One Nation Under God

The purpose of memorial day

Daniel — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:53:55 +0000

Today is memorial day here in the United States of America. The purpose of the holiday is to remember those who have died, and perhaps most especially to remember the fallen soldier that gave his life to protect our way of life. Our soldiers come from every walk of life, but they all give the [...]

Entitlement in America is getting worse

Daniel — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:14:23 +0000

I just read an article on the NY Post website that drives me nuts. Some girl took out $70,000.00 in student loans but when she graduated she couldn’t find a job. Instead of taking whatever she could find, she decided to sue the college for $70k complaining that they didn’t do enough to find her [...]

America must remember to pray and serve God

Daniel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:20:34 +0000

So I don’t usually like getting those mega forward e-mail chain letter yucky things! You know what I’m talking about. It’s got about 3000 e-mail addresses at the top and has about 30 little quips from hotmail/yahoo/aol adds, and it’s usually got some really stupid animated graphics. Now you know what I’m talking about… So [...]

Excellent video about types of Government

Daniel — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:35:15 +0000

A friend passed along this video that gives a very good 10 minute presentation about the five types of rule (or Government). It follows the spectrum from Monarchy through Oligarchy, Democracy, Republic and finally to Anarchy. Rather than discussing the forms of government or ideals contained in them as “right wing” or “left leaning”, it [...]

America can innovate and thrive without health insurance

Daniel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:05:37 +0000

I just read an article about flat rate health care that is now being offered in Seattle. Apparently they’re using a model similar to about 50 other clinics around the country and it seems very promising. They suggest that by eliminating the rigid demands for paperwork, contract negotiation and service levels which are imposed by [...]

China vs. USA -or- American consumption on debt

Daniel — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:15:37 +0000

I read an article today that talked about some Chinese ships harassing a US boat. Most of the article discussed the tension and various reasons that it shouldn’t have happened and what everyone was doing about it… Whew! What that all seems to have come down to right before the last paragraph is that China [...]

Obama’s first presidential address to congress…

Daniel — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:15:51 +0000

Tonight is President Obama’s first presidential address to congress tonight. President Obama is still new in the white house, but he seems a bit hurried and urgent in the things that he’s doing. I’m not sure that such haste creates a good environment for clear thinking and sound judgement. The address will be streamed and [...]

Economic stimulus spending is out of control

Daniel — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:43:44 +0000

I just found this article which highlights some of the issues with rushing to pass and then spend and economic stimulus bill: Economic Stimulus Why don’t we slow down a bit. The article points out that: “We recall being told last September that if TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) was not passed right now, this [...]

Slow down on the economic stimulus

Daniel — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:04 +0000

One of the first life lessons I learned at a very young age was to “slow down”. I’m not sure how many times I’ve heard that, but it almost always is good advice. I think it would be excellent advice in light of our current economic crisis. Sure things are bad, but hurried and poorly [...]

Sweet and Simple description of Proposition 8

Daniel — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:42:09 +0000

Here is a very simple and clear description of proposition 8.