OceansOfThought @ June 18, 2008 # 4 Comments
The government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credit needed to satisfy the spending power of the government and the buying power of consumers[....] Money will cease to be master and will then become servant of humanity. – Abraham Lincoln
Remember, back in the old days, you had to GIVE the bank money [...]
OceansOfThought @ June 16, 2008 # Comments Off
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. -Abraham Lincoln
On a whim, i tried to find some inkling of when “Free Market” became “Free Corporation.” and not “consumer Benefit.” I realize now that the economist in me has been annoyed that consumers were not first for some time.
Governments [...]
OceansOfThought @ June 13, 2008 # 3 Comments
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. – Abraham Lincoln
Without exception, I pretty much object to Electing a Judge by popular vote. In America, where this practice is most popular, there [...]
OceansOfThought @ June 12, 2008 # One Comment
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. – Abraham Lincoln
Back when i was younger i passed a UPS truck on the street and a meeter maid writing it a ticket. I also noticed that the truck driver seemed unconcerned. When i asked, i was told (true or not) UPS had [...]
OceansOfThought @ June 9, 2008 # 3 Comments
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”-Abraham Lincoln
We’ve alluded to the fact, in these editorials, it seems humans like settling for second best. We claim we want a better mouse trap but really we really don’t want a better mouse trap, we want to not [...]
OceansOfThought @ May 28, 2008 # Comments Off
“The government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credit needed to satisfy the spending power of the government….” – Abraham Lincoln
One of the problems with resolving crime and other problems is that crime pays; it pays the governments that try to control it, it pays the states and communities really really well. [...]
OceansOfThought @ April 25, 2008 # 4 Comments
“There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future.” -Abraham Lincoln
As I am wont to do, I tend to look over old posts for other idea’s or maybe looking for something to more [...]
OceansOfThought @ April 22, 2008 # 3 Comments
… no other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, as agriculture.- Abraham Lincoln
On this Earth Day I’d like to ask a question. How green are you?
Me? I’m green with anger and resentment that i keep being asked how green [...]
OceansOfThought @ April 16, 2008 # 4 Comments
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence. -Abraham Lincoln
Back, not so long ago, there was a time when a man did a crime, he did his time, and went on with life. What he did, depending on the severity, was a mistake which he paid for, [...]
OceansOfThought @ April 4, 2008 # 2 Comments
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. -Abraham Lincoln
We shall now have a therapy session with the UN (United Nations), and it’s younger cousin NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organizations) and EU (European Union.)
These are three institutions, made under the relatively same rules, drifting away from their original purpose, hamstrung by the [...]