What should I write about??

Sea mining, sea cities, undersea transport lines.
Illegal immigration, securing the boarder, English- Americas language.
Educating immigrants to American values.
Assimilation.
Breaking the law.
Border security, using force on the "walls" so we can have freedom within.
Taking all the good people - is that good for us?
Work opportunities without breaking the law.
Clearing up the log jam for legal immigration.
Is there a practical limit to the number of immigrants we should allow legally.
How do you get the illegals out of the country.
Does God care about this country.
Can we have revival.
What type of government is the best.
Taxes are not a necessary evil any more than medicine is.
Should we elect leaders who will make decisions based on the will of the people.
What is limited government all about anyway.
Why do we have it so the political parties wield the power not the representatives we elect; Let our representatives stop being lazy, get out there and represent - not just do what the party says.
Why do we let our leaders vote themselves a pay raise whenever they feel like it - I don't get to vote myself a pay raise. Make their pay limited by constitutional amendment.
Why do we pretend to follow the constitution when we really disregard it at will whenever it gets in the way of something we want to do.
So called 'eminent domain' is total hog wash. The idea is if government wants your property it can take it by making you sell paying what it wants to pay and coming up with some lame reason for the quote 'necessity' of doing so.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. - The tenth amendment.
In other words if the constitution doesn't say that it can be done; it can't be done.
Why am I not married.
The biggest baddest battleship of all time.
How to build the biggest baddest battleship of all time.
Why on earth (ha haa) would we want to colonize space/moon/mars etc when we; as yet can't make deserts oceans or polar regions habitable/profitable.
Just war
How to best morally wage a war - do what is right no matter what anyone says/does and kick the other guys butt as quickly as possible; never give up never surrender when fighting for right - don't fight for anything else.
A sense of entitlement is sickening.
What about personal responsibility.
Why do we try to get paid the most(amount possible) for doing the least (amount of work possible) .
What about excellence in all that we do.
How come people don't understand basic economics.
Socialism is not basic economics - its tyranny and economic suicide.
Speak softly and carry a big stick. Battleships make good sticks ;}
Feminism is retarded.
Freedom
Free markets
Free enterprise
Free thinking
Easy space access. - with a point; make space profitable.
Bureaucracy is retarded.
Bureaucrats are retarded.
Love - GOD is love
Government get out of the way
Get rid of inflation. - stop stealing my money.

Give me liberty or give me death

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at the truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the numbers of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?
Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlement assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.
There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry

Remember this in our day and thank God for the blessings of liberty and the sacrifices that others have made so we can be free today. When your time comes will you stand for righteousness truth and liberty? Stand against the forces of evil and take courage for the battle belongs to the Lord.

Happy Independence day!

Live free or die hard!

Christ is Risen! - Happy Easter!

So one of our Easter traditions is to watch the movie The Robe. It's an older movie with staring Richard Burton If you haven't seen it - then you are wrong. Go see it. It is an amazing movie because its gospel message is so clear.

Quotes

"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid." - John Wayne

"There is some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for!" - Samwise Gamgee

"For I know the plans I have for you, declars the Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you; plans to give you a future and a hope." - God

"I love it when a plan comes together." - 'Hannibal'

Quotes

"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into Glory."

"What then are we to say about these things? If God be for us who can be against us? --- No in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

Hybrid - Human/Electric motorcycle

Of all the ideas I've had for inventions this is the one that I'd like to have most right now. There are similar designs/concepts out there right now (though not widely for sale) but they all have one problem; they speed governed to a limit of 25mph so that you don't need a motorcycle license to operate one. Well that's just dum. You can go faster than 25mph on a regular bike in many situations. What is the point of having an electric motor added if it doesn't go any faster? Exactly there is none - so - here is my bike.

Speed: minimum able to do highway travel (meaning 85mph) and power sufficient for mountain riding.

Electric generators: 1 A regenerative braking system. 2 In-wheel generators (that operate whenever the wheels are in motion coasting or otherwise). 3 Solar generator (not much required just to power on board electronics). 4 Pedal generators (self explanatory). 5 Drive motor (when not in drive mode acts as an additional generator). 6 Plug in ( enables a recharge from your house power grid or equivalent).

Power storage: Fuel cell/battery/?? (rechargeable light-weight-ish)

Range: Unlimited as long as you can keep pedalling; the battery (or whatever) should be able to provide a range of 50-70 miles un-assisted by pedalling.

Drive modes: Electric drive or Pedal only

Pedal only mode:This is fairly simple you pedal just like any bike and the generators charge the battery.

Electric drive mode: There is a little more to this (though its not complicated/difficult) First, obviously the drive motor provides the propulsion (vs. your pedalling). A hand throttle would control acceleration/deceleration; when released to the neutral position an automatic cruise control would kick in maintaining the current speed. As long as you kept pedalling that is; because your pedalling is the 'go' command to the drive motor. If you were to quite pedalling the drive motor would quit driving the bike as switch to recovering energy; it would resume driving when you resumed pedalling (though it would maintain the speed you were traveling at when you resumed pedalling).
A flick of the throttle to decelerate (and back to neutral) would also switch the drive motor to recovery mode. Thereby allowing you to coast and decelerate while continuing to pedal. Accelerating the throttle will reengage the drive motor. Any activation of the brakes disengages the drive motor.

The perfect currency

Have you ever thought about what would make the perfect currency? I mean what would it's attributes be? First it would be impossible to counterfeit. And it would require little to no effort to maintain this immunity to counterfeiting. It would be durable, portable, easily broken down into smaller and smaller denominations and of course it would have to be accepted widely.

The objective with this is to have the total dollar (or whatever the currency is to be called) amount to be an inflexible value; neither increasing or decreasing. We're talking about currency - the money we use to trade with not a value assigned to anything we might possess. In other words; you yourself could go from being worth 20,000 to 2,000,000 but the total value of all currency in circulation would remain the same. You could be owed x amount but that doesn't effect the total value of currency in circulation; as whatever you lent is still out there somewhere.

In all labor there is profit. What if every work a man did every effort all the hard work and labor the gifts talents and skills the ideas the services provided the things created added value to the economy. Well actually they do now but they have to do so much to make up for inflation to just break even before we really see it as added to the economy. But if we had zero inflation then we would start getting deflation. The money would become worth more and more not less and less. After a while a Pennie could do what a dollar does now. Then after a while what 20 dollars does now. After a while we would need to come up with a smaller denomination.

So getting back to the objective of the 'perfect' currency. So when the rate of deflation eventually makes say a Pennie worth what 2o is worth now (that's an increase in value of 2,000 times) well first if you had saved just 20$ when this started it would now be worth 40,000$ in yesterdays dollars. Second with such high deflation (high deflation is good) we'll need a smaller currency denomination. This will be done by fractioning the currency into smaller units not by adding smaller units to the circulation of currency. In other words turn in a Pennie and get 10 of the new denomination which is worth a tenth of a Pennie. This is where it becomes important for the currency to be easily broken down into smaller and smaller denominations with out loosing its other attributes.

Now in our system of government the constitution tasks the federal government with regulating the value of the dollar. And regardless it would be impossible to implement a currency and a system like this without the support of the government. Still an Ideal currency would be able to maintain the inflexible currency circulation unit value without active work by the government. This is ideal because a currency dependant on the government for its regulation can just as easily be manipulated and corrupted by that same government as is the case now. Perhaps its time for an additional layer to our constitutional checks on government; one that would guard the economy from being screwed-up and miss used by the government. Oh wait we don't honor the current/original checks or the whole bloody constitution for that matter. -- err umm - Sorry for the laps into sarcastic depression.

Now I want to discuss two options; things that exist today and potentially could be modified to fit the ideal for a currency.

Gold
Gold (or any precious metal) is durable and portable. It is somewhat hard to counterfeit (you would have to mint your own coins making a gold alloy or diluting it with some cheap metal. Now a purity level could be set that would fix so many ounces of such and such purity of gold to be worth x amount of dollars. Now because metals have a specific density you could test coins to see if it has the proper amount of gold or is it just gold plated etc. But that is not really different then what we have now. Paper dollars can be identified as counterfeit. And if the counterfeit is not immediately identified then the counterfeiter gets away with theft.
So gold is not completely immune to counterfeit and another problem is that it is dependant on a commodity.

Here is an example of why currency based on a commodity is not the best. Pennies used to be mostly copper until the price of copper got so high (driven by demand for electronics) they had to be switched to zinc with a copper coating. Another example is the gold rushes; there was runaway inflation not because of counterfeit coins but because there was this vast increase in the total circulation of currency. Thus if you were saving while this was happening your coins would become worth less and less. Ok so we could make it so that it doesn't matter what a coin is made out of just what it looks like. We would no longer have a problem with it being based on a commodity; but it would be much easier to counterfeit.

Electronic credits
Credits would be durable, portable and extremely easy to break down into smaller units. It could be made very easy to track the total amount of currency in circulation thus ensuring that it remained constant.
Drawback open to manipulation/data faults

Now if you did all this you'd be well on your way to ending inflation. Of course you'd have to end Debt first. By debt I mean the borrowing of - insane amounts never to be paid back that didn't really exist in the first place money - stuff like fractional reserve banking or the government borrowing from itself to pay its debts. All stuff like that there is theft; legalized theft. Its why counterfeiting is wrong (not just because government says it's wrong) because - someone somewhere says I need money for xyz... BOOM presto there now I have money. They haven't done any work or created anything they haven't added anything of value to the world; so what that means is now my money is worth that much less. That is inflation - it is theft - and it is wrong.

The Marine Corps Hymn

From the halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli,
We fight our countrys battles In the air, on land, and sea,
First to fight for right and freedom , And to keep our honor clean,
We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marines.

Our flags unfurl'd to every breeze From dawn to setting sun.
We have fought in every clime and place Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off northern lands And in sunny tropic scenes,
You will find us always on the job - The United States Marines.


Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy Ever gaze on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.

Battleship Fun

Ever wonder what the battleship of the future would look like? Forget DDX; we're talking BBX!

How's this for a head-line from a future war; The USS Montana split in half in a massive torpedo and missile attack in the south pacific. Fore and aft sections continued to float and fight. Fending off a massive counter-attack against the landing force.

The Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand, Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause. it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust" And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Quotes

"All men have fears but the brave put down their fears and go forward; sometimes to death but always to victory." - Unknown

"Tyranny is not a nationality its a state of mind. If you don't stand up against tranny it'll get you every time." - John Hannibal Smith the A-Team

"Have I not said I will never leave you or forsake you?..... Be bold and be strong for the Lord your God is with you." - God