Logic Has Left The Buidling

When I spend more money than I earn, I am broke. If I increase my spending without increasing my income, I am in trouble. If I can not immediately increase my income (without taking the money from some one else), then the logical answer would be to reduce spending. Our country has fostered the idea that we must increase and add all of these social programs on the backs of working people. Instead of cutting spending, we increase the INCOME by increasing the burden on the working class. We have become a country that penalizes people for hard work and rewards people for not working. This society cannot sustain itself. Eventually, as Margaret Thatcher once said, you run out of other people's money. If a person can do better from receiving for no effort, where will the future money come from. People of past generations worked, lived within their means and didn't care what others thought. If they could not afford luxuries, they did not have them. Today, our society dictates that we can pay for the luxuries while receiving help from tax payers. You see, the government does not have money. I have money and the government takes it and uses it. Some of the money is put to good use (defense, veteran's, disabled etc) some of the money funds our society into laziness. I know some will consider this harsh, but sometimes the truth hurts. If a person can work and pay rent, a car payment and buy food but cannot afford a cell phone, then the person should pay rent, car and food and leave the cell phone alone. Some will disagree, and that is ok. I don't mind if people disagree with me. Refute what I am saying in the comments, or start your own blog :, but explain to me why this is ok. Is it my business? IS IT MY TAX MONEY?

Vet The Rascals

We all have opinions of politicians. The old saying they are like, well you know... Some of them seem honest, some of them do not. Deep down, they all owe someone something. Even when we think we have chosen the best candidate, we are still wrong. Half of our country was wrong the last two elections. There is so much heresay and fantasy floating around this election season. Be careful. Some of it is true, all of it may be true, or none of it could be the truth. I have come to realize that everything but the bible has just enough truth in it to make it sound right. We can reason and think our way in to oblivion. The local Bowie County Elections and the area elections are heating up. There are so many things thrown out, that something has to stick. One candidate is a "has-been" who "clearly does not know what he is since he switched parties" to get elected. One is a "nut-job" who sued the county, thus costing the county more money, and in the process could not keep his radio show on the air (which may or may not be a good thing). On the State Representative side, the incumbent is "as conservative as you can get", while his opponent is "too liberal". So, how do you know who to vote for? Vote for who gives our county and our area the best representation. Who will work to benefit the people? Who will strive to put their constituents first, and not their pocket-books? Who will have integrity, even when they owe someone something? Vet them out. Ask the rascals questions. Get the answers in writing. I had a question for a candidate, and I received an immediate response in writing. If this candidate is elected and fails to live up to his promises, I can confront him and let people know that he is not who he said he would be. VET THE RASCALS, and let them know you are trying to make an informed decision. After all, when you cease to be here, your vote will remain while that person is in office.

Personal Responsibility- Smart, Not So Much

Society has many ills today. One of the most prominent is the inability to accept responsibility for our decisions. We make several decisions each day. Some of these are great decisions, some of these are good decisions and some of these are terrible decisions. I have made many bad decisions in my life. I refuse to accept, however, that these decisions are mistakes. I consider a mistake something that was unintended. If we purposefully make a decision, the result may not be what we had desired, but the intent to make the decision was there. When I was a child, I could have chosen any career path that I wanted. I chose sports. Like many young people I was drawn in by the fame and money. I was different. I knew I could make it. A little thing called health got in the way. Without a back-up plan, I was stranded. I then chose music. I was different. I could make it. A little thing called life got in the way. At this time, college became more important. I knew what I wanted to be. A little thing called children got in the way. (Not really in the way, lest you think I am heartless. We chose to have the booger) I was again aimless as I tried to navigate life. All of these were my decisions. I worked for a rental car company. I worked for the State of Texas. Again, a little thing called health got in the way. Had I not made so many mistakes decisions, I would not have had to start over after the health issues got a little better. I didn't have the right kind of degree, because I chose not to have the right kind of degree. I am now a 2nd year teacher, drawing a 2nd year teacher's salary. I am very thankful for this salary, as it provides food and shelter for my family. All of this, however boring it may be, are the decisions I have made. I am responsible for these decisions. Marcus Smart, in the heat of the moment, shoved a fan for being called a piece of crap. At first, Smart claimed a racial slur was being used. After and investigation, no one could corroborate this story. Smart chose to react. He is being called a kid. It is being called a mistake. His action, or reaction, has been blamed on the fan, on the coach, on three team members who are injured and on the fact that OSU is in a fight for their NCAA lives. He simply made a poor decision to shove someone who in inconsequential to him or his future, or was inconsequential to him and his future before last week. Smart will be 20 next month and is only a few months away from being drafted into the NBA where he will earn millions. Should a team invest money in a KID. Should they invest money in a CHILD? The average mortality rate for a soldier in Veit Nam was 19. Smart took the blame for his reaction in his news conference. That is a good sign. Taking responsibility is a good thing, However, it is not something that we are used too. Just look at the "sugar made me do it" defense of a few years ago. Generations past would be so disappointed in what we have allowed this country to become.

It Doesn't Take Much

It does not take much thought to determine that the American people have been consistently lied too. "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." This really means that if Pres Obama likes your plan you can keep it and if he doesn't you can not. "No one will lose their policy." Not true, people are losing their policies left and right and the ones in the system to replae them are more money and less insurance. Once again, the very people that Pres Obama claims to be helping, are the very people that are going to be paying for the Affordable Care Act. Are we really lacking as people so much that we believe what he says any longer. He does not know anything that is going on. He is slicker than Clinton when it comes to scandals rolling off of his back.

America the Beautiful

My beliefs shape my thoughts, and my thoughts shape my beliefs. I believe that we should stand with Israel and that they shoudl be a state. I believe that the true enemy of our society is sin. I believe that with Jesus Christ, all things are possible. I know that this post will get blasted because I began with religious beliefs. I am a social and fiscal conservative. I do not believe that money can be thrown at our spending problem. I do not believe that we can outspend our debt. I do not believe taking from the working and giving to the non-working is the correct path. People are not living within their means. People place luxuries over neccessities. Our own government has convinced people that cell phones are a neccessity and people receive them for free. I believe that the elderly and the disabled, the truly disabled, should receive benefits. When I say truly disabled, I mean people who are more disabed than I am. I am not supposed to be working, and quite frankly, never had to work because of my physical condition. However, I was taught a work ethic. I did recieve Social Security for a while as I recovered from surgery. I applied for jobs everywhere was turned down by everyone. I went back to school and earned my teaching certificate. I now teach school. A beginning teacher salary at 41 with a wife and three children is not easy. I also work a second job to help make ends meet. I know what it is like to struggle and to have people talk about you. God has blessed me with the ability to do something, and I will do it until I can't. Then I will find something I can do. America is about opportunity. America is about competition. When we take competition away, what are we striving for? If we are not going forward we are going backward. And by forward, I don't mean to something different. I mean to be better.

No Apologies

Our country does not need to be sorry for being successful. We, as citizens, do not need to be made to feel as though we are wrong for striving to be better people. I think with the responsibility of becoming better people, we are to help our fellow citizens when in times of need. I feel as though this responsibility has been lifted from the churches of our nation and has been shifted to the government. I am not sure if was just easier for people this way, or if people became tired of others expecting them to give instead of appreciating what was given. Our nation also does not need to apologize for being a superior military strength. We need to guard what we hold dear, our freedom. If at any time our freedom is threatened, we need to strike swiftly and deliberately the ones who have threatened us. I realize that we are not the only nation in the world, and we must get along with other people who have different cultures than we do. However, when these nations attempt to chip away at America, we need to flex muscle. Our nation does not need to apologize for being a capitalistic society. I could have chosen to be anything I wanted to be. Everyone in America that is mentally capable can choose the career they wish to pursue. We are not promised wealth, although that is what the current administration would have us to believe; we are only promised the pursuit of said wealth. I could have been an attorney, a wall street banker, and had I not stopped my dream, a musician. I did not choose my physical disability that has hampered me from time to time, but I am where I am. Fortunately for me, I am in America. America does not need to apologize for its medical system pre-Obamacare. If socialistic medicine is so great, and Hugo Chavez was such a great leader, then why was he not able to get the medical attention he needed in his own country. We do not need to apologize for thinking and doing and working hard. We need to apologize for apologizing for being successful. The pie is there and is sliced into pieces, eat what you want.