Be Free!
What Sign Grabs Your Attention Quicker Than Any Other?
FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!
We Love Freebies!
Oh, There's Almost Always a Catch:
Maybe it's a BOGO (Buy One Get One).
Or, Free If Your Card's Been Punched 10 Times.
The First Month Free, With Their Compliments, If You Sign a One-Year Contract.
Free For the First 100 Customers. (And You're the 101st!)
Truth Is, Most Times, It's Not Really, Truly, Entirely, Unconditionally Free.
Is It?
As the Old Adage Goes: "There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch!" (This Probably Dates Back to the 19th Century, When Bar Owners Would Offer a "Free Lunch" to Customers as an Enticement to Drink)
Another One We Hear Frequently is: "If It Seems Too Good to be True, It Probably Is."
Apparently Not Always, Though!
The Wealthy Affiliate Entry Level Program Is Free, Folks. (As in: No Credit Card Required!)
The Optional Premium Level is not Free, but it's Gotta Be Considered a Fantastic Value!
But, Even Better Than Getting Something For Free is the Concept of Actual Freedom, and That's What We Hope to Achieve Through Our Participation Here at WA!
We are Seeking Freedom From Money Worries.
We are Seeking Freedom From Working For "The Man." (Or, "The Woman," as the Case May Be. My Boss Happens to be a Lovely Lady)
Would I Be a Better Boss (Of Myself)? Sure I Would!
Imagine the Following Scenario:
"Hey, Mr. Rick, May I Take the Day Off Tomorrow?"
"Rick, You've Really Been Working Hard! How's a Week Off Sound To You? And Here's an Extra 500 Bucks-Go Out and Have a Nice Dinner On Me Tonight!"
Yeah: I'd Be a Great Boss of Myself! Boss of the Year, Baby!
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FREEDOM THROUGH THE AGES:
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783, Also Known as The American War of Independence) was Initiated in the Wake of the Boston Tea Party, and the Need of the 13 Colonies to be Free of "Taxation Without Representation."
The Colonies Established a Continental Congress, and Declared Independence in 1776, but Fought The British for 8 Years Before Their Coveted Freedom Became an Unopposed Reality.
The Cause of The American Civil War (1861-1865), in the Eyes of Soldiers From Both the Blue and the Gray, was Slavery, Despite Other Factors, such as Sectionalism, Protectionism, and States Rights Issues. (Wikipedia)
750,000 Soldiers Died (10% of All Northern Males, Ages 20-45, and 30% of All White Southern Males, Ages 18-40) in a Battle for Freedom.
Civil Rights Activist, Martin Luther King Jr., Dedicated the Majority of his Adult Life to Fighting For Freedom, Culminating in His "I Have a Dream" Speech on the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial, During the March on Washington, in 1963.
He was Assassinated in 1968, by James Earl Ray, on the Balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, Ultimately Giving His Life for the Freedom He Fought So Hard to Secure.
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FREEDOM IN POPULAR CULTURE:
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Songs About Freedom or Being Free (How Many Do You Know?)...
I'm Free (The Who, 1969)
Free Will (Rush, 1980)
Freedom (The Isley Brothers, 1970)
Freedom (Paul McCartney, 2001)
I'm Free (The Soup Dragons, 1990)
Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973)
Freedom Come All Ye (Hamish Henderson, 1960)
I Got A Name (Jim Croce, 1973)
Learning To Fly (Pink Floyd, 1987)
Freedom (Pitbull, 2016)
Set It Free (Sarah Slean, 2011)
Free (Twin Atlantic, 2011)
We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger, 1948)
Call Me The Breeze (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974)
Born Free (John Barry, 1966)
Free Fallin' (Tom Petty, 1989)
Only The Young (Journey, 1983)
Free (Zac Brown Band, 2008)
Escape (Alice Cooper, 1975)
Free (Rudimental, 2013)
I Feel Free (Cream, 1966)
White Bird (It's A Beautiful Day, 1969)
Born Free (Kid Rock, 2010)
Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young, 1989)
Bird Set Free (Sia, 2016)
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding, 1967)
Born Free (M.I.A., 2010)
Break Free (Ariana Grande, 2014)
I Shall Be Free (Bob Dylan, 1963)
Running Free (Iron Maiden, 1980)
Free (Natalia Kills, 2011)
Freedom (George Michael, 1990)
Freedom (Pharrell Williams, 2015)
Free (The Editorial Me) (Darwin Deez, 2012)
Chimes Of Freedom (Bob Dylan, 1964)
Don't Fence Me In (Cole Porter, 1934)
Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp, 1979)
Free As A Bird (The Beatles, 2008)
Free Me (Joss Stone, 2009)
I'm Like A Bird (Nelly Furtado, 2000)
Free Ride (Edgar Winter Group, 2004)
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen, 1975)
I Want To Break Free (Queen, 1984)
Broken Wings (Mr. Mister, 1985)
Privilege (Set Me Free) (Patti Smith Group, 2013)
Freedom (Motherless Child) (Richie Havens, 1969-Woodstock)
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon, 1975)
Money (The Beatles, 1963)
Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf, 1968)
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Sting, 1985)
Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, 1975)
Get Free (The Vines, 2002)
Jet (Paul McCartney And Wings, 1973)
Liberty (Buck Cherry, 2010)
Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix, 1967)
Now You Are Free (Augustines, 2014)
The Art Of Letting Go (Mariah Carey, 2014)
People Got To Be Free (The Rascals, 1969)
Running Free (Iron Maiden, 1980)
Shed Your Skin (Indigo Girls, 1997)
Set Me Free (Fefe Dobson, 2008)
I Shall Be Released (The Band, 1967)
Something More Than Free (Jason Isbell, 2015)
The Free Electric Band (Albert Hammond, 1973)
To Break Free (Alexis Babini, 2009)
Blackbird (The Beatles, 1968)
Me And Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin And The Full Tilt Boogie Band, 1969)
Free At Last (Many Songs and Albums)
I'm Easy (Keith Carradine, 1975)
Free To Be...You And Me (Marlo Thomas, 1972)
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Movies About Freedom or Being Free (How Many of these Flicks Have You Seen?)...
The Fifth Element (1997)
Rocky IV (1985)
Commando (1985)
The Matrix Trilogy (Began-1999)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Hackers (1995)
Minority Report (2002)
300 (2006)
Star Wars Saga (Began-1977)
Les Miserables (2012)
Equilibrium (2002)
Boondock Saints 1 and 2 (Began-1999)
Eagle Eye (2008)
Gladiator (2000)
Pierre LeFon (1965)
The Great Escape (1963)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Roots (TV Miniseries-1977)
On The Waterfront (1954)
The Patriot (2000)
The Postman (1997)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Bourne Identity (Began-2002)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
The King And I (1956)
Being There (1979)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
American History X (1998)
The Straight Story (1999)
Sucker Punch (2011)
Fight Club (1999)
Team America, World Police (2004)
Gran Torino (2008)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Lives Of Others (2006)
Casablanca (1942)
La Haine (1995)
The Way Back (2010)
American Beauty (1999)
Into The Wild (2007)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Naked Prey (1965)
Vanishing Point (1971)
The Long Walk (2010)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Ernesto Che Guevara, The Bolivian Diary (1994)
Braveheart (1995)
Hairspray (1988)
Schindler's List (1993)
THX 1138 (1971)
Network (1976)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
In The Name Of The Father (1993)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (2013)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Free Willy (1993)
Hwy: An American Pastoral (1969)
Meet Me In Venice (2015)
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (1947)
Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
V For Vendetta (2005)
One Mile Above (2011)
The Bucket List (2007)
Spartacus (1960)
Red Dawn (1984)
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Books About Freedom or Being Free (Read Any Good Books Lately?)...
The Diary Of A Young Girl-Anne Frank
Sunset Song-Lewis Grassic Gibbon
The Prince-Niccolo Macchiavelli
1984-George Orwell
Animal Farm-George Orwell
War And Peace-Leo Tolstoy
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
Up From Slavery-Booker T. Washington
Joseph Knight-James Robertson
A Room Of One's Own-Virginia Woolf
How To Be Both-Ali Smith
The Last Act Of Love-Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream-Barack Obama
Germinal-Emil Zola
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running-Haruki Murakami
Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand
Fahrenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
Brave New World-Aldous Huxley
Suite Francaise-Irene Nemirovsky
The Poor Had No Lawyers-Andy Wightman
Siddhartha-Hermann Hesse
Animal Farm-George Orwell
To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West-Dee Brown
Parting The Waters: Martin Luther King And The Civil Rights Movement 1954-63-Taylor Branch
The Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams
America's Great Depression-Murray N. Rothbard
A Testament Of Hope: The Essential Writings And Speeches-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Land Of The Free-Woodrow Landfair
The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr.-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Twelve Years A Slave-Solomon Northup
Roots: The Saga Of An American Family-Alex Haley
The Fountainhead-Ayn Rand
Long Walk To Freedom-Nelson Mandela
Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl-Harriet Jacobs
Eyes On The Prize: America's Civvil Rights Years, 1954-1965-Juan Williams
The Crucible-Arthur Miller
Lord Of The Flies-William Golding
1776-David McCullough
Freedom-Jonathan Franzen
Black Like Me-John Howard Griffin
Freedom Under Siege: The US Constitution After 200 Years-Ron Paul
Profiles In Courage-John F. Kennedy
Freedom Shift: 3 Choices To Reclaim America's Destiny-Oliver DeMille
How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World: A Handbook For Personal Liberty-Harry Browne
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Some Quotes About Freedom:
"If You Love Someone, Set Them Free. If They Come Back They're Yours, If They Don't, They Never Were."
(Richard Bach, American Author of the Bestselling, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," and "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah")
"The Real You is Loving, Joyful, and Free. The Real You is Just Like a Flower, Just Like the Wind, Just Like the Ocean, Just Like the Sun."
(Don Miguel Ruiz, Mexican Author and New Age Philosopher)
"Man is Free At the Moment He Wishes To Be."
(Voltaire, 1694-1778, French Writer, Historian, and Philosopher)
"The Truly Free Man is the One Who Can Turn Down an Invitation to Dinner Without Giving an Excuse."
(Jules Renard, 1864-1910, French Author, "The Journal of Jules Renard" )
"She Was Free in Her Wildness. She Was a Wandress, a Drop of Free Water. She Belonged to No Man and to No City."
(Roman Payne, American Novelist, Living in France, "The Wandress" )
"Maybe Some Women Aren't Meant to be Tamed. Maybe They Just Need to Run Free Until They Find Someone Just As Wild To Run With Them."
(Dialogue From Carrie Bradshaw, Character on "Sex and the City," Written by Candace Bushnell, American Novelist and TV Producer)
"I Am the Hurricane Setting Fire to the Forests At Night, When No One Else is Alive or Awake...I Live in My Own Flames, Sometimes Burning Too Bright and Too Wild To Make Things Last, or Handle Myself or Anyone Else, and so I Run. Run Run Run, Far and Wide, Until My Bones Ache and My Lungs Split, and It Feels Good...I Am the Slave and Ruler of My Own Body, and I Wish To Do With It Exactly As I Please."
(Charlotte Eriksson, Songwriter, Author, Producer)
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Be Free in Your Personal and Business Lives. Don't Be Confined by Expectations of Others and Traditions.
Do Your Thing. Do It!
Do Whatever Makes You Happy. Your Enthusiasm Will Be Felt By Everyone, and You'll Make Others Happy, too! Happiness is Contagious!
Freedom is Exhilarating.
Freedom is Intoxicating!
Drink Up.
Recent Comments
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A lovely and pretty engaging post...
Freedom,the main asset people have had since the Creation.... God could have created us as robots with programmed obedience and love for him. But he created us as beings with the free will.The question arises- how do we use and misuse this gift.
Some people yearn for free rides.Always.
Some pople forget that free cheese can only be in a mouse trap( The Russian proverb)
Some people in desire to achieve their own freedom violate freedom of others.
Love this by Jim Morris:"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are..."
I like the Russian proverb. I don't like cheese that much! To be what you are, being self-actualized, is an achievement. Thanks for the comments, Vera. :)
I love cheese, almost any kind. Even cheese ice-cream is my favourite...Sounds peculiar, I guess, but in reality it is delicious.Especially with whipped cream. (Need to take extra walk or do some extra excercises after eating it though...)
Was impressed by the lists of songs, films and books... there are so many of these... and some great quotes, too, especially the first one...:)
It's quite rare, I should admit. Two of my students who extensively travel, taught me to like it.lol Now I have to go to that only shopping- centre where it is on sale at least once a week. Pretty addictive like anything you like... It's French I guess(French cheese in it, for sure)...
Oh, yeh, it's actually Italian cheese, not French as I thought- somehow recalled its name...:)
Yes, it is..so it's vanilla ice-cream, gorgonzola and I believe there is some secret component there too.So it all works for such an effect that you can't stop...And you can never repeat it as well . It's like with Buffalo wings in South Dakota.They don't seem to hide the recipe. It's on the back of the bag when you buy it. But it' s never the same if you try to do it yourself...:)
I wouldn't even try to make my own cheese ice cream-Mine would probably end up with duck tape or something. I'd try a bite, though, on your recommendation. :)
No, no, no...I was talking about chicken wings in some deadly combination -unbelievably tasty and incredibly spicy, AKA Buffalo wings in the state of South Dakota. They are usually served with icy water in order to quench some kind of a fire in the mouth...But still strongly recommend. As for ice- cream, you are very unlikely to spoil it... you can definitely add up any ingredients....the more outrageous, the better...
Shall we open a quisine corner somewhere here ? lol or, I will rather go to my own kitchen now and make some cheese(cheese again ) omlette... :)
Omelette I could go for. The spicy chicken wings are probably too fiery, though I'm not opposed to all things fiery! You may be the next Julia Child! :)
oh, no... I am a little bit too too spontaneous person for that... Though , in the right mood, I can really cook...:)
yes, I can.. my best dish is real Russian pancakes - big, thin with red fish, or caviar (quite expensive though), or some jam...Also cabbage soup or tschi( щи) Omlettes, the whole variety of them... What's that? To talk of food at 3 a.m.?:)
I am just lucky having a day off tomorrow and having slept at day time today...All the same nightingales are already here...
and yes, I am an owl. My brain works better at this time... :)
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I enjoyed this post. Even our freedom is not free!
There are degrees of freedom, but we can sure have more than we've got. That's what WA is all about! :)