I was reading the LA Times and and they published this article on the statistics regarding legalizing Marijuana in California. I don't care about the article or people's opinions on Marijuana, I loved the statistics.
According to the article 57% of voters said they had never tried marijuana. 37% said they had tried marijuana. What about the other 6%, were they unsure? Were they like Bill Clinton, they puffed but did not inhale? Nationally this would mean somewhere around 20 MILLION people don't know if they have tried marijuana.
Marijuana legalization
Monday, May 31, 2010
Idiot Contest
Michele Obama was recently at a school and a child asked her about the President wanting to deport illegal aliens. Mrs. Obama responded by saying only people without the proper papers would be deported. The little girl said that her mother didn't have any papers. The little girls mother ran out of the room and is now in hiding. The little girl was born in the United States.
The article about the girl
Lets start with the obvious. Do you really believe that every child in that class didn't get a background check along with their parents? How dumb do they think we are? The first lady doesn't go to places at random, there is an office of people dedicated to managing everyone of her public appearances. The timing is also perfect in light of the law passed in Arizona.
The argument will now be over whether or not children of illegal aliens should be given citizenship. The argument continues to be over what rights people should have. People are being led by their biases and bigotry to destroy our national rights. It is not about illegal aliens, it is about rights.
Some will argue that being born here does not entitle one to citizenship. That is a dangerous and slippery slope. How far back do you want to go, how many came here legally. The American Indian might argue that none of us is here legally.
UPDATE
So the idiots have already been posting responses to the article on Yahoo News. They have found a novel interpretation of the Constitution. The article in question says, "all persons, born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof". The writer states that this clause was meant to deny citizenship to those who held allegiance to other countries; but, were born here.
730 idiots agreed with his interpretation. I think it is the 6% that don't know if they have ever smoked marijuana. Lets start simple. It says born or naturalized. Two different things. If you are born in a country you are almost always a citizen of it. When are you not? When you are not subject to it's jurisdiction. Who is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States but are born here?
Two cases I can think of. Firstly, people born here while their parents were on vacation. This was especially true in the 1700s, vacations went on for months. Secondly, and more importantly, children of people who were part of an embassy. The question was concerned with not denying someone their own citizenship. It was answered by their parents, a parents choice if you will.
The coming argument will have to do with pledging allegiance to ONLY the United States. Personally, I am unwilling to pledge allegiance to a piece of dirt or a governmental structure. Dirt is just dirt and governmental structures change. The founding fathers pledged their fortunes and lives to each other not to the land or the government.
A country is not a place, boundaries change. It is not a form of government or financial system. It is each other. We promise our help to each other, we commit to each other.
The article about the girl
Lets start with the obvious. Do you really believe that every child in that class didn't get a background check along with their parents? How dumb do they think we are? The first lady doesn't go to places at random, there is an office of people dedicated to managing everyone of her public appearances. The timing is also perfect in light of the law passed in Arizona.
The argument will now be over whether or not children of illegal aliens should be given citizenship. The argument continues to be over what rights people should have. People are being led by their biases and bigotry to destroy our national rights. It is not about illegal aliens, it is about rights.
Some will argue that being born here does not entitle one to citizenship. That is a dangerous and slippery slope. How far back do you want to go, how many came here legally. The American Indian might argue that none of us is here legally.
UPDATE
So the idiots have already been posting responses to the article on Yahoo News. They have found a novel interpretation of the Constitution. The article in question says, "all persons, born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof". The writer states that this clause was meant to deny citizenship to those who held allegiance to other countries; but, were born here.
730 idiots agreed with his interpretation. I think it is the 6% that don't know if they have ever smoked marijuana. Lets start simple. It says born or naturalized. Two different things. If you are born in a country you are almost always a citizen of it. When are you not? When you are not subject to it's jurisdiction. Who is not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States but are born here?
Two cases I can think of. Firstly, people born here while their parents were on vacation. This was especially true in the 1700s, vacations went on for months. Secondly, and more importantly, children of people who were part of an embassy. The question was concerned with not denying someone their own citizenship. It was answered by their parents, a parents choice if you will.
The coming argument will have to do with pledging allegiance to ONLY the United States. Personally, I am unwilling to pledge allegiance to a piece of dirt or a governmental structure. Dirt is just dirt and governmental structures change. The founding fathers pledged their fortunes and lives to each other not to the land or the government.
A country is not a place, boundaries change. It is not a form of government or financial system. It is each other. We promise our help to each other, we commit to each other.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
News of the Day
The New York City Science Fest is a gathering of scientists to discuss, well, science. One of the major topics this year is "Are we holograms". Yes, science has gone so far as to become spiritual and ask about consciousness. While I applaud their investigation, science can never answer the question of consciousness, it cannot be measured or replicated. LOL. It is and always will be the elephant that science and logic and all the garbage can never explain.
Science asks if we are Holograms
Lets talk about Near Death Experiences and Scientists
From India, NDE caused by electric surges in the brain. The article claims this is the first time someone had a physical reason for NDEs. Not so, read the other articles.
NDEs have been blamed on Carbon Dioxide, oxygen deprivation, hallucinations and whatever you can imagine. The scientists can no more explain death than they can consciousness. Neither fits with science, it goes beyond mechanical. My answer to the scientists is simple, if you can, duplicate it. LOL. Don't give me a scientific answer that you cannot duplicate or accept other beliefs that cannot be duplicated, hypocrites.
I will simplify my answer. How can science explain any conscious experience if it cannot explain self awareness? It cannot. We are taught by science how meaningless we are and how important nature and the universe are. We are merely coincidental to the universe, that is sciences answer. How can it therefore explain the importance of being, it cannot.
The meaning of the show Lost
Science asks if we are Holograms
Lets talk about Near Death Experiences and Scientists
From India, NDE caused by electric surges in the brain. The article claims this is the first time someone had a physical reason for NDEs. Not so, read the other articles.
NDEs have been blamed on Carbon Dioxide, oxygen deprivation, hallucinations and whatever you can imagine. The scientists can no more explain death than they can consciousness. Neither fits with science, it goes beyond mechanical. My answer to the scientists is simple, if you can, duplicate it. LOL. Don't give me a scientific answer that you cannot duplicate or accept other beliefs that cannot be duplicated, hypocrites.
I will simplify my answer. How can science explain any conscious experience if it cannot explain self awareness? It cannot. We are taught by science how meaningless we are and how important nature and the universe are. We are merely coincidental to the universe, that is sciences answer. How can it therefore explain the importance of being, it cannot.
The meaning of the show Lost
In Honor of one of my Teachers
There has been a big fuss recently regarding a cross in the middle of the Mojave desert. To see it you would have to drive quite a distance from any city. The cross was erected to honor some WWII soldiers that died. The complaint, by a few, is that the cross is on government and therefore violates the separation of church and state.
I will begin by pointing out that I am a Christian. Now you know my bias. Alas, I do not include my bias in my understanding of the constitution. One of my professors was a true gentleman named Robert L. Cord. He was a great scholar of the constitution and wrote on it's meaning. He took the position that the constitution and the founding fathers did not prevent any spiritual beliefs. Oh, he was not religious and did not believe in God. In fact, I cannot say for sure if he was an atheist although we discussed such things. He was honest in his intellect.
I can say that I learned much from him and truly enjoyed his company. What he taught me helped me later to graduate Law School and receive the American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law. I miss him and his teachings. I wish to honor him by showing that I heard and passing his simple teachings on.
In regards to the cross on government property. Ladies and gentlemen, many a fine person is buried in government property. Should they be denied a cross above their final resting place? I think not. The founding fathers placed many a cross on government property to fallen soldiers, should they be removed? That is what Mr. Cord would ask.
Mr. Cord and I disagreed on prayer in school. He accurately proved that the constitution would allow it, he was not a Christian. I, as a Christian, stated that I did not want it in school because I did not want non-Christians teaching Christianity to my children nor did I want non-Christians to teach any religion to my children, I don't want the government teaching spiritual beliefs to anyone.
I am posting an article where Professor Cord completely destroys the arguments of a professor taking the opposing side. On occasion, I reflect upon the people who taught me to look at things in new ways. I was very blessed in my life to have such fine friends and teachers.
I am reminded on one day when Professor Cord invited myself and a couple of other students to his apartment to discuss the law. I was an undergraduate and very brash, I had opinions and argued them. Professor Cord sat us down and gave us some 25 year old scotch. It was too strong for me; but, what an honor to sit with the man in his home and discuss the law.
Sometimes I teach people. Usually in a work setting, Professor Cord thought I should become a teacher; but, stubborn me, I wanted to be a practitioner. Perhaps someday I will teach, we shall see. Whereas Professor Cord was more in agreement with Plato and Socrates, I am with Aristotle and Rousseau, I do not trust government or right thinkers.
I doubt anyone will bother reading the link; however, I want to put it there. I want to put it there in remembrance of someone who told the truth rather than justifying his beliefs. My hat is off to you Professor Cord. Thank you for your integrity.
Church and State
I will begin by pointing out that I am a Christian. Now you know my bias. Alas, I do not include my bias in my understanding of the constitution. One of my professors was a true gentleman named Robert L. Cord. He was a great scholar of the constitution and wrote on it's meaning. He took the position that the constitution and the founding fathers did not prevent any spiritual beliefs. Oh, he was not religious and did not believe in God. In fact, I cannot say for sure if he was an atheist although we discussed such things. He was honest in his intellect.
I can say that I learned much from him and truly enjoyed his company. What he taught me helped me later to graduate Law School and receive the American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law. I miss him and his teachings. I wish to honor him by showing that I heard and passing his simple teachings on.
In regards to the cross on government property. Ladies and gentlemen, many a fine person is buried in government property. Should they be denied a cross above their final resting place? I think not. The founding fathers placed many a cross on government property to fallen soldiers, should they be removed? That is what Mr. Cord would ask.
Mr. Cord and I disagreed on prayer in school. He accurately proved that the constitution would allow it, he was not a Christian. I, as a Christian, stated that I did not want it in school because I did not want non-Christians teaching Christianity to my children nor did I want non-Christians to teach any religion to my children, I don't want the government teaching spiritual beliefs to anyone.
I am posting an article where Professor Cord completely destroys the arguments of a professor taking the opposing side. On occasion, I reflect upon the people who taught me to look at things in new ways. I was very blessed in my life to have such fine friends and teachers.
I am reminded on one day when Professor Cord invited myself and a couple of other students to his apartment to discuss the law. I was an undergraduate and very brash, I had opinions and argued them. Professor Cord sat us down and gave us some 25 year old scotch. It was too strong for me; but, what an honor to sit with the man in his home and discuss the law.
Sometimes I teach people. Usually in a work setting, Professor Cord thought I should become a teacher; but, stubborn me, I wanted to be a practitioner. Perhaps someday I will teach, we shall see. Whereas Professor Cord was more in agreement with Plato and Socrates, I am with Aristotle and Rousseau, I do not trust government or right thinkers.
I doubt anyone will bother reading the link; however, I want to put it there. I want to put it there in remembrance of someone who told the truth rather than justifying his beliefs. My hat is off to you Professor Cord. Thank you for your integrity.
Church and State
Saturday, May 29, 2010
My post on citizenship
My post drew some comments so I will add a little to the discussion. The issue of losing citizenship has nothing to do with illegal aliens, they are not citizens and cannot lose it. My concern is over having different rankings of citizens in our country. Earning additional rights.
What is being proposed by some is that you do not attain full citizenship unless you commit to some type of national service, be it military or to the community. I work for the government so I am not against national service, I am for choice. What I question is which rights will be limited to "partial" citizens. This is the heart of the matter and the threat to our liberties.
The political discussion by Lieberman, Clinton, Obama... starts with a conversation about illegal aliens, it then turns to the question of terrorists, finally it turns to the issue of what we have to do to earn citizenship. They attempt to link issues to citizenship that do not apply.
Illegals are not citizens. Foreign terrorists who obtain citizenship could always lose it, these laws will not change that. People born in this country are citizens as of right. That is the right to live somewhere. Yet, we are not free to go to other countries, our own country can refuse to let us leave. We are not free, if we are not free than we must be allowed rights or no social contract can exist with our government and it loses any right of legitimacy.
What is being proposed by some is that you do not attain full citizenship unless you commit to some type of national service, be it military or to the community. I work for the government so I am not against national service, I am for choice. What I question is which rights will be limited to "partial" citizens. This is the heart of the matter and the threat to our liberties.
The political discussion by Lieberman, Clinton, Obama... starts with a conversation about illegal aliens, it then turns to the question of terrorists, finally it turns to the issue of what we have to do to earn citizenship. They attempt to link issues to citizenship that do not apply.
Illegals are not citizens. Foreign terrorists who obtain citizenship could always lose it, these laws will not change that. People born in this country are citizens as of right. That is the right to live somewhere. Yet, we are not free to go to other countries, our own country can refuse to let us leave. We are not free, if we are not free than we must be allowed rights or no social contract can exist with our government and it loses any right of legitimacy.
Oprah, Magic and the "Law of Attraction"
I was drinking my coffee and came across this article on Oprah's website.
Dream Boards
Oprah was a big proponent of a belief set called "The Law of Attraction"
If one reads the Rosicrucian literature, or the Masonic or even the Satanist literature you will discover that it is the same type of "magic" except the spiritual aspects are played down. It is the magic of the Kabuki Dance. You do the dance/ritual and if things work out as you want, you attribute it to the dance. If things do not go as you wanted, you continue the dance.
I was a magician when I was younger. Not a mystical one, for entertainment. I did tricks, not "magic". I learned that the trick was all about misdirection. Magicians have long sought to disprove attempts by some to prove that they could do real magic. It is because we know, it is just a trick.
The famous Satanist, Anton LaVey, was in a documentary. In the documentary he spoke about how he had worked in carnivals and would talk to the psychics that were part of the carnival. He stated that they were people who were better at reading body language and intent, he saw no psychic powers. Perhaps that is where we should start.
If you read your horoscope, which I do not, it may say that you will someone new. If you believe in it, you will look for that opportunity and are therefore more likely to find it. The horoscope did nothing. Ignoring the "spirituality" of the thing, the problem with the law of attraction is that it focuses one on the cookies of this world rather than morals, growth or even improving ones practical skills.
There is a "christian" version of this (even though it is clearly non-Christian), it is the "Name it and claim it" movement. The belief that we are here to get cookies and that if we have enough faith in the cookies we will get them.
In Haiti there are many proponents of voodoo, it follows the same format as "the law of attraction" and it didn't prevent the earthquake. We so want shortcuts that we give up our free will to the cookies. There is no "Secret" and the world is not all about you or me, it about all of us.
Dream Boards
Oprah was a big proponent of a belief set called "The Law of Attraction"
If one reads the Rosicrucian literature, or the Masonic or even the Satanist literature you will discover that it is the same type of "magic" except the spiritual aspects are played down. It is the magic of the Kabuki Dance. You do the dance/ritual and if things work out as you want, you attribute it to the dance. If things do not go as you wanted, you continue the dance.
I was a magician when I was younger. Not a mystical one, for entertainment. I did tricks, not "magic". I learned that the trick was all about misdirection. Magicians have long sought to disprove attempts by some to prove that they could do real magic. It is because we know, it is just a trick.
The famous Satanist, Anton LaVey, was in a documentary. In the documentary he spoke about how he had worked in carnivals and would talk to the psychics that were part of the carnival. He stated that they were people who were better at reading body language and intent, he saw no psychic powers. Perhaps that is where we should start.
If you read your horoscope, which I do not, it may say that you will someone new. If you believe in it, you will look for that opportunity and are therefore more likely to find it. The horoscope did nothing. Ignoring the "spirituality" of the thing, the problem with the law of attraction is that it focuses one on the cookies of this world rather than morals, growth or even improving ones practical skills.
There is a "christian" version of this (even though it is clearly non-Christian), it is the "Name it and claim it" movement. The belief that we are here to get cookies and that if we have enough faith in the cookies we will get them.
In Haiti there are many proponents of voodoo, it follows the same format as "the law of attraction" and it didn't prevent the earthquake. We so want shortcuts that we give up our free will to the cookies. There is no "Secret" and the world is not all about you or me, it about all of us.
Creativity and Insanity
The BBC, the Queen's television, is reporting that creativity is akin to insanity. How convenient. I guess they are saying that if you are not a sheep than you are insane. Again, that is a good position for government to take.
If you are not one of the sheep that agree with what you are told then you need to be watched because you may be crazy. It is science. Don't you trust science and scientists, they are immune from bias or being bribed by the cookies of this world. If we determine you are a scientist, we must agree with you without question or we may be crazy.
Crazy or sheeple
Do not misunderstand, science does have value when truthful and not biased by personal gain. Question everything; but, do not refuse to take a stand or come to a conclusion. That is gutless and based on a want to have options as opposed to take a stand based on what you believe. Jesus said that some were neither hot nor cold so he would spit them out. Do not be gutless and driven by the wind, the cookies, be yourself and commit. Expect your choices to be met with consequences.
If you are not one of the sheep that agree with what you are told then you need to be watched because you may be crazy. It is science. Don't you trust science and scientists, they are immune from bias or being bribed by the cookies of this world. If we determine you are a scientist, we must agree with you without question or we may be crazy.
Crazy or sheeple
Do not misunderstand, science does have value when truthful and not biased by personal gain. Question everything; but, do not refuse to take a stand or come to a conclusion. That is gutless and based on a want to have options as opposed to take a stand based on what you believe. Jesus said that some were neither hot nor cold so he would spit them out. Do not be gutless and driven by the wind, the cookies, be yourself and commit. Expect your choices to be met with consequences.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Citizenship
I was watching some videos and came across one by Manly P. Hall. Mr. Hall was a very famous Masonic writer and Mason. Mr. Hall believed in one world government and that citizenship should be earned. What is interesting to me is that this is the same doctrine being promoted by Obama and Clinton (Republicans believe it also).
Manly P. Hall on citizenship
Lieberman - Citizenship a privilege not a right
Rahm Emanuel - Citizenship a privilege and it's requirements for universal service
Clinton - Citizenship is a privilege
My question is rather simple. If I am born in a country and am not a citizen, what am I? In Rome, you had citizens, slaves and aliens. What is a non-alien resident of a country? I guess they are slaves. At a minimum they are less of a person under the law. We did not treat blacks as citizens in the 1700s and 1800s, I thought we got past that.
If we follow the teaching of Bill Clinton, we are world citizens of the world. Apparently that designation gives us certain basic rights, any additional ones must be earned in the country you live in. This pressures one to accept the laws of some country. When that happens we cease having any rights as citizens. Coercion is not acceptance, it is slavery.
Should I be required to accept rules in order to obtain the basic rights that all people should have? The great political philosophers that founded this nation and the beliefs that it is under said that we all had a right to basic rights. The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the right to believe in whatever God we chose, the right to express our beliefs, the right to associate with each other, the right to be treated fairly. These rights exist beyond citizenship.
People are outraged over "illegal immigrants', throw them out; but, as long as they are here treat them with the basic dignity we all deserve. Will we say that only citizens have a right to happiness, life, freedom of expression? Will we deny such rights to legal visitors? If we are citizens of the world, how can we deny these rights to anyone?
It is almost comical to hear Clinton, Emanuel and Lieberman argue for different rights for different people. This is not what they said in regards to South Africa. Many, if not most, of the blacks, Indians and other poor in South Africa were foreign workers, they were not treated as citizens, they were denied the right to vote and treated as foreign workers.
One of the most famous South African foreign workers was a young lawyer named Gandhi. You may have heard of him. The three miscreants calling for citizenship to be a privilege felt differently about it when they were talking about South Africa. Clinton and the others called for South Africa to extend citizenship to all living in the country, including the right to vote.
I am not calling for giving illegal aliens the right to vote or sit on juries. I am saying that the right to live and be treated fairly exists from God and is not a privilege. Fair treatment for an "illegal alien" or a "terrorist" is to be given a fair trial and, if guilty, to be removed from the country or incarcerated. The right to a trial, to be heard is fundamental. The right to be presumed innocent is the most fundamental legal right, it protects all of us from unjust governments.
People over fixate on the term "illegal" when it applies to others and not enough when it applies to them. If you cheat on your taxes then you opinion on "illegal" is a lie, it is limited to what you can get away with. If I jaywalk should I be denied my citizenship? Yet, what I have done is "illegal". Do I deserve the chance to go to court?
Many years ago, a very well renowned attorney and friend of the family, took me to dinner. I was in law school at the time. I asked him how he felt about representing guilty people. He said it was not for him to determine guilt, that was for the court and the court could not do so if they did not hear both sides. That is understanding and that is correct.
In France, during the French Revolution, the mere accusation of anti-revolution sentiments could get one guillotined. It is estimated that as many as 40,000 people were murdered with no trial. Is that the type of legal system we wish to imitate?
If citizenship means that I agree with all the laws of any nation, then I am citizen of none. If I must agree with all the laws of any nation then where is the right of the people to decide, where is change, where is growth? I am not part of any organization, I still agree with Groucho Marx, "I would not join any organization that would allow someone like me to be a member".
I am a child of God, as we all are. From him all rights are given, man is merely a dictator who attempts to usurp God given rights for his own ill gain. Our rights are not given by governments, they are part of a larger social contract. If I have no choice in the agreement then there is no agreement. Still, I am entitled to live on this earth, I do not need the permission of any government. They may have the power; but, never the right.
If I were a Mexican living in the dump outside of Mexico city, I would leave and try to come to America, wouldn't you? You may say that they should apply for citizenship and remain in the dump because citizenship is only given to a few who are well educated. Should the person in the dump therefore give up and die in the dump? Would you?
I am not calling for giving everyone citizenship, I am asking how great the crime of trying to find a decent life is. Do you really wish to compare them to murderers and rapists? "Illegal Aliens" are not coming, for the most part, to steal from us, they are coming to eek out a living and are willing to do anything to get away from the oppression and hopelessness that exists in their countries. That is the truth.
If any of you are really concerned about illegal immigration, you will return to your countries. I doubt the American Indian will complain, the people that rule this country are of the same ethnic stock that stole it from the Indians or were brought here against there will by the people that stole this country.
Just in case you are African America, don't think your people were any kinder to the American Indians, look up Buffalo Soldiers. Once freed, the blacks were more than willing to take from the American Indians. Nobody is guilt free. By the way, I am pretty sure that the American Indians were not responsible for kidnapping and enslaving blacks. Yet, it was there land that was supposed to be the twenty acres and freed slaves were willing to ask for their land, no better than whites.
Let me be clear. I am Irish, I am amazed this country ever allowed my great grandparents in. One of them was in the Irish Republican Army and killed an English soldier in Ireland in order to put Ireland in the hands of the Irish. I am pretty sure he did not mention it when he arrived in this country. I very much doubt he would be allowed in today. He would be a foreign terrorist.
How we got here is not really the issue, what we do while here is. If citizenship required military service, the willingness to kill others, would you take it? I would not. While I do appreciate those who willingly go into military service (like all my family) in the belief that they are doing what is right, I cannot require it of those who believe it is evil. I support the Muslim, Mohammad Ali, in his refusal to kill others for profit.
Citizenship, its very concept, is not a privilege, it is an abomination. It is coercion, it is the idea that you have no rights if you do not agree with the government. Rights exist even when there is no government, whether or not they are followed is the question. Frequently they are not. A government that does not protect these rights is not a government, it is control by power. It is sin.
Manly P. Hall on citizenship
Lieberman - Citizenship a privilege not a right
Rahm Emanuel - Citizenship a privilege and it's requirements for universal service
Clinton - Citizenship is a privilege
My question is rather simple. If I am born in a country and am not a citizen, what am I? In Rome, you had citizens, slaves and aliens. What is a non-alien resident of a country? I guess they are slaves. At a minimum they are less of a person under the law. We did not treat blacks as citizens in the 1700s and 1800s, I thought we got past that.
If we follow the teaching of Bill Clinton, we are world citizens of the world. Apparently that designation gives us certain basic rights, any additional ones must be earned in the country you live in. This pressures one to accept the laws of some country. When that happens we cease having any rights as citizens. Coercion is not acceptance, it is slavery.
Should I be required to accept rules in order to obtain the basic rights that all people should have? The great political philosophers that founded this nation and the beliefs that it is under said that we all had a right to basic rights. The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the right to believe in whatever God we chose, the right to express our beliefs, the right to associate with each other, the right to be treated fairly. These rights exist beyond citizenship.
People are outraged over "illegal immigrants', throw them out; but, as long as they are here treat them with the basic dignity we all deserve. Will we say that only citizens have a right to happiness, life, freedom of expression? Will we deny such rights to legal visitors? If we are citizens of the world, how can we deny these rights to anyone?
It is almost comical to hear Clinton, Emanuel and Lieberman argue for different rights for different people. This is not what they said in regards to South Africa. Many, if not most, of the blacks, Indians and other poor in South Africa were foreign workers, they were not treated as citizens, they were denied the right to vote and treated as foreign workers.
One of the most famous South African foreign workers was a young lawyer named Gandhi. You may have heard of him. The three miscreants calling for citizenship to be a privilege felt differently about it when they were talking about South Africa. Clinton and the others called for South Africa to extend citizenship to all living in the country, including the right to vote.
I am not calling for giving illegal aliens the right to vote or sit on juries. I am saying that the right to live and be treated fairly exists from God and is not a privilege. Fair treatment for an "illegal alien" or a "terrorist" is to be given a fair trial and, if guilty, to be removed from the country or incarcerated. The right to a trial, to be heard is fundamental. The right to be presumed innocent is the most fundamental legal right, it protects all of us from unjust governments.
People over fixate on the term "illegal" when it applies to others and not enough when it applies to them. If you cheat on your taxes then you opinion on "illegal" is a lie, it is limited to what you can get away with. If I jaywalk should I be denied my citizenship? Yet, what I have done is "illegal". Do I deserve the chance to go to court?
Many years ago, a very well renowned attorney and friend of the family, took me to dinner. I was in law school at the time. I asked him how he felt about representing guilty people. He said it was not for him to determine guilt, that was for the court and the court could not do so if they did not hear both sides. That is understanding and that is correct.
In France, during the French Revolution, the mere accusation of anti-revolution sentiments could get one guillotined. It is estimated that as many as 40,000 people were murdered with no trial. Is that the type of legal system we wish to imitate?
If citizenship means that I agree with all the laws of any nation, then I am citizen of none. If I must agree with all the laws of any nation then where is the right of the people to decide, where is change, where is growth? I am not part of any organization, I still agree with Groucho Marx, "I would not join any organization that would allow someone like me to be a member".
I am a child of God, as we all are. From him all rights are given, man is merely a dictator who attempts to usurp God given rights for his own ill gain. Our rights are not given by governments, they are part of a larger social contract. If I have no choice in the agreement then there is no agreement. Still, I am entitled to live on this earth, I do not need the permission of any government. They may have the power; but, never the right.
If I were a Mexican living in the dump outside of Mexico city, I would leave and try to come to America, wouldn't you? You may say that they should apply for citizenship and remain in the dump because citizenship is only given to a few who are well educated. Should the person in the dump therefore give up and die in the dump? Would you?
I am not calling for giving everyone citizenship, I am asking how great the crime of trying to find a decent life is. Do you really wish to compare them to murderers and rapists? "Illegal Aliens" are not coming, for the most part, to steal from us, they are coming to eek out a living and are willing to do anything to get away from the oppression and hopelessness that exists in their countries. That is the truth.
If any of you are really concerned about illegal immigration, you will return to your countries. I doubt the American Indian will complain, the people that rule this country are of the same ethnic stock that stole it from the Indians or were brought here against there will by the people that stole this country.
Just in case you are African America, don't think your people were any kinder to the American Indians, look up Buffalo Soldiers. Once freed, the blacks were more than willing to take from the American Indians. Nobody is guilt free. By the way, I am pretty sure that the American Indians were not responsible for kidnapping and enslaving blacks. Yet, it was there land that was supposed to be the twenty acres and freed slaves were willing to ask for their land, no better than whites.
Let me be clear. I am Irish, I am amazed this country ever allowed my great grandparents in. One of them was in the Irish Republican Army and killed an English soldier in Ireland in order to put Ireland in the hands of the Irish. I am pretty sure he did not mention it when he arrived in this country. I very much doubt he would be allowed in today. He would be a foreign terrorist.
How we got here is not really the issue, what we do while here is. If citizenship required military service, the willingness to kill others, would you take it? I would not. While I do appreciate those who willingly go into military service (like all my family) in the belief that they are doing what is right, I cannot require it of those who believe it is evil. I support the Muslim, Mohammad Ali, in his refusal to kill others for profit.
Citizenship, its very concept, is not a privilege, it is an abomination. It is coercion, it is the idea that you have no rights if you do not agree with the government. Rights exist even when there is no government, whether or not they are followed is the question. Frequently they are not. A government that does not protect these rights is not a government, it is control by power. It is sin.
The Masonic Writings
Thought I would include this link to online resources for anyone interested in Freemasonry.
The Books of the Freemasons
I did not post any of these books nor am I a Mason. I do not comment on the purpose of this persons posting them, if he is a Mason, and he appears to be, he might question if he is following the dogma of his organization. In either case, if they post it, I will read it.
The Books of Satanist Aleister Crowley
Just for the heck of it, here is a link to the on-line books of Crowley. If anyone bothers reading them and the Masonic books and the Rosicrucian stuff, you will discover that the story is the same in all of them. That my friends is the Eastern Mystery schools.
The Books of the Freemasons
I did not post any of these books nor am I a Mason. I do not comment on the purpose of this persons posting them, if he is a Mason, and he appears to be, he might question if he is following the dogma of his organization. In either case, if they post it, I will read it.
The Books of Satanist Aleister Crowley
Just for the heck of it, here is a link to the on-line books of Crowley. If anyone bothers reading them and the Masonic books and the Rosicrucian stuff, you will discover that the story is the same in all of them. That my friends is the Eastern Mystery schools.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Let them know it is bs
Okay, so here is what I want to say.
Some guy tried to blow up a plane with his underwear. That is the excuse that the government uses for having people pass through full body scans. A full body scan uses x-rays to show TSA employees you naked body. The pictures are kept forever. The day after the underwear bomber was caught, it turned out thousands of these scanners had already been built and were immediately bought and distributed. How fortunate for our safety from underwear bombers.
The next time you are traveling, pull your pants down or for you ladies, pull your dresses up. I bet you get in trouble. It is obscene to pull down your pants or your dress up except in front of government employees, that is okay. Hey wait, I work for the government, ladies, show me your breasts so I can be sure that you do not have C2 in your implants. Thank you.
Some guy tried to blow up a plane with his underwear. That is the excuse that the government uses for having people pass through full body scans. A full body scan uses x-rays to show TSA employees you naked body. The pictures are kept forever. The day after the underwear bomber was caught, it turned out thousands of these scanners had already been built and were immediately bought and distributed. How fortunate for our safety from underwear bombers.
The next time you are traveling, pull your pants down or for you ladies, pull your dresses up. I bet you get in trouble. It is obscene to pull down your pants or your dress up except in front of government employees, that is okay. Hey wait, I work for the government, ladies, show me your breasts so I can be sure that you do not have C2 in your implants. Thank you.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Pensions and DWP
It was announced that Eric Holoman, has been appointed to the Board of the Department of Water and Power. Mr. Holoman is experienced with management as he is president of Magic Johnson Enterprises. A businessman in a government position in order to fix things.
You know, I think I read about Mr. Holoman before. Yes, I am sure of it. Mr. Holoman resigned from the City pension board. That was right after ethics restrictions were put on board members. It required them to give their financials and disclose any work they did as placement agents. I guess the board of DWP has no such requirements. How odd.
You might enjoy this blog by someone else regarding Mr. Holoman.
You know, I think I read about Mr. Holoman before. Yes, I am sure of it. Mr. Holoman resigned from the City pension board. That was right after ethics restrictions were put on board members. It required them to give their financials and disclose any work they did as placement agents. I guess the board of DWP has no such requirements. How odd.
You might enjoy this blog by someone else regarding Mr. Holoman.
Towel Day
Douglas Adams was the author of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". If you have not read the books than this post will make absolutely little if any sense. From Mr. Adams we learn that the secret to the answer of life, the universe and everything is ... 42. We also learn that the most important thing is to "Not Panic". Finally, he also taught us that don't go anywhere without your towel.
Well, today is "Towel Day" in honor of Mr. Adams and the great wisdom he has shown the world. His writings were a pleasure to me over the years and to millions of others.
Towel Day
Well, today is "Towel Day" in honor of Mr. Adams and the great wisdom he has shown the world. His writings were a pleasure to me over the years and to millions of others.
Towel Day
Monday, May 24, 2010
Quick Post Regarding Water
I will discuss this at a later time; but, wanted to post it before I lost track of it. There is currently an international issue regarding water in Africa. Keep an eye on any article regarding water and how it is to be controlled. Water is the source of life and our food supply.
Africa and Water Co-operation
Africa and Water Co-operation
Purpose of last few blogs
Once upon a time in a blog far, far away. This blog began with simple, small steps. It began with a discussion of awareness of sentience. I was asking the question of what are we and what does this all mean. At 50 I still ask myself that question.
We ask ourselves what the meaning of life is. It is as simple as "what is our purpose" and as ridiculous as "is it okay to have sex on the first date". The difference between what we are and we want. The final question is always, "What is an acceptable way to make it through this life".
In the beginning I delved into questions of existence and what conclusions I drew. After that, I destroyed the blog. The next step was to look a bit closer at the world around us and question certain "truths" we are told. This third iteration of the blog has focused on the impact or the mistakes our society has made, corruption and spirituality.
In regards to spirituality, I have chosen to look at the beliefs of secret societies. We all know in general what the common religions believe, few understand what other belief sets are out there. We have a tendency to focus on what we believe and ignore the spiritual beliefs of others. I think we need to understand other religions on a deeper level.
In the course of my life I was always interested in the hidden belief sets. Because many of these groups do not tell what their beliefs are, we cannot truly engage them in meaningful conversation. For anyone else interested in such things, I intend to find and link to copies of secret societies own documents. As we move towards a world with people seeking conformity of religion, I seek to know how they differ and why.
My posts are not meant to provide answers usually, they are not meant to condemn belief sets, merely to examine them. I watched a video recently, it was made someone who claimed that the "Illuminati" exist and that they are good because we cannot be trusted to maintain ourselves, basically that we are animals unless forced to be better. We might disagree with him; but, it is his belief set and he bases it on things he has observed.
I am interested in what is the best way for us all to have relationship. The answer depends on what you believe about one another, what you expect from one another and what you are willing to deal with and adjust to. This is sort of dodging around the point.
Where I intend to go next is to look at what we will be living in, the type of world we can expect considering the changes going on around us. If you are unclear on what you are, what it means, what belief sets are available and their rationality, how can you possibly determine what the coming changes will challenge you on.
If I were tell you that in the future your energy and utility use would be monitored minute by minute, that everything you watched or read or wrote became part of a computer profile and that movement from place to place would be inconvenient and less frequent, that you would work from home using a computer and not go into the office - what would it mean to your beliefs? Would you even look at it in terms of who you are?
Not long ago, Jackie Chan, the actor said that the Chinese people needed a strong government to make them do what was best for themselves. Is that true for us? When we spend all day chasing cookies and living for cookies, we become the cookie. We become what we want, our heart is where our treasure is. This is simply a fact. If we seek comfort then we become lazy and soft. If we seek pleasure we become merely experience. What we seek molds who we become. What we do to obtain what we seek defines the type of person we are.
We each must decide what we are and what we wish to become. A Satanist would tell you that their law is "Do as thou wilt". They believe that we live are spiritual beings living in a material world and that this world should be an expression of our will. They believe that we can become supreme beings if we work on it hard enough. They believe that those who make no effort deserve to be used by those who will.
What will these belief sets do as our world is forever changed by the emerging technologies? Many people are talking about micro-chipping people, some say it is the Mark of the Beast. I am not convinced; however, what does it mean to live in a world where everything can be tracked and located? When you go to the store and your discount card records every purchase, you leave a fingerprint of who you are.
Of particular interest is the issue of privacy. What does it mean to live in a world without privacy? How will that impact the coming generations thoughts? We are already seeing some of it. 15 year old girls posting provocative pictures on the web, people discussing their drug deals on line. What does it mean and where is it going?
We live in a world where everyone talks about what they are entitled to and does not believe there is any requirement to repay such debt. The debt is left for others, the ones who cared for us or gave us their products. Our youth are cripples because of indulgence and technology. They rely on what is unreliable. They stand for nothing except comfort. This is dangerous territory for a republic.
How many hours a day do you spend reading or thinking and how many hours a day to you spend with entertainment? We get up to the radio, listen to music in our car, read the internet at work, listen to the music in our car, watch television or go on the net or play video games and go to sleep. We are being programmed with others thoughts most of our waking day. We need to practice thinking and silence or others will do our thinking for us and we wont even know it.
Be well.
We ask ourselves what the meaning of life is. It is as simple as "what is our purpose" and as ridiculous as "is it okay to have sex on the first date". The difference between what we are and we want. The final question is always, "What is an acceptable way to make it through this life".
In the beginning I delved into questions of existence and what conclusions I drew. After that, I destroyed the blog. The next step was to look a bit closer at the world around us and question certain "truths" we are told. This third iteration of the blog has focused on the impact or the mistakes our society has made, corruption and spirituality.
In regards to spirituality, I have chosen to look at the beliefs of secret societies. We all know in general what the common religions believe, few understand what other belief sets are out there. We have a tendency to focus on what we believe and ignore the spiritual beliefs of others. I think we need to understand other religions on a deeper level.
In the course of my life I was always interested in the hidden belief sets. Because many of these groups do not tell what their beliefs are, we cannot truly engage them in meaningful conversation. For anyone else interested in such things, I intend to find and link to copies of secret societies own documents. As we move towards a world with people seeking conformity of religion, I seek to know how they differ and why.
My posts are not meant to provide answers usually, they are not meant to condemn belief sets, merely to examine them. I watched a video recently, it was made someone who claimed that the "Illuminati" exist and that they are good because we cannot be trusted to maintain ourselves, basically that we are animals unless forced to be better. We might disagree with him; but, it is his belief set and he bases it on things he has observed.
I am interested in what is the best way for us all to have relationship. The answer depends on what you believe about one another, what you expect from one another and what you are willing to deal with and adjust to. This is sort of dodging around the point.
Where I intend to go next is to look at what we will be living in, the type of world we can expect considering the changes going on around us. If you are unclear on what you are, what it means, what belief sets are available and their rationality, how can you possibly determine what the coming changes will challenge you on.
If I were tell you that in the future your energy and utility use would be monitored minute by minute, that everything you watched or read or wrote became part of a computer profile and that movement from place to place would be inconvenient and less frequent, that you would work from home using a computer and not go into the office - what would it mean to your beliefs? Would you even look at it in terms of who you are?
Not long ago, Jackie Chan, the actor said that the Chinese people needed a strong government to make them do what was best for themselves. Is that true for us? When we spend all day chasing cookies and living for cookies, we become the cookie. We become what we want, our heart is where our treasure is. This is simply a fact. If we seek comfort then we become lazy and soft. If we seek pleasure we become merely experience. What we seek molds who we become. What we do to obtain what we seek defines the type of person we are.
We each must decide what we are and what we wish to become. A Satanist would tell you that their law is "Do as thou wilt". They believe that we live are spiritual beings living in a material world and that this world should be an expression of our will. They believe that we can become supreme beings if we work on it hard enough. They believe that those who make no effort deserve to be used by those who will.
What will these belief sets do as our world is forever changed by the emerging technologies? Many people are talking about micro-chipping people, some say it is the Mark of the Beast. I am not convinced; however, what does it mean to live in a world where everything can be tracked and located? When you go to the store and your discount card records every purchase, you leave a fingerprint of who you are.
Of particular interest is the issue of privacy. What does it mean to live in a world without privacy? How will that impact the coming generations thoughts? We are already seeing some of it. 15 year old girls posting provocative pictures on the web, people discussing their drug deals on line. What does it mean and where is it going?
We live in a world where everyone talks about what they are entitled to and does not believe there is any requirement to repay such debt. The debt is left for others, the ones who cared for us or gave us their products. Our youth are cripples because of indulgence and technology. They rely on what is unreliable. They stand for nothing except comfort. This is dangerous territory for a republic.
How many hours a day do you spend reading or thinking and how many hours a day to you spend with entertainment? We get up to the radio, listen to music in our car, read the internet at work, listen to the music in our car, watch television or go on the net or play video games and go to sleep. We are being programmed with others thoughts most of our waking day. We need to practice thinking and silence or others will do our thinking for us and we wont even know it.
Be well.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Quick post on GPS
This article in the LA Times talks about the $8 billion upgrade that is being given to GPS. What is really interesting is that the article states that GPS worldwide relies on the satellites that America put up. Worldwide.
GPS Worldwide
I never knew we were responsible for the worlds GPS. That makes absolutely no sense. Why would we allow private people to use our GPS military system and not charge them? I don't get it. Well, maybe I do. Heck we let the world use the military backbone that is the internet.
GPS allows our government to know where everything and everyone is. How nice. Does this really not bother anyone other than me? It doesn't concern enough people because they don't consider how things can be used against them. Many don't even care as long as they get their cookie.
GPS Worldwide
I never knew we were responsible for the worlds GPS. That makes absolutely no sense. Why would we allow private people to use our GPS military system and not charge them? I don't get it. Well, maybe I do. Heck we let the world use the military backbone that is the internet.
GPS allows our government to know where everything and everyone is. How nice. Does this really not bother anyone other than me? It doesn't concern enough people because they don't consider how things can be used against them. Many don't even care as long as they get their cookie.
Just for fun, history of an occultist
Just for fun I am going to show the path taken by one particular occultist. Aleister Crowley. Mr. Crowley was a very famous occultist. He was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later went on to head the Ordo Templi Orientis or OTO. Both of these orders are in some way associated with Masons and Rosicrucians.
Mr. Crowley referred to himself as 666 or The Beast. Now one of his friends and adherents was Jack Parsons. Mr. Parsons took over the leadership of the OTO and was the founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab, this is why the rockets had the names of greek gods. He would invoke the greek gods before each rocket was launched.
Now Mr. Parsons was good buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. Now Mr. Hubbard worked on occult rituals with Mr. Parsons, married Parsons wife and founded the Church of Scientology. All were believers in Sex Magick.
L. Ron Hubbard later married Mary Sue Whipp. Mary Sue Hubbard was found guilty of getting a Scientology member to join the IRS in order to steal documents to use against the IRS.
Do you find any of this odd? I do. They didn't teach us the real history of the space program. I remember the Mercury and Apollo flights, nobody mentioned that they were thus named because the head of JPL was a Satanist. I didn't hear that in school.
While reading about the history of Jack Parsons and Crowley is interesting, the bigger issue is how come people are so unaware of our history. If you begin to investigate Crowley you meet some really odd ducks. Mr. Crowley is prominently displayed on the Beatles Sgt Pepper's Album as one of their heroes. Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin owns Crowley's old house on Lock Ness.
On an aside. There was a man called John Dee, he was the spiritual advisor ot Queen Elizabeth I. Maybe we can discover something about the old queen from what he taught her. What advice he gave. To begin with, the Rosicrucians claimed Mr. Dee as a member. Hmmm, now that is odd. He is believed to be the father of Enochian Magic. It is a form of ritual magic used to command spirits. I guess we know what he taught the Queen of England. The same queen that was fundamental in creating The Church of England.
The point of all this is how little people know or recognize the extent of occultists in their everyday lives and in history. We read that Washington was a Mason; but, do we even begin to understand what that means? Especially at the time.
I have a little time so we will continue down this thread. A big lover of Aleister Crowley was a man named Kenneth Anger. This guy is a crack up. Mr. Anger was friends with Jimmy Page (the one that owns Crowley's house), Mick Jagger and Anton LeVey (the founder of the Church of Satan).
Mr. Anger made "avant-garde" films since 1937. He was the first openly gay director in America. Martin Scorcese, David Lynch and John Waters all consider him an important influence. Mr. Angers may be best known for his film "Lucifer Rising". Mr. Anger was also friends with Alfred Kinsey. You may remember Mr. Kinsey, the Kinsey report on sex. If you read the link to Mr. Anger you saw a picture of Crowley on the wall behind Anger and Kinsey.
Look, Anger and Kinsey thought the world of Crowley. Crowley was a proponent of Sex Magick and Kinsey is known to have been a proponent of orgies involving his own wife and students. But, this is not about Kinsey, more interested in Mr. Anger for the moment.
Mr. Anger's film, Lucifer Rising, stars a man he found who he thought could become Satan (in the film). The man was Bobby Beausoleil. Beausoleil became famous as a member of the Manson family and is currently serving a life sentence for murder.
This is just funny. Recently I was in Vegas. We went to check out the new Aria casino, just to see it. My daughter noticed that on one of the walls was a outline drawing of a man with a goat and not in a nice way. Poor goat. Anyways, the same symbolism is present in the film Lucifer Rising. It appears to be a greek or Roman inspired drawing, same as we say at the casino. I am not sure what the meaning is.
YouTube has the film, it takes about 30 minutes to watch. I don't recommend it; but, I notify you of it. The film is basically the story of Isis and Osiris creating Lucifer who calls forth flying saucers. If you understand occultism, you will understand the imagery. Basically, Isis and Osiris, Osiris died and was cut up into pieces, Isis finds all but one piece, puts him together and builds him a phallus, has sex with it and births Horus.
An interview with Mr. Anger
You might notice that Mr. Anger refers to Sir Paul Getty as his benefactor, the person who paid him to make films. J. Paul Getty, the Getty museum. Yeah. Getty was the owner of Getty Oil. The Getty Museum has one of the largest collection of writings by the most famous Mason in the world, Manly P. Hall.
Kenneth Anger also wrote a book called "Hollywood Babylon". The book exposed what occurred in Hollywood during the silent years. He says he has written Hollywood Babylon III; but, that he hasn't published because it talks about Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology and he is afraid of being sued.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my ramblings. No real point, no real purpose, just taking a day of and reading and writing. I should point out how I became aware of Mr. Anger. I lived in LA during the Manson murders. I lived close to where he did. I found out about Bobby Beausoleil while reading about Manson. That is how I found out about Mr. Anger. I have also read that some suspect Bobby of being the Zodiac Killer, although personally I greatly doubt that.
Zodiac Killer. If you go to www.zodiackiller.com you can read the forums and see how some suspect a Manson-Zodiac connection. Again, I don't think it is there. We might as well follow one more thread. Anton LeVey, the founder of the Church of Satan and friend of Kenneth Anger. Mr. LeVey had a follower named Michael Aquino, I mentioned him before in a prior post. Mr. Aquino worked out of the Presidio and worked on PsyOps for the military. Colonel Aquino left the church of Satan and founded the Temple of Set, another Satanist organization. The connection, the Zodiac Killers last confirmed kill was just outside of the Presidio where Zodiac hid while the cops drove by.
I don't suspect Col. Aquino of being the Zodiac Killer. I have no reason to. I have always suspected that Zodiac was a military person stationed at the Presidio and have wondered if he tried to join the Church of Satan. My thoughts on this matter are not substantially different than those of some police at the time. The police have long held the belief that Zodiac was in the Navy. As far as I know they never found any evidence to prove such a idea.
Well that is my babbling for the day. A history of some rather odd characters, some of whom are still around. Funny how they all managed to connect to one another. One last thing, don't tell me that occultism is only in California or DC, it is very prevalent in the midwest and south. They tend towards paganism and wicca, look it up and see where they are the most popular. Farmers you know have always tended that way.
Mr. Crowley referred to himself as 666 or The Beast. Now one of his friends and adherents was Jack Parsons. Mr. Parsons took over the leadership of the OTO and was the founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab, this is why the rockets had the names of greek gods. He would invoke the greek gods before each rocket was launched.
Now Mr. Parsons was good buddies with L. Ron Hubbard. Now Mr. Hubbard worked on occult rituals with Mr. Parsons, married Parsons wife and founded the Church of Scientology. All were believers in Sex Magick.
L. Ron Hubbard later married Mary Sue Whipp. Mary Sue Hubbard was found guilty of getting a Scientology member to join the IRS in order to steal documents to use against the IRS.
Do you find any of this odd? I do. They didn't teach us the real history of the space program. I remember the Mercury and Apollo flights, nobody mentioned that they were thus named because the head of JPL was a Satanist. I didn't hear that in school.
While reading about the history of Jack Parsons and Crowley is interesting, the bigger issue is how come people are so unaware of our history. If you begin to investigate Crowley you meet some really odd ducks. Mr. Crowley is prominently displayed on the Beatles Sgt Pepper's Album as one of their heroes. Jimmy Page of Led Zepplin owns Crowley's old house on Lock Ness.
On an aside. There was a man called John Dee, he was the spiritual advisor ot Queen Elizabeth I. Maybe we can discover something about the old queen from what he taught her. What advice he gave. To begin with, the Rosicrucians claimed Mr. Dee as a member. Hmmm, now that is odd. He is believed to be the father of Enochian Magic. It is a form of ritual magic used to command spirits. I guess we know what he taught the Queen of England. The same queen that was fundamental in creating The Church of England.
The point of all this is how little people know or recognize the extent of occultists in their everyday lives and in history. We read that Washington was a Mason; but, do we even begin to understand what that means? Especially at the time.
I have a little time so we will continue down this thread. A big lover of Aleister Crowley was a man named Kenneth Anger. This guy is a crack up. Mr. Anger was friends with Jimmy Page (the one that owns Crowley's house), Mick Jagger and Anton LeVey (the founder of the Church of Satan).
Mr. Anger made "avant-garde" films since 1937. He was the first openly gay director in America. Martin Scorcese, David Lynch and John Waters all consider him an important influence. Mr. Angers may be best known for his film "Lucifer Rising". Mr. Anger was also friends with Alfred Kinsey. You may remember Mr. Kinsey, the Kinsey report on sex. If you read the link to Mr. Anger you saw a picture of Crowley on the wall behind Anger and Kinsey.
Look, Anger and Kinsey thought the world of Crowley. Crowley was a proponent of Sex Magick and Kinsey is known to have been a proponent of orgies involving his own wife and students. But, this is not about Kinsey, more interested in Mr. Anger for the moment.
Mr. Anger's film, Lucifer Rising, stars a man he found who he thought could become Satan (in the film). The man was Bobby Beausoleil. Beausoleil became famous as a member of the Manson family and is currently serving a life sentence for murder.
This is just funny. Recently I was in Vegas. We went to check out the new Aria casino, just to see it. My daughter noticed that on one of the walls was a outline drawing of a man with a goat and not in a nice way. Poor goat. Anyways, the same symbolism is present in the film Lucifer Rising. It appears to be a greek or Roman inspired drawing, same as we say at the casino. I am not sure what the meaning is.
YouTube has the film, it takes about 30 minutes to watch. I don't recommend it; but, I notify you of it. The film is basically the story of Isis and Osiris creating Lucifer who calls forth flying saucers. If you understand occultism, you will understand the imagery. Basically, Isis and Osiris, Osiris died and was cut up into pieces, Isis finds all but one piece, puts him together and builds him a phallus, has sex with it and births Horus.
An interview with Mr. Anger
You might notice that Mr. Anger refers to Sir Paul Getty as his benefactor, the person who paid him to make films. J. Paul Getty, the Getty museum. Yeah. Getty was the owner of Getty Oil. The Getty Museum has one of the largest collection of writings by the most famous Mason in the world, Manly P. Hall.
Kenneth Anger also wrote a book called "Hollywood Babylon". The book exposed what occurred in Hollywood during the silent years. He says he has written Hollywood Babylon III; but, that he hasn't published because it talks about Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology and he is afraid of being sued.
Well, I hope you enjoyed my ramblings. No real point, no real purpose, just taking a day of and reading and writing. I should point out how I became aware of Mr. Anger. I lived in LA during the Manson murders. I lived close to where he did. I found out about Bobby Beausoleil while reading about Manson. That is how I found out about Mr. Anger. I have also read that some suspect Bobby of being the Zodiac Killer, although personally I greatly doubt that.
Zodiac Killer. If you go to www.zodiackiller.com you can read the forums and see how some suspect a Manson-Zodiac connection. Again, I don't think it is there. We might as well follow one more thread. Anton LeVey, the founder of the Church of Satan and friend of Kenneth Anger. Mr. LeVey had a follower named Michael Aquino, I mentioned him before in a prior post. Mr. Aquino worked out of the Presidio and worked on PsyOps for the military. Colonel Aquino left the church of Satan and founded the Temple of Set, another Satanist organization. The connection, the Zodiac Killers last confirmed kill was just outside of the Presidio where Zodiac hid while the cops drove by.
I don't suspect Col. Aquino of being the Zodiac Killer. I have no reason to. I have always suspected that Zodiac was a military person stationed at the Presidio and have wondered if he tried to join the Church of Satan. My thoughts on this matter are not substantially different than those of some police at the time. The police have long held the belief that Zodiac was in the Navy. As far as I know they never found any evidence to prove such a idea.
Well that is my babbling for the day. A history of some rather odd characters, some of whom are still around. Funny how they all managed to connect to one another. One last thing, don't tell me that occultism is only in California or DC, it is very prevalent in the midwest and south. They tend towards paganism and wicca, look it up and see where they are the most popular. Farmers you know have always tended that way.
Rosicrucian Mysticism
I found this video produced by the Rosicrucians. If you watch it you will hear their leader describe what I posted last.
Rosicrucian Mysticism
Rosicrucian Mysticism
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Secret Societies, the Soul and Words
When I was about 12 a movie producer gave me a book. It was called "The Rich and Super Rich". He explained to me that the world was not run the way I was taught in school. At the same time, I was aware of the intelligence community and how much more goes on behind the scenes than people would care to know. As I grew up, I began to investigate secret societies. I was particularly interested in the Masons, the Mormons and the hidden language of symbolism.
Fast forward, a few years ago I came across the recordings of a man named Bill Cooper. Mr. Cooper produced a series of broadcasts on the history of the Mystery Schools. Now within the tradition of the mystery schools come many organizations, the Knights Templar, the Rosicrucian's, the Masons, Opes Dei and many others. The foundation for all of them was taught in Babylon and was referred to in the bible.
I should point out that I intend to write a bit today. I do not intend to leave my house. I am taking the weekend off.
What surprised me was how many different secret societies had the same symbols and very similar ritual. All of the "New Age" and "Mystery Schools" have fundamentally the same message and practices. We can therefore group any group which teaches these messages and practices as falling within a common history.
I would like to start by laying out what the fundamental tenants are of the "Mystery Schools". Firstly, one cannot just join, they must be allowed in as a novice, apprentice, initiate or the like, by the group. This means that you must be "found worthy" by members of the group. Each group has a slightly different definition of worthy.
Once a member, the initiate will go through a series of trials or teachings. One of the teachings is always about the pre-Christian history of the teachings. Most will go back to either Egypt, Babylon or the fall of Satan. One need not believe any of what these schools teach, I am more interested in what and why. Another thing that will be taught is the symbolic language that is used by people who are members, in the know.
Symbols that are historically associated with mystery schools include the pyramid, dual wings with a circle in the middle and the eye of horus (or the all-seeing eye). Other symbols include the swastika, the cross, the star and the sun. The symbols are meant to convey a message and indicate commonality. A sort of visual secret handshake that the profane (you and I) would not recognize.
Each of the mystery schools is very much into symbolism and ritual. Rather than being told what things mean, the initiate is placed in ritual. Often the rituals are very powerful. The purpose of the ritual is to overwhelm the thought process so that the initiate accepts whatever they are told. This is a form of brainwashing and many of the techniques incorporate brainwashing or hypnosis methods.
We now come to a discussion of two terms, experience and awareness. People often confuse the two. Most people living mundane lives focus on experience. We see it everywhere, experience is elevated above understanding. Experience is sort of a short cut to understanding; but, does not allow for a deeper understanding as we focus on the sensation rather than the meaning.
If we focus on understanding rather than experience we can then appreciate everything that occurs to us with a greater depth. Those who focus on experience miss the depth of the meaning. This is the fundamental difference between the mystery schools and Christianity or Judaism.
The next thing taught by the mystery schools is that we must go through levels of attainment to be shown more. We must prove worthy of being part of the "universal consciousness". In addition to the mystery schools, we have other shortcuts leading to the same belief. These would include ritual and certain drugs which are supposed to lead to visions of what is taught by the mystery schools. I will include links so that the reader can verify themselves.
In the end all of these shortcuts lead to an experience of oneself as part of a whole, their own God if you will. We become one and all that exists. This should be anathema, at odds with Christian and Jewish beliefs; however, in the last few decades we have seen these gnostic teaching creeping into both.
The mystery schools teach either that we become God or one and the same as God. Christianity and Judaism teach that we are here to define ourselves so that we can have a relationship with God. This is a subtle but critical distinction. The mystery school beliefs are becoming so prevalent in modern society and most do not even recognize it. This is partly due to the fact that we are focusing less on reason and more on feelings and experience.
Our use of words can help or hinder our understanding of events and concepts. Deceit is the twisting of words and concepts rather than out right lies. A good example is the difference between freedom and independence. Independence means that two or more things do not impact each other or effect each other. Freedom on the other hand means that while two or more things may effect one another, they are allowed to do so.
A good example would be a tree falling in Japan might never have a direct effect on me, it is independent of me. Now if I am walking through a forest and a tree falls and I witness it, I am effected by it, yet I have no ability to stop it, it is free to effect me. Some will argue "the butterfly effect", that is to say that everything effects everything else. This is simply not true, it may effect things. If a tree falls in Japan and I die ten minutes later in Colorado, the tree could not effect things quickly enough to have an effect on me, time does come into play.
The truth is inside you not because you or I are all knowing, it is there because we are capable of testing beliefs and determining which are true. The mystery schools would prefer to tell you that God is inside you and if you are open to him he will show you all truth. This has historically been known as channeling. It can never result in true understanding because you are being shown rather than learning.
I was driving my car one day with one my cousins, a younger one, and he was telling me the quickest way to get home. I told him we had all the time in the world and I did not need to take a shortcut. We rush way too much. We seek the goals rather than the trip, it is from the trip that we learn. We are the same way with pleasure and pain, we try to get to pleasure with the least amount of delay and remove ourselves from trouble as quickly as possible, never understanding or appreciating either.
Modern society is built upon sensory overload. We seek to maximize experience and minimize understanding. The overload of competing thoughts requires effort to wad through and people fear they may miss out on the "joys of life". That results in a half life, a half awareness. The Chinese have spoke about the world in a grain of sand, that is a better approach as it is attainable by all.
My aunt passed away and was buried last week. I have been so busy that I have had not had a chance to come to grips with what it means. That is one of the reasons I am taking this weekend off, to consider what it means to me. An alternate choice would be to feel the loss and work through the experience. I feel no need to rush it. I have continued thinking about my parents deaths since they occurred. They still have meaning to me, nothing to get over.
I consider "get over it" one of the dumbest things we can say to one another. Get over it, forget it rather than learn from it and attempt to understand it. Experience over awareness. Half a life.
Now the mystery schools, Christians and Jews would all agree that we are primarily spiritual in nature living in an apparently material world. Even Satanists are more concerned about the spiritual rather than the material. It should also be mentioned that Satanists use the same symbols and ritual as masons and other mystery schools.
I would like to take a little time to go over some things that are currently very popular in discussions. There is a movement which claims either that we are electrical in nature, vibrational in nature or fractal. The beliefs all end up in the same place. The theory is that we are part of a bigger consciousness and that if we are open to the bigger belief we are capable of being one with it. We just need to "tap into" the bigger truth. I prefer to be me and relate to it.
I shall now discuss "altered states of consciousness". As background, I studied hypnosis, brainwashing and sensory deprivation. Sensory deprivation is fascinating. If one is placed in an isolation chamber (a tube with heavy water, so that you float, no sound and no light) they will begin seeing things almost immediately. The mind will amuse itself. That does not mean everything the mind imagines is valid.
Doctors can prescribe many drugs. Some of the worst are the psychotropic, Prozac is one very bad drug; but, there are plenty of others. The drugs work as inhibitors of certain connections within the brain. Rather than helping us to deal with our emotions, they limit our emotions giving a false sense of happiness. The result, according to scientists, is that our receptors are lessened. We become capable of less emotion and experience.
One natural chemical (I will not call it a drug unless it is synthetically duplicated) is DMT. DMT is released by the pineal gland. Frequently DMT is released during Near Death Experiences. Scientists cannot agree on why or what it means, they do agree that it can be released during NDEs. In Buddhism a similar experience is called spontaneous kundalini. Basically, your pineal glad releases an explosion of DMT and spiritual awareness occurs.
Apparently, Jim Carey had one such experience. Now whether he achieved it through taking DMT or spontaneously is not known. I would like the reader to go to the attached link and hear what he said about the experience.
Jim Carey
Joe Rogan I particularly like where Rogan says that if you take DMT you will definitely connect with something.
Yoga, certain meditative practices and certain drugs can force a DMT experience. The experience, when thus forced, usually results in a feeling of completeness and one with the universe. A euphoria is often present and an awareness of other beings on a spiritual level. It just about always results in a "out of body" experience of some nature. DMT, unlike LSD or other psychedelic drugs, results in increased awareness and not decreased awareness, it does not however result in increased understanding by itself.
You may be wondering how any of what I have written is connected. I cannot blame you, it is related in the beliefs that are common to secret societies and users of dmt. They both result in a belief that one can become like God, that one is God. This does not occur with those who have spontaneous kundalini or those who have a near death experience even though the same chemical is at work. I wondered why.
People who have Near Death Experiences usually talk about how they were reunited with loved ones and met God. People who take DMT or practice certain yoga techniques reach a place where they feel at one with the universe rather than in relationship with others. If they do meet others they frequently refer to them as aliens or spirits.
We now return to a discussion of the mystery schools. The mystery schools teach practices and belief sets that are meant to allow one to feel connected to the universal consciousness, God. The rituals are practiced in order to obtain command over this world and others. I would argue that yoga and taking DMT are done to obtain the experience rather than control.
The reader now has a greater understanding of the mystery schools than 95% of the world. The "in crowd" or "brotherhood" or whatever they wish to call themselves, the secret societies, all believe basically the same thing and are all competing with one another for who has obtained the most "enlightenment". The enlightenment is always the same with them, that they are perfect, the deceit of the ages and the ego boost people want. Stasis, perfection, the end of growth.
Growth and perfection are not results, they are processes that last for eternity. If they are results than they are poor ones resulting in eternal boredom and hell. Nothing to be achieved means nothing to be sought.
The mystery schools would argue that as God created us we all have a part of God in us. I can go along with that to a degree. They then extrapolate that we can be God, that is where we differ. I have water in my body, that does not mean that I can become water, it remains just a part of me or I cease to be me.
Like I said, recently I had a reason to be in Northern California and visited the Rosicrucian Museum. Symbolism was everywhere. The Eye of Horus, pyramids and egyptian wings with a circle in the middle. These all convey beliefs that they hold and the beliefs are also held by Luciferians and Satanists, not just the beliefs but the symbols. What amazed me was the symbol used by pedophiles is a variation on this theme. If you go to the prior post you will discover that the symbol of pedophiles, according to the FBI, is a pyramid made up of the Eye of Horus. The circled wire is the eye of horus with an outline resembling a pyramid.
We now begin to come to the crux of the matter. The "profane" or "unwashed masses" or the "unenlightened" do not understand things spiritual. That is what the secret societies believe and how they view non-members. I would disagree, if you can only arrive at understanding by agreeing to follow then you have not learned anything, you merely accepted what others told you, you are a robot. Having said that, most that join any of the mystery schools never do learn the real beliefs of the groups they join, they are there for other reasons, usually related to getting material things.
I used to believe that secret societies were rather limited. The ex's grandfather was a 33 degree mason, my uncle was at the top of the Elk's club (a grand boobah of some sort) and I have known others involved in such groups. I can honestly say that most of them were there strictly for business reasons and could care less about the underlying beliefs. Funny thing is that all of them would call themselves Christians. This is due to the fact that they never looked at how the beliefs they were being taught differed from what God taught.
I have friends that are Masons, heck I have friends that are pagans. Most people choose their beliefs based on how the belief makes them feel about themselves. That is the difference between Christianity, Judaism and just about every other belief set. Christianity and Judaism tell us that we are not and will not become perfect. For Christians and Jews the issue should not how be how we become good enough to have relationship with one another; but, should instead be how do we relate to one another considering our differences. For the mystery schools the question is how do we become one. We must choose which direction we personally wish to go in.
If by some strange synchronicity one of the readers is a Rosicrucian, I would be more than happy to discuss their beliefs. In fact, I plan on publishing a link to their own manuals (monographs) which explain what I have been discussing as it relates to their belief set. I shall publish links to Luciferians that show the same belief set.
One might ask why I have made this post. Well, it is because I discovered how many of our world leaders were followers of the mystery schools. It does not matter which schools, it is all of them. The basic belief set is the same so the particulars becomes somewhat irrelevant. The mystery schools were created by the Babylonian and Egyptian kings to justify their controlling everyone else, taking more than their fair share. This can only be done if they view the rest of us as less deserving and unprepared.
Some signs that are used by students of the mystery schools include secret handshakes (read a book on Masons and it will show them), hand signals (the horns being the most obvious; but also the pyramid or the circled eye - Lady Gaga loves the circle around the eye - it stands for Lucifer or Horus, the bringer of enlightenment). I know of at least two Masons who read this blog, I offer them the opportunity to correct me on any of what I have stated.
So now we get to the issue of relationship. What type of relationships are possible and what type of relationships bring growth? Beyond that, what type of relationship is best and promotes growth of the participants? In its simplest, how should we relate to one another, what are the priorities and learning curve?
I do not relate to my dog (still a puppy) in the same way that I relate to my daughters or my friends. Each relationship is unique unto itself. Part of relationship is due to responsibility, part is impacted by ability and understanding and part is related to trust.
There are people in my life and yours, that I simply do not trust. Deceit on their part makes it impossible to trust and therefore have a trusting relationship with them is also impossible. Does this mean that we cannot have any relationship, no. We have relationships with many people we do not trust. It is the type of relationship that we have that is defined by our trust.
We now come to the question of the difference between truth and truthfulness. I cannot ever be sure that I know the "truth"; we are all flawed and limited, as such, we can only hope to be truthful. I do my best to say what I believe to be truthful recognizing that I am incapable of knowing the complete truth, that means I am always off by a degree, a percentage, my limited understanding. To believe that you knowledge of the truth exceeds the totality of the truth is to believe that you are God. I cannot achieve such a thing.
Rosicrucian Instructional Materials
Fast forward, a few years ago I came across the recordings of a man named Bill Cooper. Mr. Cooper produced a series of broadcasts on the history of the Mystery Schools. Now within the tradition of the mystery schools come many organizations, the Knights Templar, the Rosicrucian's, the Masons, Opes Dei and many others. The foundation for all of them was taught in Babylon and was referred to in the bible.
I should point out that I intend to write a bit today. I do not intend to leave my house. I am taking the weekend off.
What surprised me was how many different secret societies had the same symbols and very similar ritual. All of the "New Age" and "Mystery Schools" have fundamentally the same message and practices. We can therefore group any group which teaches these messages and practices as falling within a common history.
I would like to start by laying out what the fundamental tenants are of the "Mystery Schools". Firstly, one cannot just join, they must be allowed in as a novice, apprentice, initiate or the like, by the group. This means that you must be "found worthy" by members of the group. Each group has a slightly different definition of worthy.
Once a member, the initiate will go through a series of trials or teachings. One of the teachings is always about the pre-Christian history of the teachings. Most will go back to either Egypt, Babylon or the fall of Satan. One need not believe any of what these schools teach, I am more interested in what and why. Another thing that will be taught is the symbolic language that is used by people who are members, in the know.
Symbols that are historically associated with mystery schools include the pyramid, dual wings with a circle in the middle and the eye of horus (or the all-seeing eye). Other symbols include the swastika, the cross, the star and the sun. The symbols are meant to convey a message and indicate commonality. A sort of visual secret handshake that the profane (you and I) would not recognize.
Each of the mystery schools is very much into symbolism and ritual. Rather than being told what things mean, the initiate is placed in ritual. Often the rituals are very powerful. The purpose of the ritual is to overwhelm the thought process so that the initiate accepts whatever they are told. This is a form of brainwashing and many of the techniques incorporate brainwashing or hypnosis methods.
We now come to a discussion of two terms, experience and awareness. People often confuse the two. Most people living mundane lives focus on experience. We see it everywhere, experience is elevated above understanding. Experience is sort of a short cut to understanding; but, does not allow for a deeper understanding as we focus on the sensation rather than the meaning.
If we focus on understanding rather than experience we can then appreciate everything that occurs to us with a greater depth. Those who focus on experience miss the depth of the meaning. This is the fundamental difference between the mystery schools and Christianity or Judaism.
The next thing taught by the mystery schools is that we must go through levels of attainment to be shown more. We must prove worthy of being part of the "universal consciousness". In addition to the mystery schools, we have other shortcuts leading to the same belief. These would include ritual and certain drugs which are supposed to lead to visions of what is taught by the mystery schools. I will include links so that the reader can verify themselves.
In the end all of these shortcuts lead to an experience of oneself as part of a whole, their own God if you will. We become one and all that exists. This should be anathema, at odds with Christian and Jewish beliefs; however, in the last few decades we have seen these gnostic teaching creeping into both.
The mystery schools teach either that we become God or one and the same as God. Christianity and Judaism teach that we are here to define ourselves so that we can have a relationship with God. This is a subtle but critical distinction. The mystery school beliefs are becoming so prevalent in modern society and most do not even recognize it. This is partly due to the fact that we are focusing less on reason and more on feelings and experience.
Our use of words can help or hinder our understanding of events and concepts. Deceit is the twisting of words and concepts rather than out right lies. A good example is the difference between freedom and independence. Independence means that two or more things do not impact each other or effect each other. Freedom on the other hand means that while two or more things may effect one another, they are allowed to do so.
A good example would be a tree falling in Japan might never have a direct effect on me, it is independent of me. Now if I am walking through a forest and a tree falls and I witness it, I am effected by it, yet I have no ability to stop it, it is free to effect me. Some will argue "the butterfly effect", that is to say that everything effects everything else. This is simply not true, it may effect things. If a tree falls in Japan and I die ten minutes later in Colorado, the tree could not effect things quickly enough to have an effect on me, time does come into play.
The truth is inside you not because you or I are all knowing, it is there because we are capable of testing beliefs and determining which are true. The mystery schools would prefer to tell you that God is inside you and if you are open to him he will show you all truth. This has historically been known as channeling. It can never result in true understanding because you are being shown rather than learning.
I was driving my car one day with one my cousins, a younger one, and he was telling me the quickest way to get home. I told him we had all the time in the world and I did not need to take a shortcut. We rush way too much. We seek the goals rather than the trip, it is from the trip that we learn. We are the same way with pleasure and pain, we try to get to pleasure with the least amount of delay and remove ourselves from trouble as quickly as possible, never understanding or appreciating either.
Modern society is built upon sensory overload. We seek to maximize experience and minimize understanding. The overload of competing thoughts requires effort to wad through and people fear they may miss out on the "joys of life". That results in a half life, a half awareness. The Chinese have spoke about the world in a grain of sand, that is a better approach as it is attainable by all.
My aunt passed away and was buried last week. I have been so busy that I have had not had a chance to come to grips with what it means. That is one of the reasons I am taking this weekend off, to consider what it means to me. An alternate choice would be to feel the loss and work through the experience. I feel no need to rush it. I have continued thinking about my parents deaths since they occurred. They still have meaning to me, nothing to get over.
I consider "get over it" one of the dumbest things we can say to one another. Get over it, forget it rather than learn from it and attempt to understand it. Experience over awareness. Half a life.
Now the mystery schools, Christians and Jews would all agree that we are primarily spiritual in nature living in an apparently material world. Even Satanists are more concerned about the spiritual rather than the material. It should also be mentioned that Satanists use the same symbols and ritual as masons and other mystery schools.
I would like to take a little time to go over some things that are currently very popular in discussions. There is a movement which claims either that we are electrical in nature, vibrational in nature or fractal. The beliefs all end up in the same place. The theory is that we are part of a bigger consciousness and that if we are open to the bigger belief we are capable of being one with it. We just need to "tap into" the bigger truth. I prefer to be me and relate to it.
I shall now discuss "altered states of consciousness". As background, I studied hypnosis, brainwashing and sensory deprivation. Sensory deprivation is fascinating. If one is placed in an isolation chamber (a tube with heavy water, so that you float, no sound and no light) they will begin seeing things almost immediately. The mind will amuse itself. That does not mean everything the mind imagines is valid.
Doctors can prescribe many drugs. Some of the worst are the psychotropic, Prozac is one very bad drug; but, there are plenty of others. The drugs work as inhibitors of certain connections within the brain. Rather than helping us to deal with our emotions, they limit our emotions giving a false sense of happiness. The result, according to scientists, is that our receptors are lessened. We become capable of less emotion and experience.
One natural chemical (I will not call it a drug unless it is synthetically duplicated) is DMT. DMT is released by the pineal gland. Frequently DMT is released during Near Death Experiences. Scientists cannot agree on why or what it means, they do agree that it can be released during NDEs. In Buddhism a similar experience is called spontaneous kundalini. Basically, your pineal glad releases an explosion of DMT and spiritual awareness occurs.
Apparently, Jim Carey had one such experience. Now whether he achieved it through taking DMT or spontaneously is not known. I would like the reader to go to the attached link and hear what he said about the experience.
Jim Carey
Joe Rogan I particularly like where Rogan says that if you take DMT you will definitely connect with something.
Yoga, certain meditative practices and certain drugs can force a DMT experience. The experience, when thus forced, usually results in a feeling of completeness and one with the universe. A euphoria is often present and an awareness of other beings on a spiritual level. It just about always results in a "out of body" experience of some nature. DMT, unlike LSD or other psychedelic drugs, results in increased awareness and not decreased awareness, it does not however result in increased understanding by itself.
You may be wondering how any of what I have written is connected. I cannot blame you, it is related in the beliefs that are common to secret societies and users of dmt. They both result in a belief that one can become like God, that one is God. This does not occur with those who have spontaneous kundalini or those who have a near death experience even though the same chemical is at work. I wondered why.
People who have Near Death Experiences usually talk about how they were reunited with loved ones and met God. People who take DMT or practice certain yoga techniques reach a place where they feel at one with the universe rather than in relationship with others. If they do meet others they frequently refer to them as aliens or spirits.
We now return to a discussion of the mystery schools. The mystery schools teach practices and belief sets that are meant to allow one to feel connected to the universal consciousness, God. The rituals are practiced in order to obtain command over this world and others. I would argue that yoga and taking DMT are done to obtain the experience rather than control.
The reader now has a greater understanding of the mystery schools than 95% of the world. The "in crowd" or "brotherhood" or whatever they wish to call themselves, the secret societies, all believe basically the same thing and are all competing with one another for who has obtained the most "enlightenment". The enlightenment is always the same with them, that they are perfect, the deceit of the ages and the ego boost people want. Stasis, perfection, the end of growth.
Growth and perfection are not results, they are processes that last for eternity. If they are results than they are poor ones resulting in eternal boredom and hell. Nothing to be achieved means nothing to be sought.
The mystery schools would argue that as God created us we all have a part of God in us. I can go along with that to a degree. They then extrapolate that we can be God, that is where we differ. I have water in my body, that does not mean that I can become water, it remains just a part of me or I cease to be me.
Like I said, recently I had a reason to be in Northern California and visited the Rosicrucian Museum. Symbolism was everywhere. The Eye of Horus, pyramids and egyptian wings with a circle in the middle. These all convey beliefs that they hold and the beliefs are also held by Luciferians and Satanists, not just the beliefs but the symbols. What amazed me was the symbol used by pedophiles is a variation on this theme. If you go to the prior post you will discover that the symbol of pedophiles, according to the FBI, is a pyramid made up of the Eye of Horus. The circled wire is the eye of horus with an outline resembling a pyramid.
We now begin to come to the crux of the matter. The "profane" or "unwashed masses" or the "unenlightened" do not understand things spiritual. That is what the secret societies believe and how they view non-members. I would disagree, if you can only arrive at understanding by agreeing to follow then you have not learned anything, you merely accepted what others told you, you are a robot. Having said that, most that join any of the mystery schools never do learn the real beliefs of the groups they join, they are there for other reasons, usually related to getting material things.
I used to believe that secret societies were rather limited. The ex's grandfather was a 33 degree mason, my uncle was at the top of the Elk's club (a grand boobah of some sort) and I have known others involved in such groups. I can honestly say that most of them were there strictly for business reasons and could care less about the underlying beliefs. Funny thing is that all of them would call themselves Christians. This is due to the fact that they never looked at how the beliefs they were being taught differed from what God taught.
I have friends that are Masons, heck I have friends that are pagans. Most people choose their beliefs based on how the belief makes them feel about themselves. That is the difference between Christianity, Judaism and just about every other belief set. Christianity and Judaism tell us that we are not and will not become perfect. For Christians and Jews the issue should not how be how we become good enough to have relationship with one another; but, should instead be how do we relate to one another considering our differences. For the mystery schools the question is how do we become one. We must choose which direction we personally wish to go in.
If by some strange synchronicity one of the readers is a Rosicrucian, I would be more than happy to discuss their beliefs. In fact, I plan on publishing a link to their own manuals (monographs) which explain what I have been discussing as it relates to their belief set. I shall publish links to Luciferians that show the same belief set.
One might ask why I have made this post. Well, it is because I discovered how many of our world leaders were followers of the mystery schools. It does not matter which schools, it is all of them. The basic belief set is the same so the particulars becomes somewhat irrelevant. The mystery schools were created by the Babylonian and Egyptian kings to justify their controlling everyone else, taking more than their fair share. This can only be done if they view the rest of us as less deserving and unprepared.
Some signs that are used by students of the mystery schools include secret handshakes (read a book on Masons and it will show them), hand signals (the horns being the most obvious; but also the pyramid or the circled eye - Lady Gaga loves the circle around the eye - it stands for Lucifer or Horus, the bringer of enlightenment). I know of at least two Masons who read this blog, I offer them the opportunity to correct me on any of what I have stated.
So now we get to the issue of relationship. What type of relationships are possible and what type of relationships bring growth? Beyond that, what type of relationship is best and promotes growth of the participants? In its simplest, how should we relate to one another, what are the priorities and learning curve?
I do not relate to my dog (still a puppy) in the same way that I relate to my daughters or my friends. Each relationship is unique unto itself. Part of relationship is due to responsibility, part is impacted by ability and understanding and part is related to trust.
There are people in my life and yours, that I simply do not trust. Deceit on their part makes it impossible to trust and therefore have a trusting relationship with them is also impossible. Does this mean that we cannot have any relationship, no. We have relationships with many people we do not trust. It is the type of relationship that we have that is defined by our trust.
We now come to the question of the difference between truth and truthfulness. I cannot ever be sure that I know the "truth"; we are all flawed and limited, as such, we can only hope to be truthful. I do my best to say what I believe to be truthful recognizing that I am incapable of knowing the complete truth, that means I am always off by a degree, a percentage, my limited understanding. To believe that you knowledge of the truth exceeds the totality of the truth is to believe that you are God. I cannot achieve such a thing.
Rosicrucian Instructional Materials
Wikileaks exposes pedophiles
I was visiting a cite called "wikileaks" that releases secret documents and came across something that I thought might be of value to the reader. One document released on the site was from the FBI and shows the symbols used by pedophile to identify themselves to each other.
The document
If you see these symbols being used by anyone you might want to keep your children away from them or at a minimum be very cautious. This is not what I intended to post on; but, seemed like something that people should know.
The document
If you see these symbols being used by anyone you might want to keep your children away from them or at a minimum be very cautious. This is not what I intended to post on; but, seemed like something that people should know.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Interesting items from England
The new English government is a "coalition" government. Now, in case you don't understand, the head of the English government is usually elected by his party. When there are not enough legislators of one party to elect on their own, the head is chosen by having two of their parties join together. That is a coalition government.
This coalition has a five year plan to turn the country around. They are in the same situation as the United States. Part of their plan is to publish all government documents on-line, almost as they are written. If you go to the Obama plan for the Federal government, it is the same.
I think I will post the 36 page document. We will no doubt do the exact same kinds of things as the English. That has always been the intent.
The article
In the same newspaper, The London Times, was an article on how Woody Allen thinks Obama should be allowed to be a dictator.
Another fun story is how Google is about to get into the business of facial recognition software. What do you think about the fact that on sites where people post pictures they can tag the pictures and that you can then search by the tag for anyone else having posted a picture with the same person or tag?
In another Google related story, google is going to release google television. And consider Google's Android phones. I guess little Google is not just a search engine anymore. Wait till they take over the electrical companies. Google is also deeply concerned about your health, works nicely with out new healthcare system.
One must ask themselves, what is Google's buisness plan? In order to figure out a plan, look at the infrastructure that is being created. In this case, keeping in mind Google's cloud computing program, what is developing is a cheap and central managed database of every aspect of your life. One company will know what you watch, who you call, what you text, who your friends are, how much electricity you use, when you are home, your health and can compute your "carbon footprint" on a minute by minute basis. Infrastructure.
Oh yeah, go back and read my posts on the stock marker again, check the dates and times. Maybe I am still capable of seeing trends in advance. Read what was going on when I posted, Greece was in trouble and the world would be saved if it was bailed out. It was bailed and then not long after the market began crashing and swinging. That up and down is called volatility, I mentioned that would happen.
Now investigate what Google's business plan is. Read it from their own website. Read what initiatives they are currently involved in. Nothing is hidden; but, you have to make an attempt to read it.
One more thing. Check out this article from Australia regarding Google Wave.
This coalition has a five year plan to turn the country around. They are in the same situation as the United States. Part of their plan is to publish all government documents on-line, almost as they are written. If you go to the Obama plan for the Federal government, it is the same.
I think I will post the 36 page document. We will no doubt do the exact same kinds of things as the English. That has always been the intent.
The article
In the same newspaper, The London Times, was an article on how Woody Allen thinks Obama should be allowed to be a dictator.
Another fun story is how Google is about to get into the business of facial recognition software. What do you think about the fact that on sites where people post pictures they can tag the pictures and that you can then search by the tag for anyone else having posted a picture with the same person or tag?
In another Google related story, google is going to release google television. And consider Google's Android phones. I guess little Google is not just a search engine anymore. Wait till they take over the electrical companies. Google is also deeply concerned about your health, works nicely with out new healthcare system.
One must ask themselves, what is Google's buisness plan? In order to figure out a plan, look at the infrastructure that is being created. In this case, keeping in mind Google's cloud computing program, what is developing is a cheap and central managed database of every aspect of your life. One company will know what you watch, who you call, what you text, who your friends are, how much electricity you use, when you are home, your health and can compute your "carbon footprint" on a minute by minute basis. Infrastructure.
Oh yeah, go back and read my posts on the stock marker again, check the dates and times. Maybe I am still capable of seeing trends in advance. Read what was going on when I posted, Greece was in trouble and the world would be saved if it was bailed out. It was bailed and then not long after the market began crashing and swinging. That up and down is called volatility, I mentioned that would happen.
Now investigate what Google's business plan is. Read it from their own website. Read what initiatives they are currently involved in. Nothing is hidden; but, you have to make an attempt to read it.
One more thing. Check out this article from Australia regarding Google Wave.
Fed to rescue state pensions
Well we didn't see this coming. Wait, maybe we did.
Fed will need to give 1 Trillion to save State Pensions
What will the Fed want in exchange for bailing out the State Pensions. My guess, control over the future of the pensions.
Fed will need to give 1 Trillion to save State Pensions
What will the Fed want in exchange for bailing out the State Pensions. My guess, control over the future of the pensions.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
DWP and nonsense
On to more general subjects. The City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power has stated that they are going to change the water rationing schedule. They have said that the rationing schedule is the reason for the pipes that burst. Hmmmm.
DWP Announcement
Lets think about this for a moment. Other cities with fewer resources manage to not have their pipes burst when they do water rationing. Heck, most of California is water rationing and limiting the hours for watering lawns. Why don't their pipes burst? It is laughable.
DWP Announcement
Lets think about this for a moment. Other cities with fewer resources manage to not have their pipes burst when they do water rationing. Heck, most of California is water rationing and limiting the hours for watering lawns. Why don't their pipes burst? It is laughable.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
A Hopeful Post
Just a little music to say that there is still beauty and love in the world. Find it.
Beautiful to me
Beautiful to me
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Pensions and failure to be outraged
I read this great article. The person who wrote it asked a simple question. If people running the state government pensions system, CalPers, are being charged with fraud (as is Mr. Villalobos), why aren't the politicians outraged. Good question. I think it deserves a little extra investigation.
Firstly, Elliot Broidy, here is a map showing some of his connections. Mr. Broidy plead guilty to bribing pension officials in New York and immediately resigned from the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pension Board. His company, Markstone, said it didn't expect his plea to impact their investments. LOL. Now Markstone has an ongoing relationship with CalPers. Hmmm
Broidy, pensions and unions
Here is where it gets interesting kids. Mr. Broidy was questioned in New York regarding all his connections to, Mr. Villalobos. Mr. Broidy was appointed to the Police and Fire Pension by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. At the end of the article it mentions the CIM Group. Broidy voted to allow the pension to invest $30 million in the CIM group. Hmmm. Wait and CIM was an investor in his company, Markstone.
Don't worry about getting all the detail, watch the connections. Now CIM was working with a man named Ari Swiller. Mr. Swiller is good friends with Villaraigosa. CIM and Swiller bought land in Kern with the intent of selling it to the City of Los Angeles DWP to make a wind farm and get the water rights.
At the time, Villaraigosa had a Deputy Mayor named David Freedman. Mr. Freedman had helped Mr. Swiller start a green energy company from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Freedman became the head of DWP. Oh, on an aside. During the energy rate hike controversy, Mr. Freedman was vacationing in Israel. He was replaced. Word in the City is that he was instructed not to return. How interesting.
Do you notice anything screwy about any of this? Unions, politicians, pensions, green energy and water. Oh year, and lots of money. Now CIM received over $200 million in investments from CalPers. How do you figure Villalobos voted on that investment? LOL.
Let me expand upon the question put forth by the author of the first article I mentioned. Why aren't the unions up in arms and screaming about the pension fraud and misdoings, why aren't the Governor and the Mayor of Los Angeles making this an issue, why isn't the City Council holding hearings? Why isn't this front page news every day when both the governor and mayor are saying that the pension system is too generous and is in jeopardy of failing?
By the way. Whatever happened to Andrew Adelman, perhaps he is visiting his brother and some Israelis. ROFL. He should not be too hard to find if anyone cares. I forgot, CIM also invested in loft conversions in Los Angeles. Even gave some units to people who had been on pension boards. Mr. Adelman was in charge of Building and Safety and it has been alleged he allowed asbestos removals without the proper protections. Alleged.
The Governor, the Mayor and President Obama attended the Copenhagen Climate Conference together. Heck, the Mayor is in D.C. right now. The Copenhagen Climate Conference was all about green technology and restricting your carbon emissions. All three are big supporters.
In my travels throughout the City I like to bring up CIM Group and see the reactions I get, they are quite fascinating. Most know nothing of the company, others cringe and say nothing. Some get very uncomfortable when I bring up CIM. Piss on them all.
Lets go back to Broidy for a second. Mr. Broidy invested $300,000 in a movie called, "Chooch". That was part of the bribe money he admitted to. The movie was made to benefit the girlfriend of Jack Chartier, an official in New York implicated in the scandal. The movie was distributed by a company founded by Steve Ratner. Who is Mr. Ratner you may ask, why he is the former head of the Obama administrations auto task force. And Markstone is now run by the former UN Ambassador from Israel.
It should begin to make sense to even the slowest person. I should also mention that Broidy was a big contributor to the Republican party in California and a major fundraiser for George W. Bush, the traitor. Well, they all are, I shouldn't single him out.
I grow bored with this. How the heck much can I post before people realize how bad it is and how obvious. Why isn't anyone screaming about these things, there are enough know facts out there as evidenced by the articles I have been linking to for the past year. Pensions are being used as the scapegoat for the failure of the criminals that benefited from their investments, not the pensioners, not the retirees, nope the politicians and insiders who skimmed hundreds of millions from the pensions by paying off and making promises to union officials. That is reality and we all get screwed because of it.
I beg the readers to at least let me know that you read this. I want to know that someone knows. Be well.
Some words from the great Hunter S. Thompson, lighten up kids.
Firstly, Elliot Broidy, here is a map showing some of his connections. Mr. Broidy plead guilty to bribing pension officials in New York and immediately resigned from the Los Angeles Police and Fire Pension Board. His company, Markstone, said it didn't expect his plea to impact their investments. LOL. Now Markstone has an ongoing relationship with CalPers. Hmmm
Broidy, pensions and unions
Here is where it gets interesting kids. Mr. Broidy was questioned in New York regarding all his connections to, Mr. Villalobos. Mr. Broidy was appointed to the Police and Fire Pension by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. At the end of the article it mentions the CIM Group. Broidy voted to allow the pension to invest $30 million in the CIM group. Hmmm. Wait and CIM was an investor in his company, Markstone.
Don't worry about getting all the detail, watch the connections. Now CIM was working with a man named Ari Swiller. Mr. Swiller is good friends with Villaraigosa. CIM and Swiller bought land in Kern with the intent of selling it to the City of Los Angeles DWP to make a wind farm and get the water rights.
At the time, Villaraigosa had a Deputy Mayor named David Freedman. Mr. Freedman had helped Mr. Swiller start a green energy company from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Freedman became the head of DWP. Oh, on an aside. During the energy rate hike controversy, Mr. Freedman was vacationing in Israel. He was replaced. Word in the City is that he was instructed not to return. How interesting.
Do you notice anything screwy about any of this? Unions, politicians, pensions, green energy and water. Oh year, and lots of money. Now CIM received over $200 million in investments from CalPers. How do you figure Villalobos voted on that investment? LOL.
Let me expand upon the question put forth by the author of the first article I mentioned. Why aren't the unions up in arms and screaming about the pension fraud and misdoings, why aren't the Governor and the Mayor of Los Angeles making this an issue, why isn't the City Council holding hearings? Why isn't this front page news every day when both the governor and mayor are saying that the pension system is too generous and is in jeopardy of failing?
By the way. Whatever happened to Andrew Adelman, perhaps he is visiting his brother and some Israelis. ROFL. He should not be too hard to find if anyone cares. I forgot, CIM also invested in loft conversions in Los Angeles. Even gave some units to people who had been on pension boards. Mr. Adelman was in charge of Building and Safety and it has been alleged he allowed asbestos removals without the proper protections. Alleged.
The Governor, the Mayor and President Obama attended the Copenhagen Climate Conference together. Heck, the Mayor is in D.C. right now. The Copenhagen Climate Conference was all about green technology and restricting your carbon emissions. All three are big supporters.
In my travels throughout the City I like to bring up CIM Group and see the reactions I get, they are quite fascinating. Most know nothing of the company, others cringe and say nothing. Some get very uncomfortable when I bring up CIM. Piss on them all.
Lets go back to Broidy for a second. Mr. Broidy invested $300,000 in a movie called, "Chooch". That was part of the bribe money he admitted to. The movie was made to benefit the girlfriend of Jack Chartier, an official in New York implicated in the scandal. The movie was distributed by a company founded by Steve Ratner. Who is Mr. Ratner you may ask, why he is the former head of the Obama administrations auto task force. And Markstone is now run by the former UN Ambassador from Israel.
It should begin to make sense to even the slowest person. I should also mention that Broidy was a big contributor to the Republican party in California and a major fundraiser for George W. Bush, the traitor. Well, they all are, I shouldn't single him out.
I grow bored with this. How the heck much can I post before people realize how bad it is and how obvious. Why isn't anyone screaming about these things, there are enough know facts out there as evidenced by the articles I have been linking to for the past year. Pensions are being used as the scapegoat for the failure of the criminals that benefited from their investments, not the pensioners, not the retirees, nope the politicians and insiders who skimmed hundreds of millions from the pensions by paying off and making promises to union officials. That is reality and we all get screwed because of it.
I beg the readers to at least let me know that you read this. I want to know that someone knows. Be well.
Some words from the great Hunter S. Thompson, lighten up kids.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A Sad Update
More attacks on school kids in China
So what is going on? The popular belief is that these are all copycat killers. That is an incomplete and weak explanation at best. Why haven't we heard what the killers have said their reasons were?
People who commit mass murder, as opposed to serial killers, generally snap over something fairly specific in their lives. Unlike serial killers, who are driven by an urge to kill and not get caught, mass murderers expect to get caught. It is usually tied to suicidal feelings.
Mass murderers tend to go after people who fit a profile of someone who the murderer felt wronged them. The question becomes, were they going after the children, the school system or parents? What is the real target.
So what is going on? The popular belief is that these are all copycat killers. That is an incomplete and weak explanation at best. Why haven't we heard what the killers have said their reasons were?
People who commit mass murder, as opposed to serial killers, generally snap over something fairly specific in their lives. Unlike serial killers, who are driven by an urge to kill and not get caught, mass murderers expect to get caught. It is usually tied to suicidal feelings.
Mass murderers tend to go after people who fit a profile of someone who the murderer felt wronged them. The question becomes, were they going after the children, the school system or parents? What is the real target.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Excuse me, may I fart in your face?
The City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power is selling their Western District Yard so a developer can build a shopping center. Hmmmm. If you own something outright you don't have to pay annually. This reduces operating costs.
Sorry, I lost my choo choo, my train of thought. Happens that way sometimes. Was I talking about pensions, maybe not. Oh no, I remember, I was talking about DWP selling some land. They will have to pay to have a new building built. Why should we attempt to break even when we don't have to?
Maybe the developer is a good developer, he is Israeli and I bet he got money from government pensions. Perhaps someone should look and see.
Sorry, I lost my choo choo, my train of thought. Happens that way sometimes. Was I talking about pensions, maybe not. Oh no, I remember, I was talking about DWP selling some land. They will have to pay to have a new building built. Why should we attempt to break even when we don't have to?
Maybe the developer is a good developer, he is Israeli and I bet he got money from government pensions. Perhaps someone should look and see.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Ramblings on being
Thought I might get a bit off subject, not that there is a subject; but, off subject none the less. We tend to focus on things, sometimes this is good, sometimes we need to step back and focus less, that is where impressionism comes from.
We live in the trappings of a material world. As we "grow up" (the few of us who choose to) we begin to self define. Some of us never move past the material, intellect and spiritual and philosophical are ignored by them. I dated a woman, a very nice woman, and she detested philosophy. She was completely material, not greedy, not selfish, not corrupt, just material. If she could not see it, she did not wish to think about it.
Oh, I should mention, the woman grew up in communist Russia. Russia taught its people to be only about the here and now. Russian children, in Soviet Russia, were taught that there was no right or wrong morally; but, that right and wrong were physical things. I did not explain that well.
Bill Maher is a perfect example of the philosophy. We are born and we die. He claims what comes next simply does not matter to him. He would say that we cannot know, so it does not matter and he does not care. Actually, he has said just that.
Wish such a belief set, what type of life would one live? Simple, get what you can, don't worry about later and morals are whatever is convenient. They would wonder why they should have any restrictions except those for safety from others. A "you only go around once, grab all the gusto you can" alcoholic type of philosophy.
I cannot understand the intellectual laziness that is behind such beliefs. I exist, you exist and what our lives mean is important. We are important even if we only live for a moment. We have value and our experience and others experience has value. In the end, whether we live for a minute or eternity, our self definition is unique and beautiful and ours. It is the only thing we have that we can create, ourselves. If we choose to be meaningless than we are.
Some choose to attempt to understand their own existence. This would be a prerequisite to understanding anything in this world. How can we understand anything, if we do not understand it's context to us and of us? As long as we are alive, isn't the question of why and of it's value of some worth and effort?
I choose to question whether or not we have meaning and then attempt to determine and define what my meaning is. On the most fundamental level we are a collection of changing emotions. Some are pleasant and some are painful. Both prove that we exist and have meaning. At a minimum we have meaning to ourselves. If we grow, we can look at what that meaning is.
Many would say that the most fundamental aspect that can be known is pleasure and pain. I would disagree, the most fundamental aspect is that we can know both, experience anything whether perceived or real, we still experience. That is powerful and something that rocks and the earth cannot do.
The fact that we can experience makes us the most important things in the universe, more important than the universe itself for if there is no sentient being to experience the universe than the universe cannot have meaning. A flower than can never be seen may have beauty but it does not matter. You see, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if there is no beholder than there is no beauty.
We create beauty by being capable of observing beauty. Pretty powerful. Our interaction and understanding of the world brings out what could not exist without us, meaning and beauty. We, at our most basic, are meaning generators, each of us individually is a meaning generator.
As we exist and understand we are meaningful, we can begin to attempt to put our lives in context. To see ourselves as part of something larger. We can begin to see that the material is merely a representation of reality, our awareness attempting to experience whatever is. Our ability to see does not change objects, merely our awareness of what we perceive.
If I am color blind, it does not change the object, merely my ability to fully perceive what is around me. Helen Keller could not see; however, she felt the tables and chairs she bumped into. The unseen chairs were still there. Refusal to see what is around us does not stop it from existing.
See, I have gone from the "real" (stock market, pensions, corruption) to the "real" (our experience). Some would say that just because we exist does not mean that anything has meaning. I disagree, I have meaning, at a minimum I have meaning to me and you have meaning to you. We have meaning, rocks do not.
Because my experience has meaning, I have the right to define myself, by defining myself, I increase the meaning of my life, I have that power and right. We define ourselves by determining what choices we will make and for what purpose we will make them. That becomes the definition of what we truly are.
I am not defined by my experiences, I am defined by my choices. I do not give up control over my choices or my reasons for them. My choices evolve overtime. My self-definition also evolves as I learn from my experiences. I do not have to make the same mistakes for eternity, I can find new ones.
That is the beginning of context. Growth, I can evolve, rocks cannot. Computers cannot attain sentience, they lack the ability to be aware. That is a problem for technology, it has no meaning outside of us. If a tree falls in the woods and no sentient being hears it then no sound was made, only sound vibrations. Sound requires an observer.
So, once again, we return to the issue of context. If I exist, which I am pretty sure I do, and I have meaning (which I do because I choose to) then the question of context becomes critical to growing in my understanding of my meaning and myself.
I can choose to ignore the God question and eternity, I can choose to believe that I am all that exists, which is insanity or I can choose to believe that my experience which is equally insane or I can choose to attempt to understand and define my context.
If I recognize I exist, hard to avoid that one, then I must, if I have any sense, attempt to determine what I am and why I am here. Some would argue I just am, that is rather childish and lazy. I am and I can choose a reason for being therefore I can choose to be here for a reason. I create reason, the universe cannot, and so can you.
Oh, this particular post if for a friend of mine named Chris. I hope he enjoys it, others are welcome to get from it whatever they choose. I do not have to be materialistic, realistic or any istic. I can choose to go from the "real" to the "really important".
A week ago I said the market would crash and get volatile. It did and that was a fairly "material", "physical" type of prediction. Sometimes I wish to talk about what has real meaning, you know our lives, our existence, our emotions, us.
If the only thing that I can be absolutely sure exists is me then how can I begin to believe that I can stop existing? Based on what? For the Bill Maher's of the world, I ask this question. What possible fricking proof can anyone provide me that I do not continue to exist? None. Based on their weak and flawed logic they cannot prove anything and accept anything. I can prove to myself that I exist, that is a starting point. They have none.
I shall simplify the argument for learning, understanding and growth. Prove to me that you do not exist. If you can do that then belief sets based on nonsense can be proven to me. Enjoy.
We live in the trappings of a material world. As we "grow up" (the few of us who choose to) we begin to self define. Some of us never move past the material, intellect and spiritual and philosophical are ignored by them. I dated a woman, a very nice woman, and she detested philosophy. She was completely material, not greedy, not selfish, not corrupt, just material. If she could not see it, she did not wish to think about it.
Oh, I should mention, the woman grew up in communist Russia. Russia taught its people to be only about the here and now. Russian children, in Soviet Russia, were taught that there was no right or wrong morally; but, that right and wrong were physical things. I did not explain that well.
Bill Maher is a perfect example of the philosophy. We are born and we die. He claims what comes next simply does not matter to him. He would say that we cannot know, so it does not matter and he does not care. Actually, he has said just that.
Wish such a belief set, what type of life would one live? Simple, get what you can, don't worry about later and morals are whatever is convenient. They would wonder why they should have any restrictions except those for safety from others. A "you only go around once, grab all the gusto you can" alcoholic type of philosophy.
I cannot understand the intellectual laziness that is behind such beliefs. I exist, you exist and what our lives mean is important. We are important even if we only live for a moment. We have value and our experience and others experience has value. In the end, whether we live for a minute or eternity, our self definition is unique and beautiful and ours. It is the only thing we have that we can create, ourselves. If we choose to be meaningless than we are.
Some choose to attempt to understand their own existence. This would be a prerequisite to understanding anything in this world. How can we understand anything, if we do not understand it's context to us and of us? As long as we are alive, isn't the question of why and of it's value of some worth and effort?
I choose to question whether or not we have meaning and then attempt to determine and define what my meaning is. On the most fundamental level we are a collection of changing emotions. Some are pleasant and some are painful. Both prove that we exist and have meaning. At a minimum we have meaning to ourselves. If we grow, we can look at what that meaning is.
Many would say that the most fundamental aspect that can be known is pleasure and pain. I would disagree, the most fundamental aspect is that we can know both, experience anything whether perceived or real, we still experience. That is powerful and something that rocks and the earth cannot do.
The fact that we can experience makes us the most important things in the universe, more important than the universe itself for if there is no sentient being to experience the universe than the universe cannot have meaning. A flower than can never be seen may have beauty but it does not matter. You see, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if there is no beholder than there is no beauty.
We create beauty by being capable of observing beauty. Pretty powerful. Our interaction and understanding of the world brings out what could not exist without us, meaning and beauty. We, at our most basic, are meaning generators, each of us individually is a meaning generator.
As we exist and understand we are meaningful, we can begin to attempt to put our lives in context. To see ourselves as part of something larger. We can begin to see that the material is merely a representation of reality, our awareness attempting to experience whatever is. Our ability to see does not change objects, merely our awareness of what we perceive.
If I am color blind, it does not change the object, merely my ability to fully perceive what is around me. Helen Keller could not see; however, she felt the tables and chairs she bumped into. The unseen chairs were still there. Refusal to see what is around us does not stop it from existing.
See, I have gone from the "real" (stock market, pensions, corruption) to the "real" (our experience). Some would say that just because we exist does not mean that anything has meaning. I disagree, I have meaning, at a minimum I have meaning to me and you have meaning to you. We have meaning, rocks do not.
Because my experience has meaning, I have the right to define myself, by defining myself, I increase the meaning of my life, I have that power and right. We define ourselves by determining what choices we will make and for what purpose we will make them. That becomes the definition of what we truly are.
I am not defined by my experiences, I am defined by my choices. I do not give up control over my choices or my reasons for them. My choices evolve overtime. My self-definition also evolves as I learn from my experiences. I do not have to make the same mistakes for eternity, I can find new ones.
That is the beginning of context. Growth, I can evolve, rocks cannot. Computers cannot attain sentience, they lack the ability to be aware. That is a problem for technology, it has no meaning outside of us. If a tree falls in the woods and no sentient being hears it then no sound was made, only sound vibrations. Sound requires an observer.
So, once again, we return to the issue of context. If I exist, which I am pretty sure I do, and I have meaning (which I do because I choose to) then the question of context becomes critical to growing in my understanding of my meaning and myself.
I can choose to ignore the God question and eternity, I can choose to believe that I am all that exists, which is insanity or I can choose to believe that my experience which is equally insane or I can choose to attempt to understand and define my context.
If I recognize I exist, hard to avoid that one, then I must, if I have any sense, attempt to determine what I am and why I am here. Some would argue I just am, that is rather childish and lazy. I am and I can choose a reason for being therefore I can choose to be here for a reason. I create reason, the universe cannot, and so can you.
Oh, this particular post if for a friend of mine named Chris. I hope he enjoys it, others are welcome to get from it whatever they choose. I do not have to be materialistic, realistic or any istic. I can choose to go from the "real" to the "really important".
A week ago I said the market would crash and get volatile. It did and that was a fairly "material", "physical" type of prediction. Sometimes I wish to talk about what has real meaning, you know our lives, our existence, our emotions, us.
If the only thing that I can be absolutely sure exists is me then how can I begin to believe that I can stop existing? Based on what? For the Bill Maher's of the world, I ask this question. What possible fricking proof can anyone provide me that I do not continue to exist? None. Based on their weak and flawed logic they cannot prove anything and accept anything. I can prove to myself that I exist, that is a starting point. They have none.
I shall simplify the argument for learning, understanding and growth. Prove to me that you do not exist. If you can do that then belief sets based on nonsense can be proven to me. Enjoy.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
NATO in Russia
On the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany, NATO forces joined Russian forces in a parade in Red Square. This is highly unusual and upset many in Russia. Imagine having 11,000 Russian and Chinese troops marching in front of the White House to celebrate the defeat of Germany. That is a lot of foreign troops.
March in Russia
March in Russia
New Currency
You might find this video interesting. It has the Russian president discussing and showing a new one world currency to be used in addition to regional currencies.
Ooohhh, new money
Now, you might not understand what the impact of a single currency is. I will attempt to explain. It allows an international body, such as the UN or the World Trade Organization or most likely the World Bank to set the rate for certain goods and services. You might want to investigate the concept of a Value Added Tax.
If we have a single international monetary standard then the question of valuation is critical. Is one hour of physical labor by an American equivalent to that of an Argentinian? We don't get paid the same. What occurs when you have an international minimum wage?
I hope you begin to understand what the impacts of a "standardized" currency are. It will redistribute wealth. It leads towards making all live by the same standards, brings down the west and up the third world. On one level this is probably the right thing to do; but, not in this manner.
A standardized currency does not result in a standardized price for goods. The cost of production is not the same for all countries because of technology, transportation and availability of resources. This is to say that countries with higher technology and more resources will be able to build products cheaper; but, the workers will get the same pay. The extra goes to the companies and governments. Get it?
This may all be too abstract for most people. I apologize and will attempt to simplify. A standardized valuation of all currencies means that everyone loses unless they are the people who own everything already.
You will see a major push for a new "reserve currency", it has already begun. It will be an international currency and regional currencies values will be determined by it. The new currencies will be needed to stabilize the international monetary crisis. In creating their valuation, international debt will be lessened, this is the cookie. Sort of like starting over with a clean slate. America will love it because of our multi-trillion dollars of debt and so will every other country because of theirs.
UPDATE
After writing the above I was reading a newspaper from Tokyo. In the opinion section was an interesting article regarding the Euro. It said that in order to have a successful shared currency, they should have a shared policy on taxes and closer coordination of police. LOL. Read the article and understand the next step after having a regional currency.
The real Greek crisis
It is all so amusingly intended to prod people into riots. Worked on the Greeks, consider the tea party movement here. The news is fed to you, you think you get it and instead find out that the choice of moves you thought you had was wrong. We are fed our choices and want to be on the winning side rather than do right. If we make our choices based on what we want more rather than doing right, we will always do wrong.
Ooohhh, new money
Now, you might not understand what the impact of a single currency is. I will attempt to explain. It allows an international body, such as the UN or the World Trade Organization or most likely the World Bank to set the rate for certain goods and services. You might want to investigate the concept of a Value Added Tax.
If we have a single international monetary standard then the question of valuation is critical. Is one hour of physical labor by an American equivalent to that of an Argentinian? We don't get paid the same. What occurs when you have an international minimum wage?
I hope you begin to understand what the impacts of a "standardized" currency are. It will redistribute wealth. It leads towards making all live by the same standards, brings down the west and up the third world. On one level this is probably the right thing to do; but, not in this manner.
A standardized currency does not result in a standardized price for goods. The cost of production is not the same for all countries because of technology, transportation and availability of resources. This is to say that countries with higher technology and more resources will be able to build products cheaper; but, the workers will get the same pay. The extra goes to the companies and governments. Get it?
This may all be too abstract for most people. I apologize and will attempt to simplify. A standardized valuation of all currencies means that everyone loses unless they are the people who own everything already.
You will see a major push for a new "reserve currency", it has already begun. It will be an international currency and regional currencies values will be determined by it. The new currencies will be needed to stabilize the international monetary crisis. In creating their valuation, international debt will be lessened, this is the cookie. Sort of like starting over with a clean slate. America will love it because of our multi-trillion dollars of debt and so will every other country because of theirs.
UPDATE
After writing the above I was reading a newspaper from Tokyo. In the opinion section was an interesting article regarding the Euro. It said that in order to have a successful shared currency, they should have a shared policy on taxes and closer coordination of police. LOL. Read the article and understand the next step after having a regional currency.
The real Greek crisis
It is all so amusingly intended to prod people into riots. Worked on the Greeks, consider the tea party movement here. The news is fed to you, you think you get it and instead find out that the choice of moves you thought you had was wrong. We are fed our choices and want to be on the winning side rather than do right. If we make our choices based on what we want more rather than doing right, we will always do wrong.
Friday, May 7, 2010
High Treason
I like the Constitution. I like it a lot, it is a marvelously thought out document. I liked it so much that I got my law degree and was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional law. It is such a shame that we don't bother using it anymore. We are certainly in for penalties because of our failure to follow it.
Hillary Clinton is in charge of the State Department. The State Department wants to put out a bill that would make it possible for them to remove your citizenship if you belong to certain organizations. She thinks the bill might be good idea. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer and should know the constitution.
The chatter over the net regarding this is pitiful. There are some who are saying that it only applies to naturalized citizens (foreign born people who become citizens). That attitude misses the point. It is not about sending them back to where they came from, it is about denying them access to the courts and due process.
The Constitution was meant not to be a privilege; but, outlines how we the people wish to be treated. Rousseau, a great philosopher, decried the horrid nature of French society before the revolution by saying that all men were born free, yet men were in chains all around him.
What rights are different for citizens. I mean, how should we treat non-citizens. Someone comes to America from England on vacation, if they have a car accident, should they be treated different. What rights do we expect when we travel to Europe? Perhaps if you are unbiased you will begin to see the real question.
Look, we treat citizens and non-citizens the same in the courts. This is not about citizens rights. It would separate rights between the "bad guys", terrorists and the good guys. Once the government declared you a bad guy, you lose all rights. They don't have to let a court determine if you are guilty. To propose such a law is treason.
The founding fathers believed in basic human rights. They called them unalienable rights, rights that nobody and no government could take away. They believed these rights were God given, not man given and not from the government, God given. I believe they are.
Hillary the Traitor
The whole ploy by the State Department is disgusting. The idea is to attempt to get people to see it as an us versus them while giving over basic human rights to the government. A government of the government, by the government and for the government. This is the antithesis of the Constitution. One that she swore to uphold and regards with such disdain. Filth.
There was a reason that the founding fathers wrote down certain rights. The right to not having police and military come into your house without having to show a third party, a judge, that they had a reason to go there. A valid reason. This is the right to not have the government come into your house just because they want to look around. Pretty basic thing.
The founding fathers also said that if you arrested someone, you had to bring them before a judge and say why. The person was to be given a reason in public so that others could make sure they did not live in a fricking totalitarian state. Pretty simple, not burdensome on government.
Wake the Xuck up. People deserve to be treated fairly and we cannot trust governments to do so, they have their own agendas. How hard is it to take someone before a judge and have to say why you arrested them?
Look at how silly the proposed law is. If you are a foreigner and kill your neighbor, you get to go to court. If you are a citizen and they "think" you may be a terrorist you can be denied any rights and no judge will be allowed to make sure they had a good reason for arresting you.
Some will say that we do not provide these rights in Iraq. We don't, it's a war zone. We have soldiers there and so did they. I am not saying that rights should not exist in a war zone, I am saying that they are less likely to be respected in one.
Oh, by the way. The founding fathers wrote in these protections while fighting the British. They knew exactly what they were doing. The "Bill of Rights" has an interesting story. Some did not believe it was necessary to write them down, they thought it was obvious that we had the right to free speech, religion and to protect ourselves.
I do not know if the Constitution was divinely inspired, I do know it sure seems that way. It's focus is on freedoms for people, not on powers for government. Wherever it talks about powers for government, it limits them.
Ms. Clinton was quoted as saying that citizenship was a privilege. That is true for people not born in this country. Citizenship means the right to live here, not the right to be treated as a human. She attempts to obfuscate and confuse the issues. Shame on her.
Let us continue, the "rights" listed in the Bill of Rights do not say they are limited to citizens. The rights are defined as inalienable, that means just being a human entitles you to them. Would you limit free speech to citizens? How bout Freedom of Religion?
I expect tyrants and self-centered elitist puppets to deny rights, that is their nature. What upsets me is that there are people who will go along with such things because the racist or bigoted in some other way. The issue is what "rights" we believe everybody should have. The question can only be answered by saying what "rights" we believe we should have.
Be well.
Hillary Clinton is in charge of the State Department. The State Department wants to put out a bill that would make it possible for them to remove your citizenship if you belong to certain organizations. She thinks the bill might be good idea. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer and should know the constitution.
The chatter over the net regarding this is pitiful. There are some who are saying that it only applies to naturalized citizens (foreign born people who become citizens). That attitude misses the point. It is not about sending them back to where they came from, it is about denying them access to the courts and due process.
The Constitution was meant not to be a privilege; but, outlines how we the people wish to be treated. Rousseau, a great philosopher, decried the horrid nature of French society before the revolution by saying that all men were born free, yet men were in chains all around him.
What rights are different for citizens. I mean, how should we treat non-citizens. Someone comes to America from England on vacation, if they have a car accident, should they be treated different. What rights do we expect when we travel to Europe? Perhaps if you are unbiased you will begin to see the real question.
Look, we treat citizens and non-citizens the same in the courts. This is not about citizens rights. It would separate rights between the "bad guys", terrorists and the good guys. Once the government declared you a bad guy, you lose all rights. They don't have to let a court determine if you are guilty. To propose such a law is treason.
The founding fathers believed in basic human rights. They called them unalienable rights, rights that nobody and no government could take away. They believed these rights were God given, not man given and not from the government, God given. I believe they are.
Hillary the Traitor
The whole ploy by the State Department is disgusting. The idea is to attempt to get people to see it as an us versus them while giving over basic human rights to the government. A government of the government, by the government and for the government. This is the antithesis of the Constitution. One that she swore to uphold and regards with such disdain. Filth.
There was a reason that the founding fathers wrote down certain rights. The right to not having police and military come into your house without having to show a third party, a judge, that they had a reason to go there. A valid reason. This is the right to not have the government come into your house just because they want to look around. Pretty basic thing.
The founding fathers also said that if you arrested someone, you had to bring them before a judge and say why. The person was to be given a reason in public so that others could make sure they did not live in a fricking totalitarian state. Pretty simple, not burdensome on government.
Wake the Xuck up. People deserve to be treated fairly and we cannot trust governments to do so, they have their own agendas. How hard is it to take someone before a judge and have to say why you arrested them?
Look at how silly the proposed law is. If you are a foreigner and kill your neighbor, you get to go to court. If you are a citizen and they "think" you may be a terrorist you can be denied any rights and no judge will be allowed to make sure they had a good reason for arresting you.
Some will say that we do not provide these rights in Iraq. We don't, it's a war zone. We have soldiers there and so did they. I am not saying that rights should not exist in a war zone, I am saying that they are less likely to be respected in one.
Oh, by the way. The founding fathers wrote in these protections while fighting the British. They knew exactly what they were doing. The "Bill of Rights" has an interesting story. Some did not believe it was necessary to write them down, they thought it was obvious that we had the right to free speech, religion and to protect ourselves.
I do not know if the Constitution was divinely inspired, I do know it sure seems that way. It's focus is on freedoms for people, not on powers for government. Wherever it talks about powers for government, it limits them.
Ms. Clinton was quoted as saying that citizenship was a privilege. That is true for people not born in this country. Citizenship means the right to live here, not the right to be treated as a human. She attempts to obfuscate and confuse the issues. Shame on her.
Let us continue, the "rights" listed in the Bill of Rights do not say they are limited to citizens. The rights are defined as inalienable, that means just being a human entitles you to them. Would you limit free speech to citizens? How bout Freedom of Religion?
I expect tyrants and self-centered elitist puppets to deny rights, that is their nature. What upsets me is that there are people who will go along with such things because the racist or bigoted in some other way. The issue is what "rights" we believe everybody should have. The question can only be answered by saying what "rights" we believe we should have.
Be well.
Lets do some odd news stories
Anomalous news stories because it is Friday. Good a reason as any.
First up, a story about how people are becoming more exposed to a belief in aliens and altered consciousness.
The next is a story about a woman who claimed to have been attacked by a giant cockroach. I just had to post the link, the story is too bizarre.
Cockroach consciousness.
Here is a Washington Post article on Ronald Reagan and his occult beliefs. Reagan was an admirer of Manly P. Hall and secret societies that were to protect us.
First up, a story about how people are becoming more exposed to a belief in aliens and altered consciousness.
The next is a story about a woman who claimed to have been attacked by a giant cockroach. I just had to post the link, the story is too bizarre.
Cockroach consciousness.
Here is a Washington Post article on Ronald Reagan and his occult beliefs. Reagan was an admirer of Manly P. Hall and secret societies that were to protect us.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Jerry Brown and our pension
Attorney General of California and former governor, Jerry Brown, is filing a fraud suit against Villalobos. Hmmmm. Think I have been talking about this for months. And now comes the time of exposure and the day of reckoning. What will unravel will be the government pension funds and all of the fraud and theft.
Jerry
Readers of my little blog will begin seeing the names and companies that I have been writing about come to the front of the newspapers now. Expect to see foul details. Where there is corruption there is infidelity and sex. Sordid details will come out. Always happens that way. Be well.
Jerry
Readers of my little blog will begin seeing the names and companies that I have been writing about come to the front of the newspapers now. Expect to see foul details. Where there is corruption there is infidelity and sex. Sordid details will come out. Always happens that way. Be well.
I recommend you read the post on more cameras
A few days ago while posting on cameras, I mentioned that the market was going to get very volatile and take some big hits. It dropped 1,000 points today and then rebounded. More to come.
On a side note, did you catch the article about the Russian governor who was kidnapped by aliens and now the President of Russia wants to make sure that he didn't give away any state secrets.
Governors and aliens
One of my other recent posts was about how we are hearing more and more about aliens being real. I am not saying they are. I am talking about how it is being discussed more and more. Stephen Hawking, the Catholic church, the Russian government... All this chatter in a matter of three weeks. Hmmmm.
On a side note, did you catch the article about the Russian governor who was kidnapped by aliens and now the President of Russia wants to make sure that he didn't give away any state secrets.
Governors and aliens
One of my other recent posts was about how we are hearing more and more about aliens being real. I am not saying they are. I am talking about how it is being discussed more and more. Stephen Hawking, the Catholic church, the Russian government... All this chatter in a matter of three weeks. Hmmmm.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
DWP Water lies
I really am laughing my ass off. The City of Los Angeles is blaming the water pipe failures all over the City on increased pressure in the pipes due to people not watering their lawns on certain days. The story, and it is a story, is that because of water conservation on the days when people do not water their lawns, the pressure in the pipes increases.
Water your lawn or we will all drown
Let me explain why this is pure horse manure. Firstly, it is not how much water that goes out of pipes that causes increased pressure, it is how much you pump in. Are we to believe that DWP did not know which days less water would be used, they track such things.
And again, why are we continuing to pump water out of the central valley that we do not need. We are supposedly in a drought, why continue pumping water from an area that needs it. Unless you are retarded you would know that DWP constantly monitors the pressure in the pipes, heck, they admit it. If you saw the pressure too high, wouldn't you decrease how much you were pumping?
If you know anyone that works in the water industry ask them to read the article that I linked to and tell you the answer. I already know, I know people in DWP. One more thing, lets not forget that two of the pipes that burst were gray lines, pipes taking reclaimed water, those were not effected by the water conservation rules.
I love it when I am lied to, reminds me of the ex.
Water your lawn or we will all drown
Let me explain why this is pure horse manure. Firstly, it is not how much water that goes out of pipes that causes increased pressure, it is how much you pump in. Are we to believe that DWP did not know which days less water would be used, they track such things.
And again, why are we continuing to pump water out of the central valley that we do not need. We are supposedly in a drought, why continue pumping water from an area that needs it. Unless you are retarded you would know that DWP constantly monitors the pressure in the pipes, heck, they admit it. If you saw the pressure too high, wouldn't you decrease how much you were pumping?
If you know anyone that works in the water industry ask them to read the article that I linked to and tell you the answer. I already know, I know people in DWP. One more thing, lets not forget that two of the pipes that burst were gray lines, pipes taking reclaimed water, those were not effected by the water conservation rules.
I love it when I am lied to, reminds me of the ex.
Teach
Ahhh, one of the readers comments was "Teach". Yes, I should teach, I have learned a thing or two about government and enjoy the dialectic. But, who would I teach and what? Hmm, perhaps we will think about this later. Be well.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
More cameras
As a result of the recent failed car bomb in New York, the City of New York, in partnership with the FBI will be filling the city with cameras.
Cameras, cameras everywhere.
The article says the cameras will maintain an "unblinking eye". Hmmmm. The system will monitor every car that goes into Manhattan and will have access to private cameras owned by businesses. The article also says they are creating a "Brave new world of security". The author has an interesting choice of words.
Cameras are everywhere and more are coming. As the co-creator of google said, privacy is overrated. In two years you will not know this country. The transition will be complete. Ahhh, but it will never be enough. Freedom is in your head not given by nations.
On a side not, if any of my readers have money in the stock market, get out. Park your money in Treasury Bonds or better yet, invest in Berkshire Hathaway. Other good investments include bicycle companies, railroads and the companies that manage cameras for cities. The market will crash again, most likely on the next quadruple witching hour. That is the third Friday in June. Expect some volatility until then.
On another side note. I have been telling people that the Fed is going to take over pension funds. Now they are proposing to take over your private 401ks. Yawn, didn't see that coming. Hmmm. Maybe I did.
Government control over your 401k.
Oh well, I have to get back to preparing the papers for my foreclosure or short sale. Hope you are all doing well.
Cameras, cameras everywhere.
The article says the cameras will maintain an "unblinking eye". Hmmmm. The system will monitor every car that goes into Manhattan and will have access to private cameras owned by businesses. The article also says they are creating a "Brave new world of security". The author has an interesting choice of words.
Cameras are everywhere and more are coming. As the co-creator of google said, privacy is overrated. In two years you will not know this country. The transition will be complete. Ahhh, but it will never be enough. Freedom is in your head not given by nations.
On a side not, if any of my readers have money in the stock market, get out. Park your money in Treasury Bonds or better yet, invest in Berkshire Hathaway. Other good investments include bicycle companies, railroads and the companies that manage cameras for cities. The market will crash again, most likely on the next quadruple witching hour. That is the third Friday in June. Expect some volatility until then.
On another side note. I have been telling people that the Fed is going to take over pension funds. Now they are proposing to take over your private 401ks. Yawn, didn't see that coming. Hmmm. Maybe I did.
Government control over your 401k.
Oh well, I have to get back to preparing the papers for my foreclosure or short sale. Hope you are all doing well.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Reflections
Some song lyrics from a group called Marmalade
"The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
All my cryings (all my cryings), feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home (oh I'm going home)
I'm changing, arranging, I'm changing
I'm changing everything, ah, everything around me
The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live, oh, but I don't wanna die
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, to my old home
All my cryings, (all my cryings),feel i'm dying, dying
Take me back to my old home (i'm going home)
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, (take me back) to my old home"
The song has a really good melody, I might add. And, no, I am not feeling melancholy, just heard the song and happen to like it. In fact, at the moment, my mind is just wandering. I spent the day getting things ready for the mortgage company and driving people around.
It is funny, sometimes things are, I spent the day working on giving away what I spent a lifetime working for. I will not say earned, kids in India and other places work harder for less than we get. "Earned" is the lie we tell ourselves to justify others getting less, we don't want to feel guilty.
I prepared a financial statement for my mortgage company. Gruesome. I keep a third of what I make and it goes to bills and getting me to work. No excess, no extra. Some people might look at this and say that I have been cheated or the system failed or nice guys finish last or whatever. They would say that I deserve some extra. LOL.
I have always had what I needed and always will. What I need. I am still here so I have always had what I needed. There are some things I would have liked to have had; but, I really don't know what they are right now. I want for nothing and miss nothing except people who have passed on.
The most important thing to me, the thing I wanted the most was to be myself. To chart my own development, my own course and live with the consequences. To be me and not sell out to the cookies. I have done so and will continue to. F'em all.
There was a time, when everything came undone, it was a time that I felt I had lost a part of myself. Prior to that things had begone to unravel and I had worked as hard as I could to keep things together. It was if everything in the world was working against me. I pushed till I broke, then I crawled. I did not give up, I came apart; but, kept trying.
I spent about a year with the feeling that I had lost part of myself, the worst thing in my life. It was worse than any pain I can describe, a feeling that I was not me. I got me back and it is the only thing I fear losing. That is not true, I don't fear losing it because I refuse to.
There is not one material thing I fear losing. Actually, my intent is to get rid of it all, except my clothes and car. Still, it is strange looking at what I do keep for my work and what I must give up because the ex chose to sleep around.
I am no hippie, pretty much part of the establishment. I am no Buddhist or guru. I am not flower child or anarchist. I just want to be rid of the material garbage that seems to crowd our lives. I just don't like a lot of crap in my life. Too much stuff to care for takes us away from people. I like people, even ones who are still making mistakes, that would be all of us.
I was in my car with a younger man. We were discussing helping people and paying things forward. That is all I ask of anyone I have ever helped.
I was nudged to consider what I wanted out of life again. Little. Little in the way of stuff. More than I ever had in other ways. I want more peace and more relationship. I want to talk to more people and not be rushed all of the time. I will trade stuff for that.
I am ready, emotionally, to leave this world behind me; but, in no hurry to do so. There is nothing on my list of things to do before I die except the will of my Lord. That is about it. Can't think of anything I want or need. Can't think of anything I feel a need to do to prove myself, already done it.
To some this may sound sad. Not to me. I am quite satisfied with what I became, what I molded myself into. Things turn out as they do. We can only look at how we approached life. Someone in Haiti had just been told they had been promoted when the earthquake came and they died. They had no control over the earthquake.
Have a great night.
"The changing of sunlight to moonlight
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
The greetings of people in trouble
Reflections of my life, oh, how they fill my eyes
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back to my own home
All my cryings (all my cryings), feel I'm dying, dying
Take me back to my own home (oh I'm going home)
I'm changing, arranging, I'm changing
I'm changing everything, ah, everything around me
The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live, oh, but I don't wanna die
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, to my old home
All my cryings, (all my cryings),feel i'm dying, dying
Take me back to my old home (i'm going home)
All my sorrows, sad tomorrows
Take me back, (take me back) to my old home"
The song has a really good melody, I might add. And, no, I am not feeling melancholy, just heard the song and happen to like it. In fact, at the moment, my mind is just wandering. I spent the day getting things ready for the mortgage company and driving people around.
It is funny, sometimes things are, I spent the day working on giving away what I spent a lifetime working for. I will not say earned, kids in India and other places work harder for less than we get. "Earned" is the lie we tell ourselves to justify others getting less, we don't want to feel guilty.
I prepared a financial statement for my mortgage company. Gruesome. I keep a third of what I make and it goes to bills and getting me to work. No excess, no extra. Some people might look at this and say that I have been cheated or the system failed or nice guys finish last or whatever. They would say that I deserve some extra. LOL.
I have always had what I needed and always will. What I need. I am still here so I have always had what I needed. There are some things I would have liked to have had; but, I really don't know what they are right now. I want for nothing and miss nothing except people who have passed on.
The most important thing to me, the thing I wanted the most was to be myself. To chart my own development, my own course and live with the consequences. To be me and not sell out to the cookies. I have done so and will continue to. F'em all.
There was a time, when everything came undone, it was a time that I felt I had lost a part of myself. Prior to that things had begone to unravel and I had worked as hard as I could to keep things together. It was if everything in the world was working against me. I pushed till I broke, then I crawled. I did not give up, I came apart; but, kept trying.
I spent about a year with the feeling that I had lost part of myself, the worst thing in my life. It was worse than any pain I can describe, a feeling that I was not me. I got me back and it is the only thing I fear losing. That is not true, I don't fear losing it because I refuse to.
There is not one material thing I fear losing. Actually, my intent is to get rid of it all, except my clothes and car. Still, it is strange looking at what I do keep for my work and what I must give up because the ex chose to sleep around.
I am no hippie, pretty much part of the establishment. I am no Buddhist or guru. I am not flower child or anarchist. I just want to be rid of the material garbage that seems to crowd our lives. I just don't like a lot of crap in my life. Too much stuff to care for takes us away from people. I like people, even ones who are still making mistakes, that would be all of us.
I was in my car with a younger man. We were discussing helping people and paying things forward. That is all I ask of anyone I have ever helped.
I was nudged to consider what I wanted out of life again. Little. Little in the way of stuff. More than I ever had in other ways. I want more peace and more relationship. I want to talk to more people and not be rushed all of the time. I will trade stuff for that.
I am ready, emotionally, to leave this world behind me; but, in no hurry to do so. There is nothing on my list of things to do before I die except the will of my Lord. That is about it. Can't think of anything I want or need. Can't think of anything I feel a need to do to prove myself, already done it.
To some this may sound sad. Not to me. I am quite satisfied with what I became, what I molded myself into. Things turn out as they do. We can only look at how we approached life. Someone in Haiti had just been told they had been promoted when the earthquake came and they died. They had no control over the earthquake.
Have a great night.
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