Posts by Dennis L Hitzeman

• The self-executing republic

  by dlhitzeman

  The threat to use the so-called self-executing rule to pass health care legislation by the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives represents the latest example of a growing trend on the part of the oligarchs in government at all levels to ignore the principles that established our republic. Whether one is talking about deeming [...]

  Filed in: Government, History, Nations, Politics, Society, United States, World Watch on March 17th, 2010

• Dependence movements

  by dlhitzeman

  I think one of the things that define modern Western culture is the trend toward depending on others to provide things we are unwilling to provide for ourselves. I am not talking about the exchange of goods and services that represents commerce, rather I am talking about the demand that someone else give us access [...]

  Filed in: Economy, Entities, Nations, Philosophy, Preparedness, Quid Facis, Society, United States, West, the, World Watch on March 16th, 2010

• Write what you know

  by dlhitzeman

  Worldview is a lot of things, but more than anything else it has been a place where I can write about the things I am thinking with regard to a variety of topics. Recently, that broad swatch of focus has not been as fulfilling for a variety of reasons mostly centered around whether or not [...]

  Filed in: Philosophy, Weblogs, Writing on March 15th, 2010

• The best military in the world

  by dlhitzeman

  Whatever you might think about the wars, you should know that even some Canadians think the United States has the best military in the world.
  DLH

  Filed in: Current Operations, Military, News on February 25th, 2010

• Freedom

  by dlhitzeman

  It’s all in your head (via xkcd, one of my favorite online comics):

  Sure, there are practical limits to what we can do, especially when our actions affect others or when they require great amounts of effort, but almost everything we do in life is what we choose to do, bot the good and the bad. [...]

  Filed in: Humor, Philosophy on February 24th, 2010

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