Death Smiles at Everyone

.........The best you can do is smile back. GLADIATOR

The earths population will reach 7 billion this week. That is seven times the number of people living just two hundred years ago. If we draw a timeline from the year 1800 to the year 2200, we're halfway there, and IMO, societal change and population are exploding at a rate that is unsustainable to make it to the year 2200; While human problems (population, food, water, religious, greed) all continue to expand at increased rates, the world keeps getting smaller. The bubble's going to burst. Nothing new here. All old news. We all can see the future to some extent.

Some want to change that future. Some like the idea of reducing the population . We only have to look at the Georgia Guide stones to understand some folks take the idea seriously and will act given the opportunity. And 2012, the end of the long calendar, is just around the corner. What a perfect time to create a world disaster that kills 95% of us and blame it on the stars. Scary. What did they call those"exercises" , red flag? 

I hope not. At least not until my birthday in 2061. I figure if I can stick around that long there won't be any need to see the disaster. I will have lived enough of it. Which brings us back to the world's exploding population and the effort to control/reduce it,....................there are places on earth that couldn't use another person, and other places empty, that only resilient, strong people could inhabit. It is the latter place from where the survivors will emerge.

I was in Oregon week before last looking for another piece of property. Nothing I can afford presented itself. Genius is 90% patience. Luck is even more important. Especially for those whom lack genius and patience. The Force will bring me to the future, and the spot. I just hope afternoon TV with Jerry Springer doesn't taint me before I find a new project to entertain myself. In ten months I'll have another 10% down but by then I could believe that everyone lives in the drama of "who's your daddy" and "with my sister" ? The next adventure starts as soon as an affordable mountain with power and water becomes available. Motorhome shopping is taking place now. I wonder if I can do it again. Don't think I won't try. Being poor, broke and hungry while I struggled to emerge from the mud was the most fun I've had in years. And the rainy season has just started. 

The 99%

The protests have begun. As the wealth of the average man is depleted, it is only natural then to question how the rich continue to flourish? When 1% of the people control and share 90% of the wealth, while 99% live on less than 10%, it is only natural for the 99% to want a bigger cut of the pie . When, in the true spirit of Socialism, the banks are bailed out and the financial system must be saved by the Peoples money, Then the reverse should be true also: The banks and financial systems should save the people with their money, and it shouldn't be called Socialism or Communism, it should be called " Profit sharing, Fair taxation, Benefits, Retirement". If you want to scream socialism you're too late; Bailing out the banks has already happened , the losses have been Socialized. The cost of ten years of profitable and destructive war already has been Socialized (profitable for the 1%, destructive for the rest of US), the cost of Plutocracy and our corrupt government already has been Socialized, so why do we allow the profits to be privatized? Absolute insanity! Slavery is what it equates to for the 99% It is time to recognize that Profits should also be Socialized. Socializing profits in the form of higher wages, benefits, and lower taxes, at the expense of the 1%'s profits, is absolutely the fair and reasonable solution to the inequitable current policies of Socializing losses and Privatizing profits. Otherwise, the 1% get to eat their cake and have ours too. Slavery. Goddamn maddening. The seeds of revolution are being sown, don't be afraid to be a true patriot; Recognize the plutocracy that is corrupting our lives and demand a government free of special interests. Recognize that despite what the Supreme Court says, Corporations are not WE THE PEOPLE and should not be treated as such when it comes to equal rights. We the people were forced to save the financial system, We the people should now force the financial system to save us. It's Socializing both sides of the coin, not just the one that's up. And it's not fair to scream "Socialist" when Socialistic loss sharing has been the policy of savior for the 1% all along. It's like Mao's cat, Who cares if it's white or black as long as it catches mice? Call it what you like, Whom wants to participate in a game you can only lose ? Support the 99%. Demand a fair cut. Demand American profits be invested in America and her people, not rat-holed in a bank overseas avoiding taxes or destroying other countries. Stop the Wars, Invest in America, Tax the profits of the 1%. The alternative is revolution. The seeds are sown and growing.

Bradman

PS. Life is wonderful, Hope all of you are too.