Where did the representative republic go? It has died off to Democracy, this was predicted by our forfathers because they knew that the most dangerous thing is when a person thinks they have the right to other peoples money.
They talked about how mob rule was a bad thing, because when you give the people the option to grant themselves free things they will. We are now leaderless, the people in congress only worry about how they can either stay in power or how they can build a legacy. The desicions being made now are only made by polls, not by the strength of character of our leader! How was our american populous so easily fooled.



work in progress.

Greed good Criminal bad

Greed (excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions)
This word is to easy to use but to hard to admit. See the problem is that everyone says that the other person who has more is greedy and they assume that they are not. The truth is that if we are willing to admit it, we all want more. We want more pay, a bigger house, a nicer car, more vacation time and just about everything we can. We usually say we don’t want anything for free but so many people are asking for government aid and living off of the kindness of churches and other aid organizations.
I have only met one or two people in my life who did not want more.
Our esteemed publisher of the Citrus County Chronicle (who I do think does a very good job), talked recently about the possible end of greed. I hope that I miss read what he said, I know that when people take advantage of others it is criminal. When someone try’s to make as much as they can for their effort is living the American dream, it is not greed. I hope that if the Chronicle readership was to increase and the board decided to give Gerry Mulligan a raise he would take it, if the readership expanded by a huge number and the board decided on another raise he would take it. This of course would (wrongly) be looked at by those who are not getting pay raises as greed, but the truth is it is the American dream.
I just hope that each boss I have is greedy enough to keep me in a job and greedy enough to make the business profitable. I hope that we can get the criminal out of business (just like they did with Bernie Madhoff) and get people to understand that earning money is good. The more you earn the better it is for everyone, this jealousy of others (read wealth envy) has got to stop! We need to teach our kids to try to be and frugal and as hard earning as possible. The combination of these two things can help people be happier in their life. Greed, I say we need more of it.

A time of prosperity

The election of 2008 has guaranteed a time of prosperity, growth, freedom and openness like never seen before.
I believe that the time for people like Rep. Murtha to pilfer the government coffers to build his narcissistic need is here, he now has more money to spend on pork projects in the name of Rep. Murtha. Oh how prosperous he is now that he has a president in office that will sign off on anything he asks for.
The growth of government is now at a rate not seen since the FDR years, we are now making the government responsible for each of us, from cradle to grave. America elected a person to come in and change things, what they really wanted was someone who could turn things back to the days of prosperity. They didn't want a completee reworking of our country. The people I know who changed sides so to speak, did so because they said "something needs to change" and now they say "well I guess we need to give him more time.
Freedom of foreign governments to spit in the face of those who try to help and those who want to see people live free. The freedom to shoot their own people down in the streets, the freedom to kidnap and oppress the media. the freedom to not have the pressure of the world led by the U.S.A. on their back saying hey your treating your people wrong.
Our president has gaurenteed more freedoms for dictators and tyrants then they have ever had. Openness for people like the leaders of Iran and North Korea to seek nuclear weapons and sell them to the highest bidder.

This is a work in progress. Suggestions and thoughts