Pam's take on things ...

"Until we reach a critical mass of people who are willing to not just talk to or email each other, but take positive action and are willing to sacrifice something personal for the greater good, we will remain stuck where we are".

Pam Steager, 21st Century wise lady.

A timely reminder

" ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. "

- Hermann Goering, Adolph Hitler's Deputy

Independence Day video

Two Quotes worth the read

Some thoughts for Independence Day, 2007

The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States

Power concedes nothing without demand. It never did and it never will…The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.
– Frederick Douglass, 19th c. American author, orator, reformer