"The deadliest enemies of nations... "

                                                         surveillance state politics

i am of the opinion that half of this country
is spying
on the
other half of this country

but from what i can tell
it is not the first time that
citizens have become neurotically
obsessed
with other peoples business

now I think it is a citizens responsibility to
take notice of what appears to be
unlawful acts

but most people are either so
narrow in their experiences
that they do not know what
may be a criminal act
or so jaded
by being around criminal activity
that they think
everyone is engaged in crime

somewhere between these two extremes
is the truth
but as Mark Twain said
"Truth is rare, let us economize it"
or something to that effect

my own experience is that society
is neurotic and a person would
do well to take that into account
when dealing with the population
at large

"The deadliest enemies of nations are not their foreign foes;
they always dwell within their borders. And from these internal
enemies civilization is always in need of being saved. The nation
blessed above all nations is that nation in whom the civic genius of
the people does the saving day by day, acts without external
picturesqueness' by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting
corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people
knowing the true men and women when they see them, and preferring
them as leaders to rabid partisans or empty quacks."  William James (1897)


GOT CITIZENSHIP?

Philo Vance

"New occasions teach new duties..."

                                               TRICKSTER COYOTE

decided to set up the game camera
mosquitoes were very numerous so
I was fast
next morning I looked at the memory card
and no new images
but the kitchen food scrap pile had been eaten
so I downloaded the internal memory in the camera
onto the SD card
and apparently the memory card did not record any images
but the camera was triggered
by this coyote
I guess the coyote may have wanted to remain anonymous
and detached the memory card
or
maybe I was in such a hurry I did not push it in
all the way
however this is the image I got but in 3 mega pixel
instead of the usual 20
I like to think the coyotes are going to be, as the
native Americans said
THE LAST ANIMALS ON EARTH

"New occasions teach new duties; time makes
                          ancient good uncouth;
They must upward still, and onward, who
             would keep abreast of Truth."
                                                 James Russel Lowell

John Hume Ross

"That mysterious independent variable..."

too much politics
better than no politics I suppose
watching History Channel DVD about
"Mankind"
now in San Francisco it will be called
"HUMANKIND"
which is a good idea
language needs to be attended to

Ghetto= first ghetto was in Venice, Italy
which was the name for a metal foundry
an all Jew had to live there in 1516

"That mysterious independent variable
of political calculation. Public Opinion  T.H. Huxley

Gabrielle Emilie du Marquise Chatelet

"Emotion is the chief source..."

                                            birds complained about the cats!


i feel the need to speak about politics
i hear a lot of various persons who
seem to have strong feelings about politics

first of all I would like to express the opinion
that the source from which I receive most of
my news...namely national public radio... has taken
a less than neutral presentation of the news
this is very disappointing...and the majority of
the harsh opinions seem to be from the female
faction....which is not really surprising

a few days ago it was reported that the pres. had
made a racist comment or some racist comments
about 4 legally elected female members of congress
I think the female faction is "trailing their coat" so to
speak...every comment is not worthy of a national
debate...but I do think that any person who has come to this
country and can return to their country of origin should
seriously consider trying to implement the seeds of good
government there. This country sends money and CIA agents
to other countries but regular folks who can attest to the
 benefits of good government need to perhaps go abroad
and encourage those person who are oppressed to change
their situation....especially women....some of the countries
on this changing planet have very bad laws pertaining to the
rights of women as compared to their rights in the USA
we hear a lot about kids in concrete bunkers but there is
a major tragedy taking place in Venezuela with hundreds
of thousands of women being marketed in the illicit sex
trade because they need to eat...when that country was better
off not too many years ago they sent a tanker of fuel to the north
east USA because they thought it would help the situation there
I think women could organize a "save the women and children"
of Venezuela campaign to send food, cosmetics and clothing to
these long suffering people...
don't just holler and moan about a rather silly comment made by
a man who is hard on the campaign trail...and has been for 4 years


"Emotion is the chief source of of all becoming-conscious.
There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of
apathy into movement without emotion." Carl G. Jung

Wu Chao...or Wu Hou...or Wu Tse-t-ien    (625-705)

"Life admits not of delays;..."

                                          Florida Cottonmouth= Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

different from the other cotton-mouth snakes due to the extensive markings
beneath the mouth....the open mouth shows how this snake gets it's name

spotted a black (melanistic) fox squirrel in the road driving out this morning
and a pair of swallow-tailed kites swooping low over the road
I was too slow for pictures...
I recommend wildlife viewing in Florida as being always productive
however very hot and humid in the summer months. But a beach is
never far away.
A good thing unless you get dropped into the ocean
in a box.



"Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is
fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things
that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to
be pleased."

SOTADES

"Facile crowd-pleasing and sinister exercise in moral frivolity..."

                                             mr raccoon swats at mosquitoes 

NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

TEATSQUEEZER, HOGWASH AND HOGWASH CONSULTING
ANNOUNCE RESTRUCTURING OF BUSINESS AFTER
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE

According to new CEO and President of political consulting firm
the business has been restructured to improve performance
The new President Mrs. Teatsqueezer had this to say-

"Unfortunately some of the new hired help, namely B and C consultants,
absconded with all the funds amounting to $68 which was all of my
 egg and butter money, and also all of the office supplies consisting of
a shoe box of ink pens and and pencils and 3 coffee mugs, four spiral notebooks,
and two and a half rolls of toilet paper. Last we heard B and C consultants was
seen somewheres in north Louisiana. Good riddance to them.
Because I am the only person with any money left I was elected President
and CEO and also head of personnel, which means I hire and fire.
Now the company is registered as Teatsqueezer, Teatsqueezer, Hogwash and Hogwash,
which sort of evens things out some. The Hogwash contingent was long on
speculation but short on performance at times.
Our offices is open to advise and assist all candidates for elected office of any
party affiliation. Even though we realize that some candidates for office is dumb
as a stump we feel they is entitled to expose they ignorance to the world
as a candidate for office and we is prepared to help them do so. For a price.
The Hogwash faction in this business is prepared to nail signs to telephone poles,
and put signs on the roadside as directed.
We have resupplied the office and is awaiting business."

that statement from the new CEO of this political consulting firm

"Facile crowd-pleasing...sinister exercises in moral frivolity...
spectacle of abject political cowardice masking as "dissenting" bravery."
                                                           Christopher Hitchens on "Fahrenheit 9/11"

Phoebe Anne Moses