For many people, modernity is like listening to an old 45 album at 78 speed. Too much, too fast to figure anything out. So people just drown out the white noise by focusing their energies on the day to day realities of their lives. Unfortunately, like the frog in the slowly warming water, most people are realizing the white noise is smothering their day to day existence.
Now what?
Fear has lead us to grasp on to easy answer con artists who gave us the tools and scapegoats to express our anger and frustration.
How has all the ranting served us?
Welcome to the Divided States of America.
If there is any good news here it is the system is imploding. All the speed bumps that historically saved our society from overheating have been co-opted by the ruling elite. We have reached the logical extreme of the American experiment. And like with all logical extremes, the theory is not performing as intended.
COVID-19 is nature’s Trojan Horse. Healthier societies have limited the damage. Toxic societies are being consumed by it. What emerges by the end of 2021 will be a new global power structure.
Could it be more equitable than the last?
Only if humanity has finally learned the right lesson from history.
explanation we received why the first action of the new Iranian government was to attack the US embassy and take American hostages
“There he goes again”
“Read my lips, no new taxes”
“It’s the economy stupid”
“I’m a compassionate conservative”
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explanation we received for why we were attacked on 9/11
“Hope and Change…yes, we can”
“Make America great again”
Now our choice is the architect of mass incarceration who is being sold as the virtuous alternative to the cretin in chief.
Does any one notice the tragic analogy of the George Floyd murder?
For at least the last 50 years, our political parties have held their knee on the neck of the American people.
Today, MAGA deplorables are suffering as much as the Libtards. And while we hate each other, the government sworn to protect us is squeezing the air out of our lungs.
Time to set aside the labels and form a political party for the people, by the people, and comprised of the people.
Born and raised in the Bronx, NY. I had a very happy childhood with my brother, Ruben, and my mother, Andrea. Graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School. Served four years active duty in the US Army stationed in Germany. Attended college in Houston, Texas and graduate school in Hartford, Connecticut. Served a one year commitment as a FEMA Disaster Assistance Loan Officer primarily assigned to the Northridge Earthquake federally declared natural disaster. I made my career as a Commercial Banker. I am happily married to Nikole and live on a nature preserve community on the Oregon Pacific coast. I am a life learner who draws strength and inspiration from my connection with humanity and the natural environment that sustains us.
A few fun facts about me:
My first world series occurred in 1975 where I rooted for Carlton Fisk and the Boston Red Sox. We lost to Pete Rose and the Big Red Machine (Cincinnati Reds). I became a life long NY Yankee fan in 1976.
At 20, I drove and loaded an M-1 tank and participated in night gunnery exercises.
I served as an Olympic volunteer for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. I worked the boxing venue.
In Nicaragua, I had the pleasure of riding a horse as she swam across a stream…Priceless!
In 2019, I completed my personal Manifest Destiny living in New York, Hartford, Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix, Washougal (WA), and now Otis (OR).
I was a true believer in the American Dream. A U.S. Army veteran who enlisted to kill or be killed to protect the American way of life. I achieved the ideal American middle-class life…and yet I felt completely disillusioned and physically on the path to a stroke at the age of 40. My burning question: Why am I not fulfilled?
“Onward, At Last” is the published series of stand-alone commentaries revealing the lessons learned on my path to fulfillment.
Key discovery: What if the barrier to our fulfillment are our most cherished American virtues of independence, freedom, self-interest, and competition?
A comment on Authority/Credentials:
I do not write or speak from a position of authority. I live and breathe just like you live and breathe. I am a talented, educated person, but this is not the basis on which I hope you will accept the validity of my commentaries. My intention is for you to measure the truth of my commentaries based on how they are validated by your actual experience. This is the most authentic way to ascertain truth. The days of credentials validating truth are long passed.