About Us

About Us

Welcome to Think About Freedom.

I am Bob Blair the founder of this site, a newsletter and print column. I was born in the early 1960’s and have been a lifelong resident of Southern California. I am single, no children and the owner of several small businesses. I have been an occasional voter, but never especially political. . . . .until the attacks on 9-11.

I was home sick on 9-11 and remained home on 9-12. At one point I was talking to a neighbor, around my age - middle 30’s. I didn’t know her very well, just enough to say "hi", not much more. She and I talked for a few minutes about the shocking events of the prior day. We both joined the nation in sadness, fear and uneasiness. As we parted, I said what I thought was a rather mild, but truly American type comment,  “Well I hope it doesn’t lead to an overreaction by the government and a real loss of liberty etc.” She didn’t miss a beat, and looked me right in the eye and said: “I don’t care what they do…if it saves one life it’s worth it”. I looked back at her and said “I have no clue how to respond to that statement”.  She was a person far more educated then I, several degrees, and despite that she didn’t have a clue.

It was at that moment that the seeds were planted for my book, this site and my other efforts. My purpose is to redirect and alter this oft used phrase that has grown like a cancer in our lexicon. "If it saves one life it’s worth it."   This one little phrase that has swept our land…our language…and has hurt our liberty more then it will ever help us.  A safe life …has become more important then our way of life. My response is … if it saves one freedom…it’s worth it.

I then set about to craft my “mission statement” which is simple and very much at the heart of my current activism. It simply reads:  Inspiring people to question the ever-changing definition of freedom.  My mission, my purpose, is to inspire as many people as possible to discuss, argue and question the changing definitions of freedom and liberty.

I personally believe that most people in the USA today either don’t get it, or simply don’t care that our way of life is in real danger. My hope is to foster this debate in ways that encourage a positive outlook to the future.

We all need to… Think About Freedom!

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