Barriers, borders and the edges...

Most of the weather here stops at the Canadian border, on television at least. And the hottest and driest times in America only go back to "in living memory", a cliche said quickly if at all. For it has been hotter, dryer, and colder... and most anything else the Mostly Mindless Media can fill you with. Limits on your imagination and knowledge are very important for making you a slave, serf or servant of those with POWER. Just sayin'. It has always been that way, custom, rules and don't try this at home....

You do know that a genius needs normal people to survive, don't you? That there are more men excelling and in the worst possible mental physical condition, that men aren't as regular and balanced as women. Having said that, there are women that have been mass murders, terrorists, and saints. Generalization of the unknowing upon the clueless cause all the silly things that show up on media. They aren't evil, mean spirited (most times), and are a reflection of mankind's best and worst. The reason that very bad government works is that no one changes it: too busy, too afraid, too unaware. The way to keep power, is to control the volume of fear (make sure it is enough), to isolate and eliminate the opposition, to make most of the supporters feel allied or special, to repeat loudly and often your truth, to firmly fix the borders and lines never to be crossed.

Truth, no American would have died in Iraq, if President Bush hadn't sent them there. No American would have died in Iraq after he left office if President Obama had ordered their withdraw. That is a truth.

Iran would have worried more about Saddam than the western world, if he hadn't been disposed and hung (or is that 'hanged' now?). And don't get me started on Afghanistan, looks so much worse than Vietnam ever did, except there is no draft sucking up the blood of the country. If you wanted to look for silly plots, the constant wars are to draw off the warriors and fighters with some idea of honor and selfless sacrifice - too dangerous to leave on the ground in this country. You may have thought it was about the Defense industry making money, but it could have been to control unrest...

No, they only think they are that smart. Notice that Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington, Franklin and Adams, even Teddy Roosevelt had things to say and write worth studying and repeating. Have any of the recent, in your living memory, political leaders said anything you are studying, listening to, find interesting or worth sharing? Speech writers, ghost writers or co-authored... makes me wonder if they are lacking those talents of the greats of the 19th Century? okay, they have the talents but not the skills nor make the effort.

The Great NorthWest had a visit by the Commander in Chief, he was performing in town for those with lots of money for his re-election. On the television, local news, we got pictures of Air Force One, and of some of his motorcade (on time delay), and the Secret Service had the Department of Transportation black out the traffic control cameras as he was taken out of town. Reminds me of trying to figure out where Saddam was in the first Gulf War, always hidden from our 'smart' bombs. Anyway, he did get lots of support and donations, and Jay Inslee was at the Airport to say good-bye (he is running for governor and can't depend on enough ballot irregularities to win). We are so lucky to live so far away from the center of attention, those potato farmers in Grant County never had to think about his affect on traffic on the expressways and such.

There are some barriers I appreciate, no one came to my home to make sure the world was safe for fool ideas. God was watching me and I have to be better than that reptilian brain... working on it, LORD. Yes, I will go make the bed now.