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I had struggled with finding a leader that I admire and respect. There are so many individuals in this world who have show strong leadership skills and have through their demeanor and actions have required admiration and respect. One person, who for me has been a leader I looked to, respected, and admired is General George S. Patton III. While some might question using this man as a personal model for leadership, I believe his tactics on the battlefield during World War II warrant at least respect and admiration.

The exuberance and powerful Oscar winning performance of George C. Scott acting as George Patton has misled many people in understanding Patton. While the film does portray his battlefield tactics and some of the personal elements of his life accurately, it is not well known that the General was soft spoken, but commanded with might. Read more…

I was part of a group of students that went to the Freedom Fitness Center [Manassas, Virginia]. We were split up into several groups. One group was participants, another was observers, and another was surveyors. I was part of the surveyors group.  Each person contributed toward the questions for the survey. We were to ask people certain questions and they all had to be exactly the same. The selection of respondents was completely random.  Each person went around the large facility asking the same 9 questions. I was able to survey three men and three women. I did not try to do this on purpose. I did not notice it at the time either. I was trying to get anyone to respond to the survey. Read more…

One powerful quote that keeps me going is from Thomas Jefferson on The Necessity of Taking Up Arms 1775:

“…we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverence, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves.” Read more…

What is Enron?

Enron is the company that altered international finance forever. The company shook the corporate world. This company became the catalyst for many changes in federal and international law as well as other policies dealing with corporate accounting practices. Inquiries surrounding the rise and fall of Enron emerged because of the shifty techniques used to deceive investors and corporate watchdogs. How did this corporation pull the wool over so many people’s eyes? This essay will briefly describe the rise, fall, and international aftermath of the Enron Corporation.

Before delving into the gruesome details, let us go over the details of the Enron Corporation. In 1985 the Northern Natural Gas Company, became what will be known as the core of the Enron Corporation when the company purchased the smaller Houston Natural Gas Company. With the latest acquisition, Enron was formed. The new formed company originally dealt in the transmission and distribution of gas and electricity in the United States. In later years leading up to ultimate demise, the company dealt with multiple of other companies such as water sector, broadband, plastics, and steel. The company also became one of the world’s largest energy companies. Enron became the seventh largest corporation in the United States which interestingly enough also became the largest business scandal in United States’ history. At its epitome, its profits were $101 billion and employed over 20,000 individuals. The question arises, were these claims actual profits? This is where the accounting practices and techniques used by Enron come into question. Read more…

In Oedipus the King, Sophocles makes it clear that the gods control the destiny of Oedipus. The story of Oedipus the King had existed for decades before Sophocles transcribed it into a play. By understanding that the ideas and concepts of Oedipus existed before Sophocles had written the play, it reveals his attitudes and philosophies were embedded in the play. It is virtually impossible for a person to avoid writing personal influences on a story. One’s environment and philosophy greatly effects the perspective in which they analyze the world. Read more…

The Supreme Court struck down the 1989 Stanford v. Kentucky ruling on Tuesday, March 1, 2005.  The court said that its ruling in this circumstance was largely influenced by the Supreme Court’s desire to end the U.S. International Isolation on the issue.

Kennedy said, “Our determination finds confirmation in the stark reality that the United States is the only country in the world that continues to give official sanction to the juvenile death penalty.”  I don’t remember the Constitution of the United States giving any mandate to listen to International Law.  Since when does our Sovereign Nation listen to the ideology of the Europeans?  Our nation did not listen to the Europeans during the Iraq controversy, and our President held his own decisions strongly with Britain and Australia.  The fact that the President did this is a mandate for the country to follow.  The President’s Foreign Policy should be listened to, and our sovereignty should not be hindered by the “all-powerful” Supreme Court.

I am appalled that Kennedy used the words “from a moral standpoint”.  What gall!  This man is hearing a case which involves the capital punishment of guilty individuals, and he says that from a moral standpoint it is not right to take their life?  On what ground, one may ask?  Kennedy says, “today our society views juveniles as categorically less culpable than the average criminal.”  What determines the average criminal?  Is anyone average when in a fit of rage they murder an innocent victim? Is any person average when they blatantly disregard human life? Kennedy believes so.

Another thing, Kennedy said “a greater possibility exists that a minor’s character deficiencies will be reformed.”  Murder is now equated with deficiency?  Since when was this the standard?  Murder is an act of rage, and the person who commits this act, immediately realizes what they have done.  Taking a person’s life is not and should never be a deficiency in a character of a person.  A character deficiency is known as sin, and everyone is born with it.  It cannot be fixed by rehabilitation clinics, reformation programs, or money.  The desire to commit sin, no matter how heinous, is in each individual’s heart.  The only way one may change his ways is receiving Jesus Christ into his or her heart, then and only then one may change his way through the grace which God has given to us freely.

Capital punishment should be reinstated for, all who kill and are found guilty should forfeit their life.

A tear makes no great noise, yet has a poetic voice.  Tears are a wonderful creation by the Lord.  Little drops of joy or sorrow emerge from the eye, allowing the immediate surroundings to capture the emotion of the moment.

Love, joy, happiness, all creators of emotional responses.  Each emotional aspect requires the body to respond in one way or in many different ways.  It is interesting to think: the eye-gate which is used most for information, sees each emotional aspect, and from the eye-gate a tear is formed.

The eyes form tears in response to sorrow.  When loved ones pass from this earth, tears flow as rain from the heavens.  Surrounding people see this emotion response, and thus the watchers may cry as well or may rush to the sorrowful person’s side.

Tears form through painful stimuli.  When a child riding a bike crashes accidentally, the child does not have to produced any words for the father or mother to know of the pain the child is in.  The flowing drops of agony show the father of the intense discomfort.

A happy occasion, lastly, can create tears as well.  After dating for many months or years, a couple goes out on their anniversary, the man questions the young lady with these wonderful words: “Will you marry me?”.  Tears of joy fall down the side of the cheek of the woman.  An overwhelming joy swells over both being, and tears flow (especially from the lady).

The end result of crying is to relay an emotion without words.  The tear says emotions in a great voice to all.  Crying is unavoidable to see, but hearing can be tuned out.  therefore crying speaks epics without making a sound.