Hi,
This blogger is sitting here thinking about all the problems that need to be addressed and wondering why there are always so many.However, it seems that if we don't have enough problems, we often set out to make some more for ourselves.
I guess that's where the leader of the Chinese communist revolution, Mao Zedong got the idea that CONSTANT REVOLUTION was the way to make Communism the only control IN CHINA. He almost destroyed China doing it and if there hadn't been so many Chinese, he WOULD have destroyed it. Mao saw people as expendable and particularly in China where the population was the largest in the world. It was not unusual for him to conduct a Communist plan that killed millions as he turned not only FOES into CORPSES BUT AT THE END POLITICAL FRIENDS INTO CORPSES as well. His megalomania was truly frightening when like a conductor he led his country in a CRESCENDO OF KILLING AND DESTRUCTION.
When we speak of socialism and communism, we often FORGET the excesses that Lenin, Mao, Stalin and Hitler believed were acceptable in furthering their cause. The total sacrifice of death was seen as just and good (AS LONG AS THE LEADER DIDN'T DIE!!!!!) because in the long run, they BELIEVED the end result would be the triumph of communism. Communism survived but did it triumph??????? NO!!!!!!!!! It is a dying ideology. And why was Mao WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! WRONG!!!!!!!!!! WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! because THE END NEVER JUSTIFIES THE MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!! We've read novels with characters like that and called them MADMEN but when they become leaders of government, we find EXCUSES for their EXCESSES!!!!!! FOOLS THAT WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!!! We jolly ourselves into believing it was all for the best.
UNFORTUNATELY A SINGLE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WITH NO OPPOSITION AND LACKING OTHER POINTS OF VIEW LEADS TO LEADERS WITH GIGANTIC MESSIANIC COMPLEXES who become DICTATORS with no checks or balances either in their personalities or their politics. ONCE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO ACHIEVE TOTAL CONTROL, HISTORY PROVES that THEIR COUNTRIES BECOME TOMBS FOR THE POPULATION. And their leaders provide the bodies. OUR FOREFATHERS WERE FAR CLOSER TO THIS REALITY THAN WE HAVE BEEN AS AMERICANS!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THE MEGALOMANIA IN EUROPE, SEEN THE DEATHS, SEEN THE LOSS OF HUMAN RECKONING BUT THEN IT WAS CALLED TYRANNICAL MONARCHY!!! Therefore, THEY WROTE A CONSTITUTION THAT WOULD PRECLUDE THAT HAPPENING IN AMERICA. JEFFERSON PRECEDED IT WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, MEGALOMANIACS ARE JUST THAT-- SINGLE MINDED AND THEY PUT ALL THEIR ENERGY INTO DESTROYING ANYTHING THAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF THEIR GOALS!!!!!!!!!! AND OUR CONSTITUTION CURRENTLY IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNIST ROAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you sometimes wonder why POLITICS IS SO IMPORTANT AND THERE'S SO MUCH FUSS ABOUT IT that is tiresome and boring when you have enough of your own problems, LOOK ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE PROBLEMS WILL BE NOTHING BEFORE THE GREATEST PROBLEM YOU CAN ENCOUNTER!!!!!!!!!!! DOMINATION BY AN UNWISE, UNCARING, UNSOUND LEADER IN YOUR LIFE. SOMEONE WHO CAN DEMAND YOUR LIFE'S OBLITERATION AT WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN'T HAPPEN HERE????????????? YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GERMANS WERE A HIGHLY CIVILIZED, INTELLIGENT, INVENTIVE AND PROSPEROUS GROUP OF FOLK WHO FELL ON HARD TIMES AND CHOSE UNWISELY TO THEIR DYING DETRIMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT COULDN'T HAPPEN THERE EITHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OUR CONSTITUTION INVINCIBLE ????????????????? YEAH RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE POLITICOS NIBBLING AT IT; ASKING TO TAKE BITES OF IT; MEANDERING AROUND IT SO THAT ITS POWER IS REDUCED ?????????????????? TAKE HEED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT CONSTITUTION IS YOUR ARMOR--YOUR TOTAL PROTECTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITHOUT IT, YOU ARE NAKED BEFORE YOUR EXECUTIONERS WITH NO PLEA DEAL !!!!!!!!!!!! AND SO IS YOUR FAMILY--YOUR PRECIOUS LOVED ONES !!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOURSELF ENOUGH TO GET OFF YOUR DUFF AND PROTECT THIS MOST IMPORTANT LAW OF THE LAND--CARE ABOUT THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARE YOU THINKING WHAT'S THIS BLOGGER GOING ON ABOUT ??????? SHE'S BLATTING TO THE CHOIR !!!!!!!!!!! DID YOU BELIEVE FEW YEARS AGO WE WOULD ELECT A SOCIALIST TO OFFICE TWICE ?????????? NOT!!!!!!!!! UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME AMERICANS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN EDUCATED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTION'S IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA. SO TEACH THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!
We have something that has been unique in the world and kept us safe UP to this point so that we can recover our sanity after bad times. That unique document is called THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and IT SHOULD NOT BE TOUCHED BY ANY POLITICIANS OR GROUP OF CITIZENS. IT IS NOT OUT OF DATE AND HAS PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY FROM GREEDY, MEALY MOUTHED BASTARDS FOR OVER 200 YEARS WITHOUT GOING OUT OF DATE OR TIME.
IF THIS COUNTRY IS STUPID ENOUGH TO ALLOW "ANY" POLITICIANS--NO MATTER WHAT PARTY--TO MESS WITH THAT DOCUMENT, BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, GET IN A SUPPLY OF ROCKS AND GLASS (BECAUSE YOUR GUNS WILL BE IN THEIR HANDS) AND LET THEM KILL YOU FIGHTING THEM RATHER THAN ROLLING OVER AND PLAYING DEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU NO LONGER HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONLY YOUR DEATH !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT A CHEERFUL THOUGHT BUT REMEMBER. MAKE GOOD CHOICES AND REAP BENEFITS, BAD CHOICES AND BRING RUIN !!!!!!!!!!! APHORISM CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF BAD CHOICES !!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
2/16/13
TECHNOLOGY AND DEATH! POST 144
Hi,
As a writer this blogger has been watching the publishing industry, a PREVIOUSLY highly successful business, WRITHING in the death throes of the technological revolution!!!!!!!!!!!
Five publishing houses attempted to stop Amazon and other tech.coms from discounting and giving away e-books in what a law suit claimed was "Agency pricing". The financial risks in a Government suit against five publishers and Apple became too great and most settled. Publisher Macmillan desired to continue the fight but found itself naked and in a position to be responsible for damages far exceeding their company's total worth. Macmillan caved as well.
So, Amazon, the technological giant of .com won hands down and the publishing companies were left licking their wounds. While protecting themselves, the publishing group could have benefitted authors and books as well, a role top publishers gave lip service to in the past. Unfortunately poor practice left them unsuccessful at defense.
These are the same PUBLISHING COMPANIES THAT ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO were DICTATING TO THE AUTHORS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD WRITE IF THEY WANTED TO BE PUBLISHED AND TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR READING HABITS AND THE COST OF BOOKS .
The old saying WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND is totally apropos here. The talented authors who have bitten the dust BECAUSE OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRIES BOTTOM LINE COST APPROACH TO PUBLISHING WRITERS could fill a LARGE TOMB. Their uncaring REJECTION SLIPS DECLARING WORKS UNFIT (NO REASON NEEDED) destroyed many sensitive would-be authors (and what aspiring new author has not received one or more of those gems). PUBLISHERS BECAME FAT AND RICH ON THE BACKS OF THE TALENTED AUTHORS who often received little compensation UNTIL THEY 'MADE' IT !!!!!!!!!!!!! OR BETTER PUT-MADE THE PUBLISHER RICH!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER WONDERS if those REJECTED TALENTED WRITERS PUT AMAZON.COM TOGETHER INSTEAD OF WRITING??????????????????
HOWEVER THE DEMISE OF PUBLISHERS ALSO PREDICTS THE DEATH OF BOOKS AS WE KNOW THEM. MORE AND MORE LIBRARIES HAVE BECOME LABS FOR COMPUTERS and soon those large stores of books will be inappropriate when storing them on a computer TAKES SO MUCH LESS SPACE, CARE AND ROOM.
THE MOST IRONIC PART OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT THOSE TALENTED WRITERS ARE STILL GETTING THE "CRUMMY" END OF THE STICK BECAUSE GIVING AWAY E-BOOKS OR SELLING THEM FOR NOTHING DOES NOT A LIVING MAKE FOR WRITERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Writing manuals for software programs will still be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS have been suggested for our Government in Washington but there seems to be a need for ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT ALL OVER THE NATION AND WORLD. MOST FOLKS HAVE NOT YET COME TO GRIPS (THIS BLOGGER INCLUDED) WITH THE REALITIES OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW MUCH IT WILL DESTROY AS IT CHANGES THE FACE OF OUR ECONOMY, OUR POLITICS, OUR LIVES, AND OUR BELOVED INSTITUTIONS.
If one really contemplates the results of a REVOLUTION, it is the act of WATCHING ONE SET OF VALUES DIE AND SEEING ANOTHER SET OF VALUES BORN AND THE GRIEF THAT SUCH A CHANGE CAN BRING.
NOT TO BE TOO LENIENT WITH WASHINGTON POLITICS OR LEADERS BUT IT IS IN THIS CHANGING, VOLATILE ATMOSPHERE THAT THEY MUST CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE NATION. A recent article cited forward looking Congressmen (both Republicans and Democrats) seeking to establish PROBLEM SOLVERS in their august body. THIS BLOGGER HOPES THAT THIS GROUP RECOGNIZES THAT THE 'UNDERLYING" PROBLEMS COME FROM THE IMMENSE CHANGES CAUSED BY TECHNOLOGY AND AFFECTING ALL AMERICAN'S LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.
CHANGE IS HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEATH IS ABHORRENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOSING WHAT WE LOVE IS FRIGHTENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SEEKING THE WISE AND PRUDENT IN THOSE EXTREMES TOTALLY WITHOUT PRECEDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT IT MUST BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! WE MUST GO ON TO MAKE LIFE GOOD AGAIN UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXIST.
Technology has been both a blessing and a destructive force but then ALL GREAT MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS WHAT WE MAKE OF IT, LEARN FROM IT, AND THE GOOD WE DO WITH IT THAT WILL MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER HAS SHOWN LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE 'DONDER HEADS' IN WASHINGTON, PAST AND PRESENT, BUT WE SHOULD RECOGNISE THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE KIND OF REVOLUTION NOT SEEN SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL AGE SWEPT ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT DID NOT FIT THAT NEW ERA.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what happened to the beloved horse and buggy, the street sweepers, the lamp lighters, the corner grocery, the small farm, the cosy community, as well as THE OUTHOUSE. HEY LOTS OF BAD WENT WITH THE GOOD, dirt roads, lack of interstates (good and bad), hovels for homes, lack of communication across miles. MANY MANY MORE GOOD AND BAD adjustments that are only MEMORIES NOW.
THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE CURRENT PROBLEMS????? ANY BETTER ANSWERS THAN OUR CURRENT LEADERS ??????????? IF SO - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
As a writer this blogger has been watching the publishing industry, a PREVIOUSLY highly successful business, WRITHING in the death throes of the technological revolution!!!!!!!!!!!
Five publishing houses attempted to stop Amazon and other tech.coms from discounting and giving away e-books in what a law suit claimed was "Agency pricing". The financial risks in a Government suit against five publishers and Apple became too great and most settled. Publisher Macmillan desired to continue the fight but found itself naked and in a position to be responsible for damages far exceeding their company's total worth. Macmillan caved as well.
So, Amazon, the technological giant of .com won hands down and the publishing companies were left licking their wounds. While protecting themselves, the publishing group could have benefitted authors and books as well, a role top publishers gave lip service to in the past. Unfortunately poor practice left them unsuccessful at defense.
These are the same PUBLISHING COMPANIES THAT ONLY A SHORT TIME AGO were DICTATING TO THE AUTHORS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THEY COULD WRITE IF THEY WANTED TO BE PUBLISHED AND TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR READING HABITS AND THE COST OF BOOKS .
The old saying WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND is totally apropos here. The talented authors who have bitten the dust BECAUSE OF THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRIES BOTTOM LINE COST APPROACH TO PUBLISHING WRITERS could fill a LARGE TOMB. Their uncaring REJECTION SLIPS DECLARING WORKS UNFIT (NO REASON NEEDED) destroyed many sensitive would-be authors (and what aspiring new author has not received one or more of those gems). PUBLISHERS BECAME FAT AND RICH ON THE BACKS OF THE TALENTED AUTHORS who often received little compensation UNTIL THEY 'MADE' IT !!!!!!!!!!!!! OR BETTER PUT-MADE THE PUBLISHER RICH!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER WONDERS if those REJECTED TALENTED WRITERS PUT AMAZON.COM TOGETHER INSTEAD OF WRITING??????????????????
HOWEVER THE DEMISE OF PUBLISHERS ALSO PREDICTS THE DEATH OF BOOKS AS WE KNOW THEM. MORE AND MORE LIBRARIES HAVE BECOME LABS FOR COMPUTERS and soon those large stores of books will be inappropriate when storing them on a computer TAKES SO MUCH LESS SPACE, CARE AND ROOM.
THE MOST IRONIC PART OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT THOSE TALENTED WRITERS ARE STILL GETTING THE "CRUMMY" END OF THE STICK BECAUSE GIVING AWAY E-BOOKS OR SELLING THEM FOR NOTHING DOES NOT A LIVING MAKE FOR WRITERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Writing manuals for software programs will still be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS have been suggested for our Government in Washington but there seems to be a need for ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT ALL OVER THE NATION AND WORLD. MOST FOLKS HAVE NOT YET COME TO GRIPS (THIS BLOGGER INCLUDED) WITH THE REALITIES OF TECHNOLOGY AND HOW MUCH IT WILL DESTROY AS IT CHANGES THE FACE OF OUR ECONOMY, OUR POLITICS, OUR LIVES, AND OUR BELOVED INSTITUTIONS.
If one really contemplates the results of a REVOLUTION, it is the act of WATCHING ONE SET OF VALUES DIE AND SEEING ANOTHER SET OF VALUES BORN AND THE GRIEF THAT SUCH A CHANGE CAN BRING.
NOT TO BE TOO LENIENT WITH WASHINGTON POLITICS OR LEADERS BUT IT IS IN THIS CHANGING, VOLATILE ATMOSPHERE THAT THEY MUST CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST FOR THE NATION. A recent article cited forward looking Congressmen (both Republicans and Democrats) seeking to establish PROBLEM SOLVERS in their august body. THIS BLOGGER HOPES THAT THIS GROUP RECOGNIZES THAT THE 'UNDERLYING" PROBLEMS COME FROM THE IMMENSE CHANGES CAUSED BY TECHNOLOGY AND AFFECTING ALL AMERICAN'S LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THE REST OF THE WORLD.
CHANGE IS HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!! DEATH IS ABHORRENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOSING WHAT WE LOVE IS FRIGHTENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND SEEKING THE WISE AND PRUDENT IN THOSE EXTREMES TOTALLY WITHOUT PRECEDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT IT MUST BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! WE MUST GO ON TO MAKE LIFE GOOD AGAIN UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXIST.
Technology has been both a blessing and a destructive force but then ALL GREAT MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS WHAT WE MAKE OF IT, LEARN FROM IT, AND THE GOOD WE DO WITH IT THAT WILL MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS BLOGGER HAS SHOWN LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE 'DONDER HEADS' IN WASHINGTON, PAST AND PRESENT, BUT WE SHOULD RECOGNISE THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE KIND OF REVOLUTION NOT SEEN SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL AGE SWEPT ASIDE EVERYTHING THAT DID NOT FIT THAT NEW ERA.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what happened to the beloved horse and buggy, the street sweepers, the lamp lighters, the corner grocery, the small farm, the cosy community, as well as THE OUTHOUSE. HEY LOTS OF BAD WENT WITH THE GOOD, dirt roads, lack of interstates (good and bad), hovels for homes, lack of communication across miles. MANY MANY MORE GOOD AND BAD adjustments that are only MEMORIES NOW.
THINK ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE CURRENT PROBLEMS????? ANY BETTER ANSWERS THAN OUR CURRENT LEADERS ??????????? IF SO - STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
2/8/13
WHO'S ON DRONE BOMB WATCH? POST POST 143
Hi,
There's a new cost in our economy that Washington doesn't wish to discuss. It would prove far more controversial than even Gun Control. It's DRONES AND THEIR DEPLOYMENT by our Government.
This blogger has discussed DRONES before and mentioned that they are the new weaponry of the twenty-first century. They are reasonably easy to deploy, technology makes them pin-point accurate and even a do-it- yourselfer could actually make a simple version and send it soaring into space. They are the mavericks of the weapon world and as such offer many plus and minus options. There are a number of good articles on DRONES on the web.
The kinds of pros and cons that exist on all weaponry are in place here as well. First, drones can make human life more secure because they are unmanned and operated by folks far away from the actual violent action. The controller sits at desk in technology filled cubicles controlling particular drones or armies of them. The controllers use technology so precise that they could SEPARATE YOU OUT even walking down the street in Manhattan or Baghdad among dozens of others.
Explosion is messy in a crowd so usually isolating the target is preferred.
Of course, you can see the downside. If it works on the enemy in another land, it will also work in this country on unfriendly opposition. In the hands of a Charlatan, it could serve to enslave us.
Beyond JUST the DRONE problem is the surveillance issue. Our technology is so finely tuned that listening from DRONES is better than your hearing when talking to another person. They have developed "ears over the land" that are more sensitive than anything EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
LAUNCH A DRONE CAPSULE BARELY VISIBLE, ARMED AND LOADED, EMPLOYING AVID TECHNOLOGICAL HEARING, AND PIN-POINT ACCURACY AND YOU HAVE THE MOST DEADLY TARGETED WEAPON THAT MAN HAS EVER DEVISED!!!!!!!!!!! AIN'T WE JUST TOO, TOO SMART???????? TOO BAD WE CAN'T TURN THE SMART TO BETTER AIMS.
The surveillance techniques are currently being expanded to HEAR (AND SEE?????????) through any material including metal so listening TO YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE. THIS IS AIMED AT BEING A "PEEKY-BOO" SOCIETY. That means, of course, you not only lose your freedom BUT YOUR PERSONAL SPACE TOO. FUN AND GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!! Drones BEING ABLE TO SIGHT INTO homes would make DRONE PORNOGRAPHY a fact of life!!!!!!!!!!! PUH;;;;;;;;;;;;;LEESE GIVE US A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND HERE'S THE KICKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOUSANDS OR ZILLIONS OF SMALL DRONES CAN BE LAUNCHED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING IN YOUR WORLD PERHAPS INCLUDING THE ANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some professional drones can be imagined as tiny as a pin to be used for surveillance. Drones are now known that are inches and launched in masses like bees or wasps.
Two positive elements of DRONE warfare is that damage is much less when confined to a target. Many FEWER lives are lost and a much reduced military force is required to contain and control the enemy without as well as within. THEREFORE, THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF A LARGE MILITARY AND THEIR LAND WEAPONS IS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. HOWEVER, JUST HOW HIGH THE COST DRONE WARFARE COULD CLIMB IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. WE KNOW THE WAR SURVEILLANCE COSTS WOULD ALSO DIMINISH WITH FEWER SPOOKS ON THE GROUND BUT HOW HIGH WILL BE THE COST OF EQUIPMENT??????WHO KNOWS.
An article from the AP this week pointed out that a Justice Department memo revealed lenient rules for drone attacks launched "to kill U.S. citizens working abroad with terrorists". The article went on to say the Government does not need evidence that a specific attack is imminent" according the Justice Department white paper, "only that the targeted suspect is involved in ongoing plotting against the United States". Washington spokesmen used protecting the U.S. from al-Qaida as the reason for this usage of drones. John Brennan, who recently helped manage the Drone program, has his CIA director confirmation hearing beginning today.
IN THE HANDS of the UNSCRUPULOUS OR THE CARELESS, IT IS NOT HARD TO PREDICT THE CATASTROPHIC PROBLEMS THIS KIND OF CONTROL CAN MEAN TO NATIONS AND AMERICA IN PARTICULAR. We are currently in the LEAD ON VARYING MILITARY DRONE TECHNOLOGIES BUT ATOMIC WARFARE TAUGHT US JUST HOW LONG THAT WILL LAST-- headstart Drone tech may not LAST THAT LONG.Many countries have technological capability now so it may take much less time for them to catch up.
As this blogger pointed out drones can be readily built much like ENGINE powered model planes OR HELICOPTERS. With rocket MODEL launchers we can put them into space and then control by radio. (maybe soon technology). And there are even simpler ways. Some professional drones can be imagined as tiny as a pin for surveillance. Drones that are as large as airplanes carry a large "payload" and are based at remote American airbases. The web site below the blog shows the helicopters and on page 3, there is one with a camera that can be controlled with a phone. Now you too can arm something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can always hope that DRONES will be seen as a real benefit to society. Currently the traffic light usage against red light bandits can be viewed both ways. There are indeed many positive and creative ways that Drones can enhance living. Eventually the technology can expand to the extent that it could be used in construction in place of heavy equipment; for most search and rescue; and as an independent source of transportation for individuals. That's just off the top of my head. Our creative culture can think of many more and better options. Surveillance is a horse of another hue. That kind of paternalism, excused as protectionism, can only lead to discontent and travail.
DRONES ARE HERE TO STAY. THEY ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THEM. START THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF DRONES ARE LEFT ONLY IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT-------AMERICA WILL SUFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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There's a new cost in our economy that Washington doesn't wish to discuss. It would prove far more controversial than even Gun Control. It's DRONES AND THEIR DEPLOYMENT by our Government.
This blogger has discussed DRONES before and mentioned that they are the new weaponry of the twenty-first century. They are reasonably easy to deploy, technology makes them pin-point accurate and even a do-it- yourselfer could actually make a simple version and send it soaring into space. They are the mavericks of the weapon world and as such offer many plus and minus options. There are a number of good articles on DRONES on the web.
The kinds of pros and cons that exist on all weaponry are in place here as well. First, drones can make human life more secure because they are unmanned and operated by folks far away from the actual violent action. The controller sits at desk in technology filled cubicles controlling particular drones or armies of them. The controllers use technology so precise that they could SEPARATE YOU OUT even walking down the street in Manhattan or Baghdad among dozens of others.
Explosion is messy in a crowd so usually isolating the target is preferred.
Of course, you can see the downside. If it works on the enemy in another land, it will also work in this country on unfriendly opposition. In the hands of a Charlatan, it could serve to enslave us.
Beyond JUST the DRONE problem is the surveillance issue. Our technology is so finely tuned that listening from DRONES is better than your hearing when talking to another person. They have developed "ears over the land" that are more sensitive than anything EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
LAUNCH A DRONE CAPSULE BARELY VISIBLE, ARMED AND LOADED, EMPLOYING AVID TECHNOLOGICAL HEARING, AND PIN-POINT ACCURACY AND YOU HAVE THE MOST DEADLY TARGETED WEAPON THAT MAN HAS EVER DEVISED!!!!!!!!!!! AIN'T WE JUST TOO, TOO SMART???????? TOO BAD WE CAN'T TURN THE SMART TO BETTER AIMS.
The surveillance techniques are currently being expanded to HEAR (AND SEE?????????) through any material including metal so listening TO YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE. THIS IS AIMED AT BEING A "PEEKY-BOO" SOCIETY. That means, of course, you not only lose your freedom BUT YOUR PERSONAL SPACE TOO. FUN AND GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!! Drones BEING ABLE TO SIGHT INTO homes would make DRONE PORNOGRAPHY a fact of life!!!!!!!!!!! PUH;;;;;;;;;;;;;LEESE GIVE US A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND HERE'S THE KICKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOUSANDS OR ZILLIONS OF SMALL DRONES CAN BE LAUNCHED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING IN YOUR WORLD PERHAPS INCLUDING THE ANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Some professional drones can be imagined as tiny as a pin to be used for surveillance. Drones are now known that are inches and launched in masses like bees or wasps.
Two positive elements of DRONE warfare is that damage is much less when confined to a target. Many FEWER lives are lost and a much reduced military force is required to contain and control the enemy without as well as within. THEREFORE, THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF A LARGE MILITARY AND THEIR LAND WEAPONS IS CONSIDERABLY REDUCED. HOWEVER, JUST HOW HIGH THE COST DRONE WARFARE COULD CLIMB IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. WE KNOW THE WAR SURVEILLANCE COSTS WOULD ALSO DIMINISH WITH FEWER SPOOKS ON THE GROUND BUT HOW HIGH WILL BE THE COST OF EQUIPMENT??????WHO KNOWS.
An article from the AP this week pointed out that a Justice Department memo revealed lenient rules for drone attacks launched "to kill U.S. citizens working abroad with terrorists". The article went on to say the Government does not need evidence that a specific attack is imminent" according the Justice Department white paper, "only that the targeted suspect is involved in ongoing plotting against the United States". Washington spokesmen used protecting the U.S. from al-Qaida as the reason for this usage of drones. John Brennan, who recently helped manage the Drone program, has his CIA director confirmation hearing beginning today.
IN THE HANDS of the UNSCRUPULOUS OR THE CARELESS, IT IS NOT HARD TO PREDICT THE CATASTROPHIC PROBLEMS THIS KIND OF CONTROL CAN MEAN TO NATIONS AND AMERICA IN PARTICULAR. We are currently in the LEAD ON VARYING MILITARY DRONE TECHNOLOGIES BUT ATOMIC WARFARE TAUGHT US JUST HOW LONG THAT WILL LAST-- headstart Drone tech may not LAST THAT LONG.Many countries have technological capability now so it may take much less time for them to catch up.
As this blogger pointed out drones can be readily built much like ENGINE powered model planes OR HELICOPTERS. With rocket MODEL launchers we can put them into space and then control by radio. (maybe soon technology). And there are even simpler ways. Some professional drones can be imagined as tiny as a pin for surveillance. Drones that are as large as airplanes carry a large "payload" and are based at remote American airbases. The web site below the blog shows the helicopters and on page 3, there is one with a camera that can be controlled with a phone. Now you too can arm something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We can always hope that DRONES will be seen as a real benefit to society. Currently the traffic light usage against red light bandits can be viewed both ways. There are indeed many positive and creative ways that Drones can enhance living. Eventually the technology can expand to the extent that it could be used in construction in place of heavy equipment; for most search and rescue; and as an independent source of transportation for individuals. That's just off the top of my head. Our creative culture can think of many more and better options. Surveillance is a horse of another hue. That kind of paternalism, excused as protectionism, can only lead to discontent and travail.
DRONES ARE HERE TO STAY. THEY ARE PART AND PARCEL OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET YOUR HEAD AROUND THEM. START THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF DRONES ARE LEFT ONLY IN THE HANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT-------AMERICA WILL SUFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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2/1/13
"LIFE IS PAINFUL. SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL."POST 142
Hi,
This week the blog is involved with the media use of FEAR AND DRAMA TO FORCE LEGISLATION THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT but will COST MILLIONS, AND REDUCE THE GOOD.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A BUNCH OF STATISTICS TO PROVE THAT STATISTICS DO NOT AGREE OR ALWAYS WORK IN YOUR FAVOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW THIS BLOGGER'S OPINION OF THE CURRENT STATISTICAL "OUTRAGE'". MOSTLY GOOD OLD FASHIONED (I hope) COMMON SENSE WILL FOLLOW THOSE FIGURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STARTING WITH THE COMMON EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST GUNS, THIS BLOGGER WILL SIMPLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, WEAPONS DO WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF THE "ROTTERS AND NUTTERS"!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT SO DO ALL THE OTHER HARMFUL WAYS OF INFLICTING PAIN.
Let's LOOK the EVENING NEWS on TV WHERE EMOTION AND DRAMA REIGN.. THE NEWSCASTERS LAST WEEK CLAIMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 203 SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA that day.( Of course they were quoting the "Brady statistics, a leading gun control organization) DOESN'T THAT SOUND JUST DREADFUL?????????????? Other more broad minded statics show that there were about 1000 SHOOTINGS a month IN 2012 across the United States. DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????????
YES IT DOES until you REFLECT THAT THERE ARE ALMOST 315 MILLION----YEAH MILLION!!!!!!!!!!--"'KNOWN" PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! THAT CHANGES THE OUTLOOK DOESN'T IT????????????
THIS BLOGGER MEANS THAT SURE IT'S 1000 SHOOTINGS A MONTH TOO MANY but THAT NUMBER IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN of people in THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! AND DURING THE SAME PERIOD THERE WERE 2500 DEATHS BY CAR A MONTH. NOW THAT IS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE THOUSAND DASTARDLY WOULD BE ASSASSINS A MONTH OUT OF 315 MILLION. LOOKED AT THAT WAY this blogger would suggest that--WE'RE A PRETTY DAMN LAW ABIDING COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BIAS in place for scaring folks, OF COURSE, IS THE MEDIA BIAS FOR GUN CONTROL. It BACKS UP THE SOCIALIST BELIEFS.
A recent article from NRA cites a move by President Obama for "universal background checks" "to root out of your home and personal life every transfer, sale, purchase, trade, gift, rental, and loan of a firearm between folks" TO BE DONE by a federally licensed dealer who will turn traditional innocent conduct into a CRIMINAL OFFENSE and invade your PRIVACY DOING SO. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM ORANGES?????????? Uncle Willy's REVOLUTIONARY PISTOL ON WHICH YOU PLANNED TO SEND THE KIDS TO COLLEGE is now a HOODLUM GUN AND A BANDIT TRANSACTION. THANKS A HEAP MISTER PRESIDENT. ARE YOU SCARED OF US???????????????
I wonder if the media in SANTA MARIA, BRAZIL is PUSHING THE BANNING OF ALL FIREWORKS AND RELATED FIREWORKS' TORCHES BECAUSE a music group SET FIRE TO A NIGHTCLUB AFTER KNOWINGLY BUYING CHEAP OUTDOOR TORCHES FOR THEIR INDOOR ACT AND KILLING TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TEENS----IN OTHER WORDS MORE CHILDREN???????OUR MEDIA WOULD SEE banning pyrotechnics as a REASONABLE REACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!
WILL WE OUTLAW CARS??????????(LOOK UP (IF YOU MUST) ALL THE STATISTICS ON DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES IN AUTO RELATED ACCIDENTS??????????? It'll be about
30,000 for 2012. FIGURES OUT TO ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES GUN FIGURES!!!!!!!!!! DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????
AND THIS BLOGGER COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT DEATHS CAUSED BY KNIVES, ROCKS, ROPE, MACHINERY, CHEMICALS, FIRE, etc But why??????????? The statistics about this HORRIBLE OLD WORLD ARE ALL OUT THERE TO SCARE YOU TO KINGDOM COME AND THEN SOME!!!!!!!!
PLU.............EEEEEEZE GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one feels sadder when someone gets hurt or killed than this blogger whose life was almost SNUFFED BY A DRUNK DRIVER HITTING OUR CAR IN THE REAR WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. Hey, HURT PEOPLE don't get ANY MORE BLAMELESS THAN THAT????????????
BUT THIS BLOGGER HAD NO INTENTION OF BANNING CARS OR ALCOHOL BECAUSE ALTHOUGH "LIFE IS PAINFUL. SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL",in the words of an admired quote from ZEN. THIS BLOGGER GOT WELL AND CHOSE TO GET ON WITH HER LIFE INSTEAD OF CHOOSING VENGEANCE that causes SUFFERING or THE SORRY WRINGING OF HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!! THINGS HAPPEN. We have to GET OVER THEM..
There's a PARALLEL trend in MEDICINE fostering a belief that THE DOCTOR CAN FIX ALL OUR PHYSICAL ILLS. But DOCTORS CAN'T PLAY GOD FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN THAT POSITION. MEDICS WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT WITH ALL THEIR FANCY GADGETS, MEDICINE IS STILL A POOR TOOL AGAINST MAJOR ILLNESSES.
This blogger has talked about the current HIGH COST OF PROTECTIONISM IN THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY AMERICA TODAY. THINK ABOUT ALL THE SECURITY THAT TRAVEL ENGENDERS NOW. AND HOW ABOUT THE SECURITY THAT TECHNOLOGICAL SECURITY ENGENDERS. IT SEEMS THE MORE WE INVENT, THE LESS SECURE WE FEEL. HAVE WE LOST OUR PERSPECTIVE?????????????
COURAGE TO FACE WHATEVER WE MUST FACE HAS TO COME FROM STRONG FAMILY ROOTS. TRYING TO CREATE THOSE STRONG ROOTS DOESN'T BEGIN WITH INSTILLING FEAR AND MAKING CHILDREN BELIEVE THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FROM IT ALL. IT COMES FROM A POSITIVE APPROACH TO LIFE AND ESTABLISHING A STRONG PLATFORM OF BELIEF UNDER THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY.
STRONG BELIEFS AND COURAGE GO HAND IN HAND AND ECONOMIC COSTS GO DOWN!!!!!!!!!!! LESS FEAR MEANS LESS UNNECESSARY SECURITY IN ALL AREAS. COURAGE FACING DOWN UNNECESSARY FEAR WILL ALLOW FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FACE LIFE'S PAIN AND NOT CHOOSE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR DIRECTED DECISIONS ..
CHEERS, CONNIE
This week the blog is involved with the media use of FEAR AND DRAMA TO FORCE LEGISLATION THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT but will COST MILLIONS, AND REDUCE THE GOOD.
THIS WILL INCLUDE A BUNCH OF STATISTICS TO PROVE THAT STATISTICS DO NOT AGREE OR ALWAYS WORK IN YOUR FAVOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW THIS BLOGGER'S OPINION OF THE CURRENT STATISTICAL "OUTRAGE'". MOSTLY GOOD OLD FASHIONED (I hope) COMMON SENSE WILL FOLLOW THOSE FIGURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STARTING WITH THE COMMON EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT AGAINST GUNS, THIS BLOGGER WILL SIMPLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, WEAPONS DO WIND UP IN THE HANDS OF THE "ROTTERS AND NUTTERS"!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT SO DO ALL THE OTHER HARMFUL WAYS OF INFLICTING PAIN.
Let's LOOK the EVENING NEWS on TV WHERE EMOTION AND DRAMA REIGN.. THE NEWSCASTERS LAST WEEK CLAIMED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 203 SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA that day.( Of course they were quoting the "Brady statistics, a leading gun control organization) DOESN'T THAT SOUND JUST DREADFUL?????????????? Other more broad minded statics show that there were about 1000 SHOOTINGS a month IN 2012 across the United States. DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????????
YES IT DOES until you REFLECT THAT THERE ARE ALMOST 315 MILLION----YEAH MILLION!!!!!!!!!!--"'KNOWN" PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! THAT CHANGES THE OUTLOOK DOESN'T IT????????????
THIS BLOGGER MEANS THAT SURE IT'S 1000 SHOOTINGS A MONTH TOO MANY but THAT NUMBER IS A DROP IN THE OCEAN of people in THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!! AND DURING THE SAME PERIOD THERE WERE 2500 DEATHS BY CAR A MONTH. NOW THAT IS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONE THOUSAND DASTARDLY WOULD BE ASSASSINS A MONTH OUT OF 315 MILLION. LOOKED AT THAT WAY this blogger would suggest that--WE'RE A PRETTY DAMN LAW ABIDING COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BIAS in place for scaring folks, OF COURSE, IS THE MEDIA BIAS FOR GUN CONTROL. It BACKS UP THE SOCIALIST BELIEFS.
A recent article from NRA cites a move by President Obama for "universal background checks" "to root out of your home and personal life every transfer, sale, purchase, trade, gift, rental, and loan of a firearm between folks" TO BE DONE by a federally licensed dealer who will turn traditional innocent conduct into a CRIMINAL OFFENSE and invade your PRIVACY DOING SO. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM ORANGES?????????? Uncle Willy's REVOLUTIONARY PISTOL ON WHICH YOU PLANNED TO SEND THE KIDS TO COLLEGE is now a HOODLUM GUN AND A BANDIT TRANSACTION. THANKS A HEAP MISTER PRESIDENT. ARE YOU SCARED OF US???????????????
I wonder if the media in SANTA MARIA, BRAZIL is PUSHING THE BANNING OF ALL FIREWORKS AND RELATED FIREWORKS' TORCHES BECAUSE a music group SET FIRE TO A NIGHTCLUB AFTER KNOWINGLY BUYING CHEAP OUTDOOR TORCHES FOR THEIR INDOOR ACT AND KILLING TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TEENS----IN OTHER WORDS MORE CHILDREN???????OUR MEDIA WOULD SEE banning pyrotechnics as a REASONABLE REACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!
WILL WE OUTLAW CARS??????????(LOOK UP (IF YOU MUST) ALL THE STATISTICS ON DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES IN AUTO RELATED ACCIDENTS??????????? It'll be about
30,000 for 2012. FIGURES OUT TO ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES GUN FIGURES!!!!!!!!!! DOESN'T THAT SCARE YOU??????
AND THIS BLOGGER COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT DEATHS CAUSED BY KNIVES, ROCKS, ROPE, MACHINERY, CHEMICALS, FIRE, etc But why??????????? The statistics about this HORRIBLE OLD WORLD ARE ALL OUT THERE TO SCARE YOU TO KINGDOM COME AND THEN SOME!!!!!!!!
PLU.............EEEEEEZE GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one feels sadder when someone gets hurt or killed than this blogger whose life was almost SNUFFED BY A DRUNK DRIVER HITTING OUR CAR IN THE REAR WHEN STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. Hey, HURT PEOPLE don't get ANY MORE BLAMELESS THAN THAT????????????
BUT THIS BLOGGER HAD NO INTENTION OF BANNING CARS OR ALCOHOL BECAUSE ALTHOUGH "LIFE IS PAINFUL. SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL",in the words of an admired quote from ZEN. THIS BLOGGER GOT WELL AND CHOSE TO GET ON WITH HER LIFE INSTEAD OF CHOOSING VENGEANCE that causes SUFFERING or THE SORRY WRINGING OF HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!! THINGS HAPPEN. We have to GET OVER THEM..
There's a PARALLEL trend in MEDICINE fostering a belief that THE DOCTOR CAN FIX ALL OUR PHYSICAL ILLS. But DOCTORS CAN'T PLAY GOD FOR YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE PUT IN THAT POSITION. MEDICS WILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT WITH ALL THEIR FANCY GADGETS, MEDICINE IS STILL A POOR TOOL AGAINST MAJOR ILLNESSES.
This blogger has talked about the current HIGH COST OF PROTECTIONISM IN THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY AMERICA TODAY. THINK ABOUT ALL THE SECURITY THAT TRAVEL ENGENDERS NOW. AND HOW ABOUT THE SECURITY THAT TECHNOLOGICAL SECURITY ENGENDERS. IT SEEMS THE MORE WE INVENT, THE LESS SECURE WE FEEL. HAVE WE LOST OUR PERSPECTIVE?????????????
COURAGE TO FACE WHATEVER WE MUST FACE HAS TO COME FROM STRONG FAMILY ROOTS. TRYING TO CREATE THOSE STRONG ROOTS DOESN'T BEGIN WITH INSTILLING FEAR AND MAKING CHILDREN BELIEVE THEY CAN BE PROTECTED FROM IT ALL. IT COMES FROM A POSITIVE APPROACH TO LIFE AND ESTABLISHING A STRONG PLATFORM OF BELIEF UNDER THE CHILDREN AND FAMILY.
STRONG BELIEFS AND COURAGE GO HAND IN HAND AND ECONOMIC COSTS GO DOWN!!!!!!!!!!! LESS FEAR MEANS LESS UNNECESSARY SECURITY IN ALL AREAS. COURAGE FACING DOWN UNNECESSARY FEAR WILL ALLOW FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FACE LIFE'S PAIN AND NOT CHOOSE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR DIRECTED DECISIONS ..
CHEERS, CONNIE
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