Category Archives: social issues

The 4 Stages of Acquisition.


Life can be broken up into quarters, such as infancy, youth, maturity & old age.  But there’s also another four other stages in life:  The 4 Stages of Acquisition. 1) First you learn to acquire things, including family and friends. … Continue reading

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Stop Saving the Stupid People


I think it’s time we started letting them get rid of themselves – clean up the gene pool a lot.  I think it’s time we started letting stupid people do the things that get them killed, and stop rewarding them … Continue reading

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The Crazies


The Crazies. I don’t know if there are more per capita or more overall due to a still growing population . . . I don’t know if there are more (per capita) in a so-called (and self-perceived) ‘civilized society’ than … Continue reading

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Terrorism and the Voluntary Creation of an American Police State


Say what you will, but I’ve watched America go from being a land of the “fairly free” towards becoming  the steel walled domain of a Police State. Say what you will, but our creation of the NSA, with all its … Continue reading

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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?


No, this is not a friendly repeat of some old anti-war song about wrongs.  It’s a report on Mother Nature, and how She’s faring this spring, at least at my own location. I know I am can only report from … Continue reading

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Cult, Culture, or Conspiracy?


Who are you?  What defines you?  Your values, your morals, your judgements?  Those inner voices whispering to you . . . the ideas of the id and ego. For the most part they are formed by the society around you; … Continue reading

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The Dutiful Son


“Can you come over?  Your dad’s on the floor and won’t get up.  I can’t lift him.  He’s beside the bed.” I looked at the clock.  8:30 it blinked.  I’d been up since four thirty in the morning.  I looked … Continue reading

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The Highest Monkey


It’s an instinct that runs in our ancestral genes.  I call it the “the highest monkey syndrome”.  It relates to pecking orders, and all societies have them – even insects.  People often attempt to raise their own status in their … Continue reading

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PTSD Resilience: A Culture Condition?


PTSD is perhaps partially a disease of civilization, taught peers and the current society.  Some people think it’s gotten worse.  I think it’s gotten better.  Now we have a word for PTSD’s symptomology, prognosis, and diagnosis, which gives medical people … Continue reading

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The Rise of the Machines


It’s what we’ve always wanted, the future that science fiction writers and futuristic  thinkers have dreamed about: the rise of the machines. “Think how free the human race will be!,” was the general theme, “robots doing everything – all routine … Continue reading

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