The Lessons of American Leadership

May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 Paul Sposite History, Leadership, Life, life coach, Michigan, Politics, selfhelp adventure, america, American, Americans, Americas, benefits, blood, british, celebration, children, Civil, Colonies, Consider, courage, deception, downfall, effort, encampment, English, existence, extinction, facebook, fathers, fortitude, freedom, French, From, generation, generations, goal, grass, great, Greenfield, growth, human, ideas, independence, leaders, leadership, lessons, Life, Mayflower, Memorial, mother, Nation, Nations, nature, Over, Pane, path, perfection, Pilgrims, plans, posters, President, pride, principle, psyche, Reagan, remembrance, representation, responsibilities, Revolutionary, rights, ronald, roots, Self, sessions, settlers, situation, Spanish, Sunset, systems, Taxes, tears, Thomas, Twitter, Tyranny, village, weekend, word, world

"The surrender at Saratoga" shows General Daniel Morgan in front of a French de Vallière 4-pounder. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Over the past weekend We celebrated Memorial Day here in the States, a day to stop and thank all the veterans that fought to keep this country safe and free. As part of my celebration I … Continue reading The Lessons of American Leadership

Words and Power

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Benjamin Franklin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Words are powerful things; they have the power to change history, to create revolution and to mend broken hearts. I was reminded of this fact this morning when I gave the following quote to a friend: There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. … Continue reading Words and Power

Habit Change

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I thought I would share an article with you that I found on the web. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did -------START------- Secrets to habit change by Meg Selig Succeed at Habit Change With This One-Page "Book!" 8 "chapters," 19 quotes, 1 page, and you've changed. Published on May 2, 2012 … Continue reading Habit Change

Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

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The new movement, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), is interesting, not because I agree with them, I don’t. I happen to like money and capitalism, I find that working and having money is a good thing, no it’s interesting because of the contrast between them and the Tea Party people…. Now, I have not taken part … Continue reading Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

The 20 things that bug me

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Just a few things that bug me: When your in a store and the person in front of you is on there phone and checking out. They always take longer, because they are more concerned about there phone call than checking out. Really, you mean to tell me the call cant wait 5 minuets why … Continue reading The 20 things that bug me

Black, White or American?

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Image via Wikipedia Ok, here is a question…. If we want America not to be black or white, but just Americans, how can we achieve this if we keep referring to such things as “Black Unemployment” or “Black America” or the “Black Republicans” Black Democrats” … Kind of hard not to see color when all … Continue reading Black, White or American?

The F-bomb

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I just read an article in the Detroit Free Press (Yes we know how to read in Detroit) about a man who was kicked off his flight out of Detroit Metro airport for dropping the F-bomb (Story here). I'm not going to say that he should have or should not have been kicked off, I … Continue reading The F-bomb

Free Speech and a Teacher

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Image via Wikipedia In the news this past week is a story about a teacher who's blog has hit a nerve… She used her personal blog to criticize her students and fellow teachers, she never named names, didn’t say what school she worked at and didn’t give her own name. Yet the school saw fit … Continue reading Free Speech and a Teacher

The must read book for ALL Americans

October 6, 2010October 6, 2010 Paul Sposite Conservative Catholics, Faith, History, Politics administration, agenda, america, American, Americans, argument, bell, bible, boot, capitalism, chapter, creators, direction, English, Europeans, Faith, fathers, friends, gift, History, language, leaders, Life, message, movement, Nation, Newberry, obama, passion, patriot, policies, politician, politics, presidency, priest, profits, quotes, Socialism, teacher, Tommy, tons, worker

Cover via Amazon I am currently reading a book by Tommy Newberry, The War on Success, this is, by far, one of the best books I have read on the current state of the country, and what the Obama presidency means to America. Mr. Newberry uses facts, passion and humor to deliver a message that … Continue reading The must read book for ALL Americans

God Bless America

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to … Continue reading God Bless America

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The Lessons of American Leadership

Words and Power

Occupy Wall Street and the Founding Fathers

The 20 things that bug me

The F-bomb

Free Speech and a Teacher

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