Category Archives: Bettendorf

Why I became a Libertarian in 2016.

  March 13, 2016 Bankers, Banksters, Bettendorf, church, courts, Democratic Party, democrats, economic disparity, evil, Faith, Federal Constitution, Government, homelessness, Iowa, judicial department, Judicial Watch, Justice, Opinions, Republican Party, spiritual, spiritual movement, two party political system, Washington State, wisdom

  Why I became a Libertarian in 2016. I believe:  “[a]ll political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, and are established to protect and maintain individual rights.” Individual rights are those which are bestowed on each of us by our creator, not privileges the government can franchise to corporations to sell to us for their own benefit. We, as people, have traveled the path of civilization to a point where freedom and economic wealth have become an intersection where most us must stop because we do not have the economic resources to exercise our most basic liberties. As a Libertarian I object to the government becoming an ally of the rich in enslaving people to debt which makes it impossible to exercise their freedoms. When our country was founded capitalism provided an adequate mechanism for most people to accumulate sufficient economic resources to enable them to exercise their personal liberties. Today, the crony capitalism promoted by the republican and democratic parties has created such disparity of wealth that only a few have access to those fundamental freedoms our forefathers took for granted. I cannot continue to support the two party tyranny which has created the greatest system of injustice the world has ever seen. No longer do we engage in debate over entitlement programs; we simply evict our vulnerable and let them die unknown on our streets. Of course, there are several third parties out there I could have … Continue Reading

LOVE is the universal force

  February 27, 2016 Bettendorf, church, Decoration Day, Democratic Party, democrats, devout, economic disparity, evil, Faith, Federal Constitution, Government, hedge fund, homelessness, Iowa, Opinions, Republican Party, spiritual, spiritual movement, wisdom

LOVE is the universal force. I like social media because it helps me learn. That does not mean I accept everything I read there as being true. For example, I frequently see quotes attributed to people whom I presume never spoke or wrote them. This does not detract from my appreciation of the quote itself. This is the situation with the following letter purportedly written by Albert Einstein to a daughter. While it would be nice to believe that Einstein wrote this (given that his theories are being proved correct all the time) ot os not necessary for him to be the author in order for the message to be worth reflecting upon. So according to a Facebook post this is a letter, recently made public, that Albert Einstein wrote to his daughter, Lieseral: According to the post: In the late 1980s, Lieserl, the daughter of the famous genius, donated 1,400 letters, written by Einstein, to the Hebrew University, with orders not to publish their contents until two decades after his death. This is one of them, for Lieserl Einstein. [The letter reads:] “When I proposed the theory of relativity, very few understood me, and what I will reveal now to transmit to mankind will also collide with the misunderstanding and prejudice in the world. I ask you to guard the letters as long as necessary, years, decades, until society is advanced enough to accept what I will explain below. There is an extremely powerful force that, so far, science … Continue Reading

We should initiate this empire’s collapse politically now in 2016.

  February 25, 2016 Bankers, Bettendorf, Democratic Party, democrats, economic disparity, Federal Constitution, Government, Iowa, judicial department, Justice, Republican Party, two party political system, Washington State, wisdom

We should initiate this empire’s collapse politically now in 2016. I am on an Amtrak train riding back to Arlington, Washington from Portland, Oregon. I was in Portland from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm sharp deposing Chris Caldwell, a lawyer for 21st Mortgage servicing company. My client, Duncan Robertson, was with me. He’s become well trained in the law while fighting corrupt banks and servicers aspiring to steal his real estate in Washington State. After the deposition recessed because of the deponent’s schedule (I wanted to continue asking questions) Duncan dropped me off at Amtrak’s Union Station where I met with Kay, a concerned citizen in Oregon. We met there to discuss strategies with regard to restoring our representative republic by increasing the number of legislators responsible to the people. Kay and I discussed how the value of our votes and the votes of all Americans had been systematically  devalued by the 1929 Apportionment Act freezing the House of Representative at only 435 members, no matter how much the nation’s population grew thereafter. Many, including myself, believe this decision by the republican and democratic parties destroyed the electoral accountability our founders intended members of the House would have to the constituents within their districts.  By brazenly acting to facilitate their own best interests, the political powers have frustrated our founding fathers’ intentions that Congress would initiate the passage of laws and have final oversight of all government officials in each of the three branches  through its the exercise of its impeachment power. As Federalist Paper #49 observed the members … Continue Reading

Scott Stafne revisits his past and finds wisdom

  October 13, 2015 Bankers, Banksters, Bettendorf, Federal Constitution, Government, Iowa, judicial department, Judicial Watch, Justice, News Articles, Rehnquist, spiritual, spiritual movement, Stafne, Washington State, William H Rehnquist, wisdom

Scott Stafne revisits his past and finds wisdom… Each memento comes with a soul weight that may overwhelm or be hidden from the moment in which it is revealed and recollected. The memories attached thereto are not only about me but the context of the society at that time… Sometimes we forget. It was as if I was being called to the boxes which stored my past. I really did not want to go there because my focus was on the present and how it could impact my future. But now that I am older I listen more to my callings. And so Saturday morning I opened the boxes and explored the various accumulations of a lifetime, including without limitation my birth certificate, draft card, poetry, plays, newspaper articles, and other mementos which had found their way into the boxes wedged into back of the pantry and the file boxes in my office. The first thing I noticed was that most of the papers were crinkled; some even appeared to have been snacked on. It is difficult to review mementos in the same way that I attack facts and documents when preparing to write a legal brief. Each memento comes with a soul weight that may overwhelm or be hidden from the moment in which it is revealed and recollected. The memories attached thereto are not only about me but the context of the society at that time. For example, on December 24, 2014 I wrote a blog entitled “Do we want police more devoted to one another … Continue Reading