Answering critics questioning how he could be a commentator on what presumably ought be an objective media outlet, Fox News, Mike Huckabee proudly annnnnnnnnnnd defiantly announced, "I am not part of Fox's news side, I am on the program side. I do not pretend to me nor am I objective".
Roget's Thesaurus: "Objectivity: unprejudiced, unbiased, unjaundiced, impartial, fair, just, equitable, impersonal, uninfluenced"
Newman: Objective: based on reality (not whims, feelings, fantasies), truth, right
Wouldn't want you to be any of those dastardly things, Mike, certainly not as President!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
CLOSE OUT THE CLOSINGS
This may not be the most important post I have ever written, but it highlights foolishness in society's norms that hide true feelings behind meaningless convention even in unimportant matters.
It's about the way we've been taught to close business letters:
YOURS TRULY...what does that mean? I always tell you the truth? Ha! And what does Yours mean? You are mine? To do what with?
GODSPEED and MAY GOD BE WITH YOU...sorry, not your choice
BEST REGARDS...to whom, from whom, in regard to what? And how does that differ from warm regards, kind regards and just good ole fashioned regards?
CORDIALLY...compared to what, ruthlessly?
SINCERELY...I know what that conveys, "I really really really mean what I wrote"... compared to the usual "I mean 47% of what I wrote"
RESPECTFULLY...how can you respect me when you don't really really really know me?
And respect me for what?
FAITHFULLY YOURS...I haven't a clue what that means
PRAYERFULLY...what are you praying for? That I pay your bill? OK, let's pray:
"Kol Nidre, vesaurey, vecharomey, ve kenuyey?" That was good!
And please, don't Dear me, I am not interested in how attracted you are to me, especially if you're threatening to foreclose on my home.
Then, again, maybe we can work out a deal.
AS USUAL,
Ray
It's about the way we've been taught to close business letters:
YOURS TRULY...what does that mean? I always tell you the truth? Ha! And what does Yours mean? You are mine? To do what with?
GODSPEED and MAY GOD BE WITH YOU...sorry, not your choice
BEST REGARDS...to whom, from whom, in regard to what? And how does that differ from warm regards, kind regards and just good ole fashioned regards?
CORDIALLY...compared to what, ruthlessly?
SINCERELY...I know what that conveys, "I really really really mean what I wrote"... compared to the usual "I mean 47% of what I wrote"
RESPECTFULLY...how can you respect me when you don't really really really know me?
And respect me for what?
FAITHFULLY YOURS...I haven't a clue what that means
PRAYERFULLY...what are you praying for? That I pay your bill? OK, let's pray:
"Kol Nidre, vesaurey, vecharomey, ve kenuyey?" That was good!
And please, don't Dear me, I am not interested in how attracted you are to me, especially if you're threatening to foreclose on my home.
Then, again, maybe we can work out a deal.
AS USUAL,
Ray
Monday, February 21, 2011
MY DESERT ISLAND
On my desert island, there will be:
* no conversational emails...humans will talk with each other and hear the inflections, the nuances of expression...they will hear and feel "I love you" from the heart and not from the keyboard
* children will be taught the art of logical thinking and the virtue of independence...there will be no calculators used in schools or on exams, students will use and sharpen the calculator that nature gave them...there will be no public schools
* there will be no coupons giving discounts on the price of goods only to those who spend precious time (far more valuable than the discounts) cutting coupons
* there will be no reality shows, no talk shows, no sitcoms on television, which will air only performing arts, sporting events and one half hour of daily news...there will be no commercials
* children will choose their own names at age 15
* no license will be required for marriage, no judge's approval for divotce
* all drugs will be over the counter to adults
* animals will not be hunted for pleasure, caged or eaten
* all decibel levels (radio, tv, stereos, ipods, etc) will be kept at a level that does not interfere with one's ability to hear oneself think
* workers will be paid cash at the end of each day's work...there will be no withholdings, no company benefits, no paid vacations, no sick leaves
* there will be no government
* everyone must do one thing each day to make the island more beautiful
* my desert island will be open only to those I invite to live there...there will be a "3 times you're out" guideline: do two things at the same time and/or be negative and/or be dishonest 3 times and you will be permanently banished from my island!
* no conversational emails...humans will talk with each other and hear the inflections, the nuances of expression...they will hear and feel "I love you" from the heart and not from the keyboard
* children will be taught the art of logical thinking and the virtue of independence...there will be no calculators used in schools or on exams, students will use and sharpen the calculator that nature gave them...there will be no public schools
* there will be no coupons giving discounts on the price of goods only to those who spend precious time (far more valuable than the discounts) cutting coupons
* there will be no reality shows, no talk shows, no sitcoms on television, which will air only performing arts, sporting events and one half hour of daily news...there will be no commercials
* children will choose their own names at age 15
* no license will be required for marriage, no judge's approval for divotce
* all drugs will be over the counter to adults
* animals will not be hunted for pleasure, caged or eaten
* all decibel levels (radio, tv, stereos, ipods, etc) will be kept at a level that does not interfere with one's ability to hear oneself think
* workers will be paid cash at the end of each day's work...there will be no withholdings, no company benefits, no paid vacations, no sick leaves
* there will be no government
* everyone must do one thing each day to make the island more beautiful
* my desert island will be open only to those I invite to live there...there will be a "3 times you're out" guideline: do two things at the same time and/or be negative and/or be dishonest 3 times and you will be permanently banished from my island!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
SPENDING SMART
Tens of millions of people in America suffer from crippling diseases. Hundreds of millions worldwide.
I have written before about reducing our nation's debt, and I stand firm on that point. But if the politicos feel compelled to increase our spending and the burden we are placing on future generations to pay it off, then I propose the following: Do not give the money to foreign countries and their questionable and suspect leaders, but give it instead to drug research companies around the world to be used solely for research to prevent/cure/control major diseases/afflictions/plagues, including heart maladies, cancers, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, pulmonary diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid, and others.
All knowledge gained by this research would immediately be made known to all peoples of the world...to benefit them and all future human life.
If spend we will, time to spend smart.
I have written before about reducing our nation's debt, and I stand firm on that point. But if the politicos feel compelled to increase our spending and the burden we are placing on future generations to pay it off, then I propose the following: Do not give the money to foreign countries and their questionable and suspect leaders, but give it instead to drug research companies around the world to be used solely for research to prevent/cure/control major diseases/afflictions/plagues, including heart maladies, cancers, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, HIV/AIDS, pulmonary diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid, and others.
All knowledge gained by this research would immediately be made known to all peoples of the world...to benefit them and all future human life.
If spend we will, time to spend smart.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
THE TRUMP CARD
I have never been a fan of Donald Trump. Quite the reverse. I have always thought he was a pompous, self-inflated compulsive addicted to adulation and attention.
Now...I can't fully believe I am about to say this...I am warming up to him running for, and me supporting him, for President next year.
He is a very conservative Republican with ardent support for a strong military. He is prepared to offer federal assistance to needy freer nations of the world, provided they "pay" for it by giving us something in return that benefits our country (eg, money, military positioning, etc.). He has a mind on reducing federal debt (something he may know something about), without cutting support programs that people have contributed taxes to and are dependent on. He is pro-life, and opposed to gay marriage (he is wrong about the latter; it is none of our Guardianship's (see post, Name Change)business whom or what you choose to marry, support, live with (other than underage children)...marry your cat, as far as I'm concerned.
Has Trump had political experience? No. Maybe that's good. The people I see with decades of political experience don't seem to have a clue as to what to do to protect our country, to give it the environment in which to thrive. Who is better and electable out there?
He seems to know and is not afraid to identify our enemies (eg, China), and says he will treat them accordingly. He projects the attitude Ayn Rand identified at the core of the American spirit: Don't Push Me Around.
Ron Paul, whom I generally like, asked how Trump could run since he has never won an election for executive office. I suppose Paul told the voters not to vote for him when he first ran for office. Paul could have made the same argument to Washington, Madison, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Grant, Garfield, Harrison, Hoover, Eisenhower. Some of them were pretty good.
Now...I can't fully believe I am about to say this...I am warming up to him running for, and me supporting him, for President next year.
He is a very conservative Republican with ardent support for a strong military. He is prepared to offer federal assistance to needy freer nations of the world, provided they "pay" for it by giving us something in return that benefits our country (eg, money, military positioning, etc.). He has a mind on reducing federal debt (something he may know something about), without cutting support programs that people have contributed taxes to and are dependent on. He is pro-life, and opposed to gay marriage (he is wrong about the latter; it is none of our Guardianship's (see post, Name Change)business whom or what you choose to marry, support, live with (other than underage children)...marry your cat, as far as I'm concerned.
Has Trump had political experience? No. Maybe that's good. The people I see with decades of political experience don't seem to have a clue as to what to do to protect our country, to give it the environment in which to thrive. Who is better and electable out there?
He seems to know and is not afraid to identify our enemies (eg, China), and says he will treat them accordingly. He projects the attitude Ayn Rand identified at the core of the American spirit: Don't Push Me Around.
Ron Paul, whom I generally like, asked how Trump could run since he has never won an election for executive office. I suppose Paul told the voters not to vote for him when he first ran for office. Paul could have made the same argument to Washington, Madison, Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, Grant, Garfield, Harrison, Hoover, Eisenhower. Some of them were pretty good.
Monday, February 14, 2011
TOWARD MEDIOCRITY
On the day the Egyptian president resigned, the head of the American guardianship (read my recent blog, "Name Change"...I don't call it a government anymore)annunced that "we will give the Egyptian people all the assistance they need".
Not "all the assistance we can afford"...with 14 trillion in debt, we can afford nada...
Not "all the goods we have a surplus of in our warehouses that are about to spoil and rot"...there are none...
Not "all the stuff we have that we don't need"...look around, there are Americans are need of everything...you remember Americans, the people who hired the guardians in Washington, the people who pay their salaries, the people whose freedoms and rights the elected guardians were hired to protect and secure, the people who are, or are the parents of, those who will have to pay off our mounting absurd debt.
The head guardian in Washington doesn't even know who will be running Egypt, friend or foe, ally or terrorist. He asks for nothing in return, nothing in trade for that bottomless pit of assistance.
The head guardian has said before that one country should not be wealthier, stronger, more influential, than other countries. He has said before the people of one country should not live better lives than the people of any other country.
He has said that wealth should be redistributed to equalize the present "imbalance" among people. He wants to bring America down to the lowest common denominator.
Any question about that?
Not "all the assistance we can afford"...with 14 trillion in debt, we can afford nada...
Not "all the goods we have a surplus of in our warehouses that are about to spoil and rot"...there are none...
Not "all the stuff we have that we don't need"...look around, there are Americans are need of everything...you remember Americans, the people who hired the guardians in Washington, the people who pay their salaries, the people whose freedoms and rights the elected guardians were hired to protect and secure, the people who are, or are the parents of, those who will have to pay off our mounting absurd debt.
The head guardian in Washington doesn't even know who will be running Egypt, friend or foe, ally or terrorist. He asks for nothing in return, nothing in trade for that bottomless pit of assistance.
The head guardian has said before that one country should not be wealthier, stronger, more influential, than other countries. He has said before the people of one country should not live better lives than the people of any other country.
He has said that wealth should be redistributed to equalize the present "imbalance" among people. He wants to bring America down to the lowest common denominator.
Any question about that?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
NAME CHANGE
We picked the wrong word to characterize those in political office: Government.
Here are some of the Thesaurus synonyms and related words for "govern":
regulate
wield authority
command
be master of
control
mastermind
order
manipulate
maneuver
arrest
restrain
constrain
inhibit
prohibit
hold back
bridle
rein
dominate
Here are some of the Thesaurus synonyms and related words for "freedom":
liberty
rights
unrestraint
unconstraint
noncoercion
nonintimidation
unharness
unmuzzle
disentangle
unsnarl
unknot
emancipated
unshackled
rescued
"Government" may be appropriate when the head of it is an emperor, a king, a
dictator. It is a misnomer in our free country.
I propose Guardianship instead of Government...political employees hired by us,
paid by us, for one and one purpose only: to guard, protect and secure our
freedom. There will be no president, no vice-president, no senators
(historically, the ruling class), no representatives (another misnomer), no
governors, no mayors...only head guardian, vice-guardian, general guardians,
state and city guardians. Period.
Here are some of the Thesaurus synonyms and related words for "govern":
regulate
wield authority
command
be master of
control
mastermind
order
manipulate
maneuver
arrest
restrain
constrain
inhibit
prohibit
hold back
bridle
rein
dominate
Here are some of the Thesaurus synonyms and related words for "freedom":
liberty
rights
unrestraint
unconstraint
noncoercion
nonintimidation
unharness
unmuzzle
disentangle
unsnarl
unknot
emancipated
unshackled
rescued
"Government" may be appropriate when the head of it is an emperor, a king, a
dictator. It is a misnomer in our free country.
I propose Guardianship instead of Government...political employees hired by us,
paid by us, for one and one purpose only: to guard, protect and secure our
freedom. There will be no president, no vice-president, no senators
(historically, the ruling class), no representatives (another misnomer), no
governors, no mayors...only head guardian, vice-guardian, general guardians,
state and city guardians. Period.
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