Provided with permission by J6r – Taylor Johnatakis

Engraved on the inside of my wedding band is the most powerful word of all, Lembre-Se, which is Portuguese (my wife and I met in Brazil) for REMEMBER.

It is upon the word remember that all knowledge is based. It is remembering what brought pain or pleasure that directs the instinct of man. Remembering takes lessons of the past, applies them to the present so that we can better choose our future.

Those who seek control, want to get you to forget. History repeats itself, to those who do not remember its lessons and patterns. Those whose fruit is bitter, want you to forget the awful taste and take another bite.

Remember why we fought for freedom, why we died for rights, remember what price was paid for truth and we will never go astray. If we forget, we must experience every pain again, every price paid twice or more, and truth will be forgotten.

Remember who, what, when, where and why and the future CAN be smoother sailing.

Government is built on consent, do we REMEMBER what that means? We would be wise to remember the landmark Supreme Court Case Erie v. Tompkins (304 U.S. 64, 58 S. Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed 1188) which holds there is no Federal General Common Law, it’s all Commercial…REMEMBER.