The world is at "six's and seven's"; the world is in turmoil! Hong Kong is in turmoil! China is in turmoil! How will it all end?
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
History is Now -- Not Tomorrow
What we do now: how we vote, how we speak, how we treat others, what we believe, what we tolerate, what we understand, what we are willing to do, what we say, what we approve of, what we oppose; all these are what we are!
Do you live up to your convictions? Do you try to influence others to be tolerant and open towards all points of view? Are you willing, however, to stand up and oppose what is evil -- what is inhumane -- what is abnormally wrong?
We are living history -- right now, every day, every moment! I you don't understand that you don't understand much.
Do you live up to your convictions? Do you try to influence others to be tolerant and open towards all points of view? Are you willing, however, to stand up and oppose what is evil -- what is inhumane -- what is abnormally wrong?
We are living history -- right now, every day, every moment! I you don't understand that you don't understand much.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
TAPS
To all my friends in the Ukraine, and Poland, Romania, and Russia -- and the Middle East, especially Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, et al -- I give you my thoughts and all good intentions. Whether there is war or peace, we in America are thinking of you -- and worrying for you -- and praying on your behalf.
America is not the "great devil" some of you think it is -- America is instead a land of free people who have learned, or are beginning to learn, that the are part of a diverse world community. That community is made up of many nations, many creeds, many races, many economic strata. We are all human -- and we are all together.
America is not the "great devil" some of you think it is -- America is instead a land of free people who have learned, or are beginning to learn, that the are part of a diverse world community. That community is made up of many nations, many creeds, many races, many economic strata. We are all human -- and we are all together.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Sad State of "Now"
Why is "now" different than all other times? Things move faster now; change has accelerated to overcome even the most flexible of us. Technology has inundated us and surpassed the understanding of most of us.
We are dependant on others for explanations of how things work, why things work, and any repair needed. We cannot seem to overcome the increasing acceleration of change, no matter how hard we try. We are slow to react to any change -- and seemingly unaware of most of the changes anyway.
Yes, "now" is the best of times; and "now" is the worst of times! We live in any age where not only can anything happen, but most everything has happened, and amazing things will continue to happen.
We are dependant on others for explanations of how things work, why things work, and any repair needed. We cannot seem to overcome the increasing acceleration of change, no matter how hard we try. We are slow to react to any change -- and seemingly unaware of most of the changes anyway.
Yes, "now" is the best of times; and "now" is the worst of times! We live in any age where not only can anything happen, but most everything has happened, and amazing things will continue to happen.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
War Again...for the United States
Perhaps we are in an age when war cannot be stopped! When even peaceful countries must be called in to defend their futures. When stupidity is the religion of the desperate, and taunt is the diplomacy of the stupid.
ISIS is a non-country -- an ecstatic religious excuse for barbaric and non-human behavior. Those who are hyper-religious cheer both for ISIS and their wouldbe exterminators. Many look for the "end times" -- the fulfillment of the darkest images of the Bible. A verification of Nostradamus' worst predictions. A tapestry not of life, but of death. Nihilism is not a legitimate choice for any human to make. No God exists where no-man exists! No-man exists where nothing can exist!
ISIS is a non-country -- an ecstatic religious excuse for barbaric and non-human behavior. Those who are hyper-religious cheer both for ISIS and their wouldbe exterminators. Many look for the "end times" -- the fulfillment of the darkest images of the Bible. A verification of Nostradamus' worst predictions. A tapestry not of life, but of death. Nihilism is not a legitimate choice for any human to make. No God exists where no-man exists! No-man exists where nothing can exist!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Unending Stress...
Our social, physical, emotional, and personal environments make us all into tortured little bugs. We are constantly reacting to the many elements and people who lay stress upon us like a heavy layer of emotional mulch.
We are overcome by this mulch; undone by it. We cannot conquer nor control it. It weighs us down as if we were paper cut-outs, folded this way and that by the push of their own shiftings. We as humans react to all these stresses -- because we are aware of them. They become normal to us; we are normalized to a level of pain that inundates and ultimately consumes us. Our death is by drowning -- in the things we cannot control.
We are overcome by this mulch; undone by it. We cannot conquer nor control it. It weighs us down as if we were paper cut-outs, folded this way and that by the push of their own shiftings. We as humans react to all these stresses -- because we are aware of them. They become normal to us; we are normalized to a level of pain that inundates and ultimately consumes us. Our death is by drowning -- in the things we cannot control.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Who'll Stop the Rain...
Creedence Clearwater Revival was one of my favorite "groups" back in the 70'sff and is still one of my groups today. Their songs tried to say something. In the midst of Vietnam protests, Black Power protests, Gay and Lesbian protests, etc. at the University of Wisconsin in Madison -- there was this song, "Who'll Stop the Rain...?" which summed up the emotions underneath the barrage of things going wrong on a world-wide basis.
Kind of like, well, kind of like ... now! Who'll stop the rain -- of crazed nihilist like ISIS, or Russian hyper-Nationalists in Ukraine, or portly tea partiers and science-deniers which populate a good deal of America? Who'll stop the ignorance that abounds about "extermination" level issues in the world: climate change, self-destruction through child/female abuse, and violence as the newest sports passion in the NFL? None of these issues are God's fault (if there is a god)! All of these issues are directly related to human arrogance (yes, I know I have plenty); human ignorance (ditto); human willfulness (again ditto); and human...humanness. We are all at fault.
We remain complacent -- while the idiots around us lead us. We try to stay uninvolved because "doing something" requires time and energy we just don't have. We have met and seen the enemies -- again and again -- and the enemy is ... us.
Kind of like, well, kind of like ... now! Who'll stop the rain -- of crazed nihilist like ISIS, or Russian hyper-Nationalists in Ukraine, or portly tea partiers and science-deniers which populate a good deal of America? Who'll stop the ignorance that abounds about "extermination" level issues in the world: climate change, self-destruction through child/female abuse, and violence as the newest sports passion in the NFL? None of these issues are God's fault (if there is a god)! All of these issues are directly related to human arrogance (yes, I know I have plenty); human ignorance (ditto); human willfulness (again ditto); and human...humanness. We are all at fault.
We remain complacent -- while the idiots around us lead us. We try to stay uninvolved because "doing something" requires time and energy we just don't have. We have met and seen the enemies -- again and again -- and the enemy is ... us.
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