When the government fears the people, there is liberty!

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty;

when the people fear the government, there is tyranny."

Thomas Jefferson

School Buses - Time for Change

The ubiquitous yellow school bus, so familiar a symbol of public education in the United States, is an example of government waste. Still produced basically the same way, still frequently lacking seat belts, and useful only for school transportation (and the occasional school trips). Otherwise this vast fleet of vehicles requiring maintenance, storage, inspections, etc....sit idle on weekends, holidays, summer breaks, etc...

This is not a good use of limited taxpayer dollars, both state & local resources.

It is time to start using standard commercial buses for school transportation. These buses can be cost effectively leased from private companies with capital & maintenance costs reduced for taxpayers because the private companies can utilize these buses for commercial charters and transportation on weekends, holidays, and summer breaks.

Commercial buses will take departments and boards of education throughout the nation out of the fleet operations business and allow them to focus on the business of providing quality education at afforable prices (for taxpayers).

Life - Civil Defense School - March1951 - Larry Burrows

Civil Defense - is it time to resurrect this institution?

Alexis de Tocqueville

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.

Face of Communism - 5 - The Evil Empire

Reference:  americandigest.org

Nazism lost - Communists won (at least until the fall of the Soviet Union)

Reference:  http://www.lotuscars.de/ArguZ/

Reference:  www.motivatedphotos.com/?id=5362

Reference: www.motivatedphotos.com/?id=1028

It is interesing to note that not only are some Americans concerned about the evils of communism, but Muslims as well. This book discusses the dangers of the resurgence of communism:

COMMUNISM IN AMBUSH

Reference:  http://www.harunyahya.com/communism01.php

"Communism is an ideology that has caused the death of some 100 million people and brought oppression, persecution, blood and tears to many a country. So, where was communism born, how did it grow, and how did it come to an end? This book provides answers to these questions and draws attention to a grave menace: In the past century, the entire world witnessed the massacres and cruelty of communist leaders. Well, has that menace disappeared now? Sadly, not: COMMUNISM WAITS IN AMBUSH! That is why it is a very important duty of mankind to unravel the real face of communist ideology, the pains and calamities it caused in the past, and to remind people that this threat is waiting in ambush."

From: MUSLIM.MU - Global Islamic Community

Accessed 21 Oct 2009 @:

http://www.muslim.mu/forum/islamic-downloads/13009-communism-ambush-full-text-book.html

Truth-O-Meter - from Politifact.com

Solar Power - Where should we collect it?

Reference:  National Renewable Energy Laboratory