Today's Government- A lesson in Tactics

Today's govenment is a great deal sneakier than it was 15 years ago. The laws of today would have been unthought of back then. Years ago they tried to abolished smoking in one fail swoop. The president of the time.....i forget who it was, was told to recind the laws if he wished to keep his job, or his country. The people of the US would not stand for such a loss of rights in a single blow. As you see if your a smoker, the laws are now almost there now. This time they came in steps. Slipping together in small doses. They were set so as not to cause too much of an uproar at any one time. Fifteen years ago you could eat a big mac and then light up a cigarrette without getting out of your chair. You could even light up a cigarette between classes at school. Now you have to be 10 feet away from the entrance of any resteraunt to be able to smoke, and if you have a kid ,in arkansas, you will get a ticket for smoking while they are in the car with you. Ten years ago, the idea of suing someone for insulting you or talking bad about you was a joke. Now it is called deflamation of character and is done frequently. The honor is gone....in society as well as government. But the way they set up the laws is very intellegent. You make small changes and the people adapt instead of revolt. The question is however, how far are we willing to adapt? When will the laws they set up take away too much from us? Will we realize the problem before or after we have a nation wide curfew, and id badges we must show at every mile. Am I wrong in my thoughts? Am I just paranoid? Or are we really losing our rights in a slow calculating manner til the government is no longer Democratic but a kind of Tyrannical Republic? I don't know. I am just going by the comparison of the years I have lived through. I may be wrong, but as of this moment I still have the right to show my beliefs. With luck I will continue to have those rights.
Today's govenment is a great deal sneakier than it was 15 years ago. The laws of today would have been unthought of back then. Years ago they tried to abolished smoking in one fail swoop. The president of the time.....i forget who it was, was told to recind the laws if he wished to keep his job, or his country. The people of the US would not stand for such a loss of rights in a single blow. As you see if your a smoker, the laws are now almost there now. This time they came in steps. Slipping together in small doses. They were set so as not to cause too much of an uproar at any one time. Fifteen years ago you could eat a big mac and then light up a cigarrette without getting out of your chair. You could even light up a cigarette between classes at school. Now you have to be 10 feet away from the entrance of any resteraunt to be able to smoke, and if you have a kid ,in arkansas, you will get a ticket for smoking while they are in the car with you. Ten years ago, the idea of suing someone for insulting you or talking bad about you was a joke. Now it is called deflamation of character and is done frequently. The honor is gone....in society as well as government. But the way they set up the laws is very intellegent. You make small changes and the people adapt instead of revolt. The question is however, how far are we willing to adapt? When will the laws they set up take away too much from us? Will we realize the problem before or after we have a nation wide curfew, and id badges we must show at every mile. Am I wrong in my thoughts? Am I just paranoid? Or are we really losing our rights in a slow calculating manner til the government is no longer Democratic but a kind of Tyrannical Republic? I don't know. I am just going by the comparison of the years I have lived through. I may be wrong, but as of this moment I still have the right to show my beliefs. With luck I will continue to have those rights.

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Salarious - General Subjects
Testify - General News
Sidea Rene - Relationships and Life Subjects
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Patience

Patience is a hard thing to hold sometimes. It is as slippery and elusive as a trying to catch a fly by it's wings. The bible talks about the patience of Job..well I personally think he was a bad example. Job had a wife and children...his patience was already of an unearthly quality. It seems funny but it is the truth. You learn patience as a parent or spouse, and by being both your patience is what legends are made of. This is a comical look at what becomes of a person when they have a family. It is stressful, but you learn to deal with it. You even learn to love parts of it.

True Love

I have found out the truth about love. True love is a force beyond thought or comprehension. It is not the love between partners, man and woman or whatever...it is between parent and child. It surpasses the strength of all natural forces and the un-natural ones as well.
When you become a parent, you find out the true meaning of love. You discover that your life is nothing compared to that of your child's. You will find the core of truth in the fact that you would give your life without regrets to see your child safe. Your life takes on a new aspect in knowing that you MUST protect your child. That no matter what, you MUST see them safe.
The life of your child takes control of all funtions you have. You live, think, and breath the life of your child. You do all you can to ensure your child's health and happiness. It is a lesson in love when you have a child. It teaches you just what you are capable of. You will be able to do many things in life that you could not have done before. Because you have a drive that cannot be matched. The love you find in parenthood surpasses all things.

My weekly book list.

Here's my list of recommended books for this week.12/17/2006 - 12/23/06.

Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis


Since I am a week behind thanks to finals and the holidays I will post this weeks list as well.

Here's my list of recommended books for the week of 12/24/06 - 12/30/06

Animal Farm, by George Orwell
The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

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A higher understanding

Is it my imagination or as generations past, our intelligence increases, while our adequateness of understanding the passion, or deep intentions of poetry or deep meaningful creative writing diminish. A concern I would like to express. I do not meet many people into deeper things, though sometimes it is my own lack of seeking that I do not find what I seek, but I do try at least sometimes and find myself the last to succeed in my search. The power in writing comes from the reader's soul and heart, what they pour into the words they write upon a scrap of paper or a page is like an open door to their heart on some subjects. Just one man's 2 cents.
-Testify