Rants
The Destinies of Those Who Signed…
The Destinies of Those Who Signed (click to Enlarge)
We see the romanticized portraits of those who signed the Declaration of Independence and really don’t consider what they risked to bring us the liberties that we enjoy. They might well shudder with rage to see how easily we consider giving up those rights when it seems expedient to us.
Take a look at the excerpt (upper right) which lists some of the lessor known patriots who were signatory to the Declaration of Independence and the not so pleasant fates they met after signing the document that marked the birth of our nation. Some lost their lives, some lost the lives of their families and some lost fortunes, all of which they pledged to the cause of Independence.
As July 4th rolls around on the calendar, all Americans should be cognizant of the sacrifices of the past as well as the sacrifices of those currently serving in our military to protect the rights and liberties we enjoy. It did not end with declaring independence. No, our independence had to be forcibly taken and now, just as they did then, we need to cherish it and fight to maintain it.
The except in the captioned box is taken from an essay on the signers of the Declaration of Independence by Rush H. Limbaugh Jr., distributed by the Federalist Magazine.
Unemployment
Social Security and Unemployment Insurance were created to be Safety Nets not Hammocks!
Regalia Quote
“…the CBO data shows that since 1979, not only have the income tax shares of the lower four quintiles continued to drop, but the lowest quintile has been in the negative since 1987, and the second lowest has been negative since 2002. This means that the lowest 40% have not been paying any federal income tax but have, instead, been getting subsidized by the government through such incentives as refundable tax credits.”
From Dr. Martin Regalia: Econ 101, Tax Facts: Where the $ Comes From in Free Enterprise, April 2010
Paul Ryan Quote
“While exact and precise measures cannot be made, there are estimates that in 2004, 20 percent of households in the U.S. were receiving about 75 percent of their income from the federal government, and that another 20 percent were receiving nearly 40 percent. All in all, about 60 percent of American households were receiving more government benefits and services, measured in dollars, than they were paying back in taxes. President Obama’s first budget alone raises this level of ‘net dependency’ to 70 percent.”
Paul Ryan is in his sixth term as a member of Congress, representing Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. He is ranking member of the House Budget Committee and a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. This quote was taken from an article in the February 2010 issue of Imprimis.
April is National Landscape Architecture Month
This month is National Landscape Architecture Month. April is also African American Women’s Fitness Month, International Cesarean Awareness Month, Emotional Overeaters Awareness Month, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Month & Nationally Sexually Transmitted Diseases Month just to name a few. (From the site here.) I’m promoting Landscape Architecture since I have a Bachelor’s of Science in Landscape Architecture (B.S.L.A.) from Purdue University. I am a Registered Landscape Architect with the State of Indiana. I am a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
