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This site is dedicated to the American Principles in the banner at the top of this page. Other phrasing that further describes these other "truths held to be self evident" are: Endowed Rights, Natural Law, Navigational aids to life, Qualities that bond humans, Qualities of a Hero. All humans seek these truths that are held to be self evident. Read the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution and you will find these principles threaded throughout. These "truths, held to be self evident," are a collection of logical conclusions when you study the founding documents. We, the people, elect public servants to keep order by law in accordance with our Constitution. When that government and it's bureaucracy attempt to take on duties which are not allowed by the Constitution and cease to be our principled public servants, we the citizens must replace those individuals with principled representatives.

I and many other Americans are now acutely aware that there is a "progressive" movement in this country to replace our Free Market with some mix or amalgamation of Facism, Socialism, Communism, Progressivism, and Islalmism. Up to tnow, we have been free to follow our own American Dream to freely follow our own course through our own lives free from the mandates from our own Government that might attempt to restrict US who are the ultimate power over any who would attempt to take away our freedoms guarenteed by our original Declaration and Constitution. This, a POWER GRAB of those who would destroy America as we have known America to be, which was organized based upon the concept of a Loving God who created this world we live in... giving us the basic Law of our Nation, the Ten Commandments, and a Moral Base that no man made law could proscribe. If law is based upon the Godless people who make them, that Law is meaningless and can only be enforced forcefully. No Freedom would be allowed.

I have been less than current at times in keeping up with my web page. I have paid little attention to making it as informative and/or interesting as it coul be. Non the less, I hope to convey my thoughts better in the future on those basic truths that has made this Country of ours the exception that it has been. The present leadership, 2010, is anti American to put it mildly. This is a fact exhibited by the actions of the present leadership. Most Americans have learned our lessons well and can recognize the massive take over of a great system that has made all people proud in the past, but with this massive take over, has only brought a style of depression physically and spiritually. We all must be fully mindful of this, understand that God still has a plan, and we must be aware that we all must act as Americans would in a War against our Country and Culture. Remember, God has Blessed America, but now and then we need WAKE UP calls that an enemy lurks within and from outside as well.

This web page in just a small way, trumpets the need for our full attention. This Trumpeting should not be heard as Preaching. I am an American concerned about the Frailty of our Freedoms and our Free Market system guarded by the Constitution but continually ignored and circumvented by a leadership that cannot be truthful about their plans for America's transfer to a hybrid socialist system.

Much of what I have written below was written at different times over a long period of time. There is some redundancies, but my thoughts are there. A few other items were not written by myself. I have acknoledged those with their article.

You will find that a few self proclaimed idealists, from history and in this present day, have decided to change the world along with our way of living in America. Their purpose is to take the ultimate power of GOD and ANNOUNCE that the old GOD is dead. The new GOD will be the GOVERNMENT controlled by an the progressive "more enlightened" few. We the people, who up to now have been free, would be governed by a progressive movement of those elite powerful few who believe that it is illegal to believe in God and publicly proclaim the belief. It is the aim of SOCIALISTS, FASCISTS, COMMUNISTS, ISLAMISTS, (differs only by country) to overtake all belief systems that exist and replace them with the modern elite liberal thinking.

My main purpose on this website to highlight the need for overt demonstration and exercise of our freedoms. We must remain free from any totalitarian PROGRESSIVES who have been allowed their freedom of speech by us only to use their freedoms to undermine or subvert our foundations of this nation.

I can remember the days of the old Royal or Underwood typewriters along with the AB dick mimeographs and Comptometers that I used for many years before this Computer Age came upon our generations. I find this new world we live in today fascinating because as we gain new great tools, we tend to lose contact with other valuable facets of living under the disguise of a kind of secular progressivism. We tend to "through the baby out with the bathwater" to make room for the new age. The Baby is the main part of our future, and we tend to just ignore the reality. We ignore the reality of spirituality that still is part of who and what we are as a civilization. I have often been just as guilty as anyone else by sometimes losing track of "a right direction." We have realized a new physical life that we find ourselves enjoying, but we have forgotten the most important truths that humans innately hold as "self evident" and for which we all continue to pursue and value. The physical part of life is very important, but the spiritual reality cannot and should not be left behind. I do not refer specifically to religion of any variety. By using the word Spiritual I raise the conversation to a more mindful spiritual level that humans innately respect.

"Truths held to be self evident" are ultimately important." "Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." "Among these" address the fact that there OTHER WORDS that further explain our original Declaration of Independence, and give us further guidance. Try: Courage, Perseverance, Self Discipline, Humility, Reverence, Respect, and Honesty.

We all would like to see political change , but we also must recognize that America is a Culture of freedoms from oppression, which most of us respect and stand behind. Changes that are good to some may be disaster to others, so when Political Laws are made in our Congress and Regulation is controlled by other agencies, the preservation of the Freedom Culture for all must be maintained. When taxes are taken from selected groups and given to other selected groups, our national culture is fractured, the fabric of our economy of capitalism is fractured and the culture of freedom is eroded and continues to erode until we understand again that Equality is mostly Spiritual and not a Physical thing. Those "Truths held to be self evident" must be up front in all that we as humans create such as laws and regulations. Good cannot be legislated. Laws can only attempt to prevent bad things from happening and then sometimes in the process the unintended consequence of good things being taken away may result.

I have spent a little time on this earth and I believe that I have learned a thing or two over these many years. My aim with my WEB site is to relay some of these insights and give a few references to add a little credence to my opinions and to those truths that were held to be self evident for many past generations. I believe that these truths are still a navigational aid to living even for today, but are ignored and rejected by some because it takes a little courage to maintain the resulting good character that comes from a kind of personal spiritual guidance.

Past years have been filled with many meetings and discussions about education in general as well as education here in the the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. There have been many strained discussions and decisions made. It all comes with being an elected Civil Servant. Everyone cannot possibly always agree with the hard decisions that must be made in our school district, but we are doing well.

When I look at the big picture, I can see a school district that is prepared as best any school district can be in a State that is having financial difficulties that are unprecedented. We are a public school provided for by the State of California. In the past, when we have needed further funding, the citizens of the Tahoe Truckee area have supported us with several bond issues passed with a super majority. We have a building program that is keeping our facilities upgraded as needed to provide a better learning environment in our district students.

Yes, we are doing well on the physical facility part, but I can see where we need to do better with the education part. I have a goal to attempt to help, in some way, students, parents, staff, and teachers that education starts with personal commitment to a moral based life. Once we establish good character, most everything else will fall in place. We will all be self starters that help build on the good character of each other. No one of us can do it all. Even though we are a law abiding society, no set of laws can ever be the ultimate guide. It is each person holding those traits of good character for themselves and others that guides us all toward the better American life. It takes a commitment to virtue before anyone will obey any law.

I have read both books by Gavin Menzies, 1421 (year of discovery) and 1434 update...
Gavin makes a compelling case that the China of the 15th century must have traveled around the world by their great Treasure Fleets. The most hard hitting theory is that the Chinese were the first to land on the continent we now call America. The Chinese of feudal times discovered the North and South American Continents! They were, as Gavin Menzies has theorized, almost everywhere in the world except the Mediterranean and European part of the world until around 1434.

Gavin explains how the Chinese were way ahead of their time in the feudal world of the 15th century. I know that I have read other books and articles as to how Old China was very advanced in their years of long ago, but I have never found the evidence that Gavin refers to in his book in any other publicvations.

1421, and 1434, are worth reading! It will enhance your thinking that is out of the normal accepted historical perspective. It is not destroying any history, just adding a perspective that has not been in any of our history books, until now.

I have done many things. In early school I used to think of myself as a scientific type. I studied and actually enjoyed math, physics, chemistry, astronomy, engineering, etc. Along with all that I enjoyed philosophy, literature, forms of communication and so on. During my high school years Civil Air Patrol gave me the chance to be a young leader and understand that we all need others to help mentor us. One person cannot survive alone. I worked as an electrician in the U. S. Navy for several years. As time moved along, I served as a Navy Recruiter. The Navy supply system was to slow for me so I volunteered to procure material and parts for Navy Ship Electrical Repair. It came time to move on, so I left the Navy and went back to College to major in Accounting and Business. I never worked as an accountant, but I did spend 30 years in telecommunications and at the same time finished a 26 year career in military service with the Air Force and Air National Guard Electronics, Administration, Intel, and Operations. I suppose that I may have failed to mention a few other side jobs here and there, but I have definitely been interested and involved in many different endeavors.

Oh yes, I am a photographer as well. I have taken pictures at some events that I have been a part of and have placed some of them on WEBSHOTS for viewing. The Album LINK will take you there. I was a member of the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) Board of Directors for eight years, 1998-2006

I'm thinking that maybe I should "write a book." Everyone else is, but who'd want to read it? Probably not many.

The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra
By Colleen McCullough
800 Pages - Simon and Schuster (November 2002)

The Book Review below is by: Newt Gingrich

This is the culminating sixth volume of one of the most important historical novels of our generation. Beginning with "The First Man in Rome" and continuing through "The Grass Crown," "Fortune's Favorites," "Caesar's Women," "Caesar: Let The Dice Fly" and finally "The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra", McCullough has carried us from just before Julius Caesar's birth on through the civil war following his death.

In this extraordinary series it is possible to see the crisis a hegemonic power faces whose political system is incapable of coping with the opportunities and threats which unparalleled power have brought to it.

The corruption and decay of the Roman Senate, the rise of outside interests seeking to bribe and corrupt Rome, the growing crisis for Italians as reactionary elements in Rome refuse to extend citizenship and the reversion of violence both in the street and with the Army all serve as sobering examples for modern citizens to contemplate as they watch the kaleidoscopic changes in our world and our times.

McCullough has the natural story teller's ability to surround big ideas with living, breathing, plotting, conniving, loving and hating people who remind us that politics and history are made by humans, not by anonymous trend lines.

In "The October Horse," Caesar is finishing the civil war against Pompey's forces (especially against Cato the Younger), developing a liaison and an alliance with Cleopatra in Egypt and returning to Rome to begin to reform the system until his enemies assassinate him in the Senate. The book ends with his nephew Octavius and Mark Antony taking on the assassins in a victorious second civil war followed by the initial murmurings of competition between Octavius (Caesar Augustus to be) and Antony.

This novel is a rich feast of people, scenes and maneuvering that is well worth reading in its own right.

While I like the October Horse very much, I strongly recommend that anyone interested in seeing our own time in the context of historic developments go back and read "The First Man in Rome" (Caesar's uncle Marius) and work their way through all six volumes. This is a work of genius and it deserves to be very, very widely read. Newt Gingrich

I have read all 6 books (approximately 6000 pages total) and found each book hard to lay down. This 6 book set consists of a story that follows the actual history so well that I felt like I was reading history books instead of fiction. Mel

THE SWORD OF THE PROPHET (The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam) by Serge Trifkovic
In reading this book I have been enlightened on the origination of Islam by Muhammad of Arabia. He was born around A.D. 570. Islam was born in an area described by Serge Trifkovic as if "the highest of the Rockies have been submerged leaving just their barren peaks visible, with nothing but the desert in between" "a sea of sand interrupted by the massive dunes." It was and still is a desolate kind of existence for any human giving a reason or meaning to the emergence of a belief based upon stark desolate realities. Muhammad, self anointed prophet about A. D. 610, preached to the people of this area of the prophecies given to him by God, Allah. Eventually the Koran was written and gave rise to those who seek total power over all humans of the earth, under the name of Allah. The empire builders emanating from Arabia have for hundreds of years invaded and wrecked much of the civilizations around their world, through war, severed body parts, and threat of death. The Ottoman Empire was the latest vestige of the attempt to install Islam on a world wide basis. Islam is at war on a permanent basis, guided by the Koran, with all the world except for Muslim Arabs or possibly any who swears allegiance to Allah. You find the usual radicals today who still wage war to rid the world of the infidel described in the Koran.

Visit: http://www.hebookservice.com/
At "Quick Search" Select: Title, then Copy/Paste or type: The Sword of the Prophet to search for the book.

Just Common Sense:

Government can "inject" money into the economy. A dollar injected into the economy is first taken out of that economy. Net, Zero! Peter gives his dollar to Paul then Peter has one less dollar and Paul has one extra dollar. Simple enough?

Government, in shifting massive amounts of capital away from investments, is making decisions that should be based on free market economic calculations, not government whim.

Have you wondered about the price of gasoline? How about energy independence for the U. S.? Here is some information that you may find intriguing. Real Change for the U.S. will start with ENERGY INDEPENDENCE!

America was founded on a very sound "Declaration of Independence" and a "Constitution" that gives us a roadmap that defines governments limits. The Federalist Papers explains and amplifies the original founding thoughts on the Declaration and Constitution. All citizens must read and study these documents! The Federal Government has specific powers listed in the Constitution. Any powers not listed are left to the States. There are enemies within and outside this country who are doing their best to circumvent these documents and ascribe their own unwritten interpretations and meanings to destroy the real fuel for our economy, Capitalism. Capitalism will allow the private sector investment for our energy independence and maintenance of feedom! Government must pay attention to our security and such, but stay out of the way of real progress which is real change brought about by real people doing real work!

I am sure that there are other alternative energy sources. In order to maintain our country with the leading edge now, we need our own energy source. This energy source that the USGS has reported upon, could help maintain our independence in a world set against America and our independence. Nuclear energy is another source. Solar mirror/lenses are another source which would provide energy to make hydrogen for Fuel Cell technology. Let us be creative. That is what humans do when there is profit involved as incentive. Politicians in government take away incentive.

OUR FLAG, DECLARATION, and CONSTITUTION codify the SPIRITUAL nature of ALL Americans!

We have a great Nation! It is indeed great, a country with all the grandeur of beautiful mountains, great plains, lakes, and rivers. We have bridges, high buildings, systems called large cities, and even small communities as well. But in fact it is the small community and the individuals in all the communities, both large and small that makes this a great nation. It is the Sprit of each and every human that makes America. The physical part is actually a result of Spirituality.

It is not so much the American Dream. It is 300 million Americans Dreaming.
It was not so much the Bridge to the 21 Century, but 300 million little old country roads to the 21st Century.

It is a great land, that is great because of the qualities that we cannot see. It is great by those qualities to often thought of as just plain old patriotic fluff.

It is our “Spirit of America.”

We are a nation founded upon one little idea. The idea is that “all men are created equal.” And why are we created equal? Note that we have short and tall, heavy and light, tall and thin, black and white. What is equal about that? In fact no physical thing on the face of this earth is physically the same or equal. Physically, we and all things are, thank God, different. It is that Great Diversity of each individual that we celebrate here in America.

Spiritually, we are all equal. We are bonded by those “certain unalienable rights.” They were “endowed to us by our creator”, by our mere existence. We have only to accept “those truths that are held to be self evident.” That “among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” “Among these” means that there are other words that are most definitive of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The words are the navigational aids to life. They are the qualities of heroes.

Those qualities are:
Courage, Perseverance, Self Discipline, (strong personal strength) (3)
Humility, Reverence and Respect. (the balance) (3)
But in addition, above all, the most important 7th quality is real self honesty. It is the first 6 that are the foundation to this quality. These are the qualities that make us all equal. These are the 7 principles that bond us all together, the e pluribus Unum.

From the beginning, we have all been united under ONE FLAG that stands for all of these spiritual and physical attributes of our country. Let us continually, daily, pledge our allegiance to this flag because it stands for all that is AMERICA! This flag stands for qualities that all mankind understand and seek. They are officially ours under our Flag, our Declaration, and our Constitution.

As you follow the sub links to this page, keep the above qualities in mind. I'm not really telling you what to do. I just know that you already know these qualities are important. Just a reminder. We all need reminders now and then.

Citizenship must come from Good Character. Technically, anyone can become a citizen in the United States through the bureaucratic mechanical procedure, but true citizenship in America requires a certain personal character alignment with the virtues or “truths that are held to be self evident” articulated in the Declaration of Independence, the first document of the United States of America. Without this alignment, the U. S. citizenship is no better than that of any other nation. True, one automatically has all the benefits of citizenship upon fulfilling the requirements and articulating the oath of citizenship, but the true meaning and full effect of citizenship becomes much more when backed up by PERSONAL understanding of the qualities of American Culture with Good Character underlying the veneer of requirements and oath.

Oath of Citizenship Top of Page
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces fo the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”

Take a look at Hillsdale College "Imprimis." This is a publication that has great thoughts that will help lead toward an understanding of our country, America, history, present day issues, and more. It is worth a visit on a monthly basis.

COMMUNIST PARTY USA (CPUSA)
Is a Subtle Threat to America!
(Also See above - Soloquy - and bookmark, "The Sword of the Prophet" and "Unholy Alliance")

America, based on capitalism, is a system that works better than any system ever devised by any human civilization because it is based upon innate human rights. Socialism/Communism is based upon what a few self proclaimed intellectuals think that humans need, not upon their inalienable rights. Of course there are problems. Any human organization has problems. There is no system that humans run that will ever be perfect. As the Communists USA claim, their idealistic and perfect socialism will provide only what they think humans need and nothing more. It is supposed to create a HEAVEN on earth.

Communism is a direct threat to America. The proponents of this socialist utopia exist in almost every organization in America including our Federal, State, and Local governments. They have taken hold of our educational system and commandeered posts in most of our schools. You can hear the rumblings of Socialism everywhere.

They use the perfect words to describe how the lion will lay down with the sheep under their system. Peace will break out! All sounds so great that many take on the seeds of that hideous anti-human system that will stifle and stop humans from being free and able to control those who would have total control over their own lives.

“We Communists believe that socialism is the very best replacement for a capitalist system that has served its purpose, but no longer meets the needs and requirements of the great majority of our people. We believe that socialism USA will be built according to the traditions, history, culture and conditions of the United States. Thus, it will be different from any other socialist society in the world. It will be uniquely American”

CPUSA thinks that their Communism is better than that of Russia, Cuba, or any other Communist System in the World. Again, a few self proclaimed intellectuals know better than anyone else.

Their goals are:
1. “A life free of exploitation, insecurity, poverty; an end to unemployment, hunger and homelessness.
2. An end to racism, national oppression, anti-Semitism, all forms of discrimination, prejudice and bigotry. An end to the unequal status of women.
3. Renewal and extension of democracy; an end to the rule of corporate America and private ownership of the wealth of our nation. Creation of a truly humane and rationally planned society that will stimulate the fullest flowering of the human personality, creativity and talent.
Sound Utopian?

“nationalization of the main means of production - the plants, factories, agri-business farms and everything necessary to produce what society needs”

“A socialist government draws up plans covering the entire economy.”

“Production increases much faster than under capitalism”

“A socialist government is based on all-around democracy”

“Trade unions in a socialist USA will insure a fair balance between what workers produce and what they receive.”

“Under socialism public services and housing will be vastly improved and expanded.”

“Full employment will be quickly achieved”

“The principle of socialism is: From each according to his/her ability, to each according to his/her work.”

“The U.S. will become a vast construction site.” There goes environmentalism!

“There will be no danger of over-production since production will be planned and people's incomes will increase in line with the rising output of consumer goods and services.”

“With capitalism gone, crime will also begin to disappear, for it is the vicious profit system that corrupts people and breeds crime.”

“There will be no compromise with racism, for there will no longer exist a capitalist class which profits from it. Racism, national oppression, anti-Semitism, sexism, anti-immigrant discrimination and all forms of prejudice and bigotry will be banned by law, with strict measures of enforcement. Affirmative action will be expanded immediately to undo and make up for hundreds of years of the ravages of racism. Full equality will be one of the main priorities of the new society.”

“propaganda will be outlawed”

“Socialism USA will benefit from the experiences, the mistakes and successes of the countries who built and are building socialism. But mainly it will reflect the distinctive features of U.S. development and environment.”

“We say that it may be possible in the U.S. to bring socialism through peaceful means. But if the ruling class says: Forget it! And call out the army and the police and the national guard, then that is how revolutions become violent. It starts with the ruling class. Workers and their allies have to defend themselves and to fight for what is rightfully theirs.”

They do advocate violence! They are dishonest about what they want to do! Any means to install socialism in America will be used, and is being done. Violent revolution will be used as it was used in Russia!

Americans! Educate yourselves! Don’t let the “POWER HUNGRY socialists” corrupt and invade the American Tradition.

Keep the following seven basic principles in each of our personal characters, and as Americans with Character, under our Capitalist System, we will remain as free as we always have been. Use Courage, Perseverance, Self Discipline, Humility, Reverence, Respect, and Honesty as those character traits that lead us all in our personal and national lives.

These are the traditions, the unalienable rights, the Qualities of Hero’s. Hero’s under Communism are lackeys or those who exude the Communist Party line. We don’t need a party line, we must maintain our Good National Character that has been established by many years of trial and error. We are learning as Americans that we don’t need Communism to be the best that we can be. We do not need a GOVERNMENT to tell us what to believe or lead us around by a utopian line of corrupt and devious reasoning. We already know those "truths that are held to be self evident."

All we need to do here in America is elect principled leaders with good character that have not bought into Communism or Socialism. Communism/Socialism is a FLAWED UTOPIAN UNWORKABLE system for this UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Renewing American Civilization
(Series of 10 Classes taught by Newt Gingrich in the early 1990's consisting of about 298 pages)

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Most of the contact information in these 10 classes are no longer valid. If you have any questions about these classes, you can email me. I attended the Team Teacher conference in 1994 at Waleska University in Georgia. Was honored to meet Newt Gingrich at that conference.

I am presenting this series of classes here as information that I am not sure still exists or even where it exits. These 10 classes examined the principles of American Civilization. The truths that are "held to be self evident" somehow do not seem to be so self evident in today's so called progressive minded environment. Political Correctness has taken over as a means of obscuring the principles that has proven successful in the development of this Great Nation and its unique civilization in a world gone mad with a Socialism/Communism/Big Government is Better mentality.

I will include the transcripts of these classes in the future as pdf files. As I read through these classes again, I am book marking key words and points.

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COMMUNIST PARTY USA (CPUSA) Is a Subtle Threat to America! (Also See above - Soloquy - and bookmark, "The Sword of the Prophet" and "Unholy Alliance")

COMMUNIST PARTY USA (CPUSA)
Is a Subtle Threat to America!
(Also See above - Soloquy - and bookmark, "The Sword of the Prophet" and "Unholy Alliance")