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		<title>Letter from Christian Rieck</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter from Christian Rieck
With a moment free and a weight on my mind these ideas I must share&#8230;
What is right?
What is wrong?
These are the questions we must start to ask.
We can no longer tear one another apart according to partisan affiliation. It is time for each and every one of us to take one moment [...]]]></description>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">With a moment free and a weight on my mind these ideas I must share&#8230;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">What is right?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">What is wrong?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">These are the questions we must start to ask.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">We can no longer tear one another apart according to partisan affiliation. It is time for each and every one of us to take one moment and think about our own personal &#8220;Right and Wrong&#8221;.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Where are we going? Do you think that our current track is right or wrong?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">If you think we are currently in the right then you need read no more.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">If you think that we are currently in the wrong then stand up and make the decision to take back the power you have as a voter.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Are you happy with your leadership?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">1. What are your leaders doing in the disposition of their offices?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">2. Do you want government to continue to grow as it has been for the last few years?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">3. Do you think that our leaders make more laws because we need more laws or because it makes them look like they care?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">4. Should government be &#8220;of the people by the people&#8221; or should it be by a collection of lawyers?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">5. Should government live within its means or should it raise taxes to cover its new or growing budget items?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">6. Should the legal system be reformed so that we encourage responsibility by both consumers and producers?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">7. Are your leaders able to make hard decisions, do they waffle until the last minute, or completely abdicate the responsibility of their office?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">8. Should we reward productivity and innovation?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">9. Should we seek equal opportunity or equal outcome?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">10. Should we judge other by the content of their character and the outcome of their actions or by their intentions and dreams?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">11. Do your leaders look at polls to determine their course of action or do they do what is right because it is right?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Do you use the words &#8220;appropriate and inappropriate&#8221;? Does the use of these words mean that you are able to justify actions based on subjectivity? Do you mean &#8220;Right and Wrong&#8221;?</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">We must endeavor to leave all we touch in better shape than when we came upon it. Start today. Find one thing today and make it just a little bit better, then tomorrow a little better still.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">The price of many things is vigilance and responsibility.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Being a husband worthy of my wonderful wife.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Raising children.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Being a superior employee.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Owning a business.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Being a good steward of the gifts we have been given</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Maintaining our Democratic Republic, our Freedom, and our way of life&#8230;</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Thank you for your time,</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Christian</div>
<p>With a moment free and a weight on my mind these ideas I must share&#8230;</p>
<p>What is right?</p>
<p>What is wrong?</p>
<p>These are the questions we must start to ask.</p>
<p>We can no longer tear one another apart according to partisan affiliation. It is time for each and every one of us to take one moment and think about our own personal &#8220;Right and Wrong&#8221;.</p>
<p>Where are we going? Do you think that our current track is right or wrong?</p>
<p>If you think we are currently in the right then you need read no more.</p>
<p>If you think that we are currently in the wrong then stand up and make the decision to take back the power you have as a voter.</p>
<p>Are you happy with your leadership?</p>
<p>1. What are your leaders doing in the disposition of their offices?</p>
<p>2. Do you want government to continue to grow as it has been for the last few years?</p>
<p>3. Do you think that our leaders make more laws because we need more laws or because it makes them look like they care?</p>
<p>4. Should government be &#8220;of the people by the people&#8221; or should it be by a collection of lawyers?</p>
<p>5. Should government live within its means or should it raise taxes to cover its new or growing budget items?</p>
<p>6. Should the legal system be reformed so that we encourage responsibility by both consumers and producers?</p>
<p>7. Are your leaders able to make hard decisions, do they waffle until the last minute, or completely abdicate the responsibility of their office?</p>
<p>8. Should we reward productivity and innovation?</p>
<p>9. Should we seek equal opportunity or equal outcome?</p>
<p>10. Should we judge other by the content of their character and the outcome of their actions or by their intentions and dreams?</p>
<p>11. Do your leaders look at polls to determine their course of action or do they do what is right because it is right?</p>
<p>Do you use the words &#8220;appropriate and inappropriate&#8221;? Does the use of these words mean that you are able to justify actions based on subjectivity? Do you mean &#8220;Right and Wrong&#8221;?</p>
<p>We must endeavor to leave all we touch in better shape than when we came upon it. Start today. Find one thing today and make it just a little bit better, then tomorrow a little better still.</p>
<p>The price of many things is vigilance and responsibility.</p>
<p>Being a husband worthy of my wonderful wife.</p>
<p>Raising children.</p>
<p>Being a superior employee.</p>
<p>Owning a business.</p>
<p>Being a good steward of the gifts we have been given</p>
<p>Maintaining our Democratic Republic, our Freedom, and our way of life&#8230;</p>
<p>Thank you for your time,</p>
<p>Christian</p>
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