Leave E.T. Alone

Hi Folks,
   I'm gonna change my demeanor a bit, I started this blog off to inform adults about matters that I felt were worthwhile of debate, what I was actually doing was ranting at you as if you were uneducated schoolchildren and I was your monitor in detention hall.   Well no more, I say enough of that, henceforth I will address you with respect and hopefully you will have opinions on the matters I probe on my blog.
   This week, E.T. and our strides to contact it.   You ever heard the old saying, "just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should"?   Well I think this is a good parable for the great E.T. hunt, after all curiosity did KILL the cat. LOL.   Why do I feel this way, well it's got nothing to do with human curiosity, nor the expense.   What it comes down to is simple logical reasoning.   In our galaxy alone it is more than likely reasonable to assume that there is life, possibly even carbon based, sentient life capable of the same missteps and foolishness as us.  Do we really want to meetup with a society that may be a few years more advanced than us technologically but who may be more ruthless than us?
   I think that we are spaced out just beyound the point of reaching each other for good reason or maybe it's just very good luck on our part.   Suppose we had a galactic neighbor we could reach, "how well do we get along with each other on our own blue marble", imagine if we had a neighbor with something we wanted but they didn't wish to trade or even worse they were a few steps slower than us on the evolutionary timeline.   Do you really think for one minute we would not fuck them out of what we wanted because we could take it, I have no doubts and you should not either.
   A better point than that, when was the last time you invited a complete stranger into your home?  These creatures we are so desperately searching for may be capable of killing us without us even knowing it or even attempting to do it.   Say for example, they look like us, act like us and we get past the language issues.   We invite them here en mass,  We dissect a few of them secretly and we don't find any reason why we cannot assimilate.  Someone along the way forgets, by accident or accidentally on purpose to examine a tiny enzyme from these beings.  Suddenly fifty years down the road it begins to become apparent that we are not compatible with them.   We die off and they inherit the earth,  yeah sounds funny but it is entirely possible.   No endeavor man undertakes is foolproof, change\ chaos are the only constants in the universe.   There is very little order to anything just take a look around sometime and really pay attention and you'll see it.
AMF...

Paradigm Shift

Hello Kiddies,

    As  am getting used to being back in the workforce after my winter hiatus please excuse the gaps in my posts.

    What's going on in my head currently: paradigm shift.   If you look back through all the great empires of the past you will find one inescapable similarity in all of them, sadly this is also holding true for our United Corporations of America.   No one seems to have any foresight in how to change the currently accepted norms.  We are slowly but steadily running with our hair on fire towards an unsustainable existence.  Did you know that the US has a military service that is bigger than the NEXT EIGHT LARGEST MILITARIZES ON EARTH!

    If that does not scare the hell out of you then you are out of touch with reality.   Not just for the sheer silliness of having an Arsenal that huge but it cost's a great deal of money to continuously maintain and replenish these items.  Eisenhower spoke of the military industrial complex and well it's here and sadly with every corporation being merged with every other one soon we will have about 10 Major, Mega conglomerates and God help us then.  

    Everyone goes on about the free market economy, well we don't have one here, and not all humans are created equal but you can stack the odds in your favor, with just a bit of foresight.   Just think back to when you were a kid and how all the changes you have experienced have affected you and how if things on their current track don't change where will your kids be?   

    Our "leaders" are not smarter than us for the most part but they are in charge of whats going on, in all levels of Government.   Our laws have become so twisted and exaggerated over time that no one person really knows what's going on or how to fix it.   Well here is our chance before it's too late.   

    The Constitution is a really good place to start, it's supposed to be a document that changes over time and God knows things have changed over time.   People they "Some of our Elected Officials" want to do away with the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY!  Do you know why you won't get sick every time you go to have a drink of water?   Why the air you breathe doesn't choke you to death, "sorry LA, LOL".   That's ALL because of the EPA!  

    Wealthy slave owning caucasian men who wanted to avoid taxation may have been the founding fathers but we are all here because of what they started in 1 way or another and if we don't make some radical changes and I mean within the next 5 or so years, we're gonna have to start rebuilding anyway.   I have a plan, I hope you do as well, until next time.

AMF...

The American Dream

Hello Kiddies,
    What is the American Dream?   A car or two and a plot of land with a house on it?   I put it to you that the American dream is slowly being eroded.
     I never had an American dream, that's probably why I have never owned a house.  Any way I think the American dream can be sliced into two definitions.
   1.  The 2 cars and house people.
   2.  The people who are grateful to have an apartment in a country that isn't constantly attacked.
     In all honesty I think the American dream is a state of mind, you are either in that zone or not.   I am not condemning either, we all need something to get us through the day.   My American dream is to retire onto a 40 foot boat in the northwest, with the woman of my dreams, what is yours?   
      You see I think we are being tricked or manipulated into the housing market, it means a lot of money for business, ask yourself can an apartment provide the same quality of life as the home does?   I think it can and we are being pushed by PR firms into buying a house, don't fall into the trap...the American dream is really a state of mind if you are happy in a Studio apartment and saving for a house, spend the money on a hybrid and help save the ecology for the generations ahead.   I know about the tax incentives but you never know when Uncle Sam may take those away.    Find a place where you are happy, even if it's just a box, if you are happy there bless you.
AMF...