Those old words from the song "War" by Edwin Star are so true, "absolutely nothing,"
Or is it?
No sane person wants to be in a war, or kill another human being, but, and this is a big but, there are times in order to preserve our own lives and indeed our way of life, or to protect others as a moral imperative we are forced into situations that some feel are untenable. Unfortunately as detestable as it may be, we find ourselves in the very position of having to not only defend ourselves and our way of life but those of which we have been charged as protectors, i.e., those who are oppressed and those that are imprisoned, or those who are forced to live a life of slavery, or in a state of helotry.
Notice the beginning words of “no sane person,” I actually believe that there are in this world those who by clinical definitions may not in fact be insane, but by all accounts, morally or ethically speaking are so bankrupt that anyone who cares to look, would be hard pressed to tell the difference. If some of you think that war must be avoided at all costs, I would say; look to The Holocaust, or for that matter any society that have been so passive as to bring about genocide on a grand scale. If the passive ply their ideals to the point of inhalation, what we have left are the aggressors. Anyone who does not see the difference between a people who defend and protect the downtrodden and stand on the principals of freedom and democracy and those who make war just because others do not adhere to their ideology or theocratic dogma, have a definite problem in the way their thought process works.
I know, sure, you are saying, “The First Amendment,” well that is just fine, and yes we need to have the freedom to speak against injustice as we see it or to have the right to petition the government, however I for one am sick and tired of people bastardizing the first amendment and using it like a club. The founding fathers never intended it for what it has become. It was never meant to be used to hurt others, or to infringe on the rights of others, or be used as a tool to demean, or force others to acquiesce to someone else’s beliefs.
So, is war a necessary evil? At times it is justified. Is war ever something that should be embraced by sane people? Absolutely not.
Remember not only does the first amendment rights of one stop at the tip of another’s nose; it should also extend to human sensitivities and sensibilities. Our citizens that wish to protest, have every right to do so, however they should be reminded to do so with gratitude and humanity in their hearts.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The ledger has red and black ink
This came from a submission of mine to various magazines, but it too has some thought provoking insight.
The ledger has red and black ink
Why is it that some people have no quit in them and others quit before they even get started?
The preponderance of evidence suggests that the answer lies squarely on their environment and up bringing. If one is taught from the outset that he or she can accomplish great things than that attitude will carry throughout life. Even the underprivileged can draw from that strength. It doesn’t have to be only the privileged that can access the basic drive and attitude it takes to accomplish goals. It is a given that privilege certainly makes the road an easier one, however the common everyday folks have the right, human dignity, and drive that is equally available to all. Why is it then that some flourish and others languish? Once again it comes back to the start we have in life. The family unit is so important and yet we have let it deteriorate to the point of near obscurity.
Some names are written in red for blood shed on foreign soil. Some names are written in black on epitaphs that come all too soon. Those would be the ones that have no quit in them. Some names are up in lights or in periodicals to some supposed wonderful place that many strive to reach. Yet in the final analysis we the people here that live in relative peace and contentment are really the ones who’s names are written in red, for we are the ones that owe the debt. Yes we owe the debt of gratitude and life it self to those who’s names are indelibly written in the annals of history, for those are the shoulders on which we stand. As it is with any ledger, that which is owed is in red and that which is paid in full and has equity is in black. We owe the debt of gratefulness and of support to all those who serve our country so the rest of us have the opportunity prosper. As it is their self appointed duty to protect our freedom, it should be our solemn vow to support them in their efforts and strive to do our best to take advantage of the freedoms they have given us. We don’t need quitters or naysayers. We don’t need elected officials insulting and doing their utmost to undermine the efforts of brave men and women that are fighting for all humanity’s sake.
What we need is a balanced ledger. One that no longer has red or black in conflict, but one that is of no deficit to anyone. We arrive at that through peace, strength and the ability to overcome our enemies, the enemies that are ignorance, intolerance and misunderstanding, which is achieved through common sense and the willingness to see any conflict through to the end.
We don’t need to teach revisionist history that tarnishes the memories of those that have fought so long and hard to give us our freedom. We don’t need to indoctrinate young people with ideas that our country is the great evil in the world. We need true open institutions of higher learning, not ones that force one ideological idea over another. What we need to do is honor the memory of those to which we owe this debt, so that we finally have a balanced total we can live with. That, my friends, is how we balance the ledger.
x. x. xxxxxxx © 2007
The ledger has red and black ink
Why is it that some people have no quit in them and others quit before they even get started?
The preponderance of evidence suggests that the answer lies squarely on their environment and up bringing. If one is taught from the outset that he or she can accomplish great things than that attitude will carry throughout life. Even the underprivileged can draw from that strength. It doesn’t have to be only the privileged that can access the basic drive and attitude it takes to accomplish goals. It is a given that privilege certainly makes the road an easier one, however the common everyday folks have the right, human dignity, and drive that is equally available to all. Why is it then that some flourish and others languish? Once again it comes back to the start we have in life. The family unit is so important and yet we have let it deteriorate to the point of near obscurity.
Some names are written in red for blood shed on foreign soil. Some names are written in black on epitaphs that come all too soon. Those would be the ones that have no quit in them. Some names are up in lights or in periodicals to some supposed wonderful place that many strive to reach. Yet in the final analysis we the people here that live in relative peace and contentment are really the ones who’s names are written in red, for we are the ones that owe the debt. Yes we owe the debt of gratitude and life it self to those who’s names are indelibly written in the annals of history, for those are the shoulders on which we stand. As it is with any ledger, that which is owed is in red and that which is paid in full and has equity is in black. We owe the debt of gratefulness and of support to all those who serve our country so the rest of us have the opportunity prosper. As it is their self appointed duty to protect our freedom, it should be our solemn vow to support them in their efforts and strive to do our best to take advantage of the freedoms they have given us. We don’t need quitters or naysayers. We don’t need elected officials insulting and doing their utmost to undermine the efforts of brave men and women that are fighting for all humanity’s sake.
What we need is a balanced ledger. One that no longer has red or black in conflict, but one that is of no deficit to anyone. We arrive at that through peace, strength and the ability to overcome our enemies, the enemies that are ignorance, intolerance and misunderstanding, which is achieved through common sense and the willingness to see any conflict through to the end.
We don’t need to teach revisionist history that tarnishes the memories of those that have fought so long and hard to give us our freedom. We don’t need to indoctrinate young people with ideas that our country is the great evil in the world. We need true open institutions of higher learning, not ones that force one ideological idea over another. What we need to do is honor the memory of those to which we owe this debt, so that we finally have a balanced total we can live with. That, my friends, is how we balance the ledger.
x. x. xxxxxxx © 2007
Too close for comfort
This is from one of my short stories but I think it is food for thought.
Too close for comfort
The year is, well, you pick it, but it isn’t too far off. The country has been in extremis now for quite some time. People have been forced to make decisions they thought were in their best interest. The wonderful elected solons that we laughingly call politicians have been consistently making the wrong decisions for so long, that things have gone all the way around the bend. The country in turn being demagogued into voting what was borne out to be the absolute wrong way on so many so called fixes. All of which had given more control to the government and taken away more and more from the people. Somewhere along the line we forgot, or got bamboozled into thinking that the power flows from the government to the people not the way it was intended by the founding fathers, namely from the people to the government. With every new program and tax and spend scam came a downward spiral that at first appeared to be the salvation of a country gone wrong. Only when it was to late did we realize the folly of these do-gooder programs. A Democratic president has been in power for some time. The Congress and Senate are a Democratic majority and the country is nearly bankrupt, not only monetarily, but morally as well. That lopsided political playing field was brought about not so much by the Democrats being better than the Republicans, but by the Republicans abdicating their beliefs and platforms in the name of by-partisanship. The political miscreants had practiced in apostasy for way too long and the country was now paying dearly for it. The politically correct crowd has brow beat the country out of prayer in schools. The family unit has gone to hell in a handbag due to government over control and parents abdicating their responsibilities to officials and the education system. There seemed to be no end to their trying to get all mention of religion out of the country in its entirety. After so many tries at immigration reform the problem is no better than it ever was, due once again to the politicians not allowing the laws to be enforced. Everyone was so damn worried about being P.C. that we forgot to pay attention to what was going on. Amnesty was the catch phrase of the day and extended family restoration brought so many illegals in that they sucked the lifeblood from the economy. No country could ever assimilate that many into its population and survive. The environmentalists too have rode rough shod over an unsuspecting public to the point of the U.S. not being able to support it self with energy, and being choked ever so slowly by foreign producers. There were no new refineries, but that didn’t matter much anyway because nearly all oil exploration had grinded to a halt, in some more sensitive places it had actually come to a screeching halt. Needless to say the most efficient and environmentally clean fuel, nuclear power was off the table. Our wonderful lawmakers in their infinite wisdom opened our boarders not only to illegal immigration but to free trade that had all but driven nearly every big business out of the manufacturing sector within the 48 contiguous states. One of the most egregious snafus of all would be the socialized medicine that was forced upon the country in ways that were at first hardly noticeable. Over time it became dreadfully clear that the taxpayers could ill afford all the social programs enacted. Socialized medicine had so many models to point to that just plain ol didn’t work, yet the pusillanimous sycophants we had as politicians insisted upon ramming it down the people’s throats, once again pointing out the folly of a government gone wild with too much power and control, add to that the illegal alien problem and there was a recipe for disaster if ever there was one. The ineptitude of the officials knew no bounds. Finally after a near collapse of the healthcare system all together the wonderful entrepreneurial spirit of the American people took hold. After years of nearly non-existent quality care and waiting interminably for procedures the people were fed up. What happened after that is the story that has brought about this telling.
The people and the medical profession en masse, with the help of some people who are never adverse to making a pile of money off others misfortunes have stepped up to the plate. In some circles there was even what is known as schadenfreude syndrome, which means taking pleasure at others misfortune. As is the case quite often in situations such as what had been brought about, there is never any lack of sleaze. All the dregs came out or should I say crawled out from under their rocks and took advantage of whomever and whatever they possibly could. There grew a black market within the shadow system. However there was more of the money grabbing going on than anything else. All the most talented medical professionals had joined what had become to be known as poly –medicine, or polymed for short. What that was, was talented medical professionals basically joining this cabal a camarilla and going underground so to speak. The socialized system that was put in place was so corrupt and useless that the medical professionals could barely eek out a living. The pay and care was woefully inept. What evolved was no less then what one would expect from a proud and ingenious people with their backs against the wall, a totally innovative way to serve and make a decent living at the same time. The Polymed system had become the care of choice for those who could afford quality healthcare and the socialized system that was left to the hoi-polloi, the common folk, was what everyone else got, except of course any and all political hacks that could avail themselves of these premium services, by hook or by crook. Oh yeah, there had grown a tremendous underground system, a sub-culture and offshoots of businesses. All the medicine companies, the equipment companies, the supply companies and not anywhere near the least, was the omni-present insurance companies. The insurance companies were grabbing money hand over fist, but than again, what else is new. Organs and body parts had become commodities, as did the medical professionals themselves. Body parts acquired by dubious means were available if one had the money, so too were the Medical professionals themselves. There were actually brokers for professional people. That in and of it self was fast becoming a sub-culture in that the people were in classes. There were the doctors, the nurses, right on down to the functionaries and disposal personnel. The disposal companies were having a hey-day also. Whenever you have a system that uses any commodity and that would include biological wastes, you have a need to dispose of them. If you have a shadow society, it would hold that you would need the services that go with it. It was survival of the fittest in the true sense of the word. The government try as they might could not stem the tide of people wanting what they deserved. Not getting what they needed from an overbearing government they turned to their own devises, once again proving that the power lies with the people and always should. In the end after much bleeding and the pendulum swinging way too far the wrong way the people finally took back their country and their power, underscoring those great words, “We The People”.
This scenario as outrageous as it may seem, unfortunately is TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
A short story-outline/premise
x. x. xxxxxxx © 2008
Too close for comfort
The year is, well, you pick it, but it isn’t too far off. The country has been in extremis now for quite some time. People have been forced to make decisions they thought were in their best interest. The wonderful elected solons that we laughingly call politicians have been consistently making the wrong decisions for so long, that things have gone all the way around the bend. The country in turn being demagogued into voting what was borne out to be the absolute wrong way on so many so called fixes. All of which had given more control to the government and taken away more and more from the people. Somewhere along the line we forgot, or got bamboozled into thinking that the power flows from the government to the people not the way it was intended by the founding fathers, namely from the people to the government. With every new program and tax and spend scam came a downward spiral that at first appeared to be the salvation of a country gone wrong. Only when it was to late did we realize the folly of these do-gooder programs. A Democratic president has been in power for some time. The Congress and Senate are a Democratic majority and the country is nearly bankrupt, not only monetarily, but morally as well. That lopsided political playing field was brought about not so much by the Democrats being better than the Republicans, but by the Republicans abdicating their beliefs and platforms in the name of by-partisanship. The political miscreants had practiced in apostasy for way too long and the country was now paying dearly for it. The politically correct crowd has brow beat the country out of prayer in schools. The family unit has gone to hell in a handbag due to government over control and parents abdicating their responsibilities to officials and the education system. There seemed to be no end to their trying to get all mention of religion out of the country in its entirety. After so many tries at immigration reform the problem is no better than it ever was, due once again to the politicians not allowing the laws to be enforced. Everyone was so damn worried about being P.C. that we forgot to pay attention to what was going on. Amnesty was the catch phrase of the day and extended family restoration brought so many illegals in that they sucked the lifeblood from the economy. No country could ever assimilate that many into its population and survive. The environmentalists too have rode rough shod over an unsuspecting public to the point of the U.S. not being able to support it self with energy, and being choked ever so slowly by foreign producers. There were no new refineries, but that didn’t matter much anyway because nearly all oil exploration had grinded to a halt, in some more sensitive places it had actually come to a screeching halt. Needless to say the most efficient and environmentally clean fuel, nuclear power was off the table. Our wonderful lawmakers in their infinite wisdom opened our boarders not only to illegal immigration but to free trade that had all but driven nearly every big business out of the manufacturing sector within the 48 contiguous states. One of the most egregious snafus of all would be the socialized medicine that was forced upon the country in ways that were at first hardly noticeable. Over time it became dreadfully clear that the taxpayers could ill afford all the social programs enacted. Socialized medicine had so many models to point to that just plain ol didn’t work, yet the pusillanimous sycophants we had as politicians insisted upon ramming it down the people’s throats, once again pointing out the folly of a government gone wild with too much power and control, add to that the illegal alien problem and there was a recipe for disaster if ever there was one. The ineptitude of the officials knew no bounds. Finally after a near collapse of the healthcare system all together the wonderful entrepreneurial spirit of the American people took hold. After years of nearly non-existent quality care and waiting interminably for procedures the people were fed up. What happened after that is the story that has brought about this telling.
The people and the medical profession en masse, with the help of some people who are never adverse to making a pile of money off others misfortunes have stepped up to the plate. In some circles there was even what is known as schadenfreude syndrome, which means taking pleasure at others misfortune. As is the case quite often in situations such as what had been brought about, there is never any lack of sleaze. All the dregs came out or should I say crawled out from under their rocks and took advantage of whomever and whatever they possibly could. There grew a black market within the shadow system. However there was more of the money grabbing going on than anything else. All the most talented medical professionals had joined what had become to be known as poly –medicine, or polymed for short. What that was, was talented medical professionals basically joining this cabal a camarilla and going underground so to speak. The socialized system that was put in place was so corrupt and useless that the medical professionals could barely eek out a living. The pay and care was woefully inept. What evolved was no less then what one would expect from a proud and ingenious people with their backs against the wall, a totally innovative way to serve and make a decent living at the same time. The Polymed system had become the care of choice for those who could afford quality healthcare and the socialized system that was left to the hoi-polloi, the common folk, was what everyone else got, except of course any and all political hacks that could avail themselves of these premium services, by hook or by crook. Oh yeah, there had grown a tremendous underground system, a sub-culture and offshoots of businesses. All the medicine companies, the equipment companies, the supply companies and not anywhere near the least, was the omni-present insurance companies. The insurance companies were grabbing money hand over fist, but than again, what else is new. Organs and body parts had become commodities, as did the medical professionals themselves. Body parts acquired by dubious means were available if one had the money, so too were the Medical professionals themselves. There were actually brokers for professional people. That in and of it self was fast becoming a sub-culture in that the people were in classes. There were the doctors, the nurses, right on down to the functionaries and disposal personnel. The disposal companies were having a hey-day also. Whenever you have a system that uses any commodity and that would include biological wastes, you have a need to dispose of them. If you have a shadow society, it would hold that you would need the services that go with it. It was survival of the fittest in the true sense of the word. The government try as they might could not stem the tide of people wanting what they deserved. Not getting what they needed from an overbearing government they turned to their own devises, once again proving that the power lies with the people and always should. In the end after much bleeding and the pendulum swinging way too far the wrong way the people finally took back their country and their power, underscoring those great words, “We The People”.
This scenario as outrageous as it may seem, unfortunately is TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.
A short story-outline/premise
x. x. xxxxxxx © 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
So Confusing
Help me out here will ya? I’m confused.
There may have to be a certain amount of afflatus here to get me to understand this one, but than again who am I to denounce any divine intervention.
There is something that has been bothering me for some time now and I have yet to receive an answer that makes any sense at all. Why is it that liberals profess to be for the people, the working man, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, when in fact their actions and rhetoric belies that premise and indeed points to just exactly the opposite.
Cases in point:
LIFE; partial birth abortion, what is it with that heinous practice? I mean ripping apart a baby half way out of the womb, or drilling into its tiny little head and scrambling its brains till it is no longer alive? Then unceremoniously disposing of the tiny human as if it had no more worth than yesterday’s garbage. What kind of a sick monster would sanction anything so vile? Other things repulse us that are nowhere near as disgusting, and yet in some circles it is acceptable to carry out such atrocities? Why is it that on the one hand the left is so damn rabid about not stopping an enemy who is trying desperately to destroy our way of life, granted it takes the hard road of survival of the fittest, but what are the alternatives. The radical factions of this world have stated their intentions quite clearly and have left us with precious few options. On the other hand some deem it an acceptable practice to murder a fully functional human being. I’m sorry, but somehow the logic of that totally eludes me. Now maybe I’m a bit slow on the uptake, so can anyone enlighten me as to the common sense or the judgment behind that way of thinking?
LIBERTY:
If as is quite often given countless hours of lip service, liberals are for liberty, then why is it that they unceasingly keep trying to put forth bills and laws that take away our liberties at every turn? They continually hand over to the government more authority than was ever intended, by doing so they abdicate our rights over to the government and away from the people.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS:
Ok here is a sticky one. Have you ever just sat and listened to the countless hours of bemoaning the state of the country, the world, the economy, life in general. It’s like everything sucks to these guys. How about some optimism? How about some enthusiastic accolades for jobs well done by the people of this country? How about some faith in the American people and our capitalist system, the free market system to right the problems? How about not always relying on the government to bail things out? How about congratulating the country with supporting nearly 80 % of the world’s impoverished nations with infrastructure, food, medicine, education, security, what about that huh? How about not always taking everyone else’s side over our own country’s when it comes to who’s right and who’s wrong. You see where my dilemma lies? Of course you don’t, because there is no dilemma, there is no dichotomy; the facts bear out the argument.
There may have to be a certain amount of afflatus here to get me to understand this one, but than again who am I to denounce any divine intervention.
There is something that has been bothering me for some time now and I have yet to receive an answer that makes any sense at all. Why is it that liberals profess to be for the people, the working man, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, when in fact their actions and rhetoric belies that premise and indeed points to just exactly the opposite.
Cases in point:
LIFE; partial birth abortion, what is it with that heinous practice? I mean ripping apart a baby half way out of the womb, or drilling into its tiny little head and scrambling its brains till it is no longer alive? Then unceremoniously disposing of the tiny human as if it had no more worth than yesterday’s garbage. What kind of a sick monster would sanction anything so vile? Other things repulse us that are nowhere near as disgusting, and yet in some circles it is acceptable to carry out such atrocities? Why is it that on the one hand the left is so damn rabid about not stopping an enemy who is trying desperately to destroy our way of life, granted it takes the hard road of survival of the fittest, but what are the alternatives. The radical factions of this world have stated their intentions quite clearly and have left us with precious few options. On the other hand some deem it an acceptable practice to murder a fully functional human being. I’m sorry, but somehow the logic of that totally eludes me. Now maybe I’m a bit slow on the uptake, so can anyone enlighten me as to the common sense or the judgment behind that way of thinking?
LIBERTY:
If as is quite often given countless hours of lip service, liberals are for liberty, then why is it that they unceasingly keep trying to put forth bills and laws that take away our liberties at every turn? They continually hand over to the government more authority than was ever intended, by doing so they abdicate our rights over to the government and away from the people.
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS:
Ok here is a sticky one. Have you ever just sat and listened to the countless hours of bemoaning the state of the country, the world, the economy, life in general. It’s like everything sucks to these guys. How about some optimism? How about some enthusiastic accolades for jobs well done by the people of this country? How about some faith in the American people and our capitalist system, the free market system to right the problems? How about not always relying on the government to bail things out? How about congratulating the country with supporting nearly 80 % of the world’s impoverished nations with infrastructure, food, medicine, education, security, what about that huh? How about not always taking everyone else’s side over our own country’s when it comes to who’s right and who’s wrong. You see where my dilemma lies? Of course you don’t, because there is no dilemma, there is no dichotomy; the facts bear out the argument.
Founding fathers ideals
What ever happened to the founding father’s ideals? What ever happened to the power stemming and flowing from the people to the government, not from the government to the people. What ever happened to God given inalienable rights? Want me to tell you what I think? I know you just can’t wait. Well here goes; you know the old saw about putting a frog into warm water and then slowly bringing the temperature up to near a boil until the frog croaks? (pun intended) The frog basically goes out happy. I believe that is where we are in the rights department. We keep giving more and more power and rights to the government and with each little chink in the armor of our rights we bleed out, not only our rights, but somewhere in it all we loose some of our humanity as well. This all happens over a long period of time, so slowly that it is hardly noticeable, by minutiae not any grandiose measure. It’s the death by a thousand cuts that sometimes hurts far greater than any sudden traumatic experience.
Well, you asked for it, it’s not pretty, but than again losing ones rights and self-worth never is. Don’t you think it’s high time we took back a few of our rights, stop some of these entitlement programs that keep people dependent upon the government and vote in some people that want smaller government with less control over our lives? Oh those of you who whine about this administration and its spending policies are not too far off the mark. Just remember this; the congress is the body that actually spends the money. They appropriate the funds, the president puts forth his requests and our wonderful elected cognoscenti do the dirty deed. Need I remind anyone that the party in majority is the Democratic Party? Don’t sit on your hands when it’s time to be counted. Vote your conscience and bring control back where it belongs, or very, very soon we will be bidding a fond adieu to the free market, capitalist system and saying hello to socialism.
Well, you asked for it, it’s not pretty, but than again losing ones rights and self-worth never is. Don’t you think it’s high time we took back a few of our rights, stop some of these entitlement programs that keep people dependent upon the government and vote in some people that want smaller government with less control over our lives? Oh those of you who whine about this administration and its spending policies are not too far off the mark. Just remember this; the congress is the body that actually spends the money. They appropriate the funds, the president puts forth his requests and our wonderful elected cognoscenti do the dirty deed. Need I remind anyone that the party in majority is the Democratic Party? Don’t sit on your hands when it’s time to be counted. Vote your conscience and bring control back where it belongs, or very, very soon we will be bidding a fond adieu to the free market, capitalist system and saying hello to socialism.
coining of new words
Global warmingism, or climatism, that's right folks, new words that will probably be entered into our lexicon before too long. Global warming and climate change has just as many scientist on one side of the issue, as there are on the other. I know that if you listen to the pundits for or against you will come away with a lopsided view of the problem. We must always strive to look at all sides of any given issue and be as objective as we can and then make our decision as to where we come down on an issue. Every few years it's either global cooling or global warming. Hello, can anyone say, cyclical? (by the way, NOAA’s newest data is that there has been no appreciable change in temperature since 1998) There is no doubt that we are in a warming cycle in general, and yes we put all together too many pollutants into our atmosphere, however, the global warming whackos, (the Al Gore crowd) have turned it into an ideology, for many it indeed has become an idealism, nearly a religion or a cult in the raw and true base sense of those words, hence the coining of new words. Over time the etymology of words tends to evolve, no not just evolve, but actually change, so too has the global warming phenomenon. It has gone from a compellation of facts, to spinning, or stretching the facts and truth to suit an ideology. In some cases the facts just plain ol get in the way of the truth. Yeah, we need to stop polluting our planet and yeah, we need to be good stewards for the future of our world. The other thing we need to do is actually use the truth as our premise and not some made up ideological clap trap as to what we are confronted with. Let’s face it, with the noises the global warming crowd are making now, it seems to me noting more than a way to glean more taxes and control for the government and special interest groups, i.e. the newest money grab besides carbon credits, the green tax. That would be the tax on vehicles that get less than thirty miles per gallon or any other crack-headed ideas about taxes that they don’t think the American public is smart enough to figure out as just another grab for our wallets.
Hey what about this wonderful boon to mankind CFLs (compact florescent lights)? They are admitting now that they are not environmentally friendly as we thought. Did any of you ever read what you are suppose to do if you break one? Gees it reads like a hazardous waste spill scare. This is some of the crap they tell us to do, “ hold your breath, leave the room for a half an hour, when you do come back don’t disturb the area any more than absolutely necessary, when cleaning up try to wet the area so as not to disperse any mercury and lead based particles into the atmosphere, where protective clothing, once you get all the “nuclear waste” cleaned up be ever so careful to contain it in a safe receptacle and then transport to the proper authorities for disposal.” Way back when fluorescents first came on the scene and were used onboard our US ships, a bulb would break they use to send in the Has-Mat crew to clean it up, that is basically the same technology with these CFLs. Now I’m not say’n, I’m just say’n, that there are prominent members of our elected official elites that have a great deal to do with the companies that manufacture these units. (GE, Westinghouse, Philips, the list goes on and so does the conflict of interest) At any rate, after we have been sufficiently ripped off they will issue a statement along the lines of, “ oh well maybe these CFLs aren’t as good as LEDs which are now being used in ever increasing amounts for lighting of all types. They will probably spin it somehow but eventually they will get behind the LEDs and we will have a low cost, environmentally friendly, long lasting, safe lighting source that will not only save a whole bunch of money but also address a lot of environmental issues. Hey I wonder if it would be time to buy some stock in LED producing companies? You can bet your bottom dollar, and I mean that literally, that these stock holders that are presently on board with the CFLs will jump right on the LED band wagon. Can anyone say “Cattle Futures” turning 1k into 100k over night is what I’m talk’n about. (enter Hillary)
Hey what about this wonderful boon to mankind CFLs (compact florescent lights)? They are admitting now that they are not environmentally friendly as we thought. Did any of you ever read what you are suppose to do if you break one? Gees it reads like a hazardous waste spill scare. This is some of the crap they tell us to do, “ hold your breath, leave the room for a half an hour, when you do come back don’t disturb the area any more than absolutely necessary, when cleaning up try to wet the area so as not to disperse any mercury and lead based particles into the atmosphere, where protective clothing, once you get all the “nuclear waste” cleaned up be ever so careful to contain it in a safe receptacle and then transport to the proper authorities for disposal.” Way back when fluorescents first came on the scene and were used onboard our US ships, a bulb would break they use to send in the Has-Mat crew to clean it up, that is basically the same technology with these CFLs. Now I’m not say’n, I’m just say’n, that there are prominent members of our elected official elites that have a great deal to do with the companies that manufacture these units. (GE, Westinghouse, Philips, the list goes on and so does the conflict of interest) At any rate, after we have been sufficiently ripped off they will issue a statement along the lines of, “ oh well maybe these CFLs aren’t as good as LEDs which are now being used in ever increasing amounts for lighting of all types. They will probably spin it somehow but eventually they will get behind the LEDs and we will have a low cost, environmentally friendly, long lasting, safe lighting source that will not only save a whole bunch of money but also address a lot of environmental issues. Hey I wonder if it would be time to buy some stock in LED producing companies? You can bet your bottom dollar, and I mean that literally, that these stock holders that are presently on board with the CFLs will jump right on the LED band wagon. Can anyone say “Cattle Futures” turning 1k into 100k over night is what I’m talk’n about. (enter Hillary)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Great Uniter? The Great Divider.
The Great Uniter? The Great Divider.
Inadvertently, the Barack Obama/ Reverend Wright debacle is changing Barack’s hopeful message of being the great uniter, to being the great divider, well not exactly. What is now happening is a bit of a backlash. There are more and more reverends and consequently black churches embracing Wright and his disgusting views. Now I think we can all agree that the reverend, in his over twenty year ministry has most likely lead many of his flock to a wonderful religious life. However the revolting statements made by the reverend seem to be shared by all too many in the black community. We all get the fact that a hundred and fifty years ago we in this country engaged in the repulsive practice of slavery, all right all ready, we get it, we must as a nation get by this, if not we will never progress beyond this point of blame. We have just got to get over this guilt of the sins of our fathers. All those other statements are so far beyond the pale that they don’t even deserve a response. Unfortunately, the comments are so egregious that one can’t help but address them. What I have to say about them is, nauseating, and leave it at that. If I get going on the reverend’s comments I would be lowering myself into the pits of disparaging attacks that are nothing more than hateful rhetoric. Things are bad enough. Two wrongs don’t make a right and we certainly don’t need any more ad hominem attacks. The problem as I see it is, not black or white, but black and white. Communities are once again rallying around a cause that instead of uniting and equalizing the peoples of the earth is causing a greater divide. Sometimes people are their own worst enemies, as are the so-called leaders, the cognoscenti that keep others in a situation by their actions, while using aphorisms that say they are helping to advance the plight of their constituents, BULL. For years the democrat party has professed to be the champion of the black community and other people of color, HA! The only thing I can see they have done is initiate more entitlement programs that lead to dependency rather than self-sufficiency and pride in their accomplishments. It has been proven ever since the beginning of time that things accomplished through hard work and honest toil are the ones that are held in high regard, while the things that come easy, or are given, bring with them a certain amount of disdain or contempt. I seem to be getting off topic here. My point is, that sometimes as hard as we try, we cannot get our message across. In this case it is Barack’s own people that by thinking they are supporting him, are actually undermining his message by way of misguided church leaders. Perhaps they should stay on message, the message of love and religion, rather than political pandering or preaching social issues, instead of religion.
Inadvertently, the Barack Obama/ Reverend Wright debacle is changing Barack’s hopeful message of being the great uniter, to being the great divider, well not exactly. What is now happening is a bit of a backlash. There are more and more reverends and consequently black churches embracing Wright and his disgusting views. Now I think we can all agree that the reverend, in his over twenty year ministry has most likely lead many of his flock to a wonderful religious life. However the revolting statements made by the reverend seem to be shared by all too many in the black community. We all get the fact that a hundred and fifty years ago we in this country engaged in the repulsive practice of slavery, all right all ready, we get it, we must as a nation get by this, if not we will never progress beyond this point of blame. We have just got to get over this guilt of the sins of our fathers. All those other statements are so far beyond the pale that they don’t even deserve a response. Unfortunately, the comments are so egregious that one can’t help but address them. What I have to say about them is, nauseating, and leave it at that. If I get going on the reverend’s comments I would be lowering myself into the pits of disparaging attacks that are nothing more than hateful rhetoric. Things are bad enough. Two wrongs don’t make a right and we certainly don’t need any more ad hominem attacks. The problem as I see it is, not black or white, but black and white. Communities are once again rallying around a cause that instead of uniting and equalizing the peoples of the earth is causing a greater divide. Sometimes people are their own worst enemies, as are the so-called leaders, the cognoscenti that keep others in a situation by their actions, while using aphorisms that say they are helping to advance the plight of their constituents, BULL. For years the democrat party has professed to be the champion of the black community and other people of color, HA! The only thing I can see they have done is initiate more entitlement programs that lead to dependency rather than self-sufficiency and pride in their accomplishments. It has been proven ever since the beginning of time that things accomplished through hard work and honest toil are the ones that are held in high regard, while the things that come easy, or are given, bring with them a certain amount of disdain or contempt. I seem to be getting off topic here. My point is, that sometimes as hard as we try, we cannot get our message across. In this case it is Barack’s own people that by thinking they are supporting him, are actually undermining his message by way of misguided church leaders. Perhaps they should stay on message, the message of love and religion, rather than political pandering or preaching social issues, instead of religion.
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