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Our world right now is akin to a pot of water that is just about ready to boil; the surface of the water is still relatively calm, but there are obvious indications of agitation and energetic activity. When a society loses its way, the tendency is toward entropy – our population is devolving to the neanderthal behaviors of racism, overzealous jingoism and angry envy driven actions that fail reason. There are many reasons for this but my primary thoughts are that this is due to a lack of hope. Hope is generated from God and the...
read moreThe Science of Victimization
This blog post from Skip is very much on point – by looking outward to blame others we ignore/escape the real issues that lay within each of us to deal with. Life is what it is; it is brutish, hard and short. Life is NOT fair. Ask anyone with an invisible condition about fairness. Fairness shares a portion of it’s etymology with fairy, as in fairy-tale. The moment we allow the idea of fairness of OUTCOME to creep into our thoughts we are doomed to this cycle of apathy, socialism, awakening and...
read moreThe Space Between…
The Space Between… There is a story making the rounds where a certain union leader made incindiery comments towards an opponent group that can definitely be read as a call to arms for union members to ‘take ‘em out’ (whatever that means). This caused me to think (something I am lead to do more and more frequently these days) – what generates the space between those that yell and scream from those who are the receipents of those vocal and at times physical abuses? I am an individualist – rabid but not...
read moreWhat does “being involved” look like?
There’s a misnomer related to being involved with the political system- here are some ways you can show support for a candidate running for office. Give a little or a lot, but give (Sadly, until money goes away or laws eliminate political spending, part of the campaign process requires funding) Tweet, post and speak you mind in the social media Put a sign in your yard Talk you your friends and family- nothing partisan but about character and the need for honor in office Give of your time and skills – campaigns are no different...
read morePolitical Affiliation – What do you believe?
First off, if you are reading this post and have hatred in your heart for one party or another, you’re probably in the wrong place. You’ve been forewarned…. There was a quote recently by a talking head on CNN – the quote (paraphrased) was, “He’s worse than a racist; he’s a libertarian”. This person was speaking of Rand Paul, of whom I knew little about until he was propelled onto the national scene through his primary win in Kentucky. The first thought that I had was, ‘What an idiotic...
read moreBad Actors and Crying Wolf
I’m sitting in my office and looking out the window. The radio is on, there is a hummingbird hovering on the other side of the glass. I hear a story come over the radio about the tragic crash of a plane. The next is Senator Harry Reid saying “I cannot see how a Hispanic could be a Republican”. That triggered a thought that festered. I recalled a speaker I’d heard years before (Brian Tracy) who introduced the idea “You are what you think about most of the time”. That got me thinking about the...
read moreThe Wrong Prescription – repost
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/246198/wrong-prescription-andrew-stuttaford The Corner The Wrong Prescription September 10, 2010 9:59 A.M. By Andrew Stuttaford Oh dear: Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances. North Carolina’s sheriffs quite obviously have way too much time on their hands, but even if we ignore the insult to privacy concerns implicit in the sheriffs’ suggestion (not to speak of the stupidity of...
read moreVictim(?)(!)(-)(+)
“Evil requires the sanction of the victim.” – Rand What is a victim in the world of today? What does it mean? There are victims of abuse & force – rape, war, terrorism, assault. They are victims of the event; meaning they are not associated with or a party to the violence that they experience in the event. There are other ‘victims’ who are, knowingly or not, sanctioning or giving permission to the evil that they experience. There are many examples of this – self-pity, domestic violence,...
read moreWhat you think you believe…
Why are you affiliated with the religion that you elected to follow? Why are you associated with the political party/ideology you believe in? How do you choose to participate in your community and why do you choose to do so? Those questions and many more have been in my thoughts recently. Recognizing that as children our thoughts and beliefs are shaped in a manner that is rarely checked or controlled by the child (primarily as we don’t know how choice works at that age), it’s incumbent on individuals maturing in this world to...
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