Violence is fundamentally rooted in unhappiness and seeing no other option to achieve ones desires, whether those desires are: another fix, another meal, another million. When people feel that their desire (and specifically fulfilling the lack of it) is more important than their integrity… they compromise themselves, often at a level that is beyond their [...]
The reason the founding fathers included the right to bear arms as the second amendment was because even in their time they had seen that governments go crazy. A well trained and well armed society is not going to be invaded, and they will not tolerate irrational tyranny.Before a government does really messed up things [...]
Dear AWESOME! What an incredible adventure life is becoming. New awesome and wonderful people have been flooding into my life, and it’s all because of Your Wish Is Your Command. This CD series is changing the world. Each person encounters it in just the right way, and at just the right time. And it is [...]
Most people do not understand, and actively refuse to understand, the mental state of people who commit these crimes. Most people become uncomfortable when you begin to speak honestly about depression. … much less suicide… much less criminality… much less murder… much less genocide.Mass Murder doesn’t “just happen”, it’s the result of a person descending [...]
The country is the land and the people; these are easy to love. The government is another story. Good government ensures that all people have rights. Good government is strong, swift, and fair: aggressively bringing restorative justice to the victims of those have initiated force, fraud, and coercion. It is right for honest and rational [...]
Money is a symbol of value and resources. When money is earned honestly, it means a person did something or created something that was valuable and worth while for someone else, and the two exchanged with each other. (Money acquired dishonestly is a whole different story, and every honest person can agree that individuals who [...]
A number of my friends were at the 2008 RNC as Ron Paul supporting delegates, alternates, and guests. The story they told is more terrifying that most people would believe, but I’ll pass it on: The entire convention is a media controlled show. There are no real votes on anything. The teleprompters tell people how [...]
This same dialog is playing out across the country. Socrates had a principle, that behind every Thesis+Antithesis there is common synthesis, a perspective that both positions recognize as mutually valid, that upholds and expresses what they really want to say. The opportunity in this moment is to find what it is that is actually desired [...]
There are precious moments in life when we feel total sufficiency, total perfection, that truly life could not get any better. If you have ever experienced such a moment you know exactly what I mean, the blessing of such a moment is incredible, it changes a person forever. There is NOTHING that is desired, it [...]
“An economy built on to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in the country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work.” – President Obama The first sentence is perfect… the second is a trap. This quote is really interesting to me. Let me explain: Individuals [...]
