Beware

                                                            Democratic optimism is surging in the most vile way .    In the Olden Times of Yesteryear we would be cautioned :  "Don't count your chickens before they hatch".   There's GREAT ---> Wisdom in that  barnyard obvious .   What is being broadcast  these days is a sickening disassociation from that barnyard classic .    News folks are telling us that the House will become democratic and even the House of Senators is possible .   I wouldn't mind hearing this if the qualifications were submitted as well, meaning, the Public needs to be reminded that just securing the House is NOT ENOUGH TO STOP TRUMP .   If trump IS to be STOPPED it would require TWO THIRDS MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES thereby guaranteeing VETO-PROOF Legislation .    

                          Presently THERE IS NO EVIDENC THAT TRUMPISTS WILL VOTE BLUE, VOTE DEMOCRATIC, IN RESPONSE TO PRESENT DAY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS .    I've watched, mostly IN HORROR,,,  as DIE-HARD LOYALISTS refuse to find ANY Fault with trump and therefore are quite willing to keep republicanism* alive and even flourishing, as the Dow presents .   

                          Every day we are subjected not only to trumpist Propaganda but democratic Propaganda as well .    The potential victory of democrats to secure a House of Representatives  simple majority is lessened BECAUSE OF REALITY .    The TRUTH is trump has the supreme court, the doj, the mil in his POWER and they can NEUTRALIZE whatever the democrats project .    The supreme court has given trump INVULNERABILTY , he cannot be prosecuted, nor even sanctioned because of its 'blessing' .    

                         

Philosophies don't pay bills

                                                           I spent some of yesterday afternoon immersed in Indries Shah's  THE WAY OF THE SUFI and presently I am a scant 28 pages from its completion .   I had hoped to find the mystical qualities that enriches Zen Buddhism, and to my delight there is significant mystical Qualities in Sufism, as well as the same WTF inscrutability . I LOVE  that .   What I did not expect to find was any political 'isms' that characterize THE TAO TE CHING  and among them ANY that would prescribe a remedy for Modern Day democrats' affliction, their inability to directly communicate with what is commonly referred to as "the General Public" .    I mean it this way :   there's "Out There" and then there's "WAY THE FUCK OUT THERE .    Sufi's have spent what seems to be EONS in an effort to provide the Teaching to just us reg'lar Folk and when that Teaching has been less well received they insist that it is because the Instructor or Teacher has NOT taught at a the level of the student .  We hear this same accusation from democratic strategists who are near bitter because of mis-communication, Cynicism resulting .   Most Folks are not Philosophers, nor do they have a penchant for Political Science, and even most of their Religious Activities are devoid of direct contact  with National and World Concerns .    

                              Thing is this, Candidates MUST afford potential voters the Policies to which they attend, meaning, those Policies that will contribute to the general Health and Welfare of the voters they are 'courting' .   These 'policies' are correctly referred to as "Kitchen Table Economics" --- it's Kitchen Table because that's where bills are addressed and paid .   Here it is where the ISSUES aren't really issues so much as they are COMMON, EVERY-DAY >>>COSTS<<< .    Technically, it's all about ARITHMETIC and as such, the NUMBERS, in dollar amounts, that need to be balanced in order to maintain and secure one's and one's Family accounting .   

                                The Voters' Question is savagely blunt :   What are you gonna do to help ME  and my FAMILY ?    It don't get no plainer .

Napoleon

                                                           It is IMPERATIVE to read between the lines if we are to apprehend Moses' Story fully .    God PARDONED Cain rather than allow his execution, thereby conforming to what would ultimately be released as the First Commandment which would then have been an exercise in Contradiction,, Hypocrisy resulting .   Remember, Cain WAS EXILED into a tribe of lesser-thans--  proto humans -- NEVER TO RETURN TO HUMAN SOCIETY .   That BANISHMENT WAS his Punishment .

                              Remember Western Civ. History :  Napoleon was exiled to Elba as punishment for aspiring to be Emperor of the World .   His Hubris activated Nemesis as was meet and fit .  

                              At some point trump will be deposed, the kind of Suffering he has wantonly inflicted upon American Citizens and THE WORLD cannot be sustained.  One way or another he is going down, and if down means HELL  so be it .

                                                        

                                                       Tare Forward and Keep the Faith  

A vote for Cain is a vote for MURDER

                                                           In yesterday's Reality I voted straight 'democratic' meaning I voted for every democrat on the ballot which was an expression of Belief .  I BELIEVE that republicans are of a specific 'tribe', members of which are incapable of Humanism, at least that aspect of Humanism that demands Respect for and Compassion of fellow Citizens .   They should not be allowed NEAR any governmental authority, not even the DPW, THAT'S how bad they are and what I think of them .    My Belief is origined* in the Bible, where Moses gave us "The Story Of Cain And Abel" .   Here it is where we were exposed to Cain's now FAMOUS retort/question , "Am I my brother's Keeper?"   Clearly republicans are not 'of the mind' to be a Keeper, not even of their own brothers and so much less, their sisters .   Despite having MURDERED his own brother, God saw fit to PARDON Cain, and even give him access to another tribe, that we must assume were early hominids, where he married and had children .   God saw fit to MARK him with a Symbol of Godian Protection, which we must assume was received by those hominids as Special where Special is TERROR-FYING .   God thereby SANCTIONED an Horrific Atrocity ,  must WE, then, ALSO "Sanction"  Human Atrocity ???   Keep in mind Cain's VIOLATION of the First Commandment   THOU SHALL NOT KILL .  Folks will argue that the First Commandment was yet to be received by Humans, but what the fuck changed from God's SANCTION of Murder to HIS Commandment that FORBADE ---KILLING ????? 

"Conform or be cast out"

                                                           Sociologists, among others, insist that "We act according to the way we see things", but they sometimes fail to note that we are TAUGHT not only 'what' to see but HOW to see .  This, of course, is the result of first parenting, second Education, and third 'socialization', which includes exposure to television, film and most print magazine, and in  these our Modern Times, all the media platforms, facebook*, tic tok, instagram and the rest .   The rise of "influencers" is a calibration of the extent ordinary folks will 'go' to be kept informed of fads and fetishes, that they be accepted as part of whichever tribe they wish to define their existence .   No one wants to be labeled an outcast or 'different' because being labeled as such denies them the very thing they desire most 'Acceptance-as-normal' ; Acceptance-as-tribe-member .   Neil Peart, the RUSH drummer and lyricist writes this in the song "Subdivisions" :  

                                          "Subdivision /   In the high school halls /  In the shopping malls /   Conform or be cast out  /  Subdivisions  /   In the basement bars  /   In the backs of cars  /  Be cool or be cast out ..."

                            No one can deny that we maltreat one another, it's odious if not flat-out HIDEOUS but there it is in plain fucking SIGHT.   We "SEE" that a someone is "not like us" so they are REJECTED straightaway---out-of-hand .  No one wants that .  I believe it to be a BULLSHIT Reality, a Reality that DENIES our HUMANITY . It is this Reality that should be REJECTED because it does NOT CONFORM to Evolutionary Standards, the Standards of Human Decency and genuine Compassion .  

                           My "Fight" is to 'remove' this BULLSHIT Reality and replace it with HUMANISM .

                            What is Humanism ?      Good Question .

Reality Bites

                                                           The blogs of October 13th seem to be lifetimes distant .  Yesterday I returned from a very simple road-trip and all I could do was lie down to recover, which I did for almost 4 hours .  I had no gas, no juice to do anything but walk up the stairs and settle into the recliner and watch the news, slipping into snooze mode periodically .   2 words ; pathetic .   At 8:30 I cashed out and awoke at 3 with my T shirt and street shirt drenched from the so called 'night sweats' .   Old Age sucks.  And although I know you folks could care less,,,  I write this as a waring that my head is still 'not rite', that today's work may or may not be "on the level" .   Still I'd rather have diminished out-put than no out-put at all, since there MAY be at least a modicum of value in the blogs, something that MAY be useful .

                            The blogs of Oct. 13th are already stale .   The fire I had to express, has turned from welding hot to campfire flicker .   When you watch news all day there is so much that needs to be addressed that previous day's occupation renders it ALMOST invalid .  I mean, it ISN'T but that doesn't keep the occupation alive but puts it, rather, on 'life support', to be further addressed under different circumstances .   

                             I'm opting to continue the examination of Reality because I DON'T want to bring it up again .   So ......... .

Duty call

                                                            I still must explain why Reality is so important especially with the elections up and coming .    I must hold off for a couple of hours as I have a detail to perform that begins at 7:30 a.m.  and should last until around 8:30 .  Please bear with me .