We live in a world where we are told that only those in authority or those with expertise can provide answers to the questions that puzzle us. This is not always the case. If you believe that you cannot think for yourself then you are already lost. This site is an evolving endeavor to shed light on a variety of issues that result in questions for which the answers remain yet unknown or not yet revealed. Still other questions have answers, though they remain illusive.  But every question has an answer. And as the answers to questions posed on this site emerge they will be provided.

Knowledge is a tool. The real question is, are we willing to use the tools at our disposal? Always think for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

(Note: this column was first published in 2009)

Those of you familiar with this column are no stranger to what I believe is the sometimes criminal misuse and abuse of the Constitution and its rights by Congress and the President (the Ruling Elite) in administrations than span decades.

Continuing on that seemingly unalterable path and now early in 2010, it is apparent that candidate Obama’s multiple lofty claims while running for President, that “transparency” would be the order of the day for “We the People” during the healthcare overhaul, was nothing but a lie. Even C-Span had to call him, and Congress, on it. But then again, maybe his handlers can convince him and the Dems to play straight with the American people, at least on this issue.

As President, Obama, like Bush and many others, has joined the elite fraternity of chief executives who can’t seem to keep various promises. But why should they? And why should Congress?

They are our Ruling Elite because “We the People” allow them to assume that posture generation after generation. They continue to violate the Constitution with impunity while the people grumble but do nothing. When it comes to standing up for our rights, many Americans act like wimpy adults who more closely resemble whiny little children. Read the rest of this entry »

(Note: this article pertaining to the H1N1 influenza was first published in 2009)

The preparations for flu season are here. Some local schools, with parental sign-offs, are set to begin administering FluMist. The first shipments of vaccine for the “novel H1N1 flu” are coming in for higher risk people, with more on the way for much of the remainder of the population.

All of this has been covered by every news organization in the U.S., including this newspaper. Yet in the minds of many there is more to the story.

So you won’t be confused, the “novel H1N1 flu” is not swine flu. It is a combination of swine, avian and human influenza. Read the rest of this entry »

“Where is America headed?” and “Who is in control our destiny?” As before in our history, these questions are being asked by some today. Everybody’s got an opinion. Here’s mine in abbreviated form.

Societies change over time, so what’s the big deal about America and any changes it may be experiencing today? Following the culturally-accepted mantra of political polarization, for liberals much of the changes are good, for conservatives much is bad. Many on the right cry, “Socialism/communism is at our door.” Many on the left say, “What’s wrong with government taking responsibility and control?”

America has been changing since the Revolution. Then as now, partisan political turf wars, and sometimes actual wars, have been fueled and guided by the “interests” Lincoln called the “money power” and Franklin Roosevelt called “the financial element in the larger centers (that) has owned this government since the days of Andrew Jackson.” Read the rest of this entry »

Comments pertaining to litigation on two separate issues directly affecting the physical health of countless Americans were reported earlier in 2008. One may lead to a more definitive explanation to looming questions over the large-scale exposure to toxic chemicals contained in biosolids. Millions of tons of biosolids, sewerage sludge, are used across America each year in lieu of fertilizer. The other issue may be the next step in providing a definitive explanation for the exposure to millions of children to the toxic chemical contained in childhood vaccines prior to 2002. Read the rest of this entry »

“How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.”
This fine piece of political wisdom is most often attributed to Adolph Hitler, who was heavily influenced by the works of Helena Blavatsky and thrust into power by the Aryan worldview-inspired Thule Society’s Dietrich Ekhardt. As he became chief overseer of the post-Weimar Republic that was crushed by reparations after the debacle at Versailles, Hitler made a name for himself on the world stage on the coattails of a hyper-inflating economy where it required millions of German marks to buy a pound of potatoes. Read the rest of this entry »

Putting 20,000 troops on American soil in late 2008 for purposes of domestic (emergency) response would have been extraordinary to the point of unbelievable prior to 9/11. Those were the words of homeland defense assistant defense secretary Paul McHale in November 2008. But that is exactly what is happening by September 2011; and 4,700 of that number are already on the ground at Ft. Stewart near Savannah. The reason: the threat of in-country terrorist attacks. The problem: federal law established in 1878 essentially prohibits such action for your protection against a government gone wild. Read the rest of this entry »

A minimum of hundreds of residents in Fayette and Fulton counties in southwest metro Atlanta in 2006 were exposed to a chemical mix called MOCAP wash water, a concoction that contains the organophosphate pesticide ethoprop and the chemical odorant Propyl mercaptan. By government accounts, the “onion odor” chemical emissions originated at the Philips Services Corp.(PSC) waste treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92 just outside Fairburn. The actions by the state and federal governments in response to this chemical poisoning were a slap in the face of citizens who are born and bred to believe their government would actually try to protect them from harm. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read the rest of this entry »

This column is intended mainly for the “Christian nation.” Some who do not subscribe to the Christian belief system and worldview, and some who do, may find what follows a waste of their time.

What is the measure of a man? Is it his willingness to give, unasked? Is it his faith in something greater than himself? Is it the care and protection of those he calls family and those who are less fortunate? It is all these things and more.  What is the result when he strays from those things that define him?

What is the measure of a nation of people? Is it their willingness to stand as a witness and an adversary against tyranny and oppression? Is it the recognition that there is a calling of conscience that is intended to perpetuate justice and equality? Is it the care and protection of its citizens? It is all these things and more. And what is the result when a nation strays from those defining characteristics? Read the rest of this entry »

“Cogito ergo sum.” (I think, therefore I am)   —René Descartes, from Les Discours de la Méthode, 1637

“There is an imperative which commands a certain conduct immediately, without having as its condition any other purpose to be attained by it. This imperative is Categorical… This imperative may be called that of Morality.”   —Immanuel Kant, from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics, 1785

“My conscience hath a several thousand tongues, and every tongue brings a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain.”   —William Shakespeare, from King Richard III, 1593

Throughout eternity an infinite stillness reigns wherein the conscience may talk with the individual… it must be heard.”   —Sören Kierkegaard, from Purity of Heart, 1846

“Within the realm of the consciousness of every individual there are two assessment paradigms that exist at the very foundation of consciousness. One of the paradigms abhors being scrutinized and propels us into a life where freedom is an illusion, yet proclaimed as fact. The essence of this paradigm is egoistic and its intention is to exalt self. The other paradigm delights in being scrutinized and compels us into a life that can be one where freedom is an explicit reality. The essence of this paradigm is empathy, or love.”   —Ben Nelms, from The First and Final Paradigm, 2008 Read the rest of this entry »

“Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it away.”   —William Allen White

“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”   —Benjamin Disraeli

“Ira furor brevis est.” (Anger is a short madness)   —Horace, from Epistles, book 1, number 2, 1.162

For as the nature of foul weather, lies not in a shower or two of rain; but in an inclination thereto of many days together: so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary.”   —Thomas Hobbes, from Leviathan, 1651, part 1, chapter 13 Read the rest of this entry »