Govern

We are in this boat together.
We are not rudderless.
We can steer our boat.

What is sovereign authority?
Who says you have to pay taxes?
What can you do about it?

Authority is exercised by an author.
An author is a creator and originator.

Who is creating our republic?

Who steers the ship of state?
Who plots the course?
Who selects the ports of call?
Who chooses the cargo?
Who selects and chooses passengers and crew?

Do you have a seat?
Where do you stand?
What is a body politic?
What are you doing with your body?

You are part of more than one community.
A citizen is a person in community.

Politics is the art of civil administration.
The people are the polis and politics is their responsibility.

Just Who Are We?

A once well know quote among us was, "Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it." 'Us' implies a 'we,' doesn't it? 'Everyone' refers to 'every one of us,' doesn't it? 'No one' refers to 'no one of us,' doesn't it?

When I say, "We now seem to be taking some responsibility for the weather as we begin to take some responsibility for our climate." Who do you suppose the 'we' refers to? Who makes up a we? How do individuals become a we? Why might one care?

Remember What We Can Do

You and I are responsible for our civil liberties.
Our covenant with each other is the source of our rights.
We claim our rights by using them.
The rights less used, are usually those most likely to be lost.
Good men have said that our liberty to choose and our right to claim are God given.

Let's be clear about the promises we have made each other about the following rights:
~ the right to timely and useful information(to be well informed)
~ the right to a clean and safe environment(to lessen disease and war)
~ the right to competent government oversight(to lessen ignorance)

Let's wisely take responsibility for our rights and use them as wisely as we are able.

Trip Stalled

It's my fault. It's my own fault. I haven't handled my responsibility well. Because of not handling my remaining rental house in a businesslike way my trip plans are stalled. I have been unable to contact any personal of the property management outfit I have selected. I find on this Saturday that neither there real estate office nor their rental office is taking calls. I get no answer from extensions or cell phones.
I do have a voice-mail message from a representative of that management outfit telling me that they have been unable to find the rental house!
I chose a management company so that I would have a secure contact for the rental while I am out of the country. I explained to them that we would have to do business by e-mail. They said the loved to do business that way. I have been trying to contact them be e-mail for the lat four days with no response!
My 20 year old tenant, (chosen for me by another rental company people who did not fulfill their contract) who I have been trying unsuccessfully to contact for 25 days. She contacted me from afar in response to a certified letter from me. I employed this manager because of the difficulty I have had in contacting my tenant. Be that as it may, I'd like to respond to her present call, but what can I say? That her rent has or has not been raise? That she will, or Will not be dealing with a property manager? That I am in the process of changing property managers?
For me, as for most, planning a trip is more than looking at maps and buying a ticket.