time for school, time for books...

"In honor of the annual return to academics I present some former moments of mentoring"













Myself, and Jordan, at Periwinkle Elementary in Albany Oregon, 1998 school year, S.M.A.R.T. reading program
(Good kid but bad pic)



















10 years later-
Me w/ my lil' friend Albert, at Ward Elementary in Tempe Arizona, ASKT program
(he was a character)
check out the website to volunteer http://www.askt.org/

It's about Freedom

U.S. National Debt 1791 to 2006 2006 8,366,862,634,494 2005 7,932,709,661,723 2004 7,379,052,696,330 2003 6,783,231,062,743 2002 6,228,235,965,597 2001 5,807,463,412,200 2000 5,674,178,209,886 1999 5,656,270,901,615 1998 5,526,193,008,897 1997 5,413,146,011,397 1996 5,224,810,939,135 1995 4,973,982,900,709 1994 4,692,749,910,013 1993 4,411,488,883,139 1992 4,064,620,655,521 1991 3,665,303,351,697 1990 3,233,313,451,777 1989 2,857,430,960,187 1988 2,602,337,712,041 1987 2,350,276,890,953 1986 2,125,302,616,658 1985 1,945,941,616,459 1980 930,210,000,000* 1975 576,649,000,000* 1970 389,158,403,690 1965 320,904,110,042 1960 290,216,815,241 1955 280,768,553,188 1950 257,357,352,351 1945 258,682,187,409 1940 42,967,531,037 1935 28,700,892,624 1930 16,185,309,831 1925 20,516,193,887 1920 25,952,456,406 1915 3,058,136,873 1910 2,652,665,838 1905 2,274,615,063 1900 2,136,961,091 1895 1,676,120,983 1890 1,552,140,204 1885 1,863,964,873 1880 2,120,415,370 1875 2,232,284,531 1870 2,480,672,427 1865 2,680,647,869 1860 64,842,287 1855 35,586,956 1850 63,452,773 1845 15,925,303 1840 3,573,343 1835 33,733 1830 48,565,406 1825 83,788,432 1820 91,015,566 1815 99,833,660 1810 53,173,217 1805 82,312,150 1800 82,976,294 1795 80,747,587 1791 75,463,476
* Rounded to Millions (Source: Bureau of the Public Debt - United States Department of the Treasury; www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opd.htm) As we pay homage to our blessed independence, I took it upon myself to include some of the minor details...lest we forget. Congress has increased the debt ceiling to NINE Trillion dollars. All things considered, the burden of debt for every man, woman and child in the country has risen to over $100,000 each. Our nation is overspending at a rate of about $2 billion per day. During the first half of 2005, Americans got poorer at the rate of $80 million per HOUR...China...lends the United States $300 billion per year...Dick Cheney has reminded us that: "Deficits don't matter." In the private sector during 2005, for every $19 Americans earned, they spent $20. AMERICA = empire of debt [Skousen, 2006, p. 299] When we say God Bless America, we really need to mean it viva la liberty!

a QUOTE and a QUESTION

quote:

"Try not to become a person of success. Rather become a person of value." - Albert Einstein

* the challenge now is to pick the topic that this quote falls under, and then reply with a similar type quote of your own (if you can)

question:

You are given a chance to return to any previous point in your life and change a decision you made, but you will lose everything that has happened to you since then. Is there a time you would return to? If so, would you like to retain the memory of the life you are giving up even though you could never recapture it?

* feel free to offer an opinion, or a response
(it might be a bit of a silly question, but how sensible of an answer can you come up with?)