America is a strange place, and Americans are confusing people. So many today claim they know what the founding fathers were trying to do when they formed our country. These men claimed that all men were created equal but many of them owned slaves. They valued a black man's life less than a white man's. Women were about the same value as cattle.

It is a common misconception that our nation was founded on Judeo- Christian beliefs and that government was to stay out of religion. In fact many of our founding fathers were deists and some were atheists. They did not want government to stay out of religion, they wanted religion to stay out of government.

Our form of government is a Republic, it is not a Democracy. There is a distinct difference. In a Democracy everyone votes and the majority rules. This is often compared to anarchy. A Republic is set up with the understanding that the majority cannot be trusted to do what is right for the country. One of the problems that we are having today is that the people we elect to protect us all, sometimes forget to help those that are not the majority or do not vote.

This allows our personal freedoms to be taken from us. Government has no right to legislate morality as no one should force their morals upon another. 

Hedonism is a devotion to pleasure and self-gratification as a way of life(Random House Dictionary).If it feels good then you should be allowed to do it. The one stipulation being that the indulgence does not harm others, in a tangible way . All consenting adults have the right to do what they want with their own bodies.

There is not a problem with trying to change another persons morals, so long as they try to do it by attempting to change the behavior with reason not legislation.

Today in America we try to blame our failures on somebody else. Parents do not want to admit that they are the blame for bad children. Teachers want to blame society on children not learning. Politicians want to blame the other party for everything that is wrong. Psychiatrists seem to want to assign blame for a persons mental health issues on somebody else. Everyone points fingers at everyone else.

Television does not cause violence. Parents not explaining to children that television is not reality and that certain behaviors are not accepted in society is a cause of violence.

Rock music does not cause drug abuse. Children watching adults abusing mood altering substances isa cause drug abuse.

Movies and advertising do not cause teen sex. There is only one thing in this world that causes teen sex. Puberty causes teen sex, if we stop puberty then we can stop teen sex.

Our children are learning in school. Many of them simply are not being taught the right things. It is not the fault of the students. It is the fault of the people determininig what and how they are being taught.

Politicians do not want to solve the countries problems. They want to blame the other party for the problem and argue as to the solution. When the next situation comes along they hope the voters just forget about the last one.

Everybody in this world has mental issues that need to be dealt with. It is strange how none of them should be our fault. Children have attention deficit disorder and men are passive aggressive, women are codependent. The solution always seems to be to take a pill.

Their is no "SOLUTION" to these problems. There is, however, a way to reduce them. We all need to stand up and accept responsability for the things we do. Stop wasting time placing blame and get on with solving the problem. Serious problems may require some help and talking to others or reading books may help a person but the fact is the answer is within each and everyone of us. Looking outside can only help us find what we have inside.    

We all must come to understand that if we want people to act appropriately then we must raise our children to be respectful. It starts at infancy. We do not raise teenagers to be good adults. We raise children to be good teenagers and they will become productive adults.

Raising the drinking age will not stop young people from doing stupid things when they are drunk. It only causes 21 year olds to act like 18 year olds. If we continue to delay a persons need to accept responsability we also delay their maturity.

Of course todays youth cannot "HANDLE" drinking. My generation couldn't handle it and neither could the generations that came before me. We learned how by doing it. It is the job of older people to help guide the younger ones. We help them by being there for them and offering advice and assistance. When they make mistakes we need to be there for them like our parents were there for us. My father taught me that there is no shame in making a mistake unless you make the same mistake again.

No one can teach a child morals. We can only live our lives in such a way that we would be proud to have our children emulate our behavior and teach them to think. They will figure out the rest for themselves. 

This sign is posted at Playalinda Beach at Canaveral National Seashore, a nude beach in Florida. It is a way for the Brevard Co. Sherrifs office to harras naturists while they enjoy their freedoms. 

    Legalize Pot

Life is just an f 'n Li e.

It is a common myth in America that our prudish ways are Puritanical. In fact the Puritans and our Founding Fathers were quite liberal in their thinking. It was The politics and people from the Gilded Age of the late 1800's that are responsible for America's repressive social ideas.  

Many years ago a friend of mine told me that we never outgive our get.

It can take a while to fully understand this. At first thought it could mean that if someone does good things for others the person recieving could never fully repay the good deeds. It can also mean that if a person does bad things to others it can come back to haunt them many times over. I guess this could be called Karma, I am believing in this more as the years go by.

"Religions are all a like, founded upon fables and mythology." Thomas Jefferson

“And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being, in the womb of a virgin , will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.”              Thomas Jefferson

"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma."            Abraham Lincoln 

President Theadore Roosevelt did not take his first oath of office on the bible. 

There is an old axiom that says that we fear the things we do not understand.

Education is the key to solving the world's problems. There is more to education than what we learn in school. We need to continue learning every day of our lives.

Today there is so much talk about racism and sexism and discrimination in so many ways. What it really comes down to is "DIFFERENTISM". We  all feel comfortable being around people that are like us. There is nothing wrong with that. There is something wrong with a person making moral judgements about somebody else when they do not understand the other persons life.

When we take the time to learn about other people we often find out there is nothing to fear from them. 

It would be foolish to walk up to a painting and ask it, "who are you"?It seems just as foolish to walk up to a person and ask, "what are you"? More importantly why would it matter? Why do we have to put our age, sex, and race on so many forms and applications? Maybe we could beat differentism by not asking people to define themselves.

Learning that people are just people and we all want the same things but we might have different ways to get them is the most important education for  this classroom we call Earth. 

A 60 year old woman getting her first tattoo.   

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          "A goal without a plan is a wish."Herm Edwards

"Religion is like a penis.
It's fine to have one.
It's fine to be proud of it.
But please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.
And please don't try to shove it down children's throats."

Bobbie Jo

• Folks need to remember that they have One Life and I am not badgering anyone on how or with who they share this Gift!!! Neither should They!!!!

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