Tag Archive: government

Don’t Vote 2008

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-28T13:00:40Z in Personal Development, with these tags: courage, fear, government, life, oppression, power, responsibility, truth, 5 Comments. 2,322 words.

The United States presidential election is coming up on Tuesday, 2008 November 4. One of the things you’ll always hear people saying is that you have to vote because you’re exercising your democratic voice. If you don’t vote, then you’ve stated that you don’t want to have any say in our political system. Implicitly, you’re fine with the current system.

The real truth is the opposite. By voting, you’re legitimizing our elections. But why would you vote for one of two when the candidates are exactly the same? They’re both puppets to the concerns of internationalists and big corporations. Both the …

A Free Nation Has Free Money

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-30T06:08:27Z in Personal Development, with these tags: death, freedom, goals, government, life, money, myths, oppression, 0 Comments. 1,193 words.

The purpose of any good government is to protect the lives and property of the people. Property is money. Money must be solid. It must be free, in that it is independent of the nefarious deeds of plutocrats. It doesn’t matter how much free speech or free love you have. If you have no money, you have no property, and all your “freedoms” are worthless.

The Federal Reserve, masquerading as part of our government, bails out corporations that have gotten themselves far into debt. In theory, this protects the jobs of the people, because the corporation keeps going. How does the …

Fear is Evil

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-13T10:26:46Z in Personal Development, with these tags: evils, fear, government, humanity, jobs, librarianship, politicking, pragmatism, volusia county, 1 Comment. 2,075 words.

Sorry for the lack of updates this week. It’s been busy for me… mainly because I have school and work (20 hours per week for the summer). And that’s right in the middle of the week (Monday-Thursday), where it keeps me busy.

Anyway, I’m trying now to switch jobs… to move back to the Ormond Beach library from Holly Hill (I’ve written of the two on my about page). My boss isn’t being nice to me. I told her that maybe she shouldn’t go into library service, because she doesn’t seem to enjoy the work. That hit close too home …