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Lately, I have been pondering the issue of what can we do to keep our representatives in check, while giving them the constitutional powers that were granted to them. This is part one of the three part series on controlling the power of our representatives. There are more than one reason why I am not a Libertarian, however, today, I am going to discuss just one of them. In the future I may or may not post more reasons, but this one is in the front of my mind right now. Two and a half years ago, my wife and I moved into our new home. After that move, we had one goal. That was to get rid of our consumer debt. I recently just finished the Shadow Children Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The first in the series is Among the Hidden. In this book Luke Gardner is the third born child to his parents in a society where parents are only legally allowed to have two children. This law is enforced by [...] Okay, this is not about the recent Jazz wins. Sorry Jazz Fans, but I am not a big follower of Sports, except for baseball. Almost two years ago, my wife and I celebrated our 10th anniversary by attending Education Week at Brigham Young University. Yeah, I wanted to do something more exciting like at a lake or on a cruise, but my wife won out. Good thing she did. One more thought on bent and broken television before I move on. I was originally going to include this with my discussion of Without a Trace, but it didn’t seem to fit, and I now feel that it merits it’s own entry. I loved this show. A year ago if you had asked me what my favorite show on TV was I would have said the Amazing Race, but this was a close second. I used to watch CSI. I probably gave it more time then it was worth during the first couple of years. As you drive through many neighborhoods in Utah on days like Memorial Day, Flag Day, President’s Day, or Independence Day, you will see what appears to be an awesome display of patriotism. Early in the morning a group of young Scouts got together with a few leaders and posted an American Flag in the lawn [...] |
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