Author: pakern

I find it very sad that WE THE PEOPLE have our so called leaders to sink to such a level, at a time when we should all be calling on whatever faith, logic and understanding we have as people. I believe the world will not need the atomic bomb to destroy itself as it will … Continue reading “The Common Sense of a Goat”

On this the commemoration of Pearl Harbor, we ask that all take time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice that we may live in freedom. “Dear God, not everything that happens in your world reflects your goodness and grace. You have given us freedom to choose, and with that freedom sometimes we choose … Continue reading Commemoration of Pearl Harbor

First the people want to be secure in the knowledge that their politicians really are working for THE PEOPLE and not themselves. Second, THE PEOPLE want to know that the government is as responsible as they are in paying the bills, providing for the common good, instead of lining their pockets and running up debt. … Continue reading What “THE PEOPLE” want from their POLITICIANS!

It used to be that anyone that pursued the vocation of a politician was someone that felt a true calling to “make a difference” by wanting to “take care of” his neighbors and the community in which he or she lived. Today on the eve of the mid-term elections I can not find any candidate … Continue reading Where have all the real Politicians gone?

Upon thinking on the current events in our country and the world today it struck me that the one voice that we do not hear from will be those most affected by all of the current happenings, and that is our children s, children the generation of WHEN! What we do today will affect them … Continue reading Letter from the WHEN Generation

As with everyone else Spring Fever has hit, and it seems that daydreaming and being outside takes presidence over staying in and thinking of something to blog about; (no supprise as I haven’t written anything in awhile).  Well what can one say about Spring Fever?  Spring seems to be the season Hope, Growth, and most of all Love.  Strange … Continue reading Spring Fever

More and more each day I run across many people that have either forgotten or never have been taught “manners”; it used to be that any person that was going to succeed in any society needed to schooled or have learned and needed to know how to use their “manners” in order to be considered … Continue reading Manners

For years I have held my peace on this topic, trying to be optismistic about American’s and the American Work Ethic however as of late my attitude has changed and it forces me to speak, even if unpopular about the millions of my brother and sister Americans today in the workforce. This country was built … Continue reading Pardon my Soapbox!

The “sum total” of what we are and who we are cannot be fully grasped until we ourselves have added it up and are able to give people the answer, not in words but in how we live, and what we leave behind.  Age has a way of coming to the answer easier than youth, … Continue reading “Dont Forget to Smell the Roses”

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.  Confucius Just as we all need forgiveness and part of that forgiveness is to forgive ourselves we also too need to forgive those who have hurt us in order to move on in life.  The concept is not new, and has been around for … Continue reading Forgiveness