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Which is easier? Standing on principle, or going with the herd?
- Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:16
- Written by Mark Kreslins
Your first thought may be that it's harder to stand on principle because often you find you're standing alone. That is true; people of principle often do stand alone initially.
But in my view, it's actually harder to go with the herd...why? For a few reasons:Read more: Which is easier? Standing on principle, or going with the herd?
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Voting "only" is for posers!
- Sunday, 14 October 2012 15:47
- Written by Mark Kreslins
That’s right, we’re calling you out! If you believe you’ve done your civic duty by simply going to the voting booth and getting your little “I voted” sticker…you're sadly mistaken.
“Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom," it is a very serious consideration ... that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event." Samuel Adams
The Founders of this Union hoped then and now beg today to “maintain the rights bequeathed to us…” Have we done a good job? If the government we have, the so-called federal government, is this government really what they envisioned when they wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Read more: Voting "only" is for posers!
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Being "realistic" - a losing strategy!
- Friday, 05 October 2012 10:13
- Written by Mark Kreslins
Here’s my latest problem. Well, it’s not actually my “latest” problem, it’s been a problem for a long time, and I’m just now getting around to writing about it.
So, here’s my latest gripe with so-called conservatives; I’m going to start calling them the “let’s be realistic” crowd. Yep, when we at The Forgotten Men offer real solutions vs. sophomoric ones, we’re treated to a litany of “Mark, we’ve got to be realistic here!” Really?Read more: Being "realistic" - a losing strategy!