LBCCS Meeting Review and Resources

Meeting Date: January 15, 2010

Friends of LBCCS,

Thanks to all who came out to our meeting on Friday! We had an excellent gathering at our new location, the Belmont Inne in Bethlehem. Our topic for the night was "Classical Liberalism and the Radical Roots of the American Revolution." We presented the LBCCS definition of a classical liberal (click here to read that), then we loooked at excerpts from the following works which clearly present the ideology of classical liberalism:

John Locke - Second Treatise of Civil Government (Text, Audio)
Thomas Paine - Common Sense (Text, Audio)
Samuel Adams - The Rights of the Colonists (Text)
Thomas Jefferson - The Declaration of Independence (Text, Audio)

We finished by looking at a few basic points clarifying the classical liberal's worldview. (To read these, click here)

In the second part of the meeting, we watched "The Incredible Bread Machine", which is a short film about individual liberty and the menace of government intervention in the economy and our lives.

To watch the video online or download it, click here.

So thanks again to all who attended. We hope to see you next time along with your friends!

Our next meeting will be on February 19 at 7pm, also at the Belmont Inne . Jake Towne will be leading a discussion on Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States which defines the specific powers and responsibilities given to our federal legislature. More information on that meeting will be coming.

In Liberty,

Ryan Burgett
Chairman - L.B.C.C.S.
ryan_burgett@hotmail.com