How Isolated Have I Been!!

In the Beginning

If someone just takes a look at my blog, then they will realize that I am new to blogging. I get my primary new input from the internet and TV and when I go through periods of depression, I isolate and do not get a chance to see what is going on in the world.  Given the different agendas that are portrayed by the new companies and the celebrity status that these newscasters have, It is clearly difficult for these newscasters to use the terms 'Fair and Balanced" and not turned to stone as they gaze to the heavens.

I am clearly not a religious man, but in many ways I am spiritual. I believe in "doing the right thing" and while I am not perfect, I am clearly upset when I am caught up with the disruption that is an every day part of my life and miss completely events that are catastrophic. Egypt, Iran, Jordan and Israel are an example of me missing the inequities of life. I do not care what religion you area, mistreatment of people, by government or group masquerading as

The cost of freedom

When the accord was signed back in the seventies, I wasn’t even twenty-five and clearly was caught up in trying to get a job as the nation was a major recession or what it truly in a depression. I didn’t even know that price to pay for mid east peace. The huge amounts of money given to Egypt and Jordan, the non-democratic lives these people lived in severe poverty. I’m not sure what made me ignore the plight of these people. Was it mid east peace, (2) stability in the region, (3) or not wanting to know what these people were sacrificing so they would be guaranteed not to receive the many rights that the United States said all countries deserved so I could get a job.

The Egyptian government clearly wasn’t as ruthless as other governments, but they were ruthless. The Egyptian citizen had lost the right to dream of a better life. Whether it is the basic rights for woman and children or the basic liberties we as United Stated citizens were accustomed to, people in the Middle East did not receive these rights.

There were many rights that United States citizens had achieved that were equal to those of Middle East people.  These rights were the rights to be deceived by our governments. From the time Al Gore, lost the election in Florida and there were questions as to how accurately the count was tallied, it reminded me of United States citizens going to other countries to make sure that elections weren’t stolen mismanagement of the election process. I have said it numerous times; there is the game of politics.  Where the truth is slanted and the injustices of the world are swept aside because Americans and other countries around the world deceive their citizens. In the spirit of national security or someone’s versions of the truth, then this game kills.

We support a government that is truly unjust, so we can bring peace to the Middle East, but the counties citizens retaliate after being brutalized for almost thirty years. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Once again Americans come out on the wrong side of right and wrong and the potential for period of Egypt to dislike intensely the people from the United States of America because of how America had a hand in how they were treated, can only bring more fear to America and other countries in the region.   

We give money to Pakistan, Egypt, Israel in order that they are on our side.  We give money to Afghanistan when the government is corrupt and family members have a huge hand in drug dealing throughout the world.  I’ve said it before, is Afghanistan going to be another Vietnam where we exit leaving the dead as a remembrance of our mismanagement of the war and true lack of caring for the Vietnam people.

Thought for the Day

Government, in every country has the right to be run like a business.  The waste of money cannot be tolerated and yet, unlike a business, there needs to be compassion for the citizen of the company. We need to care about people, yet manage our programs so they will achieve the best results, for all citizens and truly analyze our failures and remove people from influence if they fail. People are not perfect, but constant failure brings on apathy where failure is accepted and money that could be better spent on the care of its citizens gets misdirected for repeated failed programs.

Opening Message...And they were worried about the lies told by BP!

This is my first attempt at a blog. I hope not to come across as someone who thinks they are superior, as I clearly do not! My life has been filled with problems, such as extreme depression and cognitive issues and yet when I look at what is going on in the world, it is clear to me that we are hampered with problems. These issues extend far beyond the United States, but our country is a mess!

It is my hope that people comment, with constructive views on what I have written as maybe I am seeing something incorrectly and I need to be re-educated in the facts of life.

My life is influenced by what I watch on TV, yet it is clear that newcasts today are nothing like our newcasts in the past where the anchor told you about the events of the day. In today's newcast, the anchor not only reports on the actual events, but also reports with their own commentary which takes on the apperance of news.  In addition to being influenced by TV, I am also influenced by what I read on the internet, which also has some of the same inherent problems associated with news reporting. In addition, my sources of