Labor day weekend is here at last. Three day weekends are enjoyed by many. Some of have to labor on this day anyway to keep the wheels of our civilization going. But what is Labor Day all about? Here is what the United States Department of Labor says about it:
"Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country."
http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm
I think that is pretty cool. Look around! When I look around my house, I see a bunch of items, and every last one of them had human hands on it to craft it. Many human hands. Labor had to be employed to dig that ore, then to refine it and fashion it into useful products for human beings. Walk down the street in Manhattan and you'll be engulfed in human handy work. All of it the labors of skilled and unskilled people. The use and maintenance of all of it by humans labor.
This day is an extremely important recognition of human endeavor. It celibates activity that is directly responsible for the making of our civilization, labor. Labor is held in the highest regard by humans. That is the reason for labor unions, labor pools and even political parties. Even presidents have the highest regard for labor.
“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
Time to relax and honor good old hard work. Work of all kinds too! CEO's to makers of Cheerios all get to step back and look at their works and be proud. Be proud of each other too! All them fellow Americans had a hand in it, so tip your hat to your neighbour's efforts as well.
Okay now, TIME TO PARTY!!!
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
300 Americans fighting Along Side Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.
I wonder how many, if any, Mexican nationals or South American people have been radicalized and signed on with ISIL?
I remember seeing gross pictures of headless bodies, and their heads scattered about on the Mexican/US border. The drug cartels was said to have done it. There have been reports of armed smugglers crossing into Arizona.
I think our congress and president need to beef up our southern border even more. I don't want to see a roving mass of drug smugglers turned Islamic extremist riding across our southern border, into a small town or reservation in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas or California. I know our forces could mop up any such incursion, but there would still be the damage imposed.
This may sound like an extremely unlikely scenario, but the commander of our armed forces said we need to take a cold hard look at the situation. No point in leaving things to chance. With nut jobs like the Islamic State you just can't leave out any options. Unfortunately, everything has to be on the table.
We already have this estimated 300 American traitors fighting along side the enemy. I'm sure there are many more who have gone bonkers and become turncoats. I wouldn't doubt it if there are cells here right now. This ISIL has had many years to work on it. They were fighting in Syria long before crossing the border.
The president should take this threat seriously, as he already does. I want him to call back congress from their break, and get down to the business of exterminating the Islamic State.
I remember seeing gross pictures of headless bodies, and their heads scattered about on the Mexican/US border. The drug cartels was said to have done it. There have been reports of armed smugglers crossing into Arizona.
I think our congress and president need to beef up our southern border even more. I don't want to see a roving mass of drug smugglers turned Islamic extremist riding across our southern border, into a small town or reservation in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas or California. I know our forces could mop up any such incursion, but there would still be the damage imposed.
Intel believes 300 Americans fighting with Islamic State, posing threat to U.S.
Photo by: Uncredited
A convoy of vehicles and militant fighters move through Iraq's Anbar Province. The U.S. government is tracking and gathering intelligence on as many as 300 Americans who are fighting side-by-side with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and are poised to become a major threat to the homeland, according to senior U.S. officials. (Associated Press)
This may sound like an extremely unlikely scenario, but the commander of our armed forces said we need to take a cold hard look at the situation. No point in leaving things to chance. With nut jobs like the Islamic State you just can't leave out any options. Unfortunately, everything has to be on the table.
We already have this estimated 300 American traitors fighting along side the enemy. I'm sure there are many more who have gone bonkers and become turncoats. I wouldn't doubt it if there are cells here right now. This ISIL has had many years to work on it. They were fighting in Syria long before crossing the border.
The president should take this threat seriously, as he already does. I want him to call back congress from their break, and get down to the business of exterminating the Islamic State.
The Danger of Theocracies Proved by Islamic State
You can see how dangerous mixing religion with politics can be by looking at the criminal Islamic State. Secular government, and democracy have been labeled heretical by ISIL. Government, all of them, must be secular. Democracy can only be maintained properly with a secular government. Those two things the Islamic State fears most. Those two thing will destroy the enemies of Liberty.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
DoD News Now August 25 2014
A team of Air Force EOD personnel have completed their mission in Afghanistan, one source your family can turn to for a lot of answers about life in the military and what the military is doing for special needs children of military families.
Islamic State Demands Millions in Ransom for Life of 26-Year-Old American Woman: Report
They know damn good and well the United States will not pay a ransom to any dirty, filthy terrorists such as is the Islamic State.
I want my nation, The United States, and all others to attack them without regards for any international borders of Syria, and without mercy. Sorry if any civilians get hurt in the process. We certainly do not want that, but it is something that has to be done anyway. In the end there will be many more saved than hurt by the extermination of the heathen, barbaric sons of dogs and pigs named ISIS or whatever. That goes for Boko Haram too!
In the end all of you sons-of -bitches will die. The sooner the better. There is no virgins waiting for them on the other side of death. Only oblivion is their lot, and that's what we'll give them.
I hope our President and Congress work together to cleans your slimy, insane kind from our world. I give you the bottom of my shoe, and left hand. They aren't with God, or moon god. How freaking ridiculous. They are pagans, who believe in child abuse, and torturing innocents.
They piss me off for several reasons. This kind of crap is only one of them. One reason may seem selfish, but it is still there in me. Our president was doing all he could to bring our warriors home at long last. I was looking forward to a time of relative peace. A time of maybe getting off this rock, and expanding our civilization to other worlds. A time of prosperity for all, but no! These mother <expletive> have to go and screw it all up. They, by their heinous actions and threats to our people, have to <expletive> up everything, and for what? Because one person wants to place himself above all others around him. For a myth, a rumor, a vapor.
Islamic State Demands Millions in Ransom for Life of 26-Year-Old American Woman: Report
I want my nation, The United States, and all others to attack them without regards for any international borders of Syria, and without mercy. Sorry if any civilians get hurt in the process. We certainly do not want that, but it is something that has to be done anyway. In the end there will be many more saved than hurt by the extermination of the heathen, barbaric sons of dogs and pigs named ISIS or whatever. That goes for Boko Haram too!
In the end all of you sons-of -bitches will die. The sooner the better. There is no virgins waiting for them on the other side of death. Only oblivion is their lot, and that's what we'll give them.
I hope our President and Congress work together to cleans your slimy, insane kind from our world. I give you the bottom of my shoe, and left hand. They aren't with God, or moon god. How freaking ridiculous. They are pagans, who believe in child abuse, and torturing innocents.
They piss me off for several reasons. This kind of crap is only one of them. One reason may seem selfish, but it is still there in me. Our president was doing all he could to bring our warriors home at long last. I was looking forward to a time of relative peace. A time of maybe getting off this rock, and expanding our civilization to other worlds. A time of prosperity for all, but no! These mother <expletive> have to go and screw it all up. They, by their heinous actions and threats to our people, have to <expletive> up everything, and for what? Because one person wants to place himself above all others around him. For a myth, a rumor, a vapor.
They have caused hate to arise in me. That hate I never wanted to see, but can hardly help. It is very hard to not hate them. I have always tried to see things people do as being caused by their happiness, or pain. I've tried to believe that if a person does something wrong on purpose, there must be some defect in their mind that caused them to do it. To look at it the same as I would a disease, or malfunction. Then I could have pity for even the evil doers. But they have even taken that away from me. So, my hatred of them runs very deep. That hate is another pain in my being.
The Islamic State is not lasting. I use your flag to wipe my ass.
The Islamic State is not lasting. I use your flag to wipe my ass.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hurrah for the Kurds
Hurrah for the Kurds. The only indigenous force in Iraq that didn't turn tail and run in the face of ISIS. Let's not let the brave Kurds down. Let us help them fight for their lives. Let us fight beside them to eliminate ISIS for good and all. Let's not leave them hanging like they did after the Kuwait invasion. We should arm them. The Kurds are probably the one group we can trust the most. They have stuck with us from the get-go. We shouldn't turn our backs on them, or any of the civilians under threat from radicals like ISIS. That includes that group in Africa, Boko Haram. They need to be eliminated just as much as any of the others. If there is something we can do to cause their extinction, we need to be doing it.
I don't voice my opinion on the religious aspects much because I'm an atheist with a lot of friends who believe. We respect each other. I've still got an opinion, so here is an atheist take on it. One thing that really makes things hard is all the factions within all the religious groups. ISIS shows how problematic this can be. There are millions of people who are Muslims. Just the same as all other religions, their are different interpretations of their holy book, and that has caused factions. Now one of the radical factions, who have taken a barbaric interpretation of the Koran have gone amok. That makes it really hard on everyone else. Everyone wants to eliminate them. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Atheists and most others agree. ISIS can't be allowed to exist.
Now we have attacked the ISIS with bombs. They took down the hated black flags off their trucks. As the good Humans fight to rid our world of the pathogens named ISIS, they may try to meld into the populace. That will make things harder, and still very dangerous for the average person there. They will have mass murderers mixed in with their people. It may sound like a witch hunt, but the people need to keep their eyes open. They need to point their finger so all of them can be rooted out, and dealt with. They are dangerous criminals who will retaliate against people for turning them in. That is where things become hard. No one wants their family singled out for elimination, but that is exactly what can happen with the ISIS group. It is scary as hell. This situation will call for supreme bravery and courage, not only from us, but from the good people of Iraq who wish to finally live in peace.
You seen the bad Humans burning their passports as a sign of allegiance to death and insanity. Not all of them traitors are doing that, I wager. Some of them are still here, some of them are still there. They will meld into the crowd and use their passports to gain access to places people are peacefully living. They will cause mayhem here and there as long as they are allowed to exist. They have vocally threatened us all, and acted on it.
So everyone who isn't, and/or is a Muslim, or anyone else for that matter, can help out in attitude. Don't look at people like ISIS as Muslims, or representing Islam. They are something dedicated to evil and thus are accursed. To borrow an expression, ISIS and their like are an abomination to Humanity. Look at them in the same light you would the Nazis, Khmer Rouge, The Inquisition, or any twisted ideology that promotes its existence through threat of death or violence. Look at them in the same light you would anything that forcefully threatens the peaceful existence and advancement of Humanity. Look at them as a pathogen who's elimination is imperative, peremptory. Nothing more, nothing less.
Right now as you read this, some person stood up for what they believe in, and got their head cut off for it. Now their body lays in the street, and their head on a pole.
American relationship with Iraqi Kurds long, complicated
Steve Kornacki traces the history of the U.S. relationship with Iraqi Kurds, from the failure to deliver support to an anti-Saddam Hussein uprising during George H.W. Bush administration to President Obama’s humanitarian airdrops and targeted military strikes against ISIS.
I don't voice my opinion on the religious aspects much because I'm an atheist with a lot of friends who believe. We respect each other. I've still got an opinion, so here is an atheist take on it. One thing that really makes things hard is all the factions within all the religious groups. ISIS shows how problematic this can be. There are millions of people who are Muslims. Just the same as all other religions, their are different interpretations of their holy book, and that has caused factions. Now one of the radical factions, who have taken a barbaric interpretation of the Koran have gone amok. That makes it really hard on everyone else. Everyone wants to eliminate them. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Atheists and most others agree. ISIS can't be allowed to exist.
Shedding light on the aspirations of ISIS
Al Arabiya’s Hisham Melhem joins via phone to discuss the aspirations of terror organization ISIS, and the threat the group poses against Kurds and U.S. interests in Iraq.
ISIS, claiming the Islamic faith, have made it bad on the people they are terrorizing, killing, raping and enslaving. They have indirectly made it bad on the other people who have the Islamic faith too. Idiots take it like all Muslims want to behead the infidels. That just isn't the case. The vast majority of people on the planet just want to make a living, raise their families, and be left alone so they can peacefully live their lives.
Now we have attacked the ISIS with bombs. They took down the hated black flags off their trucks. As the good Humans fight to rid our world of the pathogens named ISIS, they may try to meld into the populace. That will make things harder, and still very dangerous for the average person there. They will have mass murderers mixed in with their people. It may sound like a witch hunt, but the people need to keep their eyes open. They need to point their finger so all of them can be rooted out, and dealt with. They are dangerous criminals who will retaliate against people for turning them in. That is where things become hard. No one wants their family singled out for elimination, but that is exactly what can happen with the ISIS group. It is scary as hell. This situation will call for supreme bravery and courage, not only from us, but from the good people of Iraq who wish to finally live in peace.
You seen the bad Humans burning their passports as a sign of allegiance to death and insanity. Not all of them traitors are doing that, I wager. Some of them are still here, some of them are still there. They will meld into the crowd and use their passports to gain access to places people are peacefully living. They will cause mayhem here and there as long as they are allowed to exist. They have vocally threatened us all, and acted on it.
So everyone who isn't, and/or is a Muslim, or anyone else for that matter, can help out in attitude. Don't look at people like ISIS as Muslims, or representing Islam. They are something dedicated to evil and thus are accursed. To borrow an expression, ISIS and their like are an abomination to Humanity. Look at them in the same light you would the Nazis, Khmer Rouge, The Inquisition, or any twisted ideology that promotes its existence through threat of death or violence. Look at them in the same light you would anything that forcefully threatens the peaceful existence and advancement of Humanity. Look at them as a pathogen who's elimination is imperative, peremptory. Nothing more, nothing less.
Right now as you read this, some person stood up for what they believe in, and got their head cut off for it. Now their body lays in the street, and their head on a pole.
Monday, August 4, 2014
When I was growing up in Florida, I remember seeing rockets flying overhead. First on their way into orbit carrying the Gemini capsule, then on to the Moon with Apollo. I'm to young to remember the Mercury missions in live thought. I do have vivid memories of the Saturn V flying across the Florida sky in all its glory. I remember it looking like the picture provided below. It was awesome in the extreme!
We delighted ourselves watching Star Trek, with our old friends Captain Kirk, and Mr Spock on the television, and dreamed of a day when our civilization would do as they in real life. We thought we were on that path, and embraced science and technology wholeheartedly. Our generation was convinced that we were on a continuing path towards the stars. That was then, and the cold war ended. Along with it ended our nations dedication to that cause.
What we thought was a dedication to science and exploration turned out to be a contest of one-upmanship between the United States and the Soviet Union. As soon as we convinced ourselves we had won that contest by placing humans on our moon, and safely bringing them home, our focus turned from exploration to low Earth orbit, and the placing of communication & GPS satellites around our planet. This was the building of part of the modern electronic infrastructure we enjoy today. We could of had much more.
In 1970 our nation spent 1.92 percent of the Federal budget, or $18 billion on the space program, in 2007 dollars. In 2012 our nation spent 0.48% of the Federal budget, or $16 billion in 2007 dollars. During the 42 years between the dollar amount, in 2007 dollars, has varied little, and the percentage of the federal budget has kept shrinking. By my estimation, if our space program had the same funding, as a percent of the federal budget that was had in 1970, our nation would be spending $64 billion in 2007 dollars.
During that same 40 + years education spending hasn't fared much better, and welfare spending has increased almost 4 fold.
I hope by now you suspect what I'm getting too. I am saying our nation dropped the ball when we ended the Apollo program. I believe that if our society had kept spending on NASA and/or space technology and development, and education at proper levels, keeping up with inflation we wouldn't have such massive welfare spending now. I believe we would of avoided the recessions we have endured, along with the suffering the accompanying high unemployment levels caused. Furthermore, our nation would have avoided the massive federal debt we find ourselves saddled with.
The reason I believe all that is because if we had of kept up the forward momentum we had then, our nation would have these following things;
1.
A highly educated, and skilled workforce.
2.
Industry in orbit, on the Moon and on Mars.
3.
The harvesting of asteroids for metals, and other elements.
4.
Greater wealth for all due to items 1, 2 and 3 in this list, giving us less welfare spending.
5.
40+ years of developed civilization on the Moon, and Mars.
6.
A more stable, and sustainable industrial base.
7.
A higher level of technology than we have at this point in time.
8.
Less degradation of our ecosystem.
9.
Less global conflict.
10.
An open ended cause that everyone could feel like they were contributing to, and claim ownership of.
I'm not saying our leadership failed us on purpose. They probably didn't know any better. I know Richard Nixon didn't know any better. He was a corrupt, short sighted man, who was focused on the perceived problems of his times. He was lacking in enlightenment, and showed it in his attitude with race, government, and authority.
All that Nixon stuff is food for a whole other article. I mentioned it just to show the type of thinkers who brought us to this. Still, you should get the over all picture of what I'm going on about by now. We could of been much better off. It's almost like we've been going through a modern day Dark Ages. It is like real human advancement was put on hold in favor of other things we thought were more important, but really were not. Our society was to primitive to know any better. Now we do know better.
I've mentioned in the past of how the bank bail-outs, and such was enough to fund several Apollo size projects in other articles, but it is worth mentioning again here. I'm mentioning it because corruption is a part of the problem. Misguided federal policy weighs heavily into it. Infighting between the political parties, and no real direction for our society too! The issues that has caused us to go down the failed path we have chosen are many and complex, but there is hope. It is not to late! Not yet anyway.
I do believe there could be a time in a civilizations advancement when if they do not choose the right path, they could be stuck in the quagmire of stagnation forever. When the infrastructure of civilization becomes to anemic, and fragmented to take on such high goals, that civilization could very well be in danger of it's progress being brought to a halt. I've heard of theories saying an advanced civilization could fail due to global war, but I haven't heard of an idea where civilization is brought to its knees due to short sighted goals, greed and corruption. When I look at the news, I get a feeling our world is going down that dead end path.
I think if we turn it around now, we have a chance to avoid all that failure. It is going to take a lot of work to repair the damage. It is going to take all of us working together, and steadfastly to achieve that goal. What a goal too! We can grab that brass ring, and reap the rewards! All of us can. We don't have to march down that road to oblivion our misguided leaders have started us on.
Are you ready? Write your congressman and congress women. Tell all of your friends that there is hope and of how it can be achieved. Remind them of our human potential, and give our world's people a common goal. We are capable of it. We can have it if we want it. All we have to do is stop the fighting among ourselves, and turn our attention to the great future I know humans can have. Educate our people properly. Invest in the expansion of industry, and civilization beyond our planet.
Let the people 500 years in our future be able to look back on this time as when our society changed course for a better tomorrow. Let them not look back at us and curse us as fools who selfishly wasted it all. It's up to us to make it so.
This is how the new era begins
Industrialization and Colonization of the Moon and Mars Saves Economy
Today I read a story that said most people of the world believe China is moving up to be the new global powerhouse, and the United States is on the decline. I say, big deal. I mean it too. It is a big deal. It is because of greedy people hijacking our future. A future we should of had already, and that can still be had, but maybe at a greater cost.
As of June 30, 2012, $467 billion had been allotted, and $416 billion spent, according to a literature review on the TARP.
...our nation should have spent all that money on finally realizing the future we were all promised 50 years ago. Off world civilization. If our nation had only focused in that direction, it would have solved a lot of problems. Problems we are dealing with today, and not very effectively. Here's how I would of spent all that money.
Remember this one thing first. Everything I'm about to propose is technologically possible. Now that we are in the 21st century, we are way better off to do these things than our ancestors were when President Kennedy gave his historic speech.
Okay, we start with the $1.1 trillion from the greed programs mentioned before. You take that seed money and put it into a massive national top priority push for the industrialization of the Moon, Mars and the asteroid belt. Don't tell me it can't be done. I know it can. I know it would be the best thing for our world. It would provide jobs. It would increase our technology. It would decrease poverty. It would provide greater means for experimentation to solve energy and environmental problems. It would stabilize metals prices. Orbital factories could be built to provide the coming century's people with the products they want and need. They'll have the money to buy those products too!
I remember when the C-5B program started up. Lockheed hired a lot of people, and trained them. They invested in people and now we have a fleet of giant transport aircraft like the world has never known. A lot of people were trained, paid, paid taxes and bought goods and services. That goes for the C-17, and for Apollo too! Look at all the stuff our nation got for the $170 billion we spent on the Apollo program.
There is no arguing the point of if the Apollo Program did our nation any good. Of that there is no doubt! From where my calculator stands for the $1.1 trillion we spent on bailing our a bunch of greedy bankers, we could of bought almost 7 Apollo Program size projects. We could of had 8 International Space Station Size programs for that amount of money. Just imagine the jobs that would create! All that stuff needs skilled hands to build it. Educated hands.
The banks that were bailed out would have reaped the benefits too! All them people working in factories building the space infrastructure of the 21st century would be needing savings accounts and checking accounts. All them newly employed people would of been buying houses, instead of loosing them to predatory lending practices.
When president Kennedy made his historic speech, we didn't have the technology to get to the Moon. Then, before the decade was over as that visionary wished it to be, humans were walking on the moon. At the same time our economy was booming, and a golden era of technological progress commenced like the world has never known! Part of it was because of war, the other was because of the space program. Now we don't have a war, but we do have the technology to put giant space stations in orbit. To build huge rockets to lift heavy loads into orbit. To get back to the Moon, and start industry. To mine asteroids to provide for that new industry. To go claim Mars, and use it. It is all there for us, and we have the means to do this. We only need the national will.
SpaceX is a major player in the commercialization of outer space. Boeing, Lockheed Marten, Northrop Grumman and others all across our nation have the tools, and the expertise to help pull off something of this magnitude. Companies big, and small would have a stake in it. We all would, and we all would reap the rewards.
You've read stories of World War II. You've seen video of the actual battles. All of that was built by people working long and hard in factories, and getting paid to do it. We had a terrible enemy to face down, and so we have an enemy today, greed and poverty. It will take the same dedication as it did back then. It will be hard too. Sacrifices will have to be made by us all. Tragedy will have to be endured! Still we can do it. I know we can.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was 6 years ago already. Could you imagine what things would be like if our nation had of put all that $1.1 trillion into 7 Apollo size programs, with the training, and people employed, etc. etc.? President John F. Kennedy's speech was May 25, 1961. By Oct. 11, 1968 Apollo 7 was ready with the First manned Earth orbital demonstration.
Our people could do that 7 times over, and all at once, for the price of the bail outs.
It is time Humans do this. Time to industrialize and colonize our solar system. This is an open-ended project, with unlimited returns. It will solve problems both social, and economic.
100 years ago if anyone would have proposed Humans do this, they would be called a dreamer. Today, if people think we can't solve our problems without doing this, it is they who are the dreamers.
We delighted ourselves watching Star Trek, with our old friends Captain Kirk, and Mr Spock on the television, and dreamed of a day when our civilization would do as they in real life. We thought we were on that path, and embraced science and technology wholeheartedly. Our generation was convinced that we were on a continuing path towards the stars. That was then, and the cold war ended. Along with it ended our nations dedication to that cause.
What we thought was a dedication to science and exploration turned out to be a contest of one-upmanship between the United States and the Soviet Union. As soon as we convinced ourselves we had won that contest by placing humans on our moon, and safely bringing them home, our focus turned from exploration to low Earth orbit, and the placing of communication & GPS satellites around our planet. This was the building of part of the modern electronic infrastructure we enjoy today. We could of had much more.
In 1970 our nation spent 1.92 percent of the Federal budget, or $18 billion on the space program, in 2007 dollars. In 2012 our nation spent 0.48% of the Federal budget, or $16 billion in 2007 dollars. During the 42 years between the dollar amount, in 2007 dollars, has varied little, and the percentage of the federal budget has kept shrinking. By my estimation, if our space program had the same funding, as a percent of the federal budget that was had in 1970, our nation would be spending $64 billion in 2007 dollars.
During that same 40 + years education spending hasn't fared much better, and welfare spending has increased almost 4 fold.
The reason I believe all that is because if we had of kept up the forward momentum we had then, our nation would have these following things;
1.
A highly educated, and skilled workforce.
2.
Industry in orbit, on the Moon and on Mars.
3.
The harvesting of asteroids for metals, and other elements.
4.
Greater wealth for all due to items 1, 2 and 3 in this list, giving us less welfare spending.
5.
40+ years of developed civilization on the Moon, and Mars.
6.
A more stable, and sustainable industrial base.
7.
A higher level of technology than we have at this point in time.
8.
Less degradation of our ecosystem.
9.
Less global conflict.
10.
An open ended cause that everyone could feel like they were contributing to, and claim ownership of.
I'm not saying our leadership failed us on purpose. They probably didn't know any better. I know Richard Nixon didn't know any better. He was a corrupt, short sighted man, who was focused on the perceived problems of his times. He was lacking in enlightenment, and showed it in his attitude with race, government, and authority.
All that Nixon stuff is food for a whole other article. I mentioned it just to show the type of thinkers who brought us to this. Still, you should get the over all picture of what I'm going on about by now. We could of been much better off. It's almost like we've been going through a modern day Dark Ages. It is like real human advancement was put on hold in favor of other things we thought were more important, but really were not. Our society was to primitive to know any better. Now we do know better.
I've mentioned in the past of how the bank bail-outs, and such was enough to fund several Apollo size projects in other articles, but it is worth mentioning again here. I'm mentioning it because corruption is a part of the problem. Misguided federal policy weighs heavily into it. Infighting between the political parties, and no real direction for our society too! The issues that has caused us to go down the failed path we have chosen are many and complex, but there is hope. It is not to late! Not yet anyway.
I do believe there could be a time in a civilizations advancement when if they do not choose the right path, they could be stuck in the quagmire of stagnation forever. When the infrastructure of civilization becomes to anemic, and fragmented to take on such high goals, that civilization could very well be in danger of it's progress being brought to a halt. I've heard of theories saying an advanced civilization could fail due to global war, but I haven't heard of an idea where civilization is brought to its knees due to short sighted goals, greed and corruption. When I look at the news, I get a feeling our world is going down that dead end path.
I think if we turn it around now, we have a chance to avoid all that failure. It is going to take a lot of work to repair the damage. It is going to take all of us working together, and steadfastly to achieve that goal. What a goal too! We can grab that brass ring, and reap the rewards! All of us can. We don't have to march down that road to oblivion our misguided leaders have started us on.
Are you ready? Write your congressman and congress women. Tell all of your friends that there is hope and of how it can be achieved. Remind them of our human potential, and give our world's people a common goal. We are capable of it. We can have it if we want it. All we have to do is stop the fighting among ourselves, and turn our attention to the great future I know humans can have. Educate our people properly. Invest in the expansion of industry, and civilization beyond our planet.
Let the people 500 years in our future be able to look back on this time as when our society changed course for a better tomorrow. Let them not look back at us and curse us as fools who selfishly wasted it all. It's up to us to make it so.
This is how the new era begins
Industrialization and Colonization of the Moon and Mars Saves Economy
Today I read a story that said most people of the world believe China is moving up to be the new global powerhouse, and the United States is on the decline. I say, big deal. I mean it too. It is a big deal. It is because of greedy people hijacking our future. A future we should of had already, and that can still be had, but maybe at a greater cost.
I know our civilization can muster the resources both material, and human to get back that stolen progress. Not long ago I was looking at the International Space Station. It cost our worlds resources $150 billion. When humans were tasked with the Apollo program, its cost was roughly $170 billion in 2005 dollars. When you add just those two things together we get $320 billion. Money well spent for a lot of important reasons, of which I'll get into later on.
Here's the part that says we all got screwed by greedy people. Remember the "Financial crisis of 2007–08"? Remember how we got out of it? Our nation borrowed heavily, and raised the debt limit. It seems like it was to the tune of $1.1 trillion. That, my fellow Humans was not money well spent.
Instead of spending money in a manner such as the following;
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008,
This bill authorized $700 billion for the program. The Treasury Secretary had immediate access to the first $250 billion.
T.A.R.P. or the Troubled Asset Relief Program,
...our nation should have spent all that money on finally realizing the future we were all promised 50 years ago. Off world civilization. If our nation had only focused in that direction, it would have solved a lot of problems. Problems we are dealing with today, and not very effectively. Here's how I would of spent all that money.
Remember this one thing first. Everything I'm about to propose is technologically possible. Now that we are in the 21st century, we are way better off to do these things than our ancestors were when President Kennedy gave his historic speech.
Okay, we start with the $1.1 trillion from the greed programs mentioned before. You take that seed money and put it into a massive national top priority push for the industrialization of the Moon, Mars and the asteroid belt. Don't tell me it can't be done. I know it can. I know it would be the best thing for our world. It would provide jobs. It would increase our technology. It would decrease poverty. It would provide greater means for experimentation to solve energy and environmental problems. It would stabilize metals prices. Orbital factories could be built to provide the coming century's people with the products they want and need. They'll have the money to buy those products too!
I remember when the C-5B program started up. Lockheed hired a lot of people, and trained them. They invested in people and now we have a fleet of giant transport aircraft like the world has never known. A lot of people were trained, paid, paid taxes and bought goods and services. That goes for the C-17, and for Apollo too! Look at all the stuff our nation got for the $170 billion we spent on the Apollo program.
- 15 Saturn V rockets,
- 16 Command/Service Modules,
- 12 Lunar Modules
- Program Support
- Management Costs;
- Construction Expenses for Facilities and their upgrading
- Costs for Flight Operations.
The banks that were bailed out would have reaped the benefits too! All them people working in factories building the space infrastructure of the 21st century would be needing savings accounts and checking accounts. All them newly employed people would of been buying houses, instead of loosing them to predatory lending practices.
When president Kennedy made his historic speech, we didn't have the technology to get to the Moon. Then, before the decade was over as that visionary wished it to be, humans were walking on the moon. At the same time our economy was booming, and a golden era of technological progress commenced like the world has never known! Part of it was because of war, the other was because of the space program. Now we don't have a war, but we do have the technology to put giant space stations in orbit. To build huge rockets to lift heavy loads into orbit. To get back to the Moon, and start industry. To mine asteroids to provide for that new industry. To go claim Mars, and use it. It is all there for us, and we have the means to do this. We only need the national will.
SpaceX is a major player in the commercialization of outer space. Boeing, Lockheed Marten, Northrop Grumman and others all across our nation have the tools, and the expertise to help pull off something of this magnitude. Companies big, and small would have a stake in it. We all would, and we all would reap the rewards.
You've read stories of World War II. You've seen video of the actual battles. All of that was built by people working long and hard in factories, and getting paid to do it. We had a terrible enemy to face down, and so we have an enemy today, greed and poverty. It will take the same dedication as it did back then. It will be hard too. Sacrifices will have to be made by us all. Tragedy will have to be endured! Still we can do it. I know we can.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was 6 years ago already. Could you imagine what things would be like if our nation had of put all that $1.1 trillion into 7 Apollo size programs, with the training, and people employed, etc. etc.? President John F. Kennedy's speech was May 25, 1961. By Oct. 11, 1968 Apollo 7 was ready with the First manned Earth orbital demonstration.Our people could do that 7 times over, and all at once, for the price of the bail outs.
Or we could build all the systems for asteroid and lunar mining, plus a space station in lunar orbit, a mining operation on the moon, along with habitat for the workers, and transportation systems for crew and cargo. We could launch Humans into the next Golden Era!
"The Apollo program had been called the greatest technological achievement in human history. Apollo stimulated many areas of technology. The flight computer design used in both the lunar and command modules was, along with the Minuteman Missile System, the driving force behind early research into integrated circuits. Computer-controlled machining was first used in the fabrication of Apollo structural components."
The benefits for our civilization are numerous. The consequences for failing to do these things are profound.
It is time Humans do this. Time to industrialize and colonize our solar system. This is an open-ended project, with unlimited returns. It will solve problems both social, and economic.
100 years ago if anyone would have proposed Humans do this, they would be called a dreamer. Today, if people think we can't solve our problems without doing this, it is they who are the dreamers.
Industrialization and Colonization of the Moon and Mars Saves Economy
Today I read a story that said most people of the world believe China is moving up to be the new global powerhouse, and the United States is on the decline. I say, big deal. I mean it too. It is a big deal. It is because of greedy people hijacking our future. A future we should of had already, and that can still be had, but maybe at a greater cost.
I know our civilization can muster the resources both material, and human to get back that stolen progress. Not long ago I was looking at the International Space Station. It cost our worlds resources $150 billion.[1] When humans were tasked with the Apollo program, its cost was roughly $170 billion in 2005 dollars.[2] When you add just those two things together we get $320 billion. Money well spent for a lot of important reasons, of which I'll get into later on.
Here's the part that says we all got screwed by greedy people. Remember the "Financial crisis of 2007–08"? Remember how we got out of it? Our nation borrowed heavily, and raised the debt limit. It seems like it was to the tune of $1.1 trillion. That, my fellow Humans was not money well spent.
Instead of spending money in a manner such as the following;
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
Funding[edit]
The bill authorizes $700 billion for the program. The Treasury Secretary has immediate access to the first $250 billion.[12]
T.A.R.P. Troubled Asset Relief Program
As of June 30, 2012, $467 billion had been allotted, and $416 billion spent, according to a literature review on the TARP.[40]...our nation should have spent all that money on finally realizing the future we were all promised 50 years ago. Off world civilization. If our nation had only focused in that direction, it would have solved a lot of problems. Problems we are dealing with today. Here's how I would of spent all that money.
Remember this one thing first. Everything I'm about to propose is technologically possible. Now that we are in the 21st century, we are way better off to do these things than our ancestors were when President Kennedy gave his historic speech.
http://history.nasa.gov/moondec.html
Okay, we start with the $1,167,000,000,000 from the greed programs mentioned above. You take that seed money and put it into a massive national top priority push for the industrialization of the Moon, Mars and the asteroid belt. Don't tell me it can't be done. I know it can. I know it would be the best thing for our world. It would provide jobs. It would increase our technology. It would decrease poverty. It would provide greater means for experimentation to solve energy and environmental problems. It would stabilize metals prices. Orbital factories could be built to provide the coming century's people with the products they want and need. They'll have the money to buy those products too!
I remember when the C-5B program started up. Lockheed hired a lot of people, and trained them. They invested in people and now we have a fleet of giant transport aircraft like the world has never known. A lot of people were trained, paid, paid taxes and bought goods and services. That goes for the C-17, and for Apollo too! Look at all the stuff our nation got for the $170 billion we spent on the Apollo program.
- 15 Saturn V rockets,
- 16 Command/Service Modules,
- 12 Lunar Modules
- Program Support
- Management Costs;
- Construction Expenses for Facilities and their upgrading
- Costs for Flight Operations.
The banks that were bailed out would have reaped the benefits too! All them people working in factories building the space infrastructure of the 21st century would be needing savings accounts and checking accounts. All them newly employed people would of been buying houses, instead of loosing them to predatory lending practices.
When president Kennedy made his historic speech, we didn't have the technology to get to the Moon. Then, before the decade was over as that visionary wished it to be, humans were walking on the moon. At the same time our economy was booming, and a golden era of technological progress commenced like the world has never known! Part of it was because of war, the other was because of the space program. Now we don't have a war, but we do have the technology to put giant space stations in orbit. To build huge rockets to lift heavy loads into orbit. To get back to the Moon, and start industry. To mine asteroids to provide for that new industry. To go claim Mars, and use it. It is all there for us, and we have the means to do this. We only need the national will.
SpaceX is a major player in the commercialization of outer space. Boeing, Lockheed Marten, Northrop Grumman and others all across our nation have the tools, and the expertise to help pull off something of this magnitude. Companies big, and small would have a stake in it. We all would, and we all would reap the rewards.
You've read stories of World War II. You've seen video of the actual battles. All of that was built by people working long and hard in factories, and getting paid to do it. We had a terrible enemy to face down, and so we have an enemy today, greed and poverty. It will take the same dedication as it did back then. It will be hard too. Sacrifices will have to be made by us all. Tragedy will have to be endured! Still we can do it. I know we can.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 was 6 years ago already. Could you imagine what things would be like if our nation had of put all that $1.1 trillion into 7 Apollo size programs, with the training, and people employed, etc. etc.? President John F. Kennedy's speech was May 25, 1961. By Oct. 11, 1968 Apollo 7 was ready with the First manned Earth orbital demonstration.At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 Americans and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/factsheets/Apollo.html
Lets do that times 7.
I get 2,800,000 jobs requiring the support of 140,000 industrial firms and universities. I know it wouldn't be directly like that, but I also know it would be a major boon too!
"The Apollo program has been called the greatest technological achievement in human history.[83][84] Apollo stimulated many areas of technology. The flight computer design used in both the lunar and command modules was, along with the Minuteman Missile System, the driving force behind early research into integrated circuits. Computer-controlled machining was first used in the fabrication of Apollo structural components."
It is time Humans do this. Time to industrialize and colonize our solar system. This is an open-ended project, with unlimited returns. It will solve problems both social, and economic.
100 years ago if anyone would have proposed Humans do this, they would be called a dreamer. Today, if people think we can't solve our problems without doing this, it is they who are the dreamers.
Lunar Mining and the “Industrialization” of Space
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In 2009, NASA held a symposium on project costs which presented an estimate of the Apollo program costs in 2005 dollars as roughly $170 billion. This included all research and development costs; the procurement of 15 Saturn V rockets, 16 Command/Service Modules, 12 Lunar Modules, plus program support and management costs; construction expenses for facilities and their upgrading, and costs for flight operations. This was based on a Congressional Budget Office report, A Budgetary Analysis of NASA’s New Vision for Space, September 2004.[71] The Space Review estimated in 2010 the cost of Apollo from 1959 to 1973 as $20.4 billion, or $109 billion in 2010 dollars, averaged over the six landings as $18 billion each.[76]
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#Cost
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program#Program_cost
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008#Funding
[40] Wilson, Linus, TARP (October 19, 2012). New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2164559
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008#Funding
[40] Wilson, Linus, TARP (October 19, 2012). New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2164559
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Lost Human Potential & How to Save Our Civilization From Oblivion
When I was growing up in Florida, I remember seeing rockets flying overhead. First on their way into orbit carrying the Gemini capsule, then on to the Moon with Apollo. I'm to young to remember the Mercury missions in live thought. I do have vivid memories of the Saturn V flying across the Florida sky in all its glory. I remember it looking like the picture provided below. It was awesome in the extreme!
We delighted ourselves watching Star Trek, with our old friends Captain Kirk, and Mr. Spock on the television, and dreamed of a day when our civilization would do as they in real life. We thought we were on that path, and embraced science and technology wholeheartedly. Our generation was convinced that we were on a continuing path towards the stars. That was then, and the cold war ended. Along with it ended our nations dedication to that cause.
What we thought was a dedication to science and exploration turned out to be a contest of one-upmanship between the United States and the Soviet Union. As soon as we convinced ourselves we had won that contest by placing humans on our moon, and safely bringing them home, our focus turned from exploration to low Earth orbit, and the placing of communication & GPS satellites around our planet. This was the building of part of the modern electronic infrastructure we enjoy today. We could of had much more.
In 1970 our nation spent 1.92% of the Federal budget, or $18,768,000,000 on the space program, in 2007 dollars. In 2012 our nation spent 0.48% of the Federal budget, or $16,014,000,000 in 2007 dollars. During the 42 years between the dollar amount, in 2007 dollars, has varied little, and the percentage of the federal budget has kept shrinking. By my estimation, if our space program had the same funding, as a percent of the federal budget that was had in 1970, our nation would be spending $64,158,653,846 in 2007 dollars.
All figures in the preceding paragraph are from this wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA#Annual_budget.2C_1958-2015
Feel free to check my math.
((100/.48)*$16,014,000,000)*(100/1.92)=$64,158,653,846
During that same 40+ years education spending hasn't fared much better, and welfare spending has increased almost 4 fold. Check the chart below. It is in 2009 dollars, but I think that is close enough for this purpose.
I hope by now you suspect what I'm getting too. I am saying our nation dropped the ball when we ended the Apollo program. I believe that if our society had kept spending on NASA and/or space technology and development, and education at proper levels, keeping up with inflation we wouldn't have such massive welfare spending now. I believe we would of avoided the recessions we have endured, along with the suffering the accompanying high unemployment levels caused. Furthermore, our nation would have avoided the massive federal debt we find ourselves saddled with.
The reason I believe all that is because if we had of kept up the forward momentum we had then, our nation would have these following things;
1. A highly educated, and skilled workforce.
2. Industry in orbit, on the Moon and on Mars.
3. The harvesting of asteroids for metals, and other elements.
4. Greater wealth for all due to items 1, 2 and 3 in this list, giving us less welfare spending.
5. 40+ years of developed civilization on the Moon, and Mars.
6. A more stable, and sustainable industrial base.
7. A higher level of technology than we have at this point in time.
8. Less degradation of our ecosystem.
9. Less global conflict.
10. An open ended cause that everyone could feel like they were contributing to, and claim ownership of.
I'm not saying our leadership failed us on purpose. They probably didn't know any better. I know Richard Nixon didn't know any better. He was a corrupt, short sighted man, who was focused on the perceived problems of his times. He was lacking in enlightenment, and showed it in his attitude with race, government, and authority.
All that Nixon stuff is food for a whole other article. I mentioned it just to show the type of thinkers who brought us to this. Still, you should get the over all picture of what I'm going on about by now. We could of been much better off. It's almost like we've been going through a modern day Dark Ages. It is like real human advancement was put on hold in favor of other things we thought were more important, but really were not. Our society was to primitive to know any better. Now we do know better.
I've mentioned in the past of how the bank bail-outs, and such was enough to fund several Apollo size projects in other articles, but it is worth mentioning again here. I'm mentioning it because corruption is a part of the problem. Misguided federal policy weighs heavily into it. Infighting between the political parties, and no real direction for our society too! The issues that has caused us to go down the failed path we have chosen are many and complex, but there is hope. It is not to late! Not yet anyway.
I do believe there could be a time in a civilizations advancement when if they do not choose the right path, they could be stuck in the quagmire of stagnation forever. When the infrastructure of civilization becomes to anemic, and fragmented to take on such high goals, that civilization could very well be in danger of it's progress being brought to a halt. I've heard of theories saying an advanced civilization could fail due to global war, but I haven't heard of an idea where our civilization is brought to its knees due to short sighted goals, greed and corruption. When I look at the news, I get a feeling our world is going down that dead end path.
I think if we turn it around now, we have a chance to avoid all that failure. It is going to take a lot of work to repair the damage. It is going to take all of us working together, and steadfastly to achieve that goal. What a goal too! We can grab that brass ring, and reap the rewards! All of us can. We don't have to march down that road to oblivion our misguided leaders have started us on.
Are you ready? Write your congressman and congress women. Tell all of your friends that there is hope and of how it can be achieved. Remind them of our human potential, and give our world's people a common goal. We are capable of it. We can have it if we want it. All we have to do is stop the fighting among ourselves, and turn our attention to the great future I know humans can have. Educate our people properly. Invest in the expansion of industry, and civilization beyond our planet.
Let the people 500 years in our future be able to look back on this time as when our society changed course for a better tomorrow. Let them not look back at us and curse us as fools who selfishly wasted it all. It's up to us to make it so.
Saturn V
We delighted ourselves watching Star Trek, with our old friends Captain Kirk, and Mr. Spock on the television, and dreamed of a day when our civilization would do as they in real life. We thought we were on that path, and embraced science and technology wholeheartedly. Our generation was convinced that we were on a continuing path towards the stars. That was then, and the cold war ended. Along with it ended our nations dedication to that cause.
What we thought was a dedication to science and exploration turned out to be a contest of one-upmanship between the United States and the Soviet Union. As soon as we convinced ourselves we had won that contest by placing humans on our moon, and safely bringing them home, our focus turned from exploration to low Earth orbit, and the placing of communication & GPS satellites around our planet. This was the building of part of the modern electronic infrastructure we enjoy today. We could of had much more.
In 1970 our nation spent 1.92% of the Federal budget, or $18,768,000,000 on the space program, in 2007 dollars. In 2012 our nation spent 0.48% of the Federal budget, or $16,014,000,000 in 2007 dollars. During the 42 years between the dollar amount, in 2007 dollars, has varied little, and the percentage of the federal budget has kept shrinking. By my estimation, if our space program had the same funding, as a percent of the federal budget that was had in 1970, our nation would be spending $64,158,653,846 in 2007 dollars.
All figures in the preceding paragraph are from this wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA#Annual_budget.2C_1958-2015
Feel free to check my math.
((100/.48)*$16,014,000,000)*(100/1.92)=$64,158,653,846
During that same 40+ years education spending hasn't fared much better, and welfare spending has increased almost 4 fold. Check the chart below. It is in 2009 dollars, but I think that is close enough for this purpose.
The reason I believe all that is because if we had of kept up the forward momentum we had then, our nation would have these following things;
1. A highly educated, and skilled workforce.
2. Industry in orbit, on the Moon and on Mars.
3. The harvesting of asteroids for metals, and other elements.
4. Greater wealth for all due to items 1, 2 and 3 in this list, giving us less welfare spending.
5. 40+ years of developed civilization on the Moon, and Mars.
6. A more stable, and sustainable industrial base.
7. A higher level of technology than we have at this point in time.
8. Less degradation of our ecosystem.
9. Less global conflict.
10. An open ended cause that everyone could feel like they were contributing to, and claim ownership of.
I'm not saying our leadership failed us on purpose. They probably didn't know any better. I know Richard Nixon didn't know any better. He was a corrupt, short sighted man, who was focused on the perceived problems of his times. He was lacking in enlightenment, and showed it in his attitude with race, government, and authority.
All that Nixon stuff is food for a whole other article. I mentioned it just to show the type of thinkers who brought us to this. Still, you should get the over all picture of what I'm going on about by now. We could of been much better off. It's almost like we've been going through a modern day Dark Ages. It is like real human advancement was put on hold in favor of other things we thought were more important, but really were not. Our society was to primitive to know any better. Now we do know better.
I've mentioned in the past of how the bank bail-outs, and such was enough to fund several Apollo size projects in other articles, but it is worth mentioning again here. I'm mentioning it because corruption is a part of the problem. Misguided federal policy weighs heavily into it. Infighting between the political parties, and no real direction for our society too! The issues that has caused us to go down the failed path we have chosen are many and complex, but there is hope. It is not to late! Not yet anyway.
I do believe there could be a time in a civilizations advancement when if they do not choose the right path, they could be stuck in the quagmire of stagnation forever. When the infrastructure of civilization becomes to anemic, and fragmented to take on such high goals, that civilization could very well be in danger of it's progress being brought to a halt. I've heard of theories saying an advanced civilization could fail due to global war, but I haven't heard of an idea where our civilization is brought to its knees due to short sighted goals, greed and corruption. When I look at the news, I get a feeling our world is going down that dead end path.
I think if we turn it around now, we have a chance to avoid all that failure. It is going to take a lot of work to repair the damage. It is going to take all of us working together, and steadfastly to achieve that goal. What a goal too! We can grab that brass ring, and reap the rewards! All of us can. We don't have to march down that road to oblivion our misguided leaders have started us on.
Are you ready? Write your congressman and congress women. Tell all of your friends that there is hope and of how it can be achieved. Remind them of our human potential, and give our world's people a common goal. We are capable of it. We can have it if we want it. All we have to do is stop the fighting among ourselves, and turn our attention to the great future I know humans can have. Educate our people properly. Invest in the expansion of industry, and civilization beyond our planet.
Let the people 500 years in our future be able to look back on this time as when our society changed course for a better tomorrow. Let them not look back at us and curse us as fools who selfishly wasted it all. It's up to us to make it so.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Why do Americans let Americans Suffer?
I was sitting in my living room reading this article when my poor nerve damaged left arm started hurting. My feet and hands have been hurting most of the day. Then I started thinking about pain, and how debilitating pain can be. I know you reading this right now has experienced pain. There isn't a human alive that hasn't at one point or the other. Sometimes pain can be so excruciating that even death looks like a better option.
There has been two times in my life I've had pain that brought me to my knees and made this grown man whimper like a baby. Once was the pain of a dry socket. I remember the dry socket very well. A tooth was pulled, and in the process the bone was broken. I woke up that night with bone exposed to the air. The pain seared through like a hot pick stabbing and twisting. Throbbing and torturous agony had to be endured while tears streamed down my face. I had went through a toothache in the past, but nothing like that. It was all I could do to hold on until the next morning when I could finally be released from the grip of that hellish nightmare.
Lucky for me that at the time I did have insurance. The insurance I has was in the form of cash. That's right. I really didn't have dental insurance. I was paying for it all with cash. Another couple of things was, I had a job with people who didn't abandon me in that trying time. They let me continue to come to work, and gave me simple tasks without expectation of much performance. They all knew I was having a rough time of it.
The reason I mention all that pain is very simple. 99.9% of the time when we are ill, or injured there is going to be a certain amount of pain. Sometimes a little. Sometimes a walk through hell, like my night with a dry socket. Sometimes the pain lasts for one night. Other times it lasts the rest of our lives, like the pain in my poor left arm, hands and toes.
So what do we do when we get in pain? We go see a doctor and try to get out of it. Now days I can rely on the VA Hospital System to help get me out of pain. A lot of people have insurance through their job, or they have a lot of money and can pay cash, like I did with my dry socket. Then other people can do nothing but suffer because they have no insurance, no cash and little help or sympathy from our society.
Disease and injury cause very much pain all across all socioeconomic levels. Pain causes lost wages, and some times, unfortunately lost lives in our society. I know this because I knew a man in Florida in the early 1990's who had a brain tumor. He could not take the pain any longer and chose the relief of putting a bullet to his own head.
Now our society is trying to make it so all of our people might not have to endure such as that by making insurance affordable. They have voted for and passed a law. The Affordable Care Act. But part of our society seems like they don't really care if their neighbor suffers agony. How do I know this is true? Because there are people who have from the start tried their best to deny them help. They try to keep the people who suffer, and can't afford doctors or medical insurance, from getting the one thing that may cause their suffering to end. How can people be so heartless? What is wrong with their soul?
A lot of these people who try at every turn to deny our brothers and sisters of America help profess to be religious too! I heard them the other day. At the start of a session of the House of Representatives, they said a prayer. Then they commenced to try everything in their power to deny suffering people help. They would rather keep the people who are in pain, in pain. Just as long as their precious money isn't touched, or as long as they can pursue a hateful vendetta against a President they despise, let the masses suffer their pain.
Where has America's heart gone? Why is it more important to continue with this hate than to relieve suffering? That night when I was in such pain from the dry socket, had I not had the resources to go to the dentist the next day and stop the agonizing pain, perhaps if you had been there, you would be charitable enough to spend one dollar on a bullet to help me end it? Do you have even that much charity?
Please think long and hard about it. Go to an emergency room for 6 hours, and don't avert your eyes from the pain you see. Think about your family and your friends. We are in this old world together. Lets stick together, and try to make a better place for all of us.
Remember: Injury or illness = pain.
There has been two times in my life I've had pain that brought me to my knees and made this grown man whimper like a baby. Once was the pain of a dry socket. I remember the dry socket very well. A tooth was pulled, and in the process the bone was broken. I woke up that night with bone exposed to the air. The pain seared through like a hot pick stabbing and twisting. Throbbing and torturous agony had to be endured while tears streamed down my face. I had went through a toothache in the past, but nothing like that. It was all I could do to hold on until the next morning when I could finally be released from the grip of that hellish nightmare.
Lucky for me that at the time I did have insurance. The insurance I has was in the form of cash. That's right. I really didn't have dental insurance. I was paying for it all with cash. Another couple of things was, I had a job with people who didn't abandon me in that trying time. They let me continue to come to work, and gave me simple tasks without expectation of much performance. They all knew I was having a rough time of it.
The reason I mention all that pain is very simple. 99.9% of the time when we are ill, or injured there is going to be a certain amount of pain. Sometimes a little. Sometimes a walk through hell, like my night with a dry socket. Sometimes the pain lasts for one night. Other times it lasts the rest of our lives, like the pain in my poor left arm, hands and toes.
So what do we do when we get in pain? We go see a doctor and try to get out of it. Now days I can rely on the VA Hospital System to help get me out of pain. A lot of people have insurance through their job, or they have a lot of money and can pay cash, like I did with my dry socket. Then other people can do nothing but suffer because they have no insurance, no cash and little help or sympathy from our society.
Disease and injury cause very much pain all across all socioeconomic levels. Pain causes lost wages, and some times, unfortunately lost lives in our society. I know this because I knew a man in Florida in the early 1990's who had a brain tumor. He could not take the pain any longer and chose the relief of putting a bullet to his own head.
Now our society is trying to make it so all of our people might not have to endure such as that by making insurance affordable. They have voted for and passed a law. The Affordable Care Act. But part of our society seems like they don't really care if their neighbor suffers agony. How do I know this is true? Because there are people who have from the start tried their best to deny them help. They try to keep the people who suffer, and can't afford doctors or medical insurance, from getting the one thing that may cause their suffering to end. How can people be so heartless? What is wrong with their soul?
A lot of these people who try at every turn to deny our brothers and sisters of America help profess to be religious too! I heard them the other day. At the start of a session of the House of Representatives, they said a prayer. Then they commenced to try everything in their power to deny suffering people help. They would rather keep the people who are in pain, in pain. Just as long as their precious money isn't touched, or as long as they can pursue a hateful vendetta against a President they despise, let the masses suffer their pain.
Where has America's heart gone? Why is it more important to continue with this hate than to relieve suffering? That night when I was in such pain from the dry socket, had I not had the resources to go to the dentist the next day and stop the agonizing pain, perhaps if you had been there, you would be charitable enough to spend one dollar on a bullet to help me end it? Do you have even that much charity?
Please think long and hard about it. Go to an emergency room for 6 hours, and don't avert your eyes from the pain you see. Think about your family and your friends. We are in this old world together. Lets stick together, and try to make a better place for all of us.
Remember: Injury or illness = pain.
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