Friday, November 30, 2012

What is Freedom When You Think About It?

The recent headlines show thousands of folks in many countries around the world as mobs.Crowds running through the street,screaming and yelling in a multitude of languages.The tone of the protests re varied with a focus on what they call freedom.The crowds vary from the most unruly violence to the subdued and orderly.So...,What is the core of freedom anyway.What is the Idea of having the "right" to do what ever you wish in this life.Let us explore a bit and then leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Freedom is defined as the ability to persue life as you believe your life path travels will make you have a better life.There are many different definitions of the word in various authorities defining our many languages worldwide.

I have asked many people throughout my life as to what they think Freedom means to them.A long and thoughtful pause usually takes place afterwards.The eyes focus inward and roll from side to side.
It is a question much like the child's perplexing question to a half truth from an adult.It is the word "WHY?"..

The people that have the freedom to live within a society based on doctrines of free thinking people will take the longest to answer.The point here is that free people have never known the harsh oppression of leaders,political,religious,etc.The freedom they know has always been a large part of their lives and livelyhood.They really have no Idea as to how miserable live can get in a "controlled society"The perspectives are skewed by what the minor problems they have in life are.Terrible,awful? They have food,and at least chances to improve a dismal existance.The homeless have a future if it is hunted with dilligence.A struggling Black women actually went from a jobless,
single mom to a U.S. congresswomen .Not so remarkable you say..She ran against george Mcgovern in the last century......She won! Look It Up folks.Another country would never allow this even now.

I talked to a man from Pakistan a few hours ago about this.He asked if my blogs reached Pakistan.I told him ,not yet. He told me about his country allowing the disowning of a family member by religious leaders,family and society in general if you didn't follow a strict rule by elders.

The human rights people are working to change things as they can do so,I replied.I have also talked to People from all over the world in regards to the concept of Freedom and what it means to them personally.

The most popular reply is roughly this:
1)Freedom is the right to marry whom you love.
2)The right to educate and become what you believe is "your" path in life.
3)The right to live when and where you would be most comfortable to live out your life in peace.
4)The right to see your children grow up,happy,healthy and become great people in the world.
5)The freedom to travel,eat,drink,earn and have your own responsibilities for bad habits.
6)The right to live a healthy life with medical help when you need it not based on wealth or social status.
7)The right to vote for those that will follow a set of ideas that paraphrase your own ideas..
8)the right to be listened to by those people elected to that office.
9)The right to pursue and chase the dreams of a better future for ones family,regardless of who they are,where they are from or how they see life.as long as they do no harm to others.(Do as thou wilt)
10)Lastly,The right to your own ideas and creativity of thoughts,intellegence,and Ideas.

The above could be added to infinitly by those that have freedom dreams because that is all they dare to have.Oppressors have not found a way to take our dreams from us if they are strong enough.

I once spoke with a man that serve as a tortured POW in Vietnam many years ago as an American soldier.We had dinner and he had several drinks.He suddenly spoke up and said ,"ask me"!
I had no idea what was on his mind as the alcohol was freeing his mind of years of tormented memories.Memories that tear at the fibre of your humanity.Memories that should never be forced into any mind with a soul.Not even an animal!He continued to say this,You can put this in your journals my friend.The days that I was in POW hell ,I learned this...long pause and another drink, Freedom is a concept that is so deep inside each of us that no-one can take it from us."They" can break your will,Break your body,Maybe break your mind in time...
"They" can not break your yearning for freedom and "they" can not steal your soul unless you let them.That is the meaning of freedom.

I believe he would know this better than I who have been raised,educated and wandered this U.S.A.
land of the free for the last 25years.For those seeking freedom,where ever you may be.
Fight on and keep the dream of freedom deep within you.If a man crouched in a tigercage and feed starvation rations,dares to dream of being free,So can you...and I.

Talk to you again soon.I am headed south to The great state of Texas Where many are trying to pass a petition for forming into the Republic Of Texas.It once was 2 centuries orso ago.I hope those folks remember the laws are only as good as the balancing freedoms that go with any constitution.
The U.S. Constitution is still available to recreate for a really great platform to build on.
I highly recommend it if you succeed  :)

Till next time my friends,Keep the dream alive.

RJP

 

Monday, November 26, 2012

If the World Ends Will You Still Have Things to Do

Grab your shotgun,food,water,survival books,Backpacks folks it is the end of the world as we know it!The world has been forecast to end on (let us see here,latest predictition is 12/21/2012).It didn't end as the radio minister said.It didn't end on Y2K.
You remember that fatal date of 12/31/1999,don't you?The lights were to go out forever and plunge us into the new dark ages.I just hate it when that happens.It is so...
so dark  age!Then there was those people in white sheets that stood on a mountain top,freezing their daryaires off.They were waiting for the mothership to do a drive by pickup.Personally I thought of it as a drive by fruitcaking! The idea of an intelligent society that obtained interstellar flight picking up goofballs in sheets on a primitive warring planet....yeah right,about the same time when elephants fly and pigs sing...
If aliens can laugh,I bet said dupes could hear the space giggles from the hilltop.

Now we have a more scientific prediction source.A society that sacrificed each other to
gods that didn't save them from their world ending.In fact,their world is now a series of
unexplained who done its and many say that population was the aliens that left.

Imagine standing in line after giving up all your worldly,(Everything you ever worked for.) goods in the cold drafty breeze.
Aliens wont pick up those that cheat and wear long johns,I've heard.
you then learn the aliens had already picked up at the appointed mountaintop.With most peoples luck it was a mountain down the road.Don't worry though those ships probably have google or whatever gps.

Then there is the super believers that are willing to believe any hogwash dumped into their brainpan.IE.,move to the jungle and then after a great deal of control,abuse,sex,(Oh yeah the reverent needs healin!).They all agree to just say a devotional prayer at gunpoint VIA gods person bodyguard.After which the leader orders everyone to show that they are willing to give up the greatest gift they will ever have.The offering is as all those apocalyptic devine societies.If you really want to prove your faith,then you will croak yourself for the leader.The reverend grand pooba then realizes that people will hold his warped and bent beliefs accountable for their BS.So of course they also
off themselves.Perhaps if reincarnation exists the leaders will return as a blowfly.

The end of the world...Why do we spend so much time worrying about the end of the world.Do you suppose it actually is a given event.Or is it just a greater power,Stating what happens when earths Children continue to misbehave and bully,beatup and abuse
each other in the name of dogmas and doctrines setup in primitive times by those using the same BS that leads the impressionable to do things as above.What if there was an end to the world.So What!Yeah,I know it is a run on sentence.....

Would it not be better to know whatever the day and time of this predicted end.
Wouldn't it be great to know that you had done all that you could to make this life a
better place for all that you effected.Perhaps being prepared for the unexpected is a good thing(I believe it is).But to be sucked in by a super whackjob is not the way to
paradise.Terrorists,please leave your bomb belts at home with the safety switch on disarmed.The virgins that await your eternal paradise are currently taking their meds and being returned to the age home for a nap.

There is the extreme head cases also.Those are the ones that neuter themselves on order from the head whackjob.Cover their heads with a purple clothe(why purple?wouldn't blue or stripes be better?what about polka dots to match the mood?).
again I digress.....

If the end of the world really does happen on whatever day,for whatever reason,I will
be prepared.I will hope that the things I have done for this life have been worth leaving behind.That is all that we can do.Live each moment as if it were your last moment in life.The last breath that will send you on the journey after this earthbound life.

But you will never gain the fact that you have done the best in life that you could from a head case spewing dogmas and doctrines.If the world ends,will you still worry about what you did or didn't do?I really doubt anyone will have the time to bend over and kiss their butts goodbye.if it is to be,it is said to happen in the wink of an eternal eye...
That point in time is already to late...

Keep the faith that we can overcome the powers that destroy and live as one people.
RJP

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

President Obama in a Tight Race for Office 2 Win

November 4: Barack Obama elected President
November 4: Barack Obama elected President (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Okay it is Election Night and I am sitting here listening to the news of people,FREE PEOPLE choosing the folks that will be their leaders for the next few years.I was among the most exited crowds of voters that I have seen out  to vote in many years.There were voters from every walk of life with various diverse ideas on politics.

The crowds were up beat,cheerful and very civil to each other.No one was throwing rocks at the other religions,political beliefs or ideas.The laughter and easy attitudes were typical of American voters at elections.
The example of our elections are something that we should be very proud of.

I voted and so did my family.We now sit in from of the morphine for the masses set(TV).watching to see if huge amounts of money can buy the White House.To see if our future freedoms and choices can be bought for the cost of billions.Will tomorrow,when we wake be the first step into a future of control and changes.

I will sit up to see if the future will be the time of helping each othe and looking out for for your fellow man.
What ever the daylight brings will be the future we ,or at least the majority of people or machines( Electoral College).have spoken for.We will follow in the democratic way that we Americans have done for a couple hundred years.It is theDemocratic way.WE are Americans.That special group of people the world either loves or hates.Sometimes they just love to hate us for reasons yet to be explained.

The next President will lead us into the future of whatever is thrown at us from the Time machine called history.Will our President,The first minority President leads us or the first Mormon lead us.I would hope that we are not going to be forcibly influenced into any lifestyle that we are not chosing for ourselves.

We have come a long ways in finding our freedom of choices.A long way in protecting our women from unfair  legal practices.We have come so far to go back 30years.No matter what happens,we must work together to keep our freedoms safe from the religious and dictatorial clowns that beat people into the groung around the rest of the world.

I know who will win...If the people speak with freddom in mind.

We will wake to a new day tomorrow and prepare for the next 4years of change.Change to unite our people or change to spit our country as it was before the uncivil war.A time when there was slaves,peasants,poorhouses and the very wealthy that bought and sold politics,business and war machines.

May the creator help us and whoever wins the Presidency on our journey ahead....

Keep the faith and pray for the best my friends.

RJP


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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Presidents and Changing Dangerous Rivers Midstream

You're two steps ahead ...item 2.. Shrinking F...
You're two steps ahead ...item 2.. Shrinking Florida Coastlines -- “It may not be there for your grandchildren.” (Jun 15, 2012) ... (Photo credit: marsmet471)
Animated sequence of a race horse galloping. P...
Animated sequence of a race horse galloping. Photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge (died 1904), first published in 1887 at Philadelphia (Animal Locomotion). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A man was riding along at a great clip through the woods.He rode as if the devil itself was chasing him.He kicked the  powerful horse to urge it on faster and faster thru the beaten path in this woods.It was a curious sight for the man who sat nearby on his horse watching to see who was chasing this man at so great a clip.
What could posses anyone to do this without reason.

As the hard riding man reached a great expanse of river he didn't slow down,but plunged into the river still astride his horse.The man watching realized that the hard rider was half way across the river and in trouble.Strong currents were beginning to drag horse and rider downstream in an uncontrollable tumble of panic strickened horse and rider.hitting against rocks and swallowing massive amounts of dirty muddy river water.

The watching man raced to the rivers edge and tried to throw a rope to the now half drowned fool in the river.The horse was no where to be seen.The river had claim it for it's own.Finally in a last attempt before the river victim was to far down river, the ropes end was grabbed by the exhausted fool.after a long struggle to drag a full grown wet and cold man to safety,a question was asked.The watcher asked,"why did you ride so fast and not regard the rivers dangers?You had to know that this would happen and you would kill your magnificent steed.No one was chasing you. You could have returned to shore andcontinued to the bridge to cross on the same direction you traveled.That way is a known path and you wouldn't have to make only small adjustments to your journey.It may not have been  perfect,but it was better than your predicament you now find yourself in.

After  pausing for a long while the hard rider replied like this,"I wanted to see if I could actually change horses in the middle of the stream.The watcher looked out in the river in puzzlement as there was no horse in the stream to change to.The hard riders horse was no where to be seen either.The watcher asked,Where was the other horse you were to meet?The hard riding fools face frowned as he replied'"I was told by everyone that you shouldn't change horses midstream and I couldn't find anyone that would try it on their horse in this rivers swift current.So I decided to try it by my self".I was sure that I was better than anyone before me that tried.I have bragged of being able to change horses better than the last rider.

The watcher wished the hard,wet exhausted fool  a farewell and left him to rest and dry till he could continue
across the bridge on the journey or return to his origin.The watcher realized that he had rescued a newly enlightened  fool .Everyone with good judgement knows that you can't change horses in midstream.Particularly in a raging river.The watcher didn't need to prove it to himself as he had just witnessed a bragging fool prove it for him.

This election is a similar situation.We are headed in a direction that is far from perfect.It is part of a system that is called Democracy.It lends itself to helping all the citizens of the DEMOCRACY.It is a system designed to pull all people and resources into a team effort.It was formed a long time before any of us were a twinkle in our mothers eye.Many famous and silent thinkers have fought with words,fists,swords and rifle.They were hero's that believed in the equality of all people.We have a tendency to forget such things when the politicians begin to  speak in doubletalk propaganda.The path we are on is an effort to build more freedom to help all people to pull each other  out of a mess brought about by numerous administrations.WE are our brothers and sisters keeper.Presidents need people working with them to build safety nets in the systems created.This means that the Presidents that have had that co-operation in the past could do their jobs for all of us in this Republic/Democracy.We are suppose to Throw each other that is struggling in that river , a rope. we know that we do  not change horses midstream at this point in time.We have a start to keep more folks from drowning in the raging depression of the rest of the worlds mud filled problems.

It is the choice of changing horses{Presidents}midstream,when there really isn't anyone waiting in that stream who is willing to take the reins and continue on the path.There is no turning back and restarting the ride We already have the bridge built to cross that raging river and reach the safety waiting on the other side of the elections.I believe this President needs to have the input from all of  us living in this Democracy.It will take all
of our ideas and strengths to see our country out of this world economic river..WE THE PEOPLE have the power to change our country no matter who is president.That is what makes us great.
Don't want this law or that ruling???Get off you butt and change it!
Want to protect your Rights and Amendments,Study them and fight for them!
You believe in your right to do this and to do that?fight for those rights!Many have fought for your rights with their lives as their price to keep you free.Free to carry on for them.YOU! must be very special to have all those folks belive enough in your ideas to die for them....

You are a voice that needs to be heard.You have the same power when you vote your choice.Make your voice heard on Election day.Within you lies the power,to seize the hour and live your dream.

It only takes one determined voice to change the world.If you don't believe your world has changed or will change,Perhaps it's because you have not spoken with enough belief in your goals.....The journey of a thousand miles begins with only one step.

Vote and begin to make your voice heard in words that speak to the entire world.
Become the champion of your ideas and beliefs..

I hope your world is the one you will be happy in and that life is where you wished it would be before it was.:)

RJP
I have taken a short sabbatical from my blogging enjoyment these last few weeks.It seems that a Trojan/worm has devastated my beloved laptop.I am currently writing on a borrowed laptop that I bought for someone that was handicapped and could not afford one themselves.I guess it is true when they say that if you send out good deeds,them will return when you most need them.Passing it forward is the phrase.
The election was just to much of the collectors trying to collect from each other.
It was a daily task to remove the several hundred E-mails from election wannabe heros.one in particular with a parculiar lack of tact sent me a letter stating that I had not
donated to a cause my blogs contradict his accusations.I guess that I had,had enough of
the condescending bozos.So now the above blog is still a matter of guiding this administration into the future that will benefit all of us in the free world.The  effects will be far reaching throughout the entire world.People that yearn for the freedom we cherish are watching us to learn how it is done.WE THE PEOPLE are the worlds only long lasting Democracy.Ours is a testbed laboratory for the rest of the Human Race.
If  you wonder how you can fit into this development,reread the above till it inspires :)

AGAIN:RJP Keep the dreams of  a free and happy life alive.
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