Wednesday, April 20, 2016

DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER! THE FIRE BREATHER--THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM! LONG ISLAND "LYNCH MOB" KILLED THE AMERICAN DREAM . . . TRUMP CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE STREET, IN PATCHOGUE, FROM WHERE TEENAGERS TOOK TO THE STREETS, AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ELECTED, TO TARGET HISPANICS, SHOOTING ONE MAN SITTING ON HIS FRONT PORCH, BEATING ANOTHER MAN TO DEATH, RIDING HIS BIKE DOWN THE STREET--WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME! THESE THINGS HAPPEN! THEY KILL THE AMERICAN DREAM, OF A MORE PERFECT UNION, AND DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY! IF WE GET BEHIND A MAN WE DON'T BELIEVE IN . . . IT'S A LIE. DID YOUR PARTY MAKE A MISTAKE, IN THE PRIMARY OR STATE CAUCUSES? WE HAVE TWO WAYS TO REMEDY, THAT, EITHER AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN JUNE, OR AT THE BALLET BOXES NOVEMBER 1, 2016! RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN, WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR ALLOWING JETS, TO FLY WITHIN 30 FEET OF U.S. NAVAL SHIPS AT SEA . . . WHO DO YOU WANT DEALING WITH THIS SHIT? A HOT HEAD LIKE TRUMP? TED? OR LET COOLER HEADS CONTROL? THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES VOTERS NEED TO FOCUS ON! WOULD TRUMP AND PUTIN, GET IN A PISSING MATCH, MEASURE THEIR DICKS, AND ASSURE THEIR COUNTRIES, THEY WILL NOT BACK DOWN? I THINK PUTIN, JUST GAVE HIS ENDORSEMENT OF HILLARY CLINTON: (1) PUTTING CHALLENGE HE WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM, SHOWING AMERICA AND RUSSIANS HIS POWER; AND (2) STATING THAT HILLARY WOULD NOT BRING ABOUT CHANGE . . . SHE NEVER SAID THAT--SHE WILL CARRY ON, MANY OF PRESIDENT'S RATIONAL POLICIES, THE USE OF DIPLOMACY, OR SANCTIONS, AND SHE WILL BE THE ADULT IN THE WORLD, AND THINK BEFORE, PLAYING THE STRONG WOMAN! THANKS FOR ENDORSING MY CANDIDATE, MR. PUTIN! I COULD NOT HAVE MADE A BETTER DISPLAY OF POWER, TO MAKE MY POINT! LOL! WITH A NAME LIKE SMUCKERS, YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD! APPEALS COURT SIDES WITH TRANSGENDER STUDENT IN VIRGINIA BATHROOM CASE . . . ALLOWING STUDENTS TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, WITH THE SEX, THEY MOST IDENTIFY WITH! SMOKELESS DANGER: THE FDA IS TAKING ON RODEO COWBOYS AND BASEBALL PLAYERS, TRYING TO TEACH TEENS THE DANGERS OF CHEWING TOBACCO; WOULD YOU PREFER HALF A FACE, OR HALF A TONGUE? UGLY CHOICE! CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, HILLARY CLINTON AND REAL ESTATE MOGUL, DONALD TRUMP! MOVING TO BIG TARGET PENNSYLVANIA AND FOUR OTHER EASTERN STATES . . . FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, BRING IT ON HOME AMERICA! TWO WORLD VIEWS THAT MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE . . . SCIENCE VS. RELIGION. TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS FEEL THEY HAVE HAD EXTRA SENSORY EXPERIENCES, PREMONITIONS, GUIDANCE THROUGH DREAMS, THAT HAVE WARNED THEM OF PENDING DISASTERS, HELP WITH CHILDREN, MANY HAVE FELT LIKE THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH LOVED ONES OR FAMILY FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, SOME HAVE HAD "SIXTH SENSE" EXPERIENCES WITH THE DEAD, GHOSTS, EVEN DARK SPIRITS. CRACK ASS CRAZY, OR TUNED INTO ANOTHER WAVE LENGTH, DIMENSION, THE PARANORMAL, EVEN THE DIVINE! ARE YOU A SKEPTIC OR A BELIEVER? SOME IDEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES, BETWEEN THOSE WHO ARE DRIVEN BY SCIENCE OR RELIGION . . . AND DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

SHARK LAKE

Yesterday, I was watching this 2015, movie, called, Shark Lake, not a great movie, but it did raise some very interesting concepts, thoughts, and even some horrifying images, of what a world would look like, in the Darwinian World, of Survival of the Fittest, where man is considered, nothing more than another animal in the food chain, with animals and predators, doing nothing more than what instinct tells them to do: (1) hunt for food; (2) protect their young; and (2) mate.  In the movie, some collectors of rare animals, release bull sharks into a fresh water lake, and they grow, eventually, preying on swimmers, lake surfers, parasailers who dangle their feet in the leg, fisherman, and grandmas wading into the water to retrieve a dog.  As sheriffs and locals are horrified by these shark attacks, willing to pay anyone to catch the predators, now terrorizing their former safe, fishing, swimming and boating areas, on the Lake, offering a $10,000 award to the fisherman or woman, who catches the mother, who was pregnant at the time she was put in the Lake and her two pups--is that what you call shark babies?  Anyway, a Ph.D, in marine biology, dismisses the shark's behavior, not as evil, but, as sharks, just doing what sharks do, preying on things they want to eat, that are in the water, and if that happens to be humans, so be it, they are doing what nature teaches them to do, hunt for food. 

Even more interesting, was the reaction of many people who had friends, family, and loved ones lost, or the professionals, who were no more moved by the gore and the attacks, as they would, a bear or mountain lion, eating a deer, that it just tracked, gored, and gutted.  While there were those who protected friends and children, after falling in the Lake, being vulnerable to the sharks, the overall emotions, tended to be little more than, just, ignoring the fact, that their buddy was just devoured, as was the jet skier, he was trying to save, going on as if, a larger fish, just ate a less adept, fish, just a less worthy opponent, who deserves to be eaten, because we are all just part of the same food chain, and the shark is just feeding, on people.  Was this an attempt, and promoting, the notion, that people, are part of the animal world, and should be no more emotionally effected by a killing feed on the shore of the beach, than, had the shark just eaten a seal! I was kind of horrified, and the thought of desensitizing humans to the point, that we just, relax, and let the survival of the fittest, take precedence over survival of the species, seeing, humans, not only at the top of the animal world, because of a human ability to have rational thoughts, to feel, to have emotions, to care, to love, and yes, to mate, protect their young, and to hunt and gather food, or go to the grocery store.

As part of the thinking process, that separates me from the sharks, barracudas, and piranhas, of the world, the wolves of Wall Street, is the ability to empathize with the mutilated, mauled, bloodied, bitten, and eaten victims of the sharks, and to morn for the lack of luck, the bad actors who perpetrate such vicious attacks, with little conscience, no remorse, no emotions, continuing to gouge, gorge on their feed and greed, and thrive on the pain, the weaknesses, the soft spots, the vulnerabilities, and capitalize on schemes, plots, insider trading, conspiracy, collusion, and collaboration, of the strong, against the weak, in this battle of the survival of the fittest, seeing devouring of people pensions, retirement, bank accounts, homes, mortgages, and their 401 accounts, as nothing more than, the predators, doing what is natural to them, eating the weak, the old, the slow, the challenged, and the spoils of the win, go to the fittest, or the cruelest, or the meanest, the dirtiest, the most cunning, or the most corrupt, as all part of the human experience; however, going from a human model or ideology, of man against man, being nothing more than animal against animal, in this very cruel neighborhood we call, the world . . . to the religious view, of a loving and benevolent father, God, who created all creatures on earth, with man being his crowning achievement, whom he is willing to teach, train, love, forgive, encourage fairness, loyalties, equality, justice, and when we fall, he provided, for us, if we turn to him, and change our ways, repenting and turning from sin, corruption, debauchery, whoredoms, the 7 deadly sins, and seek a higher law, one based, on just two simple, yet, all encompassing, commandments to love God, and love our fellow man, woman, child, black, white, Jew and gentile, as he has loved us, so should we love one another . . . we have a whole different philosophy toward our fellow humans, and with empathy, sympathy, faith, understanding, and love, can transcend, this human condition, and transform ourselves, into literally heaven on earth!

Interesting concepts, contained in each of the world views, the models, the paradigms of thought, and philosophies that drive and control our thoughts, which then dictate our actions.  I think, I mentioned the other day, that Raven, an incarcerated serial killer, is often consulted, by crime profilers, criminologists, and crime writers, about the thought patterns, and darkest thoughts of serial killers . . . and people should be shocked, that they see hunting for two and four legged animals, as one in the same.  That explains a lot, while causing even more disconcerting images, terrors and night frights, that in this world, so good, yet so bad, that should be a cause for alarm, knowing, that, you are merely prey, whether in your physical safety, your financial security, or being secure in you identity, and really, in the potential to protect our young, it smacks in the face, of everything a normal person, believes and feels to be the case, and that is why we are so, played and fooled, by psychopaths, sociopaths, narcissists, and pathological liars . . . we simply think higher thoughts!

Hedonism and the Lower Pleasures Vs. Nobility, Honor, Virtue and the Higher Pleasures?

I remember taking a philosophy class, early in my education, and being introduced, certainly, not for the first time, but, grappling with the conflicting ideas, and choices, that human beings, face, and what their general overall goals, for satisfaction in their lives, using these bottom line, ideologies, within the larger mindset, to aid and direct them, in the decision making process, that not only determines, our life course, but, may ultimately, determine, the end result.  Hedonism, is generally, the idea that pleasure or happiness is the highest good, pleasure seeking, is an end, in and of itself, often associated with physical pleasures, like eating, sleeping, having sex, playing, relaxing, and spending time, in the pursuit of these pleasures, with most philosophers, seeing, these as the base, the lower, or the less gratifying pursuits in the long run.  While philosophers, like Aristotle and Plato, arguing that the pursuit of virtue, such as nobility, glory, honor, valor, as much, preferable in the long run, being, in and of the achievement of these as your ultimate end result, are, when all is said and done, an end in and of itself, bringing with it, the splendor, of man at his best, therefore, at his highest, and leading him, to the glory of the best, the brightest, the most notable, and thus the best!  Aristotle believed that a man, could not be judged, to be happy or sad, or having lived a good or a bad life, until the day he dies, because, life is to fluid, long, arduous to some degree, with ups and downs, cyclical periods of time, and so to judge, a man, in his 20's, with youth and health, may seem, like the greatest time, and the happiest time; however, as time passes, at 30, during a time of career choice, the challenge of marriage, children, possible financial stressors, may, seem hard and less rewarding, while, as one looks back on their lives, those allegedly hardest and most demanding period of time in life, my in retrospect, be seen as very fulfilling and setting the stage for one's later years, making all the sacrifices of personal hedonism, with delayed pleasure, being the most long lasting and valuable, to human growth and experience, giving the most meaning a long term payment, for a life well lived.

We all know the passion and beauty of youth, that settles into the wisdom and loving of the aging process, one may lead to the other, or the passions, emotions, and how one uses their beauty, and the days of their youth, to be of great worth, or as the destructive forces, that, destroy, mutilate and maim, leaving the body, love, emotional health, well battered and beaten.  Yesterday, while I was taking my morning commute, around the city, to read the paper, watch the bus riders, and just enjoy, forward motion, I noticed a young couple, soon, to be seen, as lovers, companions, and boyfriend and girlfriend.  As they could focus on kissing, hugging, touching, talking and cuddling, rather than focusing on driving, traffic, cops, and pedestrians, a perk of the bus, I was somewhat jealous of young love.  Thinking, that possibly, I missed out, in some periods of life, being so focused on school, career, the passion of politics, the fire in my gut, my driving need to improve the world, do my part to save it, and its inhabitants, to further mankind, in peace, love, and their knowledge of God, and who he works in a modern context . . . and the feeling of envy, for a handsome young buck, touching his girlfriend's college age thighs, feeling the connection between the skin on his hands, and her soft skin, barely covered by her cut off jeans, and realized, that if I were to do it all again, I would chose the higher pleasures, those of the pursuit of glory, nobility, virtue, goodness, and the happiness and rewards, those bring, in and of the achievement or the elevated feelings of accomplishment, that bring tremendous pleasure that differs much, from the buzz and thrill of the sexual and physical elements of pleasure . . . I have chosen, for me the better path!

We Have to Work in Building People Up, Not On Tearing People Down

That was a quote, I just heard, from Hillary Clinton, after her win in the New York primaries.  It is looking more and more, that Clinton will be the candidate, representing the Democrats, and Trump, looks like he will be the man to represent the Republicans, and the interesting thing, about the two front runners, is their history of the pursuit of one or the others of these pleasures, the higher, dealing with representing the children's fund, getting health coverage for kids, standing by the side of her husband, former President Clinton, and her involvement in serving the people of the state of New York, with many people, knowing her work, and realizing that she was there to serve the people, listen to their needs, and later, moving from, the national arena to the world arena, and in four years of self-less service, with a paycheck, that probably, given the number of hours, she did globe trotting, working with leaders and heads of states in other countries to resolve conflicts and issues around the world, she has truly focused on the higher pleasures, of service . . . she whom is greatest among you, is your servant, now, willing to serve as president.  Trump, on the other hand in stark contrast, has had a more hedonistic background, gracing the cover of Playboy, going after sex, bragging about his sexual exploits, on the Howard Stern program, married three times, to super models, trading in the old model, for a new and improved one, every 20 or so years, building mansions, towers, and golf courses to himself, for himself, and of himself, putting his brand on each venture . . . saying you can never be too rich or to greedy.  I do however, see, that he has focused on his children, who are an asset to him, so he had his priorities right, in that regard, or his ex-wives and wife did!  LOL!

So, America has a choice to make: (1) Hillary seeing we need to build people up, raise the minimum wage, look at the high incarceration rates, and prison population, and deal with drug issues, more as a health issue than a criminal justice issue, she wants to reign in big banks, corporations, deal with the environment, create jobs, etc., seeing America as great, already, but the need to fill in the gaps, and bring us together, in this experiment and project we call America, always, willing to improve, but realizing that we are the greatest country on earth; or (2) go with Trump, who believes, that America is failing, we lose everything, we need to build walls to keep people out, turn away our poor, our hungry, our needy, in preference for a white America, hand picking and selecting, those immigrants, and their families, we think will build America back to its greatness, of the 1950's, putting a moratorium on all Muslims, coming into this country, make a military so strong, that the world will fear us, because we are so in fear of it, we are going to bring jobs and corporations back to America, stop trade agreements, and keep all prosperity, only in America, rather than learning from, the economic meltdown in the last Republican presidency, during the last days of the Bush administration, only to find out when we fail, the world fails, that we take the world economy, commerce, technology, and trade, down the tubes with us!  We are literally all in this together.  Do we want the strong man, with all his insecurities, or the strong woman, with all her confidence and experience?

The Choice is Up to You . . . Which America Do You Want?  The Shark Tank, Where the Outcome is Determined by the Survival of the Fittest, Refusing to Protect Minorities, Foreigners, Immigrants, Where the Strong Always Will Prevail?  Or, Do We Want the to Further the American Dream, See That Tearing Each Other Down, Is the Last Thing We Need to Do, Seeing That, Together We Stand, Together We Prosper, Together We Thrive, and Divided We Fall, Because, WE ARE ALL AMERICANS, WHEN THE DAY IS DONE! 

NOVEMBER 1, 2016 IS REARING EITHER ITS LOVELY HEAD, OR ITS UGLY HEAD . . . ONE MAN, ONE VOTE, IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE! 

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