My wish is for you to have a Happy Monday.
One ancient writer wrote a long time ago that there is nothing new under the sun because life is following an endless cycle and that writer issued the challenge to produce something that is new. We create new things daily but then our creations utilizes preexisting material so in reality it is what already existed but in a new shape or form.
The recent explosion of invention and creations begs for the questions to be asked what have man been doing for the millions of years prior to now? Where will this newfound explosion of knowledge take us? This is in light of the fact that man has shown an uncanny ability to survive. Prehistoric dinosaurs have become extinct, the many races of giants that once lived on the earth have become extinct, there are many species of fishes, birds and animals that have become extinct but man continue surviving to the point where one country have seen it fit to limit couples to having only one child.
In this march into the future man has eradicated countless diseases and have also become immune to many diseases while new and even more deadly diseases are emerging . I read recently that there are tribes in the Amazon basin that the Brazilian government has made it illegal for outsiders to contact. These tribes present an interesting scenario in that on the one hand they have survived as long as other mankind. On the other hand our so called civilized man carry diseases and germ to which these tribes have never been exposed and so poses a real threat to the health of these tribes. It is possible that both the civilized and uncivilized could learn from each other.
Although the claim is that there is nothing that is new under the sun we have to pause to wonder at the new things that occur. One of our present boast is the reduction of infant mortality and the eradication of numerous childhood diseases. However, in recent times there are billions of dollars that are being pumped in research and to develop vaccines because of previously unheard of diseases. The ease and rapidity of travel in recent times make the spread of these new disease even more devastating.
One of the things that should not be ignored with all that is going on are those people that does things with malicious intent. One of the greatest teachers that ever walked this earth told a story of a farmer who sowed wheat in his field. The farmer had an enemy and the enemy at the same time went in and sowed tares among the wheat and went about his business. The enemy did not have to do anything after that because he knew that those tares would thrive. It was only when the wheat began bearing that the farmer realized what had been done.
In recent times there has been a lot of talk about invasive species. These are plants, fishes, birds, animals etc. that are thriving in places that are outside their natural habitat. Often times the question asked how did they get there in the fist place.
The answers are many. This may have come about through ignorance, accidental, maliciousness or even possibly for monetary gain. It has been noted that some persons have a penchant to circumventing laws because these persons believe that laws should be broken. They are somewhat like Pandora of Greek legend. The gods gave Pandora a box and told her that under no circumstance was she to open it and one god as an act of mischief bestowed on Pandora the gift of curiosity. Then there are things that happen as a result of an accident (The introduction of the mongoose into Jamaica is recorded as a great mistake. The mongoose were introduced to kill snake but the snakes are nocturnal and mongoose hunt during the day). Finally there are those persons that does things out of malice and for monetary gain. An ancient writer wrote that the love of money is the root of all evil. If cures were found for all the disease afflicting mankind than a lot of persons would go out of business. In a similar way someone will get paid to hunt and destroy invasive species.
In life we have at least four groups people. There are the neutral because they are neither good or bad. There are the good in that they aspire after the best for mankind. There are the bad in that these choose to be the opposite of the good. There are also the bad which are corrupt and evil but pretend to be good and offer themselves as an alternative to the good.
At present I am forced to use the internet for business and other matters. I am aware that some information that I would rather others do not access is being accessed. This for me is an headache because I have no idea who or what is being accessed. I consider myself as being of relatively little importance but when I hear of organizations and governments experiencing the same thing it lead me to wonder where is our world heading?
Monday, August 22, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
The Rio Olympics
My wish as always is for you to have a happy Monday.
I can think up a number of things to do instead of sitting in front of a television to watch the Rio Olympics and I do. It should easy for you to guess that I am neither an avid television fan nor sports fan. In spite of my best effort I did watch some events at the Rio Olympics. I got royally treated to good doses of American classism and bigotry.
I had the good fortune to have only one television channel carrying the Olympics and the commentators were committed to extolling the superiority of the American team. That was not a fair statement because the American team comprised two classes the Americans and the African Americans. It became clear that the gold medals won at the Olympics made the Americans proud but some would prefer if they had been won by the other class of Americans.
I noted in the past week someone taking offence with being referred to as an African American. My curiosity was once again stirred to a question that I have been pondering for some time. I logged into Google and typed in "Which countries make up North America?".
I was pleasantly surprised when the answer that came up was that North America is the third largest continent and it comprises 23 countries and dependencies. These countries include Mexico, the US, Canada, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Greenland (the largest island) among others. This answer was not getting me where I desired so I typed "Why do citizens of the US exclusively use the term American?" That question had too many definitions and no conclusion.
The best answer appear to be that American was a term used by the British to denote those belonging to the colonies of the Americas. This seem the only plausible answer to explain the class system that exist in American laws. (Some feared losing the British identity because at some point in the future the Native American will revive and the Africans will sooner or later gain power). Entrenching African American becomes the way to entrenching white supremacy. These guys were smart and foresaw the day when Africans would begin to dominate and sought to preclude it.
As previously mentioned there were two notable classes in the team to the Rio Olympics the superior class that descended from Europeans and you know who.
The African American population comprises 15% of the population of the USA and the US team to the 2016 summer Olympics is approximately 500. This mean that if the US team had 75 African Americans in the team then everything is in a right proportion. If there are less than 75 African Americans in the team then it show discrimination against the African American population and if there are more than 75 African Americans in the team then it shows that the African Americans are superior to their counterparts.
It was interesting listening to the sports commentators at the Rio Olympics. They were not off because the reports online were similar. The US was proud of the gold medals that are won but how dare these African Americans to win gold medals. This was privileges reserved for their superiors. This was why reporters were flabbergasted with Simone Emanuel winning a swimming event. Another fact that the reporters had to contend with was the feats of Simone Biles. She has done what no female gymnast was able to do in more than one hundred years of Olympic history.
Every mention of these names has to be accompanied by the fact that they are African American.
One of the highlight of the modern Olympic game is the final of the 100 meter sprint. For more than a year the great American hope has been giving off a lot of empty air that he was the best. It may have been fortunate for him that he was not privy to the sports commentators because they did not give him a chance. It is not often that one get to hear American commentators express hopelessness. Maybe if the American hope was in the other class they would have sworn that he would win until he lost.
I readily confess that I am no good at math but it would be nice to do some math here based on the population of the US. The US team to the Rio Olympics is 500. The US had the largest team so it should be no surprise that the US won the most medals. Based on the US population if 75 of the 500 are African Americans then it is fair for African Americans to account for 15% of the medals won. So far the African Americans are holding their own. At the end of the Olympics it will be interesting to tally the medals won by African Americans and compare that to African American Americans as a percentage of the US population and the answer will give an idea to their problems in the US.
I can think up a number of things to do instead of sitting in front of a television to watch the Rio Olympics and I do. It should easy for you to guess that I am neither an avid television fan nor sports fan. In spite of my best effort I did watch some events at the Rio Olympics. I got royally treated to good doses of American classism and bigotry.
I had the good fortune to have only one television channel carrying the Olympics and the commentators were committed to extolling the superiority of the American team. That was not a fair statement because the American team comprised two classes the Americans and the African Americans. It became clear that the gold medals won at the Olympics made the Americans proud but some would prefer if they had been won by the other class of Americans.
I noted in the past week someone taking offence with being referred to as an African American. My curiosity was once again stirred to a question that I have been pondering for some time. I logged into Google and typed in "Which countries make up North America?".
I was pleasantly surprised when the answer that came up was that North America is the third largest continent and it comprises 23 countries and dependencies. These countries include Mexico, the US, Canada, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Greenland (the largest island) among others. This answer was not getting me where I desired so I typed "Why do citizens of the US exclusively use the term American?" That question had too many definitions and no conclusion.
The best answer appear to be that American was a term used by the British to denote those belonging to the colonies of the Americas. This seem the only plausible answer to explain the class system that exist in American laws. (Some feared losing the British identity because at some point in the future the Native American will revive and the Africans will sooner or later gain power). Entrenching African American becomes the way to entrenching white supremacy. These guys were smart and foresaw the day when Africans would begin to dominate and sought to preclude it.
As previously mentioned there were two notable classes in the team to the Rio Olympics the superior class that descended from Europeans and you know who.
The African American population comprises 15% of the population of the USA and the US team to the 2016 summer Olympics is approximately 500. This mean that if the US team had 75 African Americans in the team then everything is in a right proportion. If there are less than 75 African Americans in the team then it show discrimination against the African American population and if there are more than 75 African Americans in the team then it shows that the African Americans are superior to their counterparts.
It was interesting listening to the sports commentators at the Rio Olympics. They were not off because the reports online were similar. The US was proud of the gold medals that are won but how dare these African Americans to win gold medals. This was privileges reserved for their superiors. This was why reporters were flabbergasted with Simone Emanuel winning a swimming event. Another fact that the reporters had to contend with was the feats of Simone Biles. She has done what no female gymnast was able to do in more than one hundred years of Olympic history.
Every mention of these names has to be accompanied by the fact that they are African American.
One of the highlight of the modern Olympic game is the final of the 100 meter sprint. For more than a year the great American hope has been giving off a lot of empty air that he was the best. It may have been fortunate for him that he was not privy to the sports commentators because they did not give him a chance. It is not often that one get to hear American commentators express hopelessness. Maybe if the American hope was in the other class they would have sworn that he would win until he lost.
I readily confess that I am no good at math but it would be nice to do some math here based on the population of the US. The US team to the Rio Olympics is 500. The US had the largest team so it should be no surprise that the US won the most medals. Based on the US population if 75 of the 500 are African Americans then it is fair for African Americans to account for 15% of the medals won. So far the African Americans are holding their own. At the end of the Olympics it will be interesting to tally the medals won by African Americans and compare that to African American Americans as a percentage of the US population and the answer will give an idea to their problems in the US.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Emancipation Day
Today Monday August 1st is celebrated as Emancipation Day in Jamaica many former British colonies while other countries that participated in the slave trade or were former colonies of European colonizers have varying days that are celebrated as Emancipation Day.
Today August 1st is then the day when the continent of Africa should rejoice because the colonial powers of Europe and the USA after forcefully transporting Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves for over 300 years declared that those of African origin who were in slavery were finally free. It is the day when those of us who are of African descent should feel grateful to our colonial masters for granting to our fore fathers freedom from slavery.
Since today is Emancipation Day it becomes a day for reflection. The only thing that those of us who are of African descent have to feel ashamed of is the docility with which our fore fathers accepted their role and allow those who were their inferior to dominate. It is this passivity which cause us who are of African descent to continue being treated by governments with injustice while we are continually accused of being violent. This will always happen when those who are inferior lord it over their superior.
Each Emancipation Day becomes a day for those who are of European descent to stop and reflect on who they really are. Those who are of European descent continue the blood line and have the genes of those responsible for genocide, murder, rape, stealing and a list of ills that will take up too much space. Those of us of African descent can rise above the enslavement of our forefathers and prove to those of European descent that we are their equals and betters but those of European descent cannot purge their blood or their genes of the crimes against humanity that were carried out by their forefathers.
Today is Emancipation Day and therefore today it is a good time to look at the factors and institutions that were responsible and which led to such a day as this being commemorated.
The church
I was taught in school that the slave trade began at the suggestion of a Roman Catholic Priest, Bartholome de las Casas. The priests came with the colonizers from Europe to convert the uncivilized to Christianity. These Europeans were more in need of conversion to Christianity than the uncivilized. It was the extermination and the genocide of the native population by the europeans that led to the priest suggesting that Africans be brought in.
The church sanctioned the activities of these Europeans and agreed with the Europeans that the African slaves were similar to the beast and had no souls. The church condoned the murder, rapes, dehumanizing and all ills practice by the Europeans.
The role of the church was so complicit in the slave trade that at present some church groups are dropping the name of some church denomination in their names.
The church continue to be an institution that is looked on with mistrust because the church continues to embrace those of European descent who advocate that the color of their skins make them superior to those people who are of African descent.
The Africans
I hold no acrimony toward persons of European descent or of any nationality because I am convinced that it were my forefathers in Africa that captured and sold each other to the Europeans. I know that there are claims that this is not true. However, I am yet to be provided with the evidence that the Europeans had the knowledge, skills and manpower to travel into the interior of the continent to capture the Africans.
The Europeans
The Europeans were greedy for wealth and their violence, cruelty and the diseases they brought on their bread and in their bodies to the West Indies and USA decimated the native population of the Americas and the West Indies. The natives of the USA fought until almost exterminated but were never subjugated. What the government of the United States could not do through force it did through trickery. It signed a number of treaties with the natives but never felt compelled to honor these treaties
In the West Indies the rigors to which the Europeans put the natives caused the natives to wilt and some to no longer exist. It was out of pity for the suffering of these natives that the suggestion to bring in Africans originated.
The Africans when they came, in spited of the hardships thrived and survived. This in itself showed that the African although considered inferior were of superior constitution to both the natives of the West Indies and also to the Europeans. This in itself caused the Europeans to fear the Africans and made the African subjected to violence because the Europeans feared that one day the Africans would rise in rebellion.
There were other problems that the Europeans had with the Africans slaves because the Africans slaves embodied the ideals of the Europeans. The Africans slaves were who and what the Europeans wanted to be except for being in slavery. The Europeans also considered the Africans slaves to be less that the beast and animals but still went ahead and satisfied their lusts on the African females slaves. It was punishable by death for a African male to look on a European female with lust but that did not stop the European females from lusting after the African males.
Although the Europeans considered the Africans slaves to be less intelligent than the beast and animals the Europeans recognized that the only advantage that they had over the African slaves was their ability to read and to write so to maintain his superiority The Europeans decreed death for the African slave that could read and write.
The Europeans had two claims to being superior and that was the color of his skin and his ability to read and to write. The reality now is that the gene of the African is dominant and the privilege of learning to read and to write has been adopted as a right to which every living human is entitled.
As we celebrate Emancipation Day today the native population of the former British colonies and the USA have been drastically reduced. In the USA emancipation is not often talked about. The people of African descent continue to be a problem. They comprise approximately 15% of the population but their impact is by far too significant. This impact is so significant that even now those of European descent are fearful. This comes about because persons of European descent believe that they have a God given right to the land. Each time they see a person of African descent it becomes a reminder of the ills perpetuated by their forefathers. A person of African ancestry is a reminder of their history as those descending from those who came from Europe.
It is interesting that a person who is a second generation immigrant can threaten those who can trace their ancestry to twenty generations or more that he will deport them to their original homeland.
It remain ironic that those of African ancestry should be celebrating Emancipation Day. Especially in light of the fact that they can trace their ancestry back to kings and emperors in Africa while their superiors can trace their ancestry to those responsible for genocide, murderers, rapists, liars and thieves.
The persons of African descent can rise above .their forefathers being slaves but who shall purge the blood and the genes of those descending from the Europeans
Today August 1st is then the day when the continent of Africa should rejoice because the colonial powers of Europe and the USA after forcefully transporting Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to be slaves for over 300 years declared that those of African origin who were in slavery were finally free. It is the day when those of us who are of African descent should feel grateful to our colonial masters for granting to our fore fathers freedom from slavery.
Since today is Emancipation Day it becomes a day for reflection. The only thing that those of us who are of African descent have to feel ashamed of is the docility with which our fore fathers accepted their role and allow those who were their inferior to dominate. It is this passivity which cause us who are of African descent to continue being treated by governments with injustice while we are continually accused of being violent. This will always happen when those who are inferior lord it over their superior.
Each Emancipation Day becomes a day for those who are of European descent to stop and reflect on who they really are. Those who are of European descent continue the blood line and have the genes of those responsible for genocide, murder, rape, stealing and a list of ills that will take up too much space. Those of us of African descent can rise above the enslavement of our forefathers and prove to those of European descent that we are their equals and betters but those of European descent cannot purge their blood or their genes of the crimes against humanity that were carried out by their forefathers.
Today is Emancipation Day and therefore today it is a good time to look at the factors and institutions that were responsible and which led to such a day as this being commemorated.
The church
I was taught in school that the slave trade began at the suggestion of a Roman Catholic Priest, Bartholome de las Casas. The priests came with the colonizers from Europe to convert the uncivilized to Christianity. These Europeans were more in need of conversion to Christianity than the uncivilized. It was the extermination and the genocide of the native population by the europeans that led to the priest suggesting that Africans be brought in.
The church sanctioned the activities of these Europeans and agreed with the Europeans that the African slaves were similar to the beast and had no souls. The church condoned the murder, rapes, dehumanizing and all ills practice by the Europeans.
The role of the church was so complicit in the slave trade that at present some church groups are dropping the name of some church denomination in their names.
The church continue to be an institution that is looked on with mistrust because the church continues to embrace those of European descent who advocate that the color of their skins make them superior to those people who are of African descent.
The Africans
I hold no acrimony toward persons of European descent or of any nationality because I am convinced that it were my forefathers in Africa that captured and sold each other to the Europeans. I know that there are claims that this is not true. However, I am yet to be provided with the evidence that the Europeans had the knowledge, skills and manpower to travel into the interior of the continent to capture the Africans.
The Europeans
The Europeans were greedy for wealth and their violence, cruelty and the diseases they brought on their bread and in their bodies to the West Indies and USA decimated the native population of the Americas and the West Indies. The natives of the USA fought until almost exterminated but were never subjugated. What the government of the United States could not do through force it did through trickery. It signed a number of treaties with the natives but never felt compelled to honor these treaties
In the West Indies the rigors to which the Europeans put the natives caused the natives to wilt and some to no longer exist. It was out of pity for the suffering of these natives that the suggestion to bring in Africans originated.
The Africans when they came, in spited of the hardships thrived and survived. This in itself showed that the African although considered inferior were of superior constitution to both the natives of the West Indies and also to the Europeans. This in itself caused the Europeans to fear the Africans and made the African subjected to violence because the Europeans feared that one day the Africans would rise in rebellion.
There were other problems that the Europeans had with the Africans slaves because the Africans slaves embodied the ideals of the Europeans. The Africans slaves were who and what the Europeans wanted to be except for being in slavery. The Europeans also considered the Africans slaves to be less that the beast and animals but still went ahead and satisfied their lusts on the African females slaves. It was punishable by death for a African male to look on a European female with lust but that did not stop the European females from lusting after the African males.
Although the Europeans considered the Africans slaves to be less intelligent than the beast and animals the Europeans recognized that the only advantage that they had over the African slaves was their ability to read and to write so to maintain his superiority The Europeans decreed death for the African slave that could read and write.
The Europeans had two claims to being superior and that was the color of his skin and his ability to read and to write. The reality now is that the gene of the African is dominant and the privilege of learning to read and to write has been adopted as a right to which every living human is entitled.
As we celebrate Emancipation Day today the native population of the former British colonies and the USA have been drastically reduced. In the USA emancipation is not often talked about. The people of African descent continue to be a problem. They comprise approximately 15% of the population but their impact is by far too significant. This impact is so significant that even now those of European descent are fearful. This comes about because persons of European descent believe that they have a God given right to the land. Each time they see a person of African descent it becomes a reminder of the ills perpetuated by their forefathers. A person of African ancestry is a reminder of their history as those descending from those who came from Europe.
It is interesting that a person who is a second generation immigrant can threaten those who can trace their ancestry to twenty generations or more that he will deport them to their original homeland.
It remain ironic that those of African ancestry should be celebrating Emancipation Day. Especially in light of the fact that they can trace their ancestry back to kings and emperors in Africa while their superiors can trace their ancestry to those responsible for genocide, murderers, rapists, liars and thieves.
The persons of African descent can rise above .their forefathers being slaves but who shall purge the blood and the genes of those descending from the Europeans
Monday, July 25, 2016
Me and my lucky break
My wish as always is that you are having a Happy Monday.
Half filled minds occupied with dreams of possible accomplishments should the day ever come when I am given my lucky break then I shall have a ball. Although I do not even know if I am pursuing the things that may generate a lucky break. When I stop to wonder and examine the possibility of my lucky break happening then I am told that I stand a better chance of being hit by lightning this year than have a lucky break. My chances of being hit by lightning this year I am told is one in a million. So I fantasize about the things that I would do should my wildest dreams ever come true. I have already defied a one in nine million odds so maybe something will happen for me.
Then it occurred to me that should my lucky break comes then I would be totally unprepared for my good fortune. Oh yes, I would be immersed in me and ignore the need for productivity (If i was involved in productivity I would not be involved in idle wishing). I would go about gorging myself like a swine and forget that ahead of me was the remainder of my lifetime so the hours that I spent in idle dreams then would become my ruin. Should common sense prompt me to invest then how would I know what product was the best.
My lucky break has come and will continue coming my way because in me there is a God given talent and multiplied abilities. Also in every person alive there is latent possibility but whether the odds are one in twelve thousand or one in a million I do not like those odds against my lucky break happening. I prefer to keep myself busy developing and utilizing my God given talents and abilities. When I am equipped should my luck break come then I shall be ready.
Fate would certainly be unkind if it knew that I did not know how to handle $10,000 and it chose to hand me a $1,000,000. If however I had worked hard and through diligent savings and investing I accumulated $10,000 and the good fortune smiled and my lucky break comes and I got $1,000,000 then I certainly be more prepared to handle a large sum of money.
The things that happen suddenly and unexpectedly in life are often destructive and this is why I become more amused as I watch persons trying to evade waiting to get things done. The joys of delayed pleasure has been lost and the guiding principle has become "I want it now." The chance of my lucky break happening while I am bust multiplies immensely.
I have discovered that I can follow one of two principles in life in that I can sit and do nothing while hoping that my lucky break will come. The other principle is that I can set a goal based on my God given talents and abilities and persist until the goal is accomplished. The good thing is that this is what every person can do and what I encourage every person to do.
It is only in science that I read of nothing becoming something and I suspect that if nothing becomes something then sooner or later it will return to its original state. I have set my goals and if the Gods smile and I get a lucky break I shall embrace it but because my chances of a lucky break are so slim I prefer to work toward a goal.
Half filled minds occupied with dreams of possible accomplishments should the day ever come when I am given my lucky break then I shall have a ball. Although I do not even know if I am pursuing the things that may generate a lucky break. When I stop to wonder and examine the possibility of my lucky break happening then I am told that I stand a better chance of being hit by lightning this year than have a lucky break. My chances of being hit by lightning this year I am told is one in a million. So I fantasize about the things that I would do should my wildest dreams ever come true. I have already defied a one in nine million odds so maybe something will happen for me.
Then it occurred to me that should my lucky break comes then I would be totally unprepared for my good fortune. Oh yes, I would be immersed in me and ignore the need for productivity (If i was involved in productivity I would not be involved in idle wishing). I would go about gorging myself like a swine and forget that ahead of me was the remainder of my lifetime so the hours that I spent in idle dreams then would become my ruin. Should common sense prompt me to invest then how would I know what product was the best.
My lucky break has come and will continue coming my way because in me there is a God given talent and multiplied abilities. Also in every person alive there is latent possibility but whether the odds are one in twelve thousand or one in a million I do not like those odds against my lucky break happening. I prefer to keep myself busy developing and utilizing my God given talents and abilities. When I am equipped should my luck break come then I shall be ready.
Fate would certainly be unkind if it knew that I did not know how to handle $10,000 and it chose to hand me a $1,000,000. If however I had worked hard and through diligent savings and investing I accumulated $10,000 and the good fortune smiled and my lucky break comes and I got $1,000,000 then I certainly be more prepared to handle a large sum of money.
The things that happen suddenly and unexpectedly in life are often destructive and this is why I become more amused as I watch persons trying to evade waiting to get things done. The joys of delayed pleasure has been lost and the guiding principle has become "I want it now." The chance of my lucky break happening while I am bust multiplies immensely.
I have discovered that I can follow one of two principles in life in that I can sit and do nothing while hoping that my lucky break will come. The other principle is that I can set a goal based on my God given talents and abilities and persist until the goal is accomplished. The good thing is that this is what every person can do and what I encourage every person to do.
It is only in science that I read of nothing becoming something and I suspect that if nothing becomes something then sooner or later it will return to its original state. I have set my goals and if the Gods smile and I get a lucky break I shall embrace it but because my chances of a lucky break are so slim I prefer to work toward a goal.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Race, religion and politics
My wish as always is for you to have a Happy Monday.
"You don't have to know all the intricacies of how a car engine operate but it should be enough for you that when you put the key in the ignition the engine turns and you are able to drive the car ."
I have heard that statement often and I have come to the conclusion that it is a very silly answer to give to an inquisitive mind. It is a response that indicates I do not know the answer and I have no idea where to find the answer. This also is a nice way to say just accept what you are told and do not ask questions.
The above quote maybe will be accepted by a primary school teacher but would not go down very well with auto mechanic students. The teacher who does not encourage questions in the class room leaves the students to find answers outside of the classroom.
We are living in a world that we had hoped had reached a point where we can tolerate differences. Unfortunately our differences may ultimately become our destruction because race,religion and politics continue to divide us and the innocent are losing their lives.
We can either be tolerant of each other as human beings or have the United Nations formulate a standard to which persons who think that they are superior must subscribe, or formulate tests and examinations that these person must pass. However 100% of those considered inferior must fail the tests and exams . It should not be in a country that a person's value is based on the color of his skin. The USA continue to provide entertainment because persons who will never qualify for the highest offices sit in a corner twiddling their thumbs knowing they will never achieve the standards of those they consider inferior.
The gods does not cater for any competition and so encourages the destruction of the followers of other gods. It is man who fight the battles of the gods because the gods look on and give to man their commands. Man find it necessary to demonstrate the superiority of his god and this is demonstrated in the destruction of his fellow man. There now rises a problem because with the advent of mass killing by way of suicide bombing and other means of mass destruction the god are not selective of who dies. This will ultimately provide a problem for the gods because their own are being destroyed along with the enemies. It is because of this that the very thing that should draw followers to the gods becoming a deterrent from following the gods.
We live in a world where a country having an undisputed leader is discouraged. The citizens of a country should determine their leaders and the most popular person with the people should be the leader. Alongside this concept is encouraged divergence of ideologies and these ideologies provide checks and balances in government. This entrenches and encourages factions and divisiveness among the citizens of countries. This we are told is healthy for democracy
Here is the world in which we live today, we live in a world where those who twiddle their thumbs look on their superiors and continue the centuries old claim that the color of their skin make them supreme. Instead of allowing the gods to fight their own wars to determine which god is superior, mankind continue destroying each other in the name of the gods and religion. Some who are seeking political office capitalize on the belief of some that claim they are supreme because of skin color while seeking to banish the gods.These politicians advocate ideologies while knowing other will oppose their ideologies.
The uninitiated and ignorant are asking questions and the teachers continue to give the answer that you don't have to understand how a car engine operates, be content with knowing that when you turn the key in the ignition the engine starts.
We are living in a crazy world and the ones who should be giving answers have not the slightest clue as to what is happening and so the people are scared but they are being told don't worry.
"You don't have to know all the intricacies of how a car engine operate but it should be enough for you that when you put the key in the ignition the engine turns and you are able to drive the car ."
I have heard that statement often and I have come to the conclusion that it is a very silly answer to give to an inquisitive mind. It is a response that indicates I do not know the answer and I have no idea where to find the answer. This also is a nice way to say just accept what you are told and do not ask questions.
The above quote maybe will be accepted by a primary school teacher but would not go down very well with auto mechanic students. The teacher who does not encourage questions in the class room leaves the students to find answers outside of the classroom.
We are living in a world that we had hoped had reached a point where we can tolerate differences. Unfortunately our differences may ultimately become our destruction because race,religion and politics continue to divide us and the innocent are losing their lives.
We can either be tolerant of each other as human beings or have the United Nations formulate a standard to which persons who think that they are superior must subscribe, or formulate tests and examinations that these person must pass. However 100% of those considered inferior must fail the tests and exams . It should not be in a country that a person's value is based on the color of his skin. The USA continue to provide entertainment because persons who will never qualify for the highest offices sit in a corner twiddling their thumbs knowing they will never achieve the standards of those they consider inferior.
The gods does not cater for any competition and so encourages the destruction of the followers of other gods. It is man who fight the battles of the gods because the gods look on and give to man their commands. Man find it necessary to demonstrate the superiority of his god and this is demonstrated in the destruction of his fellow man. There now rises a problem because with the advent of mass killing by way of suicide bombing and other means of mass destruction the god are not selective of who dies. This will ultimately provide a problem for the gods because their own are being destroyed along with the enemies. It is because of this that the very thing that should draw followers to the gods becoming a deterrent from following the gods.
We live in a world where a country having an undisputed leader is discouraged. The citizens of a country should determine their leaders and the most popular person with the people should be the leader. Alongside this concept is encouraged divergence of ideologies and these ideologies provide checks and balances in government. This entrenches and encourages factions and divisiveness among the citizens of countries. This we are told is healthy for democracy
Here is the world in which we live today, we live in a world where those who twiddle their thumbs look on their superiors and continue the centuries old claim that the color of their skin make them supreme. Instead of allowing the gods to fight their own wars to determine which god is superior, mankind continue destroying each other in the name of the gods and religion. Some who are seeking political office capitalize on the belief of some that claim they are supreme because of skin color while seeking to banish the gods.These politicians advocate ideologies while knowing other will oppose their ideologies.
The uninitiated and ignorant are asking questions and the teachers continue to give the answer that you don't have to understand how a car engine operates, be content with knowing that when you turn the key in the ignition the engine starts.
We are living in a crazy world and the ones who should be giving answers have not the slightest clue as to what is happening and so the people are scared but they are being told don't worry.
Monday, July 11, 2016
A tragedy for all
It is ironic that
the body camera of two law officers should fail at the very moment
when they were needed most and in the very situation why they are
give body cameras. However, the camera of others functioned properly
and they captured and show to the world the very situation that some
groups claim which is that law officers target a specific group.
The USA, it
government and people will feel proud of the videos shown across the
world of how it’s own is treated especially in light of the fact
that the USA police the world and dictate to other states how they
should treat their citizens. The USA will also be proud that the
action of some law officers are so barbaric that demonstration have
gone international over the excesses and abuses carried out by some
law officers.
It is even more sad
that in response one man took it on himself to execute vengeance so
he killed five law officers and wounded another six in retaliation.
The death and wounding of these law officers is overshadowed by the
horrific events that led to the attack so that there have not been
evoked the horror that it should. An attack on a law officer is an
attack on the government and also on the society that empowers the
government. In a similar way law officers enforce laws that are made
by the government on behalf of society therefore the actions of the
law officers becomes the action of the government and of the society.
One of the few names
that I have remembered from my history class in high school is that
of a Roman Catholic priest Bartholome de las Casas. This Roman
catholic priest I was taught was the person responsible for the
trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The motive of
Christopher Columbus was questionable when he sailed west with the
hope of reaching India. Columbus did however open up new land for
Europeans to colonize. The priest came along with the new settlers to
teach these heathen Christianity. These new settlers were however
were more in need of the teachings of Christianity than the natives.
According to the historians it was in an effort to save the local
population from extermination and genocide at the hands of the
European colonizers that Bartholome de las Casas suggested bringing
in people from Africa to work the fields.
There is at present
debates as to the genocide of the native American population. The
historians in order for things to look good claim that the decimation
of the native American population over some four hundred years was
the result of diseases that the European brought in their bodies and
on their breaths. The sure thing is that the native American
population has been reduced to fraction of what it was and efforts
are being made to have them forget their past and their culture.
The native American
population has almost been made extinct so to who does the land now
belong.
The African that
were brought from Africa did not succumb as did the native population
of America. In fact the wealth of America was built on the blood,
sweat and tears of these people that were brought here from Africa.
Now that America is wealthy it would seek to be rid of those who made
it rich. This is why a politician can put up a billboard announcing
“Make America white again” and also a third generation American
can proclaim that he will send home persons who can trace their
ancestry for hundred of years of living in the USA.
It would prove
interesting if persons of African descent and other ethnic groups
were repatriated to their native lands. This of course would require
repatriating the whites to wherever they originated.
If the persons of
African descent and other ethnic groups were repatriated then it
would be interesting to see who would get exploited and to whom the
others would compare themselves.
The persons of
African descent has been dehumanized and made to suffer more than any
group in the US. The question then begs to be asked why is the person
of African descent targeted.
The answer lies in
the fact that the person of African descent embodies the other
nationals ideals. The person of African descent is both strong in
physical constitution and strength of mind. The person of African
descent physical strength makes him an object of fear because the
oppressors fear that one day he will rise up in rebellion. In
physical constitution the others nationalities see in the person of
African descent what they would like to be and the qualities that
they desire.
In the USA persons
of African descent are probably more easily identified than any other
ethnic group and comprises approximately 15% of the total population.
The impact and contribution of the person of African descent in
comparison to their numbers is tremendous. Historically it has been
recognized that if the person of African descent is provided the
opportunity to use also intelligence then others will be at a
disadvantage. This disadvantage comes about because the person of
African descent is already of superior physical strength and strength
of mind.
The present reality
is that the person of Africa descent will continue to be hated and
will be portrayed in the worst light. I was cooking and listening to
the television and the story was being read of a man who had used a
rifle to kill several persons and he was taken into custody by the
police. I stopped what I was doing to verify that the man was not of
African descent. The newscasts that tell the stories behind the
killing of persons of African descent by law officers are ridiculous.
These law officers are agents of of the government whether federal,
state or local. They are simply doing the wish of society.
The groups that are
taking up arms to retaliate against law officers must put down their
arms. The ideal condition would be for the government to hold those
law officers who break the law accountable but this will not happen
because these law officers are simply carrying out the wishes of
society. One answer lies in empowerment through education.
There are enough
persons of African descent that are controlling enough wealth and
influence to train a generation that has their goals being the sky.
There is a solid foundation that has already been made and now
through education the oppressors can be challenged.
Monday, July 4, 2016
Commemorating milestones
Happy Independence Day and 4th July USA.
My wish is that this will be an awesome and great Monday.
Commemorating important milestones and events provide reminders that countries and people do not necessarily need others to determine their destinies and future. This does not negate the rule of law but highlights the need for laws that are applicable to a particular situation. Independence means that individual people and national wealth should not enrich other nations to their own detriment
One responsibility of parents is to train children to become responsible and independent citizens of their country. This involves preparing the children to make meaningful contributions to society and for these children to recognize that a point in the future they will be the leaders and elders in society.
Our present generation of children need to recognize that at some point in the future there will be a collapse of society and the need to begin all over again. There are at present hints of this and also rumblings as elements in society seek to make mockery of the heroes of the past and to discredit their achievements and contributions. The irony of this being that these persons are willing to destroy and discredit but has nothing meaningful to contribute to society. These are the persons whose death evoke no remorse but rather a sigh of relief. Unfortunately these persons continue to destabilize an already shaky foundation.
Historians it appear were more interested in glamour than facts and even at present there are so many versions of events that it is probably that the truth will never be discovered. Historians glamorize the facts and suppress the truth for so long that now the truth is regarded as a lie. It is the suppressing of the truth that surround the facts that will eventually be the downfall of society. There will not be any learning from the past if the truth surrounding the facts are hidden.
Our celebrations of important milestones are reminiscent of programs on television where sometimes years, months, days or hours of filming is done and then the process of editing takes place to present a one or two hour program. In this again the truth behind the facts is not disclosed so a glamorized version of facts is presented.
We live in a world that embrace the concept that a dirty win is better than a gracious loss. Our world highlights winners and it is through winning that one becomes independent. The weak has a dependency syndrome while the independent desire to make it on his own.
My wish is that this will be an awesome and great Monday.
Commemorating important milestones and events provide reminders that countries and people do not necessarily need others to determine their destinies and future. This does not negate the rule of law but highlights the need for laws that are applicable to a particular situation. Independence means that individual people and national wealth should not enrich other nations to their own detriment
One responsibility of parents is to train children to become responsible and independent citizens of their country. This involves preparing the children to make meaningful contributions to society and for these children to recognize that a point in the future they will be the leaders and elders in society.
Our present generation of children need to recognize that at some point in the future there will be a collapse of society and the need to begin all over again. There are at present hints of this and also rumblings as elements in society seek to make mockery of the heroes of the past and to discredit their achievements and contributions. The irony of this being that these persons are willing to destroy and discredit but has nothing meaningful to contribute to society. These are the persons whose death evoke no remorse but rather a sigh of relief. Unfortunately these persons continue to destabilize an already shaky foundation.
Historians it appear were more interested in glamour than facts and even at present there are so many versions of events that it is probably that the truth will never be discovered. Historians glamorize the facts and suppress the truth for so long that now the truth is regarded as a lie. It is the suppressing of the truth that surround the facts that will eventually be the downfall of society. There will not be any learning from the past if the truth surrounding the facts are hidden.
Our celebrations of important milestones are reminiscent of programs on television where sometimes years, months, days or hours of filming is done and then the process of editing takes place to present a one or two hour program. In this again the truth behind the facts is not disclosed so a glamorized version of facts is presented.
We live in a world that embrace the concept that a dirty win is better than a gracious loss. Our world highlights winners and it is through winning that one becomes independent. The weak has a dependency syndrome while the independent desire to make it on his own.
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