Pray for The Country Please

My hope for the country falls every day, and NO, it ain't the COVID-19, which IMO is a narrative they will make "fit the fear." The left wants this fear until the election and in the left's hope an inauguration of another President -- at which time, will magically be nothing more than the FLU. Just imagine if we tracked FLU numbers daily, logging death of anyone with underlying issues that died after getting the FLU to "FLU caused death." Just commonly following, there were 80,000 death in 2018 (what if we were tracking the same as the COVID-19, think for a minute, what if we were?)

Now back to my REAL concern -- STUPIDITY!

Protesters tore down a statue of Grant claiming "slave owner"! Really, was he now? Just off the top of my head, from history studies decades ago ---

1. Was gifted a slave; however, since he disagreed with the notation, Grant freed the slave within a year.
2. Known for prosecuting KKK
3. Known for pushing enforcement acts making it illegal to interfere with registration and voting for African Americans
4. Known for placing African American in governmental roles (some say prominent governmental roles, I will let you decide that)

It's hard to tell what the protesters are protesting, and I am confident they don't have a clue at all. However, the left's decades-old move taking over education, got them something, stupid people. Goes well beyond ignorance and not knowing, it is plum dumb!

Stupid voters and an easily manipulated population may have been their goal; however, it appears the leaders of the left may have lost the narrative in the manipulation to the detriment of all. Their purpose may have been to "beat the right"; however, they created a populace well on the way to killing the country and everything for which it stood.

Yes, there are "bad things" in American history, which it learned from; however, one must know the history. If one knew history, one would know the underlying goal of these protesters is a form of government that makes America's bad history appear saintly in contrast.

Pray for our country, please!

COVID-19 Class System Created

I have returned, no fines, not tickets; however, as I watched MANY people out on this beautiful day, I came to a realization.

People who truly believe this is apocalyptic, genuinely thinking removal of civil liberties and freedoms are justified have deemed me and my team(s) expendable, as well as every other worker defined as essential.

"The world is too dangerous for us, but you, you go out there and serve us."

True believers of the doomsday sayer(s) have created new classes in a way -- Those worthy of living and those who can die providing them services, while they depend on the governing body.

Hmm, not sure how I feel about this; however, we are humans, and it seems to be our way throughout history. Suppose that is why a good writer can always make a buck or two off an excellent dystopian novel ... after all, there is a little human truth in there.

Just food for thought.

Special Months & Exclusion?

At risk, of being called a racist, sexist, hatemonger - I would like someone to take a stab at a rational explanation to why:

• Black History Month isn't racist when any who wanted a White History month would be tagged a racist
• Women History Month isn't sexist but no Male/Man History month, correct it would be sexist -- Explain, please
• LGBT Pride Month; yet not seeing a Heterosexual Month, oh that would be homophobic-- please another opportunity to explain
• LGBT History Month (yes LGBT get 2 calls outs), same as above -- Explain, please
• There is a special African-American Music appreciation month, other musicians I suppose as simply useless

Please take a shot at the explanation; however, let me explain my point.

WHY do we have to have "special" months and recognition if the goal is equality and/or sameness -- Hard to have when we call the differences out nearly every single month while excluding some. Exclusion being a way to point out differences with one or a group believing the differences are lesser than or better than another.

Just doesn't seem the actions correspond with the stated goal; in fact, these actions contradict the stated purpose.

iOS 8 Thoughts

Well, it has been a few weeks with iOS 8 and I must admit this is the biggest improvement to the operating system since I made the leap to the iOS/Apple world in 2011.

Sure there are issues and some places I would like to see more freedom; however, I can handle both my personal and professional life through either of my iOS devices... and it will only get better with the release of Yosemite for my MacBook and iMac.

...and still there are less reboots and restarts with my Apple devices then any PC or Android device I owned/used previously or currently!

Observations

I decided to take a break and grab myself a 2 pump caramel, 2 pump vanilla, w/ an extra shot and watch the people in my usual Starbucks. What I saw, was America...

I heard one conversation involving preparation for a Sunday school class at a local Southern Baptist Church - Another conversation was over head about gay rights involving persons I presume were gay...

One of the males from the gay rights group, dropped their wallet which was picked up and handed him by one of the "conservative Christians"... not a big deal, right.

Well, if either group had been a bit more observant they would have known that the other group, Christian or not, had some very unpleasant things to say about those from the other group (i.e. "never give them the time of day," "wouldn't bother to talk to them,,," etc.)... They didn't make the comments about people present, just generalized statements.

Now let's go back to the incident. After the wallet was retrieved and returned some from one group started up a ten minute conversation with some from the other. It was a pleasant conversation about family, the holidays, shopping, etc., at no time did their strong beliefs and differences ever enter into the conversation - They went their way having had a pleasant encounter with the hated opposition... but neither group took an opportunity to sway the opposing group - Let's hope the act of picking up and returning the wallet was enough.

The morale, generalizations are bull and in my opinion never accurate, when talking about our beliefs we need to stop using generalizations and stereotypes - Instead say what we mean and what we know and try to live life as we say we believe. In reality, the gentlemen that retrieved and returned the wallet lived his beliefs but not the words he was saying just ninety-seconds earlier - Thank GOD he wasn't observant or he wouldn't have "given the time of day" and what kind of example would that have been?