Republic Rules - The U.S.A. is a great representative republic.

It seems some people are just looking for a fight these days.  They’ll take statements out of context, distort something that was said, or just hear words without thinking of their true meaning.  Here’s a current example:
A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon.
County commissioners were discussing problems with […]

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It’s an age-old warning:  let the buyer beware.
There ARE people (and businesses) who will try to cheat you or deliver far less value than what you expect.  It is YOUR responsibility as a buyer to examine all aspects of “the deal” before consummating it. But it applies not just to business dealings, it applies in […]

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Have you ever wondered who really has control of our country?
In theory, WE, the voters, have control.  WE determine who will represent us. Since ours is a representative republic, however, what we are really doing is GIVING our control to those we designate (elect).  THEY then have actual control.  If they campaign on a certain […]

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An old Chinese philosophy describes well the give and take, the ebb and flow, the constant change yet mutual interaction of many aspects of our lives, our environment, our universe.  It has a symbol we’ve all seen:

I was reminded of this by an article of Starbucks and their recent announcement about closing many stores.  Starbucks […]

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Even though the U.S. did not officially declare independence from Great Britain until July 4, 1776, the Revolutionary War began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.  Approximately how many years elapsed before the Treaty of Paris was signed, which officially ended the war?

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It was 232 years ago that our nation was founded and we celebrate it’s birthday today.  It is remarkable all that has happened in our country since then.  Many lives have been sacrificed, many families have struggled immensely to put us in the position we are today.
No country is perfect, but the U.S.A. is as […]

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Continuing the discussion of yesterday…
 Just as an amalgam of metals becomes a stronger combined material than any of the individual components (which surrender some of their own unique chemical properties in the process),  the collective PEOPLE of our country… the “melting pot”… is stronger by becoming “one”.  It should be obvious, then, that WE cannot […]

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I had no clue, but there is a black national anthem.
It was sung (unexpectedly) at an annual State of the City address in Denver.  The singer, who was supposed to sing the actual National Anthem, apparently kept her intentions private and changed the song at the last moment… she delivered the song “Lift Ev’ry Voice […]

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Without getting into whether the time, money, and expense of the project are justified, the World Values Survey results were just released and indicate WE are pretty happy… 16th out of 80 countries… and are happier now than 25 years ago.  According to the director of the study:
“The country is not only prosperous; it ranks […]

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Everybody knows the KISS Principle… Keep It Simple, Stupid.
I would like to see that applied to our federal income tax system.  No, I’m not calling for the elimination of taxes… somebody has to pay the government bills (though, lowering taxes would be great!  But that’s a topic for another discussion.)
I would like to see our […]

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