The End of a Road “Paved With Good Intentions” – Part 2
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty together again.” – Samuel Arnold The creation of the United Nations after the second World War was to be a signal to the world that the people of [...]
We the People is a Delusion
As I read the recent White House response to the secession petitions, it struck me as just how meaningless and totally irrelevant the Government sees it citizens. “In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial. And that’s a good [...]
Why Did the Founding Fathers Emphasize Morality?
At some point in the near future there will be a national separation based on ideology and–interestingly enough–personal behavior. This is what I mean; The success of Progressive/Socialist ideology is dependent upon personal lawlessness. Hence, the welfare state. Excluding Social Security and Medicare, the welfare state does not primarily mete its tax-payer funded substance [...]
Thank a Veteran If:
You woke up and walked from your bedroom to your kitchen and had a cup of coffee. You turned on your television and had more than Government channels to watch. You drove your car up to 7-11 to get a Sunday paper that wasn’t issued by your Government. Your kids go to a school that [...]
State of the States
For over four hundred years, the North American continent has been the promised land in one way or another. Columbus and his ships, after a dangerous voyage, discovered this place and it caught the imagination of the old world. Its been fought over, bled for, died for, defended, and remained till modern times a bastion [...]
A Healthcare Road Less Traveled
Despite the fact that the Supreme Court has ruled on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, we continue to find ourselves at a fork in the road. The Republican members of Congress have pledged to repeal the law and start over with a patient centered healthcare reform act. While this sounds promising, [...]
My Address to an Occupy Group
In the highly unlikely case that I should ever be invited to address an Occupy Group, I’ve prepared this little pep talk. Good morning everyone. I’m honored to speak to you this day. It is a beautiful day at the park, and I am privileged to have this opportunity. Let me give you a little [...]
Death and Taxes
You know, you’d think a person who has risen to the heights of their chosen career path, has gone to college for several years, worked hard to perfect their craft…could at least count. I mean, after all, its one of the things we learn to do in our younger years that is considered (in [...]
Ask Not of the U.S. Government
Anyone who confuses the term: “U.S. Government” with “United States of America” is probably not thinking very clearly. To illustrate the point, replace the words “your country” in President Kennedy’s inaugural speech of 1961, and you have: “Ask not what the U.S. Government can do for you, ask what you can do for the U.S. [...]
How Much is the Government Worth?
Someone once said that if you make the Government responsible for something, you give them the power. That power is hard to revoke. The recent few years have revealed to what extent this assertion is true. What with Tarp and stimulus packages; and how we expect to make the poor rich by making the rich [...]
