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Thank YOU MR. PAUL NEWMAN

for showing us how to live on this planet … You have been the beacon for humanity’s purpose of BEING HUMAN. So glad you stayed with us for 83 years. It’s been PURE JOY.

And, for selfish reasons, we’d all like for you to come back to the game soon, but you deserve to linger in Paradise for as long as you wish.

Thank you for your Grace, Talent, Compassion, Beauty, Vigor and Vitality, and LOVE.

Bye for now.

Been gone for awhile … been busy with those things that make you think someone moved the finish line. But this week has just been too juicy to not comment on.

Three posts follow this entry that hopefully will provoke some thoughts and comments from our OH MY BLOG readers.

And here are a few quotes to get you started on the massive scribing to follow:

“An error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it”
John F. Kennedy

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.”
Albert Einstein

“There have always been tyrants and murderers
and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end,
they always fall.
Think of it, ALWAYS.”
Mahatma Gandi

“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.”
Nikita Khrushchev

“Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.”
Gore Vidal

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
will make violent revolution inevitable.”
John F. Kennedy

“The people can always be brought to do the bidding of their leader.”
Herman Goring

“I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker.”
Adolf Hitler

“A government big enough to give you everything is
big enough to take everything you have.”
Benjamin Franklin

“Vote early and vote often — in the same election.”
Al Capone

“Kings, ministers, aristocrats, the rich in general, kept the people in povery and subjection; they kept them as they kept dogs, to fight and hunt for their services.”
Joseph Conrad

“Agents of the world’s elite have long been at war on the populace.”
Jim Keith

“Under Capitalism, man exploits man;
Under Communism, it’s the other way around.
Old Czech joke

“We know the system doesn’t work because we’re living in the ruins.”
Chester Anderson

“Democracy must be more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.”
James Bovard

“There ought to be limits to freedom.”
George W. Bush

“This is no time for jokes. You must rid the world of this filth.”
Annie Wilks

“When governments fear the people there is liberty.
When people fear the government there is tyranny.”
Thomas Jefferson

“Make it a gooder.”
George W. Bush

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Politicians are dilly dallying on this bail out “crime” because they are waiting to see if we are asleep, and if they can get away with it.

If we don’t say anything, you know, like demonstrate some sign of righteous outrage, some semblance that we are paying attention, then ….WATCH! They will steal 700 BILLION DOLLARS from us and give it to themselves before the week is up.

That is why they are playing the rush game on us, like cheezy salesmen, “Buy now or it will be gone!”

Intimidation, scare tactics, “Great Depression” Oh No! Take the money, take the money. Please TAKE THE MONEY and RUN back to your mansions and yachts and send your offspring to Ivy League campuses this fall without a financial worry. And send our offspring to war to steal and kill for you. That’s the ticket.

Back in the 70’s Teddy Pendagrass crooned:

“Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed. It’s time for thinking instead… No more war and poverty…And they don’t have so very long before their Judgement Day.”

Sing it again Teddy. Louder this time. Because the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Maybe one day, we will wake up. Sooner than later. Because these guys are out of control. And why not? We are just standing back watching like casual observers. But what can we do really?

Mmmmm. Any ideas?

Are we headed for another Great Depression? Or worse, is the U.S. descending headlong into a Third World future? Or, is it all just Hype?

Can we prevent our worse fears from happening?

First, we need to stop the stealing. Unfortunately, we just can’t seem to find the time to get these cattlemen in line. We’re too distracted with our lives.

For instance, do you ever feel as though someone keeps moving the finish line?

Like, just when you think you’re about to catch up with, say — your bills, your work, some long, drawn out “issue” that just never seems to give an inch or go away, like a legal matter, say — a divorce, or a custody battle, or those pesky student loans, family squabbles?

And then something happens to just pull you back under. Like there is this grand conspiracy to just keep you distracted with petty, mindnumbing, BS! You know?

Maybe you don’t know. Maybe you’re one of the lucky few whose life is just rolling along on a highway to heaven, blue skies, bright sun, just enough rain. There you are whistling, smiling, happy go lucky you. Wink Wink. All XOXO.

It’s like there are these two parallel universes — one with people who keep getting close to the finish line, and it disappears, and they have to start over or keep going around in a circle to nowhere; and the other universe is filled with people who see the finish line clearly, cross it and move on to their next success.
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John Lennon said it best:
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.”

Interpretation: it’s up to us, the masses, to monitor what political leaders do to us financially, politically, and ethically; and how they treat other countries, in the name of this nation. It’s up to us to convince our leaders to choose Peace and not war. If that is what we want.

It makes sense that after 9/11, we wanted justice. We wanted the culprits caught and tried and punished.

But according to the popular choice, no one wanted war. Especially after the alleged “weapons of mass destruction” never materialized. So why did we end up in Iraq, do we really know? And are we satisfied with that choice? If not, why is it still going on?

The upcoming Presidential nomination weighs heavy on everyone, worldwide. No one wants another Election 2000. An openly international embarassment. Since Election 2000, we are far from a “United” States. We are divided on just about everything. How do we find our way back to the strong, reputable land of freedom and democracy for all?

Maybe the question is not what do we want, but what do we need — as a nation? What’s most important to us?

We should begin by taking a look at where we are as a nation after the past eight years. The most volatile era since Viet Nam.

First, let’s look at the facts about the economy. Is it really as bad as the media reports to us? Has unemployment been at an all time low for the past 8 years? Why did the Dow drop so drastically this past week? Was the foreclosure tragedy avoidable?
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Cloris Leachman and Betty White. Are they superwomen or bionic? Or Both? Whatever they are doing…market it for the rest of us!

Earlier this year, a state-run program advertised an opportunity for residents to apply for affordable universal health care. They made it clear that everyone may not be eligible, but the program would conduct a type of lottery for participants.

As it turned out, it was just a way for a local university to accummulate names and phone numbers for surveys and studies.

Is this a flagrant violation of our privacy, an abuse of state-run agencies? The promise of health care when there was no such program is fraudulent.

The honest and right thing would have been to advertise that, if you apply, you may not become a participant of the program, but your information will most definitely be used to conduct these studies and surveys, for solicitation. The choice is yours. Apply and get health care, or not, and get solicited either way.

Bells would have gone off and most people are aware enough these days to know better. It still should have been a personal choice.

To expose the culprits would require an investigative process that the average person does not have time for. But something needs to be done. These growing assaults are not just out of line, they are crossing the line.

Here’s a call to the real investigative journalists out there. If they do their jobs, we can start to eliminate these kinds of offenses. People are going too far with being deceptive and intrusive. They are violating our Constitution. Fraud, Abuse, and Invasion of Privacy are crimes.

Are we the victims of one self-serving Political Party playing Good Cop Bad Cop?

A cynical view? Or, a truth? Stay tuned.

Why do we get jealous of others? Is Envy an inherent instinct? Does it trigger an innate emotion conducive to self-preservation? Is it similar to that shot of adrenalin that informs humans (and all animal species) of danger — initiating the ‘fight or flight’ instinct?

We are taught that being envious of others is petty, selfish behaviour. As a matter of fact, it is considered one of the seven deadly sins.
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Our first annual “A Good Book” Summer Reading Series is winding down. There were so many worthy new author’s bringing so many exciting and interesting subjects this past year.

If you didn’t get a chance to join in on the fun, it’s not too late. There are still a few more weeks– time enough to check out the list, pick a book or two, and get back to us with your ideas. Love to hear from you!

Just mosey on over to “A Good Book” Series at Powell’s Books.

You can also find the books at one of our other affiliates:
Amazon.com
Barnes and Noble

Here’s to good reading!