America's moral authority regarding past moral transgressions

The argument that America's moral authority is hypocritical is invalid. America has a constitution that is based on one guiding principle; the fallibility of the government. From our country's inception, we admit that our government cannot be absolutely trusted with anything, and we retain the authority to change the rules governing the governors. To have this system for any period of time without a history of mistakes, amendments, and eventually hypocritical proclamations, is to have only a partial process.

The process consists of making a mistake, correcting, and learning from the mistake. The natural result of learning, is the desire to teach. America holds a powerful position in the world and on many issues we are looked to for leadership by other nations. Our past mistakes, if they are corrected, not only can, but should be those pushed hardest against when seen elsewhere. It is not then hypocrisy, but wisdom, which guides us. It is this most precious resource that America has in abundance.

It is not that America's moral authority is invalidated by our past transgressions, it is our transgressions which serve to substantiate our authority. It is our responsibility to ensure that this does not lead to a sense of overbearing pride in our wisdom. Humility is the only vanguard against hypocrisy, for only when we are wise and humble may we assert our authority with dignity. We must aspire to the ideals left to us by those wise men who willed us a great nation, and the only way to honor the sacrifices of those who have come before, is to correct what can be corrected while leaving as our legacy the ability of those who are yet to come, to correct us.

Just for fun

I have an answer to the age old question.

Which came first? The chicken, or the egg?

This seems simple to me, it is the egg.
The question does not stipulate that the egg is a chicken egg, and eggs were in existence long before chickens evolved.

Just for fun.

Questions for Creationists

I have a few questions for Creationists, here they are.


Why do we look different than each other? How do you account for variation amongst human beings?

Why do people resemble, i.e. share common traits with their families?

Do you believe that the Theory of Evolution predicates one species directly producing a completely new species (i.e. a monkey giving birth to a human)?

Do you believe in one species' moral and/or spiritual superiority over another species?

Do you believe that God created races separately?

Do you believe that children are created directly by God, or by the process known as procreation?

Define Theory?

Taking Chances

It is not fear of success that cripples the poverty stricken mind.
It is fear of losing that little bit of stability.

Knowing there is no safety net to help if things go bad.

Knowing the years of toil that lay ahead of the failure, simply to return to where it is now.

Knowing that failure is not a foregone conclusion, but merely enough of a chance to merit inaction.

Choosing Sides

It was that time I told you about, it was that time when I had run away.

There was a party, I told you about the drug, and asked you to get past that to get to the higher understanding.

It was the time of choice.

We all choose, whether to care, whether to love, whether to try, whether to bother.

How many of us remember the moment when we made that choice?

How many of us mark that occasion in yearly ritual?

Are you prepared to love? Or are you simply going to consume? Will you be elemental and be consumed? Or will you transcend the cycle of consumption and become spirit?

Maybe that choice is made earlier for some, maybe it is made easier? Maybe it is never made at all.

There can be no half measures. A side must be chosen.

Will you dissipate in the darkness, or will you become the light?

For me, it was March 25, 1996.