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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Jun 30
- 11 min
Live Life Better - Power and the Deep State
Power is addictive and insatiable, ever-increasing. When the Government becomes corrupt, those of moral character flee, leaving the...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 25
- 2 min
Bella Donna - April 28, 2007 (16)
Dusty and Victor arrived about 8:50 PM, just as it began to rain, and we were locking up and heading to dinner. We donned our rain gear...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 25
- 6 min
Live Life Better - Inflation
Since Biden took office, he has injected $3,000,000,000,000 into the US economy, a substantial amount that was not earned. The result? A...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 22
- 3 min
Bella Donna - April 27, 2007 (15)
It has been a full day. Deborah and I took a cab to Albrook Mall this morning. We got there before the mall opened, so we window-shopped...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 22
- 3 min
Bella Donna April 26, 2007 (14)
Yesterday, we took two cabs, each $4, to the YMCA, just a few miles away. We had the internet, nautical maps, and banking on our minds....
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 21
- 9 min
Live Life Better - Politics
Politics and Spiritualism The movie "News of the World" depicts life in 1870. Former Confederate soldier Captain Kidd (Tom Hanks) travels...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- May 8
- 5 min
Live Life Better - Collectivism
Every life lived in freedom is precious and has the potential to improve our collective lives. Notice that modern socialism and...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Feb 25
- 8 min
Prosperity for All -- We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.
Photo by Slav Romanov on Unsplash We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Jan 28
- 3 min
April 25, 2007 (13)
Before we left for the Galapagos, we decided to do some sightseeing. The taxi ride to Miraflores Lock took only 20 minutes. Most of the...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Jan 24
- 3 min
April 24, 2007 (12)
Yesterday, we just tried to catch up on sleep and replenish our energy stores. The weather has turned windy, and the Pacific is coming at...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Jan 22
- 8 min
What Separates Winning From Oppression?
Photo by Leah Zetterberg on Unsplash A Good Clean Win<->Win Tackle My Korean War veteran high school football coach once said, "Football...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Dec 31, 2023
- 26 min
What Will the World Order Be - Win<->Win or Back to the Future, Oppressor->Oppressed?
Oppressor->Oppressed is a path to inevitable poverty and failure. Win<->Win is a path to prosperity, success, and Social Justice, but how...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Nov 17, 2023
- 4 min
Oppressor and Oppressed (1)
Having privilege is a blessing and a good thing. With privilege comes responsibility. Responsibility to do something with privilege for...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Nov 12, 2023
- 12 min
Capitalism and Socialism
THIS IS SIMPLE. Capitalism and Socialism are essential for all mankind to survive. The most important thing is that The Government should...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Oct 8, 2023
- 7 min
You Graduated, What Do You Do Now?
Photo by Vadim Bogulov on Unsplash You woke up this morning as a graduate—the first day of the rest of your life. Has your career...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Sep 18, 2023
- 4 min
April 22, 2007 (11) - Transit Panama Canal
Yesterday, we returned from the grocery store at about noon. The supermarket is much like the one we use at home, but you know you are in...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Sep 14, 2023
- 10 min
Our Economy is Broken and Equity, What Is It?
A picture is worth a thousand words. The U.S. economy began to break in the 1960s and 1970s. Democracy is in gridlock, rendering a...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Aug 4, 2023
- 5 min
What is At the Heart of the Political Divide? Make America Great Again (4)
*I would like to give credit, but I lost the source The USA's Constitution is based on a subset of religious ideologies that parallels...
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Tom Johnson, PopieTom
- Aug 3, 2023
- 3 min
BellaDonna (10) - April 21, 2007
We got word late yesterday that we will transit the canal tomorrow afternoon. The scheduler can still bump us, though. We do not know how...
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