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Ferminology

Ferminology: The study of all things living and dead, of real and/or of virtual existance, of order and of entropy, of love and hatred, and mostly the discernment of balance withing such a turbulant existance.

I am admittedly an avid "Ferminologist", and welcome others enthusiastically to discovery and share their findings in this new and evolutionary field!

Saludos!

 

Fermin

We can all exhale now....

I know it's late this Thursday night of November 6th...the political storm has passed...and however tomultuous and turbulent we may have thought this election process to be...it is now over..and the seas of fear, hatred, and uncertainty are slowly and gently subsiding.  That's not to say that we aren't experiencing a bit of bouncing and knocking around!

I hope my friend Luc doesn't mind me publicizing an excerpt from my last communication to him very early on the morning of Nov. 4th before setting off to vote...but the words I wrote have undergone such scrutiny by those whom I love most, not because of the validity of their truth, but by the fear of what is inevitable and not foreseen or obscured to the masses......

"Beyond this, I'm anticipating positively results of today's election...anything is better than what we have today, but hoping Obama is not too radical to cause major unrest or inspire assasination attempts and subsequent racial riots if so.

If we prune the outlying extremist right (neo-nazi, skin heads, gun holstering, rednecks, christian conservatives) which represent a good portion of low density rurual and sub-suburban populations as well as the far left (black muslim, communist infiltrates, agents, community organizers..) we are left with the battle between the rich and ....everybody else.

McCain represents and talks to the rich true to his political bend....Barack talks to everyone else.

The battle has been blatently won by the rich over the past 8 years with Bush opening up the flood gates streaming wealth from everyone else to the rich via changes in infrastructure which have allowed the abuse of powers to abuse the trust of consumers and pass through business rules which only favor commerce at the expense of the individual consumer, his rights, and say so.

The election today if won by Obama, will demonstrate a backlash to this abuse which will institute changes that will help balance the disequilibreum.

Outside of domestic policy...to have a Black American President in the eyes of the rest of the world, given the light of unacceptable brute force and arrogance created by "W", (and you can I'm sure expand upon this) for me has to cause a sense of relief by the rest of the world, being that the rest of the world does not appreciate being forcefed the notion that they are all "second rate" and that the USA is the "GREATEST NATION ON EARTH...EVER..and FOREVER"

More importantly however is not the change in political direction so much as the ability for a country which is actually composed out of every other country on earth to elect calmly and in a socially ordered way, a representative of the people which actually represents the people and not the bastions of power which have been over-domineering the political/economic policies of the past 20-40 years.

This act alone allows the US to take a step or two up onto the global geo-political platform and in the view of nation states, show a stance of global maturity and evolution which is more in line with the rest of the governing world.

The trick will be however, how to do so without extremely jeopardizing the economic well being of the US, or enabling this to happen in a smooth and seemless way by instigating new investment in globally attractive and beneficial technologies and motivating leadership within the US by offering opportunities in education and scientific professions which can serve as catalyst for this action.

Well...enough for 1st Tuesday in November ranting...."

Truth be said....all extremes are bad.  Flat societal pyramids that distribute the wealth by the justice of the state are just that...flat.  Tall and narrow pyramids that accumulate the wealth by the greed of privacy...become top heavy and eventually topple.  The healthiest societies have a healthy body of middle-class, hard earned and responsible wealthy class, and a non-starving but educated lower class and....most importantly are a productive society.

We are a critical mass in this world.   We can not as a nation "turn on a dime".  We can not accept old bastions of thought or philosophy which have proven to run aground time and time again such as run away Robber Baron Capitalism, or the modern interpretation of so-called marxist ideoligies portrayed by "Fidelismo" or "Bolivaristas" of the left bregade, or by the "Shieks" of Oil who build Eden out of sand.

We have a democracy, a balance of powers, a constitution that respects rights of the individual, and our freedom of speech.

What we do not have however is something which governs our responsibilities....nor do we want to have such a system.  It was President Reagan who said..."Freedom without responsibility and sacrifice, is just freedom...you can not have one without the others" (well something to that extent)

Let us now take on the responsibility individually and as a nation as we have done with this election and as we must do into the future, to strive for new technologies and innovation that can show leadership in new forms of energy, to invest in our children's education and produce a globally competitive school of new scientist, mathematicians, and doctors, to outsource certain tasks but not to outsource responsibility... and to have the consciousness as an individual, as a corporation, as a society to respect our fellow neighbors, cities, states, nation, and planet, and strive to make this a better place for all to live within...

Memorial Day....Summer's off to a cautious start!

It's about time I wrote something different....I mean....usually I'm ranting about the current "Oil Embargo" and extortion the US is undergoing by Saudi's and their leech-like Oil Partners (The Usual Suspects), or carefully commenting on my career path and direction....or well...just about anything else..:)

So...today, on the eve of Memorial Day after spending another beautiful day at Elliot Key with the family, snorkeling the inner reef and moseying behind a school of parrot fish and a variety of other's hiding below overhanging coral formations and enjoying the shade provided...I thought it an appropriate occasion to bang out a few words and direct them towards the Society which might tune in to them.

Memorial Day is a time to remember those who have died in service to this country, fighting for a reason that may not be so clear to them, even though the possibility of death was as clear as daylight to those that have fallen.  

On this Memorial Day, most of our society celebrates this as the "STARTING GUN" to the summer vacation season.   But this time around....summer vacations will be closer, shorter, less expensive for most.  I even heard the new buzzword, "Staycation" meaning...we'll stay home this year and just poke around the neighborhood for activities.

Our men are fighting in the Middle East....with no real clear understanding as to why..other than "to protect freedom to our Iraqi friends" or  "because this is a National Security Issue".

The real reason is undeniably due to the economic interest we have in the region, which if we don't protect...of course will become a National Security Issue.  Not because we are in danger of being bombed...physically...but because the very engine of our economy will come to a sudden coughing STOP, with no fuel to turn the wheels of this huge economy.

It's amazing to think with such peril at stake...so many of the wealthy have done nothing but extract and pump as much capital as possible out of the economy, upon the backs and shoulders of laborers and workers, as well as middle class....with absolutely no remorse or consciousness as to the fiduciary responsibilities bestowed upon them in terms of returning their good fortune to society...thereby maintaining a balance.

Balance is only had...when the reality of their actions proves that their shortsighted greed and gluttony has created a dangerous fracture in the fundamental foundations of economic equilibrium and social equity distribution.

We can see these balancing acts affecting our everyday lives...the Mortgage Credit debacle (boondoggle), the War in the Middle East (exerting our presence and stakeholder-ship in Oil), the loss in value of the US Dollar (and corresponding loss in purchasing power).

So...this Memorial Day...just remember....why are we losing are men?   Is there a clear reason?  Can't we avoid these sacrifices?  Maybe by sacrificing a little ourselves...by focusing on the development of alternative sources of energy, and more efficient machines which use energy, we can make a much more SMACKING impact on our CAPTORS, eventually freeing us from the chains with which they have enslaved us....for what?

Maybe so they can create their new "Utopian Society"...you know...the one where we spend Billions and Billions of $$$, playing "ALLAH" creating a sand castle out of the sea with rocks and human ingenuity, for the world's wealthiest to say....we have created a new world...in Dubai.

Summer is the season of Green....let us remember while we rest our souls and bodies...while we relax..vacation..and appreciate the gifts that God gave us...what really matters in the long run.  And let's all resolve to sacrifice...and to remember those gone before us that died without a clear cause...and where it all has led us to at this point in time.   Let us make their deaths mean something.   And let our lives mean even more!

Happy Summer!