Although the words "Liberty" and "Independence" are often mentioned on websites like this and others, it is helpful to consider what does it mean and how can it be done?

A place to start is to exercise your own independence. The government has a vested interest in keeping you dependent on them. When you exercise independence, they loose power. Their biggest source of power is fear. The main fear is the fear of repercussion. People live in fear of what the government will do or what the neighbors or relatives will think. Fear brings bondage. When you think on your own, act on your own and reduce dependency, you begin taking steps toward independence.

Some of the things you can do that will enhance your independence include:

    -1. Get out of debt. The less debt you have the greater the freedom you have.
    -2. Operate on a cash basis.
    -3. Read up on health and nutrition. With greater knowledge, you will be able to make better decisions. By staying ignorant of these matters, you become dependent on the medical establishment.
    -4. Teach yourself a skill. Teach yourself some useful skill like mechanics, fishing, hunting, or how to build things. These are skill that will stay with you. When you are not dependent on others for those things, they have less power over you.
    -5. Exercise your freedoms and liberties. When you start exercising your liberties you become more aware of them. Consider taking you gun out to the shooting range, or better yet, take it hunting. Consider exercising your freedom of speech by writing or speaking out on the issues of the day. If you are really daring use a product in a manner that is inconsistent with the warning labels. Think about it, the manufacturers or the government think that you are too mindless to figure out how to use it on your own, so they limit your use of products to what the label says. In doing so, you may have to overcome your fears of the "label police" that will automatically descend on your domicile the very moment that you use the product other than directed.
    -6. Spend time with your family. Do things with them that consists of something more than pushing the ‘power on’ button on some electronic device or remote control.
    -7. Read something that will encourage your mind to consider new ideas. Without taking in new ideas, it is as if the brain gets stale or lethargic. New ideas can provide the kind of stimulation needed to generate new ideas.
    -8. Plant a garden. Grow some of your own food. This way, it does not have additives, colorings or chemicals that are often in processed food. If you are really daring , raise your own livestock or poultry. The eggs and meat you get from your own stock is much better than you will find in the stores.

These are just a few ideas to get you started exercising you won personal independence. Recall that before we can attain Southern independence, we have have to be living as "freemen". Slaves would have no use for independence. Peasants and peons do not know what to do with their liberties. Sadly, many people living in the south have developed a peasant or peon mentality.

Free Dixie!, Not Iraq!

J Murrah

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