<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10827895</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:52:27.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'>vita et veritas</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10827895/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17310014516111547416</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10827895.post-110924952274642964</id><published>2005-02-24T04:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-24T04:52:02.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Anarchy Rules</title><content type='html'>"This is not a crime that they're going after," said Rob Bernstein, deputy editor at New York City-based Sync magazine.&lt;br /&gt;I read this quote from a news post this morning and it reminded me of this similar post, : "...over 80% of youths polled said they had used illegal drugs." Well, this is just the tip of the iceberg for those out there screaming, "Anarchy!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what you get when you have men spending the days, weeks, and months working to, "pass laws." To my dear friends in the US Congress and their hopeful counterparts in local, county and state government; a word of advice: "I don't believe your plan is working." In fact, if its doing anything, I believe it is having the opposite effect. The more laws you people pass, the more laws people disobey. There is a simple reason for this; most of the laws we get shoved down our throats these days are of the victimless sort. They proclaim to have a deleterious effect on 'society' but since no one can identify 'society' no one sees this as a 'crime.' &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is why people 'cheat' on their taxes. Use 'illegal' drugs. Engage in all sorts of vice. You try convincing people they are 'hurting' themselves and see what a variety of answers you get. Oh well, this is exactly what I suspected would eventually happen. And naturally, government always needs more money to 'fight' crime. Meanwhile, too many laws, reaps crime and more crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used to think this was one way of bringing down the government. However, now I think this is just the elitists way of making everyone a 'criminal' so if you get on some 'influential' persons bad side, they can have you arrested. After all, with everything being a "crime" how hard would they have to look before they found a "law" that you broke?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parker&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10827895-110924952274642964?l=vitaetveritas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/feeds/110924952274642964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10827895&amp;postID=110924952274642964' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10827895/posts/default/110924952274642964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10827895/posts/default/110924952274642964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/2005/02/anarchy-rules.html' title='Anarchy Rules'/><author><name>Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17310014516111547416</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10827895.post-110838739138885664</id><published>2005-02-14T04:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-14T05:23:11.390-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Social Security</title><content type='html'>I am gratified to see the window of opportunity has finally been cracked. For years I have been the target of many a slur for telling people the truth about Social Security. From its inception, the so-called Social Security program has been nothing but a ponzi-scheme. Most opponents of the program prefer calling it a wealth-transfer program, however, this is only part of what we are dealing with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If anyone, attempted to create a retirement program such as Social Security, you would be arrested and put in prison for fraud. Yet, despite all of the name-calling and finger pointing in Washington, we are supposed to feel sorry and guilty for even thinking about the mere possibility of making even the slightest changes to this beast of government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I for one have heard all I care to hear on the subject. With politicians pretending the problems of Social Security are imagined by greed and uncaring 'rich' people is an affront to truth and the principles of life. Any one who attempts to persuade or otherwise convince you that Social Security isn't in a crisis or doomed to bankruptcy is nothing but a liar. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This program was doomed to disaster the first day it was conceived and implemented. Social Security never was anything but a ponzi-scheme and no amount of tweaking will save it. Every single politician has used this to buy votes and keep the peons groveling for more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we could look at ourselves honestly, we would see the reality of our wickedness. Groveling on our knees, slobbering for the crumbs which the elitists of both political parties so graciously allow to fall before us. Covered with filthy rags we clamor and claw our way toward these scraps in order to feed our covetous bellies. When it is all said and done, we will not be satisfied. We shall all regret the results of our ignorance and no amount of woulda, coulda, shoulda will alter the just desserts we have laid up for ourselves in the storehouse of eternity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who scoffed and railed at me as far back as 1970, when I was a teenager trying to explain the ultimate doom of Social Security, I told you so.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10827895-110838739138885664?l=vitaetveritas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/feeds/110838739138885664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10827895&amp;postID=110838739138885664' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10827895/posts/default/110838739138885664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10827895/posts/default/110838739138885664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vitaetveritas.blogspot.com/2005/02/social-security.html' title='Social Security'/><author><name>Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17310014516111547416</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
