Election Results

It's been awhile since I posted........... you know, certain things get in the way sometimes... like work, projects, family activities, etc. But I digress.
Anyway just sitting here watching the election results and all the "talking heads" trying to make sense of it. Of course both sides try to spin it their way. Democrats say it's no reflection on their progressive agenda, the Republicans want to say it's the start of a major power shift. They're both wrong; it is a reflection of the American people's mood. They are tired of unrestrained spending, bailouts, government interference and business as usual. The Republicans are right that it's the start of a power shift but wrong that it's strictly to the GOP. People want representatives who mirror their views not some "pie-in-the-sky" socialist agenda where the government controls all aspects of their lives from "womb to tomb".

Czar is gone

Well, one is gone, who's next? The "Green" czar has resigned. Of course, Van Jones never should have occupied that position. How could a man who held these views and publicly stated them ever gotten past the vetting process?

This was either the most inept investigation in the history of politics or the "powers that be" thought nobody would complain, that we would just let them do what they wanted. They were wrong, weren't they? This is just the beginning of the resistance to full government takeover. People are slowly beginning to be aware that we must watch politicians at all times, they are like kleptomaniacs, if you let them take a little power, they'll keep taking.

It is of utmost importance that everyone is vigilant or we will end up with no power and no freedoms!!!

New era

Well, it's the dawning of a new era in American politics. I really hope the new administration can help put the economy back on the right track. I know they can't do it themselves, the public has to participate. They really have their work cut out for them; more layoff announcements every day, companies that aren't laying off are announcing wage and hiring freezes, banks aren't loaning money, cars aren't selling...... everything seems to be looking bleak.

You have all heard the old saying about being darkest before the dawn, so I guess it must be getting close to daybreak! The bright spots in the whole deal is the people of this great country; the people who are innovators, the visionaries, the hard working people who make this county what it has been in the past and hopefully will continue to be!

Things to ponder:

Way back in 1787 a Scottish history professor, Alexander Tyler wrote this about the fall of the Athenian Republic, the first real democracy in human history....
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government"
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury"
"From that moment on, the majority will always vote for the candidates who will promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years"
"During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
3. From courage to liberty;
4. From liberty to abundance;
5. From abundance to complacency;
6. From complacency to apathy;
7. From apathy to dependence;
8. From dependence back into bondage"
That was 221 years ago, so we're already 21 years past the average. How much time left do we really have as a free people? Perhaps as someone just said maybe it's "time to cling to our guns and religion!"