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          There was a revolution prior to ours   should not be able to do.  Then when
       in 1776.  It was the one that put King   you ask questions, what you get is lies,                                  STYLIST WANTED
       William and Queen Mary on the throne   misinformation, and the obfuscation of
       of England and forced John II to flee   facts.  They are waging the type of war                                            Apply in person 9am-6pm
       England.  It was during this revolution   that John Locke talked about against us
       that the ember was created one that was   today, and we need to stand up and let
       transferred here to America and started   them know that now is the time it stops.
                                              As Harvard President Samuel
       the fire of liberty.               in his message Government Corrupted  Do My Hair
          In this revolution, there were three   Langdon said in 1775 when addressing
       factions and three issues.  But it was   the Massachusetts Provincial Congress
       one faction and one issue that made up                                         Call for your next
       that ember.  One group stood up against   by Vice.  “If the servants of the public
       the belief of the divine right of kings   forget their duty, betray their trust and   appointment.
       to rule.  John Locke, as a member of   sell their country, or make war against   (804) 318-1236                 They did and
       that group wrote his “Two Treatries on   the most valuable rights and privileges of                                we love it!
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       In the first, he argued against that belief   and others appointed in their room.”   4316 W. Hundred Rd.
       and then in the second he asked and    So who are the servants of the             in the Village of Chester      www.Facebook.com/dmh
       answered the question, if not by divine   public?  In this case, it is the members
       right, then by what right does one man   of the BOS.  What is their duty they
       rule over another?                 are forgetting? Protecting the right to              Capital Ale House
          Some would argue that is by the   property of the people, that which we                         presents
       consent of the majority, but this is a   earn by the sweat of our brows or by the
       lie.  As John Locke stated, the only   power of our ideas so we can pursue our
       purpose of government is to protect us   happiness. By doing this and selling our
       against those who violate our right to   county out to satisfy their own vices,
       life, liberty, and property, so that we   they are “waging war” on the most
       can pursue happiness, or as he called it,   valuable rights and privileges of the
       waging war against their fellow man.    citizenry.
       For that reason only, the protection of
       the minority against the abuses of the   Freddy Boisseau
       majority or the powerful, do you select
       servants to serve you in government.
          Today, we have “representatives”                                                    SATURDAY, NOV. 11
       in government at all levels who believe   Letters
       they have a right to our property and                                                           12-6 p.m.
       labor to support their vision, and they   EDITOR’S NOTE:
       put unelected individuals over us to   The opinions of the Editor’s Inbox do not
       make decisions that they believe is in   reflect the opinions of the Village News. Please   Help us toast Virginia’s agricultural pride!
       our best interest.  They then go further   limit letter length to under 350 words. (The editor
       and lie and hide from us what they are   reserves the right to allow longer letters or edit
       doing so that we cannot be informed   letter length.) A name and address is required to     FREE ADMISSION
                                            be considered for publication; however, Village
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          A group of unelected individuals   events; send your letter to info@villagepublishing.
       have decided that it is in the best   com.
       interest of all that you should pay the   Thank you.                          Get the VIP EXPERIENCE from Capital Ale House!
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