As I’ve traveled in different countries, I’ve noticed soldiers standing guard in the streets. They carry automatic rifles, maybe, and never smile. They stand and watch their citizens with suspician. They are a symbol of the governments that they represent: powerful, watchful, and controling. One thing I never wanted to see was soldiers on the streets in the United States of America. I appreciate that we have a strong military to protect and defend us. I do not want them to be deployed on our own soil, unless we are being invaded by another army. And then I want them to be deployed against the other country, not against our own citizens.
Read this article from September: Brigade Homeland Tours Start Oct. 1
To add another element to this government move against liberty is the furthering of the use of spy satellites on American citizens. The government approved over $600 Billion last week towards ramping up survielance of Americans with satellites that will be able to “see through cloud cover and even penetrate buildings and underground bunkers.” Read more: Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen
Every time I hear what the government is spending money on, and how much of our money is going to anti-liberty tools, and our national debt to other powerful countries growing, it makes me angry. It’s time to pray. It’s time to care. It’s time to stop our government from taking away our freedoms until we don’t have enough freedom left to fight back.
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]]>Dave Ramsey’s advice: By and large, 70% to 90% of you wanted something to be done to calm the economy, but you didn’t want $700 billion in new debt to bail out Wall Street. The stock market has had record declines since then. What’s going on?
You need to remember that you need to take control of your life. It’s disturbing that people in government totally disregard what the people tell them to do. It’s disturbing that the market goes down and the media panics about this. It’s disturbing that greedy banks made loans to people who couldn’t afford to repay, and people signed up for the trip when they couldn’t afford it. It’s disturbing that Washington ignores its constituents and takes huge strides toward socialism.
All of these things are disturbing, but none will cause this great nation to cease to function. They are not the beginning of the end. But the most disturbing thing is some people’s reactions. Don’t react based on fear or panic. Another negative reaction is that you are looking to Washington to fix your problems. They have never fixed your problems, and you want Obama or McCain to fix things. There has never been a president who can fix your problems. They always say they can and they never can.
YOU are in charge of your destiny. YOU are in charge of your life. When you look to Washington to solve your problems, we’ve got the seeds to destroy this country. It’s time for you to change your life. It’s not Washington’s job to fix what’s going on with you. If you are waiting on Washington to change something, you’ve got a very long wait! It is YOUR job to take care of you. Don’t sit around and watch TV and panic and think you can’t do anything. I’ve made and lost money, and every bit of that had to do with me being smart and diligent or stupid.
Quit blaming Congress or looking to them to fix you. YOU have to fix you! When you wait on the government to fix your life and wait for money to be taken from others and given to you, that’s a spirit of envy. The only system that works is capitalism functioning under moral restraint. Go be somebody!
]]>I know that a lot of people are panicking about the economy, and all the different uncertainty that is going on. That didn’t effect the decision that Josh and I made last week. It is a theme throughout the Bible, and it was time to act, not a time for fear.
I have loved the idea of working for myself for as long as I can remember. My parents do it, and I think that it is the best way to live. There is no ceiling. You can succeed more than you could ever do inside someone else’s company. The risk is, you can fail. I’m willing to fail. Are you?
]]>There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. - 1 John 4:18 NIV
In other news, on October 31st, I will be a full-time freelance Graphic Designer. I’ve put in my resignation, and I’m trusting God for the wisdom and favor to be able to make a good living and have the freedom of being my own boss.
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