Tuesday, November 17, 2009
visions of the things to be
the pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...
that suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
so this is all I have to say.
suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger...watch it grin.
suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
A brave man once requested me
to answer questions that are key
is it to be or not to be
and I replied 'oh why ask me?'
suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
...and you can do the same thing if you please......
Monday, November 16, 2009
Dog food for thought
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Monday, October 26, 2009
ridiculously honest enough to hope to be honestly ridiculous
Monday, October 5, 2009
Foretelling the future ain't much of a talent
AS a matter of fact the trick seems to be overlooking the obvious until a bad idea seems like a good one!
One must know when to stop.
Knowing when to stop averts trouble.
~Tao Te Ching Verse 32
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Be the change - by doing nothing
Documentary film maker Michael Moore has cashed in on teen shootings, and auto manufacturing. He had a slip up when he took on health care. You don't mess with the health care establishment, as Pres. Obama is now learning. Well Michael now feels that the time is right to cash in on the failure of capitalism. Now that's the spirit! An opportunist can make money out of anything!
"We have to get involved politically" - that only works in the movies, and even there not since the days of Jimmy Stewart. There is one sure way to change the world, though I have to warn you it's very counter intuitive. The world would change radically if no one got out of bed to go to work next Monday. Mahatma Gandhi called it passive resistance - as opposed to the more popular form of radical activism. It did drive the Brits out of India (though they're still in Northern Ireland and can't get out for trying)!
On a personal level passive resistance can work wonders. If you decide to stay in bed Monday, without even bothering to call in sick - just let nature take her course - you'll discover something. you'll discover that the world didn't come to an end because you didn't go to the office! Nature abhors a vacuum and you'll be surprised how everything just sort of fills in.
So if you really want to take Michael Moore seriously, instead of getting worked up and bothered enough to do something that will probably just make the situation much worse, like get involved politically, just take the day off. If you get involved politically you'll just empower a different bunch of rogues. History has taught us that one group of rogues is a bad as the next. However if you leave things alone, the situation may resolve it's self. "The sum total of evil in the world is reduced when good men learn to sit quietly in their rooms doing nothing" as Blaise Pascal said, or in the words of Bernard from Yes Minister "A hot potato becomes a cold potato if you leave it alone".
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Life is cheat
to answer questions that are key
is it to be or not to be
and I replied 'oh why ask me?'
And lay it down before I'm beat
and to another give my seat
for that's the only painless feat.