To develop common sense and the ability to make good decisions on your own,
without guidance from parents or the government, we suggest you purchase our book
“A Year of Good Manners” by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) to read
365 etiquette tips and the reasons to use them. You will learn to excel in dealing with family, school, social and business situations. Knowing respect and good manners makes you feel relaxed and confident. You may even develop the "likability factor" and become charming.
You will definitely understand the Dead Horse Theory:
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount."
However, in government, education, and in corporate America, more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.
4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.
5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.
9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase dead horse's performance.
10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.
11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.
12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.
And of course....
13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.
Securely purchase "A Year of Good Manners" by Margery Sinclair and
Jan Polk $27.95 at www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Honorable Politicians - Do They Exist?
I support all honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens who try to unite our country rather than being divisive.
United States of America’s motto is United We Stand – Divided We Fall. Both the national parties seem to have forgotten this. Beware of any candidate that pits one part of the country against another. We are all in this together and must find common ground.
I found the following campaign ads refreshing and hopeful. They unite Americans rather than being divisive. We all want to be treated with respect no matter what party we belong to. This candidate tells what he is going to do and doesn't tear down the opposition in the process.
John Polk is a Republican candidate running for State Senator in Mississippi.
http://www.youtube.com/user/votejohnpolk?feature=mhsn tight with money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPTdHJicmZU illegals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFYb4M5w_80&NR=1 teachers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-OcX8bPL0&feature=related economic development
John Polk is my brother-in- law and I can vouch for him that he is an honorable,
civilized, law abiding citizen.
I invite you to read our book "A Year of Good Manners" by Margery Sinclair and
Jan Polk ($27.95) which features 365 etiquette tips and the reasons to use each one.
They will help you recognize an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen.
Book may be purchased at my website: www.janpolk.com
United States of America’s motto is United We Stand – Divided We Fall. Both the national parties seem to have forgotten this. Beware of any candidate that pits one part of the country against another. We are all in this together and must find common ground.
I found the following campaign ads refreshing and hopeful. They unite Americans rather than being divisive. We all want to be treated with respect no matter what party we belong to. This candidate tells what he is going to do and doesn't tear down the opposition in the process.
John Polk is a Republican candidate running for State Senator in Mississippi.
http://www.youtube.com/user/votejohnpolk?feature=mhsn tight with money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPTdHJicmZU illegals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFYb4M5w_80&NR=1 teachers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-OcX8bPL0&feature=related economic development
John Polk is my brother-in- law and I can vouch for him that he is an honorable,
civilized, law abiding citizen.
I invite you to read our book "A Year of Good Manners" by Margery Sinclair and
Jan Polk ($27.95) which features 365 etiquette tips and the reasons to use each one.
They will help you recognize an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen.
Book may be purchased at my website: www.janpolk.com
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Happy July 4th - Independence Day
July 4th is a reminder each year that we fought to be free, independent people capable of being personally responsible for our own actions and electing our government officials from among ourselves.....not people that sit helplessly by dependant on the government do everything for us. Our Declaration of Independence was written to free us from the oppressive government of Great Britain in 1776.
Thank you to all the Veterans who have fought for us each year since the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence is a document that We The People of the United
States of America honor and respect as our guidelines on how all citizens are to be recognized as free people guaranteed equal opportunities to succeed. We expect our citizens to be honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens. The one thing each of us is in control of is our “Sacred Honor.”
The Declaration of Independence is nothing more than a piece of paper if the citizens of the United States are not honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens who respect the laws of the land
Today is a good time to reread the Declaration of Independence and notice the similarities between the oppressive British Crown and the oppressiveness of bigger and bigger government. When government is not working for the good of all its people, it becomes oppressive. When government officials pit one group of citizens (poor) against another group of citizens (wealthy) it becomes divisive.
The United States of America became the greatest nation on earth when we all believed the motto: United We Stand – Divided We Fall
The following was taken from this website:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
________________________________________
The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:
Column 1
Georgia:
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Column 2
North Carolina:
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton
Column 3
Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Column 4
Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Delaware:
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean
Column 5
New York:
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark
Column 6
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Massachusetts:
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Connecticut:
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
New Hampshire:
Matthew Thornton
Thank you to all the Veterans who have fought for us each year since the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence is a document that We The People of the United
States of America honor and respect as our guidelines on how all citizens are to be recognized as free people guaranteed equal opportunities to succeed. We expect our citizens to be honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens. The one thing each of us is in control of is our “Sacred Honor.”
The Declaration of Independence is nothing more than a piece of paper if the citizens of the United States are not honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens who respect the laws of the land
Today is a good time to reread the Declaration of Independence and notice the similarities between the oppressive British Crown and the oppressiveness of bigger and bigger government. When government is not working for the good of all its people, it becomes oppressive. When government officials pit one group of citizens (poor) against another group of citizens (wealthy) it becomes divisive.
The United States of America became the greatest nation on earth when we all believed the motto: United We Stand – Divided We Fall
The following was taken from this website:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
The Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
________________________________________
The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:
Column 1
Georgia:
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Column 2
North Carolina:
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton
Column 3
Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Column 4
Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Delaware:
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean
Column 5
New York:
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark
Column 6
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Massachusetts:
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Connecticut:
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
New Hampshire:
Matthew Thornton
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Happy Father's Day
Fathers are one of the most important influences in a child's life.
The luckiest children live with fathers who love them.
Children crave attention from their fathers and want to spend time with them.
The kindest thing a father can do for his children is to be in his
child's life, set a good example for his children by showing respect to
self and others (especially to the child's mother), using good manners, and establishing boundaries and consequences for bad behavior.
The most important thing a Father can do is to "maintain composure when displeased." A father cannot buy his child's love and respect; he earns
it by being there, showing respect to the child, and setting the example.
A father who does this, will be lovingly remembered by his children.
Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dads who are not just fathers in name
only.
You don't have to worry what gift to give your Dad. It doesn't matter what
Dad's age is. When you give your time, love, and respect to your Father it
is gift enough.
"A Year of Good Manners" by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) lists
365 common everyday courtesies and the reasons to use them. This birthday
book becomes a family heirloom when you collect family members' autographs on
their birthdays and anniversaries. There is even room for each person to write
their favorite words of advice. This book becomes more valuable with each
new entry. Start your own family heirloom today. Don't miss getting your Dad's
signature while he is still here.
The luckiest children live with fathers who love them.
Children crave attention from their fathers and want to spend time with them.
The kindest thing a father can do for his children is to be in his
child's life, set a good example for his children by showing respect to
self and others (especially to the child's mother), using good manners, and establishing boundaries and consequences for bad behavior.
The most important thing a Father can do is to "maintain composure when displeased." A father cannot buy his child's love and respect; he earns
it by being there, showing respect to the child, and setting the example.
A father who does this, will be lovingly remembered by his children.
Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dads who are not just fathers in name
only.
You don't have to worry what gift to give your Dad. It doesn't matter what
Dad's age is. When you give your time, love, and respect to your Father it
is gift enough.
"A Year of Good Manners" by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) lists
365 common everyday courtesies and the reasons to use them. This birthday
book becomes a family heirloom when you collect family members' autographs on
their birthdays and anniversaries. There is even room for each person to write
their favorite words of advice. This book becomes more valuable with each
new entry. Start your own family heirloom today. Don't miss getting your Dad's
signature while he is still here.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
June 14 - Flag Day!
I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I also pledge to be an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen.
Our flag is a symbol of freedom for all....not just one party.....
not just one class.......not just one religion......not for just the
wealthy......it represents freedom and justice for all our citizens.
Our nation is only as strong as our people; not just our government.
We are a nation of honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens who strive
to be the best we can. We expect to be rewarded for honest labor and
not have the government take it away from us just because they think
they can spend it better than we can. We depend on every person having
the same opportunities to decide how hard they will work and to be able
to work at whatever is of our choosing. We depend on the majority of
our people to be honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens. We respect
the laws of the land which enables us to respectfully live together
as communities of large groups of people and to feel safe to freely move
about in our communities.
When we no longer respect or obey our laws, we will no longer be a
civilized nation of free people.
We tend to root for the underdog but we want everyone to succeed.
We want leaders who unite us as a country. Beware of those who
pit one class against another. It doesn't matter which group you
tear down.....it is not beneficial for our country. We must find
leaders who know how to unite us on common ground that is beneficial
to all. We want a government that can unite us as independent, free,
honorable people capable of being responsible for our own actions
.....not a government to take care of us as dependent, incapable people.
After all, we do freely elect our government officials from among ourselves.
Freedom is not free. We must be vigilant. If we ignore our freedoms
and take them for granted, we could easily lose them. Too many people
are willing to give up too many freedoms in order to let the government
take care of them. When you are dependent, you are not free.
Our flag is a reminder that
United We Stand - Divide We Fall.
Being an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen is a way to give
something back to our country. "A Year of Good Manners" by
Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) provides 365 tips on how
to behave as an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen along
with the 365 reasons why you would want to.
Purchase on line at www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
I also pledge to be an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen.
Our flag is a symbol of freedom for all....not just one party.....
not just one class.......not just one religion......not for just the
wealthy......it represents freedom and justice for all our citizens.
Our nation is only as strong as our people; not just our government.
We are a nation of honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens who strive
to be the best we can. We expect to be rewarded for honest labor and
not have the government take it away from us just because they think
they can spend it better than we can. We depend on every person having
the same opportunities to decide how hard they will work and to be able
to work at whatever is of our choosing. We depend on the majority of
our people to be honorable, civilized, law abiding citizens. We respect
the laws of the land which enables us to respectfully live together
as communities of large groups of people and to feel safe to freely move
about in our communities.
When we no longer respect or obey our laws, we will no longer be a
civilized nation of free people.
We tend to root for the underdog but we want everyone to succeed.
We want leaders who unite us as a country. Beware of those who
pit one class against another. It doesn't matter which group you
tear down.....it is not beneficial for our country. We must find
leaders who know how to unite us on common ground that is beneficial
to all. We want a government that can unite us as independent, free,
honorable people capable of being responsible for our own actions
.....not a government to take care of us as dependent, incapable people.
After all, we do freely elect our government officials from among ourselves.
Freedom is not free. We must be vigilant. If we ignore our freedoms
and take them for granted, we could easily lose them. Too many people
are willing to give up too many freedoms in order to let the government
take care of them. When you are dependent, you are not free.
Our flag is a reminder that
United We Stand - Divide We Fall.
Being an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen is a way to give
something back to our country. "A Year of Good Manners" by
Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) provides 365 tips on how
to behave as an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen along
with the 365 reasons why you would want to.
Purchase on line at www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
Monday, June 6, 2011
Abusive Infant Head Trauma Doubled During Recession
"Recession-related stress may have triggered an alarming increase in non-accidental head injuries among infants, new research suggests.
The number of babies hospitalized for non-accidental head trauma — a form of child abuse previously known as shaken baby syndrome — doubled during the recent recession, according to the study by researchers at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
Read the full article at Health.com":
http://news.health.com/2011/04/13/abusive-head-trauma-in-infants-doubled-during-recession-study/
Current liberal thinking wants to place the blame for everything on anything but the actual cause........lack of good manners and personal responsibility for one’s own actions.
There are so many safety nets in place to help poverty stricken families yet there
is still meanness, violence, and incivility in poverty stricken homes. The ONLY
people who can improve this are the people who live in these homes.
Good manners make you feel confident and relaxed. It is just as easy to hold
yourself to a higher standard as it is to hold low standards. Good manners do not cost money to use, yet they save multi-billions of dollars for our economy and would prevent spouse abuse and violence towards innocent children.
The reality is that people who abuse children have given themselves permission
to behave cruelly to other human beings and animals as well. This is reprehensible action and there is no acceptable justification for it. It is just as easy for the abuser to give himself/herself permission to not abuse another person.....especially an infant. Each of us has the power to control our own actions.
Good manners are powerful. They help you develop good self esteem, common sense,
and a backbone. Good manners make you feel confident and relaxed. When you
base your self esteem on your honor and good character, which has nothing to do with skin color, how much money you have or do not have, you will find you get along with people and enjoy life. Money does not buy happiness and good character. You will recognize when people are treating you with respect.
Good manners allow you to succeed in life. These are the first tools one must learn early in life because by age five your morals and values will be who you will be on the inside for the rest of your life. Everyone can overcome a violent childhood, however, it is so unnecessary to subject young children to this in the first place, when all it takes is Good Manners, civilized behavior and personal responsibility for ones own actions.
Good Manners are Powerful!
No I don’t live in a dream world. I know that violent situations call for something stronger than naive civilized behavior. I do know that there is no reason in the world that you cannot expect the interior of your own home to be a civilized, safe haven from the rest of the world. Civilized people must band together. When you have a reputation of being an honorable person, others will know to not let you know about their illegal activities because you will work
with law officials in order to make your own neighborhood safe for your children.
All groups and organizations have rules including gangs. Honor and Good Manners are the rules for a safe and civilized world where all life is respected.
As a parent, you must teach respect and good manners to your children and you will receive the same in return. All adults are role models whether you want to be or not. You are either a good role model or you are a bad role model. The choice is yours.
“A Year of Good Manners” by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) provides 365
common, every day courtesies and a reason to use each one. This will be the best
investment you can make in yourself. Good Manners are our common bonds.
We all want to be treated with respect. It is easy to hold yourself to a higher standard when you know how. The GAFC “respect series” images in our book are reminders to treat yourself and others with respect.
Give yourself and your children a chance at the good life. Go for it! Learn what it feels like to be free and able to stand with your head held high. All it takes is giving yourself permission to do so. Being an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen is a way to contribute and give something back to the greatest country on earth. Purchase your copy on line at:
www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
Buy an extra copy to give to your favorite teacher. Teachers can never have
too many copies. They will then be able to pass them on to children who
need this information but cannot afford to buy it.
The number of babies hospitalized for non-accidental head trauma — a form of child abuse previously known as shaken baby syndrome — doubled during the recent recession, according to the study by researchers at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
Read the full article at Health.com":
http://news.health.com/2011/04/13/abusive-head-trauma-in-infants-doubled-during-recession-study/
Current liberal thinking wants to place the blame for everything on anything but the actual cause........lack of good manners and personal responsibility for one’s own actions.
There are so many safety nets in place to help poverty stricken families yet there
is still meanness, violence, and incivility in poverty stricken homes. The ONLY
people who can improve this are the people who live in these homes.
Good manners make you feel confident and relaxed. It is just as easy to hold
yourself to a higher standard as it is to hold low standards. Good manners do not cost money to use, yet they save multi-billions of dollars for our economy and would prevent spouse abuse and violence towards innocent children.
The reality is that people who abuse children have given themselves permission
to behave cruelly to other human beings and animals as well. This is reprehensible action and there is no acceptable justification for it. It is just as easy for the abuser to give himself/herself permission to not abuse another person.....especially an infant. Each of us has the power to control our own actions.
Good manners are powerful. They help you develop good self esteem, common sense,
and a backbone. Good manners make you feel confident and relaxed. When you
base your self esteem on your honor and good character, which has nothing to do with skin color, how much money you have or do not have, you will find you get along with people and enjoy life. Money does not buy happiness and good character. You will recognize when people are treating you with respect.
Good manners allow you to succeed in life. These are the first tools one must learn early in life because by age five your morals and values will be who you will be on the inside for the rest of your life. Everyone can overcome a violent childhood, however, it is so unnecessary to subject young children to this in the first place, when all it takes is Good Manners, civilized behavior and personal responsibility for ones own actions.
Good Manners are Powerful!
No I don’t live in a dream world. I know that violent situations call for something stronger than naive civilized behavior. I do know that there is no reason in the world that you cannot expect the interior of your own home to be a civilized, safe haven from the rest of the world. Civilized people must band together. When you have a reputation of being an honorable person, others will know to not let you know about their illegal activities because you will work
with law officials in order to make your own neighborhood safe for your children.
All groups and organizations have rules including gangs. Honor and Good Manners are the rules for a safe and civilized world where all life is respected.
As a parent, you must teach respect and good manners to your children and you will receive the same in return. All adults are role models whether you want to be or not. You are either a good role model or you are a bad role model. The choice is yours.
“A Year of Good Manners” by Margery Sinclair and Jan Polk ($27.95) provides 365
common, every day courtesies and a reason to use each one. This will be the best
investment you can make in yourself. Good Manners are our common bonds.
We all want to be treated with respect. It is easy to hold yourself to a higher standard when you know how. The GAFC “respect series” images in our book are reminders to treat yourself and others with respect.
Give yourself and your children a chance at the good life. Go for it! Learn what it feels like to be free and able to stand with your head held high. All it takes is giving yourself permission to do so. Being an honorable, civilized, law abiding citizen is a way to contribute and give something back to the greatest country on earth. Purchase your copy on line at:
www.ayearofgoodmanners.com
Buy an extra copy to give to your favorite teacher. Teachers can never have
too many copies. They will then be able to pass them on to children who
need this information but cannot afford to buy it.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Happy Memorial Day Weekend
We enjoy this three day weekend by celebrating with parties and
gatherings of family, friends, and neighbors, barbecues and festivals,
car races and concerts; visiting grave sites and honoring those who
have gone before us.
On Monday, May30, 2011, we celebrate the memory of those in the
military who have given their lives so that we may remain a free people.
America is a melting pot of all nationalities and we have all
fought for the same thing......to be free, independent, honorable, civilized
law abiding citizens. We want the right to work for ourselves if we
choose and to keep what we have honorably earned. We want the
right to elect our officials from among ourselves and to vote them
out of office if we don’t like the way things are going. We want the right
to change the laws if they are not fair for all our citizens. We want the
right to be safe in our own homes and the right to protect our own
property. Memorial Day is a day to pray for and thank those who protect
us now and for those who have gone before us to ensure that we keep those rights.
Currently, our military are all volunteers. We The People of the United States
of America willingly choose to hold ourselves to a higher standard
and to live in a civilized world. Everyone, of all nationalities, including
women as well as men, by law are valued citizens with the same rights
to life, liberty and freedom. No one owns anyone in America. We willingly
work together for the good of all, not because our Government demands
that we do so, but because we choose to do so and we choose to hold
ourselves to a higher standard.
We never want to forget that freedom is not free. If we neglect
our history, we can easily lose what we value most. We must
teach our values to our children and Memorial Day is one of
the ways we do so.
In America, we have Memorial Day Parades to celebrate and thank
our veterans. It is one of our common bonds.
United We Stand – Divided We Fall.
Another tradition is
Flags at half-staff until noon (*)
On Memorial Day the flag is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then
solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon.
It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.
The half-staff position remembers the more than one million men and women
who gave their lives in service of their country. At noon their memory is
raised by the living, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to
rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.
(* read more about the history of Memorial date at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day)
May God Bless America! Protect our troops and those they protect at home.
gatherings of family, friends, and neighbors, barbecues and festivals,
car races and concerts; visiting grave sites and honoring those who
have gone before us.
On Monday, May30, 2011, we celebrate the memory of those in the
military who have given their lives so that we may remain a free people.
America is a melting pot of all nationalities and we have all
fought for the same thing......to be free, independent, honorable, civilized
law abiding citizens. We want the right to work for ourselves if we
choose and to keep what we have honorably earned. We want the
right to elect our officials from among ourselves and to vote them
out of office if we don’t like the way things are going. We want the right
to change the laws if they are not fair for all our citizens. We want the
right to be safe in our own homes and the right to protect our own
property. Memorial Day is a day to pray for and thank those who protect
us now and for those who have gone before us to ensure that we keep those rights.
Currently, our military are all volunteers. We The People of the United States
of America willingly choose to hold ourselves to a higher standard
and to live in a civilized world. Everyone, of all nationalities, including
women as well as men, by law are valued citizens with the same rights
to life, liberty and freedom. No one owns anyone in America. We willingly
work together for the good of all, not because our Government demands
that we do so, but because we choose to do so and we choose to hold
ourselves to a higher standard.
We never want to forget that freedom is not free. If we neglect
our history, we can easily lose what we value most. We must
teach our values to our children and Memorial Day is one of
the ways we do so.
In America, we have Memorial Day Parades to celebrate and thank
our veterans. It is one of our common bonds.
United We Stand – Divided We Fall.
Another tradition is
Flags at half-staff until noon (*)
On Memorial Day the flag is raised briskly to the top of the staff and then
solemnly lowered to the half-staff position, where it remains only until noon.
It is then raised to full-staff for the remainder of the day.
The half-staff position remembers the more than one million men and women
who gave their lives in service of their country. At noon their memory is
raised by the living, who resolve not to let their sacrifice be in vain, but to
rise up in their stead and continue the fight for liberty and justice for all.
(* read more about the history of Memorial date at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day)
May God Bless America! Protect our troops and those they protect at home.
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