The release of tension is not the same as the affirmation of values. When you release tension, you’re clearing the way but you’re not creating anything. Often, affirming or experiencing positive values makes tension go away. People constantly looking for … Continue reading
Bringing the 9/11 plotters to New York City for an ordinary criminal trial (no different from a purse snatcher) is a shock to many, but not to myself. Why? Because long before Obama and his parasitic pimps took over the … Continue reading
Honestly speaking, it’s not a person you’re loyal to — it’s your value system. When a person represents something important to you, then you’re loyal to that person because of who he or she is. In this sense, loyalty is … Continue reading
“It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he never reasoned into.” — Jonathan Swift How true! People who don’t reach their conclusions via reason are not going to listen to reason. People don’t become … Continue reading
America needs divided government. This isn’t because there are no solutions. There are rational solutions, but Democrats propose the absolute opposite of what’s needed and Republicans propose absolutely nothing. Given this state of affairs, the only solution is two-party government. … Continue reading
Work is not a duty so much as a responsibility we all have to ourselves IN ORDER TO BE HAPPY. The traditional work ethic tells us to work for others, or for God, or for society. Religionists and socialists see … Continue reading
If mental illness rules out the possibility of terrorism, as our President and the military he runs want us to believe — then does this mean that terrorists are not insane? I didn’t realize, until the Fort Hood shooting, that … Continue reading
Former President Bill Clinton said last week he would have preferred to leave the White House “in a coffin” because he loved being commander in chief. “It’s good that we have a (term) limit. Otherwise I would have stayed until … Continue reading
You cannot make another happy, and nobody can make you happy. Happiness is too personal. People can help each other with all kinds of things, if they’re able and if they want to. Someone can give you a ride, or … Continue reading
In developing a business, brainstorming is important, not because all or most of the ideas will work, but 1-2 or 3 (out of 100) of them will work and that’s what matters. I have learned, in self-employment, that many ideas … Continue reading
Fox News interviewed the cousin of the killer at Fort Hood. The man, speaking in a calm and rational sounding voice, actually seemed to believe it when he claimed that his cousin must have been driven to do what he … Continue reading
Dear 535 voting members of the Congress: It is now official: You are all morons. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 – you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke. Social Security was established … Continue reading