Personal belongings I hold most dear

eejoseph,

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

If someone could take from me my guitar, my Greek New Testament, and my Hebrew Bible I would grieve and mourn, but I will also be certain that the very memory of what those things have contributed to my life will dry my tears and embrace me with perfect comfort. My guitar needs fingers, so they are most dear too. The two halves of the Bible, sacred to hundreds of millions worldwide, need a hungry and curious mind, so my mind, as designed, is on that list of most dear. After all, thinking is a thing too.

Unlike Jimi Hendrix, who on discovering his lover was no longer residing at the Red House, said “I can still play my guitar”, I, without sacred text and guitar, would play the memory.

Waiting for Hitler 2.0

eejoseph

Do not dare to guess that a united Europe or Africa will rise up and execute justice in the earth.  The People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation are mere pantomimes of Nazism and Fascism.  They will not become champions of equity and mercy because their primary interest is tyranny.  Rome will cling to its fascistic heritage and empty pride in the Vatican.  The powers that clashed in the last world war may think that they have the world’s attention with their humanitarian ventures and economic progress, but the US, Japan,  and the UK are waiting for a rabid fox to grab the microphone and incite rebellion-as-protest, mass murder as law and order.  The rags of the evangelical and nationalist alliances are soon going to appear as a robe of righteousness and the majority of humanity will be deceived, because most people, including the mass of religious people,  believe that the world needs a strong individual, a Hitler 2.0.

Test run in progress, boos crescendo

The so-called strength of law and order has been shown to be a dud, and no sound byte coming from the dumb watchdogs over human longevity and global progress are in for a long and resounding booing.  The blind watchmen are testing their false alarm mechanisms, and the people with their fingers on the buttons of government are diluting the authority of genuine jurisdiction.  The world is plunging into a period of city power, regional managers, a certain de facto era of bandit kings, in the image of nineteenth century BC Canaan.  People are deafened by the lies that have fed them in the centuries since the 13 colonies rebelled against the British Crown.  A nation under God, Israel, supposedly for seven centuries, survives as an  adulteress, so what are the chances that the United States is actually a nation that cares about justice and equity? Let’s have an icy toast of lava from Kilauea when the world’s attention gets riveted on the man who will solve humanity’s problems.

Amber alert and martial law

Every community will hear the message issuing from police cars and from our cell phones that the time has arrived for drastic action to end humanity’s chaos and suffering.   Failure to comply with instructions, especially for registration under the new regime, will result in execution.  So it is written, and so it will occur.  We have heard of scenarios including  microchips inserted into the human body for record location and bodily functions, manipulation of the nervous systems by wireless technologies,  enforcement of rest days, participation in any government program, but the only thing that is consistent with the facts is the control of human access to markets, the ability to buy and sell.   The devil does not need to be stealthy at this point in human history.  He has every kind of religious affiliation and gathering under control, and only the branded ones will admit that Satan is their master and teacher.   As quickly as the civic powers can find a pretext to enforce uniformity they will do  it,  Some observers have seen a dry run in the measures implemented to combat the recent respiratory virus global pandemic.   Diversity has been a bar too high for most governments, especially all the states that have a formal tie with worship of God.  Hitler 2.0  is going to embrace all religions, will insist that the good of the human race depends on a benevolent approach and a complicated system of justice.  Compliance with the hyper-tyrant will be easy because of the incentives and the compulsion.

The right heroes

Right wing values are dressed up as family-friendly and responsible.  They are even part of the great tomorrow which is the supposed alternative to Make America Great Again rubbish,  but let that Judeo-Christian hybrid lunacy linger in your mind for too long.  That law-abiding, xenophobic, miracle-fabricating , pocket-picking, army of motivational speakers will not find enough lawyers and publicists to stave off the indictments and..  Who could be the heroes of the neo-fascists beside the likes of Berlusconi, Orban, a battalion of Harvard-schooled idiots, paranoid bullies and wannabe emperors like Kim Jong-Un, Erdogan, Netanyahu and Xi Jinping.  All the heroes of the right are persons conducting  criminal enterprises in plain sight who  think that they will never see the inside of a court of justice as defendant.  Perhaps their aides will prevent them from falling on their swords or whatever grand finale our Caligulas might dream up as right and heroic.

Put me on the bridge

eejoseph,

What’s a job you would like to do for just one day?

My dad was a harbour pilot.  My interest in his work was once an idealistic dream. He learned the waters of our nation from his dad, and I never saw how he and I could be in a similar situation.  I will be happy piloting other kinds of ships to harbor and be satisfied knowing his pride in my work.

My vote: the sinker of dysfunctional boats

eejoseph,

Do you vote in political elections?

I vote religiously in political elections.  Were it not for the freedom to select who represents my interests in “government house” I would be at the mercy of tribal tradition, religious monoliths, despots and tyrants dressed up as people’s representatives. The political vote is one of the few remaining havens of freedom and privacy. Long may we vote!

Pollsters begone! Phony freedom-fighters, hit the road! Pundits, bury the nuts and forget where you stashed them! Proponents of divided houses, board the lifeboats!

My vote: the sinker of dysfunctional boats

eejoseph,

Do you vote in political elections?

I vote religiously in political elections.  Were it not for the freedom to select who represents my interests in “government house” I would be at the mercy of tribal tradition, religious monoliths, despots and tyrants dressed up as people’s representatives. The political vote is one of the few remaining havens of freedom and privacy. Long may we vote!

Pollsters begone! Phony freedom-fighters, hit the road! Pundits, bury the nuts and forget where you stashed them! Proponents of divided houses, board the lifeboats!

My life today has value because caring is a two-way highway

eejoseph,

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

I do not pretend to have found a single maxim that informs or empowers my lifestyle. In my opinion that kind of consciousness is playacting. Everyone who is purposefully thoughtful knows that a person’s intellectual and moral usefulness does not come from the quantity of thoughts. Just look at all the patriotic and paranoid leaders in the paragon nations of the world. Do they not all have rigorous and exhaustive legislative processes that fail to protect human dignity and even seem indifferent to human safety? The thought that comes to mind these days is about stopping fascist, conservative, nominal Christian leaders from keeping people in fear and capitalist Gehenna because they are afraid of caring for others who are neither Christian, conservative nor fascist.

The love we deny in a tragic deathroll

I do not live by asking myself “What did So-and-So say?” The vast majority of my actions have sprung from patterns that have been around long before I came into existence. I affirm that I am the product of love. My parents were attracted to each other, grew to be friends, were undoubtedly erotically active, combined their philanthropy into caring for me way past my own journey into attractive, friendship and caring for my own love products. If I wanted to appear grounded in a single thought I would have to express loyalty to one of the death cults that passes as a guardian of sustainable life. Every wise person is the product of his environment and more often than not is an unapologetic disciple of his nation’s philosophy. There will soon be nothing to live for or by if life continues to end tragically in pursuit of a single thought or action. We are better off recognising that life is stewardship over a variety of domains and not over one another. Having a single thought to guide a lifestyle is like the deathroll of an alligator; pure and egocentric consumerism. The relationship between my thoughts and my lifestyle is more autonomous than deliberate. I do not have to THINK about helping someone who has fallen by and needs help, nor do I have to THINK about accepting help when I myself have fallen and need help.

Roll out the barrels of anthropoid priorities

eejoseph,

What topics do you like to discuss?

Like most people who are not living the cloistered life I have something to say about the paths humans take. The things people say about their chosen lifestyle is a primary interest of mine. I keep my shields up against debates and forums where the participants have a wide range of opinions and are not committed to learning, and have neither competence nor expertise.

I like to discuss, in the appropriate settings, misanthropy, philanthropy, misogyny, xenophobia, tribalism, cultural heritage, the intersection of religion and politics, and Christian theology. I will always make room for a discussion of African liberation, primarily with people of African descent.

Quebec: nation or province

eejoseph

Fine speeches about Canadian sovereignty is a baby-powder place for Bloc Quebecois leader Blanchet to start or finish taking aim at Canadian politics. It smells all nice and hypnotic if you are are person expecting something world-changing from Canada’s francophones. Canada is not much to write home about even when you are a former separatist trying to convince Quebecers that Canada needs a makeover. The devious smirk on Blanchet’s face disappears into an envious disguise, because Canada’s parliament is still a place where smashers like like him can hide behind the walls of privilege, still he thinks that monarchy is archaic and ridiculous. If Quebec decides whether it is a nation or a province Canadian premiers might see the need to have constitutional talks.

The Bloc’s crossed eyes

Will some one tell the Bloc that only the winning party is tasked with governing the country for four years? Working to bring down the government is juvenile, illegal and satanic. Surely opposition ought to have some constructive criticism? The Bloc represents a shrinking demographic and it might disappear from the political landscape if it does not start addressing what is important to all Canadians. I cannot help but think that the political silos of the Canadian scene are simply delay tactics in accepting the national debt to the First Nations of Canada. Nation-building is apparently beyond the payscale of most parliamentarians. It would not surprise me if people of Canada resorted to extreme local government and abolish the traditions of provincial legislatures and national government and be represented by the city governments. At least we would not be waiting 100 years to see government for all the people in action daily.