Medicine and Enslavement

A couple of years ago the Federal government began requiring doctors and hospitals to make electronic copies of all medical records. Supposedly this was to help people bring their records with them wherever they might go. Since then we have had the federal government institute laws for "health care reform", many call this new healthcare law "Obamacare" which isn't truly accurate. Well, calling it reform isn't really accurate either. Whenever they take away something from the average person they tend to call it reform Pension reform means you get paid less when you retire.

Anyways, now that all of your health information is electronic we can do amazing things. As healthcare costs begin to fall on the federal government there will be an increasing concern over those who don't do preventative actions to stay healthy. If you choose to be obese or smoke there will no doubt be a higher charge to you for your healthcare or a reduction in the care that you get. Now here is where it gets truly invasive and your privacy goes away.

Huffington Post UK - New 'Smart' Pill With Edible Microchip Monitors Patients' Medication

According to the article they will be able to give you a pill that monitors your taking of your medicines, your sleep, your eating habits. Three years ago I stopped taking all the pills that the doctors had placed me on. I have also refused to go and see my doctors anymore. Nice enough people; but, the pills were killing me and I had enough of them.

So, what happens if you refuse to take the pill. You will probably be denied healthcare. Here is an article from "Before it is News" - The Digitization of Health Information: Why Primary Care Is At A Moneyball Moment

Think it sounds crazy. Guess what, as I was writing this I paused by Yahoo news and found this article. Yahoo News - The Atlantic - 5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Healthcare Spending

I like how the article ends talking about how the real challenge is bringing down healthcare costs. Perhaps we will all get a predesignated amount of healthcare for our lifetime and it will be up to us to save it for when we are older. We shall see.

A Video Report about Biometric India

I didn't come up with the title for the video. This is a Sky News report about the Indian government's biometrically identifying everyone in the country. The professed reason is to stop government corruption. Huh? I guess the implication is that it will be tied to all financial transactions. It should go fairly nicely along with the coming required international internet i.d.

YouTube - The Mark of The Beast in India

Did You Hear the One About Chiasso

So two Japanese guys were stopped at the Italian border with Chiasso, Switzerland. Some reports said that the two gentlemen worked for the Japanese finance ministry. In either case, they were found with $134 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds. This happened in June of 2009; but, I just now got around to writing about it.

The United States was called in to verify if they were real and there seems to be some confusing and conflicting data on the answer. Eventually the government said that they were probably fakes, probably.

Oh, the two men, we don't know who they were and they were allowed to leave. In fact, nothing has been said what became of the two. I find that a little odd. Each bond was for about $500 million. Now, who could you possibly sell them to, anyone would verify that they were good before accepting them. The total dollar amount is staggering and there is no way to use them without them being verified first.

In 2009 two Philippine nationals were stopped with $180 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds and then in 2011 in Italy, six people were caught with $20 billion in U.S. Treasury Bonds. What is interesting about the Italian case is that the people involved are being charged with receiving stolen goods. Doesn't that mean that the bonds were real?

So what are we supposed to believe? What the heck is going on. Either all the bonds are fake, in which case you have to ask why anyone would bother faking them or the bonds are real in which case, who could possibly think to move such amounts of money? While Glen Beck mentioned the Chiasso incident on his show, it failed to get any real attention in the mainstream media.

A Day Off and Things to Tag as Music

It is four in the morning and I am thinking, never a good thing. One thing I decided to do to keep my mind from wandering was tag all the posts that have music as Music. Hope you enjoy.

YouTube - The Beatles - Fixing a Hole

Some Music

YouTube - The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat

YouTube - Dido - White Flag

YouTube - Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun

YouTube - Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking

YouTube - Flash and the Pan - Hey Saint Peter

YouTube - Suzi Quatro and Chris Noran - Stumblin In

YouTube - Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

YouTube - Falco - Der Kommissar

YouTube - Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face

YouTube - David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

You know, I went across the street today to go to the store. When I got there I was told how much I was loved. Isn't that strange, isn't the fact that random young people tell me that they love me? We saw a baby and it smiled and blew me a kiss, I don't understand it. There are people that meet me and just like me and I don't understand why. I mean, I like kids and they seem to like me; but, I meet people that take an immediate liking to me and I cannot understand why. Is this normal?

YouTube - David Bowie - Putting Out Fire


YouTube - The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now

YouTube - John Parr - Naughty Naughty

YouTube - Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary

YouTube - Talk, Talk - Talk Talk


I do hope you have enjoyed the music, I woke up early and wanted to listen to some. Peace.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

I think I should let my readers know something. Things are about to get worse, they are going to get a lot worse. On Friday, the 13th by the way lol, nine European countries had their credit ratings downgraded. That may not mean much to you; but, let me put it in personal terms. Imagine that your credit rating went from 750 to 650, you would have to pay higher interest rates for anything you bought on credit, same thing here.

As Europe's currencies crash and burn, it takes ours with them. Remember where I wrote about how we had approved massive "loans" of dollars in exchange for European currencies. Remember how the Federal Reserve lent Billions and Billions to European central banks. The currencies are all knotted together.

So what happens when the currencies are no longer valued? Well, a number of years ago the Mexican peso collapsed and they came out with a new peso valued at like 100 to 1 of the prior peso. In other words, they deflated the value of their old currency and paid off their debt with their new currency. Basically it is like paying off your debt at 10% of your promise. It is a form of hyperinflation that only effects foreign debt. This might sound like a good idea; but, it is meaningless when all of the currencies are interwoven.

We are going to be poorer, that is the bottom line. The United States has been globalized. So what solution will be offered, the same one that was given to Europe, we will be taxed more and given less. In Europe they call it austerity. While I agree with much of what Ron Paul believes, I disagree with austerity as proposed. There is a foolishness in this country that confuses capitalism with democracy. They are not the same.

Democracy is where the majority make laws. Aristotle believed there were only six types of government. Government run by one person for either the benefit of others or the ruler. Then you have government run by the few for the benefit of others or themselves and finally government by the majority for the benefit of the majority or all. Aristotle believed all eventually came to benefit their own group. He believed that democracy was best because it benefited the most, it at least benefited the majority.

We don't live in a democracy, the government is being run for the benefit of a few, not for the benefit of the majority. Once we get past the type of government we have you have to consider the type of economy you have. You can have a king and still have capitalism or communism or many different isms. I would like to think that we had capitalism; but, we do not. We have a highly regulated economy. Your business is regulated in many ways including the fact that you don't have the right to do business with whoever you want. Put up a sign on your restaurant that says no blacks or gays or whatever, you will get in trouble.

The truth is that the United States has ceased being capitalistic and democratic. Once you understand that, you can begin to understand what will happen after the currencies collapse. Austerity. Austerity is where the majority get less and the laws only favor a few. We call that an oligarchy, the use of government to benefit the few ruling elite.

We don't have much to look forward to in the way of politicians. We have a series of wealthy people who openly state that they are dictatorial and don't care about people who are not rich. Then we have Ron Paul who would make the poor pay for the mistakes of the wealthy. None of the candidates actually cares about how we distribute wealth equitably. They are more concerned about "capitalism" then they are with Democracy. When a nations economic system does not benefit the majority, then you have no democracy, you have an oligarchy.

The solution, there must be a solution. There is, it is a cashless society. There was an article last week about a German woman who hasn't used cash in 16 years. You won't have cash, just debt, in the end that is all cash is, a promise to give materials or labor in exchange for the materials or labor of another. That is currency, that is the dollar, that is money.

Please read the linked article and watch the video, it is what IBM intends to benefit from in the next five years. Peace and love.

Beyond the Cashless Society: IBM’s Vision for the Future

I Have the Day Off, So Some Scattered Thoughts

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the movies by two of my friends. A married couple that I happen to think very highly of. I enjoy going out on occasion and we had a find evening. We saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie and had a nice dinner. Now here is a shocker, I have never been on a double date in my life except when I was married, not when I was just dating. When I dated it was always just the two of us.

On a side note, see scattered, my dog doesn't like it when someone gives me a neck rub. Sometimes my daughter or one of my friends will put their hands on me in affection and my dog flips out. My dog is very jealous of me. He is in fact and idiot; but, I am stuck with him and I love him I guess. LOL.

I know, where is this all leading, is there a point. Yes, thank you very much, there is a point and it resides at the top of my head. I am seriously considering dating again sometime this year. I assume I will still get to go out on occasion with my friends; but, someday I will bring someone with me perhaps. How they interact with my friends will be important, how they act with my dog will be important and the same goes for how I interact with their family and friends.

I was going back and forth in my head a lot about this dating thing. I was seriously considering not dating ever again and then I think maybe I should. I was beginning to think that maybe it isn't worth the effort, the responsibility of it all. I am not 18 anymore and I fear that I am growing set in my ways. I was talking to a friend and he told me that if I don't start pretty soon then I will probably never date again. I thought about that a lot and you know what, he is probably right. I am way too comfortable being single.

There is a very pretty lady that seems to have a thing for me and I have a thing for running away from her. That is the fear side coming out. It is not that I am afraid of getting burned again, it is more about the effort that I believe one should put into a relationship. I am not a casual person and will not be looking for a casual relationship.

If I do find someone and get in a relationship, it will no doubt impact this blog. Heck, I am working all week, preaching on Saturdays soon and I write somewhere on a daily basis. Just reading the news for me takes a few hours because of all the sources that I check. I think I might have to cut back on the reading and writing if I do find someone.

I do have a tendency to analyze things don't I? I remember this cartoon that my mother gave me. The cartoon had a picture of Sherlock Holmes examining a wrapped Christmas present and Watson says something like, "Just open the darn thing and be surprised like everyone else". Just go out there and date, find an attractive and nice woman and shack up. That just doesn't fit me.

Sometimes I think what I really want is to just retire and fade away off into the distance. Become a true hermit, just me and my dog. Walk away from society and enjoy some peace and quiet. I know my friends would be disappointed in me if I did so and I still have a trick or two up my sleeve, I still have something to offer to others and we should be in service to one another.

Pimpernel vacillates, I think one thing and then I think another. Maybe it is the cold or the exhaustion; but, I know it isn't. It is me trying to figure out what I want and I still don't know. That is not quite true, I know what I want; but, I cannot have it. I cannot be with the love of my life because she is dead. Someone once said that you can never go home. You cannot turn the clock back and get a redo. Nope, you continue moving forward and picking up baggage, belongings, possessions and scars.

What would it mean to love again? What would it mean to commit to knowing a person completely again? It sounds like a lot of work if you really want to be in a relationship.

On a completely different note, my parents spent a lot of money sending me to Law School knowing that I never intended to practice law. That was pretty amazing of them, maybe they thought I might practice; but, I made it clear that I didn't intend to. I was really more interested in how the law worked because I was interested in writing laws and I have written a couple. If it were not for my parents sacrificing to send me to college and law school, I would not have been able to do the things that I have in this life and I can no longer thank them and did not thank them enough while they were alive. You cannot go home again.

I know a very wonderful lady. She is a widow, she lost the love of her life. It was hard for her to date, men felt uncomfortable thinking they were competing with a dead person. I find myself in the same situation, the love of my life is dead. How do you give all of your heart when there is a part that is forever intertwined with another? Is it fair to the other person and do you have to tell them? "Just open the package".

Is it right to have a committed relationship if you cannot commit totally. My ex cheated on me, that is not a drawback to my having a relationship with another. The love of my life died, that is a restriction, there is a part of my heart that I can never give away, is that fair to another?

Life is so funny. I am so comfortable with nothing and still as a human, I miss companionship at times; but, I already know my soulmate and she is dead. Where do I go from here, to less? Better yet, do I discover that my soulmate was not and find one that is even more of a soulmate, how could I trust that decision?

These are questions that we all address on some level, we each answer them with our truth. There is a movie called "When Harry met Sally". I seem to remember that in the movie Billy Crystal asks Meg Ryan what she would do, choose between loving or being loved, he asks which she would choose and then tells her to think about her answer. Most would say that they want to be loved; but, that means never loving completely. I think that would be hard, I have loved completely and loved and lost. I still want to love again, I would make a terrible fascist, I prefer to love and help.

What would it take for you to love someone more than you have ever loved anyone more than? Whatever is the most you have ever loved, what would it take to love someone more, what could ever be enough? Peace.