Christmas is Here Once More so Eat Drink and Be Merry while You Hope For A better Year Ahead,Think about Those Without...

First Christmas in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A trashed refrigerator set out on the curb is decorated like a snowman with "Merry Christmas" inscription. Carrollton neighborhood. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Christmas lights on Aleksanterinkatu. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This year I have done my usual Christmas shopping and covered all the relatives that I still can find to be friendly.The usual touching of bases with friends that really matter and those important end of year things we all must do.

The last few days have been really important to me for many reasons.I have donated a large garbage bag of brand new toys to needy children.

Next I visited the local Soup Kitchen to enjoy a Christmas meal with friends and children of a lesser god.On the way out and after those who would feel dissed had left ,I donated some cash to help those in need.

It is not for bragging rights that I say these things.It is because people need to stand together as a whole in times of need. It is all to often that we view the videos of folks looting and pillaging during a crisis.The folks helping may get some credit too,but wrong doers seem to grab the medias interest.
I will sight Katrina and New Orleans as one example.There are many others...

The season is suppose to bring out the best or the worst in people.I said blues you to a lady that sneezed all over a food shelf yesterday and she gave me one of those mind your own business looks.
Another person was looking real sad and I started joking about the people that were moving in fast motion to get shopping done.He had been so caught up in the Xmas blues that he didn't even notice it.
He began to giggle and smile as he to  watched the over animated humans doing what we named "speed Shopping".Running to and fro at incredible walking paces.

I do believe it should also be a time to help others share a smile among strangers that might just be
more of a blues killer than someone that is closer to them.You don't have to involve your personal
self and don't even have to exchange names for the light heartiness shared.

When this season has ended I will have helped others who will never know who or why I am doing it.
The point of the whole matter is this..I will have a great Christmas because I did share My good frame of mind and spirit with those that are not seeing the world as I presently can.Would it not be the right thing that builds the hope and good will in that person on the receiving end as well as my own frame of mind....and spirit?

You decide for yours

Merry Christmas my friends and please take care of each other.Humans are the only species that have the abilities to build or destroy this planet..
WE THE PEOPLE have the power to create a world that even science fiction writers would envy.
A world that can start tomorrow or pickup the dreams of those who have left us and trusted their dreams of a better world to live in with those of us who remain to complete that dream.

They usually start their words with something like"I have a dream". or you may say that I am a dreamer,but I am not the only one.
Be good to one another folks...

RJP

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Are We Confused By Whats Happening With China,Vietnam ,The USA and Japan Yet?Circles inside of other Circles.

English: "Freedom for Tibet" echoed along the roads of Paris today. "Go back China", as Tibetans, French and countless other nationalities protested against Chinese hegemony over Tibet, the silence of Paris, the cultural massacre wrought on the peaceful Tibetans. Free Tibet. Boycott Olympics in China. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Our Ambassador Kerry has given Millions to the threatened countries around China.

Lets take this apart as I see the situation,We were fighting the Vietnamese 40plus years ago.The Chinese and Russians were assisting the killing of our young men and women who were sent there to supposedly free those poor people from china's influence and tyranny.China a few years ago retook possession of Taiwan or Free China.They promised to let them remain as they were as free people.
only a few years before this,China had invaded the peaceful and serene country of Tibet.They forced The Dali Lamar from his home.America did little to assist.

The Chinese Export tremendous amounts of goods to the USA and do not import as much to their country.China has the nasty habit of sorta borrowing the Patented goods from the rest of the world and tweaking it so the patents are not enforcable.

China has a infrastructure that is collapsing onto itself through over expansion of their own funds.
They now threaten the entire Pacific and the rest of the world by their aggression and threats.
China has put the first Chinese rocket into space going to the moon and back.They also have possesion of nuclear power.

Ok now lets backup to the past 50years on that part of the world.The peoples of that hemisphere seem to go through cycles of fighting each other.Like other parts of the world they drag people into conflicts that in a couple decades are as we find them now.Japan invades China.Then Japan attacks the USA.The USA then is involved in the Pacific War.Vietnam is our tenative allies but still has clamps on even free thinking.Try blogging into Southeast Asia mother than Malaysia.Which reads my blogs as other parts of the world do.50,000plus Americans died and the chinese weaponed north trooped into Saigon.After all these years Saigon as it was once called not only changed it's name but also it's dreams of freedom.

Where is this supposed to go?China has massive amounts of land that is not developed,so food and industry isn't the problem.The country has a huge seacoast and entire oceans to fish in.The industry is suffisticated evough to not need other countries Tech.The population is sorta lonely for the massive male population due to little girls being dumped or killed in preference to a male child....And China has millions of cold showers because of this difference...

 One country invades the other after awhile come threats and war is on.Every time the War breaks out China has either had it fingers into the problem or is directly involved as per The Independent country of Tibet finds itself occupied by...YUP! You guess it right.Occupied by Chinese troops.
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It Still has Chinese Boots on the ground there.Mr. Kerry has the forsight of Washington to support the threatened small countries while they are asking for help.At least for the moment they are friendlies.
In a few years the power will tip barring influence from The still Free  countries.I believe that China has made the mistake of conquerer countries of the past.Empire building has brought down dynasties in China for centuries.Even the Red Guard is not heard of much anymore.Mr.Mao used to have his profile everywhere in that country.It is slowly being conquered by Capitalistic Free Enterprise...

There is a saying and I do not remember the author It goes something like this.Progress is like flowing water.every time it finds an impass,it conforms and finds a way to get by the problem.
The shear force of the flowing water will find a way to pass.Over,Under,Above,Below,Or around.
but it will find a way.
Freedom and Capitalism is unstoppable force.

Korea is a Pacific threat with nuclear power and a mental midget running the north Korean nutbin.
We can only hope That I am right on this theory and history will repeat the downfall of another Empire as it is overcome by the only power that is Immune to mankinds constant bickering and
posturing to distroy each other. Time

In spite of The USA doing their best to keep the balance of power,Time will change it to whatever it is meant to be.Pray that it is freedom for all people.

RJP

The Meat That You Have Read About In The Other Countries May Be On Your Table Soon,U.S. Courts to Decide to Slaughter Horses For Human Consumption

English: Photograph from the mid-1870s of a pile of American bison skulls waiting to be ground for fertilizer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A feral horse herd in the western United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Smoked horse meat in package, bought in a Dutch supermarket; it is usually eaten in a sandwich in the Netherlands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I sat along the Cattle road a few years ago in the great Basin of Nevada.I noticed a cloud of dust that seemed alive and heading straight at me from a distance away.The cloud was moving at a pretty good clip for anything natural.

The clouds detail became more into view as the herd closed in on my location.I observed strong detailed bodies that seemed to be set into motion by an unknown mystic wind.The herd of mustang were running free and beautiful.it was a hypnotic piece of poetry in motion with defined sculpted bodies full of powerful muscle and colors that were natures true colors.The herd ran along the road as if racing my mechanized vehicle and mocking the very thought of such a complex contraption compared to their fluid motion so sleek and simple

The lead horse was a black as coal.The herd stopped and circled him as his harem would do in admiration.He stood there for minutes I sat frozen on this summer day.There I was looking at the decedents of Spanish Conquistadors steeds .The great plains tribes that were so much the free people of this place long ago.The proud stallion stood looking at me for the longest time and I sat looking with admiration at the vision of true freedom.The old world and the old west that was there sitting proudly in front of me.A part of Americana that is about to be brutally slaughtered and fed to you in meat shops and stores all over the world.

Yes sir come right on  down to bub bas belly bustin horse burgers.where you will find the rare and quickly disappearing American horse burger sold to undeserving folks all over the world.
no need to think about the lovely creature that helped to make this Nation possible.Dont even think about the contributions of the war effort when called to serve the call of our country.That was yesterday and today they will become a butchered,bloody burger for your dining pleasure.

We round them up,herd them into slaughterhouses where they are humanely spiked or sledgehamered in the head,skinned and gutted while they still are dying. But don't worry about that poor suffering creature because its a nuisance to a few ranchers and farmers that forgot the horse was there long before them.The horses ancestor was here for settlers to use as beasts of burden.Pony express riders,Stage coach riders and Ranchers to herd the other animals,including more horses.Natives and imigrants hunted the mighty Buffalo Herds into near extinction with the horse and steam engine.Its a shame we learned nothing from that part of history either....once gone and it is gone forever.Teddy Roosevelt where are when we need you...You would save the horse herds as you did Tatonka herds

The noble animal pulled cannon and caisson into battle into the first world war.Calvary it was called
in those days.These days the noble horse has been reduced to a recreation and a wagering item.
Now the horse which was eaten in times of extreme destitution is to become a delicacy on the table for Europeans,Canadians and people that have no idea of the noble American horses value to history and this country...Let us never surrender our national treasures to those who are ignorant[as in the term uninformed] of its value to us..The native Americans still value their horses as an asset.

People in countries that live in poverty become aware of the horses value when fuel,and transportation is scarce.When the economy has crashed and the gasoline stops..horses and mules still work.

With the extensive availability of food resources available,i must ask the unfathomable Question asked by many 5year olds to an adults vague half truth...WHY?Why is it needed?There is no reason these animals can't be managed as other wildlife things are being.Transport the most healthy of the herds and place them on federal lands to live free.Free as they once did.

There is millions of acres of federal lands available that is doing nothing.The herds would live in areas away from populations and take care of themselves.once a year they could be check for medical problems and treated for health problems.

Africa has vast federal parks for the wild life to live as they always have.America can't do what the 3rd world countries have done to preserve their history and habitants? So we kill and sell our horses that are a part of our heritage to other countries for hamburger...Did you read that European Taco Bell already used Horse meat?Google it.It is a truth reported by news groups.I refuse to eat a horse or the mules and burros that are mixed into burgers of the future.I see lawsuits for any company that is stating one ingredient and substituting another.I just could not eat a horse if I knew the difference.
they are just to majestic and intelligent.There species have earned the status of national assets.without them we would still be dragging mancarts as the Mormons did on the trail west.The great Horse tribes would never have existed.The spanish exploreres would never reached Colorado.
 
About eating horses and my passion for such animals even though I can't be a vegan...
I once tried the vegan way and within 6months found myself hospitalized for a protein deficiency.
I am just one of those omnivores that nature made sure that I would be using my canines But I draw the lines at horses.Far to useful in this world even today.

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Vietnam Vetrerans File Lawsuits to remove a Longtime California Korean War Monument,Stated Reasons are...You Decide...

Mount Soledad Easter Cross (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: SAN DIEGO, Calif. (May 28, 2009) Sailors, Marines, Soldiers and Airmen recite the pledge of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the USS Midway Museum. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Cutberto Orozco led the pledge of allegiance for ninety-three San Diego based service members representing thirty-two countries during the ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Legalman 1st Class Jennifer L. Bailey/Released) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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English: The Cross, the center of much controversy, sits atop Mount Soledad (Orig: Picture-011) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Mount Soledad is near the city of San Diego California.The area is hilly sandy desert,arid and hot.
Mount Soledad sits high in the view,where it can plainly be seen for miles.long ago people thoughtful,with grateful open hearts decided to build a monument to the men and women who had given their lives for those in a far away country.

The idea was to say thank you Honorable fifty plus thousands of soldiers for your service.Thank you for going to the aid of those oppressed.Thank you for risking your all or giving their lives and futures to others.

The people also had a sense of God and Country.They remembered the Pledge of Allegiance words that used to say One Nation Under God.A decision to use the cross to symbolize the fallen going to
a better place than the Hell they fell in.Meant only as a jester of God Bless You soldier.Perhaps even a wish to hope the soldiers will find the paradise that is hoped for by most people,after life ends.
There are also those that did survive and returned home.Shouldn't they see something tangible saying God Bless You SIR.We appreciate your sacrifices.Thank You in a pitifully unequal way,but thank you.

There are many monuments over the Heroic soldiers that fell in Battle.Think about what this will mean if these 2 men are able to remove such symbols of our Fallen Hero's.Will the next disgruntled
person file to have all military cemeteries symbolic items removed?Will the honored dead be left to the whims of a couple malcontents who think the world must go as they think...

There is always those that return from war in a state of mind scrambled by what they experienced.
Many I have spoken with have either lost faith by expecting to see miracles in wars that are horrible and hellish.They must have missed the miracles that are always there in plain sight,if you look with eyes open and a willing heart.Missing that vision would void any idea of a more than normal event such a child born in a war torn place.A bullet that missed you by fractions of an inch.returning as the only survivor.your task in life is not done and you life is to go on for an unknown task.

To miss the "miracles" in life can leave one bitter and resentful of others who try to fill in the unknown blanks of our destinies in life.

The symbols we put up help us never forget those who have filled a destiny to open the doors for those surviving to carry on. Should the  courts represented by 2 individuals determine the sacrifices for the thousands who did not return to cause the memories their fellow veterans to be torn down and forgotten.

This is a case of dictated Laws eroding the Constitutional Rights.The statue is a symbol of the eternal hope of mankind.It is directed at those who made that sacrifice to save those who died for others in an unselfish as an  elevated spirit...A hidden religious meaning would have to be in the mind of some one  rebellious and disappointed at their own lives.

It seems those two guys are bent on punishing fellow veterans for their military service to this country.I think they need to visit A symbol of the war they were in..Perhaps if that to counts as a monument to honor the fallen they might feel differently.

If these guys have there way an monuments with symbols are tore down that honor the fallen...
wont the wall in Washington an Arlington National Cemetery  also fall under the same law when it spreads across the country as a dictated law?? Then what, tear the cross from churches so it wont offend these two American Veterans...

The spree decor ,ETC of their specific units must not have meant anything at all to these men.

it is things like this that distract us from the issues that actually matter.A statue on a desert hill that has stood for decades and thousands of folks peacefully passing it over time.Then a couple disjointed
people with nothing else to do tie up courts with an argument over it standing.

Your Honor,I implore you to throw the case and plaintiffs out on their Dari airs and get on with the important things in the state.

RJP

I have not found much more on this situation.Hope they did not get their way...



 

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No Nation Is Perfect This is The Flip Side Of One of My Prior Blogs,There is Always Two Sides To Any Story,American Intern Camps

I have written about the Japanese Situation in 1941 an the monster coming out of the ocean.There is another story that is seldom told.If it is told it is told in tones that mimic the Native Americans lives.

In the years of what became World War II,America rounded up Lifelong American citizens.These folks had no criminal record.They had excellent work records.Many were long time business owners with families and friends.Many had homes with the usual things any other American families enjoyed.

These people were not all new immigrants.They were integrated into American culture as Americans.
Some had ancestors going back to the building along with Chinese that provided labor for  railroads decades before.others had families that left the old cultures behind and adapted the new life in the wonderful USA.It was a promise of anew world and a chance at a new life for the descendants.

Then one day in December7th,1941 a day that will live in infamy  said President Roosevelt.The memories of that war will be selectivly be remembered.The Nazi camps will take the front stage as
horrible deathcamps.That is undeniably true.The Japanese prison camps of burma would later become the subject of movies,books and soldiers descriptions.That is true also.

I have yet to see the long hidden reports of the good people that were unjustly penned up as animals for the paranoid reasons of people fueled by propaganda.

Japanese folks were placed into these camps and later showed their worth as soldiers in what I think was the 144th. The interned people that were finally released as Free American Citizens went on to
do their best to rebuild shattered lives.They did not attack others and were unce again citizens.
Can you even imagine the mental and emotional trauma left in the hearts of those folks.
I do understand the war was with Japan.I don't think it was with Americans that were of Japanese Ancestry.Most imigrant descendents that call themselves Americans also have distant relations overseas.

Anyone can be labeled an enemy of the state if there is a need for the masses to be focused in a particular direction that provides a little substrafuge to what is actually happening...ANYONE!

There are few photos of American Internment Camps Apparently.

RJP

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