Town Hall Meeting Becomes Violent

The following took place on 08-06 in Tampa, FL. Wow. The good guys were being loud and disrupting the congresswoman's propaganda meeting, so her union thugs roughly hustled them out. Notice how when the good people protest, they do not throw poop and urine and shout obscenities. We will definitely see more of this in the near future. Hopefully it will not have negative consequences.

The Defenders of Liberty... Wow!

Political Spectrum Quiz

My Political Views
I am a right moderate social libertarian
Right: 6.63, Libertarian: 2.76

Political Spectrum Quiz


And once again they get it wrong :-). They assume you can't be a true libertarian/classical liberal if you are strongly opposed to abortion. Truth is, if you are a TRUE classical liberal with a belief in natural law, you must be opposed to abortion. But most political spectrum analyzers do not bother to take that into account.

First Round of Layoffs

So we had our first round of layoffs today… ugh. Mark T, Charlie and Abby were let go. It was a sad day, a soul-draining day. At the beginning of the year we were told that the company was feeling the pain of the current economic conditions, and if things did not improve they would be forced to have some layoffs, but they would go by seniority. So I made a list and have been checking people off of it, watching as my name gets closer and closer to the chopping block. Four names are down, three more before me. Unfortunately for me, two of those names are pretty well locked in place, which means there is only one name before me. Either way, we have downsized significantly this year because of firings, layoffs, and people quitting. We started the year with about 31 workers, and 7 have left so far. So we are down 22.6% in workers, and therefore working at 77.4% of our original workforce. That is pretty significant, so they must be saving quite a bit of money. And at least three of those people were relatively well-paid positions.

So we will see what happens next. I started the day off with a lot of resentment about my job, and my bosses. But after the layoffs, I was suddenly so grateful for this job. I spent the rest of the day thanking God for it. It is incredible how resentment always crowds out gratitude. There is not enough room inside us for both. I want to hold on to gratitude so I have no room for resentment.

Thank You, Lord, so much for my job. Please fill me with gratitude. Your will be done. Amen.

Does this work?

I am writing this test post from “Windows Live Writer” and am very interested to see how it posts to my blog. Will it work?

We will see!

Who are the terrorists?

Karen Bass, the Speaker of the California Assembly said this on Saturday regarding those who speak out against higher taxes ("revenue" as she calls it):

"The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: "You vote for revenue and your career is over." I don't know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess it's about free speech, but it's extremely unfair."

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The Whole Premise Is Wrong

The President said today:

"I've asked Secretary Chu to lead a new effort at the Department of Energy focusing on implementing more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances... The first step we're taking sets new efficiency standards on fluorescent and incandescent lighting."

The government says we need to be "responsible." But is it being "responsible" when we are being forced to do it by the government? The government then says, "We will be saving you money by doing this [so don't worry about the fact that we're forcing your hand]!" I must point out, the whole premise of the President's argument is wrong. He wants to force us to use certain light bulbs (Yes, our government has its fingers so far into our lives that they actually are concerned about what light bulbs we are using). Our President works under the assumption that the government own us and therefor can tell us what we should and should not do, but for our own good, of course. In his eyes we are nothing more than servants to the greater good. Well, that is wrong. We are individuals who are responsible to our family and God.

We have responsibility for ourselves and cannot be forced to be responsible for the collective good. We were all created by God and given two arms, two legs, and one brain. We have the same capacity for decision-making and responsibility as our government officials. We use our faculties given to us by God to protect and provide for our families and make decisions based on what is based for them. God gave us that brain to make those decisions, and any government official who makes decisions for us (regardless of whether it is supposedly for our own good) is putting themselves above God by saying that He did not give us the necessary brain function to make the best decision. That is a dangerous place to be. These men see themselves as "supermen" as Bastiat would put it. God confounded the plans of the men at Babel who put themselves above Himself, and may He now confound the plans of these arrogant men who would do the same.