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Current Events presents - So What If Texas Secedes?

May 17th, 2009 • admin • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

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So What If Texas Secedes?
By Jerome Grossman

Most politicians, analysts, and media are giving President Barack Obama good grades for his first one hundred days in office. With the general public Obama seems more popular than ever as measured by his standing in the opinion polls. And, in spite of the deepening recession, more than 50% of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction.

A notable exception is Governor Rick Perry of Texas who objects to Obama’s policies so deeply that he has suggested that Texas might end its association with the United States of America and strike out on its own. Perry insists on the right of Texas to secede from the Union, violating the core principle of the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln.

So far Perry has not fired on Fort Sumter or any U.S. military installation in Texas but we should be prepared. His primary objection to federal policy is the stimulus package designed to energize the economy but it appears that he will still take the money for his state. At the same time, Perry is trying to persuade other Republican governors to talk of secession as a political tactic to rally the depressed conservative base.

So what if Texas actually secedes? We would still visit there, of course, and would be friendly, not as friendly as with Canada, but somewhat warmer than with Cuba and Venezuela. Would independent Texas give up NASA and the next voyage to the moon? In what league would the Dallas Cowboys play? Would they still be “America’s team?” Governor Perry points out that Texas has the right to split into five separate states, each with its own president, enough for every member of the Bush family. And the two Bush ex-presidents of U.S.A. could cap their careers by running for president of an independent Texas. Then each could build second presidential libraries, at least one of them featuring mementos of torture.

Texas as an independent country would give the U.S. several tempting options. We could build a fence on the border to discourage immigration from Texas. We could invade Texas for oil or to change the regime there. And George W. Bush would be the last Texan to be president of the United States.

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Current Events presents - The Latest Fad - Integrity

March 6th, 2009 • admin • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

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The Latest Fad - Integrity
By Laura Bramble

I saw a commercial on TV yesterday that was so obvious in its message, I couldn’t believe that someone on Madison Avenue probably got paid a lot of money to dream it up. It was for a well known national brand of peanut butter. The printed message at the end of the commercial summed up the whole barrage of warm and fuzzy images and voiceovers. It showed a jar of this peanut butter and said “The brand you can trust.” The commercial itself was not disturbing. What was disturbing was that anyone should ever be given cause to distrust something as basic as peanut butter. It makes you wonder what’s next, what else someone will do without regard to the consequences just for a few extra bucks.

It seems like every time we open the paper, turn on the news, or log into the internet we are hit with yet another story of how yet another person has lied, cheated, stolen, manipulated, or abused the trust of others. Our national consciousness has been assaulted by the likes of Bernie Madoff, Tom Daschle, Rod Blagojevich, the top executives of most of this nation’s formerly premier financial institutions, Ted Stevens, Alex Rodriguez- the list goes on and keeps growing by the day. People are frustrated and outraged with actions taken in the name of greed and excess. They are beginning to question if the pursuit of more is worth the cost. They are taking a long hard look at simplicity and a life of transparency and integrity, and guess what? To many it’s looking pretty darned good.

Integrity is a classic; it may not always be the hottest thing, but it never totally goes out of style. The pendulum is swinging yet again, from excess without accountability or responsibility to a more low key, sensible lifestyle. Even the uber-wealthy find it uncomfortable to flaunt their wealth as they have in recent years. I, for one, say it’s about time. The national lack of integrity has cost us all a great deal: lack of faith in each other, a erosion of a strong ethical example for our children, fiscal insecurity and precious tax dollars. I don’t know if we’ll ever know the real cost. The key to preventing this from happening again is simple, but a challenge we have been unable to overcome. If everyone operated with integrity, most of the difficulties we find ourselves in as individuals, and as a nation, would never grow to such crippling proportions. Each of us making the commitment to act with integrity in our own lives would be the beginning of a seismic shift that would alter the societal fabric of our nation. All we have to do is to follow through and just do it.

This integrity fad is one whose time has come, and not a moment too soon. Unfortunately, most fads have a short shelf life. Let’s hope that unlike mullets, parachute pants, and UGG boots, this one sticks around for a good, long time.

Laura Bramble
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