I keep thinking back to Pope Francis when he addressed the Congress of the United States.
The one comment he made that just sticks like under-cooked pork on ribs is when he said...
(paraphrasing)
"......selling weapons only because of money is wrong.....stop the arms drive."
The military personal sitting in the front row obviously were not happy with that comment. I, on the other hand, thought it was easily the most important comment he made.
Home-made bombs are a problem that might never go away....but assholes using machine guns and rocket launchers CAN BE REDUCED.
ONE VERY SIMPLE METHOD OF CONTROLLING WHERE THOSE WEAPONS END UP IS TO INSERT A TRACKING DEVICE THAT IF REMOVED, MAKES THE WEAPON INOPERABLE.....
THIS COULD APPLY TO ALL VEHICLES AND WEAPONS THAT HAVE MILITARY APPLICATIONS.
COMPLETELY SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF LEAVING SOMETHING BEHIND THAT THE ENEMY CAN SEIZE AND USE LATER.
IN FACT...TO BE HONEST.....I'M TOTALLY SHOCKED IT ISN'T STANDARD OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE WHEN BUILDING A TANK, ROCKET LAUNCHER, MACHINE GUN, HUMVEE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAN RESULT IN CHAOS OR MASS DESTRUCTION.
SECRET LOJAC -GPS DEVICE.
HOW HARD COULD THAT BE?
Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly where these type of weapons were located
every freakin minute of every freakin day?
So many potential jobs available for
"WEAPONS TRACKERS"
TRACK THE ASSHOLES OF THE WORLD
WORK OUT OF YOUR HOME
MINOR COMPUTER SKILLS NECESSARY
$18.50 AN HOUR
BONUSES AVAILABLE
FINDING THE BIGGEST ASSHOLES
RESULTS IN BIGGER BONUSES
HIRING IN ALL STATES....ALL THE TIME
But first the manufacturers need to insert the device.
Just take a second
digest the thought
now
tell me
why
it
won't work?
I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN SOMEONE LOADS UP THEIR CAR WITH A BOMB THAT SENSORS COULD BE CREATED SIMILAR TO THE DEVICE THAT TELLS YOU THAT YOU HAVE LEFT THE STORE WITHOUT FINALIZING YOUR TRANSACTION.
THOSE SENSORS COULD BE ATTACHED TO ALL THE CAMERAS THAT EXIST IN PARIS, LONDON, ROME, NEW YORK AND EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN THE WORLD.
We live in a time of incredible technological advances and maybe the government should ask Elon Musk to address this issue. I bet he could figure out something that would help eliminate events like our recent Paris tragedy.
WEAPONS TRACKING CAN BE A REALITY IF THE MANUFACTURERS CARED ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING
MONEY.
One last thought on this matter......The United States should make Dick Chaney and Halliburton financially responsible for the first 500 million dollars toward making this project a reality.
Some ideas just make total sense...don't you think?
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
POLLS and eternal optimism........
CBS News/New York Times Poll. Oct. 21-25, 2015.
N=575 Republican primary voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 6.
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"Which one of these candidates would you like to see the
Republican Party nominate for president in 2016: [see below]?"
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10/21-25/15
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10/4-8/15
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9/9-13/15
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7/29 -
8/2/15 |
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%
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%
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%
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%
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Ben Carson
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26
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21
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23
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6
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Donald Trump
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22
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27
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27
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24
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Marco Rubio
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8
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8
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6
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6
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Jeb Bush
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7
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6
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6
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13
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Carly Fiorina
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7
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6
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4
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-
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Ted Cruz
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4
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9
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5
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6
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Mike Huckabee
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4
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2
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6
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8
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John Kasich
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4
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2
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3
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1
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Rand Paul
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4
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4
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3
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4
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Lindsey Graham
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2
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-
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-
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-
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Chris Christie
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1
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3
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1
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3
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Rick Santorum
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1
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1
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1
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1
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Bobby Jindal
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-
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-
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-
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2
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George Pataki
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-
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-
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-
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1
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Jim Gilmore
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-
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-
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-
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1
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Someone else (vol.)
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-
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-
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-
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1
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ONE QUESTION AND ONE QUESTION ONLY
WHY HASN'T ANYONE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE?
When you look at the list you have to consider that fund raising is the PRIMARY objective of each contestant (I won't call them candidates until The Donald drops out).
At this stage of the game you have to wonder WHY anyone would be giving money to anyone with 4% or less.......7% seems shaky, but Jeb is Jeb and Carly is....well Carly is Carly and since she is the only female on the GOP side I presume she just has to stay for as long as possible. She's probably going for VP so no reason to hit the highway yet.
And I suspect that Christie also thinks the VP is possible so no reason for him to say adios.
The only answer that seems to make any sense is that each and everyone of the contestants regards themselves as the "Ultimate Eternal Optimist....put here on earth to save America."
EGOS THE SIZE OF INDIA CAN BE HARD TO CONTROL
AND EVEN HARDER TO REDUCE
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF CONTEST.
When parodies start taking shape it's pretty hard to reshape them into non-issues because they enter main stream media through means that people remember.....ie; Saturday Night Live, Late night talk shows, etc. etc........
An example of a runaway parody is Dr. Ben Carson and his apparent "sleepy time" personality.
The jokes are spreading fast.
And unless he starts singing show tunes and doing an occasion Sam Kinison imitation.....he's
going to end up being a parody of himself.....which is not easy to do.
I know it's not possible but he seems to be on some very nice medication and since he is a doctor I would assume he has the best connections.
And since he and The Donald are basically tied at this point, maybe people like the mellow approach. And he's always standing next to DT on the stage so it's such an obvious contrast in personalities, that people might regard it as a super positive style.
It doesn't take much to appear calm and collected if you are standing next to The Donald.....even though I have to say DT appeared calmer in the last debate.
The Sunday morning news shows, like Meet the Press and Face The Nation, seem to always have pundits that think John Kasich is on the verge of climbing up the poll ladders.....and they've been saying that for two months now and yet......4%.
Jeb Bush supporters have no idea what's going on and they basically blame everything (low poll numbers) on Donald Trump. I think their thoughts lean toward the concept that when the Ultimate Pretender drops out, then people will get real and jump on the Jeb bandwagon.....
......unfortunately that bandwagon might be a toy scooter by the time Donald decides he can't afford to be President because it doesn't pay enough. By the way, has anyone told him that his assets would have to go into a blind trust, with his kids having total control? I don't think DT likes to give up control of......ANYTHING.
I'm fairly certain that the Jeb Bush team doesn't have a clue regarding how the American people regard the last Bush President........the bottom line on that note is simple; people like George W. Bush NOW THAT HE ISN'T PRESIDENT.
AND EVERY TIME DICK CHENEY SAYS ANYTHING.......IT HURTS JEB BUSH. IT'S JUST AN ASSOCIATION PARADOX THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
Rand Paul is rather interesting but he sounds like a character on a Seth MacFarland animation TV show.
Lindsay Graham wants to NUKE everybody and start all over.
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are rehearsing for the GOP ticket in 2020.
Mike Huckabee is just trying to increase his ratings for his TV show, and or be appointed Secretary of Religion (only Christians allowed) by the next President.
Carly Fiorina makes me nervous when she starts talking and stating statistics and numbers. After HP involvement I would think numbers would never be brought up.......but somehow, according to her, she helped reestablish HP to it's original glory.
The two things they all have in common.....
THEY HATE PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND
THEY REALLY REALLY HATE
HILLARY CLINTON
Are those good enough reasons to be elected President of the United States?
I guess to be honest those are good enough reasons for 30 million people.....but not the other 60 million who actually determine the outcome.
I think it's time to do some crop thinning....the weeds are a bit thick, don't you agree.
Eternal Optimism is the trade mark of a successful politician
but POLLS matter, don't they?
Oh yeah, wait a sec...........when I look again at Donald Trump's numbers maybe POLLS don't matter anymore.
THE ENTIRE ELECTION PROCESS COULD BE REARRANGING ITSELF RIGHT UNDER OUR COLLECTIVE NOSES....
BIG
HUGE
SNEEZE!
WHY HASN'T ANYONE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE?
When you look at the list you have to consider that fund raising is the PRIMARY objective of each contestant (I won't call them candidates until The Donald drops out).
At this stage of the game you have to wonder WHY anyone would be giving money to anyone with 4% or less.......7% seems shaky, but Jeb is Jeb and Carly is....well Carly is Carly and since she is the only female on the GOP side I presume she just has to stay for as long as possible. She's probably going for VP so no reason to hit the highway yet.
And I suspect that Christie also thinks the VP is possible so no reason for him to say adios.
The only answer that seems to make any sense is that each and everyone of the contestants regards themselves as the "Ultimate Eternal Optimist....put here on earth to save America."
EGOS THE SIZE OF INDIA CAN BE HARD TO CONTROL
AND EVEN HARDER TO REDUCE
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF CONTEST.
When parodies start taking shape it's pretty hard to reshape them into non-issues because they enter main stream media through means that people remember.....ie; Saturday Night Live, Late night talk shows, etc. etc........
An example of a runaway parody is Dr. Ben Carson and his apparent "sleepy time" personality.
The jokes are spreading fast.
And unless he starts singing show tunes and doing an occasion Sam Kinison imitation.....he's
going to end up being a parody of himself.....which is not easy to do.
I know it's not possible but he seems to be on some very nice medication and since he is a doctor I would assume he has the best connections.
And since he and The Donald are basically tied at this point, maybe people like the mellow approach. And he's always standing next to DT on the stage so it's such an obvious contrast in personalities, that people might regard it as a super positive style.
It doesn't take much to appear calm and collected if you are standing next to The Donald.....even though I have to say DT appeared calmer in the last debate.
The Sunday morning news shows, like Meet the Press and Face The Nation, seem to always have pundits that think John Kasich is on the verge of climbing up the poll ladders.....and they've been saying that for two months now and yet......4%.
Jeb Bush supporters have no idea what's going on and they basically blame everything (low poll numbers) on Donald Trump. I think their thoughts lean toward the concept that when the Ultimate Pretender drops out, then people will get real and jump on the Jeb bandwagon.....
......unfortunately that bandwagon might be a toy scooter by the time Donald decides he can't afford to be President because it doesn't pay enough. By the way, has anyone told him that his assets would have to go into a blind trust, with his kids having total control? I don't think DT likes to give up control of......ANYTHING.
I'm fairly certain that the Jeb Bush team doesn't have a clue regarding how the American people regard the last Bush President........the bottom line on that note is simple; people like George W. Bush NOW THAT HE ISN'T PRESIDENT.
AND EVERY TIME DICK CHENEY SAYS ANYTHING.......IT HURTS JEB BUSH. IT'S JUST AN ASSOCIATION PARADOX THAT WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
Rand Paul is rather interesting but he sounds like a character on a Seth MacFarland animation TV show.
Lindsay Graham wants to NUKE everybody and start all over.
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are rehearsing for the GOP ticket in 2020.
Mike Huckabee is just trying to increase his ratings for his TV show, and or be appointed Secretary of Religion (only Christians allowed) by the next President.
Carly Fiorina makes me nervous when she starts talking and stating statistics and numbers. After HP involvement I would think numbers would never be brought up.......but somehow, according to her, she helped reestablish HP to it's original glory.
The two things they all have in common.....
THEY HATE PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND
THEY REALLY REALLY HATE
HILLARY CLINTON
Are those good enough reasons to be elected President of the United States?
I guess to be honest those are good enough reasons for 30 million people.....but not the other 60 million who actually determine the outcome.
I think it's time to do some crop thinning....the weeds are a bit thick, don't you agree.
Eternal Optimism is the trade mark of a successful politician
but POLLS matter, don't they?
Oh yeah, wait a sec...........when I look again at Donald Trump's numbers maybe POLLS don't matter anymore.
THE ENTIRE ELECTION PROCESS COULD BE REARRANGING ITSELF RIGHT UNDER OUR COLLECTIVE NOSES....
BIG
HUGE
SNEEZE!
GAZOONTITE!
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Cold War and NOW
Having lived through the
various Nuclear alarms since the discovery of what happens when human beings
create weapons build from the altercation of splitting atoms, I have to admit
that the current environment seems much more precarious than during previous alarms.
It's a numbers game.
In 1962 only two countries
were involved in displaying strength from arsenals of nuclear weapons.
Today the following countries have Nuclear weapons
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
France
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea
Israel
And I'm not even counting the splinter states from Soviet break-up.......that's a number which appears impossible to determine.
And then there's Germany and Japan who can make them, and probably already have.
Of course I'm not counting asshole Warlord's who might have "dirty bombs."
Today the following countries have Nuclear weapons
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
France
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea
Israel
And I'm not even counting the splinter states from Soviet break-up.......that's a number which appears impossible to determine.
And then there's Germany and Japan who can make them, and probably already have.
Of course I'm not counting asshole Warlord's who might have "dirty bombs."
In 1962 the idea, or concept, of smaller
rouge nations led by erratic dictators, having access to those kind of weapons, seemed quite unlikely.
Today.....the landscape
of that idea has expanded dramatically.
The thought of Iran
eventually having a nuclear weapon has sent the entire free world into a full
on tizzy.
The reality of North
Korea actually having Nuclear weapons doesn't seem to rank very
high on the paranoid list.
Russia is
solely responsible for the initial construction of North Korea's Nuclear
program.
China seems to have allowed the ongoing continuation and expansion of their program.
THE BIGGEST FEAR I HAVE IS THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD LIKE TO USE THE FOLLOWING PHRASE...
"It's BIBLICAL......this entire current situation was predicted in the Bible"
I simply hope that none of those goofballs have access to any button that could initiate a global nightmare....but then I remember the adage that homo-sapiens love to use....."we are just human....no body is perfect."
IT'S THE GREAT GLOBAL ANSWER FOR ALL HUMAN F**K UPS.
The POPE was spot on when he recently said....."Making weapons for the sake of making money is WRONG."
BUT THAT'S A WRONG THAT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED ANYTIME SOON.
Young people need to stand up and let the world leaders know that Nuclear proliferation is flat out wrong and that even though it appears to be irreversible......
WE (the entire planet)
MUST MOVE
IN THE DIRECTION
OF
COMPLETELY
ELIMINATING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
FROM
THE FACE OF EARTH
In the late 60's and early 70's the youth of the world stood up and HIGHLY CONTRIBUTED to the concept of no more WAR in Southeast Asia. That concept turned into a reality and the "domino" theory was put to rest.
THE SAME TYPE OF ENERGY NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED REGARDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THE PROCESS MUST BEGIN SO THAT YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN
WILL NOT BE LIVING EVERY DAY WITH MASSIVE DOSES OF PARANOIA AND FEAR.
The Torah, The New Testament and The Koran were important stories in the early construction of mankind's sociological development.
THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN INTERACTION IS NOW WELL BEHIND US AND IT'S TIME FOR NEW RULES.....as Bill Maher so amply states on his weekly HBO show.
I'm not about to say that I know what all the rules should be.....
Except
for
ONE.
NO MORE
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
No more COLD WAR....no more HOT WAR
and as the artist Norton Wisdom
so eloquently says
http://www.nortonwisdom.com/
NO WAR.
And....I'd like to calmly add one other small rule.......
All non-mathematical writing done before Galileo should be officially classified as FICTION
It's time to grow up fellow humans.....the ball game has changed.
Digest this caveat if you can......
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT OUR JOB TO KNOW THE CREATOR'S WILL.....IT'S JUST OUR JOB TO SAY
THANK YOU
and
I LOVE YOU
AND IF WE COULD APPLY THAT TO EACH OTHER
THE WHOLE PICTURE COULD CHANGE
one last thought.......
Human evolution has not reached it's full potential (estimates might be around 20%) and in a few thousand years people will look back on this time and giggle and say WTFWTT?
It's our job NOW to make sure the evolution progresses as smoothly as possible.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING at the moment
but
it should be
and
could be
IF???????????????????????????
Michael Timothy McAlevey
China seems to have allowed the ongoing continuation and expansion of their program.
THE BIGGEST FEAR I HAVE IS THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD LIKE TO USE THE FOLLOWING PHRASE...
"It's BIBLICAL......this entire current situation was predicted in the Bible"
I simply hope that none of those goofballs have access to any button that could initiate a global nightmare....but then I remember the adage that homo-sapiens love to use....."we are just human....no body is perfect."
IT'S THE GREAT GLOBAL ANSWER FOR ALL HUMAN F**K UPS.
The POPE was spot on when he recently said....."Making weapons for the sake of making money is WRONG."
BUT THAT'S A WRONG THAT WILL NOT BE CORRECTED ANYTIME SOON.
Young people need to stand up and let the world leaders know that Nuclear proliferation is flat out wrong and that even though it appears to be irreversible......
WE (the entire planet)
MUST MOVE
IN THE DIRECTION
OF
COMPLETELY
ELIMINATING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
FROM
THE FACE OF EARTH
In the late 60's and early 70's the youth of the world stood up and HIGHLY CONTRIBUTED to the concept of no more WAR in Southeast Asia. That concept turned into a reality and the "domino" theory was put to rest.
THE SAME TYPE OF ENERGY NEEDS TO BE DISPLAYED REGARDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
THE PROCESS MUST BEGIN SO THAT YOUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN
WILL NOT BE LIVING EVERY DAY WITH MASSIVE DOSES OF PARANOIA AND FEAR.
The Torah, The New Testament and The Koran were important stories in the early construction of mankind's sociological development.
THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN INTERACTION IS NOW WELL BEHIND US AND IT'S TIME FOR NEW RULES.....as Bill Maher so amply states on his weekly HBO show.
I'm not about to say that I know what all the rules should be.....
Except
for
ONE.
NO MORE
NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
No more COLD WAR....no more HOT WAR
and as the artist Norton Wisdom
so eloquently says
http://www.nortonwisdom.com/
NO WAR.
And....I'd like to calmly add one other small rule.......
All non-mathematical writing done before Galileo should be officially classified as FICTION
It's time to grow up fellow humans.....the ball game has changed.
Digest this caveat if you can......
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT OUR JOB TO KNOW THE CREATOR'S WILL.....IT'S JUST OUR JOB TO SAY
THANK YOU
and
I LOVE YOU
AND IF WE COULD APPLY THAT TO EACH OTHER
THE WHOLE PICTURE COULD CHANGE
one last thought.......
Human evolution has not reached it's full potential (estimates might be around 20%) and in a few thousand years people will look back on this time and giggle and say WTFWTT?
It's our job NOW to make sure the evolution progresses as smoothly as possible.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING at the moment
but
it should be
and
could be
IF???????????????????????????
Michael Timothy McAlevey
Friday, October 2, 2015
Defines the term "Rock and Roll"
I fully realize the numerous "tension" filled situations taking place around our beautiful planet but every once in awhile a "special entertainment" event takes place which allows for a "temporary" reprise from the negative and absurd.
What I truly notice is how many "minor" events seem to occur that we relish and place into the "special" category mainly because we need to "transfer" our focus....similar to the kudos we place on 250 hitters and pitchers with 3.50 ERA in baseball.
(random quotation words are just part of Mind Jazz "style".....deal with it)
We don't seem to demand excellence but we throw platitudes around like The Donald throws bullshit.
Certain music becomes more important.....mediocre movies are warmly received....casual everyday sporting events become seriously viewed.....semi-well prepared meals turn into highlight moments and so on and so on.
To summarize......
"We elevate the ordinary because we need more distractions from reality."
After reading the review in the LA TIMES about the recent AC/DC concert at Dodger Stadium I felt that the writer either doesn't know how to acknowledge greatness or simply doesn't really like Rock and Roll. I'm guessing the critic is probably in his, or her, late 20's.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT IT WASN'T A BAD REVIEW...IT JUST WASN'T AN ADEQUATE REVIEW.
So to somewhat offset that nonsensical effort on his,or her, part I would like to share with you the type of review that
AC/DC
deserves.
AC/DC CONCERT.........NOTHING COMPARES!!!!!!!
Since 1976 Angus Young has led the group known as AC/DC. Various members of the band have come and gone, one completely and another who allegedly thinks it's OK to hire contract killers to solve personal problems and one to dementia.
The fact is......ANGUS YOUNG IS THE BAND. The guitar riffs sound like nothing else in the music business. Brian Johnson is the lead singer and he delivers the vocals with strength and vitality...but if Angus stops....there is no AC/DC.
There have been quite a few MAJOR influences on rock and roll since the beginning of the genre.....but HARD Rock and Roll only has a few.
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
and
AC/DC
PLEASE NOTE THAT EVERY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED ON SUNDAY HAS MULTIPLE AC/DC SONGS.
AC/DC has never been invited (as far as I know) to play at the Super Bowl and more of their music is played than anyone....
The main reason the NFL plays their songs is because their hard rock and roll has rhythm that one doesn't normally hear when listening to that kind of music.
TRULY....THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF MUSIC.
WE HAVE TO CALL IT ROCK AND ROLL
BUT I THINK IT LIVES IN IT'S OWN UNIVERSE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE AN AC/DC CONCERT ......and most likely there never will be.
There is nobody like the Beatles
There is nobody like the Stones
There is nobody like Led Zeppelin
The fact that two of those groups are still performing puts them in the Vin Scully league of
"Unbelievable Longevity with EXTREME excellence"
IT'S A SMALL LEAGUE BUT IT'S A GREAT LEAGUE
To say that I feel lucky, that in the year 2015 I was able to attend another one of their shows, is an understatement.........
....and duly note this fact......Angus Young is a better guitar player now then he was when he was 35 and when he was 35 he was GREAT.
I sincerely hope that in four years I'll have another opportunity to witness a Rock and Roll show that defines the term.
The big difference for me personally is.......... I do a lot more chair dancing then in the past.
Thanks boys for another magical night. Dodger Stadium has never been louder (except for the Kirk Gibson HR in 1988) . Hope to see you back in a few years.
And by the way......this is the third time that my friend Mike and I have seen them play....and we haven't aged a bit.....(we've looked just like this 20 years ago when we went to the Forum)
I guess delusion is a part of loving AC/DC.......delusions seem to be rampant on Planet Earth.
And I guess I should post the AC/DC video that I was lucky enough to be part of back in March
Good AC/DC year
Michael Timothy McAlevey
What I truly notice is how many "minor" events seem to occur that we relish and place into the "special" category mainly because we need to "transfer" our focus....similar to the kudos we place on 250 hitters and pitchers with 3.50 ERA in baseball.
(random quotation words are just part of Mind Jazz "style".....deal with it)
We don't seem to demand excellence but we throw platitudes around like The Donald throws bullshit.
Certain music becomes more important.....mediocre movies are warmly received....casual everyday sporting events become seriously viewed.....semi-well prepared meals turn into highlight moments and so on and so on.
To summarize......
"We elevate the ordinary because we need more distractions from reality."
After reading the review in the LA TIMES about the recent AC/DC concert at Dodger Stadium I felt that the writer either doesn't know how to acknowledge greatness or simply doesn't really like Rock and Roll. I'm guessing the critic is probably in his, or her, late 20's.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT IT WASN'T A BAD REVIEW...IT JUST WASN'T AN ADEQUATE REVIEW.
So to somewhat offset that nonsensical effort on his,or her, part I would like to share with you the type of review that
AC/DC
deserves.
AC/DC CONCERT.........NOTHING COMPARES!!!!!!!
Since 1976 Angus Young has led the group known as AC/DC. Various members of the band have come and gone, one completely and another who allegedly thinks it's OK to hire contract killers to solve personal problems and one to dementia.
The fact is......ANGUS YOUNG IS THE BAND. The guitar riffs sound like nothing else in the music business. Brian Johnson is the lead singer and he delivers the vocals with strength and vitality...but if Angus stops....there is no AC/DC.
There have been quite a few MAJOR influences on rock and roll since the beginning of the genre.....but HARD Rock and Roll only has a few.
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
and
AC/DC
PLEASE NOTE THAT EVERY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL GAME PLAYED ON SUNDAY HAS MULTIPLE AC/DC SONGS.
AC/DC has never been invited (as far as I know) to play at the Super Bowl and more of their music is played than anyone....
The main reason the NFL plays their songs is because their hard rock and roll has rhythm that one doesn't normally hear when listening to that kind of music.
TRULY....THEY HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF MUSIC.
WE HAVE TO CALL IT ROCK AND ROLL
BUT I THINK IT LIVES IN IT'S OWN UNIVERSE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE AN AC/DC CONCERT ......and most likely there never will be.
There is nobody like the Beatles
There is nobody like the Stones
There is nobody like Led Zeppelin
The fact that two of those groups are still performing puts them in the Vin Scully league of
"Unbelievable Longevity with EXTREME excellence"
IT'S A SMALL LEAGUE BUT IT'S A GREAT LEAGUE
To say that I feel lucky, that in the year 2015 I was able to attend another one of their shows, is an understatement.........
....and duly note this fact......Angus Young is a better guitar player now then he was when he was 35 and when he was 35 he was GREAT.
I sincerely hope that in four years I'll have another opportunity to witness a Rock and Roll show that defines the term.
The big difference for me personally is.......... I do a lot more chair dancing then in the past.
Thanks boys for another magical night. Dodger Stadium has never been louder (except for the Kirk Gibson HR in 1988) . Hope to see you back in a few years.
And by the way......this is the third time that my friend Mike and I have seen them play....and we haven't aged a bit.....(we've looked just like this 20 years ago when we went to the Forum)
I guess delusion is a part of loving AC/DC.......delusions seem to be rampant on Planet Earth.
And I guess I should post the AC/DC video that I was lucky enough to be part of back in March
Good AC/DC year
Michael Timothy McAlevey
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