There are so many issues facing the citizens of this great country. How long will we be able to call the USA "this great country"? The economy has not recovered, ethics is at an all time low, morals have decayed dramatically, and on and on. Will there be no end to the struggle for power and control over this vastly populated continent - yes continent.
This is the big election year. There is mud slinging going on from the most insignificant positions up for re-election to the top position of "this great country" and the closer we get to November the worse it will get.
In the last four years has government and its citizens progressed or suffered from the decisions made by our leaders.
Think before you vote!
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Government Shutdown
Where is all the concern? There will not be a government shutdown. This happened several years ago and was a power play which resolved itself in a few weeks.
It is another dramatic tactic to bring attention to our capitol and the power struggle that is this United States. It isn't like they don't have an operational budget. It is because the two political parties are struggling to show strength for their interest.
Budgets are really very simple but really hard to stick to. You have a certain amount of money coming in and you have a certain amount of services to provide. Any shortfall calls for cuts in services and any overage should be dumped in a "savings" account to cover emergencies.
You can't get blood from a turnip and all those legislators that have made promises they now can't keep will have to face the consequences of their mouth overflow. You don't make promises you can't keep.
These knowledgeable people need to get the street smarts of their president and get on with business. After all aren't the political parties no more than organized people fighting for power and control. No where is more crimes committed than on capitol hill and the perpetrators are all covered by diplomatic immunity.
Just a though!
It is another dramatic tactic to bring attention to our capitol and the power struggle that is this United States. It isn't like they don't have an operational budget. It is because the two political parties are struggling to show strength for their interest.
Budgets are really very simple but really hard to stick to. You have a certain amount of money coming in and you have a certain amount of services to provide. Any shortfall calls for cuts in services and any overage should be dumped in a "savings" account to cover emergencies.
You can't get blood from a turnip and all those legislators that have made promises they now can't keep will have to face the consequences of their mouth overflow. You don't make promises you can't keep.
These knowledgeable people need to get the street smarts of their president and get on with business. After all aren't the political parties no more than organized people fighting for power and control. No where is more crimes committed than on capitol hill and the perpetrators are all covered by diplomatic immunity.
Just a though!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
How long will it take?
So many new faces taking office this week or soon thereafter. Their positions or seats won by promising to represent the will of the people; to do away with all the overspending in progress now; and to return freedom to the people of the United States. How long will it last?
How long before the first lobbyist reminds a senator or representative of that campaign contribution that helped get him elected? How long before a lobbyist promises a contribution to ensure re-election? How long before the "let's make a deal" starts and the campaign promises and the constituents are thrown to the wind?
The one thing I have been told or heard by elected officials consistently is "but you don't understand; you don't know how it is." It seems so easy to make promises, plans, and set up objectives that one or two months down the road don't mean a hill of beans. Politicians forget the constituents and grow on the power and the people they are now exposed to and have the ear of. It all comes down to power and control and no matter who is elected or what they promise, power and control take over and they are no longer interested in the wishes or thoughts that put them in office. Friend or foe, it doesn't matter - they are the important ones now and they are making the decisions.
One warning - elections come often. Tread carefully. Now more than ever before the American people are watching and are no longer apathetic to what is going on in their government whether it be local, state, or federal.
Just some thoughts, so until next time . . .
Happy reading!
Belle
How long before the first lobbyist reminds a senator or representative of that campaign contribution that helped get him elected? How long before a lobbyist promises a contribution to ensure re-election? How long before the "let's make a deal" starts and the campaign promises and the constituents are thrown to the wind?
The one thing I have been told or heard by elected officials consistently is "but you don't understand; you don't know how it is." It seems so easy to make promises, plans, and set up objectives that one or two months down the road don't mean a hill of beans. Politicians forget the constituents and grow on the power and the people they are now exposed to and have the ear of. It all comes down to power and control and no matter who is elected or what they promise, power and control take over and they are no longer interested in the wishes or thoughts that put them in office. Friend or foe, it doesn't matter - they are the important ones now and they are making the decisions.
One warning - elections come often. Tread carefully. Now more than ever before the American people are watching and are no longer apathetic to what is going on in their government whether it be local, state, or federal.
Just some thoughts, so until next time . . .
Happy reading!
Belle
Thursday, October 7, 2010
November
Elections are right around the corner and I am so glad that these ads will soon be gone. The media rules in America either through their reportiing or the ads that are allowed to run on these stations.
It is an important time for our nation and I hope that people go to their knees in prayer before going to the polls to vote. With the enclosed voting booths and the confidentiality assumed in the voting process, no one will ever know how someone votes - which is a good thing. I could stand in front of you and claim support for first one candidate and then another only to enter the polling place and actually vote completely different.
It has been said that a man is only as good as his word, and at one time that was true. There was also a time when a person knew everyone in his neighborhood, their families and most of their friends. Times have changed, morals have changed, ethics have changed. People say one thing and do another. People no longer know each other, they know about each other. It is a hard job to know where candidate stands on the issues at hand and how they will react when those issues are up for a vote.
Our congressmen, representatives, and senators are not among us when the vote counts and peer pressure in the legislature is tremendous. All the money, the favors, the control and the power take over and the people back home are forgotten in the hoopla of the moment. Family, friends, and neighbors are in the past and the power people are in the here and now.
Think carefully when you go to the polls in the next 4 weeks. Pray for our country and where it is headed.
It is an important time for our nation and I hope that people go to their knees in prayer before going to the polls to vote. With the enclosed voting booths and the confidentiality assumed in the voting process, no one will ever know how someone votes - which is a good thing. I could stand in front of you and claim support for first one candidate and then another only to enter the polling place and actually vote completely different.
It has been said that a man is only as good as his word, and at one time that was true. There was also a time when a person knew everyone in his neighborhood, their families and most of their friends. Times have changed, morals have changed, ethics have changed. People say one thing and do another. People no longer know each other, they know about each other. It is a hard job to know where candidate stands on the issues at hand and how they will react when those issues are up for a vote.
Our congressmen, representatives, and senators are not among us when the vote counts and peer pressure in the legislature is tremendous. All the money, the favors, the control and the power take over and the people back home are forgotten in the hoopla of the moment. Family, friends, and neighbors are in the past and the power people are in the here and now.
Think carefully when you go to the polls in the next 4 weeks. Pray for our country and where it is headed.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Rude Awakening
Hooray for all the citizens who took the time to go to the polls yesterday and vote ! Those that failed to represent the wishes of the people now have to take a second look at what representation really mean. Even those that have held their positions term after term believing they had power have come to realize that the power is in the people - not in the government.
Friday, September 18, 2009
For Those Who Have Asked . . .
US Constitution
Article 2 Section 1
. . . No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Section 2
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the end of their next Session."
I have read there are lawsuits filed questioning the citizenship of our President. I do not know, but will research, what body certifies the eligibility of candidates to run for the Office of President and Vice-President. One would think this matter would have been researched diligently prior to the election process and I cannot fathom President Obama's eligibility being questioned at this late date with any validity. http://www.FightTheSmears.com for more information.
Let's remember that the majority of the people have elected this man to serve in a most powerful position in leading this country and keep him and our country in our prayers daily.
Article 2 Section 1
. . . No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Section 2
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the end of their next Session."
I have read there are lawsuits filed questioning the citizenship of our President. I do not know, but will research, what body certifies the eligibility of candidates to run for the Office of President and Vice-President. One would think this matter would have been researched diligently prior to the election process and I cannot fathom President Obama's eligibility being questioned at this late date with any validity. http://www.FightTheSmears.com for more information.
Let's remember that the majority of the people have elected this man to serve in a most powerful position in leading this country and keep him and our country in our prayers daily.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Power
Power - What is it? How do you get it? What do you do with it?
The American Heritage on line Dictionary accessed through Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, gives multiple definitions of power starting with the basic word then goes to applications pertaining to physics, mathematics, statistics, biblical, and more. The first definition listed by American Heritage is "the ability or capacity to perform or act effectively" and the fourth definition listed is "the ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority."
There is a big difference in the ability to perform or act and the ability to exercise control. Many have the ability to perform or act in a variety of ways, however few have the ability or capacity to exercise control.
A person is employed based on their ability or capacity to perform - hence, they have the power to be employed. Once employed however, they are under the power of the employer who has the ability or official capacity to exercise control. So, once you use your power to become employed, you relinquish your power to your employer in order to maintain your job.
Most people are content to allow another to exercise control or authority over their actions. The biggest example of exercising control or authority is through the laws established by our federal government. The Constitution was developed to equally represent all the people and it established the framework of our government and made laws to protect the people. The U S Constitution establishes the ability or official capacity to exercise power or authority over the inhabitants of the United States.
Individual states have developed their own Constitution governing the people of that state. The state Constitutions can not override or supersede the laws enacted by the federal government. The state Constitution gives the states and its officials the power or authority at the state level.
So being born in a state of the United States, a person already has multiple sources of power or authority over them. The state level is followed by the county, then the municipal level. Each family normally has their own rules and regulations, hence giving the head of the household the capacity to exercise power or authority. There are so many different living arrangements in this day and time that many households do not have rules and regulations leaving a void in the initial level of living with an organized framework; living without a power structure.
A person is born with everyone having power and authority over them. Remember American Heritage's first definition of power - "the ability of capacity to perform or act effectively". Then a person learns to have power over themselves. Cleanliness - brush your teeth, comb your hair, take a bath, is one of the first learned power over self. It progresses to the type of clothes worn, hairstyle or color, how one talks, where a person goes, what a person eats and on and on.
The acceptance of the power or authority is dependent on the manner it is administered. It starts in the home; if children do not follow the rules, they a disciplined. When they start to school, if rules are not followed, they are disciplined. When they join the workforce, if rules are not followed, they are disciplined. When they break the law, they are disciplined. If this authority or the respect for authority is not taught when a child and discipline is not administered in some shape or form, the progression is interrupted.
The American people can have much more input in the making of laws and therefore the granting of authority to the government whether local, state or federal than any other government. Yet the American people reflect so much discontent and apathy toward their government and its operations.
Have we finally disrupted the progression to such an extent that we no longer have "the ability or capability to act or perform effectively" or "the ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority" over ourselves, leaving all under the control and authority of local, state, and federal officials?
The American Heritage on line Dictionary accessed through Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, gives multiple definitions of power starting with the basic word then goes to applications pertaining to physics, mathematics, statistics, biblical, and more. The first definition listed by American Heritage is "the ability or capacity to perform or act effectively" and the fourth definition listed is "the ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority."
There is a big difference in the ability to perform or act and the ability to exercise control. Many have the ability to perform or act in a variety of ways, however few have the ability or capacity to exercise control.
A person is employed based on their ability or capacity to perform - hence, they have the power to be employed. Once employed however, they are under the power of the employer who has the ability or official capacity to exercise control. So, once you use your power to become employed, you relinquish your power to your employer in order to maintain your job.
Most people are content to allow another to exercise control or authority over their actions. The biggest example of exercising control or authority is through the laws established by our federal government. The Constitution was developed to equally represent all the people and it established the framework of our government and made laws to protect the people. The U S Constitution establishes the ability or official capacity to exercise power or authority over the inhabitants of the United States.
Individual states have developed their own Constitution governing the people of that state. The state Constitutions can not override or supersede the laws enacted by the federal government. The state Constitution gives the states and its officials the power or authority at the state level.
So being born in a state of the United States, a person already has multiple sources of power or authority over them. The state level is followed by the county, then the municipal level. Each family normally has their own rules and regulations, hence giving the head of the household the capacity to exercise power or authority. There are so many different living arrangements in this day and time that many households do not have rules and regulations leaving a void in the initial level of living with an organized framework; living without a power structure.
A person is born with everyone having power and authority over them. Remember American Heritage's first definition of power - "the ability of capacity to perform or act effectively". Then a person learns to have power over themselves. Cleanliness - brush your teeth, comb your hair, take a bath, is one of the first learned power over self. It progresses to the type of clothes worn, hairstyle or color, how one talks, where a person goes, what a person eats and on and on.
The acceptance of the power or authority is dependent on the manner it is administered. It starts in the home; if children do not follow the rules, they a disciplined. When they start to school, if rules are not followed, they are disciplined. When they join the workforce, if rules are not followed, they are disciplined. When they break the law, they are disciplined. If this authority or the respect for authority is not taught when a child and discipline is not administered in some shape or form, the progression is interrupted.
The American people can have much more input in the making of laws and therefore the granting of authority to the government whether local, state or federal than any other government. Yet the American people reflect so much discontent and apathy toward their government and its operations.
Have we finally disrupted the progression to such an extent that we no longer have "the ability or capability to act or perform effectively" or "the ability or official capacity to exercise control; authority" over ourselves, leaving all under the control and authority of local, state, and federal officials?
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