Thursday, March 10, 2005
Preview to "When The Curtain Goes Up"
Allison is part of the Lapeer Civic and Philharmonic Orchestras, started by Mr. Charles DeLadurantey, and these pictures show highlights of the dress rehearsal. The concerts are expected to be a smashing success!
Friday, March 04, 2005
Scrambled Eggs, Orange Julius and... No Papa?
This Thursday found the Marshall females saying 'au revoir' to Papa, as he prepared to leave for work; an action which was followed by a short plane trip to Missouri for an eldership conference. What do five females do when the man of the house leaves on a trip? Well, in our case we made for the nearest Wal-Mart and Blockbuster! Then for dinner we had scrambled eggs, bagels, popcorn, and orange julius. (Mama's special specialties!)
Tonight we'll join our DeL friends for laughter, more popcorn, and probably a movie. (Mr. DeLadurantey and son Thomas are in Missouri too.) Having Papa gone for a day or two is fun, but we are very glad when the family gets back together! Where would we be without men? Men and women balance each other like no other combination can. God knew what He was doing when He created us didn't He? Wow, look at the time! I had better go stir up something tasty to snack on later....
Tonight we'll join our DeL friends for laughter, more popcorn, and probably a movie. (Mr. DeLadurantey and son Thomas are in Missouri too.) Having Papa gone for a day or two is fun, but we are very glad when the family gets back together! Where would we be without men? Men and women balance each other like no other combination can. God knew what He was doing when He created us didn't He? Wow, look at the time! I had better go stir up something tasty to snack on later....
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
And They Lived Happily Ever After...?
The Story Behind Government ~by: Allison
Ahh...The fairy tale. Prince meets a fair maiden, and either fights a daring debonair duel, fulfills some arduous quest, or rescues her from a perilous tyrant, in order to win her hand. Once wedded they live happily ever after in a 'castle in the clouds'. This is the story, but where does it originate? To discover the background, we must go back in time to when there were no palatial palaces or royal families.
Terrifying barbarians frequently raided calm villages in search of plunder and sustenance for their vile lives. Eventually however, the barbarians grew increasingly tired of planning the raids. As an alternative they decided on three ideas: 1. Stay in the village in a castle or edifice, and dress up, look and act respectable. 2. Levy a low, but gradually rising tax instead of plundering for money.But provide services (schools,courts,streets etc.) so the people think that we are serving them. 3.Provide a defense system (army, police) so no other barbarians can take what we have secured. The people will think that we are protecting them. Thus government began, taxes became substitutes for raids, and wicked tyrants, attired in fine clothes, began to rule. All governments have evolved from this pattern.
As in the story, a lady who married into royalty, actually pledged herself to a handsome gangster, or a dashing mass murderer. Those in power really only cared for themselves, and used force to prove the point. The royalty which have heard of did not ascend to their positions through right, but through predecessors who were actually bullying, tyrannical predators. Though this history is hard to imagine, is it not easy to understand why our Founders despised royalty? They knew that power is something to fear. Sadly, the British Government copied this powerful pattern, and the U.S. Government copied the British Government.The truth has been whitewashed to hide a greedy predator.
We were taught as children that power in politics is something to admire, hence the stories of Cinderella, etc. And though many have tried, and are trying to do good in government, it is extremely difficult to fight against this powerful force, especially when the other side of the story has not been told. Bureaucrats and politicians may try to do right but somehow it doesn't happen like they thought it would. They do not realize that government was designed for one reason and one reason only: to benefit from damaging others.
In closing, former U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon wrote: " The bureaucrat's first objective, of course, is preservation of his job---provided by the big-government system, at taxpayers expense.... Whether real-worked problems get solved or not is of secondary importance. It doesn't take much cynicism, in fact, to see that the bureaucrats have a vested interest in not having problems solved. If the problems did not exist (or had not been invented) there would be no reason for the bureaucrats to have a job."
I urge you to read this book and tell the story to others about the power of government.
This article is an overview of chapter 30 of Richard Maybury's "Whatever Happened To Justice?" , an "Uncle Eric" book, and is available through Bluestocking Press. Visit the web at www.bluestockingpress.com .
Ahh...The fairy tale. Prince meets a fair maiden, and either fights a daring debonair duel, fulfills some arduous quest, or rescues her from a perilous tyrant, in order to win her hand. Once wedded they live happily ever after in a 'castle in the clouds'. This is the story, but where does it originate? To discover the background, we must go back in time to when there were no palatial palaces or royal families.
Terrifying barbarians frequently raided calm villages in search of plunder and sustenance for their vile lives. Eventually however, the barbarians grew increasingly tired of planning the raids. As an alternative they decided on three ideas: 1. Stay in the village in a castle or edifice, and dress up, look and act respectable. 2. Levy a low, but gradually rising tax instead of plundering for money.But provide services (schools,courts,streets etc.) so the people think that we are serving them. 3.Provide a defense system (army, police) so no other barbarians can take what we have secured. The people will think that we are protecting them. Thus government began, taxes became substitutes for raids, and wicked tyrants, attired in fine clothes, began to rule. All governments have evolved from this pattern.
As in the story, a lady who married into royalty, actually pledged herself to a handsome gangster, or a dashing mass murderer. Those in power really only cared for themselves, and used force to prove the point. The royalty which have heard of did not ascend to their positions through right, but through predecessors who were actually bullying, tyrannical predators. Though this history is hard to imagine, is it not easy to understand why our Founders despised royalty? They knew that power is something to fear. Sadly, the British Government copied this powerful pattern, and the U.S. Government copied the British Government.The truth has been whitewashed to hide a greedy predator.
We were taught as children that power in politics is something to admire, hence the stories of Cinderella, etc. And though many have tried, and are trying to do good in government, it is extremely difficult to fight against this powerful force, especially when the other side of the story has not been told. Bureaucrats and politicians may try to do right but somehow it doesn't happen like they thought it would. They do not realize that government was designed for one reason and one reason only: to benefit from damaging others.
In closing, former U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon wrote: " The bureaucrat's first objective, of course, is preservation of his job---provided by the big-government system, at taxpayers expense.... Whether real-worked problems get solved or not is of secondary importance. It doesn't take much cynicism, in fact, to see that the bureaucrats have a vested interest in not having problems solved. If the problems did not exist (or had not been invented) there would be no reason for the bureaucrats to have a job."
I urge you to read this book and tell the story to others about the power of government.
This article is an overview of chapter 30 of Richard Maybury's "Whatever Happened To Justice?" , an "Uncle Eric" book, and is available through Bluestocking Press. Visit the web at www.bluestockingpress.com .
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