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kylewright In reply to JoyfulColor [2009-03-27 20:12:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really enjoyed that trip and want to go back and do a more thorough exploration sometime.

Regarding my sig and out of curiosity, would you mind going further in explaining?

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JoyfulColor In reply to kylewright [2009-03-27 21:38:01 +0000 UTC]

Well I do hope your more thorough exploration yields more beautiful photos for all of us to enjoy.

My husband is always telling me I am going to get myself in trouble speaking my not necessarily popular views in public. He would be shaking his head right now. (What is the silly woman doing this time.) I am not necessarily good at expressing my views in writing. I think that our founding fathers were very wise men. There are many noble causes that are being discussed in our country in recent years from health care for all to red light cameras to saving the financial institutions. We are continually being asked to sacrifice freedoms for safety. All guns must be registered (or sometimes surrendered); schools can't serve peanut butter sandwiches because some students are allergic. From the large to the seemingly unimportant our freedoms are slipping (or being yanked) away. I am not encouraged by the direction our country is taking.
I'd better stop before I get myself in real trouble
Did that ramble answer your question?

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kylewright In reply to JoyfulColor [2009-03-30 14:27:53 +0000 UTC]

No worries! I usually try to stray away from any debates or in-depth conversations on this site since it is supposed to be about the art...but since you bring it up....hahaha

The truth is that your views are actually more popular than they are given credit. You've heard the term silent majority? Part of the problem is that many people who share those views keep to themselves and are silent all too often. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." An empty can rattles the most and guess what group of people have been doing the most rattling for quite some time? What I have noticed is that half of our nation doesn't even know, understand, or read anything about the creators and founding fathers of this country. Our Bill of Rights and Constitution are not to be interpreted, but simply and wholeheartedly pursued. Politicians and our courts have decided that they will find 'loop holes' within our freedoms to achieve the passing of new laws or power grabs, and ANYONE that works in this manner should not be in our government or should be removed from their position. This is where the constituents of those individuals should be responsible and do their part of the process. The apathy, lack of knowledge, and wisdom are sinking the freedoms that we enjoy and just recently we saw the effects of how people will blindly follow a person b/c they "look cool" or "looks good" or any other reason given that doesn't even matter. What we as Americans just witnessed is the rise of a cult of personality and a dramatic move into Marxism. A quick look into history will find that the same political methods and people who initially believe the same things have led other countries into periods of rule by people like...Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, just to name a few. This is exactly what our Fore Fathers warned us about and what they so passionately fought against to gain their independence from. But our politicians and people who align themselves with them have knee-jerk reactions to things that happen and demand new laws and regulations that attempt to "fix" problems, when wisdom shows that trying to treat the symptoms ,while decreasing the individual freedoms of our people, will never cure the social/economic/government problems b/c they are not actually addressing the true problem. The answers are not in government and never will be. Government IS the problem and the answer and power should always rest in the hands of the people. Principles, values, self-responsibility, self-reliance, and common sense are commodities that are becoming drastically scarce. It is almost as if people are being conditioned to depend completely on the government for every need.

Hopefully that made sense...I was juggling two different task while writing those words and my mind was working faster than my hands. In the end, it sounds very complex...but it is actually very simple. We have strayed away from God, our principles, our morals, our common sense, and our values. If a lot more people actually possessed these, then our problems would not be as screwed up and our freedoms would not be slipping away like they are!

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JoyfulColor In reply to kylewright [2009-03-31 02:45:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that was quite a read. I am feeling a bit foggy-brained from an on-coming cold, but basically I agree with you. Less government (especially federal) and not more would be in the best interests of everyone. We have gotten so far away from the 10th amendment!!
So I agree that if more (OK, a lot more) people had common sense, principles, decent morals and values, and faith in God we would not be in this spot. And what I heard on the radio this morning was downright scary to me. I am not an alarmist though, nor a conspiracy theorist. I still have hope we will pull through this.
I have gotten myself in trouble some, though, by espousing such views on this site. That is what I meant.
But I'd better go work on my homework. It is due this evening and I haven't done much yet...

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kylewright In reply to ToWelcomeTheFade [2008-07-18 04:37:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bud!

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kylewright In reply to kkart [2008-07-24 04:46:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank ya sir! I have to admit, the skies were kind to me the entire trip! From Oklahoma to Arizona, to Utah, to Wyoming, and to Colorado and back!

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kylewright In reply to PlayBoots [2008-07-24 04:47:11 +0000 UTC]

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