The Dangers of Multiculturalism

The following article has been floating around the web and in emails for some time. I received it via email and found it very interesting. If you’re also interested in how America is being destroyed, give it a read and see what you think. I am not familiar with how much of this has actually happened as of today, nor do I have the ability to prove what will happen if things continue the way they are… but I am proud to be an American and tired of others who just don’t seem to give a damn.

March 25, 2006

How To Destroy America
by Dick Lamm

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant.

Recently there was an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American’s finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about his latest book, Mexifornia, explaining how immigration – both legal and illegal was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, “If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let’s destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that ‘An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'”

“Here is how they do it,” Lamm said:

“First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.” History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: ‘The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.’ Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.”

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, “Invent ‘multiculturalism’ and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

Third, “We could make the United States an ‘Hispanic Quebec’ without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: ‘The apparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.’ Lamm said, “I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities.”

“Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high. school.”

“My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of ‘Victimology.’ I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population.”

“My sixth plan for America’s downfall would include dual citizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other – that is, when they are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. E. Pluribus Unum — From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the ‘pluribus’. Instead of the ‘Unum,’ we will balkanize America as surely as Kosovo.”

“Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of ‘diversity.’ I would find a word similar to ‘heretic’ in the 16th century – that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like ‘racist’ or ‘xenophobe’ halt discussion and debate. Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of ‘Victimology,’ I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them.”

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, “Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis Hanson’s book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don’t read that book.”

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate ‘diversity.’ American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America – take note of California and other states – to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell’s book, 1984. In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: “War is peace,” “Freedom is slavery,” and “Ignorance is strength.”

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that the future of our great nation is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don’t get this immigration monster stopped quickly, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

Richard D. Lamm
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Richard Douglas “Dick” Lamm is an American politician and lawyer. He served three terms as Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975-1987) and ran for the Reform Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1996.

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My Capitalistic View Point :o)

I thought about all the turmoil in the world today and how it sometimes feels like it’s the “worse” time to be alive. It’s a lot like the thoughts teens have when they say “my life is worse than anyone else’s”… or when a woman say “she’s so much prettier than I’ll ever be”.

Note: I don’t think this is the worse time to be alive… just the most interesting. :O)

There are hard times for different people and different countries all through history. So I wonder… is our time the hardest? We have running water, electricity, electronic entertainment coming out our ears, autos, planes, plentiful food. What’s so hard about now?

Perhaps it’s two fold:

1) we want so much to be important in life… to be “somebody” that when we fall short of where we thought we would be, we feel sorry for our self and think “whoa is me”.

2) Technology will be our downfall. Okay… so that may seem dramatic, but it may come true some day. We have the ability to do so much good, but instead we sit back and watch as terrorists destroy freedoms across the globe. How do I think technology will be the end-all? Because technology is not only for the “good-guys”… it’s equally available to the “bad-guys”. So in actuality… it’s not technology… it’s the people using it.

So I’m pondering tonight… what can I do to make myself important so I don’t become the ultimate whiner and how can we destroy those who wish to destroy our freedom. For me, I need to participate in our capitalistic society and become an entrepreneur. :0)

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Giving a Pill to a Dog vs a Cat

How to give a cat a pill VS how to give a dog a pill

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth Drop pill down ruler and rub cat’s throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse’s forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor’s shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door on to neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek nd check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot.

Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little bastard’s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye.

Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

How To Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.

2. Toss it in the air.

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Valedictorian’s – Ethics vs. the world

You know… every now and then I have to add a little “you’ve got to be kidding” to my chronicles.

Why are schools taking the microphones away from their own valedictorian’s who happen to mention or thank God for their successes in life? Or for mentioning that they haven’t received the best education because they aren’t taught about ethics.

It doesn’t matter if it’s God or Buddha… why are we restricted in mentioning that higher power we each may or may not feel deep inside that gives us lift and encouragement. Hell… it could be a stuffed frog or a statue of Elvis.

What really gets me is that if someone stood up there and DID say that a stuffed frog or Elvis helped get them where they are, blah, blah, blah… they would probably get applauded for being unique and daring. But mention God and LOOK OUT… now we’re pushing the envelope way too far.

Funny… imagine how our laws, constitution, amendments, etc. would sound if we were to start over from the very beginning TODAY.

We’d all be wearing t-shirt that read Gays are Great, God is dead and Killing is Cool. Ironically, I could care less if someone is gay or God fearing or not… although I do have issues with those who kill others, but when it comes to things like abortion, I feel it should be taken to the people and voted upon; but my personal belief is that it’s a decision a grown adult should be able to make in the first trimester. But that’s just my personal opinion. 🙂

(I’m one of those people who lean more conservative but not in every venue and not hard-core)

What I would like to point out is this… I’m not necessarily a Christian myself; I believe there is something/someone who is a greater power than I, but I have yet to determine what he/she/it is.

Some people who are reading this will either a) immediately seek me out to convert me to Christianity or b) seek me out to call me a free thinker who needs to get far away from God and the like.

I can’t stand people like that.

Society is backwards… and people are beginning to open their eyes and see the truth. In an effort to bring more to their side, those who are making these poor decisions and pushing us are only making us go further and further away.

I am my own person… oh… and America is great!! 🙂

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1956 vx 2006 Scenarios

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1956 – Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 – School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school

1956 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 – Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Jeffrey won’t be still in class, disrupts other students.

1956 – Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal.
Sits still in class.

2006 – Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie.
School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father’s car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1956 – Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 – Billy’s Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy’s sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison.

Billy’s >>mom has affair with psychologist.

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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1956 – Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 – Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations Car searched for drugs and weapons.

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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1956 – 5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006 – Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent’s consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1956 : Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006 : Pedro’s cause is taken up by state democratic party.
Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro’s English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can’t speak English.

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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1956 – Ants die.

2006 – BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

+++++++++++++++++++++

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee.
He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary, hugs him to comfort him.

1956 – In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 – Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

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The Pledge of Allegiance

John McCain’s remarks about the Pledge of Allegiance.

In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate.

“The Pledge of Allegiance” – by Senator John McCain

As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell. In 1971, the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.

This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.

One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn’t wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed.

As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing.

Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed it on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike’s shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that–in that stark cell–it was indeed the most important and meaningful event.

One day, the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and discovered Mike’s shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it.

That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then, they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.

The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.

As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.

So, the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

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Team Meme

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You’re Grown Up







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Healthy Level of Insanity

Twenty Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point A Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with That.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It “In”.

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write “For Sexual Favors”

7. Finish all Your Sentences With “In Accordance With The Prophecy.”

8 dont use any punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is “To Go.”

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don’t Rhyme

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream “I Won!, I Won!”

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling “Run For Your Lives, They’re Loose!!”

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. “Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.”

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity…….

20. Send This E-mail To Someone To Make Them Smile. It’s Called Therapy…

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A Dog & Cat’s Diary

A Dog’s Diary

7 am – Oh boy! A walk! My favorite!

8 am – Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!

9 am – Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!

Noon – Oh boy! The yard! My favorite!

2 PM – Oh boy! A car ride! My favorite!

3 PM – Oh boy! The kids! My favorite!

4 PM – Oh boy! Playing ball! My favorite!

6 PM – Oh boy! Welcome home Mom! My favorite!

7 PM – Oh boy! Welcome home Dad! My favorite!

8 PM – Oh boy! Dog food! My favorite!

9 PM – Oh boy! Tummy rubs on the couch! My favorite!

11 PM – Oh boy! Sleeping in my people’s bed! My favorite!

A Cat’s Diary

Day 183 of my captivity.

My captors continued to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat while I am forced to eat dry cereal.

The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape and the mild satisfaction I get from clawing the furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant.

Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded. Maybe I should try this at the top of the stairs .

In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors; I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair. I must try this on their bed.

Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little kitty cat I was. This is not working according to plan.

There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary confinement throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the food. More important, I overheard that my confinement was due to my powers of inducing something called “allergies.” Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit.

The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant. He speaks with them regularly and I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured. But I can wait.

~Logan~

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The Virgin Connie Swail

I usually keep politics out of my personal space (ie The Phoenix Chronicles)… but lately, I’m beginning to wonder what the HELL is going on!

My question for the day is this… has it always been like this? I thought the civil war ended in 1865 (and yes… I did have to google that date). Maybe so much crap is happening in so many different areas of politics that I’m feeling the bombs splatting on my brain.

War, gas, immigration, hurricanes, racial cards and racial hate, Hilary, Bush… I’m beginning to think it’s one giant conspiracy against the average American citizen.

Maaaaaaaaaaaybe the politicians have to sign a top-secret unnnnn-breakable contract stating they will help put everyone who is NOT a politician (or Hollywood freak show) into straight-jackets in order to get elected. But first… they must undergo sacrificing the Virgin Connie Swail.

They just can’t get along…

Bomb them to hell or get the hell out.
Send them home or give them a home… lock the borders or give everyone a key.
Create natural disasters or invent a plastic bubble.
Toss in the racial card when someone says “boo” and hate everyone who isn’t wearing the same skin.

How about this…

Put Hilary and Bush (and a few other current political nightmares) into a rocket ship… One of these days… ONE OF THESE DAYS… POW…

I support our president… but these days he seems to sway with whatever direction the wind happens to blow. And yes… I do have my opinions about many different subjects… I’m just tired of those on one side making those on the other come to a point where they HAVE to stand up and shout in order to truly be heard.

And now… for something completely different… I have a hemroid!

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The Samurai Creed

The Samurai Creed
I have no parents; I make the Heavens and the Earth my parents.
I have no home; I make the Tan T’ien my home.
I have no divine power; I make honesty my Divine Power.
I have no means; I make Docility my means.I have no magic power;
I make personality my Magic Power.
I have neither life nor death; I make A Um my Life and Death.
I have no body; I make Stoicism my Body.
I have no eyes; I make The Flash of Lightning my eyes.
I have no ears; I make Sensibility my Ears.
I have no limbs; I make Promptitude my Limbs.
I have no laws; I make Self-Protection my Laws.
I have no strategy; I make the Right to Kill and
the Right to Restore Life my Strategy.
I have no designs; I make Seizing the Opportunity
by the Forelock my Designs.
I have no miracles; I make Righteous Laws my Miracle.
I have no principles; I make Adaptability to all
circumstances my Principle.
I have no tactics; I make Emptiness and Fullness my Tactics.
I have no talent; I make Ready Wit my Talent.
I have no friends; I make my Mind my Friend.
I have no enemy; I make Incautiousness my Enemy.
I have no armour; I make Benevolence my Armour.
I have no castle; I make Immovable Mind my Castle.
I have no sword; I make No Mind my Sword.
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No More Bush Bashing

I’m tired of all the President Bush bashing. I’m sick or it! I hate it! And I think those people who spend a majority of their time doing it, should take a look at their own personal lives before attempting to tell people how to run the country.

Perhaps they actually think they themselves are perfect and would do a better job than Bush… or maybe they believe they would have put a stop to that sick bastard Saddam in some other “politically correct” fashion.

I think that if these people spent even half the time on their own internal issues, they actually may be able to come close to being perfect. Doubtful… but maybe close.

When I hear people saying that they wish President Bush was dead… I get a knot in my stomach. Wishing another person was dead because they are a rapist or murderer is one thing… wishing a man dead because he isn’t running the country in some other way is asinine.

And NO… I do not believe Bush is a murder because we went to war. That’s ridiculous. How many people did the war in Iraq actually SAVE? How many more people would have died if Saddam was allowed to continue to control that country? Does that even matter to people?

I hear people on the television and radio getting pissed off at Bush because he caused us to go to war and innocent people on all sides had to die.

First of all… it isn’t Bush who caused us to go to war. Second… it was not only Bush who made the decision to go to war. There were other countries involved in this situation.

And yes… innocent people died and yes… it’s a tragedy. But how many more innocent women, children, grandparents and fathers had to die because of Saddam’s rule? Were we to just wait around another 15 years until the next time he became more powerful?

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Should we lock down America

Would it be a good idea to refuse to let anyone else come to live here?

I think it would be a very bad idea to just close our doors to every person who wants to either visit or move here. If we did close our doors, would we then allow people to visit our wonderful country? Would we have someone follow them around like a spy making sure they actually leave and go back to their country when their done visiting?

And would anyone really want to visit us anymore knowing that they can’t stay… knowing that we are evil and unjust. Some would say that making English the only language of America is a good idea. I feel they are a little off to some degree. I do feel that anyone moving here has an obligation to learn the language of the country they live in. But I also feel it is important for the American people to learn languages from other countries because we are not the god of countries. We are America and that means alot in my view – but we are not God.

Allowing others to move to America is a wonderful thing – but I have mixed feelings on the subject because I don’t want to become a minority in my own country. Not necessarily because of my race, but because it seems that there are many people walking around enjoying the benefits of this country but they are not citizens of it. I truly feel that if you are to benefit from the many, many wonderful aspects of America – you should become a citizen of America. Not over night, of course; each person has to have time to decide if they truly like living in America. But there needs to be some type of time limit envolved.

Perhaps there could be some sort of law or requirement that says a person can visit America for a certain period of time in which they must decided if they are to be a citizen or to move back to their original country.

I have a feeling that as I am typing this, that there may actually be a requirement like this because I have come across people who have had to move back home because their visa ran out. I have no idea what that means, nor will I pretend to have knowledge of what is involved with visas. I don’t know if they are governed by the country you originate from or the country you are visiting.

I feel that people should be allowed to visit America for a period of time (perhaps living here for two years) to determine if this is the place they want to spend the rest of their life. And then upon that period of time ending, they can request for an extention of up to one more year. Then upon that year ending, they must decide what they want to do. If they decide not to become a citizen and they move back to their country, they then have the opportunity within another year to change their mind and move back permanately as a citizen of America. If they do not decide to move here within that year, then they must wait another five years before they can begin the process all over again. They can still be able to visit America during that five year waiting period, but only for weeks at a time and perhaps only twice a year (?).

In this way, we are not denying anyone a citizenship without giving them ample opportunity to decide what they want. Moving to another country is a huge decision that should be thought out. I know I wouldn’t just decide over night to move to Australia – however, it is a place I would consider if I were to leave America (which will, more than likely, never happen). Visiting Australia would be great – maybe a month or two. I’m sure they must have some sort of time period in which a person can visit without being a citizen. :o)

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They aren’t all True Protestors

I have the news on right now and listen intensively and yet don’t really want to.

My mind if filled with many thoughts about what is happening here in America and across the world. They just said on the news that Bush is relying on his advisers quite a bit right now. I can understand that… but I just don’t know how anyone can make a decision like this. I never wish the presidency upon any of my family or friends.

With that said, I think it’s important for the American people to support our military with praise and hope for their safe return. Anyone who protests in such a way to hurt those individuals who are being sent to do what they are instructed to do, is not an American in my book. Does being an American mean anything to anyone any more? I grew up believing that this is the best damn country in the world. Of course, I suppose people from other countries feel the same about where they live.

Some protestors are “true” protestors. In other words, they are protesting because they are in hopes that what they are doing will make a difference. But there are some protestors I’ve seen on TV who are obviously just trying to get a little attention. They’re smiling as they’re being arrested… actually in hopes that they are arrested. Do they hope to tell their grandkids one day that they stood up against their own country and, in that way, are not to blame for any war that may happen. “I was against it… look… here’s proof”.

I just feel angry sometimes. It burns in my mind and there really is nothing I can do about it. I don’t feel compelled to force my opinions on any other person… not even my son. When he asks questions, we look it up. When he’s scared, I wrap my arms around him. The only way that I force my opinions on him is in the form of telling him what he shouldn’t do (ie. drugs, smoking, drinking, sex, etc.). I sound like a stick in the mud… but even at 11 years old these are all issues that must be addressed.

I do feel indifferent at times when it comes to what’s happening with America, Iraq, Bin Laden, etc. I feel helpless and in order to get rid of that feeling, I’m in hopes that someone else will take care of it. Right or wrong… I want our leaders to take care of it. I can’t possibly do it and sometimes want to just hid myself in a hole.

It is now 4:25pm.

Time just moves forward with no regard for what is happening around it.

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