I've considered several options today and ended up nixing them all and coming back to this blog, which I have not posted one item in ages.
The events of the last decade have stimulated many including yours truly to spew forth venomous verbiage about one topic or another. Several events have now pushed me into once again posting something that is social, political and economic.
Our country, the USA and now much of the world is driven by the quest for more wealth. I am aware of what this is doing to the world and my own security and peace of mind. Think Globally, act locally! It is never more apparent to me than now, how much of a snow job corporations want us to believe in the magic bubble of lies that they spew constantly to purchase their products, give them tax breaks, invest in them, and let them get away with murder, because it was just an accident! Well folks, we need to take away some of the entitlements corporations have won over the last 120 years and bring them back to accountability and responsibility.
Corporations have once again enslaved us even though we are more educated than in the past when we all were living in the feudal system. The people with money don't want fairness, they don't want to separate themselves from their hard earned cash and they don't want to die penniless which is exactly how they are going to die, because none of us can take it with us!
The rich continue to get richer which is part of their plan. Part of their plan is to enslave those whose jobs can not be out sourced and make a percentage point or ten about the previous year n profits. We have lost the balance were once on the way to achieving with the power of democratic unions, but those have been declining ever since the 1970's. Since the unions have declined in membership, they have less money to spend on political campaigns forcing the Democrats too to look to big business for campaign financing. Why don't we get rid of all that and go to a tax based campaign finance system? We don't have the money to influence or politicians like corporations do, that's why. First we lost the steel mills because the corporations could have steel made cheaper somewhere else and there went some good high paying jobs. Then the auto workers under attack because corporations don't want to pay and they are continually looking for a way to minimize their costs and increase their profits. The coal mining corporations can't outsource their work so they have to do things like have low safety standards and kill off some of their workers every once in a while. Of course, anyone might say they are not killed intentionally, yet if the mine operators were as concerned when mining was going well as they say when an "accident" happens, the chances of accidents would be much less. Coal accounts for something like 50% of our energy production. Nuclear accounts for about 20% which leaves hydro-electric, solar, wind and geo-thermal to fill the rest.
Our country, THE USA is behind in pursuing anything but coal and nuclear production because the up front costs are more than they are will to put out by themselves and the available government money is not as much as they want to use. The corporations are all the while avoiding paying taxes, yet looking for ways to get tax money for their projects. Every time these corporations look for the easier to them way, it costs us. Let me repeat that. Every time corporations look for the easier to them way of minimizing their costs and increasing their profits. They do this by whittling away at workers wages and by paying lobbiests to persuade congress people to vote in their favor lowering their taxes, making laws against workers and generally telling the public that they are working in favor of them such as the Greening of America while defacing the planet, stripping away the regulations that are supposed to be their to protect us and for what, GREED ! It is plain and simple, Many corporations have become so large that they just don't care about the people and they don't even have to pretend that they do. Well, running out of steam for this. I hope someone reads it and it causes them to think a moment at a time. Drip, Drip, Drip.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Monday, November 22, 2010
A lot has been happening since July 2010, LIARS!
So I have been spending a lot of time on Face Book because I can write a lot there and in my notes page. There is really no reason for me to have this account too. I have heard the words that facebook is attempting to collect all of peoples into the same user friendly system with email, fb and their other services. It looks like it is going the same way other media's have gone to the big 3 or 4 and all the little guys will be chewed up and spit out, except there are to many established little guys so perhaps that is what Net Neutrality is really about, getting rid of the little sites and just allowing us only limited choices. That sounds familiar to me. Notice the suffix on the end of fami? Liar, that's my representation of big business represents. Along with Politics=Liars and Marketing= Liars, we also have large corporations=Liars. so, if you want to read me, come to my fb page, Joseph Jeffrey Clyde and friend me and see what I have been up to, until then, happy, happy happy!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Not much writing going on here
I am thinking I need to come back here and produce something, yet, I am producing plenty in other places mostly not here, but other places working on projects. I had a clarivoyant reading last Sunday that seemed to tie all of it together, helped me to achieve a new level of grounding and feel like the path I am following is the right one.
I suspect that I can write about the person who contacted me from my past in the end of Feb. in what seemed like a sudden rush of energy. Our combined energy was more than we felt was just us, meaning that there was some spirit involved. I know how I felt and still feel. It has been my quest for many years to turn from what I think I feel to how I actually feel. Kind of thinking with my heart as I call it. Our first contact was like an explosion of energy, very powerful. It certainly seemed to come from love. Defining the love though was tough since I only had my past experiences to rely on. And red flags, none were acknowledged, although plenty of them were flying within my sight! With that said, of course it was no wonder that I thought I was in love. She expressed similar feelings and so we ran with all the feelings surrounding that expression. It was as I said, explosive and at some point she told me she felt weird. That was after I went to her town and stayed with her a week. That was not without problems, my health. BPH, and my not treating it and going to the emergency room for treatment, once while in her town and once while out on the road returning home. Painful and scary!
When I got home we continued our verbal and email pursuit of our love, but shortly after she told me the weird feeling, she revealed something else and that changed the course of what I thought might be true love. While distances apart she told me we couldn't be sexual anymore meaning all of our bantering about touching etc. was going to stop. I adjusted my thinking to a different course using a compass and it's 360 degrees as an analogy of where we could take our energy levels and how to apply them on a friendship level. I am not sure how she felt about that, though she did tell me that most people who are involved and someone says that they can't be sexual any more ends the relationship, it occurred to me at some point that maybe that is what she intended. I never really got around to digging into or exploring all of that. I told myself that I was going to do it all differently and since she was the one who was leading on this, I had to make some difficult choices. I was not over the energy of this at all. (I am not over the energy that I feel was given to me as a gift from the moment she contacted me either, although I have adjusted to it.
My belief is that the energy is something we are all given long before we actually know or can define it and at some point in our short lives it gets a fine tuning and our awareness is adjusted so that we can better use it along our journey. ) So, I suppose that the clincher for her came when she became involved with another lover. I sensed something about a week before she told me which was on a thursday or friday. This was a blow to me and I expressed what I felt as to her taking another lover before we could review what we had gone through. She told me we made no promises about this, which seemed a cold reality, harsh and blunt. On the following monday she called me and her voice was very horse. My feeling is it must have been a mistake, that she had intended to call her current lover, but somehow she got me. She also got a response from me that was rather rude but it was not intended to be, but turned into the clincher for her to completely disconnect from me, to inform me about a week later that she was now fearful of me and that I should seek professional counseling. Wow, and of course back to 12 step programs regularly. She was prescribing what she felt I needed to get back on track.
For weeks I processed my feelings, writing and sending her emails hoping that we could find some common ground, but to no avail. Even at our geographical distance she did not want to engage. It is understandable, another new relationship that she wanted to forget about the bad feelings I had dredged up and focus on the good feelings with her new endeavor. I did have that one slip of the tongue and apologized for it on at least 2 occasions to her and she accepted. I am now weeks away from communicating with her, having had my reading which let me realign my feelings to a base of strength, back into my heart of hearts and there are alive and well. I told myself I would stay away from trying to figure it out, from any negativity since that would just drag against my heart and not do anyone any good. I also know that she has been hurt more than many human beings in the past and it is not my intention to contribute to that. She is very dear. My feeling is that if I stay on my path all will be within my grasp to handle with the grace given to me by spirits or the creator of us all or perhaps our combined positiveness that is where we are. Yes, I had to write this here, because I have written many words about my feelings and of course this is long winded. I have my own other journals etc. but I'm sure that it is all part of a process of healing and growing.
I suspect that I can write about the person who contacted me from my past in the end of Feb. in what seemed like a sudden rush of energy. Our combined energy was more than we felt was just us, meaning that there was some spirit involved. I know how I felt and still feel. It has been my quest for many years to turn from what I think I feel to how I actually feel. Kind of thinking with my heart as I call it. Our first contact was like an explosion of energy, very powerful. It certainly seemed to come from love. Defining the love though was tough since I only had my past experiences to rely on. And red flags, none were acknowledged, although plenty of them were flying within my sight! With that said, of course it was no wonder that I thought I was in love. She expressed similar feelings and so we ran with all the feelings surrounding that expression. It was as I said, explosive and at some point she told me she felt weird. That was after I went to her town and stayed with her a week. That was not without problems, my health. BPH, and my not treating it and going to the emergency room for treatment, once while in her town and once while out on the road returning home. Painful and scary!
When I got home we continued our verbal and email pursuit of our love, but shortly after she told me the weird feeling, she revealed something else and that changed the course of what I thought might be true love. While distances apart she told me we couldn't be sexual anymore meaning all of our bantering about touching etc. was going to stop. I adjusted my thinking to a different course using a compass and it's 360 degrees as an analogy of where we could take our energy levels and how to apply them on a friendship level. I am not sure how she felt about that, though she did tell me that most people who are involved and someone says that they can't be sexual any more ends the relationship, it occurred to me at some point that maybe that is what she intended. I never really got around to digging into or exploring all of that. I told myself that I was going to do it all differently and since she was the one who was leading on this, I had to make some difficult choices. I was not over the energy of this at all. (I am not over the energy that I feel was given to me as a gift from the moment she contacted me either, although I have adjusted to it.
My belief is that the energy is something we are all given long before we actually know or can define it and at some point in our short lives it gets a fine tuning and our awareness is adjusted so that we can better use it along our journey. ) So, I suppose that the clincher for her came when she became involved with another lover. I sensed something about a week before she told me which was on a thursday or friday. This was a blow to me and I expressed what I felt as to her taking another lover before we could review what we had gone through. She told me we made no promises about this, which seemed a cold reality, harsh and blunt. On the following monday she called me and her voice was very horse. My feeling is it must have been a mistake, that she had intended to call her current lover, but somehow she got me. She also got a response from me that was rather rude but it was not intended to be, but turned into the clincher for her to completely disconnect from me, to inform me about a week later that she was now fearful of me and that I should seek professional counseling. Wow, and of course back to 12 step programs regularly. She was prescribing what she felt I needed to get back on track.
For weeks I processed my feelings, writing and sending her emails hoping that we could find some common ground, but to no avail. Even at our geographical distance she did not want to engage. It is understandable, another new relationship that she wanted to forget about the bad feelings I had dredged up and focus on the good feelings with her new endeavor. I did have that one slip of the tongue and apologized for it on at least 2 occasions to her and she accepted. I am now weeks away from communicating with her, having had my reading which let me realign my feelings to a base of strength, back into my heart of hearts and there are alive and well. I told myself I would stay away from trying to figure it out, from any negativity since that would just drag against my heart and not do anyone any good. I also know that she has been hurt more than many human beings in the past and it is not my intention to contribute to that. She is very dear. My feeling is that if I stay on my path all will be within my grasp to handle with the grace given to me by spirits or the creator of us all or perhaps our combined positiveness that is where we are. Yes, I had to write this here, because I have written many words about my feelings and of course this is long winded. I have my own other journals etc. but I'm sure that it is all part of a process of healing and growing.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Where am I, how did I get there?
Actually, I know I am at Blogger. I don't come often anymore. My energies are divided by more pressing matters and writing about my daily life while I am trying to live it is more than I can handle at this time.
I did attend a social function last night in Portland I want to share a little about.It was put on by the anti-racist action network. I can't link, to digitally challenged for that now.
My friends went outside to wait for another person and while I was at the information table a guy came up to me and said I had to leave. No I don't and he yes I did. I said, no very passively, but I was getting a feeling that his energy was very aggressive. I told him he was mistaking me for someone else and sure enough his associate came and said, not him, that guy pointing a finger at another aging gentleman who was sitting nearby. Apparently, that other aging gentleman had brought some Neo-Nazi's to Portland last year to speak to people at a public event. This is quite likely why the anti racist people were meeting last night. This is an important issue and can be found out about what you can do to report activity by Neo Nazi groups. Just go to the Anti-Racism Action Netork and find out more info. I am into info and the local press doesn't do justice to the news because of whatever reasons they are driven by, perhaps the almighty $$$$
I did attend a social function last night in Portland I want to share a little about.It was put on by the anti-racist action network. I can't link, to digitally challenged for that now.
My friends went outside to wait for another person and while I was at the information table a guy came up to me and said I had to leave. No I don't and he yes I did. I said, no very passively, but I was getting a feeling that his energy was very aggressive. I told him he was mistaking me for someone else and sure enough his associate came and said, not him, that guy pointing a finger at another aging gentleman who was sitting nearby. Apparently, that other aging gentleman had brought some Neo-Nazi's to Portland last year to speak to people at a public event. This is quite likely why the anti racist people were meeting last night. This is an important issue and can be found out about what you can do to report activity by Neo Nazi groups. Just go to the Anti-Racism Action Netork and find out more info. I am into info and the local press doesn't do justice to the news because of whatever reasons they are driven by, perhaps the almighty $$$$
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Your Yearly Test
Your yearly
dementia test
It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.
Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.
As we grow older, it's important to keep mentally
alert.. If you don't use it, you lose it!
Take the
test presented here to determine if you're losing it or
not. The spaces below are so you don't see the answers
until you've made your answer.
OK,
relax, clear your mind and begin.
1. What do you put in a
toaster?
Answer:
"bread." If you said "toast," give up now and do
something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said
bread, go to Question 2
2. Say "silk"
five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows
drink?
Answer:
Cows drink water. If you said "milk," don't attempt the
next question. Your brain is over-stressed and may even
overheat. Content yourself with reading more appropriate
literature such as Auto World. However, if you said
"water", proceed to question 3..
3. If a red
house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made
from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink
bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what
is a green house made from?
Answer:
Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green
bricks," why the hell are you still reading these?? If
you said "glass," go on to Question
4.
4. It's
twenty years ago, and a plane crashes from 20,000 feet
over Germany (If you will recall, Germany at the time
was politically divided into East and West Germany .)
Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany, West
Germany, or "no man's land"?
Answer: You
don't bury survivors, dipstick. If you said ANYTHING
else, you're a dunce and you must stop. If you said,
"You don't bury survivors", proceed to the next
question.
5. Without
using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London
to Milford Haven in Wales . In London , 17 people
get on, in Milford , 16 get off. Name the
driver..
Answer: Oh,
for crying out loud! Don't you remember your own name?
It was YOU!!
Now pass this
along to all your friends and pray they do better than
you..
PS: 95% of
people fail most of the
questions.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
It has been longer than I intended, but that's life
Lot's has happened since I posted last. I went on a road trip, took my cat Jerky and she liked it. she road up front in the passenger seat occasionally getting up to put her front paws on the window sill to look at the passing scenery. I let her out at the destination in Sacramento CA where we intentionally ended up to visit with a woman that I once knew and am getting to know very well again. We were there for a week. I had couple of medical emergencies concerning my prostate gland blocking the urine from exiting my bladder and the result is me following that up with a visit to the doctor. Urinary doctors. It was difficult to get an appointment,not having a primary care physician. I am hoping I can get the follow up care and medication to keep my prostate from shutting off my urine again, since I am wearing a catheter. It is somewhat uncomfortable and the second I had installed on my trip kind of putting a big dent in the good things that happened, the reason for the whole trip. To many people have access to this blog now and I have to keep most of my business to myself. I of course, linked it to my face book page and I am diverting my writing energies to nothing on line.
There is something I want to comment on today about my driving job. I take a different route home to get to NW 24 AVE. from NW Lovejoy down NW 25 to NW Northrup and left on NW 24th because the turn at NW 24th from Lovejoy is tight and there is to much traffic. When I come down Northrup there is a fire hydrant on the opposite corner that I turn into making a left and that allows me space the turn. Today there was a truck parked there making my turn uncomfortable along with a guy talking on a cell phone wanting to take my right of way, I have no stop sign and he has one. He was on my right. Then a car shows up on the left stopping in the cross walk that is not painted on the ground effectively taking my right of way. So both of these vehicles took my right of way and forced me to give it to them. It happens all the time in the bus, people just think that because we are a bus, they don't want to be behind us for any reason. It is frustrating and then there was the illegal park. If that wasn't there I would have just made the turn, but instead let all them first, but not without honking my horn to express my displeasure. I am working on an article I want to publish in the local press tell about my job from my stand point because there are so many times that people take advantage of school bus operators not realizingt whom we are often carrying!
There is something I want to comment on today about my driving job. I take a different route home to get to NW 24 AVE. from NW Lovejoy down NW 25 to NW Northrup and left on NW 24th because the turn at NW 24th from Lovejoy is tight and there is to much traffic. When I come down Northrup there is a fire hydrant on the opposite corner that I turn into making a left and that allows me space the turn. Today there was a truck parked there making my turn uncomfortable along with a guy talking on a cell phone wanting to take my right of way, I have no stop sign and he has one. He was on my right. Then a car shows up on the left stopping in the cross walk that is not painted on the ground effectively taking my right of way. So both of these vehicles took my right of way and forced me to give it to them. It happens all the time in the bus, people just think that because we are a bus, they don't want to be behind us for any reason. It is frustrating and then there was the illegal park. If that wasn't there I would have just made the turn, but instead let all them first, but not without honking my horn to express my displeasure. I am working on an article I want to publish in the local press tell about my job from my stand point because there are so many times that people take advantage of school bus operators not realizingt whom we are often carrying!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Great place to eat food!
I got up early this Sat. morning for a field trip. I like to sleep in until about 0600 on Saturday mornings, but it was 0430 again. Drove to NE and picked up my bus, drover Lincoln HS, then to Cleveland HS, then to Clackamas HS and dropped off the very sleepy wrestlers for a regional bout with 14 other High School. I'm waiting for a call to return to Clackamas. The scheduled pickup time was 2030 this evening, but they said more 1400. They are supposed to call me an hour before so I can stop what I am doing, head to the bus yard, get bus and head to Sunnyside Rd down 205. Oh boy, short weekend.
It's not raining and I am just doing things around the cave, the one I moved into the first of the year, that is below ground level. I got my air purifier from FEDEX. Said signature required on the instructions and since I didn't see it anywhere checked on it's delivery. Delivered it said. After checking with a couple of neighbors I happened to notice it over by the garbage cans in plain sight. Oh, boy FedEx!
It is on and good for 500 sq. ft and it is working. It has a timer and several cleaning mechanisms. It has a pre filter which is just crappy foam, a charcoal filter, a reusable Hepa filter, a photo catalyst filter and a UV light to kill anything else. I've had it on now about an hour and the air is so different. I had been loaned a small 85 sq ft unit from friends and it worked reasonably well, but it is over worked. The one I purchased is really good and I had to squeeze Ben out of my bank account to get. Well worth it.
On a final note that is actually what I started to write about is The Little Red Bike Cafe that my sister and I ate at on Monday the 1st of Feb. I have been back I think twice. I am incredibly impressed by the quality of the food. It is probably the most delightful out dining I can recollect ever experiencing.I guess I better back that up with something. I don't dine out much because I can't read the labels and most of the food that is good or excellent I can't afford, to pricey. The menu at the LRBC is pretty well fixed with posted specials on the board. The breakfast sandwich I had this morning zoobomb was a combo of some kind of Italian bread I am to lazy to look up and can't pronounce with these caramelized onions, egg, an aoli sauce, some white cheese that when cooking or heated the aroma comes drifting out of the kitchen stirring ones imagination to the culinary delights that are coming after it and making my mouth water just writing about them. Just like love, the food at the LRBC is just to precious and delicious to write about, there are not enough words in my vocabulary that are attainable. Well, that's the best. The best for last except of course my spelling is in the tank. Just to distracted thinking about trying to rationalize going then again before the weekend is over.
It's not raining and I am just doing things around the cave, the one I moved into the first of the year, that is below ground level. I got my air purifier from FEDEX. Said signature required on the instructions and since I didn't see it anywhere checked on it's delivery. Delivered it said. After checking with a couple of neighbors I happened to notice it over by the garbage cans in plain sight. Oh, boy FedEx!
It is on and good for 500 sq. ft and it is working. It has a timer and several cleaning mechanisms. It has a pre filter which is just crappy foam, a charcoal filter, a reusable Hepa filter, a photo catalyst filter and a UV light to kill anything else. I've had it on now about an hour and the air is so different. I had been loaned a small 85 sq ft unit from friends and it worked reasonably well, but it is over worked. The one I purchased is really good and I had to squeeze Ben out of my bank account to get. Well worth it.
On a final note that is actually what I started to write about is The Little Red Bike Cafe that my sister and I ate at on Monday the 1st of Feb. I have been back I think twice. I am incredibly impressed by the quality of the food. It is probably the most delightful out dining I can recollect ever experiencing.I guess I better back that up with something. I don't dine out much because I can't read the labels and most of the food that is good or excellent I can't afford, to pricey. The menu at the LRBC is pretty well fixed with posted specials on the board. The breakfast sandwich I had this morning zoobomb was a combo of some kind of Italian bread I am to lazy to look up and can't pronounce with these caramelized onions, egg, an aoli sauce, some white cheese that when cooking or heated the aroma comes drifting out of the kitchen stirring ones imagination to the culinary delights that are coming after it and making my mouth water just writing about them. Just like love, the food at the LRBC is just to precious and delicious to write about, there are not enough words in my vocabulary that are attainable. Well, that's the best. The best for last except of course my spelling is in the tank. Just to distracted thinking about trying to rationalize going then again before the weekend is over.
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