I've decided to have a new political soapbox. I have been ranting and raving about taxes (especially the Social Security Tax) to my friends, family, neighbors, and anyone else who will listen for years now. I have written letters to my congressman, senators, and Presidents asking for reductions and reform, all with no avail. Actually, my congressman wrote back a somewhat nasty letter where he basically said that I was too ignorant to be able to have an opinion and that I should trust him.
Anyway, that idiot of congressman was up for re-election. I voted for the democrat (there was no libertarian running for the office), knowing full well that my congressman who thinks I am too stupid to form a congent opinion on tax policy on my own would be re-elected despite my vote against him and the fact that I got others in my district to vote against him.
This has spurred me to step onto a new soapbox: Term Limits. I think that term limits need to be set. I don't have time right now to go into all the reasons for term limits and to lay out a plan, but stay tuned because I will. I think if we can get Term Limits enacted (yeah, right - like congress will vote themselves out of a job) then we can actually try to clean up some of the other messes (such as taxes) that government has caused.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Thursday, November 25, 2004
GRRRRRR!!!!!
I AM SO STINKIN' ANGRY!!! I just read an article on WorldNetDaily where a fifth grade teacher is suing the school district he works for because the administration of the school will not allow him to pass out copies of the Declaration of Independence. Now, you may ask, why would the Declaration of Independence, the document that started our Revolutionary War, the document that boldly stated a new paradigm of government and is the foundation of our Constitution and our freedom, why would that document be banned from being taught? Well, you see, the Declaration of Independence, realizes that our innate freedoms are gifts of God and mentions that. However, in our postmodern, pagan society there is to be a separation between religion and government. Therefore, any government document that references religion can not be taught.
This is not just an attack by government schools on our freedom of religion, it is an attack on our very freedom. We can not allow for the bedrocks of freedom to be censored. I am sad to say that it is beginning to look like it is once again time to "water the roots of the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and a tyrants". We, as freedom loving people, must hold our government accountable. We are government of the people by the people and when our government become tyrannical and refuses us the freedom of thought by censoring those documents that put that government in place, then a regime change is necessary. I hope and pray that in this situation we can use our laws, our legal processes and procedures to remove these incredibly inept administrators from the awesome responsibility of educating our young people. However, if we must, then forceful expulsion must be an option. We can no longer stand idly by like sheep and wait to be slaughtered by our local bureaucrat.
No, we are not sheep waiting to be herded and led to green pastures to be fed by the hand of our master. We are a nation of lions who will roaringly defend our territory and will be intimated into submission by threats of lawsuits. British loyalist, Byles Mather (nephew of Cotton Mather and fired from his position as minister of Hollis St. Congregational Church following the British Evacuation of Boston in 1776) predicted that one of the effects of a republic form of government would be that instead of being "ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away" we would be ruled "by three thousand tyrants one mile away." This case shows how right he was. And just like we would not stand for that kind of talk 230 years ago, we must not stand for it now. We are to be ruled by laws, not by ever changing public opinion and temporal philosophies of bureaucrats.
So what can you do to respond to this situation. First, read the lawsuit so that you have the facts. Then, I suggest a letter may be in order to this tyrant reminding her of her true responsibility is to be a guardian of freedom by educating children on the cost that was incurred to obtain their freedom and teaching them the responsibilities they have as stewards of freedom. Here is the address of the school, courtesy of Neal Boortz:
This is not just an attack by government schools on our freedom of religion, it is an attack on our very freedom. We can not allow for the bedrocks of freedom to be censored. I am sad to say that it is beginning to look like it is once again time to "water the roots of the tree of liberty with the blood of patriots and a tyrants". We, as freedom loving people, must hold our government accountable. We are government of the people by the people and when our government become tyrannical and refuses us the freedom of thought by censoring those documents that put that government in place, then a regime change is necessary. I hope and pray that in this situation we can use our laws, our legal processes and procedures to remove these incredibly inept administrators from the awesome responsibility of educating our young people. However, if we must, then forceful expulsion must be an option. We can no longer stand idly by like sheep and wait to be slaughtered by our local bureaucrat.
No, we are not sheep waiting to be herded and led to green pastures to be fed by the hand of our master. We are a nation of lions who will roaringly defend our territory and will be intimated into submission by threats of lawsuits. British loyalist, Byles Mather (nephew of Cotton Mather and fired from his position as minister of Hollis St. Congregational Church following the British Evacuation of Boston in 1776) predicted that one of the effects of a republic form of government would be that instead of being "ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away" we would be ruled "by three thousand tyrants one mile away." This case shows how right he was. And just like we would not stand for that kind of talk 230 years ago, we must not stand for it now. We are to be ruled by laws, not by ever changing public opinion and temporal philosophies of bureaucrats.
So what can you do to respond to this situation. First, read the lawsuit so that you have the facts. Then, I suggest a letter may be in order to this tyrant reminding her of her true responsibility is to be a guardian of freedom by educating children on the cost that was incurred to obtain their freedom and teaching them the responsibilities they have as stewards of freedom. Here is the address of the school, courtesy of Neal Boortz:
Patricia Vidmar, Principal
Stevens Creek Elementary School
10300 Ainsworth Drive
Cupertino, California 95014
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
In Texas
Erin, the baby, and I are in Texas. I am currently writing this from our hotel room using the FREE high speed internet provided by La Quinta. I know that I have been lax in posting lately and hope to fix that soon. I have been so busy at work that I have not even been listening to the radio in the background. This causes me to miss to the news, so I don't commentate on it.
To bring you up-to-date here is a brief synopsis of the past week or so...
Friday, Nov. 19
Erin and I left Mihaela with a baby sitter and joined two other couples from our small group for dinner and a play. One of our friends, Andy, is a faculty member at one of the local universities in the English department so he gets free tickets to the productions. We met for mexican food prior to the show and then went and saw "The Death of a Salesman." It was a great show and fun was had by all.
Saturday, Nov. 20
I worked for MCS and implemented a technology that we had not used before to allow full-text searches of a SQL database and return results in ColdFusion. It has been awhile since I have had to use a new technology to perform a task. It was exciting and refreshing to attack and solve this problem.
We then had dinner at Erin's parents house. They wanted to celebrate her birthday early since we wouldn't be with them on Thanksgiving. They gave Erin a new set of pots and pans, from the Wolfgang Puck series. She loves them. We threw away all of our old equipment.
Sunday, Nov. 21
Went to church (duh!). Then, Sunday night was a big joint worship time with five other churches in the Montgomery area. We had Jerome Williams come and lead worship. Prior to going to that, our small group met and had a heavy snack get together. We then all went over as a group. The singing was incredible and the worship was awesome.
Monday, Nov. 22
I had an all-day meeting at one of our colleges in Birmingham and was out-of-the office all day.
Tuesday, Nov. 23
I was in the office, but had to catch up from being gone the day before as well as prepare to be gone the rest of this week. I followed up on many tasks from my previous day's meeting. After putting in a full-day at work, I went home and helped Erin finish packing. We left about 7:00 PM to drive to Jackson, MS on our way here.
Today
We finished the trip. The trip was very uneventful, which is just how trips should be. We met my Mom and Dad at the hotel. While unpacking the car I spotted some other family members who were staying at the same hotel. We talked for quite a while. Then, we all went to Aunt Prissy's house for dinner and fellowship. Erin, Dad, one of my uncles, and I left early to put the baby to bed. She is sleeping now and that is why I have time to type.
Tomorrow will be a big day as we all get together and eat turkey and stuff. It is also Erin's birthday. I do not have her gift yet. I was waiting on a check I was expecting to come in to use it buy her present, but it has not arrived yet. Hopefully, I will get it when I get back and will be able to go buy her the present I have picked out for her.
To bring you up-to-date here is a brief synopsis of the past week or so...
Friday, Nov. 19
Erin and I left Mihaela with a baby sitter and joined two other couples from our small group for dinner and a play. One of our friends, Andy, is a faculty member at one of the local universities in the English department so he gets free tickets to the productions. We met for mexican food prior to the show and then went and saw "The Death of a Salesman." It was a great show and fun was had by all.
Saturday, Nov. 20
I worked for MCS and implemented a technology that we had not used before to allow full-text searches of a SQL database and return results in ColdFusion. It has been awhile since I have had to use a new technology to perform a task. It was exciting and refreshing to attack and solve this problem.
We then had dinner at Erin's parents house. They wanted to celebrate her birthday early since we wouldn't be with them on Thanksgiving. They gave Erin a new set of pots and pans, from the Wolfgang Puck series. She loves them. We threw away all of our old equipment.
Sunday, Nov. 21
Went to church (duh!). Then, Sunday night was a big joint worship time with five other churches in the Montgomery area. We had Jerome Williams come and lead worship. Prior to going to that, our small group met and had a heavy snack get together. We then all went over as a group. The singing was incredible and the worship was awesome.
Monday, Nov. 22
I had an all-day meeting at one of our colleges in Birmingham and was out-of-the office all day.
Tuesday, Nov. 23
I was in the office, but had to catch up from being gone the day before as well as prepare to be gone the rest of this week. I followed up on many tasks from my previous day's meeting. After putting in a full-day at work, I went home and helped Erin finish packing. We left about 7:00 PM to drive to Jackson, MS on our way here.
Today
We finished the trip. The trip was very uneventful, which is just how trips should be. We met my Mom and Dad at the hotel. While unpacking the car I spotted some other family members who were staying at the same hotel. We talked for quite a while. Then, we all went to Aunt Prissy's house for dinner and fellowship. Erin, Dad, one of my uncles, and I left early to put the baby to bed. She is sleeping now and that is why I have time to type.
Tomorrow will be a big day as we all get together and eat turkey and stuff. It is also Erin's birthday. I do not have her gift yet. I was waiting on a check I was expecting to come in to use it buy her present, but it has not arrived yet. Hopefully, I will get it when I get back and will be able to go buy her the present I have picked out for her.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Spiritual Emphasis Day at ACA
Erin has been invited back to Alabama Christian Academy to teach a girl's class for ACA'a annual Spiritual Emphasis Day. She has been working on it for about a month, very intently the past two weeks. She worked very hard on this and it looks and sounds really good. She made a little postcard that the girls will be able to fill out and keep.
I'm sure she will do a fantastic job. I am uploading her slideshow so that she can download it tomorrow. She went to ACA today and to test her slideshow and had some problems. I am making three different formats available in hopes that at least one will work.
I'm sure she will do a fantastic job. I am uploading her slideshow so that she can download it tomorrow. She went to ACA today and to test her slideshow and had some problems. I am making three different formats available in hopes that at least one will work.
- Get Up! Stand Up! - .pps file
- Get Up! Stand Up! - Office 97 - Office 2003 format (.ppt)
- Get Up! Stand Up! - Office 95 format (.ppt)
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Quote
"The government says to the citizen: "Your earnings are not exclusively your own; we have a claim on them, and our claim precedes yours; we will allow you to keep some of it, because we recognize your need, not your right; but whatever we grant you for yourself is for us to decide."
- Frank Chodorov
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