My Morals

"Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon 'B', 'A' is most likely a scoundrel." H.L. Menchen (1880-1956) American journalist

MY MORALS

I respect your right to believe

I applaud your passion to believe it

I am happy with the peace you receive

And of the source in which you receive it

But don't dare rain on my parade

When it comes to my choice of faith

For I am not afraid

With the choices that I have embraced

We all are people with free will

Influenced by the God we choose

My morals are mine as yours are still

You mess with mine, you lose!

It's Going Down

"Men in authority will always think of criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive." Henry Commanger (1902-1998) Historian/author...from his book FREEDOM AND ORDER.

IT'S GOING DOWN

A word to you peons one and all

The king hereby shall not be criticized

He will have your subversive heads, they will roll

The torture will be uncivilized!

Although my warnings may seem extreme

In the days of voting at the polls

The loss of liberty and freedom's dreams

Downward with our economy rolls

When politicians control the news

And department heads become lawless puppets

When the only answer is within their views

A strong America begins to plummet

When Christianity is a dirty word

When God is banned and swept aside

When the liberal ways have become absurd

Then what is left of the patriots are their defeated pride

The Lobby

"Washington, of course, aside from being the most mismanaged, crime ridden, cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal legislators and about 38,000 lobbyist work at confiscating and redistributing the incomes of the American people." Charlie Reese

"We are the hard working people who fund our country's bankroll, yet we seem to no longer have any say as to how these funds are spent. 38,000 special interest lobbyist hold the combination to our safe and continue to rob us blind.

How much longer are we going to tolerate that our elected representatives will thumb their noses at the will of We the People to line their pockets with the bribes from these lobbyists?

Before this country can be righted, the intrusion of big money has got to stop influencing our legislators. Then, and only then, can we embark on a thorough cleaning of the rotting stench of government corruption. And in this process, cut the government down to size so again We the People will be in charge of our destiny." Marian. Beatty

Our Loss

"The great appear great because we are on our knees: LET US RISE!" and that comes from James Larkin (1876-1947)

OUR LOSS

Let them be the driver

Be but don't be seen

An invisible survivor

Not a player on the team

Let them choose your destination

Don't you dare have your say

Quell any aspirations

Don't you care to have your way?

Give up your right to prosperity

Let the government be the king

Bow to secularity

Don't let your freedom ring

Are we just the mice

Addicted to their cheese

Would it not be nice

To get up off your knees?

Our loss has been the greatness

They led us to perceive

Progressivism is the illness

Our apathy, the disease

I LIED TO MYSELF

"Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself." Ludwig Wittgenstien (1889-1951) an Austrian British philosopher

I LIED TO MYSELF

I thought that I was able

To put food upon the table

With little effort on my part

With little fire, much less a spark

With being grown up my daily yearning

I cruised through school barely learning

All I had was youthful pride

Was it to myself I lied?

McDonalds was not enough

To raise a family, time was rough

How much more would I have achieved

If I hadn't found myself deceived?

When you are young there's so much time to burn

Reasons to play and not to learn

I have found through introspection

An easy life was my true deception

My Imprint

"We judge ourselves by what we feel we are capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have done." H.W. Longfellow (1807-1882) American Poet

MY IMPRINT

Is it I who see myself so high and mighty

I fail to attain my true potential

I believe I am already with the elite

But I remain inconsequential

Is it I who consider myself so lowly

I have resigned myself to that?

In my mind I feel "why try?"

And I have lived life in a shack

How many of us stay in mediocrity

And look askew at those above and below us

Why do others see our potential?

Why is it easier for others to know us?

In the end will I look back to see

That I failed or over-achieved?

Will I be just another also ran

Because it was I who would not believe?

Rules to Live By

Einstein’s Three Rules of Work:

1) Out of clutter find simplicity. 2) From discord make harmony 3) In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity

RULES TO LIVE BY

In me lies a cluttered mind

From all the knowledge I have gleaned

In chaotic moments there comes a time

My memory be reviewed and cleaned

Within the clutter I find simplicity

As I purge the useless burdens beared

I can let go of each little eccentricity

That let me dwell so wary and scared

In the now brave and simple me

I  face the discord of sharing life

With too many people who could hardly see

They had added to my personal strife

All in all I have grown to know

The difficulty that brings me down

From the things that I have known,  I grow

It's much easier to laugh than wear a frown