http://www.bloggernews.net/110069 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/110069#comment-451826 British Citizenship Test Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:13:04 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110069#comment-451826 Great article, Thanks for information about the Life in the UK test ! Unfortunately most of the immigrants are required to take the Citizenship test. Great article, Thanks for information about the Life in the UK test !
Unfortunately most of the immigrants are required to take the Citizenship test.

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/110069#comment-86541 Tom Smith Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110069#comment-86541 "...isn’t it time we codify what we are defending and what we believe is worth protecting in our culture?" Absolutely, because in the end the culture and what defines it is 1000 times more important than any physical structure for the ongoing success of the country. We seem to have entered a period where the most basic is considered free or from Nature and not something that was EARNED by blood and death of many before us. My niece has not gone into the Army and done rotations in IRAQ to protect any given bridge, skyscraper or physical structure - she went to protect the CULTURE that has existed that allowed for the creation of those items (wealth). The greatest attack I see of all is against "the family". The concept and effort to protect, promote or honor the family unit has virtually disappeared. We have neutralized the very concept of gender - using nothing but body parts to identify the difference. Marriage and Divorce are devoid of the concept of "love, trust, honor, integrity" - reduced to nothing more than a contract of the state. The state now uses that contract at will to destroy family units at will - and literally enslave it's own citizens to perform based on "contract requirements" using the very children of society as ransom for proper behavior. Seeking to control levels of relationship that can only exist (and be resolved) between individuals people. The need to define the cultural VALUES, MORES (and for that matter the very PURPOSE of the country's existence)in codified form so that immigration actually relates to citizenship. Today it's nothing but an extended visit permit (life time)- in truth there is no requirement even implied that one adopt the norms of the CULTURE, only the norms of the law - and most often that is completely ignored. Citizens better get a grip on how the government is failing them in preservation of a life that allowed this gov't to come into existence. Routinely ignoring it's own constitution - for the sake of "not offending" anyone. Why must we apologize to everyone in the world for wanting to be something - something that all those nations so vehemently claim they are - a culture based on certain VALUES, BELIEFS and INTENTS. Lets stop apologizing and start requiring - and the first to be held accountable should be the JUDICIAL branch for they more than anyone are destroying the foundation. Tom Smith - Denver, CO “…isn’t it time we codify what we are defending and what we believe is worth protecting in our culture?” Absolutely, because in the end the culture and what defines it is 1000 times more important than any physical structure for the ongoing success of the country. We seem to have entered a period where the most basic is considered free or from Nature and not something that was EARNED by blood and death of many before us. My niece has not gone into the Army and done rotations in IRAQ to protect any given bridge, skyscraper or physical structure - she went to protect the CULTURE that has existed that allowed for the creation of those items (wealth).
The greatest attack I see of all is against “the family”. The concept and effort to protect, promote or honor the family unit has virtually disappeared. We have neutralized the very concept of gender - using nothing but body parts to identify the difference. Marriage and Divorce are devoid of the concept of “love, trust, honor, integrity” - reduced to nothing more than a contract of the state. The state now uses that contract at will to destroy family units at will - and literally enslave it’s own citizens to perform based on “contract requirements” using the very children of society as ransom for proper behavior. Seeking to control levels of relationship that can only exist (and be resolved) between individuals people.
The need to define the cultural VALUES, MORES (and for that matter the very PURPOSE of the country’s existence)in codified form so that immigration actually relates to citizenship. Today it’s nothing but an extended visit permit (life time)- in truth there is no requirement even implied that one adopt the norms of the CULTURE, only the norms of the law - and most often that is completely ignored.
Citizens better get a grip on how the government is failing them in preservation of a life that allowed this gov’t to come into existence. Routinely ignoring it’s own constitution - for the sake of “not offending” anyone. Why must we apologize to everyone in the world for wanting to be something - something that all those nations so vehemently claim they are - a culture based on certain VALUES, BELIEFS and INTENTS. Lets stop apologizing and start requiring - and the first to be held accountable should be the JUDICIAL branch for they more than anyone are destroying the foundation.
Tom Smith - Denver, CO

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