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Independence Day BP Oil Spill Declaration of Independence Hurricane Unalienable Rights - Michael Gaffley
Independence Day Re-ignited by BP Oil Spill Declaration of Independence Affirm Unalienable Rights Hold Self Evident Truths 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... Submitted 1 year 224 days ago.

Command Performance- Our Psychic Movie of Magic Realism - Ella Camp
" We don't always get what we want; but sometimes, we get what we need. " Humans are natural born dreamers; and in our dreaming, we are creating. This creative urge is a natural inheritance. Just as we inherit physical characteristics from the genes of our human parents; we have inherited... Submitted 1 year 230 days ago.

Heads I Win; Tails You Lose - Ella Camp
Everything in life is a two-sided coin which we are constantly tossing, and even in winning, we always lose. The coin toss of love may be adequately described as an oxymoron- we can't live without it; and we can't live with it. Being in love for the first time turns one's life upside down and... Submitted 1 year 235 days ago.

Shelter in Place from the Purple Rains of Karma - Ella Camp
What's in a name? A person, place or anything else by any other name would be the same. Since man first developed language he's been attaching labels to every thought, emotion and object on earth. These words and labels gather connotations and colors, if you will, from the societies and... Submitted 1 year 239 days ago.

To Think Outside the Box - Ella Camp
If we start with the basic premise that the human being is a part of the nature of this earth, we recognize that, albeit the pinnacle of that nature, we are subject still to the fundamental dictates of the laws of natural order. We know for certain that our earth's nature depends on the... Submitted 1 year 258 days ago.

Domestic Abuse - The Dispicable Profile of the "Domestic Abuser" - - Christofer French
It has been my observation over the years of professional and personal experience that Impossible Jerks have a way of avoiding each other and seeking out the comfort of tolerant people, so that they can maintain their own survival and not have their rough edges knocked off. Stronger civilized... Submitted 1 year 266 days ago.

I Believe You; Thousands Wouldn't - Ella Camp
Although the human mind is capable of entertaining almost any hypothesis in theory; an extreme concept that is the unequivocal antithesis of our intrinsically fueled belief system, may, by its fantastical profundity, be rejected outright as "unbelievable;" despite any weight of evidence in its... Submitted 1 year 278 days ago.

Who Sets the Standard For Our Morals, Ethics, Integrity...all Values? - Joel Hendon
How do we know it is wrong to kill a fellow man? To steal or rob for what we get? We all know these sorts of things are against civil law. But we also know that if there was no civil law, these things would still be wrong. There are unlimited things which we know are immoral, unethical, and... Submitted 1 year 293 days ago.

Sliding Down The Slippery Slope of Legal Corruption - - Christofer French
Roman Ruin - Sexy Stuff From The Movies We look to the Roman Empire as our example of fall and decay and decline because of its gigantic historical place in western history, but also because of the movies. Drunken couples salivating as gladiators die, grapes being dropped into... Submitted 1 year 300 days ago.

Law of Attraction - Drunken Mystic
Is there something called Law of attraction? I participated in one of these discussions on a website and thought of converting my answer into an article. We all think, and there is not a single moment we are thoughtless. The state of thoughtlessness arrives very rarely in our minds. But our minds... Submitted 1 year 321 days ago.

Dalai Lama President Obama Religious Harmony After Ash Wednesday Start to 2010 Lenten Season. - Michael Gaffley
One of the key movements or strategies to promote religious harmony is through enduring friendships. Friendship is an unconditional supportive relationship that grows between people who interact in a warm, energetic, cooperative spirit anchored by honesty, sympathy, empathy, understanding, and... Submitted 1 year 358 days ago.

How Grandma's Advice Changed My Life - - Paul Schroeder
Just before my grandmother on my mother's side died at the age of 95, I whispered a kiss in her ear and thanked her for her wisdom. One odd piece of advice, that she had taught me when I was a child, I had carried close to my inner ear, all of my life. It had been an Independence Day warning... Submitted 2 years 20 days ago.

What Are the " Golden Years?" - Ella Camp
Don't go! Don't go! We cry out to youth- and in the wake of its retreating shadow grasp at remnants which may have fallen away in its mad rush to escape. In a frantic race to realize our most lofty and hard - won dreams; we fail to notice that slipping through our unknowing fingers, and sliding... Submitted 2 years 28 days ago.

Superstitions: Etymologies (Origins) - - Paul Schroeder
Seven has always been considered a lucky number. The Old Testament Bible is the original source that holds seven as a magic number: the seventh son of a seventh son, seven times around the walls of Jericho, the seven seas, the seven wonders of the world, seven years of good prosperity and seven... Submitted 2 years 108 days ago.

Peace Love and Understanding - - David Tanguay
Peace, love and understanding these ideals, have been placed high on our agenda here in America through the years. President Kennedy established the Peace Corps in the 60s this organization attracted many young idealistic students from all over the country. They were not promised big financial... Submitted 2 years 125 days ago.

So You Want To Save The World? - - Camille Strate
It's a beautiful thing to behold. More and more people seem to be focusing their attentions on saving the world. There are a myriad of non-profits and even large companies that set aside monies to donate to charitable organizations in an attempt to make things a little better. The rich and famous... Submitted 2 years 134 days ago.

Geese, Poop and Just Lucky To Be Alive - - Steve Kovacs
I live in a rural area in the beautiful state of Ohio . My house sits on about three acres of a combination of woods, open field and a nice sized pond. Behind, and adjoining my little piece of heaven on earth, is 1,000 acres of untouched woods-no homes, no roads, just woods and animals. Deer... Submitted 2 years 244 days ago.

Exploring Utopia - Sara O'Rourke
Our authors and creators of utopian worlds and concepts reach far and wide across the body of History; Plato inspired Thomas More, and in turn his account of Hythloday dining with the utopians gave flame to firewood for H.G.Wells and the Buckminster Fuller. What is our evident obsession with such... Submitted 2 years 252 days ago.

Wisdoms Role in Reality (life as we know it) - - David Tanguay
"To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed, there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. On... Submitted 3 years 6 days ago.

Where do you Go when Your Security and Identity have been Stolen - Teresa Ortiz
Are you one of the millions whose world has been turned upside down? Everything you worked so hard to build; the career, the house, the cars and boats--and in many cases, the spouse are gone--or soon will be. This is heartbreaking at any level. Many families will stick together and tough it out.... Submitted 3 years 30 days ago.

Never Have I Felt So Broken Nor Abandoned. - straight talk
Have you ever thought never have I felt so broken nor abandoned? It is a terrible feeling that leaves one empty and void of every good emotion. You feel alone, isolated, yes even within a crowd of thousands you remain alone inside yourself where you really are . Hurting even while the outside may... Submitted 3 years 30 days ago.

The Demise of Truth and the Rise of Relativism. - straight talk
Now I have written to this before but felt the prompting to write to it again. Many in today's society seemed to be perplexed as to what is truth ? Some even go as far as to ask is there anything such as truth? Even to say who says truth is that? So fact, reality, truth, is, for all intents and... Submitted 3 years 47 days ago.

Shades of the Roman Empire? - straight talk
Well a few years ago when I started to write I was drawn to the realities of our society today and the Late Great Roman Empire in its dying moments. The similarities are striking, although many care not to acknowledge them giving excuse or reason after reason why they don't apply. So simply... Submitted 3 years 67 days ago.

Pithy Prose: The Wit & Wisdom of Blaise Pascal - - Philip Yaffe
Part 12 of an occasional series I am a collector of quotations. I have been ever since I learned how to write, I mean professionally, not in primary school. I am particularly fond of what I like to call "pithy prose". These short quotations can cover an unlimited variety of subjects: love... Submitted 3 years 79 days ago.

I Have Isolated the Problem With America and Now It Can Be Repaired, Maybe? - straight talk
I have isolated the problem with America and now it can be repaired, maybe? Of course I am just using that as a lead in but after much writing, research and contemplation I have come to the opinion the problem with anyone who uses truth and facts as a basis for anything is at a definite... Submitted 3 years 101 days ago.