Universe

Universe

6/22/18

This morning let us start off with a scientific fact. To quote Neil de Grasse Tyson, “The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”

What a great fact! That relieves me of all obligations to explain myself to the universe!

In other words taken from a famous person’s jacket, “I don’t really care, do you?”

Well, yes I care. I care about a lot of things, but just because I care about them do not make them really important to the scheme of things or to the world and ever widening out wards, the universe.

So on this first really hot day of a new summer season, what is there to care about that I can control?

Not the government or neighbors or family choices or the weather.

That is up to something bigger than me and it is best left to others.

I do care about the purity of my drinking water, the safety of my food, and the condition of my air conditioner.

I care what comes out of my mouth when I am talking to a human being standing in front of me.

I would like to be more compassionate and hand out “spare change” to all the skanky people wanting to get on the bus without enough money.

The best that I could do yesterday was to give 75 cents to an old man with a cane, and refuse to give a dollar to a woman who plunked herself down beside me eating chips and dropping her water bottle.

If she could afford chips and store bought water, she could budget a bit better to pay for a bus ride.

Her last dollar did get her on, but the driver was the compassionate one.

I care enough about myself to act responsibly and pay my bills on time. I go by the rules and never jay walk on busy streets, like I have seen so many people do.

I care to take my medications and vitamins, wear sensible shoes and ask for help if I need it.

I care about my bank account enough not to fall for scams and waste money on un necessary purchases.

I care about my neighborhood enough to pick up trash along the beach, and get the city to clean the sidewalks of old mattress sets and broken bike frames. I think if I care about the little things the universe will take care of the big ones.

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Kids

Illegal kids

6/15/18

When the comedians on the late shows take a serious look at a political matter, I pay attention.

The policy that the sleaze ball Sessions claims is the law only shows him to be the Lickspittle in chief, toadying up to the major Tin Pot Dictator.

Even the Nazi’s did not separate families until the very door of the gas chambers.

Is Trump trying to cozy up to the dictators of the world and prove he is one of them?

He is certainly not an advocate of a compassionate treatment of those less fortunate who get caught in the web of politics.

Aside from the national and international ramifications of this “enforcing the law” charade, there are the feelings of the parents to consider.

When I was young and children hard to corral at the mall, I turned around and the little boy was nowhere in sight. I found him hiding in a clothes rack. Those few moments of terror at losing a child is something men in power rarely have to feel.

Later on another child was escorted to the bus stop every morning, and I lurked around the corner watching until he boarded the bus to high school!

I was afraid of “stranger danger” on his behalf, as we did live in a crime ridden neighborhood, with break-ins and murders.

When it is the official policy of our American government to split up families and lie to the mothers, the pain of separation and not knowing if one would ever see that child again must be enormous.

We are led by a self-important bully who cares not for anybody else’s feelings, and only a popular swell of adverse opinion will put a stop to this nefarious practice on enforcing the “law”.

Asian games

Well, by the way the pundits are talking about the Singapore Sing, we got a taste of the Long Con.

What the Prez does not understand is that the Asian mind has patince, and we are the product of get everything now, and who cares what happens fifty years away.

The North Koreans have been studying us for a long time.

They know what they can get away with, and are not afraid to push their agenda.

What is that?

Power. Since the Dear Young Leader is well on his way to a long lifetime of holding on to his annointed leadership, it should not wurprise anybody that we are now back in the swamp of trying to figure out what we have just lost on the diplomatic front in this so called Summit.

But what can you expect from the Bully in chief when a sly mind decides to smooth his way to defeat?

Sure, it is good to talk instead of throw nukes at a problem, but the summit could have been a much better way to deal with very complicated problems, mostly of the POTUS’ making.

We are left holding a bag of promises and not much significance.

Add to the titles of Orange Haired One the biggest one of all- an International Jester and Fool.

Sucide

Hot topic.

Suicide

6/10/18

As we see and hear in the news, celebrity suicide is not easy on the family and friends.

I speak from experience as a mother of an adult child who committed suicide in 1994 by jumping off a very high bridge.

I worked through my grief and pain by concentrating on myself and own survival. I went back to college, wrote a grief book on my son’s life and death, and got on with the difficult matter of living.

There seems to be many ideas floated as to whether or not this is a selfish act. Some say no some say yes.

I think it is so painful for the suffering victim that no amount of talk or sympathy will bring them back to health and happiness.

My son was 28 when he ended it all, and did leave some explanation as to why he felt he had to jump.

One was rejection by a woman who he stalked; one was an undiagnosed bi-polar condition.

He tried once, and was caught and hospitalized. His Dad wanted to come to be with him, but was rejected quite firmly.

My son saw his whole life as a sin, and can only have picked that up from the cult like religion he was in at the time.

We do not interfere with the practice of religion, and maybe we should.

The law in California prevents any notification of family members of suicidal attempts if the person demands privacy.

I am not going to go into prevention policies, or any blame game.

Suicide happens. Sometimes the tendency runs in families, especially if there are cases of depression also.

I do know that suicidal thoughts have run through the minds of various women in our family, usually after being rejected by a man. Over time we may have more resources to alleviate this problem, but society is not growing in that direction so far.

So despite the song Suicide is Easy, it is hard on everyone, and is just another way to die.

Big Brother

1984 Again

5/03/18

I have lost count of the many times that I have read my favorite political thriller,1984, by George Orwell.

It just seems to be so pertinent every political cycle that we go through in the United States of America.

This time around, it is practically a mirror image of what our government is doing.

From the White House there are denunciations of that “Little Rocket Man” in Asia, and then we are whiplashed into seeking a summit meeting with the same little devil.

Our allies in Europe are first ignored and then slapped with high tariffs which will bring no equity against the true culprits but hurt our own farmers and  targeted industries.

Our civil liberties seem to be taking a hit, with women and minorities on the sharp end of the stick.

This hit is orchestrated directly from the White House, with pronouncements of racist lies which the rabid followers take up with relish.

I can almost hear the masses chanting to themselves- “We have always been at war with East Asia, black is white, and we love Big Brother”!

Church

5/30/18

 

Catholic Sins

Today a priest was interviewed on his take about the election in Ireland. He thought that the rules were very repressive and that the women who got abortions should have been helped with social programs to raise their children

This is all well and good, and he does understand that if there were widespread sex education and availability of contraception, there would be less occasion for abortions.

Ireland has become a country of major liberal policies now.

This country recognizes same sex marriage, has an increasing loss of membership in any religion but mostly from the Catholic institution.

After all the nasty things that went on there in the past fifty to sixty years, the church has finally been dealt its’ just desserts.

The real problem is that most religions have the wrong attitude towards women.

Instead of helping them do a very important job of raising the next generation, they put obstacles in a woman’s path, make her feel guilty for any sexual feelings, infringe on all phases of life to make it one of control by the men instead of autonomy.

Give women feelings of self- worth instead of placing handicaps on her.

Give her recognition for the work almost always unpaid, for raising compassionate and bright children who will go on to be our country’s enlightened leaders.

Stop paying her less for the same job as men perform, and recognize that women have a lot to offer in the arena of governing, not just playing politics.

Women who do not have access to birth control in third world countries really do not have a choice in their lives. They become slaves to patriarchist traditions and poor economies.

The freedom to grow as a person is taken away when the woman becomes an unwilling mother, no matter how many advocates claim that mother hood is the “god determined” role of the female.

God is becoming more and more irrelevant these days, and women are finding their voices.

 

Homeland on Memorial Day 2018

Memorial Day

5/27/18

I used to play taps for our cemetery commemorative service in high school.

I was very patriotic.

I also watched as the tanks rolled by our village during the Korean War, and was rather frightened.

Now we take war and tanks, rebellions and famine kind of for granted.

I was watching the series Homeland recently and have finished season 6.

In it we are treated to assassinations, bombings, hangings, throat cuttings, double agents and a repressive Presidency.

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

What does this say about our society now?

We are becoming accustomed to these scenes of violence and come to rely upon stories like these to entertain us.

The problem is that this television show accurately mirrors our daily feed of news stories to the point that we hardly know what is real or what is written into a script.

Now with a leader that has the intelligence of a gnat, we are in danger of being played on the international scale.

Where is the dignity of the office?

Where is the considered thought that goes into making decisions that affect us all?

Lacking. And on a scale to make Nero blush.

Take cover America.

We will survive, but at what cost to our democracy?

I do hope that the November elections are free of foreign interference, and that the new comers to political life can make a difference for the better.

Our ulcers cannot stand much more of this presidency.