I took up some suggestions by the board, cleaned it up and incorporated a brief soundtrack that doesn’t have any potential copyright problems. Please take a quick look and rate it if you are so inclined.
Part 1:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMc8o1f4LTU
Part 2:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJEKKk0ZhiM
PM
What I read into it is there will be no cast system, that everyone has a chance to make something out of their lives, as long as it doesn’t tread on someone elses life. The gooberment shows they do not hold to that which they should abide by.Are you gonna take this health care plan you mandating out to the people? Oh yes it’s a great plan…NOT. Some of our forefathers were slave owners so things weren’t perfect then either.
Off to a good start then - just checked the 7 day forecast for Nashville - not suppose to be above freezing in the next 8 days - I can assure you that my gas bill in going up - so I am helping the cause!
Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Venezuela begins 2010 with electricity rationing
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.227e6a4e11ba39c08630e5729d693330.9e1&show_article=1
I think when they speak of created equal, they meant in regard to how the individual need be treated by the governing body…
Yep do as I say not as I do theory. There are many people however who do need to have rules set before them because without it there would be gang warfare like we see in other countrys total chaios. Im sure poverty has something to do with it but some people have a potential to do harm to others based on selfishness not survival. It can transgress to God creatures as well. I was just reading about the gypsys of Pakastan who kidnap baby bears and use them for bait for dogs. These poor animals who had their teeth and claws removed ,doomed to terror, pain, starvation their whole lives so that these gypsys can have a easy life, probably never held a real job at these bears, Gods creatures expense. How these ignorant probably taliban like poor excuse for human beings could even watch these crewl insensitive horrible acts against a living thing is beyond me. They all should be hauled into a viper pit, but that may be too good for them. If these enslaved bears could tell their story of what it was like for them with their mutilated paws and faces, their pain, how they knew nothing in their lives but violence and torcher directed toward them, it would probably cause tears and a mob response.
and his divine right to rule.
Why read other meanings into a phrase which is crystal clear, to me? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” does not, and cannot mean, that all are entitled to equal treatment, or that all would be equal in a perfect world - they are CREATED equal!
see what an optimist can do! 
wj
I thought about your first point as well and suspect it is an issue of semantics…
I think when they speak of created equal, they meant in regard to how the individual need be treated by the governing body… just my opinion (;-)
PM
“We hold these truths self-evident”, I think implies that it was the opinion of the Forefathers that in a perfect world these things should be true. Since the Forefathers were in the process of creating a writ of individual rights for “each and all”, there was no consequence of risk of “self-interest’ by them.
I am not so sure about a benevolent dictatorship, but then again, I don’t think I have ever even considered one. I guess at this point the most important point is to figure where we are at in life as a starting point for change, and then to figure out the different steps it will take us to get to where we want to go.
Thanks for the comments by all………..I have to run some errands, now.
To me, it is self evident that all men (ahem, and women too) are not created equal. Communist doctrine entrenched in the Declaration of Independence.
Nor is there any indication that the Creator endowed them with anything other than life; certainly not liberty (there are plenty of “do nots” in the Bible, many carrying the ultimate penalty), and what does “Pursuit of Happiness” mean, anyway? Certainly no right to Happiness, just the right (doubtfully endowed anyway) to chase after something ethereal.
Having the misfortune of having so many brothers here is another idea besides tea bags. One of my younger brothers got a “can’t remember the name of the thing” a creature kit. He could make spiders, rubber snakes out of it and then would put them in my bed for me to find when they sort of jumped out on me when I pulled the sheets back. Or he would sneak in my room early in the morning and place a platic tranchula on my pillow so it was the first thing I saw when I woke up. Yes hes still alive do wonders cease. It may not close them down but it may make them not take us for granted when they open the mail.
wj
ok ok i’m an optimist!
by PMtrader @ 17:09 pm.
I find nothing to disagree with in your post (;-)
Quite the contrary, I’d like to emphasize your position that just to finger point and speak of corruption is fruitless. People want to hear about hope and the opportunity for benevolent change.
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Life without hope is not life at all. Oppression strips hope, and thus kills life, IMO. A Republic form of society (lets toss the word government right out the window) offers hope to individuals, and it empowers individuals to move from hope to some sort of prosperity. I know that you know all of this in some form.
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Just six months to a year ago, I saw such filth and corruption in the world so clearly that it was down right depressing. Recently, I realized that we are not alone; that power does not uniformly corrupt; and that there are many others who stand for honesty, integrity, and benefitting their fellow man - even in high places… and, of course, the highest of places.
PM
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
If truth - is it an exhaustive list?
If opinion - are there any fundamental truths?
PM
Govts. the world over have made it illegal to: practice medicine, audit companies, do tax returns, defend (or prosecute) in court, teach, perform basic electrical, plumbing or building work (even on your own home), look after children other than your own; the list goes on, unless you are a member of a so called “profession” or “trade”. In the supposed interest of “the people”.
Good One, and creatively named too! LOLOL!
Will pass this little tidbit along for those aging persons residing under the flaps this evening.
Went into a shoe store the other day, and the six or seven cups of coffee I had at lunch was needing a new home. And unlike me, they werent in a mood to shop around. So I asked one of the sales clerks where the restroom was? She replied, “Sorry sir, we dont have a restroom.”
So I asked her where the fake plastic plants might be located in the store. That brought a puzzled look until I added to me question with, “Well, surely the employees go in the bushes then…”. She quickly added 2 + 2, and let out a giggle. And again, expressed her regret that they had no restroom.
I crossed one foot in front of the other, kinda bent a little at the knees, and placed a pained expression on my face and asked her for a mop bucket. Perhaps I over acted the scene, or just didnt get it, or maybe she thought I was having a heart attack or something. Coming to her aid of understanding, I added…”Young Lady, your gonna need a clean up on Aisle 13 in just a few moments.”
She quickly pointed to a door in the back of the store that had a sign “Employees Only”, and the day, and my pride, was saved. And speaking of saving things. I reckon I better start saving those empty gallon milk jugs to carry around for such emergencies, and especially to take with my on future airplane rides. I can see it now, as I am ‘deboarding’ the plane after my flight, the young stewardness will thank me kindly for flying thier friendly skies, and I will reply, “No…Thank You!” as I hand her a half filled milk jug.
You know the real problem? I can usually get away with doing this kind of stuff. LOLOL Farmboy
“If so, is one form of Democracy where groups rule over individual rights really any better than another? Do corporations and unions and mobs not dominate over individual rights in all Democracies?”
The corporations and unions were legislated into existence by “democratically” elected representatives. The power of the mob comes from a freedom of expression. Winston Churchill said that “democracy is the worst form of government - apart from all the other types”. Personally I think a benevolent dictatorship is the best, but how does the dictator gain power benevolently ….. ?
History shows that no matter how well intentioned a ruling system starts, over time it degenerates into chaos as more people try to impose their own wills upon the population. Even Tito and Hussein established a stable rule over historically violent tribal units. Some of their methods were unpalatable in terms of western mores, but there is no doubt that what has transpired in those geographical areas, in the guise of “democracy”, after the demise of those two dictators has been far worse than the tyrannies practised by them.
Was I seeing if anyone was paying attention with that one? Nope, it really happened. But it was part of a initiation when I was younger “school thing”. But attention yes thats what I got at the time. People stopped in motion when I appeared.I can only hope threw what I did to my hair and put on wild make-up no one recognized me later.
As far as I remember you haven’t accused me of anything. My post was in response to the analogy that you posted. It seems you might be a bit stuck on believing your opinion might be more valid than someone else’s, hypothetically with snakes and maybe other things in ‘real life’.
PS Sure, I’ll agree to disagree with you :-) 
Thanks for the kindly words, and Thanks for giving me reason to think back on just more than the past year. Seems this Golden Trail has gone on for a lifetime on some days. Especially when all there is to do is watch paint dry.
Lots of fond memories I have of sitting around this screen and ‘talking’ with friends. And often find myself smiling at such memories of ‘iron seats’, ‘woodpiles’, ‘Yellow John Deeres’, and of half painted chairs. Chairs that I think you should have finished long ago, but that is my impatience striving to do a ‘Wanka Push’. (grin) Think old chairs, and Gold pricing, should be left to the natural way of doing things. Time takes Time kinda attitude. That ole chair, and Gold Prices will be ready when they are ready, and not a second before I reckon.
Thank you for being a part of the Golden Journey, for posting your thoughts as we passed those major trail markers now left behind. It has been a good enough Adventure for two ole men to share. Tales of tattered straw hats and torn jeans but men of Golden Hopes. And one of those hopes, is to take my turn at the bench, and just sit awhile while sharing a cup of coffee, with the Keeper of the Woodpile. Yep.
Best, and Happy 2010. Dont think it will be boring. (grin) Farmboy
i put my bid in for the ‘homey-suck container collectors’ passed out in the front of the last hour of all flights for $7.95 rental with a 5 dollar pee deposit that is returned if not used.
a capital idea said gomez!
wj
edit ps: gomez said to call the new company ‘ur-in for it now ltd.’
