Fear and Destruction of Your Liberties

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.- The Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear- Dune: Frank Herbert

Public Education

There is a huge debate going on about public education in this country, and instead of focusing on the quality of education, the debate seems to be centered on cost. In my opinion the debate should be on cost vs. results, as I am the single parent of my 13 year old son, and this debate is very important to me.
There are two types of public schools in this country, one is the traditional public schools that operate within a given district,

Unemployment Figures and the Inconvienent Truth Republicans and Democrats Don't Want You To know

I began researching this article to find out what the true number of jobless people actually is in the United States, and what I found has been startling to say the least. In January when the unemployment rate dropped from 9.8% to 9.4%, despite only 36,000 jobs being created in the private sector, the government told us it was because some 600,000 people had become discouraged, and quit looking for work, and of course the media, and the citizenry bought the lie, hook, line, and sinker.

Cowardice In the White House

Over a period of the last two months the world has sat idly by and watched as there has been violence, bloodshed, and outright murder of protesters in first Tunisia, the Egypt, which have ended with the overthrow, and ouster of entrenched dictators in both those nations.

Which Candidates Who Ran on a Platform of Freedom Delivered?

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I brewed a pot of coffee, and turned on the news, as is my usual habit when getting ready for the day, and saw one of the twin towers burning. I turned up the volume, and was thinking that some air traffic controller was in serious trouble, and sat in my recliner to watch what I was sure was going to be a media feeding frenzy on air traffic controllers, on to find myself in a state of

US Foreign Aid, Your Wallet, and Tyranny Around the World

The GOP in the House of Representatives just passed on the perfect chance to cut $79.2 billion from the Continuing Resolution to fund the US Government through fiscal year 2011. The cuts would have met little resistance from their Tea Party base, or the Democratically controlled Senate, and what little resistance there might have been could have been shouted down in the name of bipartisan compromise, which would have made both sides look good to their base. As it stands both sides appear bumbling and incompetent to

The US Constitution and Modern Money

Everyone says love makes the world go around, but I'm here to tell you, it takes money to go around the world. At one time money was worth something, but those days are long gone, now on a given day the value of your money is manipulated on the world stage in ways that would have shocked and, confounded the Founding Fathers of this great country. Your money can be manipulated by traders in futures,

The Federal Budget, and the Deficit

I have read many articles about one or the other of the items listed in the title of this article, and decided it was time to write an article combining the two, after all they are as conjoined as Siamese Twins, and need to be dealt with at the same time, as the parasites they are on the American people.

The Dismantling of the Second Amendment- The Assault on Personal Liberty part 1

With all the gun control hullabaloo going on right now in the wake of the Arizona shootings, I decided this was the perfect time to write an article about the methodical dismantling of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, that has been going on since the 1800s. Everyone needs to be made aware this isn't just about the taking of one right,

The Constitution of the United States of America

The greatest document ever written. I give you:

Constitution for the United States of America
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The American Schutzstaffel- The War on the Impoverished part 5

I'm sorry this article has taken so long to get out, (I had planned to write an article a day when I started this blog), but this article has the potential of carrying heavy repercussions, and I had to weigh the pros and cons before I wrote it. In the end it came down to a simple question: Had those people who fought and died so valiantly to found a nation based on personal freedom died in vain? Once I realized they died so I could write a story like this,

The War on Drugs- The War on the Impoverished part 4

The term, "The War on Drugs" was first coined by President Richard Milhous Nixon on June 17, 1971, but in actuality the war on drugs began in California in 1913. California had become the first state in the union to criminalize Marijuana, by making the preparation of hemp and its products illegal.

The Harrison Tax Act, which was enacted on December 17, 1914

Farm Subsidies- The War on the Impoverished part 3

When a person thinks of farm subsidies, they think of a farmer sitting on his tractor with his hat in his hand, and a smile on his face as he wipes the sweat from his brow, knowing that whatever terrors Mother Nature might unleash that summer, he will at least be able to keep his head above water for another year... Well at least that was the warm and fuzzy, pink butterflies in the sky image I've always associated with farm subsidies, at least until I began to read up on the New Deal

The Federal Minimum Wage- The War on the Impoverished part 2

In this article I will not be writing about FDR's New Deal in its entirety, in this article I will be focusing on that onerous, (or odorous if you prefer), section of the Second New Deal entitled, "The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" and in particular the federal minimum wage. There are other parts of the New Deal I wish to dissect,

The War on the Impoverished

This article will begin a lengthy series on the war against the poor and middle class of the United States.

On December 16, 1773 British colonists in Massachusetts, dressed as Indians, threw three shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor after colonial officials refused to return the taxed to to England, and sparked a revolution, which culminated with the defeat of the British army at Yorktown in October 1781. Thus began the great country that is now known as the United States of America.

Since the inception of our nation on September 3, 1783,.

Our American Children

We all love our children, and why wouldn't we? They are little versions of us after all. They're fun to hold, tickle, and wrestle around with, and as they grow older they are enjoyable to have conversations with, and teach our values to as we refine them in ourselves. There is nothing quite like seeing the shine in your child's eyes when you get them that one special gift they've been thinking about and dreaming of, for their birthday or Christmas, and getting that running tackle hug they give to show their appreciation for that special item.

Buy American

In my last article I stressed the importance of buying American made products as a means of both fixing the US economy, and job creation. In this article I will be exploring the ways in which this can be done.

Made In the USA

We the People, in order to form a more perfect union have allowed our politicians and our corporations to drive us into near public and private bankruptcy.This was done in a myriad of ways from high domestic tax rates and tax incentives to send our manufacturing overseas, to allowing banks