In our society there are at least three Pillars that uphold our Freedom over our heads...

SECURITY PILLAR

1. The quality or state of being secure as a: freedom from danger: safety b: freedom from fear or anxiety c: freedom from the prospect of being laid off. 2. a: something that secures :PROTECTION b {1}: measures taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack, or escape {2} an organization or department whose task is security. One is the security forces Pillar comprising local police, state police and military forces of Navy, Army, Marines & Air Force.

Requires adequate funding to maintain a state of readiness.

DEMOCRACY PILLAR

Government by the people; rule of the majority:

A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercisedby them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. One is the governmental forces of local, state & federal agencies that collect taxes and provides for services that a diverse public requires.

NEWSPAPERS PILLAR

The third and most important Pillar is the independent one that has oversight capabilities with its investigating type reporting to inform the voting public of the malfeasance of the other two pillars and make changes in their operation by collective voting. The many hundreds of Independent newspapers publishing companies fulfill this duty.

A new business model with new ways is required for the newspaper industry survival. This model will allow small business access to subscribers in its immediate neighborhood for their survival. It requires to elevate the delivery force to a more responsible position in the newspaper chain by a franchise type operation. It has the elements to reverse the circulation decline which is crippling is newspapers today. There is tremendous amount of untapped advertising revenue in bite size portions in the smaller business concerns.

WARNING! We can not afford to lose these PILLARS of FREEDON to those forces with agendas of their own and who motives are hidden behind veils of NEGLECT, GREED and INDIFFERENCE.

Warren Hannon