Pendulum Balance

Righteous Dominion - Chains That Bind

Government at all levels plays a proper and important role in protecting our lives, families, rights, property, and freedoms. Without it, or without enough of it, society falls into anarchy and chaos at worst, or at the very least, disorder and unnecessary conflict and discord. However, too much government control can be just as harmful as precious individual liberties are eroded or even wiped out in the name of the common good only to become one of many flavors of tyranny. Whether by a crazed dictator or a well meaning local government working with honest hearts toward the common good of our communities, oppression of individual liberties is still a flavor and degree of tyranny. In truth, there is no common good in a world without individual liberty. Unchecked, the common good eventually becomes common bondage.

The Founding Fathers were acutely aware of the tension and struggle between anarchy and tyranny and taught of the need to work for the stable balance between the two. They warned against the instability that comes from "The Pendulum" swinging too much in either direction. In order to protect our individual liberties and ensure this stable balance, the Founding Fathers authored the Constitution of the United States. We the people, and the people we elect must understand, protect, and live by this essential document.

Elections are a choice we make about how much or how little control we want government to have over our lives. It is a choice in how much or how or little we want to forge chains of bondage to bind each other. Balancing the Pendulum is a choice, our choice. The chains with which we bind our neighbor will eventually bind us.

In choosing who I support and vote for, I seek to keep government in its proper role, to Balance the Pendulum. George Washington said it best: "There is a natural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny." Because the natural momentum is to swing toward more government control, and because I so fiercely value individual liberty, I strongly favor people who's natural inclination is to push back against the steady and inevitable growth of government, to protect our rights and freedoms from the bondage of too much government. I seek people firmly rooted in the principles of good, righteous, balanced government. I seek people who know and defend the Constitution. Balance is achieving public good while vigilantly respecting and protecting individual liberties.

Righteous Dominion

Chains That Bind

Pendulum Balance Graphic

Declaration of Independence

US Constitution Full Text
Preamble and Articles
Bill of Rights
Amendments 11-27

Elections Are a Choice

The Fortress Stone - Constitution Anthem

Why do I do this?

Developer and Elected Official Combined Impact on Future Generations

Partnership: Development and Local Government
(How Stuff Gets Built)

Councilmember Jeff Brown on Local Government Role in Market and Development

History and Future of Growth and Development
(Jessie Vukobratovich Post)

The Importance of Both Planning and Adapting

Regulation: Where do we draw the line?
Should Elvis, The Beatles, Madonna, and Shostakovich be told what kind of music they can and can't make?

Balancing the Pendulum Goes Both Ways
(Arizona HB2570)

Tyranny of The Mob

Original Intent of Zoning and Land Use Regulation

Origins and Evolution of Zoning Law

Ask GhatGPT: History and Evolution of Property Rights and Zoning in America?

Has Zoning Law Become Socialism?

Has Populism Become The New Socialism?

Zoning Is Just a Regulation, Not The Actual Property Right

Property Rights Versus Other Rights?
(Right to Bear Arms, Freedom of Speech, etc.)

The Hallmark Movie Cliché

2014 Radio Interview With Shane Krauser

Shane Krauser:
What is Government really supposed to do?

The Founder's Political Spectrum (Cleon Skousen)

Still Mine
(Building Permits and Zoning Versus Freedom)

Has populism turned conservatives into socialists who forgot about property rights? 2025 Preface to Post on Trump and Zoning Law?

What is Zoning Law (land use regulation) in the Trump era? 2024 thoughts on Trump's re-election.


Quotes & Thoughts:

Liberty and Government

Abraham Lincoln: Better Angles

Faith Based Warnings on the Tyranny of Man

Land Use Regulation
(Zoning Law)

Frédéric Bastiat - The Law

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

Thomas Sowell

Milton Friedman

Christian Libertarian

Am I A Libertarian?

Arturo Sandoval on Cuba and Freedom

Freedom by Eric Hoffer


Equality:

Communism and Socialism Cause Catastrophic Human Suffering

How Good People Slip Into Socialism

Equality: The Haves and Have Nots

Neil Pert, Rush, The Trees

Portland, Oregon, a Microcosm Study in Good Intentions and Too Much Government Gone Wrong?


President Ronald Reagan:

Farewell Speech 1989

A Time For Choosing
A Time For Choosing (Text)
A Time For Choosing (Condensed)

Reagan on the Johnny Carson Show in 1975

1981 Reagan Inauguration
We are a nation that has a government, not the other way around.

1983 Reagan America is Great Because American is Good
When it ceases to be good, it will cease to be great.


About Jason Barney, Pendulum Balance, and Righteous Dominion