Being truly human means behaving in a way that is not merely ordinary, but ordinate, a word the Oxford English Dictionary defines as “ordered, regulated; orderly, regular, moderate.” It means living appropriately, or à propos, so that one estimates things at their right value and behaves in the way correctly suited to each occasion. This is why, as Montaigne puts it, living appropriately is “our great and glorious masterpiece”—grandiose language, but used to describe a quality that is anything but grandiose. Mediocrity, for Montaigne, does not mean the dullness that comes from not bothering to think things through, or from lacking the imagination to see beyond one’s own viewpoint. It means accepting that one is like everyone else, and that one carries the entire form of the human condition. This could not be further removed from Rousseau and his feeling that he is set apart from all humanity. For Montaigne: There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly, no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally; and the most barbarous of our maladies is to despise our being.
~ Sarah Bakewell on Montaigne
Uprooted and transplanted which leads to my view of the world being, sometimes, a bit different than most. Not always right, not always wrong. I just think too much and had to find a way to get it all out of my head.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Declarations if I became President...
... I would:
Declare all Foreign Aid to end within 1 year of when I took office with the exception of Israel, S. Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Poland, and the Czech Republic. (no favorites here, I was born in Germany) All others would have that year to come and make a case as to why they should be included. Those not accepted can re-submit every year with the reasonable hope of changing our minds.
Declare that all spending to be frozen at current levels for one year. Every year after that reduce everyones (except military & intelligence) budget by 10% for the next 3 years, renewable if I get elected again and then for another 4 years. Might even push to make that permanent so I wouldn't have to run again. It would be up to each Department & Program on how to implement the reduction in their budget.
Declare a moratorium on any new regulations immediately. Then each year task each Department or Program to reduce its regulations by 20% until there is a concise document that covers the essentials and nothing else.
Declare an end to taxes and implement the Fair Tax. This will save the IRS from having to spend any time or money on the aforementioned Declaration.
Declare the end of fraud and waste in all Departments & Programs through repurposed IRS agents auditing each.
Declare that in 4 years all benefits and salaries would end for Congress & the President. They are servants and should act accordingly.
Declare that the Supreme Court is not permanent and will limit terms with each successive judge to be chosen by the voting public.
Declare an end to the Federal Reserve, the World Bank, and end support for the UN. If the UN stays, they can pay us rent.
Declare that the legal system must also reduce all laws and contracts by 50%. And to institute a "Loser Pays" system.
Declare that fines imposed upon businesses or other such entities to be done away with and replaced with jail time if found guilty.
Of course these are all only generalities, some more specific than others. Also, this is a living breathing document and will be added or subtracted upon until there is a concise document.
Declare all Foreign Aid to end within 1 year of when I took office with the exception of Israel, S. Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Poland, and the Czech Republic. (no favorites here, I was born in Germany) All others would have that year to come and make a case as to why they should be included. Those not accepted can re-submit every year with the reasonable hope of changing our minds.
Declare that all spending to be frozen at current levels for one year. Every year after that reduce everyones (except military & intelligence) budget by 10% for the next 3 years, renewable if I get elected again and then for another 4 years. Might even push to make that permanent so I wouldn't have to run again. It would be up to each Department & Program on how to implement the reduction in their budget.
Declare a moratorium on any new regulations immediately. Then each year task each Department or Program to reduce its regulations by 20% until there is a concise document that covers the essentials and nothing else.
Declare an end to taxes and implement the Fair Tax. This will save the IRS from having to spend any time or money on the aforementioned Declaration.
Declare the end of fraud and waste in all Departments & Programs through repurposed IRS agents auditing each.
Declare that in 4 years all benefits and salaries would end for Congress & the President. They are servants and should act accordingly.
Declare that the Supreme Court is not permanent and will limit terms with each successive judge to be chosen by the voting public.
Declare an end to the Federal Reserve, the World Bank, and end support for the UN. If the UN stays, they can pay us rent.
Declare that the legal system must also reduce all laws and contracts by 50%. And to institute a "Loser Pays" system.
Declare that fines imposed upon businesses or other such entities to be done away with and replaced with jail time if found guilty.
Of course these are all only generalities, some more specific than others. Also, this is a living breathing document and will be added or subtracted upon until there is a concise document.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Letter to the Tea Party
There is only one candidate that has done what you want to have done today.
This candidate shrunk government and balanced the budget.
Not on a State level nor for a Corporation but for the entire Nation.
He did all this until a group of self-righteous people, including ME, threw him out.
I realize now that my self-righteousness would also have kept me from liking, definitely not endorsing just about every man, woman, or child that was used in the Bible to further God's will. The murderers, prostitutes, philanderers, mass murderers, traitors, robbers, and many more.
I've learned that each of our walks are individual. Some get cancer, some wealth, some both until that changes. Some get rained on while others get sunshine until that too changes. Each walk is individually tailored and brings us closer to where we're supposed to be. To criticize someones individual walk is nothing short of criticizing God. But I digress.
Then, after he was sent packing, we watched Washington creep back to normal and become the swamp it has always been (how ironic its built on a swamp).
And quite frankly we deserved it. Now in the vacuum that we created, we've had to create the Tea Party. A wonderful concept but I for one wish there was no need for it. I'd rather be watching football or playing with my dog or shopping with my wife (which indicates more than anything else how much I wish there was no need for the Tea Party).
Out of all the candidates, only one did what you want to have done.
He created a Revolution, he wrote the bills, recruited Congressmen, he then passed every bill within 100 days and effectively stopped the Obama of his day.
He also set the Government back on course to be what it is supposed to be.
As they say, he's done it once and will do it again. This time as President he can do so even more effectively and prevent the return to the swamp.
Like him or not, Newt Gingrich is the only one that has done it and we need to get over our self-righteouseness or else we will end up with another Diet Socialist for President or even the fully leaded one we've seen on vacation the past 3 years.
Like him or not, Newt is the best person for the job. That is why his (and our) enemies have attacked him so much.
But consider this, if you want a true insight to the man's character then remember the last few days in Iowa.
During the entire debate he was teaching the audience how to reform government. The rest repeated talking points over and over again til their time was up. Yes, there were some attacks on each other, like school children will but the Teacher kept on teaching.
In the closing remarks every one of them literally said vote for me. All except Newt.
His entire closing remark was a summation of his lesson on reforming government.
Now thats the type of character we need in power.
I've watched the rallies in Iowa since that debate. Lots of pep rallies. Very exciting but still the same phrases over and over again. And then you watch Newt. Still teaching.
I ask you to put aside your differences, to use your reason and give good consideration to the man thats done what you continue to hope for but will never get from any other candidate.
Newt has taught it, he's written about it, he's done it.
God bless America.
{Mostly for selfish reasons I admit, I'm tired of moving but then again where else can I move to? Socialists can move anywhere but where do we go for Freedom? Hint- thats why America is supposed to be different, better, to give people a choice.}
This candidate shrunk government and balanced the budget.
Not on a State level nor for a Corporation but for the entire Nation.
He did all this until a group of self-righteous people, including ME, threw him out.
I realize now that my self-righteousness would also have kept me from liking, definitely not endorsing just about every man, woman, or child that was used in the Bible to further God's will. The murderers, prostitutes, philanderers, mass murderers, traitors, robbers, and many more.
I've learned that each of our walks are individual. Some get cancer, some wealth, some both until that changes. Some get rained on while others get sunshine until that too changes. Each walk is individually tailored and brings us closer to where we're supposed to be. To criticize someones individual walk is nothing short of criticizing God. But I digress.
Then, after he was sent packing, we watched Washington creep back to normal and become the swamp it has always been (how ironic its built on a swamp).
And quite frankly we deserved it. Now in the vacuum that we created, we've had to create the Tea Party. A wonderful concept but I for one wish there was no need for it. I'd rather be watching football or playing with my dog or shopping with my wife (which indicates more than anything else how much I wish there was no need for the Tea Party).
Out of all the candidates, only one did what you want to have done.
He created a Revolution, he wrote the bills, recruited Congressmen, he then passed every bill within 100 days and effectively stopped the Obama of his day.
He also set the Government back on course to be what it is supposed to be.
As they say, he's done it once and will do it again. This time as President he can do so even more effectively and prevent the return to the swamp.
Like him or not, Newt Gingrich is the only one that has done it and we need to get over our self-righteouseness or else we will end up with another Diet Socialist for President or even the fully leaded one we've seen on vacation the past 3 years.
Like him or not, Newt is the best person for the job. That is why his (and our) enemies have attacked him so much.
But consider this, if you want a true insight to the man's character then remember the last few days in Iowa.
During the entire debate he was teaching the audience how to reform government. The rest repeated talking points over and over again til their time was up. Yes, there were some attacks on each other, like school children will but the Teacher kept on teaching.
In the closing remarks every one of them literally said vote for me. All except Newt.
His entire closing remark was a summation of his lesson on reforming government.
Now thats the type of character we need in power.
I've watched the rallies in Iowa since that debate. Lots of pep rallies. Very exciting but still the same phrases over and over again. And then you watch Newt. Still teaching.
I ask you to put aside your differences, to use your reason and give good consideration to the man thats done what you continue to hope for but will never get from any other candidate.
Newt has taught it, he's written about it, he's done it.
God bless America.
{Mostly for selfish reasons I admit, I'm tired of moving but then again where else can I move to? Socialists can move anywhere but where do we go for Freedom? Hint- thats why America is supposed to be different, better, to give people a choice.}
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Ann Coulter on British Welfare
An excerpt from her latest column:
The Daily Mail (London) traced the family's proud Anglo ancestry of stable families back hundreds of years. The Nazi war machine couldn't break the British, but the modern welfare state has.
A year earlier, in 2007, another product of the new order, Fiona MacKeown, took seven of her eight children (by five different fathers) and her then-boyfriend, on a drug-fueled, six-month vacation to the Indian island of Goa. The trip was paid for -- like everything else in her life -- with government benefits.
(When was the last time you had a free, six-month vacation? I'm drawing a blank, too.)
While in Goa, Fiona took her entourage on a side-trip, leaving her 15-year-old daughter, Scarlett Keeling, in the capable hands of a 25-year-old local whom Scarlett had begun sleeping with, perhaps hoping to get a head-start on her own government benefits. A few weeks later, Scarlett turned up dead, full of drugs, raped and murdered.
Scarlett's estranged stepfather later drank himself to death, while her brother Silas announced on his social networking page: "My name is Si, n I spend most my life either out wit mates get drunk or at partys, playing rugby or going to da beach (pretty s**t really)."
My thoughts- yes, yes it is quite sh*t in a very, very sad way, all thanks to Socialism.
As I've said, all the economic problems we and Europe are facing are created by Socialism.
Socialism is the original frog in the pot on the stove.
Yet they refuse to believe in anything else. They are insane or maybe they know what they are doing and its working out quite well.
Its time for the Christians to begin to speak up.
The Daily Mail (London) traced the family's proud Anglo ancestry of stable families back hundreds of years. The Nazi war machine couldn't break the British, but the modern welfare state has.
A year earlier, in 2007, another product of the new order, Fiona MacKeown, took seven of her eight children (by five different fathers) and her then-boyfriend, on a drug-fueled, six-month vacation to the Indian island of Goa. The trip was paid for -- like everything else in her life -- with government benefits.
(When was the last time you had a free, six-month vacation? I'm drawing a blank, too.)
While in Goa, Fiona took her entourage on a side-trip, leaving her 15-year-old daughter, Scarlett Keeling, in the capable hands of a 25-year-old local whom Scarlett had begun sleeping with, perhaps hoping to get a head-start on her own government benefits. A few weeks later, Scarlett turned up dead, full of drugs, raped and murdered.
Scarlett's estranged stepfather later drank himself to death, while her brother Silas announced on his social networking page: "My name is Si, n I spend most my life either out wit mates get drunk or at partys, playing rugby or going to da beach (pretty s**t really)."
My thoughts- yes, yes it is quite sh*t in a very, very sad way, all thanks to Socialism.
As I've said, all the economic problems we and Europe are facing are created by Socialism.
Socialism is the original frog in the pot on the stove.
Yet they refuse to believe in anything else. They are insane or maybe they know what they are doing and its working out quite well.
Its time for the Christians to begin to speak up.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich's character shines through
I tweeted this right after his closing statement:
"Newt Gingrich, only candidate that didn't say vote for me during closing speech, too busy trying to save the country instead."
I think that sums up the entire night for Newt Gingrich.
The same cannot be said for the other candidates. Between the Botox, the preening, and the talking points none could match Newt's Sincerity, Intelligence, Experience, or Knowledge.
Like him or not, Newt is the best man for the job.
This country used to be about giving people a chance, unless it gives one to Newt, this country will not be around very much longer.
IMHO.
"Newt Gingrich, only candidate that didn't say vote for me during closing speech, too busy trying to save the country instead."
I think that sums up the entire night for Newt Gingrich.
The same cannot be said for the other candidates. Between the Botox, the preening, and the talking points none could match Newt's Sincerity, Intelligence, Experience, or Knowledge.
Like him or not, Newt is the best man for the job.
This country used to be about giving people a chance, unless it gives one to Newt, this country will not be around very much longer.
IMHO.
An observation of Newt Gingrich's performance last night
Excerpt from Steve Deace on last nights debate:
If I was from the Planet Mars and didn’t know anything about these candidates other than what I saw on Thursday night, there is no question my first choice for President of the United States would be Newt Gingrich. He was forceful without looking undistinguished, aggressive without losing his self-dignity, informed, informative, and put leadership ahead of policy. This was the Gingrich of the 1994 Republican Revolution. Is it enough to reboot his campaign following the Straw Poll? Who knows, but there’s little doubt it at least reintroduces him as a serious voice in American politics again after a disastrous start to his campaign.
My note- the so-called "disastrous start" is as ridiculous as saying that Pearl Harbor was a "disastrous start" and America could never win after that. Doesn't say anything about America's capabilities nor Newt's. Other than that, great observation.
If I was from the Planet Mars and didn’t know anything about these candidates other than what I saw on Thursday night, there is no question my first choice for President of the United States would be Newt Gingrich. He was forceful without looking undistinguished, aggressive without losing his self-dignity, informed, informative, and put leadership ahead of policy. This was the Gingrich of the 1994 Republican Revolution. Is it enough to reboot his campaign following the Straw Poll? Who knows, but there’s little doubt it at least reintroduces him as a serious voice in American politics again after a disastrous start to his campaign.
My note- the so-called "disastrous start" is as ridiculous as saying that Pearl Harbor was a "disastrous start" and America could never win after that. Doesn't say anything about America's capabilities nor Newt's. Other than that, great observation.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
More Dick M. on Newt G.
Another excerpt:
In the first debate, Newt showed his stuff. His answers were a class apart from the rest of the candidates and a notch above them in intellectual insight and information.
Dick Morris on Newt Gingrich
An excerpt from his Debate guide for tonight:
Newt Gingrich is the candidate who should benefit most from the debates. He is unquestionably the brightest and best informed of the candidates and has the most experience by far. His professorial style is well suited to debate, and most Republicans would pay admission to see him take on Obama in debate.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Human Rights Violation - Atlanta Public Schools
Denying children an education is a Human Rights Violation. It can come in many forms but the one that has been "outed" in the Atlanta Public School system is that of teachers cheating for their students. I say for them since none of the articles I've read give a hint that the students knew about it. Which brings up another sordid revelation which is that the teachers lied to the students & to their parents. But I digress.
Tests are there for a reason. To test knowledge. If a student cannot pass a test then either the test is flawed, the student does not have the knowledge, or the teacher did a bad job.
Since these were standardized tests given throughout the state and no where else did teachers have to change answers to "help" the students pass, we can safely say its not the tests "fault". #sarcasm
Therefore we look to the student. Maybe the student does not have the knowledge to pass the test. This leads to the question as to whether or not the student received that knowledge. If they did not receive it then again the finger is pointed at the teacher. Why didn't they teach the student? In the case where the student was not able to retain the knowledge given, then why didn't the teacher notice or care enough to help/teach the student to retain the knowledge?
Quickly it is becoming apparent that who should be looked at is not the student but the teachers. If the student did not get the knowledge or learn how to use the knowledge or learn how to retain the knowledge that is a direct reflection upon the teacher. They are not teaching. And by erasing questions that were incorrect and making them correct they furthered these atrocious acts by not only cheating on tests but cheating, ergo denying, the student of an education.
Don't even get me started on the parents who are defending these criminals. My parents would have stormed the school with torches and pitchforks if a teacher had abused me in this way. But, again, I digress.
America is truly in a sad, sad state. And thanks to teachers like this, the people will never notice.
My thoughts in 600 seconds or less!
Tests are there for a reason. To test knowledge. If a student cannot pass a test then either the test is flawed, the student does not have the knowledge, or the teacher did a bad job.
Since these were standardized tests given throughout the state and no where else did teachers have to change answers to "help" the students pass, we can safely say its not the tests "fault". #sarcasm
Therefore we look to the student. Maybe the student does not have the knowledge to pass the test. This leads to the question as to whether or not the student received that knowledge. If they did not receive it then again the finger is pointed at the teacher. Why didn't they teach the student? In the case where the student was not able to retain the knowledge given, then why didn't the teacher notice or care enough to help/teach the student to retain the knowledge?
Quickly it is becoming apparent that who should be looked at is not the student but the teachers. If the student did not get the knowledge or learn how to use the knowledge or learn how to retain the knowledge that is a direct reflection upon the teacher. They are not teaching. And by erasing questions that were incorrect and making them correct they furthered these atrocious acts by not only cheating on tests but cheating, ergo denying, the student of an education.
Don't even get me started on the parents who are defending these criminals. My parents would have stormed the school with torches and pitchforks if a teacher had abused me in this way. But, again, I digress.
America is truly in a sad, sad state. And thanks to teachers like this, the people will never notice.
My thoughts in 600 seconds or less!
Monday, August 1, 2011
June Tweets
No brainer ad for #GOP- UK & Canada going bankrupt over Healthcare, Spain going bankrupt over Green energy & Obama wants us to be like them.
Obama says family ok w/ 1 term presidency? Why? because they've visited all the countries on their bucket list already?
I live life with my #Human side crashing through walls with a bulldozer and my #Christian side digging out from the rubble.
Providence comes from God and allows room for free will; Fortune is just the way the cookie crumbles ~ unknown
The learning of many things teacheth not understanding ~ Heraclitus
When Inexperience Is An Advantage http://t.co/Za2noNa Richard Branson beating the Gorilla's of Conventional Wisdom & the process minded.
Watching German news cheerleading the Austiegung, they really need their own #FoxNews to counter the Idiocracy of their leaders. #angsthasen
Came to a country with a melting pot and work, now reinvented to a rainbow, a lottery, and "you may be entitled to compensation" thanks #DNC
Hospitals in northern Germany overwhelmed, struggle to provide enough beds & medical care for patients reports @AP Darkside of #Socialism.
I wonder if Europeans will reconsider irradiation now that their vegetables are killing them.
Berliners play by their own rules http://t.co/sqXWQJP Sums up my experience while there last month. What has America become?
No oppressed people will fight & endure, as our fathers did w/o the promise of something better than a mere change of masters~NewtGingrich
#GOP is being short-sighted when speaking about job plans & anything about Obama, they must think beyond the obvious
Yes, a free health care system that is so superior that Democrats exempt themselves and their friends from being in it ~ Ann Coulter
Perhaps conservatives aren’t looking for a savior on the ballot because they already have one ~ Ann Coulter
#Liberals fault Christians for believing in perfection yet they're the ones who shoot down every idea that isn't perfect.
#Liberals / #Socialists point out others mistakes to prove invalidity of concept or person, if true, then they are the worst choice of all.
Obama says family ok w/ 1 term presidency? Why? because they've visited all the countries on their bucket list already?
I live life with my #Human side crashing through walls with a bulldozer and my #Christian side digging out from the rubble.
Providence comes from God and allows room for free will; Fortune is just the way the cookie crumbles ~ unknown
The learning of many things teacheth not understanding ~ Heraclitus
When Inexperience Is An Advantage http://t.co/Za2noNa Richard Branson beating the Gorilla's of Conventional Wisdom & the process minded.
Watching German news cheerleading the Austiegung, they really need their own #FoxNews to counter the Idiocracy of their leaders. #angsthasen
Came to a country with a melting pot and work, now reinvented to a rainbow, a lottery, and "you may be entitled to compensation" thanks #DNC
Hospitals in northern Germany overwhelmed, struggle to provide enough beds & medical care for patients reports @AP Darkside of #Socialism.
I wonder if Europeans will reconsider irradiation now that their vegetables are killing them.
Berliners play by their own rules http://t.co/sqXWQJP Sums up my experience while there last month. What has America become?
No oppressed people will fight & endure, as our fathers did w/o the promise of something better than a mere change of masters~NewtGingrich
#GOP is being short-sighted when speaking about job plans & anything about Obama, they must think beyond the obvious
Yes, a free health care system that is so superior that Democrats exempt themselves and their friends from being in it ~ Ann Coulter
Perhaps conservatives aren’t looking for a savior on the ballot because they already have one ~ Ann Coulter
#Liberals fault Christians for believing in perfection yet they're the ones who shoot down every idea that isn't perfect.
#Liberals / #Socialists point out others mistakes to prove invalidity of concept or person, if true, then they are the worst choice of all.
Sweet deal for girls' closed lemonade stand | ajc.com
Sweet deal for girls' closed lemonade stand | ajc.com
Great story in so many ways. Jekyll Island to the rescue!
May Tweets (some, not all)
Did the Disciples have the right resume or the right attitude & aptitude? Hiring practices in America befuddle me to say the least.
what is #FF? Fast forward? FireFox? Final Fantasy? Fast food? Foo Fighters? Frequent flyer? Ford Fiesta? Fuzz face? Fein-Fein? Fat free?
Methinks no one that deals w/ foreign policy has relatives overseas, I learned more over coffee with mine than what I'm hearing today.
Campaign is not going to be about ideas. Its going to be about leading people to the ideas.
Those who say that problems are too complicated are those who have a vested interest to keep it so.
Instead of being the adults in the room, lets be more like those children with their faith that the ancient bearded dude spoke about.
The idea, the religion of home ownership for all, turned into a national nightmare, a national apocalypse instead of a religion ~ Altucher
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism~Marx
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers ~ Aristotle
Anti-Biz environment due to Capitalistic owners forgetting what Capitalism is & Christian owners forgetting their Christianity.
Laws evolve yet Human Nature does not. Inside the box thinkers only come up w/ more laws while ignoring Human Nature. These are our experts.
For Man to understand & then to decide whether to delight therein or to transcend his human nature mirrors the fate of a society.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate ~ Descartes
I do not lead, I point ~ Plutarch (paraphrased)
..the theme of the absurdity of our education: its end has not been to make us good & wise, but learned ~ Montaigne
We ought to find out not who understands most but who understands best ~ Montaigne
We work merely to fill the memory, leaving the understanding & the sense of right & wrong empty ~ Montaigne
Education in America today ~ Learning more while knowing less. Education Industrial Complex
The US should let go of all countries for one year then make them re-apply thereafter but only if they help us and their people.
#GOP thinks if their lips are moving they're communicating, not to be confused with how do you know when #DNC is lying.
It is not about winning an election. It is about winning a country. Business as usual needs to end.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it ~ John Locke (not the guy from LOST :-)
what is #FF? Fast forward? FireFox? Final Fantasy? Fast food? Foo Fighters? Frequent flyer? Ford Fiesta? Fuzz face? Fein-Fein? Fat free?
Methinks no one that deals w/ foreign policy has relatives overseas, I learned more over coffee with mine than what I'm hearing today.
Campaign is not going to be about ideas. Its going to be about leading people to the ideas.
Those who say that problems are too complicated are those who have a vested interest to keep it so.
Instead of being the adults in the room, lets be more like those children with their faith that the ancient bearded dude spoke about.
The idea, the religion of home ownership for all, turned into a national nightmare, a national apocalypse instead of a religion ~ Altucher
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism~Marx
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers ~ Aristotle
Anti-Biz environment due to Capitalistic owners forgetting what Capitalism is & Christian owners forgetting their Christianity.
Laws evolve yet Human Nature does not. Inside the box thinkers only come up w/ more laws while ignoring Human Nature. These are our experts.
For Man to understand & then to decide whether to delight therein or to transcend his human nature mirrors the fate of a society.
In order to improve the mind, we ought less learn than to contemplate ~ Descartes
I do not lead, I point ~ Plutarch (paraphrased)
..the theme of the absurdity of our education: its end has not been to make us good & wise, but learned ~ Montaigne
We ought to find out not who understands most but who understands best ~ Montaigne
We work merely to fill the memory, leaving the understanding & the sense of right & wrong empty ~ Montaigne
Education in America today ~ Learning more while knowing less. Education Industrial Complex
The US should let go of all countries for one year then make them re-apply thereafter but only if they help us and their people.
#GOP thinks if their lips are moving they're communicating, not to be confused with how do you know when #DNC is lying.
It is not about winning an election. It is about winning a country. Business as usual needs to end.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it ~ John Locke (not the guy from LOST :-)
Favorite quote from Newt Gingrich
No oppressed people will fight, and endure, as our fathers did, without the promise of something better, than a mere change of masters.
~ "A Nation like No Other" Newt Gingrich
I know I've posted this many times but it just seems appropriate with tonight's "deal" in DC.
Newt's solutions are based upon knowledge. An indepth knowledge of past and current events. An indepth knowledge of all the various ways of Thinking, also known as Philosophy & Religion just like the Founders of this country.
Too many are basing their decisions on emotion, faulty facts, and/or polls.
We need someone that has true knowledge & that would be Newt.
Remember 1994.
If Newt had not created a Revolution, then, all of this would have happened back then. Faces change but the problem stays the same. Then it was Hillary & Bill, now Obama. Same agenda just a different day and face.
We had Newt then, we need him again. He did it then, he will do it again.
~ "A Nation like No Other" Newt Gingrich
I know I've posted this many times but it just seems appropriate with tonight's "deal" in DC.
Newt's solutions are based upon knowledge. An indepth knowledge of past and current events. An indepth knowledge of all the various ways of Thinking, also known as Philosophy & Religion just like the Founders of this country.
Too many are basing their decisions on emotion, faulty facts, and/or polls.
We need someone that has true knowledge & that would be Newt.
Remember 1994.
If Newt had not created a Revolution, then, all of this would have happened back then. Faces change but the problem stays the same. Then it was Hillary & Bill, now Obama. Same agenda just a different day and face.
We had Newt then, we need him again. He did it then, he will do it again.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Not a new topic for Newt Gingrich
Pamela Geller in a posting from her blog, http://t.co/9J4zNA9, stated:
Does it strike anyone else that this next presidential election feels less like an election and more like two opposing countries fighting for victory? Obama's idea of America is positively un-american (collectivist, socialist, transnational). The Republican mavericks (no, not the RINOs) are channeling our founding fathers, fighting for individual rights, less government, and our unalienable rights endowed by our Creator.
The battle is for America, exceptional, sovereign and free, vs. America, unexceptional, transnational, Statist.
This isn't so much an election but a fight for America. The Individual vs the State -- it's a non-violent civil war.
Newt Gingrich explains why:
The Founders of this great nation envisioned an economic system comprising a wide variety of energetic private interests, all pursuing their own enlightened self-interests under a carefully constructed system of federalism. The government they created was charged with creating a legal and policy environment that would allow the American economy and civil society to flourish. That government was not authorized to become the producer and director of the great drama that is America. And yet the Progressive movement, strongly influenced by the purported “efficiency” of nineteenth-century Prussian “planning,” and later of Soviet “planning,” has embraced a top-down director’s role for the government over the lives of the American people.
One of the two great political parties in the United States has essentially abandoned its responsibility to represent the private sector. It is now focused almost entirely on the demands of the public sector—state and federal government employees, their unions, and to the extent the Democrats listen to the private sector at all, the crony capitalists who profit from influencing government.
The political power of this party depends on increasing the percentage of the population that depends on Big Government and that votes to keep it in power. It is now imperative that the American people, who value and honor the legacy of freedom they have received from the Founders, step forward and restore the traditional American commitment to work and independence—or settle for a life of dependency on Hayek’s road to serfdom.
~ excerpts from Newt Gingrich "A Nation like no Other"
Does it strike anyone else that this next presidential election feels less like an election and more like two opposing countries fighting for victory? Obama's idea of America is positively un-american (collectivist, socialist, transnational). The Republican mavericks (no, not the RINOs) are channeling our founding fathers, fighting for individual rights, less government, and our unalienable rights endowed by our Creator.
The battle is for America, exceptional, sovereign and free, vs. America, unexceptional, transnational, Statist.
This isn't so much an election but a fight for America. The Individual vs the State -- it's a non-violent civil war.
Newt Gingrich explains why:
The Founders of this great nation envisioned an economic system comprising a wide variety of energetic private interests, all pursuing their own enlightened self-interests under a carefully constructed system of federalism. The government they created was charged with creating a legal and policy environment that would allow the American economy and civil society to flourish. That government was not authorized to become the producer and director of the great drama that is America. And yet the Progressive movement, strongly influenced by the purported “efficiency” of nineteenth-century Prussian “planning,” and later of Soviet “planning,” has embraced a top-down director’s role for the government over the lives of the American people.
One of the two great political parties in the United States has essentially abandoned its responsibility to represent the private sector. It is now focused almost entirely on the demands of the public sector—state and federal government employees, their unions, and to the extent the Democrats listen to the private sector at all, the crony capitalists who profit from influencing government.
The political power of this party depends on increasing the percentage of the population that depends on Big Government and that votes to keep it in power. It is now imperative that the American people, who value and honor the legacy of freedom they have received from the Founders, step forward and restore the traditional American commitment to work and independence—or settle for a life of dependency on Hayek’s road to serfdom.
~ excerpts from Newt Gingrich "A Nation like no Other"
Gingrich: I'm not giving up
Gingrich: I'm not giving up: "MARIETTA - In a wide-ranging interview with the Journal's editorial board on Thursday, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich spoke of why his campaign had trouble launching, how he intends to overcome..."
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Thoughts from my walk
Every day my dog walks me through the neighborhood which gives me time & opportunity to reflect and to think about my writing as well as getting to practice using my stern words- No! Stop! Come back! Don't pee on that!
Today I was thinking of yesterdays segment on Fox about 1994 and how it compares to today. Great segment, featured Newt Gingrich quite a bit since he was the author of the entire revolution then. Upon reflection, when those events are remembered or even viewed for the first time, it looks very much like the Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.
Hillary and Bill Clinton were the Obama's of their time (all Socialists, just different faces). If Bill had the blank check that Obama had, then, what is happening today would have happened then.
But Newt Gingrich stopped it in its tracks. He wrote the bills, he recruited the Congressional candidates, he then passed everything he said he would within the first 100 days. No one else can claim anything like that, not even close to that.
This time we have not had a Newt Gingrich to stop those who choose to Change us for the worse. Thankfully something almost as powerful has arisen and that is the modern day Tea Party. Just think how powerful they would be together though. The original Revolutionary (1994) with the present day Revolutionaries would do to the Socialists as the Originals did to the British.
History shows, its been done before, it can be done again.
Today I was thinking of yesterdays segment on Fox about 1994 and how it compares to today. Great segment, featured Newt Gingrich quite a bit since he was the author of the entire revolution then. Upon reflection, when those events are remembered or even viewed for the first time, it looks very much like the Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.
Hillary and Bill Clinton were the Obama's of their time (all Socialists, just different faces). If Bill had the blank check that Obama had, then, what is happening today would have happened then.
But Newt Gingrich stopped it in its tracks. He wrote the bills, he recruited the Congressional candidates, he then passed everything he said he would within the first 100 days. No one else can claim anything like that, not even close to that.
This time we have not had a Newt Gingrich to stop those who choose to Change us for the worse. Thankfully something almost as powerful has arisen and that is the modern day Tea Party. Just think how powerful they would be together though. The original Revolutionary (1994) with the present day Revolutionaries would do to the Socialists as the Originals did to the British.
History shows, its been done before, it can be done again.
Volunteering for Newt 2012 at the HQ
As many might have noticed, I have been posting quite a few excerpts from Newt's new book "A Nation like no Other".
What resonates with me in this book, is that this is the type of message that brought us to America and made us want to be Americans. It is a message that was taught to us in school but haven't heard since leaving childhood, except briefly again with Reagan & then in the Contract with America authored by Newt Gingrich. It is that America that I want to see again which is why I decided to volunteer for Newt Gingrich.
Yesterday was a kickoff for Newt's campaign to reach out to Iowa voters in order to listen to their thoughts and concerns about the upcoming election. Not a call for money. Nor to convince them how to vote. Just genuine concern for their issues, if they've been spoken about or haven't and what they personally think.
A small group of +35 people consisting of a high school student, some employed & some unemployed, small business owners, moms & wifes, as well as lifelong staffers and family members.
Some came from across town and some from as far away as North Carolina. All were volunteers, most all first timers. Yet when I spoke to each, the common themes I heard were how this guy, Newt, is the smartest man in the room wherever he goes and that is what we need for America today. That he had done it before and can do it again.
I would add for me personally that his Historical & Philosophical perspectives, which he bases his solutions upon, are unmatched by any of his declared or undeclared rivals. Especially so versus our Community Event planner who is always on holiday.
The energy in the room was unlike any I've felt before. Even before Newt arrived. Similar to a religious meeting, yet in quite a different way but just as strong. Almost like being at a championship college basketball or football game. People were pumped, they were happy to be there, they were ready to work with Newt.
The phone calling was non-stop. I did not see anyone take a break until Newt arrived. Everyone was on a phone having a great time speaking with people in Iowa. Quite a few lively discussions but always positive. No, not everyone supported Newt but all were impressed that his volunteers were calling to listen to them and their issues.
When Newt did arrive, the room went silent. Unfortunately I had a lively person on the phone and could not break away but I did see him take calls personally. I did get to hear his speech to us which further cemented in our minds why we were working with him and not for him. So unlike the soundbites and popular references that you hear from his rivals.
Afterwards people hit the phones again, inbetween bites of pizza. The room continued to buzz along with lively conversations all around. Camera's were walking around as well, interviewing each and every one of us. And in the end, we all got a one on one with Newt and our pictures taken with him. Truly, a great day had by all.
What resonates with me in this book, is that this is the type of message that brought us to America and made us want to be Americans. It is a message that was taught to us in school but haven't heard since leaving childhood, except briefly again with Reagan & then in the Contract with America authored by Newt Gingrich. It is that America that I want to see again which is why I decided to volunteer for Newt Gingrich.
Yesterday was a kickoff for Newt's campaign to reach out to Iowa voters in order to listen to their thoughts and concerns about the upcoming election. Not a call for money. Nor to convince them how to vote. Just genuine concern for their issues, if they've been spoken about or haven't and what they personally think.
A small group of +35 people consisting of a high school student, some employed & some unemployed, small business owners, moms & wifes, as well as lifelong staffers and family members.
Some came from across town and some from as far away as North Carolina. All were volunteers, most all first timers. Yet when I spoke to each, the common themes I heard were how this guy, Newt, is the smartest man in the room wherever he goes and that is what we need for America today. That he had done it before and can do it again.
I would add for me personally that his Historical & Philosophical perspectives, which he bases his solutions upon, are unmatched by any of his declared or undeclared rivals. Especially so versus our Community Event planner who is always on holiday.
The energy in the room was unlike any I've felt before. Even before Newt arrived. Similar to a religious meeting, yet in quite a different way but just as strong. Almost like being at a championship college basketball or football game. People were pumped, they were happy to be there, they were ready to work with Newt.
The phone calling was non-stop. I did not see anyone take a break until Newt arrived. Everyone was on a phone having a great time speaking with people in Iowa. Quite a few lively discussions but always positive. No, not everyone supported Newt but all were impressed that his volunteers were calling to listen to them and their issues.
When Newt did arrive, the room went silent. Unfortunately I had a lively person on the phone and could not break away but I did see him take calls personally. I did get to hear his speech to us which further cemented in our minds why we were working with him and not for him. So unlike the soundbites and popular references that you hear from his rivals.
Afterwards people hit the phones again, inbetween bites of pizza. The room continued to buzz along with lively conversations all around. Camera's were walking around as well, interviewing each and every one of us. And in the end, we all got a one on one with Newt and our pictures taken with him. Truly, a great day had by all.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
More Historical Perspectives from Newt
James Madison argued that “democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”2 According to John Adams, “[D]emocracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide,
~ "A Nation like no Other" by Newt Gingrich
~ "A Nation like no Other" by Newt Gingrich
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Newt Gingrich has Historical Perspectives
The Founders recognized that citizens of a free republic would have to accept extraordinary responsibilities. In European monarchies, the people were subjects who owed loyalty and obedience to their superiors, while the Court and the aristocrats were duty bound, at least in theory, to guard the best interests of commoners and of society as a whole. A republic, by contrast, required that each man, serving as his own sovereign, act not only in his own best interest but also in the interest of his fellow countrymen.
~ "A Nation like no Other" by Newt Gingrich
~ "A Nation like no Other" by Newt Gingrich
Monday, July 25, 2011
Newt Gingrich schooling Liberals
Radical secularists often seek to undermine the moral legitimacy of America’s religious heritage by pointing to occasions in our history when we Americans have failed to live up to our own ideals—whether in the case of slavery, the denial of civil rights, or other instances in which our historic commitment to liberty for all was radically compromised by other political agendas and pursuits. But in each of these instances, it was our very commitment to moral and religious principle, to an authority and law higher than our own, that impelled us to self-correct and to use our greatest mistakes as the greatest opportunities to reassert the dignity of every human being and the cause of human freedom ~ "A Nation like no Other" Newt Gingrich
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