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What 4th of July Means to Me
To many the 4th of July means fireworks, a day off from work, or BBQ and fireworks, or celebrating the birthday of the United States of America. But for me it symbolizes the struggles, hopes, aspirations, and opportunities my family … Continue reading
Posted in Life's Lessons, Personal Perspective
Tagged 4th of July, Asia, aspiration, birthday, China, Chinese Exclusion Act, dreams, family, immigrant, opportunity, United States, World War II
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Is it Constitutional to Legislate Morality?
A case is made from history and the Declaration of Independence that it was the wish of our Founding Fathers to keep the church separated from the state. It is even suggested that Christian doctrine supports the argument that morality should not be forced upon people. In a society where everyone’s right to free expression is guaranteed, religious morality cannot be forced upon others with different backgrounds through legislation. Continue reading
Human Rights vs. Social Justice – Is there Really a Difference?
It seems strange to me that in a country which opposes Human Rights abuses abroad, we still struggle with Social Justice issues here in the US. Perhaps we have a double standard for human rights, one for us and another … Continue reading
A Rational View of what Heaven & Hell Might Be Like
This is a rational view of what Heaven might be like in the Christian Judaic tradition of God. Heaven is a stepping stone to a perfect union with God. It is where Spirits interact with one another to gain more knowledge about the Truth of God. Continue reading
Posted in rational universe, Religion, Social Issues
Tagged communication, enlightenment, God, heaven, hell, issolation, merge with God, spirit, Truth
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Dating of Asian Women in America – a case for Social Justice?
The way Caucasian men at the top of the social ladder view Asian women at the bottom of the social ladder as being beautifully submissive may be condescending to some Asian women who consider this a demeaning social justice issue. Continue reading
It’s a Wonderful Life
We often do not realize how lucky we are until we somehow see how life could have easily taken a turn for the worst as in the Frank Capra film “It’s a Wonderful Life”. This post is a reflection of my trials and ultimate victories against odds in life. Continue reading
A Nation in Denial of its Immigrant Heritage
In spite of the US attempts to limit and exclude the immigration of Chinese and people of color throughout history, Chinese and other immigrants have made significant contributions to America’s development. In recent decades Asian immigrants continue to make major contributions in science and technology that improve our standard of living. Continue reading
Autism and the Lack of Spirituality
My personal reasons why autistic individuals do not experience spirituality as an autistic is because they are unable to pick up on subliminal signals (unknown to science at this point) from others. Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Life's Lessons, Religion, Social Issues
Tagged autism, Autism spectrum, autistic, Christian, Christianity, Emotion, faith, God, religion, signal, Spirituality, subliminal
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Historic Victory for Transparency as California DISCLOSE ACT, SB 52, Passes Senate Floor
Bill providing dramatically increased transparency and disclosure for political ads passes Senate floor on a 28-11 vote with bipartisan support. It now goes to the Assembly for a vote. Continue reading
Posted in Government, Legislation
Tagged California Disclose Act, candidate, company, deceptive, disclosure, election, finance, issue, name, political ad, sb 52, transparent, vote
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Does Eliminating Nuclear Power as an OPTION for Replacing CO2 Emitting Power Plants Make Sense?
A case is presented that Nuclear Power, especially fusion from breeder reactors, should be considered as an Option for a source of non-greenhouse gas power generation. It has the potential of generating non-greenhouse power for the next thousand years. The potentials for accidents and the taking of lives by nuclear power is miniscule compared to lives taken annually by weather events as a result of Global Warming. Global Warming is happening at a faster rate than scientists had predicted and solutions urgently needed now. Continue reading
America’s Obsesson about Sex and Morality
Sex seems to dominate American Social morality as not other subject does but it is an essential and biological function as natural as eating. Why does our culture make such a big thing out of it and give it such dirty connotations? This is a short commentary about our obsession about sex and its ambiguous role in morality. Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Social Issues, Society
Tagged American obsession, dirty, immoral, politics, sex
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If the Universe is Rational Must the Creator also be Rational?
The fact that science exists is evidence that the universe is rational since science is the rational study of all things in the universe. This being the case can it then be surmised that if the universe was created then the Creator must also be Rational? Continue reading
Posted in rational universe, Religion, Social Issues
Tagged creation, God, rational, science, univers
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Does Marriage Exist as a Religious Institution?
The biblical definition of marriage is a lifelong bond between a man and a woman for the purpose of raising a family. Yet contemporary marriages tend to be less than lifelong and often are not about raising a family. An argument is presented that marriage has evolved into a much more a legal status than a religious institution. Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Social Issues, Society
Tagged Christian, Christian value, divorice, domestic partner, LGBT, marriage, same sex marriage
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Another Victory for Califronia DISCLOSE Act SB 52
The second victory on the road to transparent elections happened on Thursday, as the Senate Appropriations Committee passed SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, on a vote of 5-2. The DISCLOSE Act would force political ads to clearly list the top 3 actual donors to the political campaign. This makes it more difficult for deceptive political ads to fool the public. Continue reading
Posted in Government, Legislation
Tagged backer, California Disclose Act, candidate, company, deceptive, disclosure, election, finance, issue, name, political ad, sb 52, transparent, vote
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Money – the Means to the End, Not the End
The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. What was true a couple of thousand years ago is even truer today than ever before. Money is used as the yardstick for measuring success. Thus the accumulation of money by the wealthiest is often more important that using it to purchase goods and services. Continue reading
Posted in Inequality, Morality Values, Social Issues
Tagged Christian value, disparity, evil, love of money, money, poor, root of all evil, social animoal, Wealth, wealthy
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The Good Samaritan
In the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus speaks about a good deed being done by a pagan while two God fearing Jews ignored the peril of a beaten and robbed man. Does this parable hint that God would look favorably upon a good pagan and poorly upon uncompassionate God fearing men? Continue reading
Posted in Religion, Social Issues
Tagged Christ, Christian, Christianity, compasionate, gentile, God, good, Good Samaritan, heaven, Jesus, Jews, love, Parable of the Good Samaritan
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Campaign Reform: Keep Simple + No Fundraising
Keeping campaign contributions out of the political candidate process eliminates the influence of special interest groups and forces incumbents to stand on their legislative records. This discussion reveals why current practices are corrupt and makes some recommendations for reform. Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Issues, Government
Tagged Campaign finance, campaign reform, candidate, congress, Fundraising, Political campaign
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Are Foreign Engagements a Distraction from Domestic Woes?
Our over-engagement in foreign policies and wars is misdirecting resources and distracting both the government and public from focusing upon many critical and urgent domestic issues. There are more than enough problems at home that need our full and concerted attention to solve. Continue reading
Posted in Do No Harm, Domestic Issues, Foriegn Policy and War, Government
Tagged build, cure, destroy, domestic, foriegn policy, kill, Korea, Pakistan, peace, United States, war
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The Right to Bear Arms – Did Founding Fathers Intend it for All?
Was the 2nd Amendment added to the Constitution by our founding fathers to make sure that the public could arm itself against a tyrannical government? Or did the founding fathers design the Constitution with the flexibility to accommodate change to avoid a tyrannical government? What is the most reasonable reason for incorporating the 2nd Amendment? Continue reading
What if We Didn’t Engage In Any Wars?
A scenario is presented of what the country would be like if we had not engaged in all wars since WWII. The cost of war in both dollars and lives and the disruptions and consequences to veterans and society have been huge. Have the costs of wars been justified? Or would life had been better for us had we stayed out of these wars? Continue reading
Posted in Do No Harm, Domestic Issues, Economy, Foriegn Policy and War, Government
Tagged peace, prosperity, war, what if
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Nuclear Power Alternative – Less waste disposal problems
The use of Nuclear Power should be considered as an Optional source of greenhouse free energy. A more sustainable source of nuclear power is breeder reactor power. Yet in the US no research is being done on the energy alternative to solving the Greenhouse gas and Global Warming problem and time is quickly running out. Continue reading
An Autistic’s Personal Perspective
I am a high functioning autistic adult and would like to reveal a little of what life has been like and how I have compensated for both autism and a number of learning disabilities in a badly mis-wired brain. Continue reading
Posted in Autism
Tagged adult, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autistic, connect, dislexic, high functioning, learning disability, memory, successful
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ouR Social Conscience 