THE DRAMA PAPERS: May 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Lack of Leadership in Our City Council

From personal experience I haven't had one contact with any Council-person that has been positive.They lack purpose and justification. That makes them puppets of Ad Hoc committees,& power-brokers.I have seen no passion except for their own individual desires.I agree with "Public Citizen"; if they want yet another barrister,this is a free country so hire one out of pocket, but stay out of the tax payer pockets.By the way, in the past, council-persons have indeed illegally used the council attorney for their own personal business.I have seen this first-hand.
Our job is to make sure these turnips don't get back into office in any capacity. They have shown us that personal witch-hunts are more important than city business.I don't think this bunch has the capability to run a city in the Sunshine.That's why we're always surprised, and a little too late to fix most problems.
It's interesting to see the backgrounds of these elected members, and "at large" members. They are overwhelmingly white,male,and very religious.There is a separation of church and state, but their power comes from their theistic sub-groups that were responsible for electing them in the first place.
Here's an interesting factoid I've discovered over my 42 year experience in elections(not age). Find a neighborhood near a church, and see which candidate is the most popular.Since there are over 400 churches in Duval County alone, it's a fun way to predict outcomes of any Southern community election. It works on the state level too.Heads of churches,synagogues,and mosques strongly urge their parishioners to vote in a specific way.That is one reason we're never really happy about how elections turn out.
The other way to elect people is to do a lot of research before an election. Do it on your own.Use newspapers,and the internet.Go outside of the norm if you really want to make a difference.Every local news station supports or rejects candidates.To make a difference you have to dig. Go into backgrounds and find out where they came from,did they attend school,and who's in their networks.The networks they choose tell you what friends, and businesses they align.Some have no business experience and just packed up a briefcase(or smart phone) and began attending meetings. In my opinion housewives make the worst candidates because they make the best puppets.
To summarize,our unhappiness rests with us.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Face the Nation May 19,2013

Recently I've been horrified at the grueling commentary focused on what our President did or did not know about Benghazi,AP contacts,IRS handling of wealthy Teaparty non-profits,etc.ad nauseam.Our country is under electronic seige, and warfare has dramatically changed.Security is our number one objective.The press has become a puppet of the Grover Norquists of our country.Tell me what the unfortunate slaughter of our Benghazi embassy workers has to do with Obama, or as he's affectionately known...President Blackenstein.There's not one embassy worker that's not aware of the great peril they live under.I have unending gratitude for these brave men and women.The AP has suffered with the Rupert Murdock phone tapping case, and it was ground zero for the recent AP scandals.People have for years begged the IRS to investigate non-profits that have made millionaires+ out of CEO's under the guise of helping the poor and unfortunate.Republicans for the 37th time have tried to disembowel Obama Care.It is the will of the people that we have healthcare we can all afford.Fresh perspective is needed for your broadcasts.I'm am really weary of the back petting that's going on in broadcasting.Specically,PBS is no longer backed by the people,but by corporations.There is no untainted news anymore.Intellectuals everywhere are taking notice.You have taken yourselves far out of step to the public drumbeat.

Don't Ever Become A Teacher!

Mr.Ford did the right thing and protected himself and other students. The choke hold used didn't make the teenager pass out; it controlled him.The teenager didn't make a trip to the ER,was never treated for any physical damage, and should be expelled.If I had a student in this crazy kid's class I'd not send my child to school until this little monster was expelled. There's not much time left in this school year that ends June 7th. There sure is plenty of time for this predator to make the rest of the year a nightmare for teachers and peers.
I'd love to know the GPA of this nutcase.I am sick of hearing about these privileged pariahs being babied. He's a 14 year old destroyer of the academic excellence and civility necessary for his classmates to learn.I agree with all posts in favor of putting discipline back in our teachers' hands. Years ago, if a student misbehaved,you went and got the teacher next door who watched you deliver corporal punishment, or took the disruptor to the principal for a paddling while either you, the teacher watched, or the principal watched while you did the paddling.There was a "three swat limit" for elementary children.The second student offense resulted in suspension.A third, usually expulsion unless the student had parents that gave generously to the school, or were properly connected.This smacks of the latter.

You Live What You Know

No, we will never be able to get along because we all have very different belief systems, have lost the ability to be free thinkers, and are led around by imaginary being(s) interpreted by whomever thinks they're special. I suffer everyday because I refuse to be a part of bands of brutal,narrow minded people.
I have traveled the world, and every place is essentially the same. The continuous slaughter of people,the lack of food,water & housing, and the entrapment of the poor are essential to any "aristocracy"-I use this as a broad,global term.Rich differs all over the globe,but power has its nuances that are driven by payola. When the payola runs out desperation infects bad leaders, and the result is slavery.
"You live what you learn", is the chorus in a song, called "Points of Authority"by Lincoln Park. It is a brilliant reflective song that speaks to this age-old problem.
http://www.lyricsbox.com/linkin-park-lyrics-points-of-authority-nj4d4x3....

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Tim Tebow and Religion

People are not forgiven for sins they commit by a long dead person.Each of us is responsible for what we do to each other.People do hide behind god as an excuse for terrible behavior.Give me an example of one atheist that has murdered anybody.The only book you seem to have read at all is the Bible.Let me remind you written language has been around for over 8,000 years. The Bible was written in sections by different people,at different times,beginning about 2,000 years ago.It's relatively a new compilation as far as history goes.There are 4,200 gods.Which one you endorse, or not is up to you.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/origins-written-bible.html
There has never been a war without religious roots for killing other peoples of differing beliefs.Reason has never been man's strong point, so people have always fought to make their particular viewpoint the one and only correct one to do everything from curing diseases, to choosing mates,governing etc.It was done to provide society with a structure. Many people are not free thinkers and have to be told right from wrong.Egotism makes it difficult to come to terms with death.Death is no reason to live a perfect life.Death is a fact.
At one time the Popes were married.39 of them to be exact.
http://www.johnshuster.com/thirtynine_popes.htm
Chastity for Popes began in the first written mandate requiring priests to be chaste in AD 304 by the Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira.It's expected that Popes will be able to marry again.My point is that there is no exactness in religion as in science.Religion is a "mish-mash" of contradictions and conclusions. Each religion wildly differs from culture to culture and sect to sect.Science is fact with no room for wobbling.Discoveries change science;religion changes with whomever is in control.Interpretation in religion is by self-appointed leaders leading herds of sheep sometimes with disastrous results.Jim Jones comes to mind here.Cults are religions just as sure they have the correct answers as the 4,200 mainstream religions.
Free thinkers are humanists, or non-theists(atheists).Humanism is a group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value and agency of human beings, individually, and collectively, and generally prefers individual thought and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over established doctrine or faith (fideism).
My comment was very tongue-in-cheek.If god can be on somebody's side he can also be against them. I don't believe praying will do anything but make the person feel better. That's fine,but chocolate does the same thing for me!

Friday, May 3, 2013

Southern Theists

ConservativeJax: And back at you. How do you know he was on TT's side? Is that same side as giving AIDS to babies?Or promoting
Wars?You really think there is a magic sky god that is always paying attention to you?Sounds like a "Me,me,me,me" narcisistic psychosis.You think when you die there is a place called Heaven you go to meet relatives?Do you ever watch what happens to space trash that comes into the earth's atmosphere?It hopefully burns up so it is not a problem.Do you know what happens to stuff that leaves our atmoshere,like the soul in search of heaven, or a rocket ship covering?Have you seen the vastness of our universe so far?Are you aware of science?
Yesterday, an,oh so Christian woman, decided to leave a manger scene in her front yard.This was against her HOA rules and regulations.Do you know what happens when you violate those rules?I cracked up with laughter when she made a remark that her HOA could "shove-it", and she wanted her 9 years of dues back.I hope no attorney helps her.But I digress...this pious woman doesn't read.Her HOA can actually be nasty enough to cause her to loose her home.The HOA described this scene as Christmas Decorations.It's tolerated at Christmas, for an appropriate time.Not all of us believe like you.
Would you like to be forced because you live in say Arabia to observe Ramadan even though you are Christian?How about Yom Kippor because you live in Israel?Just because we live in the United States, that does not mean we are all Christians, and the mere statement you believe in god means you are special?There are many gods,4,200 of them.Some belief systems are deadlier than others.I cannot think of one religion or belief system in god that isn't mean,has caused war, or is entrenched in tales,legends, and tries to explain what that particular group just doesn't understand yet.
There are many other philosophies,social groups, and cultures that make the individual the responsible party,and scientific explanation the reason.Theists make Jesus the repsonsible party(he forgives sins for everything..."auto-do-over"),and creationism the reason.Atheists have always been "eaten" by theists in the past. Atheists are non-theists.That's not scary,except in the narrow mind of the theist.Theists see atheists, or non-theists as a terrible threat to them.It's natural to be frightened of anything you know little about.The intelligent thing is to learn why you might be so afraid, and correct it.

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