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The wind rages around the house as I write this; whistling through the eaves and throwing dog and cat dishes, horse feeders, water troughs and anything else not tied down about the yard. It is bitter cold outside and below freezing in many cities.
Meanwhile, across America, we can be thankful that most have a roof over their heads.
The problem is, collectively we are guilty of a great travesty of not wanting to know about those who do not. If you are tempted to click away, may I remind you that you aren’t four (probably – maybe someone four does actually read my blog. It could happen.) Grownups should WANT to know the truth.
The media makes pretending so easy for us. They outright lie.
They manufacture statistics that are entire nonsense.
They spin and even ignore the truth.
They cover up what they don’t want us to know and condition us to believe their fantasies by when and what they do or do not report. Entire research agencies exist to control what we believe. Only researchers whose conclusions support what they want us to believe receive grants; those who want to publish the truth are ostracized.
COLD WEATHER DEATHS
Donations of mylar blankets keep Detroit homeless from freezing thanks to littledsworld.blogspot.com
It is because of the outrageous statistics regarding cold weather deaths in the U.S. that I am writing this post.
As I checked my favorite statistics company for information, what graphs are available are clearly lies. Apparently, global warming is more believable without real stats on deaths caused by freezing weather.
Turning to the Internet for research, I found some much closer to the truth about deaths due to cold, and came upon this jewel of a comment that sums up the truth about why the media covers hurricanes and not greater threats. “Crosspatch” wrote:
“But a hurricane is so much more spectacular to watch on television
than it would be to have a two-hour long report of watching a
thermometer’s indicated temperature drop in real time.Hurricane reports attract eyeballs which sell advertising
and that is the bottom line of the “news” business.
It is really the advertising business.They don’t lose money if they broadcast inaccurate hysteria, but they stand to make a lot of money if they can create hysteria that draws people’s attention. And if they were wrong, they can state that fact at 3am on a Tuesday morning and never bring the subject up again.
It’s all about the eyeballs.
It is in the interests of the news outlets to enter into some informal, unspoken collusion to create “issues” which attract attention. It works to the benefit of politicians, too, who can then have an opportunity to be seen “doing something” about it. Whether it is real or not is beside the point.
Create a crisis, drum up the concern, repeat the most dire predictions you can find, and have politicans jump in to “save” everyone. Everybody on the gravy train wins.
Sorry if I seem so cynical in my old age.”
I could have written these words “Crosspatch” wrote. Those of us willing to actually admit to seeing the truth about the world we live in are called cynics. Or conspiracy theorists. Or “Debbie Downers”.
People who want to stay selfish do not want us raining on their parades.
They want to keep pretending everything is beautiful and bad things
created by evil, greedy people only happen to people who “deserve it”Don’t you see what they’re doing, yet?
By painting someone as lazy or “guilty”
they get the masses to collude in their
own system of slavery and oppression!
Click this image to read about who the homeless REALLY are – NOT who you THINK they are.
Government agencies and law enforcement make sure most never see the hungry faces or the individuals and families who were middle class and better off than you just a month or a year or go, but are even now homeless and hungry.
The media and authorities vilify and harass them for us so they will be ashamed and stay hidden. They make being homeless and hungry illegal.
Media has convinced us that the panhandlers, alcoholics, and mentally challenged people we see are what homelessness is about. That is so far from the truth – that is NOT who is homeless in America today. Please click the image to find out more.
We have so completely convinced people that it is THEIR FAULT
if they can not afford food or shelter that even their closest friends
and family won’t know if they’re reduced to living in their car -
or in a tent in a park or hiding wherever they can in constant fear.
Why It is NOT Their Fault – And It Will Not Be Yours, Either
Click this image to find out how the economy REALLY works, written in an understandable way most can comprehend.
The wealthiest few for whom no amount of wealth is ever enough – control the media, the educational system, and the government so they can make sure people are conditioned to believe that all you have to do is work hard in America and that can never happen to you. That way they can get away with highway robbery.
The wealthy few have created a game MOST can NOT WIN.
Anyone going hungry or homeless must be lazy, worthless, unwilling to work.
They sell this idea by telling everyone anyone can get rich in America!
(If that were really true you would know people who did. Do you?)
And most buy into their lies, desperate to pretend poverty really can’t happen to them – because in their hearts they know how frighteningly close to that edge they live – and their grip is slipping.
But they just keep telling themselves they’ll “round the corner”
next week, month, year… They will
“pay off that debt” and “get caught up” any time now.
I know, because I remember my Dad saying that all the time when I was growing up: “turn the corner”. I am fortunate to have been raised in a family that was never really in the “Middle Class”. Oh, my Dad said we were. He desperately wanted to believe we were. He was lying to himself.
Are YOU Rich or Poor? Are You SURE?
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The truth was you can not afford a family on an Air Force lifer’s pay.
We qualified for food stamps – but he refused to take them because he was proud and men are supposed to be able to provide for their families – not take assistance.
Better their children are a little hungry all the time than take a handout from the very system that makes sure you can’t earn enough to support them.
I went to college by winning a scholarship “primarily intended for the disadvantaged and minorities” because it was based on how little my Dad actually earned.
By then most moms had to work, too, and mine wasn’t able. We have gone from one person being able to comfortably (but modestly) support an entire family, to needing at least two adults working, to many people working multiple jobs. THAT is inflation.
DEBT AND INFLATION WILL PUT YOU WHERE WE WERE
What many are not realizing is that debt – yours or the government’s – and inflation – make it inevitable and unavoidable for anyone who is not a multi-millionaire to escape rapidly approaching poverty. If you work for a living – even if you have no debt – and get raises, inflation will make it impossible to maintain your current standard of living.
This short video explains some of why, but there IS HOPE. Read on below the video.
WHAT WE MUST DO TO AVOID POVERTY
There is hope. There IS something we can do that will make sure we all have water, food, and shelter no matter what the dollar does or how high the debt goes or whether we have jobs or not.
First, we have to redefine what we think is important and what we “need”. We have our priorities all wrong. Clean water must come first. REAL food – not that stuff in packages and cans on store shelves – is what keeps us healthy and we should be willing to make whatever that costs a high priority. Modest homes instead of Mac-Mansions – or taking others into your mansion if you prefer.
Then we have to care about each other. When anyone loses their job or home or does not have enough to eat, we have to be willing to step in and help them and when we do, someone will be there to take care of us when we are in need – and I do NOT mean the government!
See the GrowMap YouTube Channel on the Economy
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I consider my impoverished upbringing a blessing. It makes it clear to me what necessities are: water, food, shelter. EVERYTHING ELSE is a luxury. I am very fond of many luxuries I enjoy. Air conditioning. Heat. Hot running water. And I realize they really ARE luxuries that many Americans can no longer afford and many around the world never even had.
We are well past the time we should be focusing on acquiring
even more “stuff” we never needed in the first place!
(If you’re in debt that goes double for you.)
PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT
People are difficult. Hard to understand. Hard to get along with – I get that. Animals are cute, soft, and don’t talk back. I get that, too. But people are more important.
Rescuing animals is good, but people are more important!
While we have been conditioned to rush in to save cute little puppies and kittens, and we even “rescue” horses, we let people go homeless and hungry every day.
We are allowing people to DIE
Not figuratively -
LITERALLY – DIE
From heat, cold and lack of food.
So we can have WHAT really?
Here. In America.
What IS wrong with us?
And isn’t it about time we fixed it?
This post is dedicated to all those in need. It is a message to the people in their lives and crossing their paths: friends, family, strangers, who could forgo more new “stuff” or even just a Starbucks trip to feed or shelter them – but do not. And it is especially dedicated to those who die because we don’t care – like Tommy Schmitz’s buddy Carl who froze to death last week.
How long will we allow people to suffer and die
because we value things over people?
“Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life. “ Matthew 25 American Standard Version
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Provide a mailing address for someone so they can get work!
There are many things anyone can do. Some don’t even cost money, such as allowing someone to use your mailing address so they can get work and receive important mail.
If you don’t have a place to keep your clothes or take a shower, it is harder to support yourself. If you are afraid to let someone have a closet, a place to sleep, and a shower you can buy them a membership and locker at a local gym. They won’t have a place to sleep, but at least they can hang something to wear and take a shower.
Food banks are feeding more people than ever before. They need food donations. They need volunteers to stock shelves, pick up food from the larger foodbank warehouses, to man the counter where people pick up food, and to deliver to people who can not pick up food themselves. Find out more on my Causes page.
Buy someone a meal. I suspect the reason for fasting is so you can understand what it is like to go hungry. That one thing makes a huge impact for someone who has nothing to eat.
When a family needs your help – as a mom and five kids still does – ask yourself, if you don’t help when you can, who will be there to help you? We have to change our priorities and build communities who can help each other NOW before things get worse.
If we keep doing what most are doing, things are going to be far harder to handle.
If we change our collective ways now – even some of us -
those we help today will be able to help us tomorrow.
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This is a very important thing you have touched upon and presented it so well. Things is always more than what meets our eyes. Media these days just sensationalize things rather than providing real facts. Thanks for sharing.
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January 3, 2013 at 5:33 am
We can diminish the power of the media if we understand that they are acting out of self interest, and to try to achieve the highest ratings. They are doing what they are doing because it is working. If we continue to sit by being quietly outraged at the sensationalized news we are getting, nothing will change, we need to vote with our eyes, so to speak. We need to turn the channel, or find our news elsewhere. If we want the news media to change, we need to give them the intensive to do so.
Media so far has been made up and just like a wannabe person to attract as many eye balls as it can. Earlier, this was not the aim for media. It was there to enlighten the people and make them aware of things going around in the world. Now media is concentrating less on that part and contributes more to lies and made up stories.
So true. My latest job is with the information office of our city and I’m now on my third year here. I can attest to the fact that information, especially the ones we read in the papers are almost always not exactly true. Some are fabricated while others are half truths twisted to fit the need of a politician or business enterprise.
The pictures published on photo-releases are picked for a particular angle of interest. You submit a photo of a beggar looking for food in a dirty trash heap, and expect it never to be published because it’s ‘ugly’ and no one wants to see it. It wouldn’t sell.
As I read this post, I found myself cringing as I found myself guilty of apathy. I do give spare change to homeless kids but immediately wash my hands afterwards with alcohol, the way I would wash my hands when I accidentally touched a cockroach while cleaning the backyard storage room. I feel pity for these people but I can’t imagine myself spending even a minute having a conversation with them the way I would with people of my ‘class’.
It’s a new year. Posts like these is like a strong poke to wake us up from our apathy. I’ll be looking forward for more of this and see how I could man up myself enough to actively join your cause. Kudos!
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It is admitted fact that poor are ignored in all nations, in all races and in all countries. There is no moral and social helping hand for poor. Rich are becoming richest and poor are the going at very miser level of poverty. A special work must be done in this regard.
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Pretty long article and some interesting comments too… But it was worth reading. I always believe in the fact that “Rescuing animals is good, but people are more important!” Keep it coming..
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Very good and long article, creating excitement or a situation of shock amongst the people might attract a lot of attention and this news makes money. Full of knowledge, I must say this is the longest blog i have seen. You have put so much efforts in your blog, thanks for sharing.
Media can do anything, they have the power to make us very sensible and so it all depends on us, we people.!
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Excellent post of thoughts. If we’re not analytical, which most of us do, media will let us dance in their hands. Partly truth, partly manipulated. It’s their game.
Interesting perspective on the matter. You’re correct about having the right mindset but sadly we don’t live in a perfect world. Thank you for sharing your insight on the topic, greatly appreciated.
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I believe that people behind media coverage should be those with enough valor and courage to be more responsible with their craft and be more accountable with the truth. Thanks for sharing this sensible post!
Most of us live within a high standard, it’s just that they don’t know it. Good topic and more then appropriate for this season
That’s what I always hate about sensationalized news and media has to prey on it just to get things going.
One of those topics which let you think about your job, your life, your income and in what position you currently are…
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Media has this habit of exaggerating things. Sometimes, it isn’t really attractive anymore. Your views on the topic at hand are impeccable. Props to you!
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December 27, 2012 at 11:40 pm
I found this post rather out of place compared to most of your other pieces. It doesn’t quite fit into the theme of “How to grow your business.” But I suppose we are all guilty of deviating once in a while
My 2 cents: I understand the huge gap between the poor and the rich. But I’m extremely excited that during such a terrible recession we’re building so may great small businesses. Tech Crunch makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
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December 30, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Hello Karthik,
The sites that make you feel all warm and fuzzy often lead you to bankruptcy. If we do not understand how the world actually works it is much harder to succeed. Most will not figure out how to be successful and if bloggers do not start helping small business they will go under and we will be stuck with nothing but Walmart or Amazon.
Short-sighted focus on price has destroyed most jobs that pay a living wage. We either wake up and reverse the damage or people all over the world are going to be out in the streets, homeless and hungry. I know people hate to hear it and would rather live in the illusion that they, too, can get rich quick – but that is a fantasy that does not happen.
One of the problems with shopping at one of the “Big Stores” like Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, Targets, etc., etc., etc., is that you are being feed what THEY want to feed you:”the public;” as opposed to what you actually want or need. They sell the “Eye Candy” and they put it on the end caps and by the “Cash Register” Locations and eye level shelves.
They sell the fastest moving items… almost exclusively. So what most people want to buy, is readily available and (perhaps) at a cheaper price, but not necessarily so. The “Price Guarantee” is a hoax, a ploy, or a half truth… a lie. Yes, they guarantee you will be able to get the same price on an “identical” item “advertised” if you happen to see it advertised for less… but that is no “Real Guarantee” it is the cheapest price; it only guarantees that it is as “cheap” as the other store’s advertised price. And that is good enough for you… not for me. This is why: You, or I, have to spend our time and energy to find the price and bring it to their attention to get any refund, and by that time, even if you’ve gone through the effort of notifying them about what their competitors are charging (a free service to them) you are not adequately compensated for that effort, and most people don’t bother ; hence it is an empty guarantee more times than it is fulfilled.
More importantly, the lower price draw, draws us away from the small stores that “Presumably” charge more; but when you consider travel time, gas, energy and the fact that you are doing your community a favor by shopping the local stores… and the fact that the Mom and Pop operations offer a wider selection on speciality items then I say “Ace is the Place” along with what other local lumber, hardware, or other privately owned building supply company, clothing company, or other type of company is in your community. Keep the money at home among your friends and neighbors that work in those locations. Yes, some of your fiends and neighbors work at the big stores too; so perhaps we need a combination of the two. So shop the local shops when you can, and encourage them to keep their prices down without holding their feet to the price fire, when they are more apt to give you better service. Support your neighbors: You may be gland you did.
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January 3, 2013 at 5:49 am
Hi David,
Yes, the “low price” is a con used to put the local small businesses out of business. When Wal-mart or one of the other big box stores comes into an area they often do price below profit until they eliminate the competition – and most fall for this.
We have to stop focusing on price. It is not sustainable to expect prices to keep dropping especially when the value of the dollar keeps sliding. We must be willing to pay a reasonable price for what we need and stop buying a bunch of worthless junk that barely works the day you buy it.
Ace and other small hardware stores carry replacement parts for what they sell. Big box stores often do not even have blades or lamps so you have to buy the entire light or tool again. Few think of that when they buy.
Small businesses can not sell you what does not work or their neighbors stop trusting them and will quit buying, but people keep replacing shoddy junk they buy from Walmart over and over. You can never save money that way.
That is why poor have such a hard time climbing out of poverty. When you can’t afford to buy decent quality you can’t get ahead. We must all learn to save up and buy what will last from local small businesses and get off that merry-go-round race to the bottom .
If we do not, there will eventually only be ONE company store and money will be replaced with the system of the beast where only those who sell their very souls can buy or sell. Create alternatives now while you can.
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Creating excitement or a situation of shock amongst the people might attract a lot of attention and this news makes money. Well that is a way to advertise a news as well as such other stuff. It is the news person’s strategy to attract maximum eyeballs inn order to maker money. After journalism has become a business.
Wow, a lot of novels in the comments for this post. In reality, most people don’t go looking for truth when they turn on the TV or surf the web. Your interpretation of media coverage of a topic you clearly care about is your interpretation and it is not true of every news outlet. If anything, it’s a fair criticism of the 24 news cycle. Regardless, homelessness and freezing from cold are problems humans have dealt with forever. It’s not exactly news and there isn’t a good solution, just to play devil’s advocate for the media- they are people with families to feed too.
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January 3, 2013 at 6:00 am
Hi Robert,
Those who think only of themselves and their families are how we got into the mess we’re in and the end result is none of us will have a home or food. What we allow to be done to others will eventually be done to all of us – and that is rapidly approaching.
It takes years, and those who are living well because others are forced into slavery will eventually become obsolete and made slaves themselves. America will be the new shanty-town because we are no longer self-sufficient and where people do not produce what they need soon there will be no income to buy anything.
We must wake up and see the artificial system for what it is and stop running around in circles doing nothing that is truly important. The stock market is the biggest casino in the world used to part those who think they are middle or upper class from their money.
Big government will take all those who work have to pay down the debt through destroying purchasing power. Those who finally see the game for what it is will get out and start rebuilding NOW while those who do not will become those homeless and hungry and freezing they always thought were below them and deserved their fate.
The only reason humans have dealt with these problems forever is selfishness. We could easily feed and shelter EVERYONE if we cared. Poor help each other way more than those who are comfortable. Massive numbers are homeless while their “friends” and relatives who could easily shelter or feed them will look the other way.
Anyone who lets another go hungry so they can buy more bright shiny objects and afford their trinkets does not know what it is like to go hungry. If they believe they are saved Christians, they are fools. Jesus specifically warned them that He will turn them away because “He never knew them” and they did not feed or cloth the least among us.
There IS a good solution: make necessities higher priorities than all the nonsense people are conditioned to believe they “need” that is totally irrelevant – like fashion, entertainment, newer-bigger-better anything that you already have that works.
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Dear Gail,
You are partly right when you say: “The Truth is within each of us and if we continue to seek it we will find it.” We have the ability to find the truth if we seek it. But then you go astray when you say:” The evidence is clear”… not if you’re talking about the evidence you offered, please let me explain why…It is not just a matter or backing up ones points with scriptures, or mixing scripture to make a false point…” if you can back up far enough to see the truly big picture across centuries. I offer as a place for you to start.”
The author of the piece you referenced doesn’t know what he is talking about, and he SLANDERS, with scriptures alleged to support his biased take, or to make a point against Free Masonry with true scriptures, half truths, out and out lies, and pure evil innuendos. What any one of the Disciples says does in no way conflict with the teaching of Free Masonry… We work from the bible. It does conflict with Joseph Herrin’s (09-23-2012) article. I thank you for the opportunity to tell you how.
I find it odd, but not humorously funny, that people who “believe” in one way (either direction) will not need much of any concrete evidence to continue to believe as they do, and almost no amount of evidence to the contrary will change their thinking. I agree with the teaching of Christ, and the gospel. What I don’t agree with is taking passages from the bible to support the filth Joseph Herrin is spewing on his blog.
I can tell that you are not only a religious person, but that you are very intelligent and caring. I hope you will understand that I, and most Masons I know personally are highly ethical and religious people themselves. We don’t all believe or behave in the same way, any more than all the people in any church I’ve ever attended believed and acted the same way as every other member.
Oh, many will profess to believe like the mass group… and then you have Catholics that believe in birth control, and Baptist and Methodist who smoke and drink and play cards and dance… and while I don’t smoke like I used to, I don’t mind an occasional snort, and I’m a very good Chess, Back Gammon, and card player… and while I don’t dance like I did when I was your age… I can cut a rug most younger men don’t have the skill for. I’m not black… but I’ve got rhythm.
What I see as a sin you may condone, and what I see as being acceptable you may think is sinful. I think we both agree that “that shall not bear false witness” and if one does, that is a sin. And if they do it maliciously as Herrin has, it is a mortal sin.
I wouldn’t have read or bothered to respond to his tripe if you hadn’t recommended it. I am doing this for your edification, not just so you’ll speak better of us… although if you know us better you will speak better of us as a group. Never will I say we are a perfect people… only God has that perfect place and the rest of us can only strive to come closer with “A Closer Wall with Thee.” Some day… “I’ll Fly Away” with his “Amazing Grace.” Until then I am only human, don’t expect more out of me that that.
If you know the writer personally, I’d appreciate your telling him just what I think of his biased writings, and ask him to do his research better before spouting off about things he cannot possibly be an authority on till he has walked the walk himself. Right now, he is an outsider looking in and guessing about what our signs and symbols mean and telling his version which has no relationship with the whole truth.
I am here to tell you that your, and especially his thoughts on Freemasonry are wrong!
He DOES NOT KNOW THE TRUTH about what he is writing about… even though he is writing with such an authoritative view point that is apt to lead people astray.
Hastily, I say that I don’t expect you to believe me because you have already convinced yourself that Freemasonry is part of an evil plot against the world because others have made what you have seen as such a convincing case against us. The fact that much of the information is false or conjecture doesn’t matter. If the information appears real… it must be so… people believe what is in print, thinking he couldn’t say it if it wasn’t so. You know better. I will point out how to the best of my abilities.
One thing that I have learned over the years of my trials and tribulations is that when people who have an emotional involvement with their thoughts it is nearly impossible to change their thinking, and the odds of changing one’s thinking depends on the degree of their emotional attachment to the subject. So to tell you that Free Masons do not believe the way you think we believe may be fruitless- but even with that said, I know you are intelligent enough, and I believe you are fair minded enough to listen.
There is something that I call a true-lie. It is the worse kind of lie because it is so intermingle with the truth that one cannot see the lie for what it is. Those that continue to spread the lie, do so because they believe it is the truth, not because they are originators of the lie. In fact, many people who would not willingly lie themselves will spread the truth as if it were the one true religion.
Here is one example of a true lie… “In a World Economy, we must support the Brazilian economy.” (I’m intentionally not crediting the speaker because to do so may influence your thinking- I will tell you later if you want to know) The point is that it is an absolutely true statement which is also an absolute lie told to deceive the believers. The speaker’s followers and even most of the speaker’s detractors fail to see the lie. Here is why it is a lie: We are not in a true world economy, and it was said by someone who was defending America’s support of the Brazilian economy in a time when America was hurting, and the speaker should have been more interested in supporting our own economy than in shipping more jobs and American money to a foreign country. The statement was true, the intent was to deceive: that is a True Lie.
I hastily agree with you that America ought to help the other folks in the world, but America can best help others when it can help itself. Weakening America’s financial position in order to support a foreign country is fool hearty in my less than humble opinion.
Free Masons are built on charity. We believe in God… the one true and living Creator of the Universe. We DO NOT believe in Satan, the Devil, or Beelezebul or any other name one might call the dark spirits.
And if you, or the writer, for any reason believe otherwise: YOU’RE WRONG! ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS to say just how wrong you are. If you would like to find out more about our belief in God, I will invite you personally to one or more of our open meetings and introduce you to some of the signs and symbols that you are railing against when you speak evil of us. In fact we are having an installation of officers at St. Johns Lodge #37 in Deland tonight and I invite you and your guest to join us for dinner and a view of our Lodge and Fellowship based on our faith in God and Brotherly love.
The alter is the center of our Lodge’s universe. And that alter is for one book alone: In our Lodge it is the Holy Bible. In another lodge it might be the a different Holy Book of that land. But regardless of what someone who doesn’t know better might say: America is still a Christian Nation.
But before I continue, I want to tell you a true story of what happened when I was in Boot Camp back in the dark ages of 1959. I was a young man then, and we were in a lecture room at the time. Another member of my platoon was bored and writing his girlfriend about what was “allegedly” happening to him while he was in Boot Camp.
Now we have all heard horror stories about how mean the Marine Corp Drill Instructors (DIs) are, and some of the stories are true; but some of them are not; as the young man David Mc…(I’m not sharing his full last name to protect the guilty) had a very vivid imagination…) found out. In fact earlier we had had one such, mean to the bone Di… and he got what he deserved, but that’s another story.)
in fact, I liked David personally. The fact that I think people named David are just wonderful people may have prejudiced the case in his favor… But not then or now; because he was WRONG. And I will not sugar coat his actions to keep from having some un-witted person blame me with the guilt of association because my name is David. So be it, lets the chips fall where they may.
He was wrong to be writing a letter while we were there to learn… but most because he was telling a lie about our less than angelic DIs. One of the D.I.s saw that David was writing a letter instead of paying strict attention to the instructor giving the lecture; and snuck up behind him and snatched the pad off his table before David knew what happened.
David wasn’t harmed or hurt physically but he damn sure learned a lesson that day. Marines learn to use the word damn for emphases- through social interactions with other Marines- not because we were trained to do so; some of us brought that bad habit from home and pass it around like candy for the less informed among the brotherhood. Back to the story of David. He had told his gf that the DI was forcing us to fly around the room like an airplane. The room was filled with laughter as David was required to read the letter to us. Talk about red in the face… one can’t be much more embarrassed than that.
It wasn’t the truth… but there it was in Black and White written with the full intent for that lovely, yet gullible young lady he was writing to believe every word as if it was the gospel of St. David… I exaggerate, David was no Saint except perhaps in her and some other fooled personality.
What the drill instructor did then was to keep David from lying; was to make him get up and demonstrate how he was made to fly around the room. I don’t know if St. David ever lied like that again, I suppose he did, it was part of his nature by that time.
When we say Simper Fi: “Forever faithful”, some of us realize that all of our brotherhood are not exactly saints. In fact, I’m one of them that’s not. At the same time, I take offense to someone saying that we in that brotherhood are anything less than Honorable Men when we stand up for the Country We Love, and stand beside the others who do the same. We do have our flaws and foibles, but we don’t add the “e” behind our Fidelity Fi.
Here is a fact: Some people lie. Some people even write those lies knowing them to be such. And they have their own reasons for doing what they do, perhaps most often to make themselves look more important without caring about how that harms the other guy.
I can’t speak for you, or the way you may feel, but I think that is unchristian like conduct. And as a Christian (which was the religion preference imprinted on my metal dog tags, and I carry in my heart today- even though I go to a Methodist Church).
I do not hold out that my religion is any better than anyone else’s religion. My God- is your God- and your God is my God because there is only one God regardless of what name you give to the one true and living God. And the devil is the lord of darkness- and God is the Lord of Light.
And yes, we seek more light in Masonry and want to be closer to God in our walk and in our faith. But I do not, and as a Masonic teaching- we do not say that any sect, or religion, or person’s faith is any better or worse than any other person’s faith because only God can see what is within the breast of man. Joseph is telling you and others that I worship the Devil/Satan.
We do use the term Worshipful, and I am a Past Master which means I hold the title of Worshipful, but we do not worship one another any more than I worship a judge that I call “Your Honor.” It is a term of respect, not an action. I also hold the title of “Grand Tall” for the same reason, but even though I have earned those titles of respect for my years of service and the positions I’ve held, my brothers can call me David just as most of my family and friends do, and I don’t think any less of them when they do. I do try to remember to call my higher ranking brothers by their titles when I’m in Lodge, but I know most of them by their first names and that is what I refer then to in conversations.
At the same time that I know my Marine Corp bothers are not perfect people, I also know that my Masonic brothers are not perfect people; and I know that you… unless you profess to be God are not a perfect person either. “Judge not, least you be judged.” “Hell, honey, I am a sinner- less than pure- and certainly not simple.” And I don’t mind that people know that about me because it keeps me grounded to the fact that I need God in my daily walk.
Now that doesn’t mean I’m going to broadcast every thing I’ve done wrong or continue to get wrong in my life… that is between me and he who has the power to forgive me my trespasses- as I forgive those who trespass against me. And I forgive you and the writers and artist who have caused me to write this delicate diatribe, intended only for edification and not for rebuke.
You call Yahshua, the Son of God, Jesus, Lord, and Savior. You call Yahweh, the Creator and God of the universe, God. But I want you to know this: that the God you call Lord was a Jew. We are therefore all transformed Jews praying to a Jewish God, who believe in Christ as king.
The reason most Christian go to church on Sunday instead of Saturday is that the Disciples were in Synagogue praying to Yahweh on Saturday and preached the Gospel according to The Christ on Sunday. But “Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.” Saturday is the Sabbath… not Sunday. Sunday is the first day of the week on most calendars and it has been since before the time of Jesus The Christ Savior. So, other than the Seventh Day Adventist, and the Jews for Christ, are Christian wrong for keeping Sunday as the Holy Day? Should all of those alleged followers of Christ and the Old and New Testament be spoken ill of because they are Sunday Worshiper instead of Saturday believers?
It reminds me of the young priest (who enjoyed smoking cigarettes) and wanted to smoke while he prayed. He went to the holy father of his group and asked “Is it alright if I pray while I’m smoking?” He gain permission to pray while he was smoking; but still not allowed to smoke while he was praying in vespers. Is smoking a venial sin, or a mortal sin? In your mind, is there a difference? Have you never sinned… of course not☺?
What about the Mason you dated, was he an honorable man- for the most part? Or was he out to screw the world with some vicious ploy? No doubt he and the other Masons he introduced you to were normal people like me; not perfect, to any degree and yet, they were not out to achieve this New World Order.
Now those people are the ones I worry about… the ones who think that the New World Order is the same thing as World Peace. I will rail against them and their naïveté right along with you… whether they are Masons or Marines or not.
The Washington Monument and its Reflecting Pool What a lovely picture of the Washington Monument reflecting in the shimmering waters. Water reflects like a mirror, and so do I. If you smile, I smile back.
But to say because that which is reflected below in water is somehow tainted is a far stretch from the truth. Every tree and weeds or blade of grass are reflected by standing water. The fact that the monument is in front of that water means nothing more than what it is… placed where someone decided it would look good. They may have even made a buck or two off of it. But it doesn’t mean a thing negative unless you want it to. Someone showed me a folded 20 dollar bill recently and said it looked like the World Trade Center being bombed on 911. It did. But I don’t believe the person who designed the bill long before it happened had any intention of someone folding the bill for that affect.
You know: I favor the Psalms, in part because they were written by a David and Jesus was born within the House of David. And we Masons believe in Bringing Hidden Things to Light, just as I am trying to enlighten you. Psalm 119.18 Open my eyes… 139.10 Even there your hand shall lead me, and thy right hand will hold me. All of the Psalms were written by a sinning Jew many years before the time of Christ, and the first Christian was born to the Jews.
If you are married, to a God Fearing man who is not a Mason, and you want to know more about Masons and what we believe and don’t believe, then I would encourage you to have him apply to join the group and learn for himself. There will be things he will not be able to tell even you about Masonry. But he would at least be someone you can trust to tell you the truth about what he learns as he travels the steps toward the light of God. And then you could join the Eastern Star and/or other Masonic organizations and learn about what we Mason’s believe.
I’m telling you we are not perfect people. And if you study religion, even if you’re a Catholic you will know that all Popes have not been stellar men. Some in the distant past have purchased their positions. Some priest in recent times have been accused and even found guilty of child molestation, as have some Rabbis, and other Christian and non-Christian religious leaders.
This is an imperfect world and the thinking of men, and women is as imperfect today as it was thousands of years ago. But if you study the works of Plato and the other ancient Greeks, you may know that people today think a lot like they did back then, and perhaps you will come to the same conclusion my good friend Archie Piano did when he told me: “It’s all Greek to me.” Yes, Achilles was a noble Greek.
In the Sunday, September 23, 2012 Dragon Flood – Part Eight – As Above, So Below Joseph Herrin (09-23-2012) stated :“As above, so below.” [May be] a “common occult expression [which may mean] many things to different people.” But everything you see that has an above or below is not an Occult expression. Heaven is above and hell is below… So? The Apotheosis of Washington was done a hundred years after Washington birth and another hundred years before mine… it has nothing to do with What Washington himself believed and everything to do with the way the Artist interpreted Washington.
If you believe Isaiah and all of the others that wrote before the Saints then you are believing in the Jewish faith. Our Christianity is based on the Jewish faith… regardless of where the Jews came from. We have many Christian and there are many Jewish religions but they are all based on the same early teaching. And with all of that history before us… we are still getting it wrong. “Do not bear false witness.” It is one of the big ten band from our courts. Now there is something to rant about! Later he even rants against the Jews and how they are less than perfect too.
The fact that “Some [people] suggest that [the Over and Under thing] means that god is like man, and man is like god. (Who they identify as god varies. Certainly some are identifying Satan/Lucifer as god.) In this writing I would also postulate that these words are an expression of Satan’s desire to establish his rule upon the earth as a reflection of his present rule among the fallen angels in the heavens.” Who are the “some” and the “they” he is referring too? They are not “true” Masons, and the rest of us Masons should not be judged by any of this bunk; even if one were to find some untrue Masons in the pack. This to my mind is slander. Tell me who these “some” and “they” are by name and dates,
Great Seal of Solomon wasn’t done for thousands of years after King Solomon, a religious Jew lived and died. “Eliphas Levi, born Alphonse Louis Constant, has had a great influence upon modern occult practice.” [Big Damn Deal!] If you think my use of the words “damn” and “hell” are wrong, think about how wrong it is to slander me and my brothers with this dribble. “He was a magician and writer of occult books. The image above that is referred to as the Great Seal of Solomon is attributed to Eliphas Levi. It can be understood as a symbolic illustration of the phrase ‘As above, so below.’ We further see this expression given physical embodiment in the drawing of Baphomet.” This may sound like it means something to some who want to believe it; but to me, it sounds like a writer trying to spill out words for his own gain.
“ You can see the name Eliphas Levi written at the bottom of this image which was published in his book Dogma and Ritual of High Magic in 1855. “
This has no relationship to Free Masons!!!
“It is interesting to note that when the Knight Templar’s were arrested, their properties confiscated, and many of them burnt at the stake in the 1300s, one of the charges brought against them by King Philip IV of France was that the Knights Templar’s worshiped an idol named Baphomet.”
The problem is the fact that the Knights Templars may have been imperfect people… without proper representation…according to conflicting accounts of the events the trials of the Knights were rigged… and this writer doesn’t mentions that data because he is writing from “interesting notes” which favor his interesting slant on events that happened more than 500 years before his writing. This is Hearsay at best and Heresy at its worse. It is one thing to say what you believe, and another to back up slander with half truths. I’m sorry if my anger over takes me for time to time… but this is crap.
“This name was traceable back to Mahomet, or Mohammed. You may note the double image of the crescent moon in the drawing of Baphomet above. Mohammed was the prophet of Allah, who was known as a lunar deity. The crescent moon figures prominently in Islam.” This is Hog wash! And you know how hard it is to wash a hog or put lipstick on a pig… Don’t you?
Boy do I hear the devil thumping his bible loudly. “Even as the demons worship Satan, and even as 1/3rd of the angels followed Satan in rebelling against Yawheh, so too does Satan seek to induce all mankind to follow and worship him. “As above, so below.” Garbage, garbage, and more garbage.
“It was shown earlier that the capital city of America is laid out with many occult symbols. …the House of the Temple, the headquarters of Freemasonry in North America. This Masonic building is precisely 13 blocks from the White House. AND I ASK… SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN… THERE WE THIRTEEN STARS IN THE 13 COLONEYS AND A BAKERS DOZEN MEANS ALL BAKERS ARE DOUGH MAKERS. And two bakers dozens mean that the bakers were gay (happily so) as they made their dough rise. Talk about a twisted tale waging the dog. This story has nothing to do with any bakers living or dead that ground their corn to make their bread… it doesn’t even mean they arose early in the morning to have fresh bread ready for the troops, which is closer to the truth than the story being spun here.
How silly can one get: Let’s look and see, but first we’ll have to turn on the light because baker get up before sunrise: “In 1832, the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, Horatio Greenough was commissioned by the Congress to create a statue of Washington to be placed in the Capitol Rotunda. The marble statue attracted controversy as soon as it was unveiled in 1841.” That was on the 100th year pre-anniversary of my birth… maybe I was suppose to be born then, by some pre-ordained thing that happened in 1940. “Greenough had modeled the body of Washington after the Roman god Zeus.” Here is the proof: When I went to Armstrong State College in Savannah, Georgia (the 13th Colony), I had a beard, in fact I was the only person on campus with a beard and my fraternity brothers called me “Brother Zeus.” And some of the sorority girls called me Poseidon. At least they didn’t call me Maria: “They call the wind Maria☹”
Anyway, “He was bare chest, wearing a toga, and many thought it was indecent to display an image of Washington in this immodest condition.” That’s’ cool …we would have worn togas to a party if we’d thought about it… we were the cool collage kids… and I was old enough to buy the beer. I told you I’m not perfect. I just don’t jump to those false conclusion because one form is like another. If you look hard enough you can see the Star of David in the Baphomet drawing. But regardless of any assumed simularities, there are enough difference like the uncrossed legs, the lag of wings, the square shoulders compared to the slumping shoulder and the human head contrasted to the animal head. Yes, with a long enough stretch of the imagination one can make up what wants to believe.
I certainly understand the out cry against the half naked Washington, it isn’t how I would portray a great General and the first President of a Christian Nation. But taking this one artist rendition has nothing to do with Who George Washington was; or his position as a Free Mason.
Again the story is very thin concerning the Apotheosis of Washington. The writer states “This painting on the inside of the Capitol Dome is called The Apotheosis of Washington. It shows George Washington ascending into the heavens to take his place alongside the gods of Rome. The word apotheosis means “elevation to a divine status.” So???
Then he goes far afield: He has no real idea about the secrete teaching of Free Masonry so he is free to make it up as he goes along when he wrongly claims “This painting portrays one of the foremost teachings of Freemasonry.”
This is the weaving of a True-Lie. “It is taught that as a man advances through the various degrees of Freemasonry that he is ascending toward godhood.” It is true that Masons advance through different degrees, and it is our goal to get closer to God by learning what God expect of us… but what do you do when you go to church but try to get closer to God by the degrees of attending services and learning the ways of God. So tell me how Church goers are different from Masons in that respect. Is it that we are a fraternity and yours is a church and that organizational difference makes you right and us wrong. We permit praying, but not smoking in our Lodge.
Then he continues: “The Freemasons often employ an image of a ladder ascending into heaven as a symbol of man’s progress toward deification.”
If he were interested in getting his story straight he would join us… Ah, but then he would have taken an oath not to reveal or teaching; and unlike what some outsiders may wrongly believe… it takes years of training for some people to understand or teaching.
Let me ask you this: How many alleged Christians actually read, much less study, and understand the many teaching in the bible? How much time to you personally devote to studying the many teaching of the bible, and which bible?
The same is true for Masons who are free to study with us… but choose to only go to church on Sunday rather than to take the time and energy to advance the degrees of Free Masonry.
And this writer either gained his ill-gotten and misconstrued information from a person who joined the group to learn the basics and then broke their oath not to reveal what they were thought. Perhaps they didn’t even know what it was all about before/or After learning the deeper meaning of the signs in the degree work; or through conjecture on the writer’s part through the limited and mostly incorrect information about our closed society.
Now let me ask you this: If a person joins our group and takes a solemn and binding Oath, sworn on an open Bible, not to reveal the secrets to the outside world and then he is willing to break that Oath… how much do you think you can trust what he tells you. If he lied to us under Oath, what would keep him from lying to you with or without swearing to tell the truth?
I would have to say that the writer is ignorant of the facts if he has not been a Mason long enough to learn the true meaning which requires years of study. Even with my more exalted positions and regular attendance I have a lot yet to learn. And if he has ever been a Mason I will say he is a liar and a fraud to have broken a sacred oath for the benefit of the shekels he might earn with his dribble. He talks about the occult, but the people who fall prey to cults is because they are easily deceived with gibberish such as he is spouting.
He talks about a Masonic Ladder as if he knows what he is talking about… He does not. And I am not at liberty to tell you what it is all about either.
While it may be true that we seek enlightenment, isn’t that the goal of every knowledgeable individual? But what ticks me off is the adulterated lie of saying we are seeking “Luciferian doctrines.”
If you would rather believe him than me, feel free. You have the right to be Wrong in America. But Please do not pass on these false teaching to others: “He is told that he can be a light upon the earth, having the key of wisdom, the secret to ascending to godhood.” Bull-Then his proof is: (Note the key hanging from the ladder in the image above.)
So you are led to see a key and think he must be telling the truth because the artist place a key on a ladder in this picture. This is the same type of garbage art that many people get up in arms about with the National Endowment of the Arts supporting artist who paint Jesus being peed or defecated on in the name of free speech. He must be a PHD: Piled higher and deeper.
The Writer states in authoritarian tones: “The message portrayed in the Rotunda Dome is that George Washington, as the first president of the new Masonic nation, himself being a lifelong Freemason, had attained to a state of godhood. “ I’m sorry if I offend you but that is pure Bull Crap… and that it putting it nicely. He continues with his sloppy proof by showing a picture and interpreting what the artist meant by what the writer sees in the painting that reflects his own distorted views. “If you look closely at the image of Washington in this painting, you can see that his pose mirrors that of the statue that was placed underneath.”
Wait a minute: are you sure the artist isn’t saying that George Washington was at a brothel where he spend the evening wrapped up with a couple of partying prostitutes so someone could say “George Washington Sleep Here.” To make a few more easy dollars from the tourist trade?
This time the hands are changed with the left had up, holding a sword, maybe because he wants to cut the evening short, or perhaps so he can show he is always ready for a good fight even when he’s Clintoning for the night.
After all, the writer is the one saying something about poor honest George with his ups and downs and showing himself off with not one but two busty maidens… while on duty in uniform but blanketed where his pants ought to have been. Too bad that Washington would have had to be a 100 years old to sit for the pose. Maybe he was sitting in a wheel chair like President Roosevelt would be 100 years later. Gee we should have seen that coming.
Ah, then he shows his true colors, he is not only anti-Masons, he is anti-Mormon. “It is not by coincidence that Mormon belief includes this same teaching.” What has he said, or what would he say about your religion?
One of the many problems with this writer is he appears to be a Democrat Obama Supporter trying to smear the Republicans and anyone he can to make his man look better. “The angled shapes on either breast of the garment signify the square and compass of Freemasonry. As the Republican Party has set forth Mitt Romney as their candidate for President of the United States, we see that things have not changed much at all since George Washington entered office in 1789.” The distain drips from his lips and his poison pen.
I can’t speak for you… but this character assassin continues to black ball patriot that I learned to appreciate when I went to school, People like Ben Franklin and Paul Revere. “This cartoon, published in 1754 during the French and Indian War, gained great popularity among those colonialists who desired their own identity separate from England. Images have a powerful way of uniting people together. In 1774, Freemason Paul Revere used this image in his publications, and in 1775 Benjamin Franklin wrote an article in which he suggested that the serpent was a fitting symbol of the American “spirit.” Yes, indeed!”
I say again you are free to think of us as you will. I have spent a lot of time and energy trying to inform you about the fact that we are not the evil clan this, and some other writers make us out to be. But you’ll have to open your own eyes and see what you’re willing to see. I ask you to re-read his post with a different vision. The next time read his blog without including the Scriptures he has attached, and see if his words still ring true to you. See if you see the bias. I know I am bias for Free Masons because I am one, and because I know first hand what we believe and don’t believe. I am not an outsider looking in and guessing what the Square and Compass and Plumb Line mean to us.
You have heard people talk about a square deal… and doing things on the level… that is what I’m asking of you and others who look at us. Give us a fair, Square Deal and we’ll be on the Straight and Level with you.
Sincerely,
David Z. Eunice
Twitter: GrowMap
January 3, 2013 at 6:20 am
Hello David,
Get out your copy of Morals and Dogma and read what Albert Pike wrote. Study Satanic imagery and then go look at Masonic symbolism. I found this YouTube video of a Masonic Bible interesting viewing.
I strongly encourage all Masons to read Masonic Links to the Occult for clarification and additional details. Note that all that is not of the Creator God is Pagan / occult / mystery school and the purpose is to lead men away from Jesus.
You are living proof that the outer circle Masons have been led to believe that Masonry is compatible with all religions while it is chock full of Satanism and those in the inner circle have written in black and white that they worship Lucifer the light bearer which is the title Satan usurped that belongs to Jesus.
Read carefully that link I have shared with you because your soul depends upon who you choose to believe.
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Twitter: ivinviljoen
December 27, 2012 at 1:47 am
Hello Gail. I looked at your first RED quote on the mindset of the rich and it struck a chord with me. Here in South Africa I think we deal with the same paradigm.
Over here we struggle mostly with negativity and general hopelessness and then turn ON the government for things we reall should work for. I try teach people ‘you do not have to be unemployed as there are lots of opportunities to become an entrepreneur.
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Ivin Viljoen:
I loved what you said: Under the heading…”Why is the correct mindset so important.”
“It is proven in many different psychological and religious fields that your thoughts pretty much ascertain your future.”
This is what people need to understand more than anything else: Yes, other people will hold you back IF you let them; MORE IMPORTANTLY: You will hold your OWN self back if you don’t pay closer attention to what you’re thinking and How you are thinking (feeling) about What you are thinking. Can’t never accomplished anything! So what if you don’t reach all of your aspirations when you go forward with the “I can” attitude… you will get a lot further ahead by trying than by giving up… especially if you give up before trying… and… “you never know how close you were when you give up.”
They say that John D. was a “Self Made Man,” and I say that every man is a Self Made Man. as every woman is a Self Made Woman. You are who you believe you are, you can do what you believe you can do (with certain limitations that ought to be understood; but too many people think those limitations are greater than they are.) So you can’t fly like Superman… you could develop a Rocket Man self flying gismo. You can’t repeal bullets like Superman… but you can wear a bullet proof vest (etc). You are not faster than a speeding train… but you can get to the station on time. The one thing you CAN do is leap higher than a skyscraper in a single bound… skyscrapers can’t leap. There is a power in positive thinking and one of the problems with most poor people is that they accept the circumstances life handed them… give me lemons and I’ll make lemonade (without the sugar of course… sugar is bad for you but lemon juice and water are both very good for you… It helps fight cancer as it helps clean out your system. )
That is why all of this negative thinking about how The elusive Rich are holding all the poor people back is counter productive. It is true. And we need to fight the Banksters who are in an anti-trust battle against the poor and middle class… by fighting back… not by giving up… and not by letting the undeserving poor, the beaten poor give aid and comfort to those greedy thieves by joining them with a defeatist attitude.
God bless you and all the good folks who have the thinking power to understand the bigger picture, and having the faith in God; with the Knowledge that God helps those who help themselves… and so do I.
It is my firm belief that Positive Thinking is: Thinking with God, and Negative Thinking is: Thinking with the Devil.
Take you pick; and put down those heavy cares and woes and pick yourself up… don’t be a burden on others and don’t let others be an unnecessarily burden on you.
Carry your own weight and don’t expect others to do it for you. Also don’t pick up the weight that other people ought to carry for themselves. There is more than one way to steal from you. The Ultra Wealthy do it their way. The lazy thieves will steal from you by not caring about you, as you care about them, they will only drain you of your energy and finances if you let them, and then move on to the next person in line. Whereas good people will want to pay for their own keep in one way of another. Good people will do all they can to carry themselves if they can. And people who are thinking negatively are not thinking they can do as much as they can. In fact, I think you do people an injustice by taking their responsibilities away from them and making them dependant on you. That is what control freaks, the ultra wealthy, and politicians do,
David Z. Eunice
Hi when reading anything in the media you have to be able to interpret between the lines and see what the real truth is because however much people say they are impartial it is part of human nature to have an opinion so there will always be a bias to what is put across. There will also always be impoverished people because human nature is full of greed so there will always be people who just get trodden on and kept down by the person in power and they will distance themselves from the poverty stricken lower classes.
Great read thanks lee
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I so agree with you Lee. It is human nature to be greedy. I think it’s also the root of all evil….
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