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Citizenship

Citizenship in the United States affords us many rights and priveledges but with those rights and priveledges come responsibility.

Recently HFA received an article from one of our members that gives some starteling statistics. According to World Magazine:

40% of seniors at America's top 55 colleges do not know that the document establishing the seperation of powers in our government is the U.S. Constitution.

69% of voting age Americans think that Karl Marx's principle of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" either is or might be a quotation from the U.S. Constitution.

And 0% of America's top 55 colleges have an American history requirement.

These statistics are startling. It is our responsiblity to know our heritage, respect our legacy and study our Freedom Documents.

It is our responsibility as citizens to be informed and take part in the process of electing leaders that are honest, wise and just.

For as Benjamin Franklin so wisely stated, "A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.”

President Reagan warned us, "To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will."

Never doubt whether or not your activity makes a difference. It assuredly does. President Kennedy said, "One person can make a difference and every person should try."

The Evergreen Freedom Foundation has put together an amazing program called the 10 Minute Citizen. Even Homemakers can handle 10 minutes a day. Below is the info on the program and the link to their site. We encourage you to visit it.

TEN MINUTE CITIZEN
http://www.effwa.org/10min/10minintro.php
What does it mean to be a Ten Minute Citizen? The preservation of liberty depends on citizens deliberately taking action. We are urging you to invest the equivalent of ten minutes per day, six days a week (one hour per week or four hours per month), in being an informed and active citizen. Is this too much to invest in citizenship? We hope you and tens of thousands of others think it is reasonable.

You can visit Evergreen Freedom Foundation at
www.effwa.org

A new legislative session has begun and your involvement is crucial. Our representatives are facing a huge deficit, and government grows larger by the day. It is up to us to help legislators make tough, responsible decisions. We can start by becoming informed—then we can take action.

Homemakers for America is hear to guide you through the process of becoming an informed proactive citizen-without sacrificing your family.

We welcome your comments and questions and will make every effort to answer and address them.


LINKS of INTEREST

Politics 1
http://politics1.com
This is an awesome site and one well worth visiting frequently. The website stays current daily on politics and political races in America. If you want to know who's running this is where to start your search. Several national, state and local races are covered with links to the candidates’ websites when available and it's all compiled by your own state. This site is a wealth of info and we strongly encourage you to check it out.

Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm

USA Flag Site
http://www.usa-flag-site.org

Choosing Liberty
www.choosingliberty.com
Great site for teaching children as well as adults about liberty and America.

Grassfire
www.grassfire.net

Interested in learning more about statesmanship?  Would you like your children to have strong American education?  

The following Colleges have a strong Liberal Arts/ Statesmanship curriculum and excellent resources for anyone wishing to become a more informed American citizen.  They also offer distance courses some even for High School age. 

George Wythe College 

www.gwc.edu  

Patrick Henry College 

http://www.phc.edu/  

Hillsdale College 

http://www.hillsdale.edu/ 

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