RANDOM THOUGHTS L 3

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS L 3 One of the most famous poems of English language is by John Donne, you should read it, and it ends "for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee". The whole poem is worth reading, worth meditating upon, to reflect, to understand, to internalize. But, we are humans, aren't we the ones that squint, or even close our eyes when the lights shine bright, yes, we don't want to see the "whole truth", we want to live in our own reality, our own facts. When nature, when circumstances nudge us, guide us toward the shore, we fight the waves of time. At the start of the movie "Gladiator" there is a dialogue , "People should know when they are conquered", to which Maximus replies, " would you, Quintas, would I", such is the human nature, but who can understand, fifty percent of humanity has below average minds. "ALL TRUTHS ARE BUT HALF TRUTHS " We do not wish to admit defeat, yet in all military campaigns we know when to escape and regroup, we survive to fight another day, or atleast to change strategy. We must learn to open our eyes, to see where we are. As the waves of time try to nudge us to the shore, we are only focused on the siren songs that will take us to the rocks and smash our souls. We promise to change but we don't, we wish to fight the system that we created, we forget that we are the system, we follow any Pied Piper but we are lost. The sun still shines bright, the nature still wants to save you, the waves still push you the shore, let go. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 12 OCTOBER 2022

RANDOM THOUGHTS L 2

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS L 2 "After all, tomorrow is another day" , the last line from the novel/ movie "Gone with the Wind". But what is even more important is the line before that , "I'll go home and I'll think of some way to get him back.", Sadly we never want to stop, never give up, and that is a perfectly good approach to many situations in life, in work, in studies, in a profession. But the same attitude can be destructive in many other situations in life. Sometimes we have to understand that the whole idea is counterproductive and a waste of time. And even if tomorrow is an other day, our days are numbered. We stay involved in non-productive endeavors, in relationships that are not going anywhere, in addiction, in lousy careers. Sometimes, instead of facing a problem on its own we also blame one problem for all of the rest of the problems, even if true it doesn't solve any of the problems which must be dealt with individually. Taking up drinking, or doing drugs or having affairs has never solved any problems. And then there is the very real problem of the late 20th, early 21st century of "finding one's self", and I can empathize. Well have you lost something? How can you fund yourself when you haven't "lost yourself". Isn't ironic? To find yourself you must first lose yourself. But we live in the "me" age, it is all about "me", it is always about "me". And we go searching for "myself", we are so deeply attached to our own egos, that the idea of "losing" ourself is inconceivable, we don't even understand the concept, we can't even pretend to. "Sometimes, I find myself, looking for myself, sometimes, when I am not looking", (M. N. R.) I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 11 OCTOBER 2022

RANDOM THOUGHTS L 1

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS L 1 Something different, but it is not. Things are not "different" in an interconnected world. It is how we connect them one to the other. We are all looking at the same picture and see things totally differently, and therein lies to problem. We can be friends, understand eachother, see the other person's point of view, or look at the picture differently and refuse to understand what the other person is seeing. We live in the same world, on the same planet, we have the same economy, same problems, crime, poverty, unemployment, sorry education system, overloaded prisons, pollution, and the problems are not local, they are nationwide and worldwide, yet we, each one of us sees something different. Let's once again ponder the famous quote from Shakespeare " All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players", but what role? When we watch a great movie, or we read a really interesting book, we become involved in the story itself, we want the story to take one direction or the other, we don't know how the story will end, yet we, in our mind wish. We take on the role of the hero, or the heroine, or the villain if we so desire, actually we take on all the characters. We want to be a part of the story. No? Think about it, we see children role play the characters of their favorite shows, we are just not that "obvious", but then again what are "fan clubs" and "comic cons", and how about those "furries. We do spend our lives in fantasies, sometimes more obvious than others. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 11 OCTOBER 2022

INTO THE ABYSS 196 B

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 196 B We should know, we do know, if one doesn't personally yet know, those the are running the world today know, that the world as we know it will probably not exist in about 50 years. There us no track that we can take, no move that we can make today will change that. I have mentioned this before, the population will decline drastically, life will become harder, and there will be two kinds of people, the masters and the slaves. Within the "system" on will live by the rules of the system, those that reject the system will be banished and will not survive long. Many today have an almost romantic view of life outside the said "system" , the fantasy world of "MadMax", or "Book of Eli", where the tough ones hunt the hapless like it is a game. It will not be like that, luckily even as such it will not last an year. What the survivalist believe in their major fantasy is that they will still have farm equipment, fuel and parts for their tractors, and seed and the rest. With supply chain gone, that will not be a possibility. What the rich and the industrialists belive that with the population down bellow a billion or half that production will continue as always, and the "masses" will continue to obey the masters. The "futurists" believe that even if the earth becomes inhabitable we can colonize Mars or something. None of this is realistic. There is far chance that we can even have 5,000 people living on Mars or even the moon in the next 50 years. First step here should be to start moving the population centers further away from the coasts, the money spent on hurricane relief should be used to move people further inland and not rebuilding on the shoreline, as with billions spent after Katrina, Andrew, Sandy, Michael and Ian, we could have hundreds of thousands away from the coast, yes you can go to the beach, party at the beach and all but you just have to live 20 miles inland. I WILL WRITE MORE M. N. R. 09 OCTOBER 2022

INTO THE ABYSS 196 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 196 A So it goes, what to do next, whom to believe, what it is all about anyway. Last night I talked about how we create our own reality, again. And here we are, we hate the world, we hate the government, we hate our neighbors, "all others" , defined and undefined, for world that "they" have created for us, we never admit that we had anything to do with it, of course, we ate always beyond reproach. Welcome to the 21st century, it almost a quarter over too, you know. People like myself (in there 70, or younger ones, in their 60s or 50s never admit that we were party to the ruining of the society. Now we complain how the world has changed, that there is a conspiracy, we forget that we were always willing to change, to be the avant-garde, and we destroyed ourselves and the country and now we search for someone else to place the blame on. Yes there is a conspiracy, and it covers all countries and continents, it is enslave the population, to reduce the population and to limit the power in the hands of a few "elite". And we think that the "elite" the billionaires have our best interest in their heart, whether it is buying the Congress or backing a presidential candidate ot loading the Supreme Court with their handpicked ideologues. Why not, the ones that are "the Cabal" are also our friends and benefactors. O how innocent we are. We will never buy snake oil though. We don't listen to the "corrupt" media, we only like the media that is paid to tell us what we want to hear. And we also know. There is a very simple equation in Algebra, a+b = c, can't get any simpler than that, but can anyone, anywhere know what c is if either "a" or the "b" is not known. But we don't care, we honestly don't care what either the "a" or the "b" is we only care about one or the other, and we think that we can figure "c" out regardless. Thus we fail, we have stopped caring. I WILL WRITE MORE M. N. R. 07 OCTOBER 2022

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE

INTO THE ABYSS 195 D

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 195 D If we were to open our eyes, were to be honest with ourselves and recognized our reality, we will see that much of humanity has always lived, and continues, to live in an alternate reality. Plato recognized it in his "Allegory of the Cave". How many still watch a movie, or read a book or follow a show and have to be told what the message was, or what a scene meant, what a character really meant. Life is complicated, those that understand the least make up their own truths, it eases the pain of existence. We have philosophers, we have psychologists, we have politicians and many others that tell us things, tell us how to feel or what "things mean", how they affect us, and we buy it all, lock stock and barrel. But we listen to others we only admit to our ignorance, we admit that we don't understand things, we all child like, we are the buyers of snake oil, we are ready to be conned and mislead, and we are taken advantage of. It is simple, it works like a charm, every time. No one wants to be wrong though, and to admit that one is or has been wrong is unimaginable. And the knowledge has always been there, but we were, we are too busy to learn. Even in our suffering we can always find excuses as to why we suffer, we don't take responsibility, it is nature, it is the circumstances, or who knew, whether it is accident caused by inattention, or drug and alcohol use or it is a hurricane that wipes out a city built too close to water, and nature is always a great fall back. We don't even try to mitigate the damage when we know the cause, we deny that we had the neccessary information to take corrective steps. Our country keeps going deeper in debt, our cities and towns resemble a third world concoction and we are happy We are so well adjusted to being a failure that we don't even search for answers, we are too busy enjoying our total ignorance. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 04 OCTOBER 2022

INTO THE ABYSS 195 C

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 195 C What do we really want in life, or want in the hereafter, we have choices, we open our eyes to what is meaningful in life and what is not. The modern culture and society has been designed do deliver material goods but our souls are empty, our stomachs are full yet our hearts are empty. We search for meaning in life, but we have little idea as to what will fulfill us, so we grab at the straws. The society that promised us, we can have it our way, has left us wanting. Happiness that we look, and work so hard for is fleeting at best. We want everything to be handed to us, delivered to us and we have no idea, no appreciation for what we have, it has been all so easy. Being successful today is not really that hard, money is easy, credit is easy, labor is cheap and we pat ourselves on our backs because we "worked so hard". Not really. In the United States today, one person in a hundred is a millionaire, so being one is not such a big deal, people can become millionaire by just finding a good lawyer and suing the VA, the social security or a doctor even. Most millionaires become such by borrowing a lot of money and getting others to do the work, some get into politics and sell their soul, no one becomes rich by digging ditches all day or picking strawberries. Those that are not able to get shortcuts, have family money, or other connections can take decades of actual work to make that kind of money. Either way, most of those that do make some kind of money by "using the system" also complain about how the system is broken. Just like those that rant against big government, and government spending or socialism are also going to Florida to help with the "recovery", because the money will be growing on the trees there now. Think about this for a moment, for a long while even, there are those that believe that we are ready to live in a "virtual reality", they are not wrong, we already do live in a virtual reality, of our own making. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 04 OCTOBER 2022

INTO THE ABYSS 195 B

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 195 B Well, it didn't take long for #Facebook to restrict me for the next thirty days, as my last post called their censorship fascist, they found something in my comments that didn't meet their "community standards", by now I am used to it. Atleast they didn't unpublish me yet. In any case, I had been telling you for days about my back at 1TOMBSTONE2.WORDPRESS.COM , give it a like and follow also, thank you. As we know that the country, as well as the whole world, is facing a multitude if problems, and there is no easy, simple or quick solutions, if there are, no one knows. In such a situation it is easier to search for quick fixes, and sadly, over the last 70 or years, we , the humanity, have come to believe that yes there are, and we can still have our way. There is one thing that we all must admit. If there is a scam and someone is scammed, then the person being scammed was a willing participant, wittingly or unwittingly doesn't matter. Most people that are scammed will tell you that they "fell for it". We live in the age of information, and there is information of all kinds available, but it is your choice as to what you want to believe, if it happens to be a scam, you buy into it, no one else's fault. We all want to appear to be smart, going back the example once again of the "snake oil salesman", they always had a plant in the crowd that will step and make a buy to encourage the rest. Somethings never change. Today think tanks are employed, the media companies have an agenda, the billionaires control what you can or cannot hear, it is a lot easier to be made a fool of. This goes on every level of our society today, our spending habits, buying more than we can afford, to our personal intimate relationships and even our child rearing, no boundaries needed, we know it will always turn out right in the end, until it does not, and then we declare our worst failures either a success, or we just say that we tried. Our world is turned upside down and we are totally okay with it. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 02 OCTOBER 2022

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE https://youtu.be/x6VRX3B6gVY

INTO THE ABYSS 195 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 195 A Well, can't say it was a surprise, I had called out #Facebook for leaning #Fascist over three years ago, so today I got thirty day restriction for calling out the Fascist for clamoring that their freedom of speech was being truncated. Ofcourse they will say that they are not the real fascists and it is, as always, in the eye the beholder. No doubt, when the chips are down no one likes the opposition to be heard, and the liberals are also guilty. So what is an open minded person to do. Freedom of speech comes with a great responsibility, to seek balance, to have true knowledge on the topic that one is addressing, to promote welfare of others, not be destructive, and much more. Then we run into what is right and what is wrong, and what should be said and what should not be promoted. Of course in the age of mass communication we have lost those boundaries, and the same time we have corporations and media companies deciding what is appropriate and what is not, and they are the self anointed judges and the juries. I had originally intended to write about Ian and its aftermath and the lessons learned, that will wait till later. As it has been with Ian, the world today is more complex than ever. Just as what I had said about Alito and the Supreme Court, referring to Thomas Paine, the people can't be ruled by the laws from centuries past, the same is true about free speech, and the same is true about the hurricanes and their aftermath. The world problems today are too big for small minded thinking and easy solutions. Ironic, that I am talking about the Supreme Court, the weather and free speech as if they are somehow connected, they are, in a way. Doesn’t it all go back to the same things, balance, fairness, knowing and justice. Whether it is about making laws, or it is about what should or shouldn't be said, or how to deal with a hurricane that is as unpredictable as it is ruinous. If we should take care of where, how and how much to develop, should we also care about how and to whom the laws apply and how they will affect people's lives, or what should and shouldn't be said to keep peace, and not alarm or entice people into doing unpleasant and unproductive behaviors. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 29 SEPTEMBER 2022

THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 2 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 2 A I was talking about the kids and monsters the last time. When we build a chair or a table or a house we have a "plan". When we buy land or a tractor or a car even we have a plan. Well is the car for just getting to work or to impress someone or we want drag race, whatever, a car can be a used a thousand different ways. We get a in a relationship we have a plan, whether we want to build a family, or just ghost the other party in day. Nowadays it has become a common practice it seems , especially among the younger populations, but I can admit I did a few times back when I was young. But as always that is not even the point. Do I have your attention though? When I was teaching (for the Army), I had lesson plans, when I moved to war planning of course planning is what we did for a living, when I was in deconfliction , we planned, what equipment what space, what area, and what technology. As technology changed everything had to change. You get the idea. We have been a country for over 246 years, times have definitely changed, the population, the laws, the technology, our demands our needs, you name it. We surely have been a great country, some today wish to go on , some wish to take the country back also. What we have not seen, from our leaders is an articulation of a plan, what do we envision the future will look like. Does anyone know? Has anyone asked? Have you? Forget the Jetsons, forget Orwell, for the fourth Reich, what is our vision? What we do with our poor and uneducated masses, how do we incorporate the new technologies in our lives, what old traditions and mannerisms we bring back and how will it all coexist. What freedoms do we gain, what freedoms and choices we must give up. What we gain for what we give up? Ask yourself even, ask your friends, ask your politicians, or have you already? What we do with our elderly when they become to numerous to be taken care of, and too expensive for the economy to support them, who will feed them, clean their diapers, bathe them and keep them alive? If we are taking America back then from whom, or just in case where to? What will it look like? And we are taking America forwards then what that future look like? I know there is a "NWO" and there is a cabal of baby eaters and then there are the Illuminati, and the witches that occupy Greg Locke' mind, the Scientologists and the Mormons and the Catholics all have their eye on the prize. Yet no one has offered a plan. The saddest thing is that those that offered their loyalty to the cause have no one that has stepped forward and said I wanted this. No one has offered a plan. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 27 SEPTEMBER 2022

RANDOM THOUGHTS K 5

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS K 5 There are two or three things to consider, actually in almost all cases there is more than one thing to consider, otherwise we ignore things that will someday come to haunt us. 1. I have often said that I am not here to promote or prove my faith or beliefs, I, however, often quote the #scriptures, I study the scriptures, and read and reread and study the depth of the message, my studies are not superficial and I don't just read to reaffirm my belief in salvation, I also believe that one's salvation doesnot depend on pointing out the wrongs in others but being true to one's faith in one's actions also, if I hide from a friend's spouse their infidelity but look down at someone else because of what I believe them to be doing wrong then I am hypocrite. If I am okay with someone being punished hard by a judge, but also help a friend get away with something illegal stuff, I am not true to my faith. 2. All kids create monsters, well atleast most of them do, children have wild imaginations and many may create a "monster" just to be near their parents instead of being alone. Also ofcourse as they grow up they overcome the monsters, and the monsters disappear. But even as grown ups we really never grow out of the habit. Most grownups have some monsters, under their bed or in the closet, ( we call these boogeymen) , most all of us have them and we fight these. Always winning too, it makes us feel better about ourselves when we win. 3. I have stated before that I post stuff from many viewpoints, don't be upset if you don't like a post, and if you really hate it, present your views, and be willing to consider any rebuttals, it is called being a grown up, I have found that most of the time when I want to confront someone else, I have to reconsider my own views first. By all means post something that in no way applies to you also. 4. Many of us believe that our understanding of various historical viewpoints is beyond reproach. Problem is that many of us misquote or misinterpret the intent. We only know what we know, that never means that we know everything. Most of us don't. If I post something that is not true, please be sure to point it out, "not true" does not however mean that you don't like what it says. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1C

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1 C I am not a smart person, I am not a genius. But I like to read, study things on my own, physics, medicines, astronomy, history, politics, money and a few more, I listen to commentaries, lectures, and I remember things, then I relate things, one to another. One thing I don't do is to pick and choose who I listen to, I have brain and can discern between the wheat and the chaff, to keep it polite. If you know history of the United States, many among the founding fathers were against slavery, but did you know that even at that time they wanted a public education system, they discussed paying parents of children so that a child could go to school to learn basic skills like reading and basic math. They discussed paying worker a stipend in old age, something after 50 years of age a full pension at age 60 to be paid for through taxes. No many don't, many have never heard of it because it was never taught in school. Social security was not established until 1935, and at time even it was designed to keep the poorest workers off the streets and the for the "working class" it was to supplement their employer paid pension. Social Security was never a ponzi scheme , no matter how it is derided by some politicians. For one thing the Social Security was to "supplement" a pension! And what happened to the "pensions" of the Americans. As I explained earlier, with the huge tax cuts in the corporate and individual tax cuts, the cost of benefits for the workers went up, from around 10c per $1 of benefits to 50c per dollar of benefits and more as the taxes were cut further. The Social Security benefits had to be reduced as the jobs were moved overseas and wage growth stagnated, the benefits depended upon a percentage of wages, lower wages meant smaller benefits, and the circle tightened. Also as the birth rates declined there were fewer workers working, overtime, fewer and fewer workers had to support more and more older workers drawing social security. And it is not just the older workers that did not earn an employer "sponsored" pension, it is the current workers also, from Walmart and Dollar General to the military soldiers and the low wage civil service workers all have been duped. As the wages have stagnated or worse, the current workers can qualify for assistance, foodstamps and such, yes people in the military and civil service also get "assistance", but when you are older your social security check is even smaller because it is based upon what you earned, and you didn't "earn much. People that work "under the table", there are millions also don't get very much as they "have" no income at all. Another thing is that the social security reserves were supposed to earn interest as the government borrowed those funds to finance the tax cuts for the rich. With the interest rates at or near zero, the elderly workers and the future retirees were again looted. So the next time anyone talks about how the social security is a burden, and will bankrupt the country, just ask them how they managed to bankrupt the American workers. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 25 SEPTEMBER 2022

RANDOM THOUGHTS K 4

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS K 4 My comments or writings are never meant to be personal attacks on anyone's feelings or preferences. But we do live in a society (among other people), "no man is an island" was never more applicable. Yes we do have choices, we have preferences, and most of us still live however we like. Yet we are also not immune to criticism and judgment of others, there are norms and there are exceptions, we cannot escape the judgment of others or the consequences of our choices. There are laws that allow people not to dispense morning after pills and there laws that state that one cannot be forced to pray, or recite the pledge of allegiance, and there are laws that allow establishments to refuse employment on basis of faith. Just because I am smart and good looking ( i am actually neither) to the point that people faint doesn't mean that everyone should faint at the presence of anyone that would like the people to faint at their presence. Just because I like something doesn't mean everyone else must. Similarly if I don't like something the world is not obligated to follow. We are grown ups, and we will have differences of opinions, nothing personal. There are differences of opinions, on all topics, there are differences of opinion on who had the right of way at a given time, if we take a stance of "stand your ground" in every instance, we fail at being a decent human being. No one hates a Narcissist more than another Narcissist. Just an idea. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 24 SEPTEMBER 2022

RANDOM THOUGHTS K 5

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE RANDOM THOUGHTS K 3 I am sure one day I will realize that my life has not been about how much money I have made, what awards and degrees I earned, where I lived or who I slept with or even how my kids turned out. We consider these things important. But allow me to use a very base example from real life. You and all know that know matter what we eat, it all comes out the same, but how what we eat nourishes our body is what matters. What we "do" or "don't do" in our lives may or may not matter either, but how "we live" does. May be it doesn't even make sense, I am not holy, don't even claim to be particularly religious or pious, but I try to be a decent human being, and isn't that that any religion requires of us. Societies have a few basic tenants, don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal, do be greedy, selfish or gluttonous, it is so simple, so easy, so basic. It is, until our egos enter the equation. Who am I? Have you ever stopped and asked yourself? We are pretenders, we are not real, or are we? Do we know who we are. We , somehow either ask someone else as to who we are, a psychologist, a preacher, our partner, yet we don't ask ourselves, because the answer may scare us. We have labels, we label others all day, using the labels that we really could use on our own selves. We are afraid to know who we are. I am surprised, no, not really, how we come up with excuses for our bad behaviors, or point in a different direction when someone else is caught. If I had happened to be a self proclaimed "righteous" person, would I not be obligated to always follow the path of truth. I used to go to the AA meetings, one of the basic tenants of the AA was always to admit that I was wrong about what I had been doing. How could I say that my alcoholism or drug use was okay, or may be a little bit. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; --- , would I be fooling myself if I did, well, I won't know that until too late, wouldn't I. Ask me if I want to take a chance and find out I was wrong when the choices were obvious. Going back to what I said earlier tonight, Consequences are just coincidences we didn't expect . Most religions also tell us that once we become "followers" there no exceptions or short cuts, 2 Corinthians 5:17 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. May be we should think before it is too late to change our minds. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON 23 SEPTEMBER 2022

THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1 B

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1 B Taking America Back I am an open minded, self educated person, even though I have degrees, I also have a personal collection of books, on many varied topics. I like to read, I study things, I follow trends and analyze things. Not to brag on myself, if you question about something and I happen to have the phone in my hand the answer you will get is off the top of my head, I may also follow up with a Googled reference to confirm my reply. Now then though, 48 years ago, I started job, working for the City of West Palm Beach as a street lighting technician, si. Months probation, starting salary $6.25 an hour, after six months, permanent job, healtcare, holidays, vacation, retirement, it was a great time, I quit at six months to the day and left for hitch hiking across the country. Okay, so I will try to keep it short, and not bore you with a whole lot more detail, Back in 1974, if you had gone to work full time at say Ford, or Sears, or Burger King, you were guaranteed a retirement , a decent wage, healthcare, and other benefits, it was easy, as the top corporate tax rate was 74% it cost the company only 26 cents to give the employee a $1 in benefits ( the employee compensation is not considered a taxable income,). When tax rates were even higher the corporations and the super rich built hospitals, they built universities, they built museums, and art galleries. At ninety percent tax rate it costs you a dime per dollar to do good or even great things. As Mr. Reagan became president he was supported by the rich for a promise of tax cuts. As the tax cuts went into effect it cost the corporations more money to give pay raises or to provide benefits to the workers, or do charity work. You see where as it used to only cost 26c for a dollar increase in benefits now it cost 50c, and with more items available to cut the tax bills the worker compensation and charity work had to compete with those newer deductions that benefited the owners directly. Retirement was eliminated and replaced with a 401k, and healthcare was replaced with healthcare savings accounts. The average worker was at a disadvantage, first it is hard to save money already, and when wages came under pressure due to lower taxes for the rich, the workers lost big. And all this before the NAFTA that was originally pushed by Reagan and finally signed by Clinton (not a true friend of the poor either, we will talk more about the Democrats screwing the poor too). There were other items in the Reagan tax cuts that also hurt the working class and we will talk about those also). Another thing about the tax cuts that also hurt the average citizen was that the corporations and the rich had more cash (saved due to lowering the costs of employment) to buy more politicians. This how the tax cuts for the rich have been working, another tax cut by W, and another by Trump, no wonder we have the richest people ever in the history of mankind, another politician for sale, anyone? I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 23 SEPTEMBER 2022

THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE THE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY 1 A I had to start a new title, the old ones are still good, but in this series I want to explore a few ideas about what we talk about, what we say and believe and what is the real reality. No matter what we believe it will not change the "facts", and ignoring the facts does not bring better outcomes, in the long run it does not help us focus upon and resolve any issues. Also when A + B+ C+ D does not give us the expected result, then all of these must be examined, all the factors must be looked at. Just as in an accident investigation we must consider the weather, the speed, the road conditions, the driving experience, the construction of the vehicle, the condition of the engine the brakes, and more, we can not just declare that any issue, national or local is anyone or any party's fault without doing a thorough and detailed examination of the issue. When we do an accident investigation we have teams of specialists that have experience, yet we sit on a couch in our living room with a TV remote and pronounce judgment is issue of great import. We shouldn't though. One thing about being a true expert is that one must be able to back up their assertions with facts, figures and references, and also they should be able to accept a rebuttal with grace, any investigation can can or may be proven incorrect, any assumptions may have been wrongly made. We should be humble. And understand that in the end we are humans after all. Earlier I had posted a verse, JAMES 3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation It states that we shouldn't presume ourselves to be "masters" since masters are scrutinized more severely. Although it is talking about being a "preacher", it would be wise for us to consider the admonition in all manners of expertise. In this particular series, I will talk about the myths of "hard working Americans", the tax cuts, about the inefficiencies of our economic system, the problems of our political divide, the sexual revolution and such, hope you will follow along and comment, I an sure there are many experts out there, I am willing to learn. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 21 SEPTEMBER 2022 A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE OF 36 YEARS AND OUR ELDEST DAUGHTER today!

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LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 193 C Too be fair, most of the people have a real hard time being "fair", no wonder most every philosophy teaches us to be fair, to be honest, to be even handed. Still most if the people also have a difficult time with being fair. Especially when being fair will mean losing something. Even in our most personal relationships we find it difficult, in family discussions even, spouses and significant others do not always play fair, even at the cost of losing that relationship, we are not fair in matters of divorce, child support, visitation, custody, most are not amicable. Not to call someone a liar, or dishonest, sometimes we don't know all the facts, sometimes we are misled by those we trust, even the lawyers lie, and politicians too. Had a little conversation with someone on the page, I admit, I, like everyone else that you talk to , may have an agenda, I most probably do, as you do also. And when one does have an agenda, admitting to all the facts places one at a disadvantage, don't you agree? In my posts, as well as my replies to comments or questions, I try my best to sound non sarcastic, I try not to offend your sensibilities. I try to be respectful, and nothing here is personal and should not be taken as such, I thank and appreciate everyone of you. Now then, five years ago I explained that if one has little knowledge or understanding of a situation and they are given a tidbit of information and told that it is special and privileged they will believe it. I don't believe anyone or anything unless I study the topic, the background and how it relates to the reality, what are the possibilities and chances. We were told about child raping and killing cabals, so far no one has exposed anything, just claims, no one has produced a JFK Jr. , NWO is still thriving, WEF is not underground. What we do know is that the Walmart is reducing inventory, what we do know is that companies flipping houses are losing money, what we do know is that the FED is increasing rates, that the FEDEX is expecting a recession. These are the things that will directly impact our lives. The climate change may be a Chinese hoax, but the droughts in China, in Europe and in the West are real, the glaciers melting in Europe is real, the floods in Pakistan and Nigeria are real, the thousand year rains in Texas and Kentucky are as real as you and I. What is needed is not that you and I buy ten acres of land and plan to survive the Armageddon on our own (we can't, we won't) but how we survive as a people, as a nation. Those on the left and the right that wish for an authoritarian government are fools, no where in the history of mankind, an authoritarian regime has ever been for the benefit of many, Italy, Indonesia, Soviet Union, Chile, Iran, it has never turned out well, not even for those that supported them. There are serious problems and real solutions are still possible if we come together. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 20 SEPTEMBER 2022

INTO THE ABYSS 193 B

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 193 B "ALL TRUTHS ARE BUT HALF TRUTHS, ALL PARADOXES MAY BE RECONCILED" The Kybalion Isn't it funny that we know there is a problem, and then see a solution but we say well this does not apply to me or to my situation. Yes we do have answers, someone asked, so where we go from here, what is the solution? First though, like we all know "the first rule of the fight club is that there is no fight club". In the Bourne series, Jason doesn't realize that there is something wrong until the very end, and then he tries to seek the answers. As in any addiction, we have to accept that there is a problem, and the problem is with "us" and we must accept our role and then solve the problem. But that is not us, we are Americans, we don't have a problem, we are above all, if there is anything wrong, it must be someone else's fault. We can not solve problems like this. I have noted, for many long years how we are creating a society that is misinformed and also clueless that there is an issue here , if you go to my original blog, you will see that I was talking about all of these 20 years ago. How we were being programmed, misled, misguided by the politicians, the media, the therapists and yes even the preachers. I am not religious but I often quote from the scriptures, these quotes are selected as a guide to the message and the meaning. If are already saying that I am full of it, then you may just be the one I am talking about, or someone you know may fit the profile. Using one of my favorite examples again, of a person driving down the road that doesn't realize what they are doing and the suddenly realize that don't remember anything or saw anything for a longtime, sometimes for hours. We have been hoodwinked for a longtime, or that we have just been asleep at the wheel, and only now we have come to realize it may be getting too late to get this ship on an even keel. We will get back to all of it soon. You will be interested to know that whatever conspiracy you thought was afoot is also failing, WEF, NWO, the Illuminati, the space laser people, the baby roasting club, they have or are losing control also, that is both the good news and the bad news, as their best made plans fail, they are looking to take control through ruthless power, to crush any desent, by whatever means and under whatever guise. And they will make deal with the devil or whoever that will help them. They are going to play bothsides against the middle, they have dome this before, they always do. So what makes me say that their conspiracy/ plans/ predictions are failing, stay tuned I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 19 SEPTEMBER 2022