Presidents and Freedom

As you know it is Presidents Day today, and I just wanted to touch on the importance that our leaders and founding fathers placed on protecting our freedoms.  Here is an infographic with 44 Reasons why America is Free!  http://www.freedomcelebration.com/presidentsday.html


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She has it Totally right!

This was written by a 21 yr old female who gets it. It's her future she's worried about and this is how she feels about the social welfare big government state that she's being forced to live in! These solutions are just common sense in her opinion.

This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX , Nov 18, 2011
PUT ME IN CHARGE . . .

Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job.

Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.

In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.."

Before you write that I've violated someones rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.
AND While you are on Govt subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.

Why America is Great

As I was making the Drive from my home in Minnesota out to school in Idaho, I couldn't help but think of our great nation. However, nowhere in my minds wanderings did I ever think about policy or legislation.

America did not become great because of any law, legislation or policy that government enacted. It became and continues to be great because of the exceptional citizens that pursue their dreams and help others along the way.

The freedoms acknowledged in the constitution allow us to be our best selves if we so choose. Americans have sought to grow and expand in unique yet admirable ways. Of course there has been need for laws and legislation, but they are supposed to be put in place to protect our rights and freedoms, not to stifle them. Just like a plant cannot grow to its full potential in a tiny cage, a nation (and the individuals of that nation) cannot reach their potential in an overly restrictive environment.

On top of that, America is great for its diversity. Not only in people, but in its geography and resources. We have some of the best farming land, the largest coal deposits, dessert, prairie, mountains, lakes, rivers, forest etc... I just can't help but be thankful that I live in this great nation, and will gladly do what I can to keep it that way.

Start Small, Start Local

I feel pretty confident that most people will agree with me when I say that our country needs to get it's act together and that there are areas that need improvement. However, as I mentioned in my last post, there is SO much going on that many may feel overwhelmed and discouraged when it comes to getting involved and not to mention making a difference.

I am convinced however, that we can all help guide our country where it needs to go, and that it is not as impossible as you may think. If we start local and change how our own neighborhoods are run, it will have a ripple affect on the other levels of government. How? you might ask. Well let's put it this way. If we take control of the local government and fill it with trusted and competent public servants, they will influence and trickle up to the state level and finally to the national level. Not only will we see results faster at a local level, but our communities can serve as proof and as examples of how the country should and could be running. It is much easier for each of us to be involved in a local capacity and to influence those around us. All of this can also strengthen our relationships with our neighbors and members of the community. That alone is a blessing. So talk with your family and friends and try to figure out what you can do to start changing things from the "roots".

SO Much!!!

There is so much going on in our country. It has been overwhelming to keep up and to be involved, all while working and studying. I hope to get back into blogging my thoughts and insights on our great country. So until I get my millions of thoughts organized please go out and get involved in bringing our country back to what made it great in the first place.

Politician Testing

So I was at a meeting with a guy running for Governor here and he said that the government officials should do a pilot test for a year and use the proposed healthcare plan for themselves and then in a year (or however long) Come and tell us what they thought. I thought that was an interesting idea. I wouldn't mind seeing that even though it would still be different when millions are living with the plan. I also think that EVERYONE including government officials should have to abide by the same rules as the general public. Why don't they have to take part in social security and the like? What do you think?

Causing problems? Hold Off!

Lately people have been getting very fired up over issues like the new healthcare proposal. It kills me to see a country so divided and heated! So it makes me think that if a bill such as this is gaining such opposition... maybe it should be postponed for a good chunk of time and reworked so that when the time comes to propose it again there won't be such a divide in the country, maybe we could even go as far as seek Unity! I don't care what party anyone is from. We all just need to work together and find what is the best for the Common good so we don't have constant battles raging on.