Newspapers used to be called "rags".
I'm not sure why, but I think it has something
to do with something to chew on....
As this is where I post my views on Current Events and the News, I am calling it "The
Captain's Rag".
My name is Captain J. H. (Cass) Forrington and I am a 55 year-old retired sea Captain.
For more about me, please visit my
"Symbol of Unity"
site.
To understand the basis of my views, and to find out more about the Symbol Of Unity
at the top of this page, please visit the SYMBOL OF
UNITY SITE.
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The Gas Crisis. 6/7/2008
All our lives we have heard about "supply and demand". There is simply no way that
demand is now outstripping supply so radically that our oil prices should be rising
so rapidly over so short a term. This means there has to be a manipulation of the market
going on which, if it isn't already, ought to be illegal. This kind of profiteering and
price gouging is unethical and immoral.
It also means that our government, and the governments of all the nations being impacted
so detrimentally, are being negligent, at best, at their duties to get to the bottom of
this crisis and to stop and punish the profiteers.
Mark my words, something is very wrong here that normal market fluctuations and mechanics
can not explain. The markets are being manipulated to rape the civilized world.
Election 2008
Well, if you are reading this section, it is too late. Apparently I lost the election to
Barak Obama. What really bothers me is that everyone keeps saying he is the first "black"
president of the United States. He is not. He is not "black". He is half white and half black.
It is a terribly racist fact that if a person has just a smidgen of "black" blood he is
considered "black". America wanted a black president to sooth its conscience, but Obama is not
"black". His wife is. His children are not because he is not.
Being a presidential candidate myself (tongue-in-cheek), I am embarrassed to admit
I don't know if the phrase is "politcally" acceptable or not, but technically I believe Obama is
a "mulatto", a person who is half white and half black. His children used to be called
"quadroons" because they are one quarter white. I don't know if that is still a
politically correct phrase and I apologize if I have offended anyone, but even if the
terminology isn't correct, the science is. (I believe a "quadroon" also used to be a person
who is a quarter black. A quarter of anything is a "quad", so a quarter black or a quarter
white ought to be the same. Sorry, like I said, I think this is all technically correct
even if it isn't politically correct and I mean no offense to anyone.)
Barak Obama is not "black". He is a mix. If he turns out to be as good as he promises to
be, it is not a "black victory": it is a black/white victory. I think I'll have to punch
the next person who tells me Barak Obama is an African-American in the nose. I mean,
Whoaaaa, the guy has some black blood, just look at that! Please, people, give me a break.
Sorry, he's a 50/50 on the most shallow of levels and much more on the deeper levels.
We all are.
I congradulate President Obama. For the first time in a long time I felt the contest was between
two good men. I am sorry McCain lost because I think he deserved to be president of the
United States. Economically I see very little difference between the two. In foreign affairs I
worry very much about Obama. I talk about this below. Let me just add here that pride
precedes the fall and hubris is definitely not desirable. McCain has humility, Obama does
not. Self-rightous, self-assured people, are very dangerous. Both McCain and Obama would
expand the war in Afganistan, which is a terrible mistake, but Obama is more prone to do so
disasterously because of his hubris and self-assurance.
So, I concede (lol) here to President Obama. I pray earnestly that the Creator guides him
through his new, extremely heavy, responsibilites and teaches him humility in a way that does
not affect us all.
The best thing to come out of this election is that black parents can no longer tell their
children that a black person can not become president of the United States. The black community
has a far worse problem with racism than whites or asians, and, maybe, this can help them get
past this.....but not too fast, you, because he is half white, too. ;-) But the next "black"
person I meet who claims he has no chance because of his race will be dismissed
by me as a fool.
I keep hearing on the TV how incredible it is that an "African-American" has won the
election, but an "Africn-American" didn't win: Barak Obama won, and he is half white and
half black.
Please don't get me wrong. I think Obama is a good man. He has too much pride and hubris
and, as a leader, this puts the rest of us at risk, but I think he is a good man who is mostly
speaking from his heart. God Bless him now, and God bless America, by granting him good
guidance from within.
God bless John McCain, too, another good man who has served his country well and stands by
the age-old morality of our ancestors. I thought his concession speech was the best I ever
heard and he moved me to tears. God Bless a good man.
I am now announcing my bid for the presidency in 2012 because I know Obama is already on
the wrong path in Afganistan. I'm not predicting the economy because I believe Obama is
correct on his infrastructure policy but wrong on energy development. I'd have loved to vote
for Mr. Obama McCain this election, but he wasn't running.
Please check back later, because I will be re-building my platform as Obama's
administration unfolds.
God help us all, friend and foe alike. The Creator dwells within all.
Of course I knew I don't stand a chance of being elected, but humor me as this is what I
would do if elected. Also, I haven't edited my site since 11/4 so a lot of it will seem
out of tense. I've got to re-do the whole thing now for 2012!
The Arctic ice cap is going to completely melt for the first time in human history
in the next few years. It was expected this year.
Scientists did not expect this to happen for another 20 years. This is a tremendous
catastrophe that is going to bring very hard times worldwide. No
other candidate is addressing this issue aggressively enough. We need to begin building
CO2 scrubbers immediately and see to it that the whole industrialized and developing world
does the same. I can't stress enough how important this is. The construction of the
scrubbers will also provide much needed employment and boost the economy. I promise to
begin the construction of the scrubbers on my first day in office.
Please visit my Captain Forrington For President
site for many views on the problems facing America. I deal with the gas crisis, the economy,
crime, and many other subjects I do not cover here. Although I do not expect to become
elected president by any stretch of the imagination, and am not seriously running, I put
up the site to say what I would do if elected. I discuss many of America's problems
there and do not want to repeat them here so I am not penalized by the search engines for
repeating subject matter on too many pages.
If you will vote for Clinton because she is a women, you are a sexist. If you will vote
for Obama because he is black, you are a racist. This is true if it affects your vote
in any way, no matter how small, and no matter how it drives your vote, either for or against.
It is also true if you will vote for McCain because he
is white or male. This is not how it should be and shows how deep the rancor between
these groups is. It is a striking indication of our true national problem, which is
spiritual. If you vote for me, you're just smart and patriotic ;-)
The Clintons are the worst sort of racists. They see themselves as the high-minded whites
taking care of the poor blacks, which is why Bill Clinton has his office in Harlem. They think
the blacks can't take care of themselves. In reality they use the blacks as a power base.
In fact, most Democratic politicians are the ultimate panderers who use the poor and
disadvantaged to gain power and wealth by promising everybody everything. I find Clinton's
Harlem office to be an outright affront to the black community and the epitome of
elitist white arrogance.
Barak Obama is a noble man, but a typical Democratic elitist who is totally out of touch
with the common man. His comments regarding religion and guns made this very clear and is
the biggest mistake he has made as it reveals his true nature.
Both Hillary Clinton and Obama will try to force people who simply cannot afford it
to buy health insurance. People will have insurance, but no roof over their heads or food
in their bellies.
The trouble with elitists is they want to force everyone to do things they do not want to
do. The Clintons showed this very clearly when they forced the .08 BAC driving law
on the whole country
by making it a condition to receive Federal highway funds. That is outright unconstitutional
but a typical elitist tactic. If they won't vote for it, force it on them
unconstitutionally because we know better than they do what is good for them. That law
has proved disasterous to normal social life in rural America, without decreasing
the DUI death rate, while driving up our prison populations. It is a total failure.
The fact that the so-called Democratic Party has "super delegates" who can override the
popular vote is a very clear indication of just how much they do not trust the common man
and how elitist they are. The Democratic Party needs a revolution within itself and all
the hacks and panderers need to be driven out.
McCain is a good man with the wrong ideas about the Middle East and Islam. The country
will eventually go broke over there if we keep following the mistakes made by the Bush
administration. He also has no plan for a Public Health Service which could be funded
easily if we changed our Middle Eastern policies. Please visit my campaign site for how
I would deal with Muslim extremists.
Plastics, Oil and Global Warming. 12/9/2007
Firstly, what I say here is for the short term because nanotechnology should solve all
our energy and resource problems within the next 30-or-so years.
The primary reason the world is so short of oil is the use of plastics. Just look
around you. All those plastic products we use are made from oil. Plus, it is hard to get rid of
them, once used.
The entire world needs to go to completely recyclable materials as much as possible. Even
pills should come in recyclable glass or other materials. The optimum goal would be to
have zero waste, but this is impossible. The biggest offenders, however, are plastics. We
know enough now to come up with other, long lasting, re-usable containers and housings for
everything from the computer monitor and computer housing on my desktop, to the common
flashlight. Make these things out of metal or other materials, and make them to be used
for successive generations of product if possible. For instance, I am looking at my desktop
computer, which is made out of plastic. Why must it go into some landfill because I want
to upgrade my computer capabilities. I should be able to just go to any computer
manufacturer and find a new "unit" to fit inside the old case.
Most people don't realize just how much oil we use on plastics, but the figure is
staggering. Picture your computer housing or your bottle of water as a liquid pool. That
pool is all oil. The planet could extend its oil resources for a very long time, to allow
the economical development of other energy resources, if we would just stop using plastics.
I haven't done the research to quote any figures here, but I expect it is cheaper to manufacture
one glass milk bottle that is used until it breaks, then it is to manufacture an endless
chain of paper cartons. Likewise, think of all the plastic pill bottles that go into the
landfill (a huge plastic lump in the long run - but maybe our descendents can extract
that oil after everything else is rotted away, after all, it lasts nearly forever.)
I believe it is much more energy efficient to manufacture one reusable container, housing,
etc., than it is to keep using energy to manufacture things that go into a landfill.
Another great problem in this vein is "planned obsolescence." An automobile,
refrigerator, etc. should be made to last as long as possible, and parts for it, so it
can be maintained indefinitely, should be available. Again, nanotechnology should solve
this problem, but we should conserve everything we can until we know our resources have
become literally infinite.
The reason nanotechnology holds this much hope, is that through nanotechnology we should
be able to manufacture anything, from meat to houses, literally, out of random atoms. In
other words, we will be able to make anything out of nearly nothing. No more hunger,
and no more killing for meat, because it will be manufactured from random atoms by little
nanobots in a factory. If you want a house, they will bring a big "printer" to your property
and literally "print" you out a 3D house.
But for now, it is essential we reduce world competition for fuel to avoid war and to
conserve what is left so we make a smooth transition to other energy sources. Already we
are seeing municipalities, like London, the largest to date, banning plastic bags. We
need to become much more pro-active than that and replace plastics everywhere we can.
I realize that the matter of planned obsolescence is very touchy because much of the world
economy is dependent on it. If a car dealer made one good car that lasted 100 years, they would
soon be out of business. They would only be in the spare parts business after awhile. But
perhaps they can start thinking about automobiles that can be "upgraded" over the years. They
could use a basic frame that will accept new fenders, quarterpanels, computer equipment, etc.,
so only new parts are sold instead of a whole new vehicle. Of course occasional line
revisions would still be allowed, but perhaps every 5 or 10 years instead of every year for
every model.
Again, plastics are a big, big, enemy.
Mother Teresa, 11/11/2008
Everyone talks about how wonderful Mother Teresa was and the Catholics will probably make
her a saint due to her popularity. But Mother Teresa does not deserve sainthood. She was
a foolish woman who confessed to feeling the absence of the Creator all her life and who
miserably believed that suffering brought people "closer to Jesus". She therefore did not
provide relief for the suffering of the dying she tended, just a bare cot to die on, and
her nuns live miserable lives meant to enhance suffering.
If she spent more time communing with, and loving, the Creator, she would have felt the
presence and had mercy on her charges, relieving their suffering as much as possible. Instead
she spent too much time praying to Jesus and the saints of Christiandom, so she never
got any answers. Dead people don't answer, they are dead. The Creator, on the other hand,
is always present and full of love and compassion.
The Death of Arafat, 11/19/2004
I was supposed to meet Yasser Arafat during a photo opportunity in Port Said, Egypt.
I was carrying the trucks the PLO Police needed in order for the peace accord to
be finalized. That is a good sea story I'll have to tell someplace else, but the gist is
that I was delayed by bad weather and didn't arrive until the last few hours of the
deadline in the accord. An admiral was talking to me daily so he could update the
President.
Anyway, because I was delayed, the government flew in a few trucks and had their photo
opportunity with a Military Pilot instead of a Sea Captain, and I did not get to meet
Arafat.
I speak about Abbas, the current interim Palestinian head of state, on my
Symbol of Unity site. I refer to him
because his full name is "Bar Abbas", and that is the name of the terrorist the
Jews had set free in lieu of Jesus 2,000 years ago. Of course, to the Jews of that
time, Bar Abbas was a "freedom fighter", not the terrorist the Romans saw. What I
wrote there follows:
"Abraham would cry over this conflict, as all concerned are his blood.
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is not an issue of Muslim versus
Jew, it is a conflict over land.
One can go back over time for reasons for revenge and vengeance, with plenty of
good examples to be found on both sides. Until both sides are willing to put these
incidents behind them, and deal with the present only, no solution can be found.
Peace can only come through letting has-beens be has-beens and proceeding from there.
Mohammed taught that the Jews, Christians and Muslims should live in peace as long
as one does not try to force its ways on another. This is because all these faiths
spring from the same wellhead and worship the same Creator. People of all faiths
should respect each other because all are seeking the same truths.
There is no right or wrong in this conflict. Both sides are right, and both are wrong.
In the eyes of the Creator, the righteous thing for the Palestinians to do would have
been to accept the Jews into their homes and country after the holocaust of World War
II. The Jews, on the other hand, keep trying to expand their hold on parcels of land.
The current Israeli policy of closing some settlements to make way for a Palestinian
state is very commendable, especially in the face of continued Palestinian violence.
The Jews now find themselves advocating the way of Jesus while pitted against the
Palestinians, who are following the ways of Bar Abbas. Even more ironically, the
Palestinians have a former Prime Minister, who is now interim head of state
following the death of Arafat, named "Bar Abbas", who has been an active advocate
for peace with the Israeli's. The Creator does have a sense of humor, just like us.
Jerusalem is a holy city not just to the Jews, but to the Christians, Muslims, and
other spiritual people, as well. As the Jews now control Jerusalem, and Christianity
and Islam are sects of Judaism, all using the Old Testament, I suggest they
make the city an Israeli city as far as territory goes, but that the city be governed
as an Interfaith
Holy City with a Republican government made up of representatives of all faiths.
In the United States, the central government is housed in an independent district,
Washington, DC, and I suggest the same thing for Jerusalem. I know this gives the
Jews final authority over the security of Jerusalem, but that is the present
geo-political reality and is the shortest route to peace.
On the other hand, it also gives other religions a voice in the governing of the city
and guarantees the safety and sanctity of their holy places and presence
in the city.
When a Palestinian state is established, I would recommend that each nation agree
that the citizens of each can buy real estate in the other. A reasonable limit could
be placed on how much property could be sold interstate per year to avoid abuses.
This would allow the Palestinians who crave their ancestral land a peaceful way
to regain it. It would also allow the Jews to be in areas they would like to be in,
that they do not have current access to.
It would also slowly cause a peaceful integration as neighbor learned about neighbor,
and population densities shifted. When each country reached an agreed upon ratio
of one to the other, the two nations could finally be united. This would warm
Abraham's heart, as he is the father of both nations, and it would make both nations
"great" in the eyes of the world, as promised to Abraham by the Creator.
The Palestinians have suffered gravely in the immigration of the Jews after
World War II. But the Jews came in desperation after mass slaughter and what followed
would not have happened if the Palestinian Muslims had followed the dictates of Islam
and provided comfort for their cousins, as dictated by Mohammed. The Creator cares
not if something is a lot to ask.
Muslims were also an enemy of Nazi Germany and did not suffer the same holocaust
only because their numbers were less in Europe and Nazi influence did not get to
dominate life in the Muslim countries long enough for Nazi hatred to decimate the
Muslim population in occupied countries.
I see again two paths here for the Palestinians. The first is suicide bombings by
people barely out of childhood. This is a disgrace to all mankind. That anyone would
sacrifice their children over land grudges is unthinkable in civilized societies and
the Palestinians are reviled worldwide for this practice. Recourse can only come
through civilized behavior. Teaching your children to blow themselves up for the
sake of cultural and religious myths, like "virgins" in heaven, is barbaric and the
civilized world despises it. It undermines Palestinian credibility. How can one regard
a people as civilized who do this to their children?
The Palestinians have a just cause, as do the Jews, but co-existence has to be the
goal, not annihilation of the other people. This will never happen and is as
unrealistic a fanatical goal as can be imagined. It achieves nothing but notoriety,
and brings on nothing but what will eventually be viewed as senseless slaughter and
suffering.
The Jews and Muslims populate all nations, too. Who can possibly annihilate whom?"
You can find more on what I think about the Israeli/Palestinian issue on my
Symbol of Unity site.
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In America, 12/7/2004
It is illegal to be a prostitute, and charge money for sex, because
it spreads disease and undermines the moral fabric of society.
But it is legal to be a whore, and spread disease for free.
It is illegal to solicit prostitution, and pay for sex, because promiscuity spreads
disease.
But it is legal to have sex for free with anyone who'd have you.
It is illegal to seduce the young.
But it is legal to seduce and arouse them with undergarment ads, birth control
ads, contraception ads, and even STD drug ads, in all forms of media,
and regular programming on television and radio.
You can marry and commit to another with sacred vows,
and a faithless partner can kill you with an STD with impunity.
A supposedly non-sectarian government has adopted atheism as its "sect",
and discards the sacred vows and moral values of all faiths equally, turning
the populace into a nation of whores and philanderers, together only as long as the
honeymoon lasts.
It is illegal to be a polygamist, with faithful spouses, in stable families,
But it is legal to marry as many people as you want, divorcing each along the
way, hurting the children, impoverishing their other parent, spreading the diseases
you pick up along the way.
They wonder why their children cut themselves, and kill themselves,
and walk into schools with guns. They wonder why their children are promiscuous,
when the obvious message everywhere is that everyone is, and they are expected to be,
too. They wonder why their young men are angry, when everywhere men are portrayed
as evil, weak, fools.
What hope has a child in a nation with over a 50% divorce rate (70% in Arkansas)?
If his own parents couldn't stick together, what hope has he?
The homeless go unwashed because churches and temples only keep business hours, and
have ceased being places of sanctuary. What use is a house of God with locked doors
at any hour? They have crowded the
"holy" spirit out with material objects, too
precious to be left unguarded. They spend money on foreign missions, while their
doors at home are locked to the unwashed and hungry, the wet and the cold,
the drunk and the troubled.
Is it any wonder shame is on America? Is it any wonder other people do not want what
America "has"?
I bemoan days of honor.
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FREE ENTERPRISE
I believe everyone in America should have access to a free marketplace. I also believe
those who are below the poverty level should be able to do whatever they can, without
the burden of permits and taxes, to provide a better life for themselves in that free
marketplace. Things that hamper individual productivity should not be imposed until an
individual has risen above the poverty level.
If one looks around the world, one sees that in most communities there are
"Public Marketplaces". These are places where people who are industrious at home can
come and freely sell their products, arts, and crafts.
In America, the public market does not exist anymore except as weekly "Farmers' Markets".
People are denied access to daily fresh food and must pay the added cost in dollars and
ecological expense to have nutritionally inferior foods trucked in.
Likewise, "Downtown Commercial Districts" have become reserved areas for only those who
can afford rent in the buildings. They are no longer "Public Marketplaces". They
exclude the common citizen from the marketplace and economy, forcing him to sell his labor
to others, rather than selling the products of his own endeavors.
The "Free Marketplace" has all but disappeared from America. This is the very basis of the
economy, not just in the United States, but in all places worldwide. To let the greedy
merchants and distaste for seeing the poor destroy this, is to destroy America.
Downtown merchants often complain that street vendors hurt their business. If the town
does not provide an alternative free marketplace area, then those merchants who can not
stand the street competition will just have to join the others in the free marketplace.
There will be other merchants who will occupy the stores.
If, here in Fort Bragg, California, Safeway cannot afford to stay open because of daily
competition from the local farmers, then Safeway should close up shop and leave.
America's marketplaces belong to every American. They are Public Land. No person should
be excluded from truly free enterprise. As this is already the way it is, we need to undo
things and liberate the economy. We need a free marketplace or just free street marketing,
in each community.
What is happening now is that anyone who is industrious enough to engage in a home
business is relegated to sell in occasional flea markets and craft fairs, few of which
are actually free. Many people don't take up projects that could be prosperous, and
therefore good for the economy, because they have no marketplace to sell their wares when
they want do. There is no daily free marketplace to go to.
This leads to more television, more drug and alcohol abuse, more failed marriages, and
even more suicides. It also guts the very basis of a "free enterprise" economy.
The way they have shut down "peddling" in my town of Fort Bragg, California, is to require
every applicant for the $20 "peddler's permit" to have $850,000 insurance on a
vehicle, whether they own one or not, or are going to use it for peddling or not.
Thus a person who merely intends to walk down the street with a bunch of his necklaces
around his neck, or even carrying something like a lamp they made, must have over
$850,000 in insurance on a vehicle he does not possess. This is simple, outright,
corruption. It corrupts the economy, the country and the civil and economic rights of all
its citizens. The ONLY person it benefits is the downtown merchant and his landlord. If
some of the current merchants were sadly forced out of competition and their storefront
by the enterprises of their neighbors, it might also force a reduction in commercial rents.
This, too, would be good for the local economy in the long run.
Also, local "peddlers" shop in local stores. Each dollar spent expands 10 times. More
tourist dollars in tourist towns equals increased prosperity for the entire community.
A homeless person selling an item is also part of the local economy. If he has money, he will
spend his money in local businesses.
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Human Sacrifice in America, 5/6/2005
Although it happens in plain view every day in America, very few people
are aware of the human sacrifice going on around them. That is,
unless they are chosen as an unwitting victim. That is when the horror becomes
all too real.
It is a terrible catastrophe of unimaginable consequence. Indeed, it is one
of the major reasons America is dying.
Parents are losing their children and children are losing their parents and
being forced into poverty and dispair, leaving them to search for peace in many
kinds of deadly, life-destroying vices, further exasperating the problem and
accelerating the decline of the society as a whole.
These human sacrifices are unusual in that they are not being made for the good
of society as a whole. Even the Aztecs cut out human hearts for the good of the
whole society: for everyone.
Instead, Americans are sacrificing lives for the sake of
individual pleasure and self-indulgence, and literally everyone is given the
arbitrary right to perform the sacrifice whenever they wish, as long as they are
sacrifiing the lives of their own children and spouse.
They can also do this repeatedly, as often as they like, as long as each sacrifice
is preceded by a wedding ceremony so a new family can be prepared for sacrifice.
They have given themselves the power, especially their women, to sacrifice
whole lives, and whole families, on the alter of self-indulgence. They do
it to get happy in a momemt of unhappiness, and the State actually encourages it,
especially for the women, as it was the women who originally demanded the
right to sacrifice their family for their own sakes.
Children are torn from their rightful parents, usually the father in America,
greating tremendous emotional stress and distress that often result in the death
of children and spouses, and nearly always in poverty and dispair for all the
family members except one, which is the person performing the sacrifice.
As 50-70% of all family members are being sacrificed on a daily basis, it is
difficult to understand how it can go on, but it does.
This is mainly because most
Americans want to keep the family sacrifice as an option for themselves, should they
be having an unhappy time at any point in their lives.
After all, in America, the personal pursuit of happiness is what is important,
no matter how devastating the effects on others, including their own children,
and society as a whole.
That is why 1 in 3 adults has a non-curable STD.
I know this is true because I and my children are such sacrificial victims.
I bemoan days of honor.
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Tsunami, 12/27/2004
As of 12/28/2004, it is estimated at least 60,000 people have died in the Asian
Tsunami of 2004. This is 1 in 100,000 of the world's population of 6,000,000,000.
If another 60,000 die from disease and bad water, 1 in 50,000 worldwide will have
died....
As of 12/30/2004, there are 125,000 confirmed dead and disease is beginning to
spread. The confirmed dead still does not count remote areas that have not yet been
visited. This means the confirmed toll will rise. Sad to say, the USA death toll in
Iraq of 1,325 seems insignificant now....
As of 12/30/04, more than 1 in 50,000 people worldwide have perished. The toll will
continue to rise, probably above 150,000 dead from the tsunami and earthquake alone.
If the World Health Organization's worst fears are realized, another 150,000 or more
could die from disease.
If the toll rises to 300,000, then 1 in 20,000 people will have perished worldwide.
A disaster like the recent catastrophe around the Indian Ocean basin causes us all
to stop and pause. We ask how a loving Creator can destroy so many lives
indiscriminately, good with bad, deserving and innocent, all perishing together.
One of the things it makes me aware of is that the Creator is not human. It is far more
than that and It puts great forces in motion in Its process of creation. And though
we are most aware of the terrible human loss, all manner of creatures perished in
this terrible disaster. People will be grieving their pets, too, though I doubt many
humans will grieve the very important insects.
12/30/04)
What is amazing is that most of the "wild" animals escaped this disaster. They appear
to have all fled to high ground before the tsunami hit, where there was time.
The explanation for this is that the animals relying on nature for their survival
pay attention to each other. The mammals and fish in the sea feel the change in the
ocean, the birds notice the unusual behavior of the sea creatures and start to flee,
calling out cries of alarm. Other creatures notice the birds and
follow. Not only that, but animals like elephants have different senses than us,
being able to detect ground vibrations through their feet, etc., that we are not
aware of.
It is ironic that the very sophistiation that allows us to "rise above" the rest
of the animal kingdom, also isolates us from its innate wisdom when disaster is about
to strike.(End 12/30/04 Comment)
But the Creator also creates viruses that can strike down far larger organisms, and even the
small child can get cancer.
It is my belief that the "uncertainty principle" regarding our mortality is a
necessary element of the creation. All living things are subject to, and motivated by,
this aspect of our lives.
Everyone has to look over their shoulders, even the plants,
which have a complex system of chemical communication which allows them to warn each other of
attack by hostile beings, like bugs and fungi.
This uncertainty regarding our longevity drives us to do things we might otherwise
not do; like drinking and smoking, and even having sex; that won't kill us immediately,
and keeps us from doing other things; like perhaps flying or rock climbing; than can
kill us immediately.
As an aside, all creatures are also required to devour a living part of the creation,
or a part that was alive, to keep themselves alive in it. Although we as humans
might skip these elements if we were making the creation, the Creator has larger
interests.
It is wonderful we have the ability to fight our enemy species like germs and viruses,
and it is sad we cannot control earthquakes and tsunamis.
(Begin 1/10/2005 Comment)
But a Tsunami warning system will now be installed in the Indian Ocean, as it
should also be in the South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans, so our Creator has
allowed us a way to save ourselves from such catastrophes in the future.
We can now give Hurricane warnings
far in the advance of storms striking populated areas, and can help save our ships
at sea. Tornado warning systems and prediction systems are becoming more efficient
and are saving more lives.
If we can remember the compassion for our fellow man we feel today, in the wake of
this disaster, and remember that killing him in war is still killing him, and throwing
all who love him into devastation and grief, then we can keep humanity flowering
for the benefit of all, even the other species. We are destined for a technological
society and can not go back.
Perhaps the Creator chose this time for this particular disaster, in this age of
Weapons of Mass Destruction, and fanatics who would use them, to remind us of our
common humanity. It also might just be that a devastating earthquake happened when
it should have, according to the laws of nature.
But people of EVERY nation on the Earth are in mourning and grief, and contributing to
relief, regardless of race, religion, ethnic background or political status. This is
a Human disaster, rising above all our other shallow interests.
It surprises me how little aid for the suffering is coming from the most
conservative Muslim nations. I have visited some of them, and am aware of their
people's arrogance regarding other Muslims in other areas of the world,
and everyone else in the world in general, but their
obvious lack of basic human compassion in this instance shows the whole world just
how lost they have become.
I realize that a lot of Muslim charities are defunct because of the terrorism issue,
but certainly the Red Crescent is a great charity choice.
Being a "Biblical" man, I see things in a larger view. Civilizations generally bring
upon themselves what they deserve, just like the individuals who make them up. Right
now we have two extremes contending with each other, as is normally the case in
human affairs.
On the one hand we have the West, with its cultural arrogance, rampant promiscuity,
and failed attempt at total egalitarianism, where everyone's value is reduced to the
value of the least of value. Proud of respecting "other cultures", it ignorantly
tries to spread its, literally, diseased culture to others through its mass
media and entertainment industries, even to the most religiously conservative.
On the other hand, we have the arrogance of the "people of faith" who do not
understand the reasons behind what they do, or do not do, "religiously", and so have
carried things to extremes, or fanaticism and violence, to protect what they
believe and love, but can not explain.
An excellent example of this is the Muslim modesty, as enforced on both sexes.
The Creator has given us the ability to figure out that certain things cause
problems for us as individuals and societies. Somewhere along the line, we figured
out that promiscuity, having multiple sex partners, spreads disease. We also figured
out, because of a change in diet, according to Moses, that we could have more
intellectual discourse if we shielded our nudity and cut out a lot of the sexual
impulses initiated by our eyes. This shielding also allowed us to "assume", and
"assume" it is, because the clothes do not make the man, a false sense of
dignity. The Abu Garib incidents show us just how humble we get without our clothes.
The problem is that the conservatives of all faiths have come to believe that our
attractiveness towards each other in our natural, unclothed, state is evil,
whereas this is how the Creator made us, and it is not evil.
The fact that we have been able to learn about the dangers of promiscuity and the
benefits of stable marriages, and that modesty, in the covering of our natural
visual sexual stimulants, helps us to achieve a higher, healthier, level of society,
is a blessing, if we do not turn it into a curse ourselves.
The "Burka" is an
extreme placed on women so men can feel "good" about themselves for not having
desired, (lusted after), other women then their wives. They blame their feelings
on "evil" in others, women, rather than recognizing that the feelings are normal
and blessed, but that we have to control them for a healthy society.
Meanwhile, in their own false, clothed, vanity, the men still try to be as
"attractive" as they can be within the cultural norms they have set for themselves,
and this is hypocrisy.
Modesty among men and women is to be admired for the sake of all humanity, but
should be something based on understanding and should not be a
reason for one sex to suppress the other. It should be a thing both sexes embrace
as beneficial for all, especially for our children. Do you want to lose a child
to AIDS?
So these two cultures, the rampantly diseased, promiscuous West, and the fanatic,
extremely conservative, oppressively religious, Middle East, are at war, causing each
other great pain. I personally believe they have both brought it on themselves.
"Pride precedes the fall". (End 1/10/2004 comment)
Today, however, we are fortunate in that we can learn something from a disaster like
this. Because we have mass communiations, the whole world is privy to this disaster,
watching film on television and the Internet, watching poor souls being swept away.
This generates a compassion and understanding that transcends national boundries and
ethnic and religious backgrounds. Humanity as a whole is bleeding.
(12/30/04)
If we could remember this feeling of unconditional compassion for our fellow man,
in the future, perhaps we could lay down our arms and be more compassionate and
understanding towards each other when we are dealing with other matters..(End 12/30/04 comment)
At moments like this, I also feel for the Creator, beause I know It is feeling all
the grief of those who lost loved ones.
For the future, my biggest immediate fear is a bird flu pandemic coming out of Asia.
Scientists are predicting 1 in 100 will die from this next year if a vaccine is not
developed now, and the world's leaders are distracted by other things. I urge you
to put immediate pressure on our governments to pay attention to this NOW. More
cases of this virus have been detected each year and it is almost beyond containment.
This is URGENT. 1 in 100 is 60,000,000 people, the same as the AIDS pandemic is
currently claiming.
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Death of Pope John Paul II, 4/2/2005
Firstly, although educated in Catholicism, I am not a Catholic. You can try to
figure out "what" I am at my
Symbol of Unity site. "What" I am does not matter here.
What matters here is that the whole world lost a great friend today in the death
of Pope John Paul II.
Whatever your faith, even athiest, if you do not realize what a great man the world
has lost, you have a significant problem. He will probably be portrayed in history
as the most important advocate of world peace in the last half of the 20th Century.
This great man reached across all barriers, even religous, in the quest for peace,
mutual understanding, human compassion and decent, clean (uninfected), living.
He truely worked for the good of humanity as a whole.
In his attempt to communicate as widely as possible in person, he learned 28 different
languages, a significant accomplishment all by itself.
He stood for human decency and maintained the moral ethics and
structure of the Catholic Church through a tremendous period of change and social
turmoil brought on by the technological revolution.
Being the first real Pope of the technological era, he used technology to further
his mission of peace and brotherly love, what is best of what we have left of Jesus,
throughout the world. There is no one alive today who has been seen in person by more
people than Pope John Paul II.
I am certainly not worthy to write his obituary.
I cried tonight. I am teary now.
God rest a very, very, good man. I miss him already.
God bless his successor, who has huge shoes to fill,
and a very troubled future ahead.
(Begin 1/8/2006 comment)
Every time I think of "Saint" John Paul, (I am using "Saint" early because we all know
it is due), the image of him praying to Mary comes into mind. He considered Mary his
patroness and always prayed to her to intercede with God for him.
I so wish he had realized the fact that God is "omnipresent",
everywhere, which means inside us, too. It is not possible to be more
intimate, personal, loving, compassionate, understanding or forgiving than the
ever present Life creating us within.
The other thing is that even Jesus taught that it was only proper to pray in his
name, not to him. Jesus did not want people praying to him. He wanted
people praying to, and loving, what he knew lay within all of us: the eternal
Life creating all. But he knew that if people had the faith to just ask the Creator
something in his name (especially after his death, etc.), that the
chances were their faith would make what they wanted come to be. He knew
the power was in the faith, and just wanted to instill that faith, even just
a small amount, because he knew it only took a smidgen of faith to make things happen.
He certainly did not want people praying to his mother after she died. He was a Jewish
male directing people to pray to the Creator within, which is where he found the
Creator after fasting for a long time.
Poor Jesus. He planned his own excruciating, undeniable, death, so he could be
remanifested to just a few, who lost his true meaning within years.
Poor Saint John Paul, he never saw what Jesus did. If he did, he would not have
been praying to Mary. He would have been communing with, and loving, his own Life
within.
Poor Christians everywhere. Like the Pharisees of Jesus's time, their priests stand
at the trough and do not drink, and block the trough, so others can not drink either.
Even their true saints, like John Paul II.
(End 1/8/2006 comment)
(End of Comment on Pope John Paul II)
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Drinking and Driving, 5/9/2005
When I moved to the town I live in in 1979, there were at least 3 bands in town
every weekend and several restaurants where people could go for dinner and dancing.
In other words, the town had a healthy social life.
In those days, the Police had to follow the Constitution and they could NOT stop
people for frivilous reasons or for random checks just to see if they had been
drinking.
When the Clinton gang unconstitutionally forced the .08 BAC for drinking and driving
on the entire nation, by including it in the Highway Funds legislation, refusing to
provide States with highway funds rightfully theirs unless they complied with the
.08 level, and the Supreme Court made another Supreme Blunder in sacrificing our
Constitutional freedoms while in our vehicles, allowing the Police to stop us and
search and test us without probable cause, my town died.
Police officers actually went into the bars and restaurants and arrested people off
their bar stools for being drunk in public. In my town, .08 is not just the limit
for driving, it is also the limit for walking.
Three bars closed in that many months and we no longer have any bands to dance to
or bars to go to to socialize. If you are not involved in a play, or church group,
or some kind of charity organization or club, you do not go out at night.
Husbands and wives no longer go out for dinner and dancing and socializing with their
neighbors. The divorce rate has risen because couples can't go out anymore. So has
the suicide rate, right down into the High School.
The death rate from drinking related accidents, however, has not changed. In fact,
last year the County DA tried to get mandatory 1 year sentences for first offender
DUI's because "people weren't getting it".
I've got news for him. He is not getting it. First of all, the current
penalties are already cruel and unusual. When they take a person's car from him,
they deprive him of his right to work. In rural America, people lose their jobs
because they have no way to get there. Then they lose their homes and oft-times
their families due to divorce. To destroy a person's life over a .08 DUI is
beyond cruel, it is savage.
Secondly, if the DUI death rate is not dropping, the law does not work and is just
a bad law. More punishment won't fix it, it will only make people like me more
angry.
The .08 law might be fine in the cities, where there are buses and cabs and
trains at all hours of the night, and traffic is heavy. But it has killed our social
lives and the public discourse that comes with it, because all we have to get around
in is our cars and we live far apart. You can't get a designated driver when you
live alone in the country. It just doesn't happen. Those who say, "It can," are
idiots who live in the city and have never tried the rural life.
The ability of the Police to randomly stop us will never be right. People have a lot
of different tolerances to alcohol depending on how much they drink. I once had a crew
member who drank a quart of Vodka a day, but no one ever knew it. He did his job fine
and was never any problem. I only found out years later during a court case.
Whatever the legal limit, the Police should not be able to stop a car unless it is
in obvious violation of the law, which would result in a citation all by
itself, like speeding or weaving, etc.
We should not be judged by how much we have had to drink, but by our driving.
Women, for instance, are affected differently than men by alcohol because they
metabolize it differently. Should there not, therefore, be a different legal level
for men and women?
We, in the country, are suffering under the tyranny of the city people, the Liberal
political base in America. While they eat, drink, and dance, and wring their hands
over our "well-being" we sit at home night
after night with our booze, drugs, or junk food, and gradually drive each other mad
watching the junk Hollywood puts out. This is Orwelle's world; TV, Soma (drugs), and Sex,
and it is a rotten way to live.
In the country, men sitting alone, ruined by divorce, unable to go anywhere to
socialize, are loading their guns. That is why they have to have metal detectors
in Court Houses. If you have eyes, "see".
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Global Warming, Ice Ages, Tide Rises, 6/29/2008
On June 27th, 2008, our scientists announced that for the first time in human history the
Arctic ice will completely melt. This is terribly catastrophic. It was thought that would not
occur until 20 years from now, but it is happening this year. The effects of climate change
of this total melt will be catastrophically dramatic as the cold air coming down from the
north is essential to our normal weather patterns. Without that cold air, created when the
the air is cooled by polar ice, normal frontal conditions cannot be formed over the continents of
the northern hemisphere. Winters will become dramatically warmer and ice packs, which most of
the population relies on for fresh water, will not form in the mountains. I cannot stress
enough how important this all is. We are facing drought, crop failure and famine on a
global scale.
It is absolutely essential that we begin constructing CO2 scrubbers, not today, but yesterday.
The technology is there, and it will only cost 1.5% of the world GNP, and we must DO IT NOW!
Your worries about putting gas in your tank will seem like nothing compared to the worries
you will face in the next decades about putting food in your mouth. And this is if we just start
building them now. We must also begin a massive reforestation of the planet as trees are
great natural CO2 scrubbers. If elected, I will begin this process my very first day in office.
We are contributing to too rapid a change in the climate and we are shocking the various
biological systems that inhabit the Earth. This is the real, catastrophic, reality.
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Cure For ALL Sexually Transmitted Diseases Found, 5/14/2005
If all of humanity simply practiced the chastity and fidelity espoused by all the major
faiths for JUST ONE human lifespan, ALL Sexually Transmitted Diseases would
be eliminated, losing their means of transmission and survival.
What more needs to be said?
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The Fourth of July in Mendocino, 7/14/2005
The Fourth of July parade in Mendocino, California, has been an expression of the
most liberal values in the United States for years, as Mendocino County has to be one
of the most liberal counties in the country. So much so, that it has become a real
tourist attraction, with people coming from extreme distances to watch the "show".
There is the usual anti-war, anti-big-anything, anti-oil, mentality expressed through
various floats and "exhibits". Each year I grow more sad as I watch the insanity
increase.
This year they had bare-breasted women with "breasts not bombs" written on their bare
backs with a felt tip pen. I believe they should have been arrested as there were, of
course, tons of small children present. They weren't of course, and were the pictured
"exhibit" on the front page of the local paper.
What particularly irks me is that these very people who are so opposed to the war,
are the very reason there is a war. It is their unhealthy lifestyle the
conservatives of any faith despise, and it is that literally diseased culture the
conservative Muslims are trying to destroy.
American troops are dying to protect the
American obsession with sex and the ridiculous attempt to accomodate radical feminism
(and every other "ism").
These bombastic, egotistical (absolutely no personal humility), mostly marijuana
influenced, idiots keep blaming everyone else, especially
anyone who has risen to prominence, for the war they have brought on with their ridiculous,
failed sexual revolution and false egalitarianism of the 1960's and '70's.
The bare-breasted womb-men in the Mendocino parade would have had their heads cut off
long ago in the Muslim world. They better pray, a thing none of them are familiar with,
the Muslims don't win.
At least you would think they would accept the responsibilty for the war they have
caused and, if they want to continue in their failed life-styles, give the President
the power to nuke the whole conservatively religious world so American troops can stop
dying in an otherwise lost cause.
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Free Enterprise, 7/16/2005
Free Enterprise is something America is proud of, but it does not exist anymore. It
is what made the nation great, and built its economy, but it no longer exists.
It used to be that a person could arrive on a ship with just a nickel in his pocket,
go into a store and buy an apple, sell the apple on the street for a dime, go back in
the store, buy two apples, sell them, etc., until by evening, he had enough for a
meal and a bed. That was the level of opportunity in America.
Most Americans think it is still possible to do this, but it is not. Street vendors,
the very base of the economy, are outlawed everywhere. This is one of the reasons the
extremely poor, or homeless, can not care for themselves in America.
The main reason for this is that merchants do not want to compete with people on the
street who pay no city fees and who have no "business overhead" like rent and
electricity.
Nearly everywhere I've been in this world, and I've been in over 50 countries on
every coast of every continent, (except Antartica, for you purists), the poor and
disabled are allowed to care for themselves by breaking down packs of gum, bags of
candy, packs of cigarettes, etc., and selling their contents individually so as to make a
profit and care for themselves. This is also true of watches and other products,
including jewelry and artwork, or gadgets, they do themselves or obtain elsewhere.
This used to be true in America, but sadly is not anymore. Very few towns or cities allow
street vendors without very difficult to obtain permits and licenses, which the poor
and mentally disadvantaged certainly can not attain.
Likewise, State and Federal parks require concession permits that are bid upon and
require an endless chain of bureaucratic procedures.
So America used be a land of so-called "Free Enterprise", but has long since
ceased to be. President Reagan even established so-called "Free Enterprise Zones"
in America. How ridiculous is that? Why are "Free Enterprise Zones" needed in the,
yes, so-called, land of "Free Enterprise"?
What America is now is a land of "Regulated Enterprise". It is enterprise by permit,
or "permission", only, and the permission always requires the payment of money.
In short, America has already become something that "Used To Be". America
is already gone. No more free land, no more free enterprise. America is already just
a myth.
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"What The Bleep We Know", 7/23/2005
I STRONGLY recommend EVERYONE OF EVERY AGE watch the movie
"What The Bleep We Know".
It explains what modern science knows about the very nature
of our beings, and how the world manifests itself around us as we live in it, in a
very entertaining, easy to understand way, cartoons and all.
This is the kind of thing I talk about on my
"Symbol of Unity"
site from a personal perspective: a world of light, instead of a world of rock and
dirt.
My children introduced me to the movie, and I was so grateful because they no longer
thought I was the only one who understood, and sees, what I do. It has opened
the spiritual world for them in a very nice way.
Everyone I have talked to who has seen the movie has loved it.
I guess I'm a movie critic now.
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Me And "The DaVinci Code", 7/23/2005
I make and sell
Beach, or Sea Glass jewelry and used to sit down near the beach where
I collect the Sea Glass and sell my jewelry to the tourists.
I was sitting there one day this June (2005), reading "The DaVinci Code" to pass my
time, and a woman came back up off the beach
and asked me if it was usual to find rose-colored glass.
At the moment I was reading about a five-petaled rose in the book, the major symbol
in a book of symbols, because it represents the Holy Grail, which is what the book is about.
I said, "No, rose is very rare. I don't even have any."
She said, "Well, I found a piece," and put her hand in her pocket. I expected her to pull
out a small pebble. Instead, she handed me one of the most beautiful pieces of beach glass
I have ever seen come off the beach.
I looked at it and was totally put in a state of awe when I saw it had a perfect
five-petaled rose on it, complete with three sets of leaves: the very same rose
I was reading about in the book when she walked up! (Picture below)
When I showed her what I reading in the book, she gave me the piece of sea glass,
the most beautiful piece of beach glass I had seen up until then.
God forgive me, I think her name is Celia.
The finishing touch was that she was from "Santa Rosa", or "Saint Rose", California.
This is the world of magic and light I live in.
Beautiful, often not-so-sublime, synchronicities everywhere.
Please read my
"Symbol of Unity" site for how to live in a world like this, too.
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A Neurotic "Religious" Woman, 8/18/2005
When I sit down near
"Glass Beach"
and sell my
Beach, or Sea, Glass jewelry, I also display my
"Symbol Of Unity" products. The Symbol of Unity is my new peace symbol for the 21st century
and it contains the Buddhist Wheel, Christian Cross, Hindu Om, Jewish Star of David,
and Muslim Crescent Moon and Star, all in one unifying symbol.
A woman came back up from the beach and was acting very excited about my jewelry,
especially my earrings: indeed, I had even pulled out my reserve stock for her: when
she noticed my
Symbol of Unity products and asked what they were.
When I told her it was a new peace symbol containing the symbols of all five major
faiths, and that I wanted people to start thinking about what they had in common,
instead of what separated them, she immediately went to her car, which happened to be
parked next to mine, and took out a 5" x 8" picture of the dead Jesus' head with what
she said were "all the prayers of salvation" on the back, which she wanted to give
me.
I thanked her and told her I lived in a small place (I live in a 24 foot Class C motor
home) and had no place to put it, and that she would be better off giving it to someone
else. She said I could put it in my car. I said, no, I really had no place for it and
that I already knew what Jesus taught. She said "Jesus is the way," and I said "Yes,
his way is the way and I know what that is. I live it and the Kingdom he
spoke of is here (Jesus said "at hand", instead).
She said, "No, Jesus is the only begotten son of God and the only way to heaven is through
praying to him." I tried to explain a bit and she and her husband just got in the car
and drove away after she said, "I just don't understand why you won't accept this
picture that is being received and loved so much by everyone all over the world!"
She was quite upset.
If she had the common, and yes, I mean common, courtesy to hear me out, she might
have come to understand what Jesus actually taught instead of what the lost have
taught her by rote. She would have learned what Jesus actually meant by the words
in the New Testament.
She thought I was a down-and-out street peddler hawking some pagan religious symbol.
If she had taken just one deep breath, and suffered a few moments of humility, instead
of pursuing her hopeless crusade head-long, she would have learned that I am a Cum Laude
graduate of a Federal Academy, with an IQ of 141, who has Mastered ships (sailed as
Captain) for 14 years, and who has visited over 50 countries on every coast of every
continent (except Antarctica), studying the faiths of all the peoples on my way,
in 27 years at sea.
I have a very dear friend who has had a close brush with death due to her vices.
In the process, she has become one of the most spiritual people I know. She really
doesn't understand it all like I do, but her faith is simple and her spiritual vision
very clear, and she is actually one of the people I know who have had a truly
"miraculous cure".
Unfortunately, her mother, who is just like the woman at the beach today, still puts
her down at family gatherings because she is still the "black sheep" in her eyes.
I have spoken with her mother and she, also, will listen to nothing but catch phrases,
exactly like the woman today: "Jesus is the way!"
People like this cling to these phrases like the last piece of flotsam off a shipwreck, and pray
to everyone (especially Jesus) but their Creator, never feeling a truly spiritual
moment, always uneasy, usually fat from a gluttony caused by the uneasy feeling in
the pit of their stomachs (both these women fit that profile).
You don't hear it much anymore, but fat people are all gluttons and gluttony is a
sin because it leads to diabetes, amputations, blindness, and other horrible things.
It is just as bad as drug addiction or alcoholism, and just as deadly.
Gluttons mindlessly consume other life forms in excess to quell their fear. They
kill in excess and consume their kill to quell their fears. They mistake the
secure feeling of a full stomach with the true security found in a loving,
intimate relationship with their own life, the Creator.
Spiritual people quell the fear in their bellies by communing with their Creator.
These gluttons then point their swollen fingers at anyone who would
take a drink, or a smoke, to relieve their own stress, conveniently forgetting their own
gluttony, and the terrible diseases it causes, all in the name of Jesus,
who taught people not to judge each other, like I am judging now. (Jesus was a terrible
hypocrite in this regard, judging the hypocrites and politicians all the time,
while saying not to judge.)
If the lady should ever find me again and read this, I would like to say that,
first of all, I do not display religious pictures or icons of any sort except my own
Symbol of Unity. I have one photo collage of my children and me and that is it.
Secondly, I do not repeat the prayers of anyone else. I like the "Our Father" of
Jesus the best, but my relationship with my Creator, like the relationships shared by
Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Buddha,
Krishna, etc., is internal and as personal as talking to myself. When I talk
to my Creator, my life within, I do it intimately and personally, exactly like I
am talking to my self because that is what I am doing, talking to my "Greater Self",
the actual life within me. THAT is the Creator. It is creating my world and me as I live
in it. IT is THE LIFE, and I love It more than anything, as you should, too. After all,
It is your Life, too, and It is creating you as you live and breath.
The point here is that it is not JESUS that is the "Way". It is Jesus' Way that is the
way. That is why he said we could ALL do what he did. Love your very life, for that is
the Creator and It is within you ("The Kingdom lies within you.").
Ask It questions and It will answer in that soft voice of intuition or inspiration
within you.
Ask It for things in the material world, especially healings, and It will grant them
and manifest them in the material, physical, world, often within minutes, depending
on what it is you asked for, like a parking space or cool breeze.
("The Kingdom of Heaven is spread out over the Earth before you.")
When you see that happening, you enter the world of light and eternal life.
The life that animated Jesus is the same life animating you: the Creator. Thus
Jesus could say, "I am in the Creator, and the Creator is in me. I am in you, and you
are in me. The Creator is in you, and you are in the Creator." (Misquote deliberate).
He meant he would
always be with them, and in them, because it was the very same Life animating them
all. Likewise, he is always with us now in spirit. This does not mean his ghost or
re-incarnated body is floating around or anyone should talk to him. His life force
is literally the same life force animating you, the One Life Force creating everything.
Again, for those who want to understand this from a scientific point of view,
I highly recommend the movie
"What The Bleep We Know", available in your video stores.
This movie, GREAT for ALL AGES, explains what the great spiritual teachers knew
scientifically, though simply, through Quantum Mechanics and Cosmology, our highest
science.
It saddens me that so many people have been misled so far astray by the deification
of Jesus that they can never experience what he did, like I do. Blind fanatics of any
faith are always sad to me, and it is they who cause all the wars and hate through the
bigotry inherent in their blind faith and "Catch Phrase Religion".
If you really want the simple truth, read my
"Symbol of Unity"
site. Then give it some thought...meditate on it...and ask the Life within
you what It thinks of it...commune with your Self over it and touch the Life
within....
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Spiritual people commune with, and love
more than all, the very Life creating them. This is the Creator, our very life
force. If you commune with It, whether you call it "meditation" or "prayer", and love
It, then you are spiritual. If you do not do this, you are not spiritual, no matter
what "religious" laws you follow or how often you wash your hands, or who else you
pray to.
If you do this, and learn to petition your own Life and Consciousness with prayer,
you will see your prayers answered and the world becomes a fluid place of light,
molding itself around you as you ask for things (or don't, see "The Da Vinci Code And
Me" above), instead of a world of rock and
dirt.
You also begin to realize the Life within you is eternal, and enter a world of eternal
life where God is everywhere, and this is the Kingdom Jesus and the other great
teachers spoke of. If your life is eternal, and God is everywhere, and miracles happen
all the time, you are in heaven.
Every time you focus your attention on the Life within you, especially when focusing
the attention on the brain, you commune with the Creator creating you. It is as
simple as that. Touch your Life within and you touch God.
Again, I suggest you read my
"Symbol of Unity"
site.
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American Politics, 8/24/2005
I did not post this during the last election beause I do not want to get into a
political debate. I believe the problems are much deeper and try to address them on my
"Symbol of Unity"
site. I believe if we address those problems, most of the others will fall into line.
I no longer vote because I do not want to be called for jury duty, enforcing laws I
believe are evil. Before that, I always voted for what I considered to be the lesser
of two evils, which is a sad thing to have to say.
I do want to make one comment, however, now that the latest circus is over.
Personally, I do not believe either candidate had the wisdom or educational background
to be President. If elected, Kerry would be making grand mistakes, too, just like
Bush.
If I had voted, however, I would have voted for Bush for one primary reason: Bush,
even when wrong (like the catastrophe in Iraq), acts according to his conscience.
Kerry, on the other hand, said he disagrees with abortion because of his Catholic
faith, but that he would give the people anything they wanted that way (really, any
way), if they would send him to Washington as President.
This is the fatal flaw in Democracies. It begins in the Republic stage, where
politicians must pander to just some voters. In the United States, this pandering led
to the eventual enfranchisement of all males by 1860 and all women in the 1900's.
Before then, voting was NOT A RIGHT, but an earned priviledge.
People like Kerry pander to anyone for the sake of power. They are whores. They sell
out their own principles for power, wealth and fame, and the political ranks are full
of them. I want men who vote their own conscience in power, not some jerk (like most
politicians) that will stand for anything just to get elected.
Great Republics grow and prosper because voting is restricted and men of conscience
can be elected to govern, independent of the will of the ignorant masses.
This is why America and all the Western-style Democracies are failing. The ignorant
masses are ruling through polls, and they get a government that reflects that simple
fact of political life: a government of individuals who no longer vote their
conscience: a government of simple-minded, greedy, power-and-fame seeking whores.
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New Orleans Tragedy, Hurricane Katrina, 9/02/2005
I see the newscasters, as usual, acting like a pack of dogs going for the blood of
those in power.
It is never, "What can we learn from this new situation?", but rather, "Who messed up
by not knowing how to deal with this new situation?" The question is always aimed at
pointing at a wrong in the people in power. ("Yes or no, have you stopped beating
your wife yet?") They are like rabid dogs leading the pack
of rabid dogs that make up the masses in times like these.
It will be noticed there was no news coverage of the people working to bring relief.
There was no coverage of the National Guardsmen getting notice at work that they were
needed, getting ready to go, reporting for duty, being transported to the area.
There was no coverage of the equipment that had been prepositioned and the new
equipment and supplies being brought in from all over the country. There was also
no coverage of the tremendous logistics effort a thing like this takes at the
national level: just muckraking.
There was no coverage of what it takes to do a mobilization like this, the hard work
going on all over the country: only gripes.
Where was the coverage of the people clearing the roads and waterways so relief could
get through? Does anyone know how long that takes and how hard a job it is,
other then the dedicated individuals doing it?
The fact is that fault lies everywhere for this catastrophe. Imprudence in Washington
delayed too long an overhaul of New Orleans' defences, even though studies have shown
this was eventually going to happen. (As an aside, we are only at the beginning of a long
period of increased Hurricane impact on the United States. Look at the hurricane
paths of destruction for just the last two years and you will see a VERY large area of
the southeast, from Louisiana to Florida now, that is currently Hurricane damaged and
far from full recovery. Much more damage can be expected over the next 20-30 years
because of the natural climatic cycle we are in.)
At particular fault is this, and previous, city administrations who knowingly left
evacuation plans in place that basically deserted the poor, old, housebound, sick,
and foolish. They knew that in this scenario, power would be out in the supposed
"shelters", and they also knew how many would fail to leave on their own. Death tolls
had been included in the predicitions, which included estimates of when national
(Federal) aid and relief could arrive.
The city of New Orleans failed to provide adequate evacuation plans for ALL
of the population. They also failed to provide for their people as refugees, making
plans ahead for their housing in other states should this happen.
I suggest that during an evacuation of any city all cars are required to pull over for
the very next hitchhiker if they are not yet full. Cars reaching freeway entrances
that are not full should be pulled over and not allowed to enter the freeway until
they are full.
Certainly every truck and bus should be used and full.
Every vehicle being directed into a situation like this should have food, water and
medicine in it. This includes helicopters. These supplies should be commandeered
from grocery stores and pharmacies as close as possible to such areas, and should not
be waited for to be brought in from farther away. Vouchers can be given to store
owners for the supplies commandeered.
The city also failed to ensure the designated "shelters" had enough food, water, and
medicine to last until Federal aid could arrive.
Like all cities, they still have not obtained secure, reliable, communications for
their emergency personnel.
The Governor's office failed to respond forcefully enough to the situation once the
city flooded and the Mayor lost control. National Guard troops from neary states
ought to have been mobilized as soon as the city flooded. All buses and trucks
from as close as possible (remember the hurricane devasted a vast area)
should have been commandeered, along with their drivers and fuel trucks full of
fuel.
These things put burdens on the immediate neighbors to disasters, but they can
easily make due for a few days until their shortages are made up. Most homes
have several days of food and people can avoid using fuel for a few days if they
have to. Mind you, their stores should not be stripped, but most stores can
donate a huge amount of inventory of non-perishable items without the local
population going through undo hardship.
What is particualarly disgusting to me is the "race card" being played by the
opportunistic. Anyone suggesting that the huge beauracracies involved in this relief
effort, or the President or anyone else, delayed for an instant because of the race
or economic status of the survivors is a racist and an enemy of all the
people. These so-called "Reverends" and Congressional personnel are all weak, phony,
opportunists who do everyone ill by creating ill-will and suspicion where there
should be none. They are only trying to raise themselves in public esteem at the
cost of those honestly working for humanitarian reasons and the poor victims of this
terrible catastrophe.
These are the very worst of our politicians and false prophets.
The racists who point out that all the looters, snipers and rapists are black need
to look at the thousands of black faces sitting peacefully beyond patience, waiting
to be rescued.
This is an unprecedented catastrophe in America. When all is said and done, and in
spite of poor planning on the city and state level, I believe Americans will be able
to be proud of this huge relief effort, and all that made it happen.
I suggest you email the news rooms and complain about their inadequate coverage of the
relief effort. The misery, suffering and death, and human fallibility, are only half
the story, and, as usual, the news media is pursuing its own political and economic
agendas instead of truely working for the public good.
I am also very disappointed in the lack of coverage on the Networks. This is a far
greater tragedy than 9/11, and they gave that days of unbroken coverage. For this
huge disaster and relief effort, we get an extra half hour of national news while
they continue to air their tripe all day long.
God help and bless all the victims, and damn the looters, shooters, and rapists.
Anyone looting more than food, water, medicine and emergency supplies like
flashlights, battery operated radios and TV's. etc., should be shot on sight
or summarily executed if they surrender. The same should be true of the shooters
and rapists.
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Troops Policing On U.S. Soil, 10/06/2005
The United States government is trying to prepare the population for a terrible
pandemic coming when the Asian "Bird Flu" begins to spread from human to human.
This is something everyone should be watching closely. The success in treating
re-generated "Spanish Flu" virus, which was also a "Bird Flu", from the 1918
pandemic, with modern anti-virals, gives hope that, even without a vaccine, we can
greatly decrease the death rate. The best case is that we can actually prevent the
jump to human-to-human contagion. But the race is very tight and governments are
starting to prepare their populations for the worst case scenario.
Most Americans wonder why the regular military was not deployed for law enforcement
duties after hurricane Katrina. The fact is, it is illegal to use the regular
military for police duties on United States soil.
If such duties are required from a military source, the National Guard is expected
to fill the need. This is a constitutional issue. The Founding Fathers felt it would
be better for local troops (local militia) to carry out such police functions
as they would be familiar to the local populace, and vice-versa. It also protects
States Rights from Federal intervention.
President Bush has proposed allowing regular military troops to provide security
during the coming pandemic. This is in direct violation of the Constitution and is
another step towards the dismanteling of the Republic and the establishment of a
dictatorship.
Under NO circumstances should American regular military troops be deployed on American
soil in such a fashion. If additional security for the emergency is needed, both
LOCAL National Guard forces and regular Police should be expanded to include auxiliaries
instead.
Once the regular military is deployed against Americans on American soil, a precedent
will have been set that can never be reversed. It would be a terrible mistake.
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False Representations By "Hollywood", 10/06/2005
The "Entertainment Industry" is greatly responsible for many of the ills of the West.
This is due to a variety of reasons. There is a sincere intention by most in the
industry to try to make things better. Unfortunately, what most of them think is
"better" is based on a failed, drug-induced, ignorant, irresponsible, selfish,
self-centered, vain, passe' 60's philosophy that
has done as much damage in the West as the "Cultural Revolution" did in China.
The primary problem is that the people in the Entertainment Industry want to try to
change the world by continually showing how they think it should be, rather than
how it is.
To this end they have diminished the heroic male to a wisp and placed wise, smart,
particularly black, womb-men everywhere. I can no longer find a male hero to watch on
TV. All the heros are female or gay, or both plus black. This is not reality and men
resent it.
The reality is that most of the population in the West is fat. But even the extras in
TV Land are always thin. This is a lie that gives a false sense of security to a
sickeningly (literally) obese population.
Male stars can be any age and be as ugly as all get out, but females are always
young and beautiful. This is another "Hollywood" lie. All they care about is that sex
sells and only young, pretty, womb-men are sexy. As a successful, professional male,
this greatly offends me. Young people are not wise because they have not lived and
you do not find pretty young womb-men in these positions. The presumption is
offensive.
And in "Hollywood", the garbage collector now lives in the same spacious house as the
town doctor. Everyone in "Hollywood" gets to live middle-class lives or better,
regardless of their abilities or educational level. This gives terribly wrong expectations
to the young and is just another big lie I'm getting tired of seeing.
I much preferred "The Honymooners" and Lucy and Desi's appropriate apartments.
I don't know who these people are serving. They are ceratinly not serving me. I guess
they are self-serving people serving themselves.
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The "Non-Civil" War In Iraq, 10/17/2005
Everyone in the West seems to think the so-called "insurgents" in Iraq are fighting a
"Civil" war. This is not true. The "insurgents" are Sunnis fighting Shias. If you
click on this
Muslim Distribution Map link, you will see that, INTERNATIONALLY,
the Shias are
a very small island in a sea of Sunni. There is the small Arab island in Iraq, and
a slightly larger island in non-Arab Iran. (The Iranians do not like Arabs and
vice-versa, which is why the two never get together.)
The Sunnis are spread out across two continents.
This is the
Muslim War Map.
The war is between these two groups, and the Sunnis are drawing troops
from their whole domain. Looking at a map of Iraq alone is extremely misleading
because this is not a "Civil" war, it is a religious war, Sunni against Shia.
I can see no success for the goals of the United States for the same reason. When
they manage to finally withdraw somehow, the Sunnis will attack again and prevail,
just as they did under Saddam Hussein.
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Intelligent Design versus Darwin's Theory of Evolution, 11/8/2005
The discoveries made in the field of Quantum Physics, or Quantum Mechanics, makes the
argument about "Intelligent Design" and Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection moot.
Quantum Mechanics, our highest science, tells us that the universe actually materializes
around us as we live in it, according to our immediate reactions to it and our hopes, prayers,
dreams, and fears. In fact, our own sub-atomic particles actually "pop" into and out of
being all the time so, at any moment, parts of our very selves aren't even here.
They go so far as to say that the universe only exists in the light flashes between
the synapses of our brains. This means the universe has no solid reality, even though
we perceive it as being so, and that the Life that animates us is creating the apparent
"external" world, too, as we live in it.
Because of this, it is a very real scientific possibility that even though the physical
universe appears to be about 14 billion years old, it could be eternal and would
appear that way to any observer in any place at any time.
It could also be that this present universe literally "popped" into being at any
time, with all of its apparent history, such as fossils, in place to give the
illusion of greater age.
Unless we think the universe began with our own birth, and revolves soley around us,
and all others older than us are illusions, then we must accept that the history
passed on to us from our ancestors was the the best they had in the communal memory,
and that the universe has existed at least as long as human history.
As we know Oriental and Indian histories go back farther than the 6,000 years some
people derive from
the book of Genesis, and since Cain had to worry about "others" after he killed
Abel and was exiled, we must conclude that Genesis is the mythical creation story of
one people, the Jews.
What is remarkable about Genesis, who most attribute to Moses, is that he acknowledges
in it that the creation is made of light, and just "pops" into being at the will of the
Creator; the original Life. I believe Moses included this because he was a mystic
who saw and lived in the world of light explained through Quantum Mechanics. Hence
his miracles. I believe all the great teachers saw this world, as do I. I see it
because I do what they said to do in order to see it. I commune with,
and love very deeply, the Life creating me from within.
Because of how the universe is generated, Darwin's theories are doomed to always
remain just theories because we now know that the universe could have been begun at
any "time" and been made to just appear to have slowly evolved over time, including
the life forms in it.
People assume the Creator is "people-like" because the major faiths all perpetuate
these misconceptions. The Creator is not human. Humans are created in Its "likeness"
in spirit, not flesh. The lion is also created in the Creator's likeness, as is the
lamb. All living things reflect the nature of the Creator. This is why we say the
Creator is "everywhere". It is spirit, not flesh, and very much MORE than that
expressed by the human spirit.
Because of this, and because It is eternal and has all the "time" It can imagine
for Itself, It might well have preferred to slowly evolve the entire universe as
explained by physical science, including the evolution of life on this planet from
one cell into all the varieties extant today, experiencing and savoring Its creation
through all the previous life forms we have evidence of.
I learned to enter the world of light by practicing what the great teachers all said
to do: commune with and love the Life creating me from within. There is no way I know
of to "see" that world and "enter" it unless one does this. I love Quantum Physics,
and all science, really, but I know that "undertanding" what it is saying is not the
same thing as "seeing" and experiencing what it is saying.
I also know that this is what I want my children to "see" and I encourage them all
the time to commune with love within so they can enter here.
Because I live in the world of light that becomes real when one learns to petition
the intelligent Life within, I know there is an "intelligent design" to the creation.
The Life creating me is far more intelligent than I (my ego) am. I can wiggle my finger,
but I can not even tell you how. I simply "wish" it to move, and it does. The Life
creating me from within, however, not only knows "how" to wiggle the finger, it knows
how to make the finger, itself. "I" (my ego) do not.
When I commune with my Greater Self, I am communing with a far greater intelligence
than I. It is THAT Greater Self that desires and causes each new evolution of each
species, if such evolution exists, which it "apparently" does.
If the evolution of life forms on this planet began with just a single cell,
it was intelligently evolved from there by the very life existing "within" that cell.
A creature cannot evolve an eye to see light, no matter how rudimentary, unless it knows
the light is there to "see". It can not know this unless the knowledge comes from within.
Also the knowledge of how to evolve that eye or the ear, nose, tongue, and skin
necessary to experience the other senses.
My personal preference is that the Creator chose to evolve the entire universe slowly
over time, right from the "Big Bang", so-to-speak, when it first created the light the
universe is made of. This fits nicely with my concepts of a unhurried, eternal, Creator
enjoying and savoring imagining Its creation into being. It also lets me wonder at the
dinosaurs and all the other things that have apparently existed on this single planet
as realities.
However, I realize it could all just have "popped" into being, just appearing to be
this old and having gone through so many stages, at "any time", being solely created
for the "human experience". The Creator might not be satisfied at any time expressing
Itself through creatures who know nothing of music, art, drama, humor, etc.
When I say "any time", I mean any time except the time derived
from Genesis. People who have to cling to Genesis as "literate" are ignorant and
insulting to fellow human cultures who have longer, verifiable, histories. They also
are in constant denial as they can never explain who Cain had to fear or who he bred
with and where they came from. The same problem exists if Adam and Eve had other
children.
So, what do we teach our children? We teach them that the universe appears to have
"popped" into existence about 14 billion years ago, and that it appears that life
evolved slowly, but that it could have "popped" into being as recently as just prior
to human history and might just be made to appear that old.
In either case, the universe is constantly materializing around us as we live in
it, and is really only occuring in non-spatial space/time. It is only the
"imaginings" of the Life creating and experiencing it, and that Life is our very
life, animating each of us.
And we teach them to commune with that Life within and to love It with all their
hearts, so THAT Life, that Greater Part of themselves,
takes joy in living here through them, and so blesses them in the fulfillment of
their dreams, and aspirations and answers their prayers.
We teach them this because we now KNOW it is true through both science and the spiritual
traditions of all the faiths.
Evolution is not proven fact. Neither are any of the creation myths of any faith.
The creation myths exist solely because no one ever had a knowledge of when the
universe actually began and people needed a beginning to relate to. Any partially
educated individual now knows they contain a lot of pure speculation and are mostly
contrived stories meant to simply satisfy human curiosity. It
is time to re-evaluate the entire debate in view of what we now know through Quantum
Physics.
To simply understand what the Quantum Physicists are telling us,
I STRONGLY recommend EVERYONE OF EVERY AGE watch the movie
"What The Bleep We Know".
It explains what modern science knows about the very nature
of our beings, and how the world manifests itself around us as we live in it, in a
very entertaining, easy to understand way, cartoons and all.
I guarantee the present debate is already moot.
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American Torture, 11/17/2005
I find it incredible that "Torture" is even under discussion in the United States.
It is understandable that captured "soldiers" from the other side have to be detained
until the "war" is over, and, given the goals of Al Qaeda, who knows when that will
be.
The only alternative would be to do what they are doing, which is executing all
prisoners, usually brutally, after torturing them.
The fact that Americans are even considering torture shows how fearful of Al Qaeda
they are, and how far their moral values have declined.
There is also no difference in torturing someone yourself, or turning the individual
over to someone else to do the torturing. It also does not matter on what soil the
torture takes place.
What happened at Abu Garaib was an unfortunate indication of how low American moral
values have sunk, as expressed by how the troops chose to intimidate the prisoners
there. But what they did was not torture unless they struck them or set dogs on them.
What they did was "intimidation", which is different.
Granted, intimidation can reach the point of extreme mental cruelty,
such as repeatly making a prisoner think he is about to be executed,
which some would consider to be torture, so some limits must be set.
The point is that as soon as Americans advocate torture they lose all moral high
ground, regardless of what the other side is doing. The Germans mistreated
American soldiers in World War II, but the Americans, as a rule, did not mistreat
the Germans. They fed them turnips and cheap food, but did not starve them.
But investigators must be able to effectively interrogate prisoners using all
appropriate means, and intimidation and fear are appropriate means of interrogation
used by every police department on every civilian population.
In a war situation this should be able to include acceptable levels (non-health
threatening) of things like sleep deprivation, periods of solitary confinement,
and minimum, mundane, diet. This is "Psychological Warfare" and is certainly
appropriate. When coupled with an indeterminate period of confinement and
continued interrogations, it puts
great pressure on the individual to come to terms with his captors.
There is no point in doing any of this if it is thought the individual has no
information to offer. Then the intimidation techniques just become an additional,
small-minded, punishment. Once it is determined an individual has nothing more to
reveal, they should be kept imprisoned according to the standards of the prisons
in their own country. They should have no reason to expect better. This also saves money.
Of course this is a problem in Iraq itself, because the Americans are setting up the
prisons there according to American standards. The actual conditions are the torture
holes the militias are running.
I think most Americans have no clear concept of what torture is. When does "mistreatment"
become "torture"? Certainly some "mistreatment" must be used in the interrogations
of new prisoners. Confinement in prison itself is "mistreatment".
The fact that "torture" is even being discussed as an "alternative lifestyle" (something
Americans like, those "alternative lifestyles"), however, is disgusting.
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Renters and Pets, Another American Injustice, 11/26/2005
There is a terrible injustice in America regarding the status of renters and pets.
Pets occasionally cause excessive damage in rental properties. Because of this, nearly
every landlord bans pets. This is a bigotry and discrimination that must end.
Pets offer many benefits to their owners. They relieve stress. benefit general health,
and are of huge benefit in the socialization of children.
To tell a renter who moves from a rental that allows pets that he must abandon his pets
to move into a new rental is cruel in the extreme. People form bonds with their pets
that are as strong as with any family member.
To deny them the health benefits of pets is also inhumane and many places now have laws that
protect those in extreme need of affection from "pet discrimination".
In my book, it is just as bad to deny a person a rental because they have pets as it
is because of their race or religion. It is just cheap, economic extremism.
I can understand a landlord requiring an extra security deposit for pets, but that is
it. As far as a landlord being afraid they can not rent out a rental after people who
have pets have lived there, this is bunk, as there are a lot of people who are
literally clamoring for a pet rental.
While I am on the subject, I am also greatly disturbed by the "anti-dog" attitude
in nearly all municipal codes. Just because a few meek, "'fraidy cat" people don't
like dogs, is no reason why dogs must have leashes in all places. Dogs need to run
for their health and they provide valuable health benefits to the overall community.
Dog owners should also feel free to let their dogs run and play freely in areas
designated for that use. This should include beaches, parks and public places everywhere
so all dog owners have a convenient place to let their dogs run freely if they
want to.
I am sick and tired of the rule of the meek in this country. Every weak, meek,
individual seems to be able to get more and more restrictive laws passed because
"someone might get hurt." Well, to me, that's life. Get out of mine and stay home
in your padded cell if you are a coward. I am sick of you intruding into my life
and pursuit of happiness.
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Emails From/To a Baptist Minister, 12/11/2005
I met a baptist minister and his family one day at the beach, selling my sea glass
jewelry. He gave me a pamphlet and, when they got home, we exchanged the following
emails. Since his comments were not posted on my BLOG site, I am leaving him
anonymous.
(I am printing their emails in all capitals as that is how they sent them to me, even though
it is extremely rude and the equivilent of shouting.)
("MINISTER'S WIFE" wrote:)
HELLO CAPT. CASS,
MY HUSBAND AND I AND DAUGHTER MET YOU AT GLASS BEACH LAST WEEKEND. WE TOLD YOU WHERE TO FIND THE PRETTY JADE AND JASPER STONES. HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO THERE, WE WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS A LITTLE FARTHER THAN 5 MILES PROBLEY ABOUT 10 MILES. WE ENJOYED STOPPING ONCE MORE BEFORE HEADING HOME. WE AGAIN FOUND MORE PRETTY STONES, MY DAUGHTER JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO IF YOU WENT AND WHAT YOU WILL DO WITH THEM. ME I WANT TO POLISH MINE!!
MAY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MAN KIND LEAD YOU IN TO HIS PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS!!!
REV. 1:5AND 6
SINCERELY
"MINISTER & WIFE"
(MY REPLY:)
Hi (Minister & Wife);
Thank you for your email.
I haven't had time to go rock hunting up there yet, but some day I'll check it out
so I know where to send people. I live in an RV these days, so don't have a lot of
room to store rocks! My personal collection is in storage at the moment.
I appreciate your commitment to Jesus. I have pondered his words and life my entire
life, along with those of all the great teachers. I now fully understand what he
taught and see the world as he, and the others, saw it. I do not live in a world of
rock with the promise of a vague afterlife. I literally live in a world of light
where my very life is eternal, and miracles occur all the time.
I do not "pray" to Jesus or any dead people. Instead, I commune with his very life,
which is my life: and yours. Doing this opens the door to the world of light and
eternal life.
Please visit my
(Symbol of Unity) website if you want to understand my journey, and how I am
trying to bring about a spiritual revival by getting people to assume a
"holy spirit", as Jesus did. I suggest you rent and watch the movie "What the BLEEP
We Know", first, so you can see how our Quantum Physicists explain the same thing
through our modern science. It is very entertaining and your children will love it,
too, and it will give them good reason to try to understand Jesus.
As science is international, and taught in all schools worldwide, it is only a
matter of a short period of time before everyone knows there is a scientific reason
behind what the great teachers taught. This will help them better understand the
difference between "spirituality" and "religion" and tolerance and world peace
should follow.
The Kingdom of Heaven definitely lies within, and it is definitely also spread out
over the Earth before us. It is at hand, all we have to do is pick it up by assuming
a "holy" spirit, rolling our eyes up, and communing with love with the very life
creating us from within. I assume all these words are familiar to you, though
paraphrased....
This is also how he could say, "I am in the Creator, and the Creator is in me. I am
in you, and you are in me. You are in the Creator, and the Creator is in you." Get
it? It is also how he could say, "I am always with you," because we are all always
with each of us because the very life that animates us is ONE Life. He who
understands the meaning of these words, will truely be blessed.
God Bless you, when you first "see" what I "see", it will cause you great agony, for
you will understand what it is to be eternally alone, and eternally alive. After
that, you will control the all through love and faith. You will truely know what it
is to love, not just your fellow man, but also all living things as your "self",
because you will forever see yourself in all others.
Also, when you love the Life within, It loves back in an overwhelming way. I often
experience "raptures", a love so deep it can not be described.
I'll be interested in knowing what you think of what I have written on my site.
God Bless,
Cass
(When I didn't get a reply after awhile, I sent the following:)
----- Original Message -----
From: Cass Forrington
To: (Minister & Wife)
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: hello from.....
I didn't make you speechless, did I?
GB,
Cass
(Then they sent me this:)
HELLO CAPT. CASS,
WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOUR EMAIL. WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY CHANGING AROUND ROOMS AND COMPUTER HAS BEEN TURNED OFF FOR A WEEK AND THEN COMPANY FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU SOON,
HAVE A GREAT DAY
(MINISTER & WIFE)
(And then followed up with this:)
"MINISTER" wrote:
HELLO CAPT. CASS,
REPLYING TO YOUR EMAIL. NO, YOU DID NOT MAKE ME SPEECHLESS, ONLY DISHEARTENED!!
I AM A CHRISTIAN, ONLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE BIBLE AND ONLY THE BIBLE. JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD AND CAME TO SAVE ALL MAN KIND AND WE ARE ALL SINNERS!!! I REPENTED OF MY SINS AND FOLLOW JESUS ONLY!! HE IS GOD!!! AND THERE IS NONE OTHER!!!! EVERY MAN WILL STAND BEFORE GOD ON JUDGMENT DAY AND EITHER WE ARE SAVED OR REJECTED HIS SON AND WILL END UP IN A LAKE OF FIRE, TO THE WHICH IS SO TERRIBLE WE HAVE NO CLUE HOW ETERNAL THIS IS. WE LIKE TO TELL THE GOOD NEWS!!! TO EVERYONE WE CAN. GOD WILL NOT FORCE HIMSELF ONLY PLEAD WITH US IN OUR HEART TO BELIEVE ONCE WE HAVE HEARD THE GOOD NEWS. I KNOW YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. YOU CHOOSE NOT TO, THAT IS YOUR FREE WILL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ALL OF US.
WE ENJOYED MEETING YOU AND SEEING YOUR WORK YOU CREATE OUT OF GOD'S CREATION!! :)
MAY THE LORD GOD CONTINUE TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE BEFORE IT IS TO LATE. THE DEVIL IS
THE GREAT DECEIVER AND I HAVE BEEN SET FREE 29 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE CARE
(MINISTER & WIFE)
(MY REPLY:)
Hi, (Minister & Wife),
Thanks for the email. Sadly, you misunderstand me. I do accept the Gospels of Jesus.
I have studied and pondered them my entire life. Indeed, Jesus is one of the few
people I have found who see the world like me and he brings me great comfort because
of that.
When I was a child and asked questions about things in the Gospels, a very common
answer was that, "That is one of the mysteries." In other words, "I don't know." I
was not satisfied with that, and now there are no more mysteries for me.
I urge you to consider all the words about heaven spoken by Jesus. His moral
teachings are self-evident to most, but his mystical (spiritual) teachings remain a
mystery to most. Indeed, he did not even try to pass that knowledge on to the general
public. When his disciples asked him why he did not teach others what he taught them,
he said simply, "They will not understand." That is why he taught them with parables,
instead. But he did try to pass on his personal knowledge to his immediate disciples.
Luke 17:20, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will
people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within
you."
John 14:10, "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?
The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather it is the Father, living in me,
who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father
is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles, themselves." (It is
noteworthy that even at this stage the disciples did not know what he meant about
God being within us. It personally gives me great comfort that he knew this, as it
is also what I know and so few others do. He reinforces all my beliefs.)
In John 16:5, Jesus is explaining to them that when he leaves them, they will look
for council from within and find it there. The "Counselor" you will note, is within
us. We communicate best with It when we assume a "holy" spirit. He knows that as
long as he remains here, they will ask him, instead of seeking council from within.
Have you read the Gospel of Thomas yet? The apocrapha also make good reading,
always with a skeptical eye, of course.
My sad realization has been that most people who say they have found Jesus have only
found his lifestyle. He knew this would happen. He knew very few were meant to
understand what he did, so he gave them hope and faith instead. But very few are
blessed to realize the presence of God here, as Jesus did.
Matthew 6:6 "But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your
Father (Note; your Father), who is unseen."...."Our Father Who art......."
Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given you......."
Over and over again he speaks of having faith, here and now, to enter the kingdom,
here and now. He derides people of little faith. He talks about the mustard seed and
how faith grows, and how little faith it takes to begin the process.
But always he is telling us to seek God within, and that that is the key to the
kingdom and a knowledge of eternal life.
John 5:19, "I tell you the truth, the son can do nothing by himself; he can only do
what he sees his Father doing......."
John 5:41, (Jesus said,) "I do not accept praise from men." He also admonished
people not to pray "to" him, but only "in his name". This is a significant
difference.
Jesus was a humble man. He did not "act" humble, he "was" humble. The reason he was
humble is because he knew God. He also knew that he was powerless, that it was only
his faith in our loving Creator that worked wonders, and he tried to give others
that faith so they could enter the kingdom he lived in, the kingdom of heaven.
He knew that we were like the fingers on our hand. Look at your outstretched hand.
As the fingers are of the palm, and from the palm, so to are we of and from God.
The divine spark within us, our eternal part, our eternal life, our soul, is the
Creator.
And the Creator is passing Its eternity here, in Its heaven, through us. Love that
Creator, ask It anything, and It will answer and grant your wishes...if...you have
faith in It and your own deservedness. Just have to ask.....within, where the Spirit
is.
Most people are too busy living their material lives to pursue the spiritual. I
believe this is how it should be. The great faiths give them a core of faith and
a healthy way to live, even though they never glimpse the reality of the kingdom
they live in. I believe the Creator intends it to be this way. This is His world,
afterall, and He made it to escape from Himself and His eternal lonliness. It
wouldn't be much fun if everyone sat around praying all day and not doing anything.
By the same token, the key to spirituality is contained in all the great faiths so
that if an individual wishes, he can find God and all that goes with it. That simple
key is prayer and communion with God, asking Him questions, getting answers, all
from within. This is the "golden nugget" at the core of each faith.
To think the Creator has only provided the path to enlightenment to just one people
is simple, ignorant, bigotry and prejudice that leads to great suffering.
Jesus got very upset about this, though, and wanted to bring everyone along with
him. Thus he was so down on the Pharisees and Scribes, who he saw as hogs blocking
the trough and not letting anyone else drink, either. Fact is, very few ministers,
priests, or rabbis, etc, are spiritual people. Like the Pharisees, they are too
concerned with the law and other matters to spend the time communing with
God (within).
These folks usually are not humble and think they are spiritual, even though they
spend very little time in actual communion with God. This is why Jesus was down on
them in his time. But really, this is true in any time. Very few actually follow
Jesus, but live comfortable material lives instead, just accepting the status quo
and spouting words and "catch-phrases" they don't even understand. "Jesus is the
way!", is a prime example. It sounds like it makes sense, but it doesn't, so the
kids reject it outright. A "man" can not be a "way". "Jesus' way is the way,"
however, implies something logical that a kid might want to try: that guy's way.
Afterall, he could walk on water and said I could, too!
Of course he lived in a much "smaller" world and thought his ministry was just to
the Jews. He admonishes his disciples to ignore the Gentiles (which of course Paul
didn't. Poor Paul, he really mucked things up.).
We all stand before God in His judgement each moment of our lives, and the creation
is manifested as we live in it accordingly. As I write this, I am being judged,
just as you are as you read, and react, to it. The wages of sin are early death,
as anyone with eyes can see in this world, unless they choose not to. But most
physical sin is just over-indulgence in sex, drugs, alchohol, and food. Spiritual
sin, like greed, lying, lust, evil thoughts, etc., do not have the obvious physical
affects, but the spiritual know they affect the manifestation of the creation, too.
Anyway, I am sure God loves you because you love Jesus and his (Jesus') way and I
hope He (God) blesses your ministry.
I doubt this will happen though, because Christianity is collapsing at an alarming
rate. In Fort Bragg, the churches are seas of gray hair, as the churches have lost
the young. How many young couples with children do you have in your ministry as a
percentage? How many new members are you drawing?
This is because the Christian churches rely on Jesus being "God" and the young
reject that outright. If Jesus was an "avatar" type instead, pointing the way to
do what he could do, it would be a different story.
That way people can expect reward here, now, and not in some distant heaven after
death. It makes all the difference in the world. I expect my miracles now, and I
get them. For me, the kingdom is literally "at hand". The more I refine my life
and the more I commune with and love God, the more I move into the world of light
that is the kingdom of heaven. Life is not meant to be a place of suffering,
earning us a place in heaven. It is a place of suffering until we turn our
faces to God for relief and, once getting it, keep our faces turned towards
Him. Suffering is often meant solely to get us to remember God.
When we see a person "roll their eyes up" and say, "Oh, God", they are instinctually
going within seeking relief. When we roll our eyes up and "look for an answer" to
something, we are instinctually going within, looking for "in-spir-ation",
knowledge from the Spirit within. The same Spirit that gives us a math answer,
gives us the answers to the meaning of life, if asked.
Within, within, within.....
My prayer for you is that you learn to realize the presence of the Creator here and
now and, by so doing, realize eternal life and the kingdom of Heaven here and now.
I enjoy theological debate and would be happy to continue this one, but my
expectation is that you are not "theologians", but simple ministers operating on
blind faith who have no interest in this. Either way is fine with me.
Don't forget the movie "What the BLEEP We Know". It will spur your ministry.
God Bless,
Cass
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Miracle of the Lock, 1/13/2006
One Sunday last Fall I was sitting down at the beach selling my Sea Glass Jewelry
and fell into a theological conversation with an American man of Eastern European
decent who had a stereotypical dark and negative personality. Every positive
statement made by me was responded to with a negative, questioning, comment.
I was tiring of the game and about to terminate the conversation when a woman
approached us and asked if we could pick a lock. She had come up from San Francisco
to get something out of a storage facility located just up the street, only to find
the gate padlocked.
I told her I knew how to do it, but could not leave my wares unattended. With the other
man listening I explained the process to her and him, and she asked him to give it a
try. He at first grudgingly agreed to try it, so I got a piece of wire from another
jewelry vendor doing wire wraps nearby so he could try it.
By the time the vendor had cut and straightened a small piece of wire, the man began
to hesitate, offering other solutions, like waiting another day for the facility
to open, something she could not do, having to return to San Francisco for work the
next day.
The woman interrupted him and beseeched him to "just have a little faith" and just
try it, and, when she said that, I jumped in and told the man she was right, that he
should just "have faith" and try it. He reluctantly gave in and followed her down
the street to the storage facility.
Within just a few minutes she returned, with him following. She was literally
bouncing up and down with joy, saying it was a miracle because when he took the lock
in his hand, before he could even try to pick it, the lock fell open. She hugged me
and danced around in joy while he stood by sullenly.
She saw the miracle. She had tried the lock before coming to us and it had been
securely locked. He saw nothing.
The point is that the little bit of faith he had to just walk over there to try to
pick the lock was enough faith to produce a miracle, even for a skeptic like him.
She knew this, but he still didn't see. He walked over to the other vendor and
talked to her while the woman and I celebrated.
When the woman left, he came back to me and began to try to restart our stalled
conversation with talk of devils and demons. Losing patience, I told him there were
no devils or demons, just the one Creator, and dismissed him by returning to a book
I was reading.
If you have ears, hear. If you have eyes, see. The Kingdom of Heaven is entered
with faith as small as a grain of mustard seed.
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Miscellaneous Comments, Ongoing
Coming out of a mostly "Christian" (a very loosely construed term these days)
background of embracing your enemies, Americans and Europeans cannot understand
why their enemies do not also want to embrace them.
The reason is because their embrace has become diseased with STD's, broken homes,
disturbed children, and financial and social ruin. They are no longer following
a faith of any sort that leads to a healthy life, but have become selfish, atheistic,
hedonists professing a myriad of unhealthy "lifestyles" instead.
Whenever someone tells me they have "found Jesus", I immediately assume they have no
idea what Jesus was talking about and are looking forward to enjoying life in another
world after death instead of in this one, which is the Kingdom.
Christians have uneasy feelings about Jews because they know Jesus was a Jew, and
intended them to be Jewish, too, though in a different manner than being practiced in
his time.
Because the Christians have deified Jesus, the Jews have had to react in
a way minimizing his importance, which was on a scale of Moses, Buddha, and Krishna.
Jesus cannot be the "only begotten son of God" simply because when asked how to pray, he
taught the people to say, "OUR Father Who art in heaven....", not, "Jesus'
Father Who art in heaven....." We are ALL the children of God.
Jesus was a humble man who washed the feet of those who followed
him. The "Christ"ian churches try to explain his humility away in a variety of ways
because they deified him and God is not humble. This is one of the most obvious
signs they lost what Jesus was and what his message was.
The churches who have deified Jesus have betrayed him because he wanted everyone to
have the opportunity to be able to do what he did, and see the world as he did.
Jesus was first deified by the Romans. The Romans, in the person of Constantine, made him
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