"If the nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If in some crisis it lives beyond its income for a year or two it can usually borrow temporarily on reasonable terms. But if, like the spendthrift, it throws discretion to the winds, is willing to make no sacrifice at all in spendi
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09/30/2009
"A politician things of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation." - James Freeman Clarke "The trend of Democracy is toward socialism, while the Republican party stands for a wise and regulated individualism. Socialism would destroy wealth; Republicanism would prevent its
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09/25/2009
"No change of circumstances can repair a defect in character." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged cha
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09/24/2009
"It takes a hundred men to make an encampment, but one woman to make a home." - Robert G. Ingersoll "Almost any man worthy of his salt would fight to defend his home, but no one ever heard of a man going to war for his boarding house." - Mark Twain "Home, in one form or another, is the great
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09/23/2009
I can feel it in the air. It is that time of year again. The leaves are changing colors and falling from the trees. Football is being played throughout the country. And, "fair time" is just around the corner. Most everyone loves the fair, although I do have a few friends that say they are sc
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09/22/2009
I have no idea when it happened, but at some point simplicity has caused either my brain to get smaller or my patience to dwindle. It seems that the only phone that I can use for everyday tasks is my Iphone. When making calls to clients at my office, I rarely even mess with my office phone anym
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09/19/2009
"The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting." ~Justice William J. Brennan, 1982 "Responsibility: A detachable burden easil
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09/16/2009
There is no such thing as a genetic poor attitude, but many of us have practiced it enough throughout our lives that it has become a part of us. What I have found is that maintaining a positive attitude is a daily decision. Those that have been doing it longer may not find it as difficult and t
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09/15/2009
"There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscious." - John Wooden "Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else." - John Lennon "You may fool the whole world down the pathway of life and get pats on your back as you pass, but your final reward
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09/15/2009
"Football is, after all, a wonderful way to get rid of your aggressions without going to jail for it." ~Heywood Hale Brown "There are several differences between a football game and a revolution. For one thing, a football game usually lasts longer and the participants wear uniforms. Also, th
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09/14/2009
