Monday, June 17, 2019

Ms. Vanderbuilt died...

Character and substance are hard to define, easier to appreciate, and rarely to be perfected. Many of the "rich and famous" have striven to present themselves as the exception to the ordinary, to actually be more wonderful, beautiful, and worthy of our attention. They reach many of their goals, and then, they to, unavoidably, and unjustly, die. Many of them were, and are, "bigger" humans than the average ranger. But the average ranger is, in my not so humble opinion, really superior to them. Without coercion the average person believes, "thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife". The "rich and famous" got the memo, they just didn't believe it applied to them. And it probably didn't. But only because we the people were solid, good, hard-working, child-raising, family-supporting, good people. The rich and famous, torn by mankind's "un-perfectibility", rebelled against the norms, the caring, the hopes of mankind, and scandalized us by doing the attention grabbing foolish things they did for personal attention. I envied their ability to use their wealth to effectively scoff at our "normalcy" and try and force us to attend to their indifference to our normal way of life of working hard, marrying, raising a family, and trying to make a better world. They failed because I would rather be "normal" than a show off trying to tell others I am abnormal, and you should strive to be abnormal too.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Trump in England and NYT Editorial

Of course the liar, cheater, and thief in chief is mocked all over the world. Sanity requires the mockery. If we cannot laugh at this inept, corrupt, Republican in chief who can we laugh at? But of course, the Laughable President is really an American tragedy. Some may think he is a Machiavellian villain but he is simply an inept New York petty gangster who has no morals, no dignity, a 600 word vocabulary and all the bluff and audacity of a the "poor fool". Until America becomes an Actual Democracy, where the people directly vote for the laws under which they live, directly vote for the Executive Officers, and directly vote for the Judges, we will continue to be pawns to what Rousseau called our elected Aristocracy. See assocactualdemocracy.com.