"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
This proverb is often attributed to the Bible but most scholars say it is from the Chinese. It is actually a secular proverb about alleviating poverty.
I am going to use this to describe how I see Democrats and Republicans.
As I see it, Democrats want you to line up for a fish everyday so you are dependent on them for how you live everyday. They want to tax everyone over poverty level to death in order to keep all people depending on them for the roof over their heads, healthcare and jobs when we can find them.
On the other hand, Republicans want to hand you a fishing rod and tackle, show you how to fish; allowing you to feed your family. They want the American people to...
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Dear Mr. President,
Corruption cannot end in Nigeria in the next 100 years and if it will end, it won't be the under this government of PMB, no matter what.
[b]Is this corruption fight motivated by a desire to protect the people OR to protect Buhari and his government?[/b]
Anti Corruption activities are the functions of the system and relevant authorities, not the presidency.
The best the president can do is to strengthen the Anti corruption systems and agencies, make them more effective and more independent of all and even the presidency.
When anti corruption agencies become dependent on the presidency, taking 90% of orders from the presidency, their purposes are defeated.
Anti corruption war becomes anti opposition war. The intention of the presidency becomes irrelevant...
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I have been writing letters in my head this entire political season. I have also been posting things on my Facebook feed, in protest to some of the horrible things that are being said and done out there. But today....today, I hit my limit. Today my newsfeed highlight was "GOP Congressman on Clinton: 'A lady needs to be told when she is being nasty'. And I am done. And I am speaking out. Hopefully on a large network.
There are so many different places you can start with this election, but let's start with the comment at hand. To be specific, when Donald Trump called Hilary Clinton a "nasty woman", she was not talking about anything nasty at all. She was discussing taxes. And raising taxes on people making over $250K. She referenced that Donald Trump would also have to pay more...
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If dead people have been voting for years, why doesn't that mean the elections are rigged?
In school when you vote for student council, would it be okay for past students to come back and vote? No, it isn't.
If that isn't okay then why is it okay for the dead to vote? Last time I checked, they can't communicate very effectively with us so how do we know if they are still Democrat, Republican or Independent? I would think they would like to vote correctly and for the party they choose.
With advanced technology you would think our government would be able to "purge" the system of dead voters. But how can they do this when they can't quit sending Social Security checks to the dead, distinguish if a name is masculine or feminine (I have had two female friends be sent...
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Dear America,
You were supposed to be everyone’s dream. You promised us freedom, to not look behind my shoulder and want to stay home hoping I will be safe for the day. Equality, to have everyone look at each other the same way. To be loved, to feel like you’re needed and wanted and not be alone.
But it’s not there. You’re full of hate. You broke your promise.
It all started in 7th grade. When I started to learn about your history in Mrs. B’s class. That you hated my people and put them through slavery in the worse way. You discriminated and segregated us for your own selfish wants. That you wanted us gone and to never exist. You still do. Your people made you evil America. You’re caught in a past you’re not willing to let go.
In that same year, when my body started to grow into...
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Citizens of the EU,
We all remember the picture of a young Syrian boy washed up dead on a Turkish beach. That is the shocking reality and devastating truth of the migrant crisis you are trying to ignore and avoid. Are we not all human? Are we not all equals? Then why deny the basic human rights to helpless and scared people who just want to be safe?
I understand the fears of allowing these asylum seekers into EU since most of the refugees are Muslims. The Muslim population will rise turning Europe into a mostly Muslim continent. Not only is that fear completely irrational but it is also completely religionist. The current Muslim population in all EU continent is 4%. Even if the EU grants asylum to the refugees and that the refugees are all Muslims, the Muslim population will only...
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Roughly two weeks ago this open letter was published: http://www.opnlttr.com/letter/dear-congressional-oversight-committee-stop-ignoring-elephant-room-911-saudis-hillary-clinton
It received immediate attention at Reddit, 4chan, and Scam.com, but when Reddit User Informant59 made the below comment, not only was it deleted, but an entire web site that had leaked book manuscripts of exiled whistle blower Bruce Gorcyca (worldlawdirect.com) was blocked and then all 43 chapters deleted.
Deleted Post of Infromant59: (DIRECT QUOTE)
An entire web site was blocked (worldlawdirect.com) when a user named "Nico" started leaking actual chapters from that book in their forum. (three chapters were about Hillary...
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To All Politicians,
I am exercising my First Amendment Right to Freedom of Speech. First off, these are my opinions and mine alone. I haven’t been pressured by anything but my disgust at the elections this year.
This is the strangest election I have ever seen. Here we have someone who has been in the political world for almost 30 years so she knows how to play the game and it is the same game when watching the debates and town halls. She knows the right words to use to persuade people that change can happen with her win. Then we have the wild card, a businessman who has made and lost fortunes but never gives up. His perspective on the United States as a whole seems to be as a business that needs to be fixed. That fixing it means revamping the way everyone looks at us,...
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Mr. Trump – You’re Fired!
Dear Mr. Donald Trump,
Congratulations! I congratulate you for bringing out the nakedness of a sub-culture of men. You know what I am talking about. Right? Yes - all those leaked out audios and videos – Howard Stern, Billy Bush and so forth and so on.
I am a man as well. And I also belong to this planet called Earth. Therefore, I must not be stunned listening and witnessing your guttered mind and heart. Those are just locker room normal stuff that happen between real men. And only a real man can become a real leader. What do the women know? They are only good for defending their husbands and their fathers once the husband and a father commit such real manly mishaps.
I suppose you want my vote to become the next President of...
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Dear Mr. Trump, I do not hate you. In fact I can say that I truly don't hate anyone. I never was a huge fan of yours but I knew your name well enough that I was all excited to have you join the race.
You, I thought, represented the outsider. The one who would get down to business right away and fix the problems. On top of that you were the tabloid America. I was not much of a politics watcher but as soon as you joined in the fray, I was glued to the TV. I was on your side. I did not particularly like Hillary Clinton.
In fact I can be honest here and tell you that I disliked her for some reason. She just did not have an open and honest demeanor. I could not believe in anything she said or did. She was artificial and fake, I thought. I did not once think that my gender, my ethnicity, my...
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