic.) Many more bloggers enjoy memes and awards and have treated me with great generosity and I’m either inept or impatient by not naming you here. If you’re reading this, consider it "my bad," take the award you deserve and play it forward.

A huge shout out here: Whoever last Stumbled my under-500 word story, "Guaranteed Happiness," brought me unprecedented numbers of hits. Pure massive large, mon! I would love to know who you are. Jan did the same for me, earlier. Sad to say, my reciprocation will never compare. For I have Stumbled posts with such little consequence as to go unnoticed.

Below are a mere fraction of deserving bloggers I owe thanks: 

Mimi

Utah Savage

Duane

Rootz Poet

Billy Warhol

The Truth to Some Extent

My Life Thinking

Expressive World

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The Declaration of the Democratic Worldview

 The Declaration of the Democratic Worldview, by John Hank Edson ( http://democracypress.net)  is a call to action for anyone with a stake in the American experiment.  In this brief but thorough essay, Edson makes the case for re-examining the so-called “self-evident” truths of the Declaration of Independence.

Considering that it's been two hundred and thirty-three since those truths were laid down, Edson argues for a fresh look at the document that has determined this nation's laws and society from the beginning. And Edson digs into the subject with an analytic, virtually scientific rigor.

The issues can’t be ignored.  As Edson states, “If we do not strengthen this foundation and give it the precise and ingenious engineering we have so often proven ourselves to be capable of…then the political process we construct on top of it will crumble like the proverbial house built on sand.”

The author proposes a framework to re-think the self-evident truths and come to a completely fresh way of understanding human rights, leading to a game plan for thwarting the unholy trio of economic monopoly, mercenary oppression, and religious authoritarianism  that threaten our freedom.

The Declaration of the Democratic Worldview is an important and timely work, of special interest now that we have a new administration in Washington.