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February

The concept of Original Sin means that I was pronounced #guilty before I was born. Screw guilt! I like the concept of Original Goodness. Maybe original sin was meant to refer to the instincts with which we were born. #MondayMood… Click To Tweet

We are all born into a world of insanity and insecurity. Where is the starting point? We need to look at tribal wisdom and the old fashioned small town model of many years ago. #thoughts #ThoughtOfTheDay #MondayMorning Click To Tweet

January

We are witnessing the slow motion destruction of democracy. #fixthis #ThoughtOfTheDay #ThoughtForTheDay #America Click To Tweet

The effect of the Trump tax cut of a $1000000000000 per year during good times is having an effect on the stock market. It’s the same old trick that Nixon, Reagan, and W used. #trump #taxcut #sameoldtricks #Nixon #Reagan #presidents… Click To Tweet

Trumpism and Churchianity seem to have merged. Someone missed a verse. 'Beware of false prophets'. The successor is likely to be Trumpianity. #Trump #church #ThursdayThoughts #thursdaymorning #falseprophets #timeforaction #timeforchange Click To Tweet

Since the early 80s, the system has been designed for us to give our #money to the #wealthy. And, just like #religion, when you die, you’ll get a gold star in #heaven. #thesystemisrigged #richgetricher #ThoughtForTheDay Click To Tweet

December

Why would young folks be excited about the future? For them, It’s like being on the Titanic. Viewing the Icebergs ahead, dead ahead. #sinkingship #FixThis #America #SaturdayMorning #SaturdayMotivation #TITANIC #future #Millennials #GenX… Click To Tweet

I often hear from #Millennials that I’m the only older person that doesn’t think of them as #Entitled, want stuff for nothing, and are lazy. It could be a part of slavery consciousness our country has incurred since 1617; if you have… Click To Tweet

Our wisdom is now coming from our children. I think Jesus suggested it first. We are just Bullies, blocking their way. #Millennials #GenZ #changemakers #TimeForChange #WednesdayThoughts Click To Tweet

November

Where's the whistle blower? I’m reminded of the child of a family on vacation in the forest. “Daddy, Daddy. I cant see the forest because of all of the trees.” Click To Tweet

How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? Click To Tweet

October

Our Nation is full of poverty that money cannot fix. Money, success, abundance has not and will not fix our #underprivileged, whether they are #rich or #poor. Click To Tweet

#Millennials and #GenZ have pushed through the #mentalhealth stigma, becoming the #therapygeneration, bringing to the forefront the necessity to reach out, talk to someone, and participate in some form of #selfcare. Click To Tweet

What caused this dangerous back-stepping, this decimation of the #AmericanDream, the unraveling of the American #MiddleClass? Click To Tweet

September

Businesses are finally acknowledging that the #citizens are essential to their success. Let's hope our #politicians will do the same. #politics #business #America #DemDebate #businessroundtble #consumers #economics #jobs #healthcare… Click To Tweet

One key component which I don't recall anyone suggesting was to change how the $1.5 Trillion allocated to the #military was to be used. It should be changed to maintaining and advocating #SURVIVAL #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate… Click To Tweet

Cities around the world are running out of water, including the United States. #ThursdayThoughts #savetheplanet #WaterConservation Click To Tweet

Just because I question #CDCs Vaccine schedule, the validity, and the administering of #vaccines doesn’t make me an Anit-Vaxxer. I’m a #concernedparent – who understands each child has different needs and medical make-up. #children… Click To Tweet

August

At this stage of the game, it seems like hard working #Americans should have better alternatives for health care. We should not have to choose between #death and #debt. Click To Tweet

Americans shouldn't have to create GoFundMe campaigns and solicit money from friends, family, and strangers to cover the cost of medical bills. #Medical #medicalcosts #insurance… Click To Tweet

July

''We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it’s creativity and intuition that will make the world safe for us.'' --Dr. Edgar Mitchell #creativity #intuition #TuesdayThoughts #TuesdayMotivation Click To Tweet

In the Old Days, before 1980, we were taught to Save For A Rainy Day. Today, we borrow an extra $TRILLION$ from our kids while the sun is shining. #economics #theft #spendingcrisis #brokensystem #SundayThoughts Click To Tweet

June

#Millennials and #GenZ will inherit another $6,000 debt this year or more per person as a result of deficit spending. The CBO estimates that the deficit will exceed $1 trillion per yr in 2 years. This deficit is used to fund the buoyant… Click To Tweet

Student loans of 1.5 Trillion now surpass America's credit card and car loans. #DebtCrisis #TuesdayThoughts #studentloans Click To Tweet

If we can learn to write our anger in the waters of life and allow it to flow away-if we are truly able to forgive-I believe we become bulletproof... -Rich Meyer, Beyond Forgiveness: Reflections on Atonement #forgiveness #atonement Click To Tweet

April

Student loans of 1.5 Trillion now surpass America's credit card and car loans. Click To Tweet

Many public schools no longer provide Driver's Ed; private training can cost $400-$1,000. Click To Tweet

March

I told you so. The bitcoin thing is coming unraveled. Rather the price of bitcoins has dropped 80+% in the last year according to the Wall Street Journal. See how my predictions matched up from my bitcoin post. Click To Tweet

Meditation has been with us for thousands of years. Within the Hindu, Tradition is the popular Bhagavad Gita. The instructions therein tell us to find a quiet spot, sit on a slightly elevated cushion, and still our mind. Similarly, the… Click To Tweet

False Prophets: Some religions warn us Beware of False Prophets. I always envisioned that this implied an individual. Maybe it needs to be restated for the current era to read, Beware of an Infestation Of False Prophets. Click To Tweet

Where is the Silver Lining? The political insanity that is occurring has finally come home to roost. The silver lining that we have been looking for shows up in the masses of young people getting involved. Complacency is taboo. Click To Tweet

I think a US Senator told this story many years ago: A Lady of the Night went to the Preacher and asked if she could join the church knowing that many people were aware of her history, The Preacher said, We'd love to have you worship… Click To Tweet

February

I heard that Egypt is exploring a law making Fake News a crime. Interesting, we made it a crime to yell fire when there isn't a fire. Is there a way to expand our laws to include Fake News? Not today, maybe tomorrow. Click To Tweet

Thomas Jefferson's Iconic Pledge as carved in stone at the Jefferson Memorial in WDC: I have sworn upon the Alter Of God Eternal Hostility Over Every Form Of Tyranny Over the Mind Of Man Click To Tweet

Is there a silver lining in all the insanity that we endure today? Let me try a few: - it awakened our society to become aware of politics and consequences of our lack of participation. - it has demonstrated how divided our society is… Click To Tweet

The Green New Deal as mentioned by a number of rising political stars, including AOC, will be hot. It looks to be the millennial version of FDR's New Deal Click To Tweet

January

The total net worth of the US assets is $109 Trillion. This works out to be about $301,000 per person. Whoops, They forgot to mentioned the implied liabilities and deficiencies of deficits - infrastructure, US Gov't, pensions of over… Click To Tweet

Why are statistics on deficits so important? It's like having a credit card that you forgot about and was stolen. Eventually, the bill will show up. Click To Tweet

More and more men are sporting beards. I wonder if that's to save money? Click To Tweet

The Wall Street Journal reports the tax revenues as a percentage of economic output. The average of the key countries is 34% for the USA it's 27%. We are able to do that because we borrow from our Kids. Click To Tweet

New Insurance from John Hancock: You get a policy discount based upon Health and fitness data. It could be a harbinger of things to come. Click To Tweet

Our Trade debit is at a 10 year high... How do we pay for it?... we borrow from our kids. Click To Tweet

Solution to the wall: let trump build it and do it through donations. It seems like pocket change for him and his buddies. Click To Tweet

December

Are we being seduced into signing up for slavery? Click To Tweet

If the government supports religion via tax breaks and providing services, then there is no separation of church and state. Click To Tweet

Are we witnessing the slow-motion collapse of our economy? Click To Tweet

We can be very spiritual and worldly at the same time. It's the attachment that's the issue. Click To Tweet

Perfect integrity requires no regulation. Click To Tweet

Millenials's are wearing black most of the time... is this a prelude the next or reminder of the 30's depression? Click To Tweet

Jesus was love-based. Christianity is fear-based. Click To Tweet

Girls want their grandfather. Guys want their daughter. Click To Tweet

So much of what we call 'love' is the concept of capturing another. Click To Tweet

It's not the object of the receiving diety of prayer, it's the emotion and thought of the person generating it. Click To Tweet

Millennials can save the country if they show up to vote. Click To Tweet

A woman living in a man's world at any age is like living in a world whereby 50% of everyone is a terrorist. Click To Tweet

Millennials: if you fight capitalism on their turf, $ for $, you lose. You need a new coin of the realm which I think you have within. Click To Tweet

We as a nation are spiritually retarded while we have created millions of temples to shout our piety to ourselves and our choirs. Click To Tweet

November

Ben Franklin referring to religión, “The bulk of ceremony and tradition tends to obscure the teachings of the Master. Click To Tweet

Thomas Jefferson’s Iconic Pledge as carved in stone at the Jefferson Memorial in WDC: I have sworn upon the Alter Of God Eternal Hostility Over Every Form Of Tyranny Over the Mind Of Man.” Click To Tweet

The bombings… It used to be, “a drama per day keeps the focus away.” Now its “a crisis per day keeps us too numbed to say.” Click To Tweet

Republican Strategist, Steve Schmidt unleashed a tirade against the Republican president today on the MSNBC – Chris Hayes newscast. He was 100% on, warning of the catastrophic crisis that is unfolding NOW. Click To Tweet

My friend that lives in southern Mexico said that Trump apologized to the Mexican people! Of course, it was one of those half-assed ” if it has offended anyone” thing. President Lopez Obrador was said to have told Trump that it didn’t… Click To Tweet

No Democrat could ever think that the caravan would improve their election prospect. It could only help the republican bully pulpit. Then, as a climax, have thousands of armed troops at the border to ‘welcome’ them at the time that the… Click To Tweet

October

My friend believes that the Caravan story was started and paid for by Trump. It makes sense. He was talking about it before the media was on it. Click To Tweet

The Spirit of Buddha covers much of the earth. The Spirit of Jesus covers much of the earth. The Great Spirit fills the universe. Click To Tweet

A dose of capitalism is like a cup of coffee, it gets us out of bed. Extreme capitalism is like opioids, it makes us all slaves of the system. Click To Tweet

Monthly job growth averaged about 200,000 for the last 6 years of Obama; it has averaged about 200,000 under Trump. Click To Tweet

The unemployment rate dropped 5.3% under Obama, it has dropped 1% under Trump. Click To Tweet

The stock market increased 177% under Obama; it has increased 41% under Trump. Click To Tweet