Did you know that [tag]Politicians[/tag], once they are elected to office, are issued a secret “Carte Blanche” card that gives them permission to do whatever they want. Now I am just kidding but if you didn’t know better it would be very easy to assume that it was true based upon current attitudes, behaviors and news reports.

America needs a man like the U.S. Congressman from Texas, Ron Paul, who describes his platform as “limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies.”…

Alberto Gonzales, a high ranking member of the “Bush Crime Family” resigned his position as the United States Attorney General this past Friday.

What is he afraid of?
On July 4th, 2004, Jeffery and Nicole Rank attended an public Independence Day event in Charleston , WV where President Bush was to speak. Despite the fact that the event was…

One of the greatest minds of all time is Krishnamurti, who once said, “ We are each one of us responsible for every war because of the aggressiveness of our own lives, because of our [tag]nationalism[…

Most all of us claim to love our country and often brag how grateful we should be to be [tag]Americans[/tag]. Unfortunately, “ America the Beautiful ” has been led astray by slick politicians, narrow-minded self-interest groups, and self righteous hypocrites.

If you ask 100 people why they believe in god, you might initially get 100 different answers.

If you probe further, I believe you’ll discover that most believers believe in [tag]god[/tag] for two primary reasons:

…..just because, and
because they have to (fear & security)
Now that might appear to be an oversimplification of a serious matter and it may well be. It is my contention, based solely on personal experience, that most monotheist believers can be boiled down to either what William James, in his book A Will To Believe, called “a leap of faith” or what I flippantly refer to as “just because”.

A is a set of guiding principles for recovery from addictive, compulsive, or behavioral problems. The addict, as a direct result of their addiction, usually suffers from low self esteem as well as spiritual, emotional and most times financial bankruptcy.
The 12-Step methodology while originally devised for alcoholism and then drug addiction has gone on [...]

Once there was a time…..
[tag]Woodstock[/tag], [tag]Vietnam[/tag], and a summer of love…… long haired [tag]hippies[/tag], peace and alter states of consciousness!
There was so much going on but…

It’s hard, especially during these times of war and national strife, to write about politics and religion and other volatile topics without becoming jaded by truthful content
The truth can sometimes be ugly and difficult to digest and most of the time the only consolation is that it is the truth and I am here to [...]