Next time we consider someone for elected office perhaps it would be wise to actually ask them to provide a resume?
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Archive for September 5, 2011
"In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable. I am myself a nail-maker." –Thomas Jefferson, Jean Nicolas DÈmeunier, 1795
Since today is Labor Day I thought it appropriate to honor those who labor amongst us. They’re pursuits are honorable and should be cherished. Recently our society has become polarized by political rhetoric that demonize the achievers through ridicule and derision. Those who worked hard to achieve the American dream are now subjected to a nightmare of political posturing and a constant barrage of hate speech. This used to not be the case in America. We used to strive to be like those who succeeded, now it appears we would rather pull them down to our level of mediocrity then to lift ourselves up to their higher standard of excellence. Mediocre is not what made America great, exceptionalism was. The only way back from this downgrading of America is to once again aim for the stars. The grounding of our Space program is not the only thing Obama has brought low. His policies have reduced America to a level of mediocrity we have never seen in this country before.
We need to reiterate the words of Thomas Jefferson and once again honor the "pursuit of happiness" espoused in our Declaration of Independence. America shall rise again only if we honor those who labor amongst us.
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In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. — John Adams
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Take a note of this quote from Calvin Coolidge and compare this short speech with what OBAMA spews forth this Thursday. I will wager that this short quote from Coolidge will say more than anything Obama’s teleprompted speech will evoke.
"I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty." –President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
Coolidge like Reagan believed in the Enterprise called the American people. He believed that if the citizen was free to engage in pursuits of happiness unhindered by a bloated government leviathan. If the American citizen can engage in private enterprise without being coerced to redirect their energies to fund government waste, fraud and abuse, our economy would not be running in negative numbers. For the first time since 1945 the American economy did not produce any jobs. And all this after all the trillions of dollars Obama spent to stimulate it.
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“Using the same old materials of earth air, fire, and water, every twenty four hours God creates something new out of them. If you think you’re seeing the same show all over again seven times a week, you’re crazy. Every morning you wake up to something that in all eternity never was before and never will be again. And the you that wakes up was never the same before and will never be the same either.”
- Frederick Buechner
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Thoughts and views as seen from the resident raptor. Reflecting on life and the world as I see it.
