A Blog About Anything & Everything.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
A Word About My Last Few Posts
None of these past few posts were meant to be unpatriotic. Quite the opposite. We need to own up to past mistakes in order to not repeat them.
As far as my criticisms of Donald Trump they are not to be taken as personal attacks nor as a dislike of him personally. I don't know the guy. What I do have is issues with his short sightedness and his simplistic understandings of complex issues. Take for example his immigration edicts. I absolutely 100% believe he didn't spend the time required with the experienced state department officials and others who've dealt with these issues for decades down in the trenches. His lack of empathy resulted in millions of dollars wasted and lives globally affected unfairly by not thinking through the ramifications.
Not everyone of our founders were saints nor electors either for that matter. We need to acknowledge along the way the United States government nor it's people are perfect These posts were intended to point these things out. By taking a critical look back I see them as the tools we need to move forward looking beyond either the left or right partisanship that seems to be the quagmire we now seem to be entranced in.
More importantly we need to look beyond governments instead focusing on the commonality of all people who are forced to live under each government's rule who's main goal is to sustain it's self. Failure to recognize each person as apart and separate from who rules over them whom in my eyes deceives and betrays all who like myself believes in our commonality.
Putting governments and religions aside--except for a bunch of bad actors---I believe the vast majority of us are as of one mind. To live our lives as peaceful as possible. Let us cast aside our differences and look for those which unite all us humans from that which separated us whether it be government rule, religion or ethnicity. Let us unite as one.
As far as my criticisms of Donald Trump they are not to be taken as personal attacks nor as a dislike of him personally. I don't know the guy. What I do have is issues with his short sightedness and his simplistic understandings of complex issues. Take for example his immigration edicts. I absolutely 100% believe he didn't spend the time required with the experienced state department officials and others who've dealt with these issues for decades down in the trenches. His lack of empathy resulted in millions of dollars wasted and lives globally affected unfairly by not thinking through the ramifications.
Not everyone of our founders were saints nor electors either for that matter. We need to acknowledge along the way the United States government nor it's people are perfect These posts were intended to point these things out. By taking a critical look back I see them as the tools we need to move forward looking beyond either the left or right partisanship that seems to be the quagmire we now seem to be entranced in.
More importantly we need to look beyond governments instead focusing on the commonality of all people who are forced to live under each government's rule who's main goal is to sustain it's self. Failure to recognize each person as apart and separate from who rules over them whom in my eyes deceives and betrays all who like myself believes in our commonality.
Putting governments and religions aside--except for a bunch of bad actors---I believe the vast majority of us are as of one mind. To live our lives as peaceful as possible. Let us cast aside our differences and look for those which unite all us humans from that which separated us whether it be government rule, religion or ethnicity. Let us unite as one.
Talk About Fake News !
The U.S. military's stats on deadly airstrikes are wrong. Thousands have gone unreported
By Andrew deGrandpre and Shawn Snow | Military Times (02/05/2017)
By Andrew deGrandpre and Shawn Snow | Military Times (02/05/2017)
Like this never happened before
New York Times (05/18/1984)--"The suit arose after CBS News suggested in a documentary broadcast Jan. 23, 1982, that the American military, and specifically General Westmoreland, had altered figures on the strength of enemy forces in Vietnam to make it appear that the United States was winning the war. The general, now retired, commanded American forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968."
LA Times (01/15/1985)-- "Westmoreland Blamed for Faulty Troop Reports : Witness for CBS Testifies General's Policy Caused 'Massive Falsification'... Former CIA analyst Sam Adams told a federal jury here Monday that Army Gen. William C. Westmoreland caused a "massive falsification" of intelligence during the Vietnam War...
In this video clip three Vietnam vets explained (in Detroit Feb 1971) why the whole Vietnam War body count (killed "enemy soldier") was just big bullshit.
President Washington's Escaped Slave
There's a new book coming out on February 07, 2017 which should make good reading.
"Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire."
(All except for one)
George Washington almost broke the law trying to recapture his freed slave
By Ron Hogan | New York Post
By Ron Hogan | New York Post
"Rather than comply, Washington decided to circumvent the law. Every six months he sent the slaves back down south just as the clock was about to expire."
(All except for one)
Saturday, February 4, 2017
Play Me Street Piano Videos
For a few years now it's become popular to place pianos in public places anyone can use. You never know who will show up
Below are a only a few I've come across on YouTube. Hope you enjoy them.
Munich- Nicola Tenini (16 years old)
Henri Herbert, keyboard player with the Jim Jones Revue (a high octane rock and roll band from London), gives an impromptu performance on the concourse of St Pancras International station, London
Like I said you never know who'll show up.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Energy Independence Is A Joke
U.S. May Export More Oil in 2017 Than Four OPEC Nations Produce
by Sheela Tobben | Bloomberg (02/02/2017)
by Sheela Tobben | Bloomberg (02/02/2017)
If we truly want to be energy independent make use of alternative energies which can't be exported. Things like wind and solar. No wonder big oil fights against them tooth and nail.
Another thing I find ironic is how some complain about the look of wind turbines or solar panels. Maybe it's just me but I personally find an untold amount of drilling sites and 10,000's miles of flammable potentially toxic pipelines crisscrossing America far less attractive.
I'm not too thrilled with tank cars and trailer trucks loaded with fuel either.
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