As Machiiavelli stated about change;
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order of things”

OK- How about this-
You cannot help the poor, by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak, by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity, by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up, by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man, by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage, by taking away men's initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Know who wrote this?
Does Abraham Lincoln sound familiar?

 

 

Anniversary Presents

An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which
I quote: "If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000
troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a
total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000
soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same
period. That means you are about 25 per cent more likely to be shot and
killed in the US capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws
in the US, than you are in Iraq.

Conclusion: The US should pull out of Washington."

Pirates and the Politicians!!!

Well the pirates in a rowboat seem to have the upper hand. The only thing I don't understand is how they knew our Navy wouldnt act until the Whitehouse had tabulated the polls so they knew what to do. I'm pretty sure that our President will demand a "very Stern" letter from the UN be sent. Its enough to make you cry.

Two Navy Warships being jerked around by Pirates for God's sake. This is Jimmy Carter Redux. We'll never know the rules of engagement given to the Navy Commanders by the politicians in Washington.

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson