do no harm

 

Remember:  The election is not just about

the President.  Be sure to vote the total

ballot.  So much of what we want done

depends on our legislators.

And, we need to answer those questions

give our views on Initiatives.

Know your ballot

Know the issues

Do your basic civic duty

I require no special designation for

my political beliefs.  My philosophy

is simply:  human institutions need to

add to, and not subtract from, human

well-being.

That's not protest

That's not activism

That's just being

middle school mean

Since the 4/8 Eclipse, I've felt low

energy -- as if being asked to relax,

reflect, stop repetitive distracting

The body -- a conveyance

It's appearance is not my concern

They will do as they will do.

I have no control or influence.

I just do what I can to get by and 

avoid trampling by the mob as they

rush from and to enthusiasms.

At least, do no harm.

At the very least,

do no harm.

Far below a responsible response,

but, Please, at the very least,

do no harm.

4/6-13/24

acceptable definitions

 

All language is metaphor

(map, not territory)

Every pictograph tells a

plethora of stories.

How communicate, carefully,

peacefully, in this chaos?

Words defined with but more words.

Where do we find that key experience,

how share?

Within boundaries

silently accepted.

You must understand that you live

in a world with vast other lives.

You have no natural right to say

who may live in this world along 

with you.  This is good.

You may be unwanted by others.

These people seem to insist on

destructive, irrational thought and

action -- not because they are unable

to think/act rationally, but because

they are unwilling.

Destructive explosions generate energy

but, What a mess!

So dangerous!

Safer, more blessed

energy generated by uniting.

How are the Trumpettes to take these

trials seriously when their guy is given

considerations well beyond those granted

normal defendants, as if it is understood

that he deserves better.

Violence, Addictions, Suicides

are these indications of a healthy society?

if we want these services we have to pay 

for them, at a wage that properly 

compensates the service providers so 

they have the democratic advantages of 

being able to vote with their wages for the 

goods and services they need for a good life

So sad!  So very many bullies --

enough to torture so many of us,

each for our own sin against their

acceptable definitions.

4/1-5/24

empathy, kindness, social responsibility

 

Of course we are better off

in a world that eschews violence

Better, however, not to dwell

on such behaviors but rather to

promote empathy, kindness, 

social responsibility

To treat and see other people

as if you are a moral being

What would that be?

So many people through the ages

and today giving so much skill,

thought, energy to making

improvement within their sphere;

yet those mean, cruel agents of

social unrest, of war, of human

misery, seem to continually gain,

overtake our world

Does it feel better to be a kind, loving

person than to be a hate-filled angry

person?

Asking deep questions

to access what is real

It would be so much easier,

so much more economical,

so much more fun, so much

healthier, happier, safer, for all

of us if we could just learn to see

each other as people we can love;

but, of course, that will never

happen (have you met us?)

In light of the information that this 

has not been so much an inflationary 

period in the US as a price gouging period, 

wouldn't it make more sense to discourage 

price gouging than continue high interest 

rates that fall most disasterously on those 

with moderate to low income while those 

who finance them get windfalls?

seems to me if we have an agency created 

to do the people's work to improve our l

ives/country/world and then not fully fund 

it is stupidity

3/18-28/24

Irish Ides

 

George Washington, the First POTUS,

strongly warned against political parties.

Yet, the US government has become

based on a two party system, which forces

that kind of ugly adversary politics that

divides We the People.

 There's got to be a better way

between viciously anti

and fawningly for

Let's just get over ourselves and

admit we all such sometimes.

And yet, we each have our moments

of transcendance when we rise

above our limitations to do what is

right, or kind.

There ought to be (is there?) easily

accessed, well advertised, sites where

data is clearly posted about bad doctors,

bad police, bad businesses engaged in

fraudulant practice, where we can all

be warned.

If they want you to do evil,

they are not in the service of good.

We've always suffered the slings and

arrows of bullies and assholes.

And now they are merrily destroying

the world where we need to live our

simple lives, because that's what they

do, so confident in their self-perceived

normalcy.

3/9-14/24

post-reality world

 

We want to save the world

but we don't know what to do

No world saving rules appear when

Googled.

How do we sooth the savagery

we see everyday

So many wheres

conflicts building layers beyond

simple repair abound

Go to ground?  Hide, or fly to

go higher until we've found

usable clues, enough people who

choose to create better plans, learn

to understand what we can do,

rouse the will and means,

remake our world se we may be

sane and free and able.

I understand

why these so-called Christians

insist "Jews will not replace us"

because they've already replaced

the Jews as worshippers of that

angry and sadistic Old Testament

God -- whom they have replaced

for Jesus.

The point is that

we hate our lives,

so welcome Armageddon

Even if you have decided you won't

vote for Biden, or Trump, that

doesn't mean don't show up.

Leave the POTUS slot blank, or

write-in a person of your choice, but

be there to vote down ballot

Especially if you disagree with he

who does become President, it is

vastly important to elect Congressional

representatives that will more likely

vote as you would prefer.  And then

there are the initiatives and such, and

participating in your democracy.

What is gained by identifying ourselves

and each other within the restrictions

of gender norms?  Why try to find what

is "masculine", "feminine", how do I

measure up, become that ideal?

We are each an individual with our

own idiosyncracities, talents, diabilities,

attractions, desires, ways of being.

Isn't our best life goal to learn, to be

the person we are most happy being?

Creating panic, fear 

tactics for political gain

has caused vast unnecessary pain,

horrible policies, hate crimes, chaos

where once was calm and peaceful

community.

How dislodge such harmful practices,

make political tacts meet some

critieria of sanity?

hey, how about a dual currency/accounting system where they get all the wealth money they want (redeemable in special wealth establishments or not if you just want to hoard); we get the full faith and credit, redeemable everywhere that people buy and sell goods and services 

certainly we should use our power as citizens to protest bad policies, acts by our government officials we want to make sure they know we loathe -- that ought to be business as usual in a democracy

but business as usual also needs to be clearly seeing who we are voting for and against in terms of the world/nation we want to be a part of, and clearly understand that under the rule of a narcissistic authoritarian those citizen acts would no longer be business at all because we would no longer be living in a democracy

get over your isms -- a well working economy is one in which the needs of the populace are met or exceeded, which would generally tend to be a public-private hybrid

We're heading for a post-reality

world

Enjoy the ride ...

2/23-3/6/24

breathing into the sea

 

The tragedy --

too many wasted lives

on the pyre of ignorant hatred

Do as you feel drawn to

If it feels good, continue

If uncomfortable, explore the reasons

All the escalating trauma

trying to live on an ever more

hostile home world

LBJ famouslyy helped his

country leap forwarddd socially,

yet brought down by an unfortunate

allegiance to a horribly unpopular war.

The Democrats couldn't be

bothered to nominate a candidate

the people wanted.

Such a time of unrest -- Old School

America fell prey to a media

manufactured yearning for law and order.

For the focused and effective,

time gives us perspective,

long term relationships with

those we come to know well,

regrettable experiences we learn from,

and experiences that force us to

confront and better understand ourselves.

Given a strong genetic constitution,

excellent medical care and advice,

strongly supportive family and friends,

well educated, trained, skilled, effective

staff, abundant resources, expert, experienced

advisers, in an age when so much of memory

generally has been relegated to technology,

still the long grown experience which creates

amazing intuition and reflexive wisdom

is certainly an asset.

Not even our savior AI (with no human context)

can encompass the benefits of such experience.

We all make mistakes, take chances that don't 

pan out as we had hoped.

Real leaders accept their humanity,

do what they can to lift us all, with the

humility and reflection that comes from

their connection to our common cause.

2/10-15/24 

a you thing? a we thing?

 

Americans generally seem to be

ignorant of what our government

actually does or can do.  We seem 

to expect our POTUS to be a god

who commands the laws and policies

we must live by.  We seem to believe

our government is an all powerful

creature that we have no power over,

yet expect our tantrums to persuade,

rather than merely a human made

institution meant to organize our

societies in the ways we, over time,

choose.

I know, this we is not merely you and

me, who may discuss and decide.

This we is much larger and broader,

in needs, beliefs, experiences, world

views.  Thus, this government concept

gets more complex.  Then, I guess,

most of us don't want to bother to

understand -- so we just get mad.

What we need are real communities --

people committed to their common good.

A successful democracy requires extensive

civic education, such that all citizens

understand our rights, responsibilities,

duties and methods to have impact,

make changes.

 A national leader of the nature to do

their best for their nation generally

has a wide variety of people with

different needs, desires, hot button

issues, and so forth.  Remember, the

leader is trying to do what will serve

all of these, along with all the emergent

events that must be addressed.  Thus,

even your best-meaning national leader

will not necessarily do what is best for

you and yours.

2/5-9/24