"Prosperity Requires Liberty"

"Prosperity requires liberty: to be productive we must be free."

Jarret B. Wollstein

The Care Of Human Life

"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government."              
Thomas Jefferson       (1743-1826)

Vladimir Putin On Muslims, Part II

"In Russia, live like Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim's then we advise them to go to those places where that's the state law.
Russia does not need Muslim minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France if we are to survive as a nation. The Muslims are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the Russian national interest first, observing that the Muslim minorities are not Russians. If you keep this to yourself, you are part of the problem!  Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be."

The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation.

Vladimir Putin On Muslims, Part I

Vladimir Putin on Muslims:

Vladimir Putin's speech - SHORTEST SPEECH EVER.
On August 04, 2013, Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech about the tensions with minorities in Russia:

You Go Get You One!

Yes indeed! "You go get you one!" They are out there. You need to try and not cry. You need to shine and not whine. You need to achieve and not grieve. You need to explore and not bore. Try some good talk, and not just mock. Quit grudging, it leads you to judging. and vice versa.  Don't be jealous, be zealous.  Come on dude, don't just sit there and brood. Man, "you go get you one!"    RD

Labor Is A Good Thing

Labor is a good thing.

"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."
 Ulysses S. Grant(1822-1885)  18th US President

"The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor."        William Cobbett   (1763-1835) English pamphleteer, farmer, journalist

"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."       William Howard Taft   (1857-1930)  27th US President

The right to keep and bear arms

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."   Thomas Jefferson

No Offspring, Posterity, The Future

I realize that some men and women are physically unable to produce children.  But I do not refer to that in this writing.  I refer to sexual relationships that make it impossible to produce offspring.  Yes, homosexual and lesbian relationships can produce no offspring. Do they want any posterity? Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps, it is very important to them for the offspring of the "breeders" to be converted to their way of thinking and doing. Also, some gays and lesbians do not want children to be a part of their world. That, in itself is not necessarily a terrible thing. However: sometimes it paints an unhappy future, when people change as they get older. So.....what kind of future is that? Just a future of selfishness, decay, sickness, bleakness, depression, anger, loneliness, and blaming others. There is a better way to live. There are better choices to make.

"Your Silence" (Plato)

"Your silence gives consent."          Plato (429-347 BC)

Freedom And Bureaucrats

I have talked about this before, but I continue with the theme because I feel so strongly about it. I believe that freedom (or liberty) is the greatest gift a government/nation/society or culture can give to it's people. I believe government has the capacity to diminish creativity, productivity and prosperity. Government has the capacity of getting so immense that it has too many employees with not much to do. They then start their job as a hard-core bureaucrat Their leaders may then try to find them "something to do." That "something to do" may involve the need for the citizen to go to an interview, or a meeting, get a permit, pay some fees, wait for an environmental impact report, get some signatures, talk to another "representative" of the department, and the list goes on. All of this can impact productivity. Our society is not set up this way. Our society is set up to enable freedom to take it's course.

A Tolerance For Disagreement

"Free enterprise capitalism exists only when people in the private sector are free to pursue their own interests without direction from government. When politicians start passing laws to tell them what to do, or bureaucrats start issuing edicts to tell them what to do, it is no longer capitalism; it's fascism."
(Rick Gaber, American writer)

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Judge Jeanine Pirro Rebukes Hillary

"We’ve had it with you Clintons claiming victimhood,” Pirro went on to suggest that Clinton should put an end to blaming “boogey-men” – such as Comey, Russian President Vladimir Putin and others – especially since she already took responsibility for losing to Trump.  Not holding back, the legal expert critiqued Clinton’s failed campaign strategy.  “You are a two-time loser who lost because you were a lousy candidate,” Pirro maintained on Fox’s Justice. “You didn’t have a message, you lied every time you opened your mouth and you didn’t know what states to campaign in [and] you put our national security at risk."  She went on to suggest that Clinton put an end to her career in politics and noted that Clinton was extremely “lucky” that Comey recommended against prosecuting the former secretary of state for her email scandal “You are a loser, Hillary,”  Pirro concluded. “Face it, and get back in the woods.”

                                                                                                                                                                                        

No Bible Reading In Class?

A student was denied the opportunity to read his bible in class before his college class started.  Hey, what happened to freedom?  Class had not yet started.  Guess what?  He can read anything he wants, this is America.  It is not Nazi Germany.  Perhaps the prof thought that by the student reading his Bible, he would automatically be proselytizing. Wrong again.  He may read what he wants.  This is America.

My Response to Female Mutilation

Circumcision has a glorious history because it represents a covenant between the almighty God and the patriarch Abraham. I do not refer to the stated procedure as “male circumcision,” considering it is physically impossible to circumcise a female. Where does the moral authority to mutilate a female child’s genitals come from? Certainly not from God. The Bible teaches that the human body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Female genital mutilation is an atrocity. It is criminal. Where is the line drawn between a so called religious teaching/conduct and criminal conduct? I am a firm believer in freedom of religion. What comes next? Chopping off someone’s hand, for stealing? Removal of an eye? Do not children and adults need to be protected?  This is why government exists.

A Tragic Murder of 2 Teenagers

                   
                    Recently,  I read an article in GOP USA.
                    It was about gangs in New York state.
                    They wrote about the murder of two teens.                        
                    I wrote them this letter.                                    

Are these gangsters immigrants or children of immigrants? No problem.  Unless they have religion, and only religion. Maybe they have religion.  Religion cannot help.   Religion is no substitute for the Word of God.  The Word of God is a must. It is superior to lighting candles. It is power. Power is what these young men want. They are just looking for it inappropriately. “For the Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”  (Heb. 4:12)   Prison is a good place to receive the Word. Hopefully, the guilty will take full advantage of this beautiful opportunity. America is a great nation. The Word of God has been preached here. “It is impossible to govern a nation without the Bible.” (George Washington)  This beautiful nation has never had an atheist President.  No President is perfect.  Jesus is perfect.  He is "the Word of God made flesh."  The Word of God is eternal.  Remember: The Word, the Word, the Word.  It is "forever settled in heaven."
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."  (Jesus,   Matt. 24:35)