Our Reticular Activation System (RAS)

What is the Reticular Activating System?
The reticular activating system (RAS) is a network of neurons located in the brain stem that project anteriorly to the hypothalamus to mediate behavior, as well as both posteriorly to the thalamus and directly to the cortex for activation of awake, desynchronized cortical EEG patterns.

The main function of RAS --  The reticular activating system (RAS) denotes that part of the brainstem reticular formation which performs a crucial role in maintaining behavioral arousal, consciousness, and motivation.

"Our brains are incredibly complex. We can sift through billions of bits of data at any given time. And somehow, so we don’t short circuit, we have to organize that information. The Reticular Activating System helps with that.

The Reticular Activating System (RAS) is a bundle of nerves at our brainstem that filters out unnecessary information so the important stuff gets through.

The RAS is the reason you learn a new word and then start hearing it everywhere. It’s why you can tune out a crowd full of talking people, yet immediately snap to attention when someone says your name or something that at least sounds like it.

Your RAS takes what you focus on and creates a filter for it. It then sifts through the data and presents only the pieces that are important to you. All of this happens without you noticing, of course. The RAS programs itself to work in your favor without you actively doing anything. Pretty awesome, right?

In the same way, the RAS seeks information that validates your beliefs. It filters the world through the parameters you give it, and your beliefs shape those parameters. If you think you are bad at giving speeches, you probably will be. If you believe you work efficiently, you most likely do. The RAS helps you see what you want to see and in doing so, influences your actions.

Some people suggest that you can train your RAS by taking your subconscious thoughts and marrying them to your conscious thoughts. They call it “setting your intent.” This basically means that if you focus hard on your goals, your RAS will reveal the people, information and opportunities that help you achieve them."  SOURCE:  Personal Blog of Tobias van Schneider

THE PACIFIC INSTITUTE (TPI) agrees with this and for the past 40 years TPI has been improving productivity and profitability in organizations around the world, like but not limited to:  City College, Fonterra, Sasol, Scotia Gas Works, Unilever, National American University, Coca Cola, Fresenius, Schneider, and Midland...

And, they do this using a training program that they developed focused around and using THE RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM...  and, I know this as being TRUTH because I participation when I worked for a proprietary college in Kentucky and not only did I participate in the program but I taught it as well to other employees...  and, if you seriously apply the principles, it works.

Only White People Can End Racism -- Blacks Should Not Be Held Accountable for Racism

This is what white people can do to end racism

Study what your forefathers did, then do the opposite

SOURCE: THEUNDEFEATED.COM

AUTHOR:  Brando Simeo Starkey

Four hundred years later, America’s congenital demon still bedevils it. A nation built for white people, though reliant upon Black sweat, remains unable to exorcise the paradoxical evil inherent in its birth. Time after time, this country reproduces its sins rather than atone for them. Yet, with protesters capturing the streets amid a global pandemic and coercing public opinion to swing in their favor, one hopes the day of reckoning has finally come.

The video-captured killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers jolted not just America, but the world. Black Lives Matter, a movement conceived in the blood of unarmed Black men, convinced the masses of its central thesis — America devalues Black life. Change of some sort appears imminent.

But to really complete the unfinished business of Reconstruction and the civil rights movement, white people must fight it out with each other over what being a respectable white person means. The victors need to allow only the anti-racist to be considered worthy of inclusion in the group. White folk must create an environment that compels other white folk to learn lest they incur the social wrath that accompanies not behaving like a respectable white person.

Many white folk continue to pose the question: “What can I do?” 

The answer is simple. Study what your forefathers did. Then do the opposite.

MY RESPONSE...

While I am sure that the above author is serious and at the risk of my comment being considered sarcastic, if I did the opposite of what my forefathers did, then I would have:

1.  Not written the Declaration of Independence

2.  Not written the US Constitution or the Bill of Rights

3.  Not freed the slaves

4.  Not fought the Civil War

5.  Not kept the Southern States from wanting to leave the Union 

Now, I am sure that the above author would say that my response should have been not had slaves at all...  but, it was not my forefathers that brought slaves to these shores because my forefathers were not my forefathers until they won the war of Independence from Great Britain...  Before that they were just a bunch of immigrants looking for a new place to live.

Thomas Jefferson was, not only a President, but he was extremely intelligent and created all sorts of inventions that benefitted the human race...  should I just forget all of that because he owned slaves?  And, what about the University of Virginia and the Serpentine Wall that is so famous...  should I just forget those as well?

Of course, there is Abraham Lincoln who was also our President and freed the slaves, and while he did not believe in owning slaves, he did not stop his wife from owning them...   so, to me, he seems a little hypocritical...

THEREFORE...

I will not nor will I EVER do the opposite of what my forefathers did just because they might have own slaves in my family...  nor will I do the opposite of what our other forefathers did because in spite of SLAVERY they were all brilliant men...  who laid the foundation for the USA to become the greatest country in WORLD HISTORY...  at least so far...

Can White People Stop Being White?

So, what is racism? One helpful definition comes from Matthew Clair and Jeffrey S. Denis’s “Sociology on Racism.” They define racism as “individual- and group-level processes and structures that are implicated in the reproduction of racial inequality.” Systemic racism happens when these structures or processes are carried out by groups with power, such as governments, businesses or schools. Racism differs from bias, which is a conscious or unconscious prejudice against an individual or group based on their identity.

Basically, racial bias is a belief. Racism is what happens when that belief translates into action. For example, a person might unconsciously or consciously believe that people of color are more likely to commit crime or be dangerous. That’s a bias. A person might become anxious if they perceive a black person is angry. That stems from a bias. These biases can become racism through a number of actions ranging in severity, and ranging from individual- to group-level responses...  SOURCE:  Tolerance.org, author Cory Collins

SO...

according to Cory Collins, it is ok for a white person to be biased...  as long as this white person does not put that bias into action like walking to the other side of the street avoid a group of black people because this white person has a bias that black people are dangerous...

BUT...

Cory Collins does not take into consideration the circumstances that caused this white person to exercise his bias...  such as the white person being retired or handicapped and that this same action would have been taken if there was a group of people were white.  It also does not take into consideration, the time of day or if this group of black people are young, old, or middle aged or how they might have been dressed...  it also does not take into consideration if this white person crossing the street is male or female...  nor does it take into consideration their religious beliefs or any previous encounters like this where the outcomes were less than positive...

THEREFORE...

all biased action is not necessarily an indication of racism...  and yet...  the BLACKS think that it is...

HOWEVER,

this still does not explain to me how to get rid of my whiteness or what whiteness is exactly...  I am assuming that whiteness is another word for white privilege.  And, I can assure you that not all white person were born into the ranks of white privilege...  for that guarantee, you need to check out the students who are attending the IVY LEAGUE colleges and universities.

The average white person, male or female, typically works for someone else and is considered labor not management.  And if, this average white person is labor, then the odds are that they were raised no where near the concepts of white privilege.  Even those in management are not always from the ranks of white privilege, even though they have ended up as managers of retail stores, manufacturing plants, restaurants, hotels, motels, and resorts...  I would suspect that they, over the years, worked their way up through the ranks.

ALSO...

and I remember this quite vividly that when my Dad worked for the Federal Government in the Department of Agriculture, he was FORCED to hire a certain PERCENTAGE of BLACKS whether they were qualified or not and the employment security of his position was dependent upon how well these unqualified employees performed...

White privilege or not...  that was not fair to him...  but, the government thought it was fair to the BLACKS...

Is this how the government is going to help us REMOVE OUR WHITENESS....

How do you suppose that our government is going to help the Blacks remove their BLACKNESS and the chip on their shoulders because of slavery that was perpetrated on their ancestors over 200 years ago?

If WHITENESS needs to go so too does BLACKNESS need to go...

I mean we are talking about EQUALITY...  right?

Are Whites The Only Ones That Are Racists?

 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYONE IS ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSUMING THAT ONLY WHITES ARE RACISTS BY DEFINITION...

WHY NOT?

BECAUSE...  the blacks are the ones feeling persecuted and seem to be taking advantage of the publicity surrounding the MURDERS of black people by WHITE OFFICERS...  consequently, the WHITE MAN has got to be to blame...  especially since we permitted slavery to exist in this country for hundreds of years...

...BAD WHITE MAN...

BECAUSE...   the mainstream media is more or less sanctioning the deliberate and premeditating killing of WHITE police officers as a form of RETRIBUTION rather than as a form of REVENGE...   which is exactly what it was...

BUT...  blacks are NEVER considered RACISTS...

The other issue that really strikes me curiously stupid is the fact that EVERYONE is HOLLERING that the WHITE MAN must change...  forget about the black man changing...  the change has got to come from the WHITE MAN...

• Whitey must change his attitude...   HOW?
• Whitey must change his whiteness...   HOW?
• Whitey must change his pre-conceived ideas...   HOW?
• Whitey must change his instincts...   HOW?
• Whitey must feel the pain and suffering of the Blacks...  HOW?
• Whitey must feel the guilt of slavery...   WHY? and HOW?
• Whitely must eliminate all biases against Blacks...   HOW?
• Whitely must accept all aspects of the Black culture...   WHY? 
• Whitey must stop acting white...  HOW? and WHY?

I don't understand how BLACKS feel and I never will no matter how hard I try...  and, this is just like asking people to feel what it is like to have CHEMO SICKNESS when one is not taking any chemo...  or, asking a man to feel what it is like for a female to have a baby, especially when the actually delivery takes several hours.

I was not a part of SLAVERY in America or in any other parts of the WORLD.  And, I don't believe that I should be held accountable for what my ancestors did.  I don't think slavery was morally or ethically valid or correct and I would be opposed to it ever happening again...

BUT...   I am just as much a current slave of the WHITE MAN'S SYSTEM as the Black Man simply because I am not wealthy, nor do I or ever did I hold positions of power and control that were exercised inappropriate because I let the power go to my head...

• I WILL NEVER HAVE THE BEST LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN COURT
• I WILL NEVER HAVE THE BEST MEDICAL TO CURE MY DISEASES
• I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST THE WEALTHY
• I WILL NEVER LIVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE ALL ARE TREATED EQUAL
• I WILL NEVER LIVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE THE BLACK MAN IS CONSIDERED RACIST

The Justification of Truth

 What is TRUTH?

"that which is true..."  but there is more, "...in accordance with fact or reality."

however:  facts can be manipulated to prove one reality over another...  all we have to do is look inside our courts of law to see how truth really plays out.

And, that is not just me being a tad sarcastic, but an undisputable truth...  as far as truth is concerned.

We are finding out quite ABRUPTLY, I might add as a result of the Black Lives Matter Movement, that the truth recorded in our history books...  those books that are used to teach students in our elementary schools and high school is NOT TELLING THE TRUTH AT ALL ABOUT SLAVERY...  and, this leaves one's mind wondering what other truths are actually LIES...  even though we never tell LIES we just inaccurately report the truth.

If facts about SLAVERY were not true, the what about those facts revolving around:

• the civil war
• the killing of Lincoln
• the wild wild west
• Native Americans
• WWI and WWII

It does leaves one wondering how our AMERICAN LEADERS JUSTIFY THEIR TRUTHS...  especially politics, since the nature of politics was born out of the gutters of our city streets.

Should we now question the TRUTH about our:

1. History
2. Politics
3. Voting
4. Business
5. Wars
6. Religions
7. Education
8. Healthcare
9. Pharmaceuticals
10. UFO's and Aliens

I know FOR A FACT (Reality) that my parents LIED to me when I was a child...  so, I lied when I became an adult as my parents were my teachers and were the most influential in and on my life...  but, that does not justify what they or I did...  now does it?

A lie is still a lie...

HOWEVER, some of believe that we are not lying, if we simply WITHHOLD THE TRUTH...

AND...  you would not believe the various justifications on this one...

A Utopian World With Utopian Communities

In order to stop all the senseless violence and wars between nations that have not only proved expensive and counterproductive when it comes to our survival, I am proposing the following SOCIETAL STRUCTURE...

At the top of this new concept of governance with be:

THE GLOBAL CORPORATION OF COMMERCE 

AND 

THE MILITARY UNIFICATION OF ALL NATIONS

GAMUAN

The GAMUAN will be lead by a CHAIRMAN appointed by THE GLOBAL UNIFICATION SENATE

The CHAIRMAN will appoint Vice Presidents of the following:

1. Military and Exploration
2. Commerce and Resources
3. Enforcement and Logistics
4. Finance and Reparations
5. Housing, Healthcare, Education, Recreation

At the next level will be three bodies of global legislatures...

THE GLOBAL UNIFICATION SENATE - will be composed of elected representatives from all 7 continents and will be responsible for providing the world with a CHAIRMAN

NOTE:  Advising the SENATE will be representatives of all military branches of all countries:  Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Space, and Special Forces

THE GLOBAL COUNCIL OF DIPLOMATS -  will be composed of elected representative from all nations

THE GLOBAL COUNCIL OF SPIRITUAL ADVISORS - will be composed of elected representatives of all religions and spiritual groups

NOTE:  these three bodies must work together to develop rules and regulations by which all the world's global communities will follow, 

At the next level, will be two Judicial Courts of Review in case there are any challenges to the law:

THE GLOBAL UNIFICATION SUPREME COURT - will be composed of 2 elected representative of each of the 7 continents:  one legal, one spiritual...  these 14 will elect their leader who will be replaced by someone from their county so that there will always be 15.

THE GLOBAL UNIFICATION JUDICIAL REVIEW - will be composed of elected representatives of all global nations

Each CONTINENT and COUNTRY WILL HAVE IDENTICAL GOVERNMENT STRUTURES

AS FAR AS THE GLOBAL CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED:

• There will be no currencies only CREDITS put on flash drive cards
• All housing will be given free by the government
• All medical, eye, hearing, and dental will be given free b the government
• All citizen will receive a clothing allowance
• All education is free
• All public transportation is free:  buses and trains
• Credits will be given based up level of job and quality outputs in all professions
• Workers can work as long or as brief as they want
• The will be subsistence credits given freely for those who don't want to work
• All citizens will spend 5 years in the military with no exceptions
• Citizens will own nothing but what was given to them by the government or purchased themselves
• travel anywhere is permitted except for medical restrictions
• additional free items can be granted upon approved request

 

The Devil's End

 

The Poverty of Wealth

My life began on Halloween in 1947 and some might say that it was an auspicious occasion...  but, I say it was another one of those days when nothing out of the ordinary really happened...  I grew up in Alexandria, VA although my recorded place of birth was Raleigh, North Carolina and attended high school in Cairo, Egypt after which there was college, the military, more college, and a less than stellar 45 years of retirement before retirement got my goat.

Throughout my lifetime or call it what you will, I have experienced the following:

1. a life of wealth and privilege
2. a life of poverty and despair
3. a life with servants and cooks
4. several trips throughout Europe and the Middle East
5. several Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Hawaiian cruises
6. travels all over the United States
7. heart attack and cancer treatments
8. the sheer panic of almost dying in the ER
9. living from paycheck to paycheck
10. middle aged work as a hourly worker/laborer
11. the frustration and depression of unemployment
12. the constant lies of all politicians
13. the incompetent decisions of upper management
14. the harsh treatment of production quotas
15. the insane arrogance of the wealthy
16. the insincerity of both men and women
17. the lives wasted by fighting foreign wars
18. the demonstrations of civil disobedience
19. law enforcement people breaking the law
20. the stupidity of debt and becoming debt free

Not many people can say that they have done or experienced what I have done and there are no doubt many people who have done and/or accomplished much more than I... but my situation is good enough for me to say that I am simply glad and fortunate that I am not wealthy and will die almost in poverty...

Life is not about fighting wars, becoming wealthy, going to college, or earning as much money as you can for doing as little as you can.  Life is about life and living free and truly understanding what they freedom means...  and, that cannot be accomplished or experienced if you are blessed with wealth.

The more wealth and possessions you have the deeper into poverty you sink just like the sinker on the end of a fishing line.  The more knowledge you have the less you truly understand because academic knowledge is based on the thoughts of others and never on your own, otherwise you would be teaching the class and not someone else.

Knowledge can be found anywhere and especially now since we have the internet...  and knowledge is no longer limited to a college degree targeting a specific major but whatever you want to learn and understand...  it is all there...  for free...  except a monthly access fee which is a hell of a lot cheaper than going to college or university.

And, if you can go to college, you are smart and capable enough of teaching yourself!!!

The more wealth that one has the more wealth that one continues to want...  what is owned now is never enough...  a wealth addict is what you turn out to be...  wealth control you more than you control wealth which is why you can never stop...  look it up on the internet and see what disease you have if you don't believe me.

The moment you die you are as poor as you were at birth...  nothing has changed...  except you gained a lot of arrogance and were consumed by a will that was not your own...  but as old as life itself as well educated scientists are still trying to figure out HOW IT ALL STARTED...  their education has left them powerless to do anything more than speculate and form opinions based upon speculation and conjecture...  How smart has their educated lives become?

You don't need academic knowledge to become intelligent

You don't need wealth to become wealthy

You don't need life to learn how to die

Dead Reckoning

DEAD RECKONING is the navigational process of calculating
current position of some moving object by using a previously determined position, or fix, by using estimations of speed, heading direction and course over elapsed time.

ADVANTAGE:  it can be a highly accurate way of moving from one point to another if done carefully over short distances, even where few external cues are present to guide the movements.

In other words, we can forecast where we might be in 3 months by using the clues and cues of where we are now which has been determined by dead reckoning, but, if we were to push farther out into the future and even if our forecasted predictions were based and predicated upon the past for the last 20-50 years, there is still no guarantees that they will continue in the same direction forward unless the future has already been PREORDAINED or PREDETERMINED which we all know is simply not possible at all...  given our current levels of knowledge and technologies...  however, is that really true?

The speed of light is very fast and it takes about 8.5 minutes for sunlight to reach the earth... so, the light of our present is really from the sun's past.  And if, we were living on the sun, the earth would be 8.5 minutes ahead of us...  therefore, we could see into our future...  however, at this moment living on the sun is theoretically impossible and probably highly improbable given how hot it is.

But, the concept of seeing into our future is theoretically possible...  so, our future can be seen as being preordained and/or predetermined...  it is just that we are not in a position to take advantage of that.  Yet, if we could, then it would also be possible to see into our future more than 3 months, possibly more than 3 years, highly likely more than 3 decades, and quite feasible more than 3 centuries or more.

RIGHT NOW:  we are simply in a position where all we can do is make predictions like:

1.  China using its military and economy one day to control the world

2.  North Korea becoming a nuclear power and using it against South Korea and Japan

3.  Russia reclaiming all those countries that the USSR lost once its government dissolved

4.  Larger cities like SEATTLE, WA increasing and sustaining waves of crime and violence now that police department have been defunded

5.  Our country bordering on financial collapse (or printing up more money) due to the wealthy hiding their money so that it cannot be taxes to pay for everything

6.  Changing our government from being a Democratic Republic to that of a Socialist Nation

7.  To seeing race wars spread like wildfire across the continent when in reality they are wars between the wealthy and those who live in or close to poverty

2021: Global Threats to America

Russia remains the primary threat to American interests in Europe as well as the most pressing threat to the United States. Moscow remains committed to massive pro-Russia propaganda campaigns in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries, has continued its active support of separatist forces in Ukraine, regularly performs provocative military exercises and training missions, and continues to sell and export arms to countries that are hostile to U.S. interests (its sale of the S-400 air defense system to Turkey is a prime example). It also has increased its investment in the modernization of its military and has gained significant combat experience while continuing to sabotage U.S. and Western policy in Syria and Ukraine.

China, the most comprehensive threat the U.S. faces, remained “aggressive” in the scope of its provocative behavior and earns the score of “formidable” for its capability because of its continued investment in the modernization and expansion of its military and the particular attention it has paid to its space, cyber, and artificial intelligence capabilities. The People’s Liberation Army continues to extend its reach and military activity beyond its immediate region and engages in larger and more comprehensive exercises, including live-fire exercises in the East China Sea near Taiwan and aggressive naval and air patrols in the South China Sea. 

Iran represents by far the most significant security challenge to the United States, its allies, and its interests in the greater Middle East. Its open hostility to the United States and Israel, sponsorship of terrorist groups like Hezbollah, and history of threatening the commons underscore the problem it could pose. Today, Iran’s provocations are of primary concern to the region and America’s allies, friends, and assets there. Iran relies heavily on irregular (to include political) warfare against others in the region and fields more ballistic missiles than any of its neighbors. Its development of ballistic missiles and its potential nuclear capability also make it a long-term threat to the security of the U.S. homeland. 

North Korea’s military poses a security challenge for American allies South Korea and Japan, as well as for U.S. bases in those countries and on Guam. North Korean officials are belligerent toward the United States, often issuing military and diplomatic threats. Pyongyang also has engaged in a range of provocative behavior that includes nuclear and missile tests and tactical-level attacks on South Korea.

In the Afghanistan–Pakistan (AfPak) region, non-state terrorist groups pose the greatest threat to the U.S. homeland and the overall stability of the South/Southwest Asia region. Pakistan represents a paradox: It is both a security partner and a security challenge. Islamabad provides a home and support to terrorist groups that are hostile to the U.S., to other U.S. partners in South Asia like India, and to the government in Afghanistan, which is particularly vulnerable to destabilization efforts. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are already among the world’s most unstable states, and the instability of the former, given its nuclear arsenal, has a direct bearing on U.S. security. 

A broad array of terrorist groups remain the most hostile of any of the threats to America examined in the Index. The primary terrorist groups of concern to the U.S. homeland and to Americans abroad are the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda and its branches remain active and effective in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and the Sahel of Northern Africa.  SOURCE:  Heritage Foundation, November 2020

COMMENT:  I am curious as to what our current administration is going to do/not do when it comes to dealing  with these global threats...

• Will they try to appease them through negotiations?
• Will they take a strong stand?
• Will they attempt to ignore their influences?

My ongoing concern is that as we rob peter to pay paul so that we can have a vast array of social programs, will that defer monies away from what is really needed to make this country economically strong again....

The wealthy are not STUPID...  and, knowing that they face increase in taxes will shelter their money accordingly so that their taxes increase very minorly instead of substantially...

So, how does that help the US of A?

• Medical for All will be costly
• Open borders and increased immigration will be costly
• Redistributing Law Enforcement Funds will be costly
• Free College Education for All will be costly
• The green New Deal will be costly
• Increasing the National Debt will be costly

I am not that SMART nor am I that IGNORANT...  but, I do believe that a strong global presence to protect our democracy can only be accomplished with a STRONG MILITARY...

...and, I also believe that substantial business growth can only happen when government regulations are removed, otherwise we will have slow growth and quite possibly inflation when there are shortfalls of demand within the marketplace...

ONLY   WHEN   WE   FLOUNDER

WILL   OUR   ENEMIES   SUCCEED

Beginnings and Endings

 The End of November 2020 ✂ this month began 29 days ago and today is the last day of its existence, and unlike other months, it has one day less to live, and once it dies, it will NEVER be seen again by you or I...  it passes away just like all other aspects of time or any of that which has just happened is now permanently gone and while it has not been erased from our consciousness it is still nonetheless gone forever and ever.

As human beings we deal with these beginnings and endings all the time throughout our lives including our own birth and death and while our lives continue from one day to the next or from one month to the next, we all know that we will eventually end our existence and just like November, we will eventually have only one more day to live.

But, what about our universe?

It had a beginning but so far, there is really no ending in sight, other than what we might conclude that all things have to die...  eventually...  and, when our universe dies eventually does that mean that GOD will die as well?

Of course, this is a question only for those of you who believe in God...

AND YET...

many still believe in the BIG BANG...  or the idea/theory that something (our universe) was created out of nothing (a large void) with the understanding I suppose that even a void of nothingness still had enough inside to create a universe...  which to me means that it was not a void at all but something too.

AND IF...

a void was also something too, then where did this something too come from?

could it have come from another void, and another, and another too?

and, where do all the voids of something begin?

I suppose that we must be back to GOD...

and yet...  God is not believed in by many on this earth...  since there are other philosophies and religions that deal with supernatural creators and not a God...  but, have you ever stopped and thought that these supernatural creators might be your God as well?

Of course not...  that would mean your God is not exclusive...

The US of A is RACIST or So I've Been Told by Blacks

The African Americans, Blacks, American Blacks, People of Color...  BUT NEVER JUST
AMERICANS, would have you believe that all Caucasians or White Crackers or Honkies are racists because several white policemen were racially biased and motivated.

Using this logic then all BLACKS are like MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. and his followers which we KNOW FOR ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY is not the case here in America...

So, why do we have this CONTRADICTION in how the blacks perceive each other and the white Americans with whom they have chosen to live, work, die, and defend against foreign aggression?

If all white Americans were like those racist cops then more black people would be DEAD....

If all black people were like MLK Jr., then there would be no violent protesting or white cops DEAD...

• But, neither case is true
• And, neither case has been true
• And, neither case will be true in this country

BECAUSE WE HAVE RACISM ON BOTH SIDES...

Black People and all of those Blacks who want to use their COLOR as an EXCUSE for their FAILURES will ALWAYS CLAIM that the majority race with whom they live are RACIST AS A WHOLE.

Let me make one thing perfectly CLEAR...

• I don't live with Blacks
• I don't live with African Americans
• I don't live with People of Color
• I don't live with Native Americans
• I don't live with Asians
• I don't live with Hispanics or Latinos

I LIVE WITH CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALWAYS WILL NO MATTER WHAT I'M BEING TOLD... by Blacks or anyone else for that matter...

American Capitalism

Capitalism is often thought of as an economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their interests, and demand and supply freely set prices in markets in a way that can serve the best interests of society. The essential feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit.

Unfortunately...  capitalism does not always serve the best interests of society but it always serves as a motive to make a profit.  In fact, making a profit is the single most important feature of capitalism and what draws people into the capitalistic form of employment, either as an entrepreneur, as a owner of a factory or some form of enterprise, as a college graduate, or even as a common laborer or factory worker.

In capitalism, workers earn their wages from a company and not from the government for essentially not working at all.

Stockholders provide the necessary capital (funds) that enable for businesses to expand and grow and in return they are provided with a quarterly dividend and a potential growth of their stock in case they ever wanted to sell what they owned.

The downside of this arrangement is that companies oftentimes make decisions based upon what is in the best interest of the stockholder not necessarily what might be in the best interest of the company's employees or their future...  especially when two companies decide to merge together in order to improve economies of scale and raise their stock prices...  they no longer need all the employees of both companies...  so, there are typically layoffs.

RESULTS:  

Winners are the stockholders of the new company and its surviving employees

Losers are those who lost their jobs for one reason or another

NOTE:  Employees learn to stab each other in the back in order to protect their current and future positions with the company, leaving a bitter taste in everyone's mouth and a desire to finally retire as quickly as one can...

Komic Korner Kartoons

 

THIS and THAT

 

Revolution is Here

 

Still Applicable Today

 

MONSTER lyrics by STEPPENWOLF...

Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

The blue and grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war over
They stuffed it just like a hog

And though the past has it's share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey

The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'

Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching

America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster

Our Changing World: The Enemies of our Enemies

My recommendation if you are in the mood to listen is to learn to speak and write Mandarin Chinese
because our world will soon belong to them from an economic and military standpoint...  even though the USA will remain a world power and leader...  it will just no longer have its ON THE TOP image.

Right now...

• China has the largest military in the world
• China has the strongest economy as far as Purchasing Power Parity is concerned

What is purchasing power parity?

Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a popular metric used by macroeconomic analysts that compares different countries' currencies through a "basket of goods" approach. Purchasing power parity (PPP) allows for economists to compare economic productivity and standards of living between countries. SOURCE: Investopedia 2020

Under a Biden Presidency...

the military budget will be reduced

the social programs budget will be increased

Medicare for ALL will be presented and no doubt approved

taxes will be increased on the wealthy

monies will be diverted to a Green New Deal

                    

Since the USA is a prominent GLOBAL MILITARY POWER and PRESENCE, favoritism and the need for protection and security will lean towards the EAST and CHINA.  And...  while I am not an expert on these matters, it seems only logical that this will follow...  especially since the monies of the US will be tied up in social programs and preventing global warming.

New jobs will be created and this is good but it will not strengthen the military nor will it leave much money left over to help and/or protect our allies and neighbors.

We simply will not have the money to do both unless we borrow money or devalue our own dollar... 

As the USA changes so too will the rest of the world...  If and when the USA decides to reduce its military, then we will no longer be in a position to fight wars in other countries...  which is perfectly fine with me and many others...  but, this change of attitude will push these countries into a different direction and they will no doubt come under the protection of the Chinese Government along with the help of Russia and more than likely most of the countries in the Middle East who HATE the USA for pushing their way of life on them.

Economists predict that the GLOBAL ECONOMY will shift dramatically in the direction of the EAST sometime between 2030 and 2050 as the population shifts into that direction as well forcing the need to have economic development.

Americans will be better off and the rest of the world will NO LONGER NEED THEM...  and it is at this point-in-time when the enemies of our enemies will no longer support us.

Black Friday

The term BLACK FRIDAY has nothing to do with Racism, BLM, ANTIFA, Blacks or the killing of black by police officers, African Americans, or People of Color (who were formerly referred to as Colored People which they believed to be distasteful)...  it has to do with economics and the business of economics as it applies to our American Society which encompasses ALL PEOPLE not just whites, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans, or Blacks...  OR SO WE THOUGHT...  BUT, according to Britannica,

It is believed by many that the term Black Friday derives from the concept that businesses operate at a financial loss, or are “in the red,” until the day after Thanksgiving, when massive sales finally allow them to turn a profit, or put them “in the black.” However, this is untrue.

A more accurate explanation of the term dates back to the early 1960s, when police officers in Philadelphia began using the phrase “Black Friday” to describe the chaos that resulted when large numbers of suburban tourists came into the city to begin their holiday shopping and, in some years, attend Saturday’s annual Army-Navy football game. The huge crowds created a headache for the police, who worked longer shifts than usual as they dealt with traffic jams, accidents, shoplifting, and other issues.

Within a few years, the term Black Friday had taken root in Philadelphia. City merchants attempted to put a prettier face on the day by calling it “Big Friday.”

The phrase “Black Friday” to signify a positive boost in retail sales didn’t grow nationwide until the late 1980s, when merchants started to spread the red-to-black profit narrative. Black Friday was described as the day stores began to turn a profit for the year and as the biggest shopping day in the United States. In truth, most stores saw their largest sales on the Saturday before Christmas.

In recent years, Black Friday has been joined by other shopping holidays, including Small Business Saturday, which encourages shoppers to visit local retailers, and Cyber Monday, which promotes shopping online.

Historically, Black Friday has yet another connotation, one unrelated to shopping. In 1869 Wall Street financiers Jay Gould and Jim Fisk attempted to corner the nation’s gold market at the New York Gold Exchange by buying as much of the precious metal as they could, with the intent of sending prices skyrocketing. On Friday, September 24, intervention by President Ulysses S. Grant caused their plan to fall apart. The stock market instantly plummeted, sending thousands of Americans into bankruptcy.

Isn't is STRANGE how in the US of A, the history that we have been told for many years is NOT TOTALLY ACCURATE nor is it TOTALLY the TRUTH...  yet, someone in this country of ours wants us to believe otherwise for some reason...  and, most of us so-called Americans do not really give a shit as long as someone in this country takes care of us so that we do not have to take care of ourselves...

OUR INABILITY TO LOVE OTHERS: Sound of Silence... by

1960

2015

SIMON and GARFUNKEL 

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk-rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. One of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, their biggest hits—including "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "The Boxer" (1969), and "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970)—reached number one on singles charts worldwide.

Simon and Garfunkel met in elementary school in Queens, New York, in 1953, where they learned to harmonize together and began writing material. By 1957, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first minor success with "Hey Schoolgirl", a song imitating their idols the Everly Brothers. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel.

The duo's often rocky relationship led to artistic disagreements and their breakup in 1970.

Simon & Garfunkel won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

SOURCE:  Wikipedia

I was attracted to their songs as soon as I heard their music in the 1960's because their lyrics, to me, was nothing more than insightful poetry...

SOUND OF SILENCE
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
Within the sound of silence

INTERPRETATION:  Garfunkel once summed up the song's meaning as "the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly internationally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other."