The Person is a People, Too

My government is fine... it is theirs that is in trouble!

Who is there to represent us?

In order to get a handle on what is wrong with government, we must first get a handle on what is wrong with us. But who is us? Do we even know who we are anymore?

When was the last time you heard a government official say, "It is your personal rights that are important?" And when was the last time you demanded your individual rights? Are you aware that the Constitution carefully protected your natural rights to live your life as you wish, and government was given no control over you?

Elected government officials swear an oath to do just that? At the start of each new Congress (corporate), in January of every odd-numbered year, those newly elected or re-elected Congress members - the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate - must recite the following oath:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

The key word in question is 'United States'.

Just what is the United States? Is it an alliance of sovereign individual States (like countries) within a geographic border, whereby certain laws are uniformly shared, and where borders are open between the states - or is the United States a sovereign government with power over the individual States and the people?

Yet which 'constitution' do the representatives actually swear an oath to? You might be surprised. It all depends on the connotation used. It is a very clever play on words, and contract law.

Under the original Constitution, the government of the United States of America was formed as a union of States. Yet in 1871, the 'District of Columbia' was formed. This was a private corporation hired to carry out the business needs of the national government. This corporation was later changed to the name 'United States Government' in 1878 after it was reorganized, because the people weren't happy with the arrangement. Remember, this was not our government - it was a mere corporation carrying out certain business needs of the national government.

This is where things get confusing.

After the corporation was renamed to 'United States Government', they must have realized that, being a corporation, they could also use other trademark names, because no other corporations had used them. So, magically, they also began using the trademark names 'United States', 'USA', U.S.A.', 'US', 'U.S.', and even 'America'. You see, the national government wasn't a corporation, and therefore it had not trademarked those names. So the names were fair game to the corporation, with the intention of assuming the role of government. They were very clever.

In my opinion there is an incredible amount of deception and corruption in government these days; yet it seems that we the people accept no responsibility for this. We all seem to moan and groan about the abuses, but stop short of doing anything about it. And to make it worse, those in control have their Executive Branch, their Legislature, their Courts, and their so-called free press to cover up the illusion of corporate government. You see, it is not government, but rather a business, pretending to be government.

The corruption is so out of control that most American's are convinced that nothing can be done about it... so why fight it. And besides, we don't understand what's going on anyway. So most of us just go with the flow, and live our lives according the the dictates and the whims of corrupt politicians. The ironic part is that the major politicians are even more controlled by the international banksters than we are, as they must keep in mind who often hand picked them for office in the first place.

We must take total responsibility for our government being abandoned, and for allowing Corp. U.S., the business manager, to assume control, and to be in the condition that it is in. It was up to us to be vigilant, and stay in control of government, rather than allow government to control us.

So what condition is our government really in?

If my assessment is accurate, then you would know that government today is really not 'our' government at all. So you might be saying, "who cares...my life is going fine. I have a nice family, and a home, a couple vehicles, and a boat. So what makes you think there is a problem."

First we must understand what 'our' government is. Our government, the United States of America is a republic, whereby each of us is equal in status, and we individually retain our rights to live our lives as we choose. Our government is in position to protect those rights, as well as to set controls on the officers whom we hire to represent us.

So whose government is the democracy, called the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT? Is it really government?

I don't know about you, but my government...

...recognizes the natural individual rights of the Citizens it was created for.

...has elected representatives who understand constitutional law, and follow it.

...has elected officials who make decisions that take into account our natural rights, and protect them.

...has Congressional representatives who know exactly what they are voting for in the legislative process, by thoroughly studying each bill before them before voting on them.

...has elected officers who realize that any bill that benefits the collective population must never violate personal liberty of the Citizens.

...does not have any control over the Citizens

...has no tax with respect to income on the Citizens

...does not use the the creation of worthless currency to perpetuate an illusionary economy that ultimately robs the people of their freedom

...and my government would never mortgage the future of our children to satisfy the greed it's elected officers, and then try to cover it up by renting insane amounts of worthless currency to stall the inevitable disaster they created.

The question is, which government is yours?
I have always been a frustrated and reluctant scholar, and now author. Like most students, history and government were probably my least favorite subjects. Something happened in my late thirties, about nineteen years ago, when I had seen enough of what I considered propaganda from the media and government. I've been studying ever since.

It is my life goal to help awaken the world by first stimulating critical, logical thought. Governments of many countries don't allow the people to speak freely when their leaders get out of line. In America we still have that power...if we can keep it.

I coined the term for my new enterprise, FreeSyncracy, to sum up my passion in one word. It represents the personal freedom and limited government that our republic guarantees, while honoring the diverse cultures, races and faiths of the land.

The United States of America is a most unique country, without any particular ethnic group. We are a microcosm of the world, and therefore should be a positive example for the world to follow. I'm sure you agree that it is America's intent to continue to be that positive example, however isn't it fairly obvious that we the people simply don't have access to enough information to stop the current government to fouling up that role for all of us? So instead of being a government of the people, we have become followers and subjects of a corporate controlled international leadership group.

Instead of enjoying the freedoms of the republic, America has slowly evolved into what they call a democracy, whereby tragically the rules change at the whim of those in charge; and where privileges and benefits have replaced our foundational rights - slowly diminishing our liberty over time. I believe it is now that time!

By: Larry Andreen

Over a year ago American citizens voted to elect a new president. The motto or theme promoted, which successfully won the White House was "change." Today polls show the majority of those which voted for the current US President are not satisfied with the State of the Nation. Has Obama failed?

Well, you cannot determine that yet, but he is on his way. Maybe "change" was not delivered as we expected or wanted. Americans unfortunately have been indoctrinated to spell relief "ROLAIDS" and diapers are commonly referred to as "PAMPERS." What does this mean?

Simple, it means Americans are victims of manipulative advertisement, commonly known as false propaganda. Americans live in a culture of quick-fix, fast foods and immediate gratification. This phenomenon places everyone in society in a position to spend money on products they do not need, items they cannot afford, and believing in delusional promises of hope. Then, when reality slams everyone in the face, the obvious becomes evident. So has Obama failed?

Unfortunately, we must live and learn by trial and error and we will eventually find out if Obama has failed. Sometimes electing a president is a learning experience. If only Americans could learn to live without the things they have grown so accustomed to having, but do not need. If Americans could only envision a dream where sacrificing their immediate gratification would mean a blessed prosperous future for their children, then failure would not be an option. If it takes the horrors of an earthquake in Haiti to drive Americans to give selflessly in an attempt to help our neighbors, then what kind of an earthquake will Americans need to help themselves?

Could the Massachusetts political earthquake that elected a Republican to Democrat Ted Kennedy's long held Senate seat be the determining factor in America succeeding and whether Obama fails? Maybe not, but if the Massachusetts Senate election that resulted in Scott Brown's winning is a sample of what is to come for Obama, we are witnessing failure in progress. Wake up Mr. President and learn to change!

By: Raul Correa
Raul Correa publishes a periodical blog at http://www.RaulCorrea.com and expresses facts, news and opinions on the issues that impact our lives and world.

Where is this indisputable evidence President Obama mentioned in his State of the Union address? Much of the so called evidence has been changed to promote global warming. Another report on climate change has come up lacking on credibility.

A Himalaya Mountain Range temperature reading was too high but was readily corrected. Some of these weather temperature reports are actual mistakes, while some others are outright lies. The problem is that whether they are mistakes or lies, when temperature data is incorrect, it has the same disastrous results.

More Money for Climate Change on False Information

President Obama is giving away millions of dollars for climate change research. This is money that is desperately needed for the economy to help hurting people. Obama is not very observant about the weather so he takes information like reported on the Himalaya's and runs with it.

One of the most prized reports of the global warmers was the famous "Hockey Stick Graph." The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, also known as the IPCC, proudly flaunted this graph. The graph showed a steady warming of our good old planet earth. But guess what happened? The information the IPCC used on increasing CO2 amounts was also not credible.

Again, the estimates when the graph was made may have been an honest mistake. It does not matter. People in powerful positions are making earth shattering decisions on this wrong information. And to add insult to injury - temperature data from other sources have been lied about.

Case In Point

Emails from scientists have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that fraud has been committed by changing temperature readings. Can our leaders just look out the window and see the weather? Sometimes you do not need a scientist or meteorologist to tell you there is cold weather or hot weather. Just observe. Feel it. Climate change is cyclical.

It does not matter that Obama was in freezing weather in Copenhagen, Denmark during the "global warming" conference. Or that he came back to Washington D.C. in a snow storm and again freezing temperatures. Then three weeks later a winter storm with record breaking temperatures. And now more of the same. Cold weather is consistent during winter just like hot weather is during summer.

The winter storms have been cold, long and deadly across much of the globe - not just the United States.

We are having global freezing right now. Many scientists also believe the earth is entering, or has already entered, a global cooling trend. But you know something? People that have an agenda will not CHANGE even if the evidence is right in front of them. The false data on the Himalaya's should cause any reasonable human being to seriously question global warming.

How About This?

Get the news about the weather. All someone has to do is watch The Weather Channel. Simple. One of my favorite sayings is "Common Sense Is Not So Common."


By: Brian H Campbell
http://www.globalfreezing.com

Many billions of dollars have been spent as part of the multi-billion dollar stimulus plan enacted by Congress last year. There have been countless news articles about projects the money was spent on, but my observation was that a lot of those were projects that were started before the economic meltdown occurred and getting information about new projects that may offer new jobs is difficult to impossible. Aside from a few road signs that "This project funded by..." there have been few indicators that the stimulus plan is actually working. General Motors and Chrysler still declared bankruptcy, unemployment is still high, big banks are still sitting on tax dollars they were bailed out with.

So, the question is "Where has all that money gone?" A search for stimulus fund projects on the internet returns very little information other than wishes and a search in a state's website does not return any usable information about where new jobs may be.

One thing that has become clear is that most of the people we elected to Congress are not interested in the best interest of our country. The deficit continues to grow, and our congressional leaders continue to blame somebody else, usually the last administration of the other party. There is no bipartisan support for programs that will end the recession, improve the quality of life or eliminate the deficit. Our elected leaders are too busy telling us what we need to listen to our opinions about what we need.

If the country were run like a corporation, most of our leaders would have been fired for incompetence by now. Our Congress is made up of people who are not our good friends, not our good neighbors and we are not in good hands. We are gradually losing the freedoms this country was founded upon to our own government.

This mess is probably the fault of the average voter because we can see where the problems lie, but we continue to vote for the same people over and over again. But in our own defense, most of us are too busy trying to survive to be able to pay close attention to the people running our country.

While the problems with the economy are too big and cost too much for a lot of us to even comprehend, a common sense approach might reveal some solutions that are workable. The real problem is that some of them may take more guts than are available in the congressional offices.

The most important thing that could happen in Congress is for the blame game to stop. We have serious problems with the economy. Foreign investors are taking over a lot of major industries and buying up a lot of real estate. Our congressional leaders must stop blaming past administrations and come up with some real solutions. These problems did not happen overnight or in the last four years. They have been around for at least a generation, regardless of which party controls the white house or congress.

The second most important thing that needs to happen is probably an attitude change. We don't need more economic programs. We need to fix the programs we already have and Congress needs to stop raiding the entitlement programs to fund new programs and stop loading up new programs with special interest amendments and set asides that add billions to otherwise good programs. We don't need to fix a neighborhood pool or build a multi-million dollar bridge to nowhere.

We have serious problems and we need serious people to work on those problems. Our elected officials at all levels of government are put in office because we believe they are serious people. Sometimes they need prodding to get things done in an acceptable manner.

As the taxpayers, we have a responsibility to make sure that the people we elect to govern us know that they are elected and should pay attention to our opinions. I encourage everyone to stay in touch with your local congressional offices, attend city or town council meetings and get involved. Only through involvement will any real meaningful change take place.

By: Marshall Crum
Marshall Crum has spent more than 25 years working as a safety professional and writes articles about health and safety issues and other subjects of interest. All of them based on his observations and opinions. More information can be gotten from his retirement website or weight loss diet tips website. He offers his apologies if this article seems like a rant. If you have an opinion on this, please leave a comment.

We pre-boomers grew up in a time when there was no doubt that this country was the world leader in virtually everything we could think of. Our generation was born between 1930 and 1945, so we saw results of what a united people are capable of doing. Rising from the ashes of the Great Depression, being drawn into fighting wars on two fronts and the launch of the post-war boom were just the beginning. During the next 50 years, more than any country in the world, we invented more products, our workers produced more goods and our government did more to improve the quality of life at home and abroad.

This was not an accident. America was always exceptional. From the time the early settlers arrived on our shores through the colonists' fight for freedom to the war on slavery and our joining in WWI, the citizens believed in doing what is right rather than what is easy. If others suffered, we suffered with them and tried to right the wrong, without regard for what dissenters might think or say.

The same kind of attitude prevailed in our nation's businesses, both large and small. A good idea became a great idea when people got excited and applied American ingenuity and old-fashioned hard work to make the dream come true. Our generation saw the advent of frozen food including pizza, television followed by TV dinners, jet travel, fast food restaurants, a man on the moon spawned Tang in several flavors as well as satellites, copying and answering machines, pagers, cell phones, personal computers and all the hi-tech gear that followed, plus much more.

Most of these inventions changed our lives forever and continue to prompt change as they inspire an ongoing flood of new and improved products vying for the consumer's attention - many of which will make our quality of life somewhat better, and all of them are designed to make money for the individuals and companies involved in bringing these products to the marketplace, here and around the world. America has always provided an atmosphere for creativity and we have shown the world how to market goods and services. So, while there's cheap labor available in other parts of the world, we are the ones with the ideas, build the initial products and provide the marketing capabilities to establish brands worldwide.

Because America creates what others eventually copy, we must continue to innovate in areas such as energy, food and pharmaceuticals for the world. The need to innovate applies to more than business ventures. Our educational system is in great need of help. Just as we test market products, it is vital to try then perfect new ways to better educate our children and prepare them for the changing world they will face. America's health care system needs to be studied and revamped to attend the needs of the aging citizens and to make it affordable to our younger population.

America's exceptionalism will be challenged in the years ahead. We must not let this happen from within. Instead, we have to view the problems facing us lemons and make some lemonade. That's the American way.
By: Don Potter
Don Potter, a Philadelphia native, was born in 1936 and is a 50 year veteran of the advertising agency business. Now living in Los Angeles, he has written two novels in retirement, frequently writes on marketing issues, and has a blog dedicated to pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).

Read more articles for and about pre-boomers with thoughts, comments and opinions designed to spark thinking, foster discussion, and stimulate debate by logging on to http://www.pre-boomermusings.com

The subject of health care reform has been a big issue in Washington and the news media for the past year. Citizens jumped into the fray, for the most part uninvited, when it became apparent that our elected representatives were botching the process. Town hall meetings, rallies and protest marches sent a message to legislators that they were out of step, if not out of touch with mainstream Americans. Recent election results from Massachusetts indicates the will of the people is something politicians shouldn't ignore.

Democrats cannot write bills behind closed doors and try to jam legislation through based on their current power in Washington. By the same token, Republican have got to stop hiding in the weeds and taking shots at everything the opposing party does. Rather, it's time to go back to the peoples' business. This means agreeing that the health care system needs to undergo significant change over an extended period of time but in a common-sense, fiscally-responsible, bi-partisan manner. Otherwise, the finger pointing and bickering in Washington will spell the end of the careers for many politicians.

It's not rocket science. Health insurance costs continue to climb. Too many Americans are without coverage. Waste, fraud and abuse abounds within the system. The problems can't be addressed or fixed all at once. So, let's agree that health care is going to be studied immediately and adjusted over time with the goal being coverage we can afford and quality of care second to none. We can figure out how to make this work, but do the politicians, the insurance companies and the medical organizations must come together, forget their own agendas and start considering what's best for the citizens of this country?

As part of the pre-boomer generation (those born between 1930 and 1945), I remember how people from all walks of life came together and fought our enemies in World War II. Folks forgot about labels. We weren't Democrats or Republicans we were Americans pulling together in a common cause. If addressed honestly, health care can be something that unites rather than divides us.

Remember, health care accounts for about a sixth of our economy. This is a real concern when combined with a deficit beyond belief, out-of-control government spending and a double-digit unemployment rate that just won't go day. On top of this, there are more spending plans waiting to be introduced in Congress. The only thing to do is to stop Washington from doing what it's been doing or we're going to keep getting what we've been getting. Translated, this means no new spending. Prioritize the country's need. And re-evaluate where our money is going now and where it needs to go in the future.

At the same time, businesses around the country need to join in the fight to keep America afloat and bring it back to the land of opportunity. This requires the best minds we have focusing on what they know best to get the job done. By applying this same kind of discipline to health care reform, we will undoubtedly end up with something that meets the needs of each individual American. And, that's good for all of us.

By: Don Potter
Don Potter, a Philadelphia native, was born in 1936 and is a 50 year veteran of the advertising agency business. Now living in Los Angeles, he has written two novels in retirement, frequently writes on marketing issues, and has a blog dedicated to pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945).

Read more articles for and about pre-boomers with thoughts, comments and opinions designed to spark thinking, foster discussion, and stimulate debate by logging on to http://www.pre-boomermusings.com