Let's Go Back Through the Listening Tube October 20-24
Oct 18, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
Topics include Liberty, communism, religious freedom and Uranus. Comments go here Support the show…
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- Bob WoodleyHostListening Tube Co-HostHost
Oct 18, 2026 · 11 min · 9 segments
Topics include Liberty, communism, religious freedom and Uranus. Comments go here Support the show…
This week in 1774, the first display of the word liberty on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in colonial America.
America has always stood for liberty, even before there was a United States of America.
There are forces working within the borders of the United States to deny people of liberty, and it's not hard to spot them.
They're the forces that instigate in the name of oppressive policies like rent control or government control of manufacturing.
Some other examples of liberty being oppressed might be having the government mandate your health care, or being forced to cover most of your body with approved garments, or to follow a religion that has laws that deny people of liberty.
A lot of people who espouse those anti-liberty policies and laws are running for public office right now.
If you wish to keep the right to express your opinion at all, vote for candidates who value freedom and liberty.
Candidates who push universal health care and guaranteed income and social programs for every cause under the sun may promise a lot but never tell you the cost.
This week in 1781, the Patent of Toleration providing limited freedom of worship is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
By limited freedom of worship, it only applies to Christians, those who were not Roman Catholic.
It was Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of the Austrian Habsburg Dominions in Central Europe who granted the new freedom of religion to the people while maintaining the posture of the Catholic Church.
In January of 1782, he also freed Jews in the territory from restrictions based on discrimination.
What caused the Holy Roman Emperor's Enlightenment? Perhaps it was the success of the relatively new United States of America, where liberty, including the liberty to practice your religion, led to an army that was able to defeat one of the most powerful militaries on the planet at the time.
This week in 1774, the first display of the word liberty on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in colonial America.
America has always stood for liberty, even before there was a United States of America.
There are forces working within the borders of the United States to deny people of liberty, and it's not hard to spot them.
They're the forces that instigate in the name of oppressive policies like rent control or government control of manufacturing.
Some other examples of liberty being oppressed might be having the government mandate your health care, or being forced to cover most of your body with approved garments, or to follow a religion that has laws that deny people of liberty.
A lot of people who espouse those anti-liberty policies and laws are running for public office right now.
If you wish to keep the right to express your opinion at all, vote for candidates who value freedom and liberty.
Candidates who push universal health care and guaranteed income and social programs for every cause under the sun may promise a lot but never tell you the cost.
This week in 1781, the Patent of Toleration providing limited freedom of worship is approved in Habsburg Monarchy.
By limited freedom of worship, it only applies to Christians, those who were not Roman Catholic.
It was Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of the Austrian Habsburg Dominions in Central Europe who granted the new freedom of religion to the people while maintaining the posture of the Catholic Church.
In January of 1782, he also freed Jews in the territory from restrictions based on discrimination.
What caused the Holy Roman Emperor's Enlightenment? Perhaps it was the success of the relatively new United States of America, where liberty, including the liberty to practice your religion, led to an army that was able to defeat one of the most powerful militaries on the planet at the time.
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