This page and my webpage Anti-government, far-right and white supremacist domestic terrorist attacks outnumbered and killed more Americans than foreign terrorists since 2001. Hate crimes have increased for the last three years since 2017. Future attacks will probably rise in number. Federal focus is on Islamic and foreign since September 11, 2001. We can’t look …
Category Archives: Musing Around
Notoriety
This page and my webpage The common motivation among mass shooters is a desire for notoriety. To be known and remembered for something heinous. To kill a large number of unarmed innocent people with an easy to obtain military assault rifle. We should not speak or print the shooter’s names, ever We should not show …
Second Amendment
This page and my webpage The right to keep and bear arms in one’s home as part of a well ordered militia is to prevent Federal abuse of individual states. The amendment does not protect keeping military style assault weapons for the purpose of personal security or home defense. It does not protect the use …
Industrial Complex
This page and my webpage What is an industrial complex? Outgoing president of the United States Dwight Eisenhower warned us in his parting words to beware of the massive military spending and the Military Industrial Complex. There are many industrial complexes today. Any industry where consumer or government spending totals millions or billions of dollars…there …
Free Speech
This page and my webpage Free speech is not hate speech. Hate speech is not free speech. Free speech is a core value we support and uphold. But what is not and should not be protected and upheld is speech that infringes or promotes the denial of life, liberty and happiness of others. Hate speech …
Apoplectic
This page and my webpage Apoplectic describes a state of such extreme anger that one cannot speak and has difficulty processing or expressing this anger. This can happen when we feel overwhelmed and not in control. A very good remedy is the good old ‘time out’. Take a break from the location, person or source …
Powerful Feelings
This page and my webpage Fear, joy, shame, pride, sadness, love, hate, anger, excitement and calm serenity. We feel these in our minds and our bodies. They can make us act and say things that affect those around us. We can be conscious of our feelings and this is called emotional intelligence. If we ignore …
Choose
This page and my web page Hate is a prison. Forgiveness is a gift to yourself, a gift of freedom.
Stories We Tell
This page and my webpage Humans are profoundly different from all other species on the planet. How? We cooperate in large numbers. Animals cooperate in large numbers as well. But there is a limit to the size of these cooperative groups. Maybe hundreds. Animal groups also only cooperate on objective and real life goals like …
Quiet Desperation
Go to my webpage at vividlee.com The mass of men lead quiet lives of desperation. Henry David Thoreau, Walden 1854 Concord, Massachusetts Today we have an idea called work life balance. A stated company policy of supporting employees personal lives by policy or practice. It is a response to job demands and priorities that exclude …