There are those who naively believe that "LOVE" exclusively can overcome the world. And there are those who confidently believe that exclusivity to "TRUTH" can save the world. However, too much "love" creates "cripples" of those who openly receive it; and too much "truth" comes from "cripplers" of those who unerringly believe it. Godly WISDOM knows these two to be symbiotically balanced.

Why Everyone Shouldn't Get A Trophy - (Among A Whole Host Of Other Things)

If We All Wait

For EVERYONE To Catch Up

REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES

Then NO ONE Gets Ahead

And We ALL Languish

In Smoldering, Paralyzing MEDIOCRITY.

The Inconvenient Truth Is...

That For Those Whose Vision And Efforts

Have Moved Them On AHEAD

("Inequity" Isn't Always Synonymous With "Unfair")

They Blaze The Trail For Those Behind

Whose Arrowed Road Sign Reads:

"This Way To The Realm Of Possibilities"

Good Government

Thoughts About July 4th: Good Government Happens (When Those In Power) Establish Laws, That Strike A Balance Between The Oppression Of The Individual And The Collective Good Of Individuals Within A Society. At Issue: Liberals = Individuals Are To Be More Morally Free And Economically Restrictive. Conservatives = Individuals Are To Be More Morally Restrictive And Economically Free.

(rsg 6/29/2010)

Fairness In The Media:

I would be very interested in reviewing any empirical evidence that many in the Liberal Media (I.e. Beaver County Times Editorial Board – "Terrorists Within" 4/8/09 & JD Prose 4/12/09) have with clearly linking Poplawski's horrible crimes to the influence from the "far right" (whatever that is exactly) talk radio and "faux news" outlets. Their opinion may well be singularly tragic and overt leap in logic that intentionally serves only to advance their own political ideology and agenda. Recall that there are MANY faithful and life-long liberals in Pittsburgh/Allegheny County who were fearful of what might happen to their Second Amendment rights, were Barak Obama to be elected. Indeed you will recall that Beaver and Washington County (solid historical Democratic Party bastions) were won by McCain in this last Presidential election.

Without evidence, their conjecture that it was the "hateful" speech from the "far-right" that goaded Poplawski might not be true at all. Could it be rather, that they might be capitalizing on that terrible event to advance their own Political bias? Unfortunately, I really cannot say for sure because I don't have any evidence, my comments I freely confess, are nothing more than "conjecture."

By Way of Example: With an astounding, almost apples to apples and oranges to oranges, macabre-sort-of-irony, these same Liberal Media Outlets refused to offer a similar critique of those supporters (ostensibly from the "Far-Left") of Lovelle Mixon. The supporters of Mixon openly paraded and celebrated in the streets - the deaths of three police officers and fourth one grievously wounded, by the hand of Mixon, in Oakland California, Saturday March 21, 2009. Mixon's weapons of choice were a handgun and an assault rifle. It is worth noting that Mixon was in violation of his parole, had an "extensive criminal history." His killing and wounding police officers is one thing, but for the Liberal Elite Media to offer virtually no commentary in response to those who celebrated his actions is truly appalling. Why were those "celebrants" who were arguably from the "Far-Left" not implicated at all? If the "Far-Right" is responsible for contributing to Poplawski's demonic actions, then can the same argument be made against the "Far-Left" with Mixon's? And if so, where is the balance within the Elite Media? Something to think about…

Rich Grassel

SOCIALISM

Definition of: An economic system in which the basic means of production are primarily owned and controlled collectively, usually by government under some system of central planning.

Socialism Works Well Only For The Many
Who Have Lost Their "Will"

AND For The "Will," of The Few, Who Need To Control The Many
In The End It Allows Only For "Victims" To "Survive"
And Those Who Had "Survived" To Become "Victims"

There Is A Crucial Difference Between
Helping Those In Need...

And Needing, To Need, To "Help" The "Needy"

For Whatever Reason...
r.s.g. 10/12/08