March 23rd, 2008 at 12:42pm |
I strikes me that politics and religion share many similarities, especially in the way many people “practice” it.
There are the mainstream devout, true believers who live according to their beliefs and actively participate in the process. They are the few.
There are the peripheral believers, just as serious but widely scattered. They are the fewer.
There […]
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March 22nd, 2008 at 3:07pm |
Where honor was once the norm in our elected officials and reprobates were few, it seems the exact opposite is the current state of affairs. No pun intended.
OK, I exaggerate… but not much.
Given the highly competitive nature of politics and the continual digression into “win at all costs”, it is no wonder that […]
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March 22nd, 2008 at 10:57am |
Over the past several decades, we have seen most of the institutions in our country adopt better ways to achieve their goals, to accomplish their purposes. From banking to electronics, from transportation to telecommunications, significant changes have led to a much different way of doing business for all of us.
One area that has seen little […]
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March 21st, 2008 at 7:55pm |
A. Corporations
B. Individuals
C. Non-profit organizations
D. Governments
The answer?
Governments do not really pay taxes, they collect them and spend them. If they do pay some taxes, such as gasoline taxes in the fuel purchased for city vehicles, it just passes to another government entity.
Non-profits don’t usually pay taxes … they are […]
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March 21st, 2008 at 6:32pm |
I believe one of the reasons the U.S. became so strong was the fact that it was NOT made up of a single type of people… it became that proverbial melting pot… which was hot enough to BLEND all of the nationalities together into a strong amalgam. The resulting mixture was stronger, in fact, than […]
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March 20th, 2008 at 12:42pm |
When you or I have to make decisions about where to spend our money, we make value judgments.
In theory, when politicians consider expenditures, the same thought-process should come into play… but, all too frequently, it doesn’t. First, it isn’t really THEIR money they’re spending… it’s OURS. Second, many of the choices are […]
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March 20th, 2008 at 8:47am |
While living under a government that protects your freedom, it is that very government’s power that is more likely to take away portions of your freedom on a regular basis.
How does that happen? Our representatives pass laws, many of which are good… and good for all. Whether it’s the requirement to stop […]
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March 19th, 2008 at 11:02am |
You don’t have to watch much TV or read many newspapers to find a multitude of examples of “America bashing”, where someone… usually a darling of the media but who has no expertise on the area they are disgruntled about… is spewing all kinds of garbage about how terrible the country is, what horrible deeds […]
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March 18th, 2008 at 2:48am |
I sometimes worry about the concerns people have over the lack of voter turnout or with certain voting mechanisms. While a high percentage of participation would be better, I would rather have fewer INFORMED voters and more UNINFORMED voters since the result would more likely be intelligent decisions than emotional decisions.
If people aren’t motivated […]
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March 18th, 2008 at 2:47am |
Why should being a politician be a profession? Somehow public service has evolved from being a temporary, honorable phase in an individual’s life to a full-time, long-term, hard-core career.
And, to add insult to injury, a large portion of the time and effort spent on the job is devoted to getting re-elected. Not to […]
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