Shame Tactics to Get Out the Vote?

 

About a week or two ago, ads started showing up on X and YouTube. The organization behind this ad campaign to get veterans to vote is called the Vet Voice Foundation. Recently I discovered that the Vet Voice Foundation is also sending out flyers via snail mail, so I got curious as to who these people are at the Vet Voice Foundation. I just wanted too see who it is that thinks trying to shame people into voting is right. 

A simple Google search reveals that Vet Voice filed a lawsuit against an attempt to reform the voting process in Washington State.  The Stranger, a Seattle based left wing news outlet (print and on-line), wrote a sympathetic piece about this lawsuit. A brief visit to the Vet Voice website reveals they consider fighting "misinformation" a campaign, a mission if you will. Click here to view their statement on this issue. So, the people using shame tactics to get veterans to vote are Leftists. Yet another example of their lunacy. 

If You Want Me to Send You Something, Use Email!!!

Ah, the many insights brought about by my experience working in a call center! It's been an overall positive experience, even with the occasional "problem" customer calling in from time to time. This is because it has given me a window in which I can see and even study human behavior. Why should I, or anyone else, want to study and observe human behavior? For me, the answer is to better understand the huge mystery which is myself and my behaviors, and, to be an effective call center employee.  

An Open Letter to Trump Haters

Your vile hatred of Donald Trump is totally evil, for given the good that this man has done, you embrace a monstrous injustice. You call good, evil, and so condemn yourself to a living hell on Earth, because that's all you're about, really-you're about tearing everyone down to your level of depravity and mediocrity. Your ethical systems are exactly in reverse, which does not bode well for you. I also see the smirk on your face when you talk about Trump and his supporters-over 80 million people. In fact, I suspect that you despise the idea of justice, for it condemns you as a metaphysical killer.  He has been falsely charged of crimes, falsely accused of inciting an insurrection, falsely accused of fraud, attempts were made to bar him from state ballots (most famously in Colorado), and fucking shot, narrowly avoiding assassination. You cheer all of this on, against an innocent man. A man loved by literally millions of people around the world for what good he has done, and can still do. And you, you vile piece of shit, hate a man deserving of admiration and respect. Some of you are voicing concerns that Trump and his supporters will embark on a revenge fest against his haters should he win. Given the fact that they tried to silence him by bullet, could you blame him? You should worry about justice being served on you, because you are guilty of wanting an honest man dead. I don't believe Trump will do that, he'd be inclined I think to seek healing and reconciliation with these people, but they do not want healing and reconciliation. They want death, violence, and chaos. 

The verdict is in, Trump haters. You have been found guilty of moral treason, by the court of objective reality. No judge has convicted you, rather, what is the truth convicted you. You supported Trump's persecutions. You traded the truth for a lie, and now you're worried about the consequences? Good! 

The Beautiful Simplicity of Christianity

Rule 2: "Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping."

-Jordan B. Peterson, from Twelve Rules for Life

Jesus has told us that the best way to live our lives is to love God with all our hearts, and to love others as we love ourselves. That is a challenge for me, because I am an arrogant elitist sometimes, thinking proudly that I despise the entire human race and all its' foibles, making me better than everyone in the room with me. Not because of anything superficial, rather, because that's how fucking awesome I think I am. Eventually, I wind up boring, and alienating, everyone I meet. No wonder. Most people can spot a selfish jerk immediately. 

Don't Work for Others All Your Life

Probably the thing that sucks the most about not having enough money to quit working for someone else is...working with people. Why? Because up until the point you met them at work, all of your co-workers were total strangers, complete unknowns. Even after working with them for a while, you'll still know very little about them. Of course, some work places are more close and family-like, but hey! if you don't fit into their family, you're just not in the family, and probably should look for work elsewhere. I always wondered at employers who try to "foster a welcoming environment", and also speak of their hired help as "family".

Don't Tell Me to Vote

OR ANYTHING ELSE, for that matter, but let's focus on "the vote". Commercials urging me to vote are everywhere these days. One even tried to shame me into voting by mentioning that  my friends and family could look up whether or not I voted. So let's get the record straight, OK? Voting may be a right, but it is not a duty; it is a discretionary privilege. Nothing more. And if you think you can shame people into doing what you want them to do, then you are the same kind of cheap thug who tried to shame people into wearing masks. Try logical persuasion, no, wait, that would require effort on your part.

An Apology to Alcoholics Anonymous

SO, AA was right all the time, patiently sitting back watching me foam at the mouth while I railed on and on about their inconsistencies and what-nots. 

It's Way Past Time for the Democrat Party to Die

 By this time, many of you have seen the  "word salad" responses Kamala Harris has given to interviewers. She does not answer  questions, she rambles incoherently...a lot. Then there's her blatant, almost gleeful lying about everything. Her constant attacks on Trump and his supporters serves as a cover for her incompetency, a play directly taken from the Democrat Party playbook. She has reversed her position on various topics, but refuses to explain why, giving instead insulting and at times condescending word-salad answers to simple questions. Is she a serious candidate? Why is she running? What exactly are the Democrats offering America with Kamala Harris, and that pervert Walz? Satisfaction for Trump haters? Vengeance on Trump and his supporters? 

For My Grandchildren

The only relevant things in the job market are competency, and the ability to get along with co-workers and customers. 

Can you do the job? Perform the task efficiently and competently? Can you overlook your co-worker's obnoxious attitude and carry on with your job? Can you respect the customer's humanity, desire sincerely to help him, and ignore their body odor? Do you refrain from being obnoxious and irritating yourself? Are you kind when people approach you with their concerns? In other words, if you can do the job well, and are not a lizard person, then you'll be successful in the job market, and in the other areas of your life. Why? Because in the job market, competency and tolerance of others are paramount.

A Brief Memo to Kamala Harris

I hear what you are saying, but your words seem cacophonous and discordant. Your words are poison, as Eowyn said to Wormtongue. You lie as casually as you do anything in your life, buttressed by the belief that since it gets you what you want, it's OK, it's even moral. You want to be President, and that's all you want, the power that goes along with it. You, a master at prevarication, obfuscation and gas-lighting, care nothing for the people of America who aren't in your elite circle. 

Harris lies to serve herself and her agenda. She has traded the truth of God for a lie, and my God! she wants to be President, and to hell with anything else. 

Confessions of a Trump Supporter

THE NATIONAL ELECTION IS A MONTH AWAY,  and I should check the progress of that storm out in the gulf. Although I am living outside the forecasted impact cone of the storm, I know it could head straight here. That would be tomorrow, but this morning, I am thinking about the upcoming  Presidential elections, the unreliability of any and all news sources, the January 6th incident, the 2020 elections, and Israel. 

Your Offense Means Nothing

to anyone but you:

I SAY I BELIEVE IN SOMETHING, or I display a flag in front of my house, and you tell me you're offended by these things. Well, do you really think I should care that you are offended?  What do you want me to do about it?  Change my behavior to suit you? Die? Do you even see me as a a sovereign individual? Perhaps you think I should care about your offense because you might inflict dire consequences, or perhaps you think you're more important than you really are? It's strange, this obsession with not offending people. It's taken a firm hold on our culture, up to the point where in some countries people are jailed for being offensive. Anyone who tries to manipulate people- through fear of the consequences of offending them- are classic malignant narcissists, and many of them are also tyrants. These sorts of people are the ones always demanding to speak to the manager for even the most trivial of slights. They are the ones who are offensive, in the true meaning of the word; they cause displeasure or resentment.  This fetid self-centeredness and the total lack of awareness of others is very uncomfortable to watch. Here's what it boils down to: constantly offended people think they deserve a value (discounts, line jump, et al) not because they deserve it, but because they're offended and will have you cancelled if you don't. 

I Know Who You Are, Karens and Wokesters

An open letter to Karens, Trump haters, and all who hate the good for being the good:

I know who you are, I understand that you hate everything. Here's how I know: when something hideous happens (1,800 Israelis killed, Donald Trump shot, children being sterilized and mutilated, et al), you become inflamed with passionate support for these things. When something good happens, you seek to destroy it. You truly believe it is OK to lie to get what you want. I see you frequently at work, with your perverse exaggerated sense of self-worth, making strident demands, blocking traffic, disrupting the lives of those around you and your smell.  I know that there is no love in you at all for anything, including your self, because what you feel is a massive emptiness inside that only serves to remind you how you destroyed your soul by embracing such hatred. I would help you if I could, but I know you don't want help, and I also know without any doubt that you would kill me if you could get away with it. No, you are wholly and existentially evil, and beyond redemption-most of you don't believe in God, the real one-and so your life becomes hellish, what you are doing is slowly killing you. But you don't care, and I know it. You filthy sick bastards cheered on the brutal killing of women and children watching TV in their homes, you support the monsters who perpetrated this, and some of you are the ones who stridently demand to see the manager whenever an employee struggling to make ends meet says "no" to you, for any reason. And why do you do this? That's between God and you. My job is not to placate you, to understand you, not to help you in any way, but to discredit you, by exposing your hideously evil depravity. Yet even so, at the moment you begin to realize that maybe you aren't at the center of things, and that yes, there is a God, you will greatly improve. I did. I was you. I changed. You can, too. For the sake of the miraculous, wonderful fact of you being human and existing, you should think twice before you deny God and claim yourself as Him.

My First Experience as an Employee Facing a Karen

and why I forgive her

THIS IS AN ACCOUNT of what happened during my first verifiable encounter with a so-called "Karen" at work. Some background: I work at a big box home improvement store in Savannah, GA, as a customer service/sales associate. So, 

Morning Reflections, 9/14/24

It is 3 AM here. I am sitting at my coffee table writing this. Suddenly, a thought occurs to me out of nowhere: you have everything material that you need, and more. You eat well, have a great place to live, you can get quickly treated if sick, and other things. From this space I can improve my relationship with God, analyze my actions from the past in order to understand myself better (thus minimizing future suffering, and maximizing my potential). Self-centered indeed, but with a view to be a better self. Why, you ask, why would anyone want to have a better self? What's wrong with just being happy with who you are? Well, I'll share my thoughts with you on this subject, which appears related to the question, why be good? Aside from the comically obvious, the short answer is: in order to better serve others, and to please God.  Also, I know that happiness as a goal is doomed to failure-one mishap in life and it's gone. Happiness, exactly like success, is ephemeral and as such, not worthy as a primary goal. These things are by-products, often the mere result of living life in a manner proper to human beings. A better self, or, a self better than who he was yesterday, is desirable because it enables him to be more effective in serving others. So this morning, by focusing on gratitude and humility, I chase away a million useless, often harmful thoughts. It occurs to me that humility and service are indeed humiliating to the person who is proud, arrogant and filled up with the hubris of intellect and accomplishment.  Humility is realizing and accepting the simple truth of your own inadequacy, the truth that you know very little and therefore what you don't know is more important than what you do know. Service to others is not  being their butler, maid nor slave; it does not mean that you sacrifice unnecessarily (i.e., just for the sake of sacrifice). No, it instead means (in this context) a willingness to help others with love and sincerity. 

Morning Reflections

Tell the truth, or at least don't lie.

-Dr. Jordan Peterson, Twelve Rules for Life: an Antidote to Chaos

IS IT OK TO LIE TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, as long as in doing so no one is harmed and someone benefits? This seems to be the standard of popular morality. For example, if I wanted you to cheer up and be hopeful, I might tell you "everything's going to turn out alright", when disaster is looming. If a child asks you what happens to our bodies after we die, it's probably not a good idea to truthfully describe this process. When your wife asks you if she looks fat in her new jeans, etc., etc. The rule seems to be: "tell the truth unless it could hurt someone, then it's OK, even mandatory, to lie".

The Truth of God for a Lie

Even if it grants you great wealth,  puts food on your family's table, or just another car payment due, it is a grave mistake to be wicked. People think they are invulnerable, that they will never get held responsible for their evil deeds. All criminals in jail believe they are innocent, and all of them thought they'd never get caught. It often involves breaking Man's law, and also God's law at the same time. Evil despises God, because He exists and is good. All men know this. Over 2000 years ago, Paul the Apostle wrote: (Romans 1, verses 18-25, NIV)

Morning Reflections, 9/5/2024

Oh boy, we're now well into September, looks like the weather is just now starting to cool down. I am writing this in Savannah, Georgia, where summers can be hot as well as humid- every day. My friend is excited at this recent cooling trend, as she can leave her patio door open all the time. She and I just moved into a new apartment; our old one was getting annoying so we found a new place. Anyway, I've been thinking that the more I read Dr. Peterson's work (he's a famous clinical psychologist), and the more I understand the nuances and variations of human psychology, the more I understand myself. 

Consequences of Malevolence, Part One

 

People sometimes speak with fake authority whenever they are discussing insects, disease and germs. Over the years, I've heard that bedbugs can fly, carry diseases, and can not be fully eradicated. I've also heard that food that's fallen to the floor won't be contaminated right away (usually they say 5 seconds), that you can get germs from sitting on a public toilet seat, that you can prevent Covid infection by wearing a mask...all said by individuals expressing absolute certainty, acting (and fully believing), as if they have the final answer. This reminds me of the more passionate climate change/global warming alarmists, who believe with typical absolutism that Man is causing it, and must be stopped. It's like saying 2+2=5, not only building your entire world view on that false premise, but requiring others to agree, and actualizing it with passion and conviction.

I Remember

    I remember your smug, sanctimonious preaching to me that I should wear a mask, for the safety of my society, my city, my community. Because it's the right thing to do. I remember you saying things like unvaccinated people should be refused medical treatment, or even allowed to die. I remember you requiring children to mask up, even young infants. I remember the businesses closed down as "non-essential", while liquor stores, well-connected businesses, and porn shops stayed open. I remember your willful lies, told under the guise of public safety.  I remember being forced to wear a mask at work, or lose my job. You had a load of self-righteousness to inflict me on to me, and the rest of the world. I shall not forget, and I'm sure everyone else will, too. 

Trust Issues?

    I have heard that Jesus can do great things for me, if I put my trust in him.  No, not by winning the lottery, getting a good paying job, girlfriend or wife, etc., but truly great things that will grant me peace, transform me in any number of positive ways...really, I'm not sure what trust in this matter entails. These rewards or gifts are desirable indeed, but how do I trust Jesus? 

    It's a question I've only recently dealt with, largely due to critical thinking, and a desire to be precise and clear. So when a pastor of a church says "Trust Jesus/God", I ask myself, what does that mean for me? How do I act this out? 

    Pastors also say you have to trust with your entire being that God has your back. Here's another idea that sounds good, but is vague nevertheless. What does "entire being" mean? Usually people mean "mind, body and soul" to refer to one's entire being, and that's vague as well. What does it mean to love God with your soul? What is a soul? How do I love God-or anything-with all my soul? 

Pro-abortionists: You Sanction Murder for Convenience

1. There was never a "right" to abortion in the US Constitution, neither explicit nor implicit.  A right to kill an unborn child? Where in this document does it say this is OK, or that abortion is a right that the government should defend? 

2. In the case of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, many people feel that the woman-or girl- involved should not be saddled with carrying such a burden and restriction on their lives. Time and money at her expense, an interruption of her life, etc., etc., as well as the psychological damage this might cause her. All of these arguments simply state that a human being born from rape or incest does not have the right to live, if the mother so chooses. Of course all of this is horrible, a hideous thing to happen to a woman or girl. Does that mean that the baby should die? The pro-choice people say "yes". 

The Fall

        Jesus overcame death. This is a cardinal, fundamental belief in Christianity. My first question was, why did God create us with mortality? Why do we have to die in the first place? Why did Jesus (the son of God, mind you) have to die, and then be resurrected? Could it be that's just what God had to work with, with the instability of organic compounds? Probably not, because I'd imagine that the creator of the world-and the universe-could overcome it. No, there's a reason personal to God here. According to the Bible, God did this because of Adam and Eve's disobedience by eating fruit from the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"' and also, the "tree of life". It's vitally important, since this story comes right after God created Adam and Eve. Watch the video below for a thorough covering of these subjects.

Perspective

Can we ever reach the stars by conventional ships? No, it's not conceivable, except for the words themselves describing the actual thing: the nearest star is 24.9 trillion miles away from the Earth.  It would take close to 79 million years to reach this star at the average speed of a rocket ship. Other notable places in the known universe are much farther. Travelling at the speed of light, it would take "only" about 4.4 years to reach the nearest star (Proxima Centauri). Physicists claim, based on our current  knowledge, that matter-all matter-becomes infinitely massive as it approaches the speed of light. A ship, therefore, would not only become infinitely massive, it would require an infinite amount of energy to maintain it's speed. In other words, interstellar space travel for humans is either outright impossible, or insanely impractical and expensive as to be impossible. 

The same physics would apply to alien races on alien planets, if they are out there. 

Trump Haters

and other scum

Consider this: the stealing of the 2020 election, combined with the Covid masks-social distancing-lockdown insanity, has caused death, suffering, and even the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. This has become well documented and well known.

Also consider this: many of you will remember the malicious spite, the glee which the Biden administration dismantled Trump’s border policies.

While Trump was president, America prospered. We withdrew from useless wars abroad. America had real deterrence power all over the world. The southern border was secured. Russian and Chinese aggression was kept in check. Unemployment in America reached an all-time low.

Trump was one of the most successful and effective Presidents in American history. Trump is also one of the most successful and effective leaders in world history. His record demonstrates this unequivocally. Millions of people love and respect him for his leadership, and policies.

Recovery and Geographical Change

 "Nothing changes inside us because of a change in landscape."

    --12-step program (Alcoholics Anonymous, et al) proverb, commonly heard at the meetings.

One day, it happened that I noticed I was living permanently in a beautiful place, in an area of town I adore with all the elements of my dreams of such matters, dreams going back to the middle 1980s and beyond. In fact, that day is today, Christmas Eve at my home, and all is well with everything, including my family and health. As usual, I did not take the time to truly appreciate what I had come to in my life. I looked around me and was astounded that I had, in fact, succeeded in this area of my long and eventful life. I was living my dream. I had arrived. 

But...

Apocalypse

Turning and turning in the widening gyre   

The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst   

Are full of passionate intensity.

This snippet of poetry is the first stanza in William Butler Yeat's famous poem "The Second Coming". Written in 1919 as a response to the horror of World War I, it is a bleak, dark poem with absolutely no optimism for the human race at all. Looking at the numerous news reports of thousands of people demonstrating in favor of the Hamas terrorists, who butchered, tortured, raped and killed thousands of innocent people, I am inclined to agree. 

Morning Thoughts, December 11, 2023

What do you think when you see someone who passionately believes something which is false? Do you think maybe there is some sort of mental illness involved? Or is it because of the effect of social media and it's distortion and erosion of reality? Witness hundreds of thousands of people who believe Israel is a brutal conqueror, an occupier of stolen land. Even more people believe that climate change is an imminent threat that must be addressed now. Both of these beliefs are false, but just look at them with all their passionate intensity. Notice the self-righteous scorn they use whenever their beliefs are challenged.

The Rise of Naked, Smirking Evil

 Israel uses rockets to defend it's people; Hamas uses people to defend their rockets.

What we are seeing these days is Jew hatred, sometimes called anti-Semitism, on blatant display. All across the western world, university students are angrily displaying their Jew hatred by calling for the gassing of all Jews, chanting the "from the river to the sea" slogan of Hamas, and showing open support for the Hamas terrorists. Some of these students have been filmed tearing down the posters of kidnapped or missing Jews, placed there by distraught family members desperate to find their loved ones. After the mass slaughter on Oct. 7, 2023 of men, women, and children in Israel by Hamas terrorists, emotions have run high all over the world. Therefore, the objective facts need to be highlighted and brought to everyone's attention. 

Human Stupidity and Arrogance

NEVER underestimate the power of human stupidity. Why? Here are some examples:

The Covid hysteria with it's unnecessary, harmful lockdowns, social distancing and masks, also unnecessary and harmful.

The large number of people who hate Donald Trump.

The Salem Witch Trials.

The alien invasion scam of 1938.

Hamas terrorists thinking that the way to salvation is through murder, mayhem and destruction.

The American left who supports Hamas.

People who think that men can be women and vice versa. No, really.

The Jonestown mass suicide.

The prohibition of alcohol.

The Y2K bug panic.

The belief in a global warming catastrophe right around the corner.

The Banality of Evil in the Middle East

 by J.R. Turner, 2023

The people of Jewish faith have been killed, persecuted, harassed and ridiculed for over a millennia, and more. Why? Is it because they claim to be God’s chosen people? Is it because Jews sent Jesus to the Romans to be crucified? Is it because people believe the Jews unjustly displaced the Palestinian Arabs? Or perhaps because there are a disproportionate number of them who are affluent and prosperous? This hatred of Jews is perfectly illustrated by the name given to the land by the conquering Romans: Palestine. This was done to mock and humiliate them, because the ancient enemy and foe of the Jewish state were the Philistines (Latin, Palestina). Now, the rebellious Hebrews lived in a land named after their enemies. Apparently the Romans thought this was cute, but the name stuck over the ensuing millennia, but only to refer to the region.