Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. – George S. Patton
I have always believed the people of this country are great and dependable. And you know something I still believe that. There is however a rotten apple in the bushel and it is spoiling the entire crop. Continue reading
Democratic leaders always seem to blame America first. – Ken Mehlman
As the debt crisis looms (“never let a good crisis go to waste”) we as a country find ourselves at war with ourselves. Continue reading
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress…. But then I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
So we got another two trillion plus dollars added to the debt, we’ll just print more Monopoly money to cover the bills. A trillion here, a trillion there, so what, no big deal after all the few taxpayers that are left will cover the cost. Right? Continue reading
Lack of money is the root of all evil. — George Bernard Shaw
Why is it wrong to have money? Why is it wrong to want the better aspects of life? Continue reading
This is the continuation of the letter I wrote to me a few months ago…
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Each man or woman must determine their own fate and sail in the direction they choose, and I have chosen the path I now want to travel. Continue reading
Actions have consequences…first rule of life. And the second rule is this: you are the only one responsible for your own actions. — Holly Lisle
Some months ago I wrote myself a letter. I’m going to post it in two parts as it is rather long. The first part follows:
Dear G:
I write this letter to me as I have many things I need to tell me, which only I can say. To start let me congratulate me on all the progress I have made so far. I have emerged from a minor depression with the feeling of renewed spirit and vigor. To that end I say, keep it up. Continue reading
You are in control of your life. Don’t ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made. — Barbara Hall
Everyday each of us makes a variety of choices and set priorities for our actions. We do this either with a conscious effort or an unconscious one. Sometimes our choices are great, sometimes fair, and sometimes poor, and the result of our choice is very seldom evident at the outset. Continue reading
Hope is the river you must cross. Faith is the bridge you cannot see. — Bill Purdin
Our neighbor died last week. She had been battling the cancer and like the insidious beast that it is, it finally took her away. Continue reading
Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. — Harriet Lerner
I noticed where the Congressional House refused to allow the good old fashion light bulb, the incandescent bulb, to live. Politicians are bound and determined to dictate how we, the people, are to live and what we can and cannot buy. Plus they require we buy what we do not want but rather what they demand we have. We no longer live in a democracy, we live in a dictatorship. However, we, we the people voted for the leadership we now have and thus it is we the people who are to blame for our own demise. Continue reading
I just read an article about budget shortfalls and how states are trying to tax the internet now in order to make up for those shortfalls. In fact California just did that, all in the expectations of receiving a ton of additional revenue (dream on Sacramento, dream on). Continue reading