Just a Friendly Reminder.......




Gladys Minerva Baydala

Has decided to have her 

90th Birthday

Today



June 20, 2016

 

 Another Great Big Happy Birthday for Gladys Baydala



Today is number 89

June 20, 2015

 

Friday October 7, 1983 - Year 31

Friday October 7, 1983

Year 31

Let us Remember and Never Forget

Thank you friends for dropping in and taking time to remember.

Happy 88 Because Gladys is Great

Happy 88 Because Gladys is Great

Happy Birthday Gladys Baydala!

Friday October 7, 1983 - 30th Year Anniversary

Friday October 7, 1983

30th Year Anniversary

It's not over til the Fat Lady sings. Well, it ain't over and she is not yet singing. That's right friends, we continue to endure and learn from this 30 year old drama. And, today is the 30th anniversary of the Big Event.

Some of my readers of course will not even know what I am talking about. Well, if you were alive three decades ago and were an acquaintance or a friend of mine then you undoubtedly know what I am talking about. In a nutshell, what the Big Event boils down to can be likened to an event occurring on a beautiful sunny day that somehow went dark in an instant - like the sky caved in and the world came to an abrupt end because it was  hit with an out of control fireball from somewhere in space. Things just ended and they would never be the same. 

Thirty years of pain and disruption would begin. Life would be questioned and all of the movement and thoughts and dreams of mankind would be put under the microscope. An interest in philosophy would develop. What could cause such  a revolution or path of inquiry in the mind of an individual you might ask?

The answer of course is a single event on a Friday afternoon on a beautiful, sunny Fall day. Here is the link to the complete and original story if you have never read it:

Friday October 7, 1983

 

Undoubtedly,  there are those who have not had their lives transformed by a violent event such as occurred in mine. Others will have an inkling of what I am talking about, while others will know precisely what I am talking about -  it would be the same thing as having your loved one's life snuffed out as a result of a freak traffic accident for example. Perhaps you are the fiance of that now dead woman and you are forced to endure the pain of such an event. My life is somewhat similar to such an occurrence, just to give you an idea. I am sure many others could provide similar, suitable examples. 

You may recall that I wrote on my blog some years ago about a nun and her relationship with Jesus Christ. I have since deleted that post. Nuns marry Jesus you know and are beholding to Him and His ideas. The thing about Jesus and Christianity of course is that we are dealing with a fanciful situation - it is an imaginary love relationship. One just believes in Jesus and God because one wants to; nuns are committed and dedicated religious partners. That is a nun in nutshell of course. And, in many ways I was the same as a nun back in 1983. That's right friends, that is what we are really talking about. This would be the ideal, yet imaginary love affair of all time. But, like the nun who is in love with Jesus and his philosophy I was in love with my relationship as well. It is all very fine - and it is also very one-sided. Nobody is talking back to you and you are doing all of the loving. But, it is as real as anything can be. And, that is why I provide you with the example of the nun and her commitment to her God and husband. 

There is nothing wrong in being in love with a fantasy if it works for you. And, I am suggesting to you that modern Christians and members of other faiths practice a form of imaginary love themselves. It seems to be something that humans do when they care and believe in something deeply. I wouldn't want to be the bearer of bad news for any Christian or Muslim for example - telling them in a forthright manner that their God does not exist. But, the fact is they wouldn't believe you anyway.  It is kind of a built in denial. Good for them I suppose. The cop knocking on the door of a dedicated religious person in the middle of the night to inform someone about the death of his or her god would simply be wasting his time. But, for most of us the thought of the cop banging on the door to tell us about the death of a loved would be enough to turn our lives upside down.  We would know exactly what he was talking about.  Somebody's relationship has come to a horrible ending. The psychological implications of a devastating event would have been set in motion.

I have to tell you friends that there were some bad moments during the last 30 years. The questioning and the churning over of the events in my mind would be repeated over and over again. But, just how much pain does an individual have to endure before he figures the whole thing out - if he manages to figure things out, that is?

I do want to focus on the pain and suffering if I can because this really is a story brought about by psychological disappointment. And, I want to use my nun story as an example,  if I may. And, I further hope that Sister Charlotte ( audio file below ) doesn't mind -  if she is listening.  There is an element of betrayal here that cannot be ignored. I don't think there is any greater pain in life than that suffered as a result of betrayal. A simple twist of fate resulting in great personal loss can be translated into a form of  betrayal by those who want to do so.  But, we know of the real life examples of betrayal as well, as identified in the life of Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ himself.  Jesus of course is a much bigger man than me and could find the ways to forgive. But, then, he was a god and possessed of the greatest of qualities imaginable to man.  To love something and to care for it is a wonderful human capability. But, as you know, sometimes love affairs with humans is one-sided and imaginary. And, all relationships with gods are one-sided things and imaginary. Furthermore, one does tend to forget about the risks when engaging in one sided love affairs as well.  A few years ago I was researching on the net and came across a story about a nun. It was a horrific story of things gone badly wrong for a young woman in a convent. And, as fate would have it,  this same story, but now with an audio file attached, has now surfaced again and is making its rounds on the Internet. When I listen to the Sister's tale below I do tend to think of my own life as it compares to that of the nun who is in love with Jesus: 

Yes, dear friends life can be a challenging experience. And, maybe you really do have to get down to the nuts and bolts of it to see what it is composed of - in order to really appreciate it. Perhaps you have to endure a civil war or some similar event to know just how cruel the human being can be. Think of the young teenager being bullied by his or her peers. That is a real introduction to life in itself and cannot be ignored as a real human tragedy.  Yes, pain and suffering is an integral part of the lives of millions of human beings even today.  Maybe that is where your best philosophy comes from. The really religious types justify their faith as it relates to pain and suffering by saying it is just God's way of teaching.  Really? What school did God go to?  I'm not sure if Sister Charlotte was thinking about an education when she was getting her dose of human reality. But, she did hold her faith in the end. A very strong individual indeed.  An act of betrayal or the experience of serious loss is a sure way to test your faith or come to grips with what the human existence can dole out. And, if you still believe or manage to survive in one piece after any great disappointment then maybe you have got life by the balls after all. 




Have a nice day


Modified modestly on the afternoon of Saturday October 12, 2013

9/11 is still the elephant in the room

9/11 is still the elephant in the room
 

And, here is the proof:

Friends, you really have to gasp in amazement as to how the media and the government have been bamboozling the American public for over ten years now. Anybody who pauses to think about the issue knows that the un-investigated 9/11 event is the thing that governs all that happens in modern day America. 

 It truly does remain the elephant in the room.

 Can't you feel it?  Don't you think about it all of the time? 9/11 and its consequences, I mean. These Middle East wars just didn't happen for no reason. They were even planned before 9/11. So, who is pulling the wool over whose eyes? Think of all of the surveillance cameras and loss of freedoms such as at the airports, etc. that have developed since September 11, 2001.  And, what about these increasing reports of police harassment and the like? No need for this friends. No Sir.  When I watch that CSPAN footage above I realize that there are still Americans who know that something is terribly wrong. They are speaking out and trying to make things right.  The mainstream media has made itself irrelevant by being complicit and that is plain to see.  Is it any wonder that the Alex Joneses of the world have found fertile ground and are capitalizing on it? 

  Let us hope that Americans like the ones speaking in the footage above are able to wake up their sheepy brothers and sisters before it is too late.  In the meantime, the elephant walks - and he knows of the tyranny of the jungle. 

C-SPAN link series found here

Picture of elephant from Wikemedia Commons

Sandy Hook: The Great Schism

Sandy Hook: The Great Schism

 An interesting development in the so-called Truth Movement is the rift that has occurred within the movement itself as a result of the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre last December 14 in Newtown, Connecticut. 

Sandy Hook appears to have all of the attributes of a 9/11 event. It should be a conspiracy ' gimme ', yet it has not turned out that way. The incident is rife with unanswered questions and inconsistencies. The simplest of evidentiary requirements are missing. Things like where are the bodies and how come the parents cannot see the remains of their own children?  What do we really know about Adam Lanza and his mother?  Adam, identified by the press is supposed to be a lone gunman who used a rifle to shoot 20 children and six adults - but we are not sure whether or not a rifle was the murder weapon.  The head coroner on the scene seems hesitant when answering questions posed by the press. He seems unsure of the facts surrounding the case and is not willing to commit to anything for fear of creating problems down the road. He also states that he hopes that things don't come crashing down on the heads of the families later on. What does he mean and why would he say something like that?

Like 9/11, the Aurora, Colorado Batman killing and other mass murders, the media is right on the case informing us of who the killer is and how things happened. And, there seems to be no deviating from the ' Official Story ' once it has been established,  in spite of reports that others may have had a hand in these types of events, i.e, the possible involvement of co-conspirators.  And, anybody who violates the Official line is labelled a conspiracy theorist or even a nutbar.  And, a new twist in the mix at Sandy Hook is the head of the Connecticut state police informing the public that he will not tolerate disinformation in the case and states that he will prosecute those who foster false information. Well, that is all fine and dandy isn't it if the police are doing their jobs properly and conducting a thorough investigation and leaving no stone unturned to get to the truth. The public expects nothing less.

But, I don't get the impression that is happening at all. And, I come back to the idea of yet another coverup here. And, this is the basis of the possible conspiracy and the rift that has developed among the Truth community. Some have come out swinging and accused the government - and others - of involvement in this massacre. The agenda?  Actually, the agenda does make eminent good sense and it involves gun control and outright confiscation of weapons from citizens. Why would the government  want to do that you ask? Because the U.S. economic and political system in the process of breaking down and civil war is a distinct possibility.  The economy has been mismanaged ( some might even say ravaged ), the nation has unsustainable debt and there is a great divide among the population in terms of wealth and living standards. And, if you listen to people like Alex Jones and others you will have found out that the government ( Department of Homeland Security ) seems to be arming itself for some kind of a take down of the civilian population. And, these seem like reasonable assumptions based on the evidence; FEMA camps and an extraordinary amount of purchases of rounds of ammunition.  And, what adds legs to this hypothesis is that the government did indeed try to initiate a number of measures related to gun control and disarmament of the civilian population. And, this includes the possibility of repealing the 2nd Amendment as well. So, a thinking civilian might be concerned about his future as a U.S. citizen with rights. 

Yet there are those in the Truth Movement who want nothing to do with the idea that there is a conspiracy taking place related to the Sandy Hook massacre. They are satisfied that people were indeed killed and that people are over reacting to the idea of another 9/11 conspiracy in the works.  They think that Truthers are being played for suckers if they take the bait as is being supplied by the media, particularly by the likes of CNN and Anderson Cooper. But, you really have to wonder why CNN would use symbols related to the Illuminati in their presentations. Whose idea was this and how early on was the decision made to employ such tactics?  The Truthers who aren't biting suggest that the media is playing the event to discredit the Truth Movement and the progress that has been made as a result of the 9/11 false flag event. Great strides have been made in this area as millions of Americans and others throughout the world have come to question the Official Story related to 9/11.  And, that is the irony of the whole thing.  9/11 and Sandy Hook just seem to have so much in common, from inconsistencies, to coverup and to motive. As I stated above it really looks like a gimme, except as I am trying to relate to you now, some are not buying into the conspiracy scenario.

A Great Schism has indeed developed as I am suggesting. Now, I personally am not going to go out on a limb and say categorically that this was a government psyop, for example. However, we know now that the FBI is famous for promoting false flags and the like throughout the US with the intent of keeping the game of the War on Terror in full swing ( part of the agenda of 9/11 )  But, Sandy Hook does indeed have similarities to the 9/11 event. On September 11, 2001 war games were being played by the government while an attack was taking place. How does something like that happen and what are the odds?  And, similarly in Newton, Connecticut and surrounding areas an event like the Sandy Hook massacre was taking place at another school. How do these things just manage to happen? And, what are the chances of a real massacre occurring simultaneously?  And, why does the media and the government tell us that the gunman was a twenty year old kid that nobody knows anything  about and how does he do his killing with a ' long gun ' when the evidence suggests otherwise? Other people are arrested outside the school, yet we hear nothing further about these people and their possible involvement in the case. Legislation is enacted prior to the event that restricts the media from having automatic access to the details and photographs of child homocide.  Why just child homocide? Who decided that this should be law and what is the real intent of this legislation? Where are the pictures or videos of hundreds of kids being evacuated from the school, why do they wait until night to remove the children's bodies?  And to repeat, why cannot the parents see the bodies of the children?  What is going on here?  

Now, the conscientious Truther is probably going to take the position that the government is merely trying to provide cover for Big Pharma, and perhaps the Hollywood establishment that inculcates  violence in its products. Remember that Adam Lanza was supposed to be a person afflicted with Asperger syndrome and most likely on drugs. He is described as a loner who played violent video games. So, why enact gun control or restrict the type of weaponry that citizens can own, when clearly, guns are not the only or main issue here? Guns don't kill, people do. Well, you can see the problem right away I am sure.  The government focused on gun control and spent a lot of critical media time trying to do that. They didn't talk about the fact that America is over drugged and they didn't point any serious fingers at Hollywood and the  like - the people who are responsible for displaying media violence. They set their sights on guns and disarmament instead.  And, this is what gives the Sandy Hookers their credibility. And, if I was a Sandy Hooker that is what I would be running with and be damned with the consequences. We know that the government is capable and dangerous and that is all the defence that one really needs in cases like these - as a crime investigator you concentrate on those who do these kinds of deeds for a living.  

 There is indeed a Great Schism going on here, but there are lots of reasons why people should not be divided over the Sandy Hook issue.  The Sandy Hookers have a legitimate case here ( based on history - cover up related to 9/11 and an Official Story that many people question to this very day because the event was never investigated and important evidence was removed from the crime scene - by the government itself  ),  yet one can easily sympathize with the hesitant Truther trying to protect his or her political capital that they have accrued over the last ten years. There is conflict here and it is related to strategy, perception, and objectives. Truthers and Patriots alike need to clarify in their own way what Sandy Hook is really all about. Is it just a run of the mill American mass murder incident or is it something else? What Sandy Hookers and Hooker skeptics alike, should understand however, is that the government and/ or the media is not going to be their ally in this discovery process. And, perhaps this important detail will go a long way in determining which side you may like to consider in this fascinating debate. 





RELATED:

I am sure that many of you have heard of    
Brother Nathanael Kapner. 
Always entertaining, informative and inquisitive here is his take on Sandy Hook:

  What Really Happened at Sandy Hook?

Added: 

Interesting conversation below beginning at 2:11:45 . Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former Department of State official, author, and publisher ( description from Alex Jones site ) talks about the Sandy Hook incident with Alex Jones. He is calling it a false flag event.


Alex Jones Show - Monday April 1, 2013 

 

Sandy Hook Conspiracy

Sandy Hook Conspiracy

a little treat for the hardcore
conspiracy advocate 

 

 

Original Link Found  here

Carl Baydala's Christmas Message: why people are divided

Carl Baydala's Christmas Message

Why People are Divided
(Judaism versus Christianity)

Merry Christmas friends. First things first. It only takes me a couple of beers to get going and that is where I am at right now. Now, that doesn't mean that I cannot be lucid and understandable in my remarks.

Man is a divided animal and he is primarily interested in survival. He is a selfish creature and if he wasn't he would die. If you are a proponent of the Christian Bible you would not fail to notice how utterly cruel man can actually be toward his fellow man. Just to satisfy himself he would conquer and kill his enemies to enhance his aims.  

The Jews apparently were very good at the game of survival - and in inventing a god that could enhance their status on earth. And, yes we do have to give them credit for devising a system of control and dominance over other human beings. They accomplished this feat of course by identifying themselves as being ' chosen '.   But, not only would they be superior to others, they would also have to be divided and separated from those lesser human beings, namely the Gentiles.  And, this is where modern division in society emanates from; a simple religious creed. The Jews of course are rationalists. You may not agree with their life philosophy,  but, you have to admit that what they created does in fact work.  But, the point is that it cannot work unless the idea of separateness is magnified and enhanced.  We are talking the Talmudic Jew here and his ally the Christian Zionist of course - and not all Zionists are Jews, lest we never forget this fact. The Jewish rabbi is at the centre of things of course, highlighting the chosen nature of the People  and keeping the Jews distinct from the Gentiles.

The Jews are simply playing a racist game of course and they continue to fool their enemies. The Christians ( the goyim or the Gentile ) et al are simply fools for playing along. Christmas is about Jesus Christ and what he represented. The Jews have no use for something like Jesus Christ ( certain Jews literally hate Jesus )  because they believe that Jesus represents weakness in man and a threat to their own beliefs. Jesus represents goodness and fellowship among man according to Christians. But, as I stated at the beginning man is essentially a selfish thing. He also seeks to survive and outdo his fellows when he is the mood to do so. And, you can see this characteristic in the so-called Christian as well.  They pretend to be followers of Jesus and of His message, yet everywhere they reveal themselves and their humanness.  Man cannot conceal his humanity and the Jew and everybody else to who bothers to think about such things knows this. 

So, dear friends, what I am trying to depart to you on this Christmas Day is simply a little practicality. Do not be against the Jew on Christmas even if he is not participating in the celebration with you. He cannot be part of this event because it is not part of his nature or his philosophy. He has spent a lifetime fighting Christianity and he is not about to stop now.  The Jew has a different god than Jesus or even the Jehovah that you think he believes in. Now, admittedly, he is questioned for his belief in Pantheism - and even Satan or Lucifer, but do not hold these things against the Jew. The Jew is a rationalist and a materialist, and that is the point to focus on. And, many are atheists as well. Yet, they still call themselves Jews.  Confusing isn't it?

If you do not understand what I am talking about then think about why the Jew is so against Christianity and the spiritual things that Christ represents.  Jesus is not the Messiah of the Jews. If you get a chance I would recommend that you listen to a couple of audio files compiled by Texe Marrs.  In a couple of guest interviews he explains the spiritual nature of Christianity in relation to Judaism.  Go to the Texe Marrs website and listen to broadcasts 50 and 51 here

This is what Jesus represents if you did not know that. Jesus is an idealist and the Jew is a rationalist. Yes, the Jews crucified Christ. And, they did that because He was their enemy. He had to be removed. Yet, the idea of Christ remained even after the execution. But, so did the Jew and his philosophy. Both the philosophy of Jesus and that of the Jew still exist and compete with one another. The Jew wants to dominate and the Christian wants us to participate in something called brotherly love. One is Satanic and materialistic and one is spiritual. We still have Christmas and we still have Judaism. The world has not ended yet, but it is still divided and that is my main point. If the Jew was friends with Christians and Muslims would there be war in the Middle East and elsewhere?  The Jew may inevitably win the materialist game and attain world domination which is his aim as a result of his rationalism and organization surrounding his goals. But the Jew can never have real success because the Christian sentiment can never be destroyed. And, that Christian sentiment is based on idealism. The Jew will never be able to live without thinking why he has done what he has done. The idea will simply come back to  haunt him; even the Jew is partly spiritual in nature. And, that is why man is divided. One may want to dominate ( as a function of religion and conditioning ) and find a prescription to do so, but he will never be able to eliminate the idea. And, that idea will come back to haunt him and his status in the world. Christmas then, represents a sort of hope for all mankind. You can think of it as a kind of tempering force upon the material instincts of man. It is a time for introspection if you will. 


Merry Christmas to all of my friends and enemies alike.
PS: if Jesus could have an enemy or two then why can't I? 

Moving Beyond Religion:  Friends, there is much more to life than traditional religions that I talk about above.  We talk about religions such as Judaism and Christianity for example, because that is all that many of  us know about from our culture. It is the way we were brought up and people taught us what to believe. But, consider a study such Gnosticism.  I have included here for you now a link to a marvelous discussion about Gnosticism. This belief system existed before the dawn of Christianity, and in fact was destroyed by the Christians as a threat to their new religion. Mr. John Lash in his explanation of Gnosticism wants nothing to do with Christianity and Judaism. Who needs this conflict between the Jews and the Christians anyway?  John Lash asserts that you don't need to be involved in our modern religions to appreciate goodness for example. The pagans knew exactly what it was and what was right and what was wrong. A great alternative to the conflicts as provided by our so-called Judeo-Christian culture is explained in the following video: Gnosticism and Mythology  

My Christmas present to my inside friends.
Some of you guys think I am crazy, while the true friend does not. If you listen to the link below I think you will recognize that I am not as crazy as you think I am. I am actually being vindicated in this presentation. Nice to know that I was sort of right all along, according to one source that is.  Now if we could just get the masses unplugged from their TV masters maybe we could make some serious progress. You have to listen to the whole presentation to get a grip on what is happening. 


Awaken to the Truth


And, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year if you do not hear from me again.

 

Are You Ready For The End Of The World?

Are You Ready For The End Of The World?

 

 

Better check your Gold first before you check out 

 

please see disclaimer below *

 

On your mark, get set, ready - and go.  --  You're dead! Ha ha ha. What was the big day again - was it December 21st or something like that?  Some ancient prophecy that everybody is worried about. Well, quit worrying because it is a non - event like so many other things in this world. 

Think about it friends. You don't even really know if you are dead or alive at this very moment. Sure, you think you are alive and can attest to your consciousness and things of that nature, but none of us really knows life and death in their totalities. Somebody has told you that you are alive, and from all of the available evidence known to you you are experiencing something that somebody has determined is life. But, if you do not really know death then how can you really know life? It is like saying that you are winning without even knowing what losing is all about. The experts and the religionists talk about life and death, but all that they can really do is to scare you with the thing since they cannot make you experience death.  But, they keep threatening you with death and the talk of death just to get your attention and to make you fearful. Making you afraid of something you do not even really understand only exacerbates the human condition and makes people powerless while others prosper from the misery and uncertainty of human life. And, it has been this way for a very long time.

According to the Scriptures and the stories, Jesus Christ knew death.  He is one of the few people that we know about that can really talk about death and life in a coherent manner. He experienced both conditions so He knows of what He speaks - or that is what the Jesus stories want us to believe at any rate.  You don't even have to believe in the stories about Jesus, just the fact that He experienced both things.  Apart from sex and survival,  the meaning of life and death is a huge concern for man.  And, Jesus came to Earth and supplied all of the answers.  He was even able to provide life after death for believers in Him. Jesus came from the outer world and was not afraid. He knew death and it did not bother Him.  If this is the case then how scary can death really be if one man acting as a human was not afraid of it? That is what Jesus was trying to teach us.  Maybe death is over rated and we need not worry so much about it. Except we do worry about it - and continually so. Jesus presented a strong message for believers.  Unfortunately, even  Christians will continue to pretend that they are not afraid of dying, but like the heathen and non-believers they too will live out their lives in fear. They call it the fear of God, but we all know what this fear is really all about. 

And, dear friends this is why you have to accept something like philosophy. I have been harping on this idea on these pages for quite a while now. I do that because I can sense the power of philosophy.  Philosophy, by its very nature will get you to where you want to be. What is philosophy?  Well, if we can relate what it is to death, it is just about everything that you will be looking for when death finally comes your way. Philosophy is simply the tool that man uses to get him out of a difficult situation. And, one of the most difficult situations that he has to get out of is this thing called life. We only know life by our experiences as I have stated above. We are not sure about death, but many of us accept the idea that it is not really such a bad thing according to Jesus Christ. We can capitalize on death if we play our cards right. That is philosophy in action friends. And, it is the philosophy of the man - and the god - Jesus Christ.  All that Jesus did was to hand his philosophy to us - it is ours for the taking.  He simply explained life and death in a nice neat package. Sounds nice and easy now doesn't it? Well, we all know by experience that it is not so easy as they tell us it is. We are all afraid of death I think, no matter how much talking you do.  Think about being in a war and killing someone, or being killed by someone.  Undoubtedly, these are some of  the scariest of human circumstances. You can face death or you can even experience it. The worse part about death for the lowly human is the very idea of thinking about it. You and I don't want to die because we love life so much. But, we all know that life has to end some day. It can be no other way. 

Man's basic problem is that he thinks too much.  He is the victim of his own consciousness in a way.  A coward dies a thousand deaths so they say. How many times have you thought about death during the course of your life? Undoubtedly it has been thousands of times.  That means that we are all cowards of course as related to death. Jesus Christ tried to make things easier for us and many people buy into the Christian idea and the Afterlife.  Now, that is the thing isn't it?  The Afterlife. People do not want to lose what they have and what they are comfortable with. Life is the most precious thing that man knows and loves. So, why would he want to lose it?  It is the same thing with your wealth possessions and why people buy insurance or create ways to preserve their wealth in the stock market. Man wants to protect the things that he holds dear and the things that make him happy. Oh, he is so selfish and so HUMAN. Ha ha! And, now they are telling him that it will all end on December 21st of this year. Oh my! Man is worried. He will lose everything. His loved ones and his possessions will all be gone. Christians of course will have their god and Jesus on the other side, so things will be OK for them. Or, so they think. But, I don't think it is going to be that easy friends even if the Christians tell you so. They are just as frail as the rest of us because they do not REALLY know  death. And, they cannot know death even by believing in Jesus. 

 I do not think the world is going to end on December 21. I do think, however, that this potential calamity will allow all of us to be cowards yet again. We want to live and we do not want to die.  And, that is one of the characteristics of life. Life makes us fearful and obedient to the laws of nature. We all know nature, but none of us really knows God. What does that tell you? We love life and we love God. But, to really know and love God is to die. Jesus Christ was able to experience all and that is why He is revered. Jesus was not a coward fearing death. But, a  mortal cannot be a god and that is why he must suffer and experience life. A human earns his stripes when he dies. Some people will be looking forward to December21, but most humans will be doing very human things. 

Bar of gold courtesy of Wikimedia 

*  Please note at the time of writing  gold bullion forms approximately 2.6% of my total financial resources.

 

Unhappy Anniversary

Unhappy Anniversary

In memory of Friday October 7, 1983

                Year 29 



Friends, if the truth be told,
and it has on these pages, you will 
discover the meaning of one day
in history and its effects on one
person.  

Feel free to browse through this blog and examine the history of one person. 

Examine each entry on October 7 since the life of this blog and realize the importance of one day and one event in the life of an individual.

Oh, it was not the end of the world of course, but it 
might as well have been given the after effects of the
event itself.

Yours truly survives in one piece of course and lives to tell the tale. The true story as doled out by the gods, whoever these gods may be.

                       Please join me in a moment of silence in remembrance of this sad day in history. 

29 years ago today. This is what happened 

Sky High in July and a comment on mass murder

Sky High in July

and a comment on mass murder

 

Welcome aboard comrade friends. I shall leave the interpretation of my title to my inside friends; particularly the Sky part.  And, speaking of friends, I am losing more of these things as the days go by.  This photo and its interpretation by former friends is evidence of that. Friends are like capital of course and are things that you do not want to lose. That is how important they are. But, unfortunately, friends, like capital do get lost from time to time. It is just the entire nature of risk and life itself. When you run out of capital you are on your own and must survive by your wits.  And, when you lose your friends you must similarly learn to survive by whatever means you can.

Why are friends that important anyway? Well, actually they are only as important as society makes them out to be, so do not fret about this issue unnecessarily.  Society by definition means that we live in a social system and that means that you must live with your fellow humans. Now, you don't actually have to like your fellow human beings, for as you will discover by living in a society many of your fellow humans will not like you anyway. That is just the way things are in this social world of ours. Now, I have had many friends and I have lost many friends as well. There are still a few hangers on of course and these are the people that we should put our trust in, if you believe in the idea of trust, that is. And, rest assured: you are not obligated to trust anyone at all since there is risk in trusting someone to begin with.

 I can understand why some people become hermits or why they do not even bother to mingle with their fellow human beings. Perhaps a person has figured things out and realizes the risks of interacting with his fellow humans and comes to the conclusion that it is simply not worth bothering about. Humans are selfish and cannot really be relied upon anyway, so why even bother with them? We do need to respect a person's decision about interacting with fellow human beings. Some individuals are just not going to take the risk for whatever reason.

I, on the other hand have made the decision to interact with my fellow man. It is just the way things happened for me. But, I know what the risks are in dealing with humans. There is pain and there is uncertainty and nothing is taken for granted. If you have a real friend and a lover who appreciates you then I would recommend that you keep on playing the human interactive game. You are winning as long as you are happy and nobody is causing you pain. Living socially can be meaningful and productive if you play your cards right -  and if luck is on your side.

How does any of the above relate to our Colorado killer and his desire to eliminate his fellow human beings? What is this whole thing all about anyway?  The individual doing the killing of 12 human beings is only 24 years old - and is described as a loner and aloof. He doesn't appear to be investing heavily in social interaction at all according to media reports. What is your conception of how a young adult is supposed to act anyhow?  What was I doing when I was 24 years old? Well, I certainly wasn't contemplating  eliminating a whole bunch of people because society was rejecting me or because of other personal stressful forces  that is for sure. And, I was not a huge social mingler either.  Killing others would have been the last thing on my mind. Sure, I had my problems and I was rejected my many ( but not all ), but I had no desire to take my revenge out on society and systematically massacre humans in great numbers. I was 24 back in the early seventies. That was when Nixon was president and the Vietnam war was raging on. Certainly lots of stuff to get hostile about. This was the era of the demonstrations against the evils of capitalism and imperial war. Sure, people and youth were mad and many of them were on drugs. But, they didn't kill fellow humans to get even or prove a point. People still had their morals and wits about them in the seventies and they did not over react to some violent video game or succumb to violence even though violence was part of the culture. There must be something else going on here.

We've had a lot of mass murders in recent history and I don't think anybody thinks this phenomenon is going to end anytime soon. Society has changed friends, and not for the better.  The bankers crashed the system in 2007 and the wars rage on. US imperialism is the same as it was in the early seventies. America is a war economy and is interested in world domination and it is involved in a lot of death and destruction world wide. These are the givens. By why the mass murders at home and why can't we stop them? Are these killers like the Colorado one actually heroes for telling us that there is something wrong with the system? Is this their way of proving their point and educating us?  What kind of an education is that when there are innocent victims involved?  That is kind of like God imposing evil on us just to teach us about evil. As if we need to be taught about evil for goodness sakes.

Mass murder is not confined to the US friends, so don't get me wrong. We have it here in Canada too. And,  other parts of the world experience these tragedies as well. The Norway slaughter is only one year old now isn't it?  For me, the mass murders in the US only highlight what a violent place the US has become. It is the norm actually. Movies, television, video games all tell the same story and send out the same message. The cruelty of man is evident everywhere in the society. The imperial wars only add to the mix of course. Citizens have guns by law to protect themselves. And assassins have guns by law to prove that they can take the law into their own hands just to prove that they have power as well. But, this Colorado killer is a highly educated one and surely there is a clue here. And, we are all looking for any bits of information that will help us to understand what is going on here in the minds of our modern mass killers.  America is on notice my friends; citizens are fighting back, each and everyone of them in their own way. And, some of the educated ones have decided to kill to enact their message. America has power   But, so has the individual citizen to counter act that power. These are just my ideas on power friends, so don't take this comment too religiously because in a religious society one runs to risk of thinking and acting like a herd. And, you know where that format will get you.  There are other possible factors at work here that could help us to understand why this young American adult did what he did. We don't really understand at all the real reasons for his behavior. Perhaps he was  even on some kind of medication or was experiencing some other kind of mood altering state. We just don't know yet why he killed, but we do know that we are all troubled by this incident. These mass murders become a blemish on a once proud, strong, and free nation. I believe that, ultimately, these mass murders are examples of America's unfreedom. Freedom to act yes, but unfree from a force greater than any single American can control. Killing is a reaction and nothing more; it is like enacting the death penalty out of revenge and solves nothing except revealing emotional man.   America has turned a violent corner my friends and is on a collision course with destiny; America has been injured and it shows badly.

Have a nice day.