Personal Responsibility Archives

Does The Texas Shooting Count?

June 7, 2018 Aldo Tavares Comments 0 Comment

Another school shooting took place. What a strange and twisted world we live in, ain’t it? On Friday, May 18th, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, an unassuming honor roll student, defense tackle football player, opened fire at Santa Fe High School, TX, killing 10 and wounding another 10. I only heard about the shooting that Friday at 4pm. Another tragic event caused by another deranged individual. I am heartbroken about the ones who died in this shooting and I am saddened about the…

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The Wussification of America – Halloween 2013 Edition

November 13, 2013 Aldo Tavares Comments 0 Comment

Judging by the retailer’s displays, it seems that we’ll skip right over Thanksgiving and head straight onto Christmas and thus we might as well forget that Halloween was less than two weeks ago. This Halloween would have gone by unnoticed if it wasn’t for the undeserved hoopla created by people who can’t help but to be contributors to what I call: the Wussification of America. In case you didn’t hear, please allow me to give you the 411 of what I’m…

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Dr. Benjamin Carson’s Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast

February 13, 2013 Aldo Tavares Comments 0 Comment

On February 7th, 2013, the National Prayer Breakfast, a yearly event held in Washington, D.C., marked its 61st installment with the presence of keynote speaker, Dr. Benjamin Carson. Dr. Carson is an author, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, neurosurgeon, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Co-Founder and President of the Carson Scholars Fund. Although I don’t condone all he says or stands for, he delivered an intelligent, eloquent and engaging speech that, in my opinion,…

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Ron Paul’s Speech at UVU

October 21, 2012 Aldo Tavares Comments 0 Comment

Ron Paul came to the Utah Valley University in Orem on October 18th, 2012 to share his message about liberty and personal responsibility and I had the privilege to attend that event and to hear his reinvigorating speech. His positions on topics such as the Constitution and limited government are in sync with what I believe in and his speech was right on target with a powerful message that can instigate in all of us the desire to roll up…

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