Ground Rules

FREE & INDEPENDENT™ is governed by a set of simple rules. Please familiarize yourself with them. By posting comments on this Blog and its forums and message boards, you indicate that you accept our rules as part of this site’s terms of service.

We reserve the right to remove any post or user from the Blog and its forums and message boards, although we have no duty to do so. When posts are removed, it’s usually because they violate one or more of these ground rules. And they will not be deleted but moved to a “Penalty Box,” with an explanation of why they ended up there. Repeated violation of these ground rules may result in the suspension of posting privileges.

OUR SPECIFIC GROUND RULES:

We don’t allow violations of the principles described in the Declaration of Independence, and we don’t allow violations of the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Since all men and women are created equal, and are born with certain inaliendable rights, every FREE & INDEPENDENT™ user will respect the rights of each and every one of the Blog’s founders, authors and users.

For instance, every FREE & INDEPENDENT™ user will respect the rights of the Blog’s founders, authors and users to:

Freedom of religious beliefs and exercise thereof.
Freedom of speech.
Peacably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Keep and bear arms.
Own the fruits of their labor.
Be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects.
Be informed of the nature and cause of any accusation against them, and to be confronted with the accuser and any witnesses against him.

Further, every FREE & INDEPENDENT™ user agrees to:

Seek, live with and promote the truth, for only the truth opens the door to problem solving and leads to free and independent living.
Live under, abide by and promote the rule of law.
Treat others as he or she expects to be treated.
Support, protect and defend every other individual from tyranny and oppressions of the body, mind and spirit.
Support, protect and defend animals from cruelty and abuse.
Support, protect and defend the environment from damage and destruction.
Set a good example for all Americans and to those entrusted with the powers of our government.
Be loyal, reliable and trustworthy.
Set and pursue his or her own goals, and nobody else’s.
Continue to educate him or herself.
Get trained and become competent in the career of his or her choice.
Work hard, be productive and exchange his or her products and/or services on the free market.
Own the fruits of his or her labor and become or remain completely self-sufficient.
Provide for his or her family.
Do his or her best to fulfill every obligation.
Give back to society in meaningful ways of his or her choosing.
Work within the law to alter the way our government operates so it represents the people rather than special interests, financial elites and central bankers.
Collaborate to exercise sufficient control over government so it involves the people in the legislative process, gets back to basics, becomes safe and more likely to effect our safety and happiness.