I wrote a piece about my mother (posted on KenRisley.com). There I spoke of a dream (nightmare actually) I had as a young boy as I drifted off to sleep to my mother’s playing of this song on the piano. For years I did not like the melody not realizing the association. In my mid…
“Our legislators are not sufficiently apprised of the rightful limits of their powers; that their true office is to declare and enforce only our natural rights and duties, and to take none of them from us. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all…
While the Health Care System really needs reform, the current bill is not the right thing to do — it is an expensive catastrophe in the making. Please take the time to look at a few of the cited points below. This is Brave, New World stuff — and not good for your health, your…
We hear folks tearing down the current system as well as the proposed government system. Tearing down proposals does not solve the problem. Allowing free markets to work is the best way. The word “free” means just that. What we have today, though not government in genesis, is still highly dominated by rules that favor…
We are, or have been, burdened by countless communications that were never acknowledged. These communications hang there, like little armed bombs; owning us and dictating so many of our actions; in wait for that simple and certain acknowledgment. Each unacknowledged communication takes a piece of us and freezes it in a moment of waiting. Stilled,…
Kim and I had the opportunity to participate in some ridge soaring in Utah. Following is a video of our experience.
Have you ever noticed how family are the ones that love you most but often know you least? I’ve heard it said that one is rarely a profit among his own. I believe that is because of high familiarity. This is rather rampant in families – though I think it is only an apparency. This,…
This is not pretty – but it is a succinct statement of negative factors to our economic situation. In 1913 we allowed money changing elites to take over the money of this nation. All money created is created out of thin air and then is charged as debt subject to interest payments paid to those…
Kim and I launched in our little airplane from Florida to Oshkosh. We had our airplane loaded to the gill. Was a great trip. Hope you enjoy my little 23 minute video. Pilgrimage to Oshkosh – Camping by our Airplane from Ken Risley on Vimeo.
According to the IRS’s own data, the bottom 50% of wage earners in this country pay %2.99 of all taxes. The remaining is paid by the top 50%. Even with this, Obama is planning to pay out cash to folks who pay little or no taxes (this is called the “refundable tax credit”). The result…