INSULAR

 The modern American permanent establishment ruling class gives dimension to the meaning of INSULAR, to wit:

Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience or group.

The Art Of War (Economically).

One of the most ancient Chinese writings is Taigong's Six Secret Teachings. In a chapter listed as "Civil Attack", the Emperor ask the question of the teaching Master, "How do you attack without military methods?" Master Taigong replies, "There are 12 ways."  Examine Taiging's12 ways and make a judgement as to the  modern Chinese  Communists Party current course of action, as they relate to the 12 ways, on how to dominate the world economy and thus rule the world without military action.

1. "First, appeal to your enemy's preferences and follow his wishes." "He will become increasing proud and arrogant and do erroneous things.'

2. "Second, acquaint yourself with those who are close to your enemy in order to divide his power."

3. "Third, bribe your enemy's ministers and build  a relationship with them."

4. "Forth, foster your enemy's indulgence and extravagance, encourage his lust and desire, bribe him with rare jewels, and gift him beautiful woman."

5. "Fifth, respect your enemy's loyal ministers and send them presents. Delay communication with his ambassadors and ignore their questions.

6. Sixth, "Bribe your enemy's favored ministers and keep the less favored at a distance."

7. Seventh, "If you want the enemy ruler to trust you blindly, you should offer him enormous gifts."

8. Eighth, "Bribe your enemy with treasure and persuade him to attack other countries."

9.  Ninth, "Honor him with a glorious title and protect him from danger."

10. Tenth, "Pretend to be humble and obedient toward your enemy. Gain his trust and see how he is positioned."

11. Eleventh, "Block his access to information."

12. Twelfth, "Support your enemy's disloyal ministers to confuse his heart and mind."

Well, what do you think? Examine the current CCP activities and see if these ancient teachings are being followed. Know your enemy.

One Man One Vote was final ruling that ruined our Country

 

Urban versus Country

Urban Fortification of Socialism

2000 Census Population Density USA Today 2004 Election Red/Blue Map

I invite you to look very closely at the above two maps. They are profound in their similarity. The left map is the official 2000 Census Population Density Map where the red color indicates where the highest population density is located. Of course, the concentration of red also indicates where the great cities are due to the greater population within the respective counties and so clearly indicates where the great urban centers are located. The map on the right is the USA Today 2004 election results, also down to the county level. Red represents Republican votes and in general indicates a more conservative political area. The Blue represents Democratic votes and in general indicates a more liberal political area. Now, try to overlay each map in your mind. I think you will find that the red high-density areas (urban areas) on the population density map closely correspond to the democratic, or politically liberal, areas of the 2004 red/blue map. The political importance of these maps is profound in that it clearly shows that the urbanization of America is providing an irresistible fortification of socialistic tendencies due to liberal or “progressive” thought within the body politic by virtue of the greater population and thus greater political power of the urban areas. Indeed, those who demand that the US Constitution be treated as a “living document” to support progressive or socialist dogma may well have a viable argument due to the phenomena of urbanization. Think about it. The country was mostly rural when the Constitution was ratified and rural living peoples are very self-sufficient and fearlessly independent. The Constitution, in general, codifies self-sufficiency and independence of the individual as a way to ensure personal liberty and thus prevent tyranny from gaining a foothold in Government. When people congregate into urban areas, dependence upon one another is more important than self-sufficiency, and personal independence must be moderated in order to foster social conditions that will enhance the opportunity for all to live in peace and harmony with one another. In other words, urban living promotes a more socialistic environment by the necessity of interdependence, not independence, of city dwellers. This socialistic force due to urbanization is irresistible much like a trade wind that blows due to environmental factors, i.e., a socialistic wind is blowing due to urbanization factors and it will continue to blow stronger and stronger unless a way is found to reverse urbanization, and that is not likely. Indeed, the census bureau reports that the 2000 census indicated that 81% of America’s population is now living within urban areas while the remaining 19% of the population is living in the rural areas of the country. But wait, there’s more. Just this week the United Nations announced that the World population is now 50% rural and 50% urban. What does it mean? Every good sailor will tell you that it is folly to try and change the wind because the wind will blow to wherever the wind will blow. Every good sailor will also tell you that you can set your sail to the wind and go to where you want to go regardless of the way the wind blows. Somehow we must find a way to maintain personal freedom and liberty within a more and more socialistic environment that the urbanization of America is causing. It’s time for the intellectual sailors of this country to set freedom’s sail to the prevailing socialist wind so that personal liberty will still be the destination of our progeny.

Cities Aare Winning

 

Founders Wisdom

Look closely at the 2016 Presidential political map below where Red is Republican and Blue is Democratic voters. The basic reason the Electoral College is important is that history has shown that eventually a country's cities accumulate the most population, money, intellectual concentration, and power that eventually overcomes the rest of the country that supports the cities and their population. This condition always results in strife and destruction of the country as a whole. The senate and Electoral College provides balance between the the country as a whole and the urban centers, as the 2016 map clearly shows.

2020 Election

 Well America, looks like you have finally decided that liberty, freedom and prosperity for all is terribly  old fashioned and needs to be exchanged for socialism. Time to state what Ayn Rand, from a personal experience, said about socialism, to wit:

By voting for a corrupt Politician who leads a criminal enterprise boarding on treason, you are voting us into a Banana Republic existence.  I can only imagine how proud you children and grand-children will be when they have to live with your ignorant decision. I invite you to revisit my 2018 piece, entitled 

"Urban Versus Country" to get a sense of what is happening. Good luck America ......

Man-Caused Climate Change

 

MAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE

Perhaps its time for a more rational and fact-based discussion on man- caused catastrophic climate change. Let start with the salient facts.

The Sun radiates 430 X 10 to the 18^th power of Joules (Joules being a unit of energy) on the Earth’s surface in a single day.

Mankind produces and uses 410 X 10 to the 18^th power of Joules in a single year.

Man’s production of energy is 0.00274% of the amount of energy received from the Sun.

Energy, be it man-made or Sun produced, is the sole driver of climate on our special space-ship, the benevolent Mother Earth.

CO2 (Carbon in today’s vernacular), is a small percentage by-product of man-produced energy. That small percent of energy is related to the releasement of captured carbon (as CO2), and that energy used is even a much smaller percentage to the Sun’s total energy received daily on the Earth’s surface. Of that miniscule amount of energy that produced CO2, that CO2 then contributes to a measure of heat capturing that can be related to man-caused climate change as relates to the Sun caused climate change.

Government and Government supported climate research has suppressed other scientific research that states, heat trapping man generated CO2 contributes less than 0.05% of the calculated heat trapping of the total Sun’s radiant energy on the Earth’s surface. In other words, man produced CO2, that can trap the Sun’s energy (which is the sole driver of Earth’s climate), is a tiny fraction of the Sun’s ability to cause Earth’s climate.

Dear earnest citizen, that understandably wants to save Mother Earth from man-caused catastrophic climate change. Perhaps your Government uses your earnest concerns to save Mother Earth from man’s follies, is in fact a way to obtain and use unlimited power to control all of man’s activities to advance social engineering, and other political aims, with citizens approval. I’m just saying.  

Daylight Saving Time

The Old and wise Indian chief had DST explained to him. Upon hearing the explanation, He bowed his head and replied:

Only the Government could believe you can cut the top of a blanket off, then sew that cutoff piece to the bottom of the blanket, and then have a longer blanket. 

Taking Charge of Your Life

 Let us use sailing as a metaphor as to how to take charge of ones life in spite of  forces that always seems to oppose all you wish to do. That is, in sailing, the winds and waves, which are the only forces available to you to advance your boat, most often are not directly available to you in order to use their power to speed you on your way. However, the wind and wave can still be used to go to where you want to go if you know how to set your boat's sails to the opposing winds and waves. That is, don't fight the wind and wave, instead, use the power of the wind and wave, not their direction, to go to where you want to go instead of letting the wind and wave carry you along like a bit of  flotsam caught in the current of an unstoppable river. Indeed, most of the time in sailing, you advance your boat directly into the wind and against the waves by knowing how to adjust your sails to extract their power even though they are in opposition to you.

So, let us consider the winds and waves in sailing the same as the forces in life that are always blowing and rolling your way, be they man made or otherwise, and be they advantageous or otherwise.  And let us consider the sails as your will and ability to make life's decisions as to how you wish to live your life. And the boat itself, is indeed, your life as you continue your life's journey to its inevitable conclusion. So let the following sailing poem be your guide to help you along on your life's journey.

So set your sail to wind and wave,

To mount the unstoppable  forces,

And ride your splendid advantage,

To wherever your purpose advances.

COVID 19

COVID-19, A Chinese Communist Party PSYOP

Pelosi's 25th Amendment

People, People, People, Think, Think, Think. Speaker Pelosi is not wanting to establish a commission to take out Trump. She wants the 25th Amendment Commission established so that if Biden gets elected, the commission can deem President Biden incapacitated in order to install Harris as President. A typical insidious radical move to control all aspects of Government.

Dribbling

We are so blessed to have millionaire basketball dribblers lecturing the rest of the world racists (that would us) on how we should think and act. 

Government

   Here is a universal and intrinsic truth about Government, any and all Governments. Government is a political instrument, and as such can only made political decisions. That is, if you invest your personal healthcare to the Government, the Government can only make political decisions concerning your personal healthcare. The result being, Government cannot make personal healthcare decisions for you, only you can make personal decisions concerning your healthcare. For example, your country has only a Government run healthcare system to care for you, and you are now at an advanced age and have prostate cancer. You make a personal decision you want to live as long as you can and request prostate surgery to remove the cancer. The Government makes a political decision, based on actuary charts, that you have already lived a full life and the limited healthcare resources available will be better served reserved for younger citizens who have not yet lived a full life.
    I could make the same case for the situation where you make the Government responsible for your eventual retirement security. What's that you say? We should TRUST our Government to do the right thing for us. Really? TRUST the Government? Ask any American Indian tribe how that works out.

Hoping

There are many nowadays who treat the country like the person who treats the airline when they board an aircraft for a flight and hoping the airplane crashes so they can prove the pilot is incompetent.

Blow Hard

It's time to award the all time "Senator Blow Hard Trophy" to Senator Linsey Graham, R- SC, and Senator Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. An award richly deserved and long overdue.

Covid-19

I believe we have a perfectly good example of socialism in action during our current Covid-19 pandemic, right here in the good old US of A. What I’m referring to here is the massive bureaucracies that already exist in the USA that could, and will, sustain socialism and Statism, should that day ever come for the USA. Our bureaucracies have gotten bigger and more powerful as time rolls by regardless of the political party in power, i.e., they seem to have a life of their own. As I have said before, “Even the powerful Roman dictator Julius Caesar could not overcome the Roman bureaucracy”, and was done in by that bureaucracy and eventually caused Caesar to be done in and killed. Our current burgeoning USA bureaucracies, that more and more rules our lives, and the land, have shown in practice what a “top-down” control and centralize Government really means, in particular with regards to the Covid-19 emergency.

First let us stipulate a common truth about any bureaucracy, i.e., bureaucracies first order of business is to ensure that their power is maintained and constantly expanded at all times. With this in mind, the current FDA (Federal Drug Administration),  CDC (Centers for Disease Control), and HHS (Health and Human Services) are all demanding that in this Covid-19 crisis, any treatment must first be approved by their respective bureaucracy before a practicing Physician can prescribe and treat patients with the Covis-19 disease. This is bureaucracy in action, regardless of the noble cause. (Evil is never done in the name of evil, it is always done in the name of public good and righteousness).


It has been said that war is much too important to be left to the Generals, I can also say that Public Health is much too important to be left to the public heath Generals. To wit, If we let the public heath Generals have their way, we would all be forced to live in a sterile bubble and the entire population would be subject to endless “clinical trials” so that they (Public Health Generals) could generate more and more data in order to construct more and more models, ad infinitum. For our own good, of course.

Which leads us to one practicing Doctor of Medicine, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko. Dr. Zelenko has been successfully treating hundreds and hundreds of Covid-19 patients with a cocktail of unapproved medicines for that purpose, i.e., Hydroxychloroquine 200 mg, Azithromycin 500 mg, and Zink Sulfate 220mg. This saving of life and misery from the Covid-19 disease has drawn condemnation from the above health bureaucracies Generals because his successful treatment regimen has not been approved. And before such a treatment can be approved, many structured trials must be performed (maintaining bureaucracy power) before that day can arrive. And indeed, the good Doctor is now under official investigation for a laundry list of related and unrelated possible offensives by other bureaucracies to ensure punishment is administered to anyone who would dare to disregard the edicts of a powerful sister bureaucracy.   

Need I say more?     

Hanging Out

We are all Hanging Out,  just waiting for that Herd Immunity to kick in.

For God's Ears Only

You make the call. In the 1920s USSR, a Tanya Khodkevich wrote, "You can pray freely, but just so God alone can hear." For that verse, Tanya got 10 years in the Gulag. In the 2000s USA, you may not yet get 10 years of prison time for praying to God out loud, but the force of law makes it increasing clear, you can pray freely, but so only God can hear. Where are we headed with this? You make the call.

War Nuevo

Its possible that a diabolical Chinese Government could take down the world's greatest economy without firing a single shot.

Perfection

People, People, People. Perfection is the enemy of Good. And my good dogmatic friends, and good stringent folks,  perfection is a subjective enterprise.

Say That Again

You do understand that the person investing your money is called a BROKER.

Growing Old Gracefully

My eyes no longer widen in wonder when something splendid happens my way, nor do they narrow in pain when sorrow blocks my path. I no longer lean forward into the task, and take no pleasure from a challenge mastered.

I rest easily even though great mysteries remain to be solved, and I fatigue too quickly when pompous words ring in my ears. My resolved has been hobbled by the three stages of indecision, Could Have, Would Have, and Should Have, and satisfaction is no longer a condition for contentment.

Excitement and rest have now become equal in importance and closely watched rituals now earn a nonchalant hand. Earnest gossip and sage advise are both received with equal enthusiasm, and a mind-numbing throb results when intrigue comes calling.

The only thing that has never diminished, even though the sprit weakens, is my love for family and dear friends. So the day will come when my life’s torch will flicker and die, and on that day, I will say, Its been quite a ride, and oh yes, a splendacious dance of edges and curves. And my profound thanks to the gracious being that made such a life possible.

Rest in peace, Ronald Russell.

HORN HONKING

 If You Love Peace & Quiet, Honk Your Horn

I am as guilty as anyone else when it comes to taking note of what we consider negative things or trends while ignoring the many positive things that constantly surrounds us. Indeed, if one reads all that I have written lately, the conclusion would certainly be that I only feel compelled to give voice to things that I consider wrong or at least, not correct. Sadly, I can say that upon rereading my stuff, few words can be found that point out what is going well with the world, only wording that promotes concern and worry. Perhaps the reason for this imbalance is that I am only running the master DNA program that God, or Mother nature if you prefer, programmed into all of us standard Mark 1, Mod 0 human type people, i.e., we have a survival instinct that is inherent to us all and this programmed instinct causes us to focus on negative things more than positive things so that we can consolidate our actions to prevent circumstances from disturbing our well-being, or worse still, cause our ruin.

Well, that my ten-cent theory, if you have a better one, I would like to hear about it. One thing I know for certain is that how we look at things to determine if they are positive or negative depends in large measure upon our perspective and our perspective is a result of our respective life experiences to date. For example, my Grandfather had a sign over his desk that he would always point to when I complained about a perceived injustice or that everyone always seemed to have more desirable stuff than I had. The sign read:

“I complained I had no shoes to wear until I saw a man with no feet.”

I think that old sign sums up the perspective thing rather nicely. I can also remember how my Grandmother once told me how wonderful things had gotten during her lifetime (circa 1887-1954). She said the most important improvement was that people are so much better looking now than in her day because modern faces are no longer being scared by the Pox and everyone was more graceful because contemporary people were no longer being broken by hard physical labor. I know about the hard physical labor thing because labor killed my Stepmother’s Father before he could reach 50 years. His premature death was a result of the hard physical labor required of him by being a laborer in the Stone Quarries of Bedford Indiana and he was done in before disease and other age related infirmities could take their due.

 My own personal perspective about things like this is that I can remember winters in Indianapolis when the primary heating for residents was coal fired stoves and the like. The coal burning produced black soot that fell from the smoke stacks and covered everything and everyone so that just staying clean and breathing was a full time job. With this coal soot perspective in mind, it’s understandable why someone like me would find it difficult to get all excited when the Penthouse Environmentalists* tell us that we must continuously do more and more to help Mother Earth get back to a pristine state of cleanliness or we all are gonna die while gasping for breath in polluted air that will not sustain life worth living. So when a contemporary person’s perspective about air quality is that today’s air is dirty, it is because they have been repeatedly told that the air is indeed dirty and needs to be made completely void of man’s byproducts in order to arrive at the final desired state of cleanliness.

Of course my perspective about today’s air is that the air is wonderful compared to what I lived in during my younger days when we had soot, sulfur, and God only knows what, to breathe. My perspective about clean air causes me to be concerned about the necessity of wrecking our economy and jobs to arrive at an unreachable and mostly academic notion of clean air when today’s air, while not perfect and can always be prudently improved, is a remarkable improvement over what was before. As a matter of fact, I am thankful that the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) was created and is responsible for the wonderful air we have today. Here is the problem. Once an Agency is created and the bureaucrats are entrenched, they must continuously expand their reach and authority in order to remain viable.

This means that the air will never be clean enough, the water will never be clear enough and the environment will never be pristine enough. So how do we determine when enough is enough of a good thing? Therein lies the dilemma is being positive or negative. In any event, young people have no idea what a blessing modern life is today and the idealistic notion that we need to get to a more natural state of living is naivety at its grandest folly. I just wonder when today’s youth grow up to become old geezers like me, will their perspective be that their modern lives are much better than when they were young? I hope so. However, I’m afraid they too will be mostly negative about things because they also want things to continuously improve just like those who proceeded them and that requires that we be mostly negative. So keep on honking those horns for peace and quiet, it’s really not as illogical as it sounds. 

* Penthouse Environmentalists.

Those well meaning, but out of touch souls, who bang on Teflon covered pots and stainless steel pans about the necessity of saving Mother Earth from the evil humans. They have actually persuaded the ideologues in the Environmental Protection Agency to rule that the exhaled breath of animals, which includes humans, is a pollutant. I kid you not. All plant life will also be surprised at the news that CO2 is a pollutant, because CO2 is the building block for all things green. After a hard day’s work saving Mother Earth from all things human, the Penthouse Environmentalists climb into their Beamers to go home to their electrically wired, air-conditioned and WiFied Condos, and feel really, really good.