So how is not participating in stupidity working?

Yes, how is that working for you to be smarter than most of America? Not participating in stupidity, it is a lofty goal. One of my easiest to demonstrate... I don't abuse drugs, costs the government zero dollars to fight the war on drugs with me -- ZERO! So someone asks you don't take medication? Yes, but I don't have to and if it is medication it is being given to me for a health benefit, which is only a problem if you don't want me around too long.

Gambling, when I was a young soldier in Vietnam I learned that dice is the quickest way to lose money in my world. So I don't participate now, poker I could break even, but I always bought rounds when I won which put me behind on the night. So I play other card games for the skill and company, not for money. Now the lottery has been proclaimed to benefit education in most states, and sure enough those not buying tickets are well educated, and if you are buying a ticket -- you are supporting the most effective efficient tax on the poor ever designed. But it is a chance to get really rich... yep, the chances of the big prize are such I don't want to spend time figuring my chances. I remember that the native Americans, liking to gamble and drink lost much of America to greedy white folks.

Speaking of which, if you wanted to not participate in stupidity, don't sign treaties or contracts with the Great White Father in Washington, DC. Seems they constantly can't protect you, your lands or the buffalo. But then that is why so many fool American citizens believe in their government, they want to end up like the native American tribes - discarded humans in their own country. Oh, you wanted your own casino, so you could be rich... you get the house's cut. And share it with some corporation that builds the casino, runs the operations and skims off very good money for itself and gives you something in return. Still, my most effective response to those that think the government can take care of me and mine better than I and us, look at how well they destroyed the native Americans. And just when you are telling yourself it is because America is racist - thing again, it isn't America that is racist, it is the government that divides to conquer and exploit.

Last evening I got so into a new book on my kindle that I missed my favorite weekly program, which is on opposite to my other favorite program. And I never missed either of them. And as many times as they rerun NCIS, my two favorite programs will get run again, and again. I should save it for when I run out of real life and arts. But you see, watching television is stupid, for putting up with commercials, for violent  discourse on things that are meant to drive you crazy so you can ask you doctor are you healthy enough for ... fill in your blank. Take care out there, find all those that love you, and hang on tight. The world is getting a little more stupid.

Had some stuff to print for my wife...

So I had to figure out again how to get the printer back to work... did say I wasn't going participate in the stupidity out there, didn't I? So you don't need a printer for that.

Any way, I am now with print capability again. While doing that I listened mindlessly to The View, five women that aren't afraid to talk about all they don't know about. Turn it off and print away.

I have gotten very disgusted with the campaign ads, enough so I am not tuning in, And the news programs are just spreading the stink everywhere. If you didn't know, they do want you to know. Not one news program has really looked at the Affordable Care Act, none of them have looked deep into the Federal Reserve, and all their coverage of the European Government banks and bonds and the Euro aren't covered any better than they do the Olympics. How does it feel to cause the collapse of Western Civilization?

Don't worry, be happy. You can't stop politicians from telling lies, you can't bail out the banks, and if there no longer are services, then you will have to do without. Really. Yes, someone will be by to ask for your assistance when it all falls apart. But since you are so far away from the centers of power, you will have to wait a bit for them to find you.

My wife wanted a picture to take to work, so the island charmer is smiling, be happy. God loves us with all the faults.

How does that really work...

Everyone knows about air and water, our simple compounds of molecules that we want to use for our survival. But where I think modern society has failed in keeping the pressure on... STEAM POWER! For that is an example, almost daily reminder for many, of how people work best. People, get them heated up and contained, may produce power to move the country, the world and the universe. Sure, we once knew about pressure release valves, maintenance of the machines, monitoring of the temperatures and stuff one had to do to have that big rig moving earth, and reapers or combines. Steam power. The lessons not learned.

We don't pay too much attention to the rules any longer... if you heat the air - it expands and goes away.... High pressure areas. Fuel for Hurricanes hot water to move Lower pressure over which starts sucking up more heat and spinning air and water vapor out of control... takes an expert weather person to make the call.

As we watch weather, we don't immediately connect to lack of a people monitor... the economic measures should work. When we work, we heat up and work harder, when we work for the Man, we move so slow... which is why slavery doesn't produce the massive monuments of long ago and far away. Just my thoughts that you have to be working for love of something much more wonderous than the snot picking neighbor bleching so beautifully.. beside you. And those living in fear now, would tell you that whips and chains will work - they would give anything to be spared the beatings. Truth is cowards don't breed nor survive long, life is a struggle and you have to have hope in tomorrow. Most cowards lay down and die, too tired, too low to consider that they were created to be much more than what they had surrendered into... wallowing in self lost...

So my point, and I do have one. My point is people are like particles, they can move faster and produce more, they excite each other in contact - each touch sends them off in a different direction and the heat builds, and organizations can harness much, but not all, of that to produce things. The organization can get so locked down that only the exact thing happens, over and over, and if monitored correctly it is safe... then an earthquake happens and frightens the rest of us... well, not me.

Those that want to be KING, or pretend they don't want to be King but treated like one or a savior or hero or rock star... they want everyone to belong to them, to work on their project to make everyone think of them as almost a little god -- immortal, wonderful and to be worshipt. With their own followers, worshippors and priests to control and bless the masses of mindless. IT isn't natural, and the force of the people and population and purpose will cut through rocks, earth, fences, topple castles and kings.. blowing over all that holds it back from where it has to go.

What is the orientation of your life? or of your home? Are you centered on the Big Screen television? The hot rod in the garage? The job, your home just a bed stop? I am not waiting for the President, or the next President... or a return of the long ago Presidents or Kings... and I know all their intentions and rules aren't to make me better - they are to make them better.

So I orient on people and love and life. I will look for the Lord, and when we had nothing we thought God was in Heaven, which we could admire from the earth but never reach, but He never left our side, we are just blind and deaf in ourselves. We have choices, we will bounce, it is not good to be so hot we burn and certainly not so cold we freeze and never do more than lock in forever... without love or life. Balance...

Taking part... in the political process...

 One of the candidates for Governor is a friend on Facebook, and sent out a reminder that our Primary is today, yesterday. So after clearing the table from dinner, my wife and I opened our ballots and the voter's pamphlet and started picking out the one we want for all those State and County offices.

We don't vote alike often. I did distract her and had a funny thought. I should have more voters on my Facebook Friends, from the local area. I could have told them all to write in my name and I might have become a County officer, or judge? Scary thought isn't it?

Still, I see much good in the FB contacts for all my reasons and I am certain that no one influenced my voting at the Polling Place... well drop box.

Since one of the drop boxes in by the library, I feel sorry for those that get confused and put their ballot into the book drop. I don't know what the staff would do, but if I were emptying the book return bin and found some envelopes - they would get put into the ballot box before  8 PM.

Should make sure our voters can read. It could be very important. I personally cannot remember not being able to read, and I have always worried about some soldiers that didn't read or write well. Very limiting in the modern military, very. The morning television is mumbling in my background and I notice that I am as excited about Romney's VP pick as he is about leading the country. I do have an answer for the whole tax challenge by the Democrats. For his entire life by year, just the number of dollars paid in taxes, along with the dollars of charitable donations. For every year... let them wonder about that. As a matter of fact, buy a page in the WSJ, with the numbers. I think that Harry is just losing his mind to accuse, indirectly, Mitt Romney of a crime too easily proven.

But then you did know that politicians don't get smarter with age and service? VOTE them all out.

Time to protest, and get out of the way...

The world is spinning pretty fast, I don't know that TSA was checking Curiosity for weapons and other things that might harm America before it left and went to Mars. But I am sure that thousands of nice peaceful people were undignified by TSA intrusions on their day.

It is that easy, isn't it? I know TSA doesn't hate me, the airlines want my money and travel. But I am no longer beautiful, important nor adventurous. I drop out of the line waiting patiently for permission. You can have my seat and my flight. Until I get the same treatment as the President of the United States when he flies, I am not participating. Because I don't have to be as stupid as the people playing along, I don't have to surrender to terrorists. My address is on the internet, the terrorists can find me, save my bankrupt government some dollars it doesn't have.

I am not as brave as to think the remainder of America should participate. Many of you make money by getting on an aircraft and risking your lives to pilots, mechanics and union and non union workers. Terrorists are just a new form of something to fear. But to think that my government that once believed in my freedom, and was brave in the face of real opposition - my government thinks the little old lady, the baby and the innocent are to be demonized for what they can't find -- a reason to cower the citizens.

Yep, the same fools that run around telling me I am hot because of Global Warming, Cooling, fat belly, and lack of airconditioning... are the ones telling me that destroying guns will stop the deaths. Truth is, outlawing Gravity will save more lives than you understand on what gets covered in the news. Lady falls in her home and dies, falls in the shower, bathtub, down the stairs, against the countertop. Slips on the ice, grease, split milk, rain puddle.

I will continue to allow the slow death of reason out there, the day is too wonderful to waste on worry and wars unending. God bless your best.

They speak without thinking, but they do keep it up...

Can't they read and study History, current and ancient?

Operations in the Homeland I should be happy that the teaparty folks aren't the TEA Party folks but the authors are writing in the Ivory Tower and cut off from reality.
French Revolution
John Brown, Harper's Ferry Armory
The War between the States commonly called the Civil War
The fall of the Tsar of all the Russians, the Russian Civil War
The Spanish Civil War
Indian Independence
Israeli Independence
Athens Tennessee
The fall of most European Communist Countries - especially EAST GERMANY and the wall.
The Arab Spring
Vietnam & Afghanistan (the last against Alexander the Great, the British, the Russians and the American led NATO).
Current Syria, anyone?

I read much better Science Fiction with more truth than this article.


The above is so childish but what would one expect, someone using the Bible to be a better Christian in the middle of Mordor? Glad they only get chalk in Chicago, aren't you? Show much more love of the Lord, folks.

public land, public range, those that don't care...

Lost everything I wrote the first time.

Although I have problems with private ranges, costing too much and not universally accessible by the public. And I have problems with NRA, Shooting Sports Federation or such -- because they don't work hard enough on getting everyone to learn how to shoot safely, sanely. They are all still making sure someone is shooting well, where they won't get hurt, or cause poor public opinion.

I visited a fine potential shooting range site, and the natural beauty was very nice, but the County and the people that come to trash the area waiting for the maid and janitor to show up and clean up after them. It just makes me so happy not to have to see what their underwear or firearms look like. It was so bad that one of the shooters complained and blamed it on the volunteers from Appleseed. Don't think that county gets another Appleseed, they will have to go to Oregon.

From the unhappy shooter:

"Things I disliked:

1) The weather, although you can't blame Appleseed for 100° heat and wind so strong it was blowing the pop-up tents over!

2) The range. Had any of the volunteers actually been to this place? Now I know why Skamania County is shutting it down: The Blue lake Range looks like a friggen' LANDFILL! I have never in my life seen a shooting range on public land that was as absolutely polluted as this place. "Environmental impact study" my arse. They're closing it because of all the *&%$! that drop their garbage there.

3) Relay shooting. I guess this harkens to #2. If any of the volunteers had been to the range, they would have already known that there was absolutely no way to put 28 shooters on the line. As such, we had to relay shoot which was time consuming and somewhat disorganized."

There were once four or five heavy shooting benches at that range, they are all gone. Reminds me of watching Detroit burning every Halloween, and the people that burn it wondering why it isn't nice any more.