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To highlight his point we were just reading an article about the South Korean police force having to find a more secure way to identify their 100,000 officers that could not be easily duplicated. They went to a registered hologram technology that is next to impossible to copy and is encoded specifically for their police force. They decided to print the cards internally to prevent any counterfeiting of ID badges. Many of the outfits that do this use the HP Laserjet print cartridge printers in order to reduce duplication and have a longer lasting image that can be scanned and worn in the field. Since the newly registered can’t be copied or reproduced by conventional printers or scanners this gave them a high level of security. They also included a color photo of the officer and essential information for the id card holders.

Because of the cost savings that they would realize they installed printers centrally and throughout the 22 provinces to be able to print on demand and then have them networked together so that a central database could be used and monitored. The South Korean police expect to print somewhere between 35K-60K cards annually and look to install chips in the cards to help restrict access to controlled areas. You could also expect them to buy lanyards in large quantities which will help display the badges more prominently for civilians and other law enforcement officials to be easily recognize those on the force.

What are your thoughts on Hawaii? Is this tiny group of islands in the Pacific the perfect place to take the family on vacation or is Hawaii more for people that have just tied the knot? There’s two places I have always wanted to go to. One is Las Vegas and the other is Hawaii. I would have my concerns with the tsunamis that exist in the Pacific Ocean, but it just seems like such a magical place. It probably wasn’t like that on December 7th, back in 1941, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. I think the tiny islands have all recovered since then and Hawaii is one of the top tourist destinations for Americans.

I guess my travels to Hawaii will be done as a vacation for me adn looking for Expedia coupons will be a way to help reduce the cost of part of my trip. I would hope to make a trip there before I get married, because that might still be a long time away. Maybe I can just hop on a plane and go to Vegas and Hawaii on the same trip. I think that is called killing 2 birds with one stone. If I did do both on the same trip, I could give a good comparision and decide which place is best. If I had to pick only one place to travel to for right now, I would certainly choose Hawaii over Las Vegas.

Political theorists often vary in opinion as to the role that government should play in manís life. One political theorist, John Locke, wrote Two Treatises of Government in 1682, which was a key work for the American revolutionaries who eventually founded a government based largely upon Lockeís ideas. It is in Locke’s Second Treatise that he recognized that for any legitimate government to exist it must derive its authority from the consent of the governed. Furthermore, the authority of any government is only legitimate so long as it exists to protect the private property of its citizens. This makes sense because it does not make sense that any person should desire to place himself under the authority of another for any reason other then his own protection.

The right to life is an umbrella statement which, at its root, ìencompasses all things that your liberty allows you “including the free exercise of your mental faculties” (Edwards, R. Abe: Who Was Thaddeus Kosciusko?) Today there are ways to write a complaint letter that give you the ability to be heard. Similarly, the right to property may be defined as the right to own the fruit of your labor, or as Locke more aptly put it “…the condition of Human Life, which requires Labour [sic] and Materials to work on, necessarily introduces private possessions” (Second Treatise, Chapter 5, section 35.) Liberty is a consequence of the right to life (though the opposite may also be argued) and embodies the right of the individual to do as he pleases so long as he keeps from infringing upon the life, liberty or property of any other individual.

Prior to the signing of the momentous document, The Declaration of Independence of 1776, a long history of study and discussion on the principles of Liberty and the role of government had been surfacing in the American colonies and in Europe. As any student of history knows, in the latter half of the 17th century Great Britain’s policy of increased interference and the domination of its colonies gave definition to the debate on liberty and government. During this time men began to organize from out of their own local communities, forming groups to discuss these principles. The first reference made to these groups as “Sons of Liberty” came from Isaac Barre, a member of parliament, in a speech before the House of Commons supporting less control of the American colonies. The name stuck. These men, when organized and assembled, helped call the first Continental Congress as an attempt to bring understanding between the Crown and the colonies.

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Beyond the Mission Statement

The first issue of The Liberty Forum Newsletter, Sons of Liberty, included two integral components: The Liberty Forum Mission Statement and The Liberty Forum Position Statement.

After reading through the above statements, one might question how it is that The Liberty Forum seeks to fulfill its goal of promoting “intelligent thought and discussion so as to bring about change towards the procurement and recapturing of American liberty on all levels.” The answer to such a question is manifold.

The first way in which we hope to facilitate such productive thought and discussion is on the local level. Monthly discussion groups are held in Akron, Ohio and are announced a month in advance. These events are open invitation for anyone interested in discussing the advancement of American liberty.

This website represents another facet by which we hope to promote our goal of spreading the discussion of American liberty on all levels.

Our newsletter, Sons of Liberty, focuses primarily on recovering the philosphical and historical context that surrounded the issues which originally led to the establishment of American liberty. This newsletter goes a long way in providing the materials used for our discussions, as the newsletter is published on a monthly basis.