OceansOfThought @ June 20, 2008 # Comments Off on On Why Any Education is Better Than None
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.– Abraham Lincoln Soon enough you’ll hear a story that you want to be false. This involves usually horrific things (like fathers keeping their children in basements and getting them significant children. ) I bring you another. Incase […]
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 […]
OceansOfThought @ June 16, 2008 # Comments Off on On the Benefits of A Consumer Focused Government
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 are many judicial […]
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 a […]
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 see […]
OceansOfThought @ May 28, 2008 # Comments Off on On Fees, Fines, Vices and Tax
“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 […]
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 […]
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 i am. […]
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, and […]