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America has undergone enormous change during the nearly seven decades of my life. Today, America is a bitterly divided, poorly educated and morally fragile society with so-called mainstream politicians pushing cynical identity politics, socialism and open borders. The president of the United States is threatened with impeachment because the other side doesn’t like him. The once reasonably unbiased American media has evolved into a hysterical left wing mob. How could the stable and reasonably cohesive America of the 1950s have reached this point in just one lifetime? Who are the main culprits?

10) Mark Felt
9) Bill Ayers
8) Teddy Kennedy
7) Walter Cronkite
6) Bill and Hillary Clinton
5) Valerie Jarrett
4) Jimmy Carter
3) Lyndon Johnson
2) Barack Hussein Obama
1) John Kerry

Dishonorable Mentions!

John Brennan
Jane Fonda
Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin
Robert Johnson /BET
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr./The New York Times
George Soros
Frank Marshall Davis

In real life you have to place a guard on your tongue. When on-line, your tongue is pretty ineffective, but what you write (type?) is as good as coming from your mouth.

Writing reveals your soul. It strips your flesh bare to the bone for everybody to see. Your posts will confirm or contradict the narratives in your profile. Only one irresponsible post can rip your carefully composed profile to pieces. What’s the point of claiming to be a decent and peaceful person, while your posts indicate the opposite?

People will believe what you demonstrate in your posts, not what you claim to be in your profile. And suddenly your entire profile will be under scrutiny, because if you can lie once, you can lie again… and again.

The contents of your posts describe you much better than what any narrative in your profile can. It tells everything about you; it will expose your true nature, no matter how much you try to hide it.

May this day be the day!

I get very annoyed when people cancel their arrangement with me at the last moment. More so when they initiated the events. And even more when they do it twice in two weeks!

Two weeks ago, I was invited to participate in a porcupine hunt. It was cancelled 24 hours before the time. The same person invited me again for this weekend. He just cancelled it 7 hours before I would have departed. Both times simply because something cropped up.

This is disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing ‘my’ dogs again.

Sleeping over entails some preparation. This is unacceptable and if he were not a friend of such long standing, I would have given him a good piece of my mind.

All over the world innocent people occasionally end up in jail; even in the USA. That has to be so because most states in the US (about 29) have set guidelines on how to compensate those who did time for being innocent. It reminds me of a movie by Steven Seagal where he rather wants his life back in stead of being compensated financially.

Please note that I’m wading into unknown waters here because I am not a legal expert and what I know about legal procedures is basically what we see in American movies & TV series, and what we read in novels. I don’t know if things are the way that they are portrayed in these fictional and dramatized works.

But back to ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’; exactly how does it work?

Can a person be found guilty ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ on circumstantial evidence alone or does it require some tangible proof that he actually committed the crime?

Can the combination of a motive, an opportunity, and the means to commit a crime, coupled with no alibi, be enough to convict a person?

Surely he cannot be found guilty just because he could have done it; or can he? I’m sure if you look hard enough you will find several people who could have done it while there is no guarantee that any of them did it.

Sending an innocent man to jail will ultimately destroy his life. His career will be ruined; he will lose his house, his family, his car, his friends and everything else he had accumulated in his life. Then I did not even talk about the loss of future promotions in his now ruined career, the emotional strain, the loss of his dignity, the breach of his privacy, the defamation of his character, and the restraints on his freedom. Can a bit of money ever redress the actual damage that he had suffered? The US$ 50,000 per year compensation just seems a bit flimsy.

Even when finding an innocent man guilty of a petty crime, for a very short stint in jail or perhaps just a fine or a suspended sentence, it will ruin his future prospects for proper jobs or promotion opportunities. The stigma of a criminal record will endure for the rest of his life.

I don’t even want think about a man getting executed before it is discovered that somebody else committed that crime. And what about being found guilty because of ‘evidence’ planted or ignored by a vindictive law enforcer? Don’t tell me it does not happen; there are too many over-worked cops who are only interested in closing the docket; to hell with justice.

I find this rather disturbing for I’d rather see a hundred criminals go free for lack of evidence regardless of what crimes they have committed before I see one person being convicted for something he or she did not do.

I seldom bother to look at profiles because it is often just a mixture of who people think they are and what they want other to believe.

On the other hand, what you commit in writing in the blogs, forums, etc reveals your soul. It strips you bare to the bone. And it tells us exactly who you are. Few people have a true perception of who they really are. Also, the terms we use in our profiles are relative to the culture we grew up in and the way we were brought up.

Some years ago a younger relative who studied psychology ask me to fill out a questionnaire, which was part of a task she had to complete. The questionnaire was in fact a survey of what I thought of the particular person. It had probing questions about her strong and weak points. I found the idea very interesting and made 20 copies of it, which I promptly distributed amongst my family, friends, colleagues, and their spouses. Some of the questionnaires went to their adult children to get a varied age spectrum.

Good grief, was I surprised with the diversity of the results? Things that I deemed as my strong points were only noticed by some and other ‘good things’ about me were not even mentioned. The very same applied to my bad points. I would not have recognized myself in some of those papers. Even husbands and wives had different opinions about me.

But the big surprise was something I paid no attention to but most the people had it listed. Some people admired me for that trait while others condemned me for it. I guess that it is needless to add that those who did not like it, had been at the wrong end of it at some stage or the other.

I am indebted to my young relative who asked me to help her with the task. She taught me that the way we look at ourselves is just one opinion and that other people do not necessarily view us in that light. Everybody has a different perception of us. And more importantly, what others think of us, weighs much heavier than what we imagine ourselves to be.


Have a great day. Not all Mondays are blue.

Hello blogland citizens.

I normally don't blog about personal stuff and more so with making people feel uncomfortable about our traits, genetic and or acquired. I believe that we are made of many different genes and cells that define who we are. Coupled with the gracious or not so gracious influence of the environment including but not limited to our own parents, classmates, fellow workers and friends.

Then as we grow granting that we interact with others and develop our own preference of belief, cultures and values, then the more we become who we are as a person, member of the society and humanity in general.

When we encounter people, sure we make up our own assumptions (hoping only for ourselves) which can be right or wrong. We make our perceptions as though it is the authority of how we make judgment of that person. There is nothing wrong on that, I think, if you keep it to yourself and don't use as a basis of argument against that person with however they live their lives.

For anyone to judge me, just because of what I wrote on my profile which of course, for me really define me, but contrary and very questionable on that judgment, I feel I am encroached and dissected without my consent. For someone that is just trying to say hello as the first letter and then claim that I am empty and that I am missing something is to me very rude and very judgmental. Of course I blocked that person because I don't see any healthy conversation that is going to develop. First of all I am not interested. I have never been interested on exchanging for mails except perhaps to about three people that have known me for so long on this site. This person, just said things about me, that is not true, at least to myself, the way I know myself and I find it hilarious if not outright outlandish.

Just venting here and thank you all for your reads.

And yes, I am not looking for anyone to complete my life. I feel very complete, thank you very much.

I am here because like I said on my profile, I am learning a lot. It is about me and my learning through interactions with everyone on other's posts and threads and my interaction with them on my writes, too. Good or bad, in agreement or in opposition, I do learn a lot. On top of that I am having fun. Thanks CS for this place.

Thank you all for your reads and or comments.

Respect
Some people say that respect must be earned but I cannot agree with them. I believe that everybody deserve to be respected; at least until they prove themselves to be not worthy of that respect.

What if the person has screwed up so big time that you have lost your respect for that person? You’re not cross, just disappointed. Is that enough reason to treat the person without respect? And can the person regain that respect with some effort?

Would you feign respect in order to preserve your job? It would seem that respect is closely linked to our needs or love for the person. Or is it fear that keeps you in line. It takes balls to tell somebody you need, fear or love that he or she has f*cked up and that you’re unhappy about it.

Why do we treat some people whom we loath with so much respect? Why is it that we treat those we love, fear or need with respect, regardless of whether they deserve that respect or not, while we disrespect some others who have done nothing to forfeit our respect? Just because we disagree with their opinion, politics, religion or views.

Maybe respect is just something to show people how refined we are; something to harness our fears, to provide in our needs and to fulfill our loves; something we employ to serve ourselves.

It's a beautiful day without wind. Hope you have a great day too.

Everybody calls for Israel to stop their attacks on Gaza. I fully agree with that but if they stop, will Hamas also stop? After all, they are responsible for the latest escalation of the war. And before you tell me that this is a seventy year old issue, I'm aware of that, but I'm talking about the current state of affairs.

Hamas don't care one bit about the Palestinians. Surely they knew that their acts of terrorism would provoke an Israeli retaliation of this kind. Actually, I believe that the current state of events is exactly what Hamas intended to provoke. And remember, Hamas have not seized their attacks on Israel for a moment.

They still fire missiles at Israel all the time. The proper response to a missile attack is to strike at where the missile was launched from. Sadly Hamas uses schools and hospitals as human shields by launching their missiles from there. Then everybody wants to condemn Israel but nobody says anything about the barbaric terrorists trading as angelic Hamas.

How can we expect Israel to stop while still under attack? It seems that everybody forgot the barbarous attack that initiated the current events. So, why don't we ask Iran and their stooges, whose only declared purpose is the destruction Israel, to stop as well?


Ps
The USA cannot stop this war. The only way to stop this war is a regime change in every terrorists state that supply Hamas , Hezbollah and the likes with weapons. These terrorists are not interested in peace. As long as they can lay their hands on weapons they will practise terrorism. It's their only trade. Even if the could manage to destroy Israel, the will just find another.

Parting should not be that complicated. A relationship is only valid while both parties want to be in it. If any party opts out, well then that is it. As somebody once said, a relationship is too big for one, too small for three but just right for two.

But it is not always that easy. Sometimes the other party does not see it this way and then a person who could have been remembered with fondness, suddenly leaves a foul taste in your mouth.

How do you handle the phone calls after midnight containing phrases like ‘I’m going to kill myself’ and ‘You were just after my body’ or maybe, if it was a male who got the boot, something like ‘You were just after my money’. And sometimes you may even get threats and blackmail as a side dish.

You can hang up the phone knowing that the person will call again the next night... if not immediately.

Alternatively, you can offer poison or a rope, but the outcome to that could be horrendous. Nobody wants that on his or her conscience.

Or you can try to try to placate the person knowing all too well that it will not be longer than a few hours before the next call.

And as a last resort, you can make up again, which will be futile, for it will only postpone the inevitable for a short while. If you still wanted to be with the person, you would not have broken it off in the first place.

How do you deal with it, or are there other alternatives?

Shakespeare once said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” I suppose he was talking about a different kind of parting.


Stay loose! It is Friday.

if I agree to chat with a guy say skype or email, is that the green light to talk dirty? I'm new and I'm trying to figure this all out...