Understanding the Government the Constitutional Convention Invented.

The founders feared government, because governments tended to accumulate power and become tyrannies. The founders did not trust the people, because the people — in pursuing their private interests — might divert the government from the common good. Government was necessary and so were citizens, but both had to be restrained in such a way that the machinery of government limited their ability to accumulate power. Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/cabb1bcab05d/understanding-the-government-the-constitutional-convention-invented

The Coronavirus has exposed America’s Economic Predators.

The coronavirus has exposed another type of virus that has been weakening America’s economic infrastructures since 1970. Americans can’t afford to quarantine themselves to protect their lives because they do not have enough money to survive without working. Businesses cannot afford to close because they are not able to survive without customers and employees for very long. Read more at –

https://mailchi.mp/719f99d77ba2/the-coronavirus-has-exposed-americas-economic-predators

Please let me share some things I learned in the military with you.

When I was in the US Air Force I was part of a medical unit. We regularly trained for how to respond to biological attacks on America. One type of attack was the infiltration of city water systems with deadly biological agents. The other was the spread of deadly biological agents from aircrafts. We would participate in unscheduled drills to practice our roles in those situations. At the center of the response was the “Triage Center.” Continue reading at -

https://mailchi.mp/ef36ba038145/please-let-me-share-some-things-i-learned-in-the-military-with-you

Financial Panic Beware! A Quick History Lesson that Might Apply to Today.

Financial Panics – Recessions & Depressions – are the product of an American economic system that produces cycles of boom and bust. However, those cycles are not the product “free market transactions.” This is the story of how two of the wealthiest banks in the world emerged after the Civil War: The House of Rothschild and J. P. Morgan. https://mailchi.mp/b207be5382e0/financial-panic-beware-a-quick-history-lesson-that-might-apply-to-today

The Creation of Evil, Justice and Mortality in the Garden in Eden

In the first story in the Bible the Creator introduced TOV (good) into his creation:

Doing things that protect and preserve lives,

make lives more functional and increase the quality of life.

When the man ate the forbidden fruit he introduced RAH (evil) into Yahweh’s Garden:

Doing things that destroy and threaten their lives,

make their lives less functional and decrease the quality of life.

It is important to clearly understand this point:

Good and Evil are concrete actions,

not an abstract internal or spiritual qualities.

The next wisdom principle taught by this story is how to respond to evil:

Justice is the divine response to evil actions.

After the man and woman stepped out of their hiding places and faced Yahweh, both wearing fig leaves, it was clear to Yahweh something had happened since he last saw them. Continue to read at --

https://mailchi.mp/dbb213524f4c/the-creation-of-evil-justice-and-mortality-in-the-garden-in-eden

People that care about and help care for each other and have each other’s backs

Lives 1^st Living is about people helping people learn how to care about and help care for each other and have each other’s backs. It is like playing a team sport. Everyone that has ever been on a championship team knows it was “a team effort.” On the simplest level this means that we depend on other people for our very survival. Read more at -

https://mailchi.mp/05f9c358abc3/people-that-care-about-and-help-care-for-each-other-and-have-each-others-backs

Lives 1st Living is about “Holding Human Lives Sacred.”

The ideas, principles and values upon which Lives 1^st Living is based are found in Genesis and Declaration of Independence. Lives 1^st Living requires “holding human lives sacred.” But it is important to understand that “sacred” has two meanings -- religious and secular.

For most of history, “sacred” has been linked to the religious meaning – specifically sacredness as defined in the Bible. But the Declaration of Independence introduced a “secular model” and that made the United States of America ground zero as the place where people with religious and secular beliefs must intertwine, interact and work together to create the successfully functioning democracy envisioned by the Founding Father of a new nation. Read more at --

https://mailchi.mp/119a0b6f89cb/lives-1st-living-is-about-holding-human-lives-sacred