Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Thomas Jefferson on Education
While serving in the Virgina legislature Jefferson wasn't just shaping the course of Virgina. There are many ideas that he put in motion, rewriting the legal codes, ensuring property rights and education. In the year 1776 most poor and even middle class children had little or no education, most ended up working trades. Jefferson believed that all should be given basic education and proposed a bill, "Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge," The bill would commit public funds to help educate young people in Virgina whose parents lacked the means to provide for their schooling. Jefferson called it "by far the most important bill in our whole code," and urged it's passage. He urged its passage by asserting that "no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom and hapiness."
Jefferson still believed that higher educations was the responsiblilty of parents and not of the government. Jefferson's goal was to teach children about the rights to maintain and exercise with intelligence their parts of in self-government.
"By that part of our plan which prescribes the selection of the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the state of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated. But of the views of this law none is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people the safe, as they are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty."
It should be understood that Jefferson never advocated public schools like those operating in our nation today. The grammar schools would still be funded by donations from those who could pay and allowed poorer kids public funding for grammar(elementary} schools. Jefferson expressed both fear and scorn when contemplating a centralized state authority on education. Jefferson believed that the schools where in better hands of private enterprise than the state. In the current state of affairs with education you can't wonder that if an another idea from 1776 isn't the right course to take.
I encourage all to read the real Thomas Jefferson get you copy at www.nccs.net
Jefferson still believed that higher educations was the responsiblilty of parents and not of the government. Jefferson's goal was to teach children about the rights to maintain and exercise with intelligence their parts of in self-government.
"By that part of our plan which prescribes the selection of the youths of genius from among the classes of the poor, we hope to avail the state of those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use if not sought for and cultivated. But of the views of this law none is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people the safe, as they are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty."
It should be understood that Jefferson never advocated public schools like those operating in our nation today. The grammar schools would still be funded by donations from those who could pay and allowed poorer kids public funding for grammar(elementary} schools. Jefferson expressed both fear and scorn when contemplating a centralized state authority on education. Jefferson believed that the schools where in better hands of private enterprise than the state. In the current state of affairs with education you can't wonder that if an another idea from 1776 isn't the right course to take.
I encourage all to read the real Thomas Jefferson get you copy at www.nccs.net
Monday, June 14, 2010
Ronald Reagan-What July 4th means to me
"There is a legend about the day of our nation's birth in the little hall in Philadelphia. a day on which debate had raged for hours. The men gathered there were honorable men hard-pressed by a king who had flouted the very laws they were willing to obey. Even so, to sign the Declaration of Independence was such an irretrievable avt the the walls resounded with the words "treason, the gallows, the headman's axe," and the issue remained in doubt.
"The legend says that at that point a man rose and spoke. He is described as not a young man, but one who had to summon all his energy for an impassioned plea. He cited the grievances that had brought them to this moment and finally, his voice falling, he said, "They may turn every tree into a gallows. every hole into a grave, and yet the words of that parchment can never die. To the mechanic in the workshop, they will speak hope; to the slave in the mines, freedom. Sign that parchment. Sign if the next moment the noose is around your neck, for that parchment will be the textbook of freedom, the Bible of the rights of man forever."
"He fell back exhausted. The 56 delegates, swept up by his eloquence, rushed forward and signed that document destined to be as immortal as a work of man can be. When they turned to thank him for his timely oratory, he was not to be found, nor could any be found who knew who he was or how he had come in or gone out through the locked and guarded doors."
From Parade Magazine, June 1981 by Ronald Reagan
"The legend says that at that point a man rose and spoke. He is described as not a young man, but one who had to summon all his energy for an impassioned plea. He cited the grievances that had brought them to this moment and finally, his voice falling, he said, "They may turn every tree into a gallows. every hole into a grave, and yet the words of that parchment can never die. To the mechanic in the workshop, they will speak hope; to the slave in the mines, freedom. Sign that parchment. Sign if the next moment the noose is around your neck, for that parchment will be the textbook of freedom, the Bible of the rights of man forever."
"He fell back exhausted. The 56 delegates, swept up by his eloquence, rushed forward and signed that document destined to be as immortal as a work of man can be. When they turned to thank him for his timely oratory, he was not to be found, nor could any be found who knew who he was or how he had come in or gone out through the locked and guarded doors."
From Parade Magazine, June 1981 by Ronald Reagan
They will try anything to stop us.
This was printed online at our liberal rag of a newspaper here in Phoenix, they have attacked sb1070 at every turn. The following link is the story about how this will cause more forclosers because illegals will be leaving. The question is should they have been able to rent housing in the first place being in the country illegal. We must stand vigilant against the bleeding heart liberals who want us to cave in about illegals because we are being mean. I'll we ask is take the effort, due the process of becoming legal, learn our language and love the country you wish to become part of.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/2010/06/14/20100614arizona-immigration-real-estate-foreclosures.html
http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/2010/06/14/20100614arizona-immigration-real-estate-foreclosures.html
Sunday, June 13, 2010
More Tea to Throw Overboard!
Here are some daunting pictures coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
http://www.katu.com/news/photos/95866799.html
The Gulf Oil spill and Illegal Immigration are the two most expensive and damaging Man-made Ecological and Human Disasters ever to hit the United States of America. The first disaster in Arizona, has been going on for decades and yet has been entirely ignored by our federal government and politicians. The second disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, began a couple of months ago and seems to be attracting the attention and help of the entire federal government and the world at large.
The first disaster in Arizona, known as illegal immigration, has not only brought Ecological disaster to the pristine, beautiful deserts of southern Arizona, but it has spawned human disaster as well by way of human smuggling, drug running, murder , rape, kidnapping, home invasion, identity theft, car jacking, burglary, and jobs taken from Arizona citizens etc... There are areas in southern Arizona where our own government has placed signs up across the deserts warning us not to enter because of the danger and lawlessness that exists there from this problem. We have a WAR ZONE right here in Arizona that the politicians have been ignoring for years. Where else would such a thing be allowed????
Arizona has tryed for years to get our Federal Government to abide by the constitution and do their duty to SECURE OUR BORDERS. They continue to ignore one of the greatest Human and Ecological disasters to ever hit the United States and yet the cost to Arizona alone from this problem is $2.7 Billion a YEAR. Nationwide some research has shown that the cost is about $300 Billion A YEAR when you take into account Education, Welfare, Incarceration, as well as Billions of dollars sent back to Mexico each year. This is compared to what is said might be the total cost of repair for the Gulf Oil spill at about $20 to $30 Billion total.
While President Obama has no problem publicly castigating the CEO of BP Oil company, he has at the same time no problem allowing Mexico President Calderon to come into our own Nation's Capitol building to speak to a Joint session of Congress to criticize our own country over the treatment of illegal aliens. He saved special criticism for Arizona and their new law SB 1070 while he himself continues to encourage his own citizens in Mexico to break our laws.
The Gulf of Mexico Oil spill is also a Human and Ecological disaster brought on from drilling a mile below the surface of the ocean because the environmentalists didn't want it near their beautiful beaches. Sadly, that didn't work out so well for them. The oil is just beginning to hit the beautiful seashores and pictures of dead and sickened animals are beginning to appear everywhere on the Internet. This disaster deserves the attention it is getting but no more than the disaster in Arizona. The consequences from both will be felt for decades. In the case of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill you will see companies and workers receive compensation for lost wages and those who have been physically sickened or injured will receive settlements from the government and from BP oil company, and rightfully so. This is not true in Arizona. There have been no committees set up to repay Arizona for the failure of the Federal Government to secure the border or to make whole all the people who have suffered damage in one way or another from Illegal Immigration.
Arizona hasn't attracted even a fraction of the media attention that the Gulf Spill has. I don't see a government doing all they can to correct the problem or "kicking butt" as the President recently said. The politicians have actually been intentionally ignoring the illegal immigration problem for years. Our very own Senators have done NOTHING to help their own state on this issue even though John McCain has been serving us for 27 years and Jon Kyl about 18 years. We Arizonans expected the 10 point plan 10 to 20 years ago.
It is well beyond the time we DEMAND that the Federal Government face the ugly truth of this DISASTER, and secure the borders of the United States of America. And it is high time that "We the People" hold responsible the politicians that have been ignoring their duty to clean up the disaster in Arizona. We WILL NOT BE IGNORED ANY LONGER!
Here is a must watch video on Arizona's Deserts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9iwjitsNyQ
http://www.katu.com/news/photos/95866799.html
The Gulf Oil spill and Illegal Immigration are the two most expensive and damaging Man-made Ecological and Human Disasters ever to hit the United States of America. The first disaster in Arizona, has been going on for decades and yet has been entirely ignored by our federal government and politicians. The second disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, began a couple of months ago and seems to be attracting the attention and help of the entire federal government and the world at large.
The first disaster in Arizona, known as illegal immigration, has not only brought Ecological disaster to the pristine, beautiful deserts of southern Arizona, but it has spawned human disaster as well by way of human smuggling, drug running, murder , rape, kidnapping, home invasion, identity theft, car jacking, burglary, and jobs taken from Arizona citizens etc... There are areas in southern Arizona where our own government has placed signs up across the deserts warning us not to enter because of the danger and lawlessness that exists there from this problem. We have a WAR ZONE right here in Arizona that the politicians have been ignoring for years. Where else would such a thing be allowed????
Arizona has tryed for years to get our Federal Government to abide by the constitution and do their duty to SECURE OUR BORDERS. They continue to ignore one of the greatest Human and Ecological disasters to ever hit the United States and yet the cost to Arizona alone from this problem is $2.7 Billion a YEAR. Nationwide some research has shown that the cost is about $300 Billion A YEAR when you take into account Education, Welfare, Incarceration, as well as Billions of dollars sent back to Mexico each year. This is compared to what is said might be the total cost of repair for the Gulf Oil spill at about $20 to $30 Billion total.
While President Obama has no problem publicly castigating the CEO of BP Oil company, he has at the same time no problem allowing Mexico President Calderon to come into our own Nation's Capitol building to speak to a Joint session of Congress to criticize our own country over the treatment of illegal aliens. He saved special criticism for Arizona and their new law SB 1070 while he himself continues to encourage his own citizens in Mexico to break our laws.
The Gulf of Mexico Oil spill is also a Human and Ecological disaster brought on from drilling a mile below the surface of the ocean because the environmentalists didn't want it near their beautiful beaches. Sadly, that didn't work out so well for them. The oil is just beginning to hit the beautiful seashores and pictures of dead and sickened animals are beginning to appear everywhere on the Internet. This disaster deserves the attention it is getting but no more than the disaster in Arizona. The consequences from both will be felt for decades. In the case of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill you will see companies and workers receive compensation for lost wages and those who have been physically sickened or injured will receive settlements from the government and from BP oil company, and rightfully so. This is not true in Arizona. There have been no committees set up to repay Arizona for the failure of the Federal Government to secure the border or to make whole all the people who have suffered damage in one way or another from Illegal Immigration.
Arizona hasn't attracted even a fraction of the media attention that the Gulf Spill has. I don't see a government doing all they can to correct the problem or "kicking butt" as the President recently said. The politicians have actually been intentionally ignoring the illegal immigration problem for years. Our very own Senators have done NOTHING to help their own state on this issue even though John McCain has been serving us for 27 years and Jon Kyl about 18 years. We Arizonans expected the 10 point plan 10 to 20 years ago.
It is well beyond the time we DEMAND that the Federal Government face the ugly truth of this DISASTER, and secure the borders of the United States of America. And it is high time that "We the People" hold responsible the politicians that have been ignoring their duty to clean up the disaster in Arizona. We WILL NOT BE IGNORED ANY LONGER!
Here is a must watch video on Arizona's Deserts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9iwjitsNyQ
Getting Involved and The Tea Party
I had often myself in the past talked a lot of politics with family and friends without getting involved. It seemed that what could I do that would make any difference with the people in power. I watched at first what the tea party was doing, thinking this could just be some kind of trick from the right. I started attending a local tea party here in Mesa and found that I wasn't alone in my frustrations with all politicians. They have the core values of America and wish for our leadership in this country to follow the constitution in decision making. I know that most main stream media associates us with the far right and republicans so they can try to keep people away. We of the tea parties around America have been called racist, violent, extremists and people who wish to destroy the government. They couldn't be any more wrong if they tried, We stand for values that most on the left abandoned along time ago.
I have gotten to hear nearly most of the candidates running for both state and federal offices from my district. I'm much better informed about these candidates than people who only watch tv ads and read newspapers along with websites. The interesting part is my federal congressman Jeff Flake and senator John McCain have refused many invites to speak at our tea party. I take those things personally and will refuse to vote for either, even in the general. They don't deserve my vote.
I have gotten to hear nearly most of the candidates running for both state and federal offices from my district. I'm much better informed about these candidates than people who only watch tv ads and read newspapers along with websites. The interesting part is my federal congressman Jeff Flake and senator John McCain have refused many invites to speak at our tea party. I take those things personally and will refuse to vote for either, even in the general. They don't deserve my vote.
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