your mention of the 1980 census reminded me that was when I expanded the family by adding in the "D goat" family that shared our little place. -William (Billy) D Goat his wife April D. Goat and several D. Goat kids. Guess I was somewhat of a contrarian back then. For many years now when asked the "race" question on any form or application I select the "other" box and write in Human. Just as one cannot tell the difference between a black Angus and a red Angus once they are skinned and hanging in the cold room, race is just a construct to keep certain groups down and elevating others. Under the skin color, accent, country of origin, we are all the same, and until the powers that be accept this we are going to remain kicked out of the garden. Anyone who thinks they are superior to me because of the religious heritage of their mother deserves all the bad karma they get.
Ha! I think we had members of the D. Goat clan living at our place, as well, but I never thought to include them in the census. I figured they filled out their forms themselves.
"Human Race" is good. I like that. I've heard of folks adding things like "foot" ad "car" as well. I'm sure you've heard the old saw, beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone. I take a lesson from cats--they come in dozens of colors and patterns, but they don't discriminate on that basis. Just like individuals, every race and ethnicity have something to add, and none are superior to the others. In the end, we are all just manipulated to keep the leisure classes in luxury, while the rest of us produce value with our lives. The only "chosen people" I've ever seen are the ones sent to fight bankster wars.
Keep fighting. It ain't over till the corpulent female warbles.
We're in a revolution, much like the post War Between the States Era 1867-76 but driven by communists. We need to use the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1867 to destroy it. The problem is we are not just fighting Southern white Democrats. Chinese, Cuban, Islamic, white gentile/Jewish anarchists, and large numbers of common criminals , backed by billions of dollars from elites who wish to destroy Western Civilization and set up a new feudal system, have taken over large parts of most institutions and the Democrat Party.
It's been going on for more than a century. The Yankee banking cabal and the global network of central banks have created vast slush funds to bankroll an endless roster of NGOs and other organizations of "influence". Many of the countries in the Global South have been purchased outright. The goal is to destroy political sovereignty, national cohesion, and cultural identity in order to reconstruct the world as a single entity able to leech off every single soul on the planet. The only way to fight it is to increase the friction until the cost of subduing the world is higher than they are willing to pay.
You are too clever by far with this essay's tuttie fruttie title (which turned this old woman so off so much that I nearly didn't read it, but I'm glad I did).
"Set the two groups at odds so that neither can unite against the system, and make the system appear to be the hero." How right you are and how many of us would not ever have noticed if not for the last 6 years?
For some reason, I flipped out over a Bible passage read in church this week:
1 Kings 21:1-16. A wicked king of Israel, Ahab, wanted a prime vineyard, then pouted and carried on to his wife, Jezebel, when the owner would not sell it to him. So Jez manipulated events until she got the vineyard's owner stoned to death. Then Ahab claimed the vineyard for himself.
The powerful on this planet have always taken what they desired, haven't they? Since the beginning of mankind and likely to its end. I wouldn't have given these Scriptures a second thought...but now everything has meaning in a way it never had before. Thank you for your contributions to my understanding!
Sorry if I turned you off with my word play in the title. I try to come up with playful headlines whose meanings are not always apparent until you finish the article, and double entendre is my favorite form of pun. I'm glad that you decided to read it, though, and that it was meaningful to you.
That particular passage in 1 Kings is quite telling. Not only did the king realize that he didn't have the power to steal the vineyard without incurring the wrath of the people, but the queen knew that manipulation of circumstances would win both the vineyard and protect the king's reputation. It also shows that "leaders" are whiny toothless swine whose first instinct is always the abuse of power.
As far as I can tell, it is the nature of all governments to grant themselves immunity from morality, and to centralize and accumulate power through deception and ignorance in service of a self-appointed clique of greedy and debased humanoids. No matter how lofty the foundational ideals are, they all end up abusing a credulous population.
I suppose some day humanity will devise a humane form of government, but I'm not holding my breath. It is a fundamental truth that the Universe is composed of the struggle between Yin and Yang--light and shadow. There is no growth without struggle, though knowing that does not ease the pain of it.
The USA is the only country in the world with "America" in its official name. I wouldn't care if people in other countries started calling themselves "Americans," but I doubt they'd fool many of us for long. Anyway, the notion of calling ourselves Texians, Okies, etc., is appealing. It's more specific and it leaves some doubt about where our loyalty is strongest. I hope it catches on.
Given that many (if not all) States have very distinct cultures, it makes more sense to identify as a citizen of a State, than as an "American". We refer to the continents collectively as "the Americas," so everyone on them is an American.
The big question is: why do we call them the Americas after Amerigo Vespucci, when he clearly did not "discover" them?
I think Amerigo mapped the place. Mapmakers have a lot of influence on place names. sometimes unintentionally. The guy who made one of the first Alaska maps didn't know what to call one village on the west coast, so he wrote "Name?" there. Somehow, "Name" became "Nome."
Great story about Nome. I didn't know that. In Houston, the main road into the airport is called Jetero Blvd. It was supposed to be Jet Era, but it was misspelled on order form for the signs.
Amerigo was the first European to suggest that the Americas were new landmasses, or a New World. A German mapmaker in the 1500s labelled the new continents "Americus" using Amerigo's Latinized name. "America" is the feminized form of the noun used for place names (Europa, Africa, Asia, etc.). And so it goes...
your mention of the 1980 census reminded me that was when I expanded the family by adding in the "D goat" family that shared our little place. -William (Billy) D Goat his wife April D. Goat and several D. Goat kids. Guess I was somewhat of a contrarian back then. For many years now when asked the "race" question on any form or application I select the "other" box and write in Human. Just as one cannot tell the difference between a black Angus and a red Angus once they are skinned and hanging in the cold room, race is just a construct to keep certain groups down and elevating others. Under the skin color, accent, country of origin, we are all the same, and until the powers that be accept this we are going to remain kicked out of the garden. Anyone who thinks they are superior to me because of the religious heritage of their mother deserves all the bad karma they get.
Ha! I think we had members of the D. Goat clan living at our place, as well, but I never thought to include them in the census. I figured they filled out their forms themselves.
"Human Race" is good. I like that. I've heard of folks adding things like "foot" ad "car" as well. I'm sure you've heard the old saw, beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bone. I take a lesson from cats--they come in dozens of colors and patterns, but they don't discriminate on that basis. Just like individuals, every race and ethnicity have something to add, and none are superior to the others. In the end, we are all just manipulated to keep the leisure classes in luxury, while the rest of us produce value with our lives. The only "chosen people" I've ever seen are the ones sent to fight bankster wars.
Keep fighting. It ain't over till the corpulent female warbles.
We're in a revolution, much like the post War Between the States Era 1867-76 but driven by communists. We need to use the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1867 to destroy it. The problem is we are not just fighting Southern white Democrats. Chinese, Cuban, Islamic, white gentile/Jewish anarchists, and large numbers of common criminals , backed by billions of dollars from elites who wish to destroy Western Civilization and set up a new feudal system, have taken over large parts of most institutions and the Democrat Party.
It's been going on for more than a century. The Yankee banking cabal and the global network of central banks have created vast slush funds to bankroll an endless roster of NGOs and other organizations of "influence". Many of the countries in the Global South have been purchased outright. The goal is to destroy political sovereignty, national cohesion, and cultural identity in order to reconstruct the world as a single entity able to leech off every single soul on the planet. The only way to fight it is to increase the friction until the cost of subduing the world is higher than they are willing to pay.
You're a Paddy? Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I knew I hated you for something.
Well, at least I don't wear skirts and waggle my arse at the enemy, but I do have strange fantasies about blue mud.
You are too clever by far with this essay's tuttie fruttie title (which turned this old woman so off so much that I nearly didn't read it, but I'm glad I did).
"Set the two groups at odds so that neither can unite against the system, and make the system appear to be the hero." How right you are and how many of us would not ever have noticed if not for the last 6 years?
For some reason, I flipped out over a Bible passage read in church this week:
1 Kings 21:1-16. A wicked king of Israel, Ahab, wanted a prime vineyard, then pouted and carried on to his wife, Jezebel, when the owner would not sell it to him. So Jez manipulated events until she got the vineyard's owner stoned to death. Then Ahab claimed the vineyard for himself.
The powerful on this planet have always taken what they desired, haven't they? Since the beginning of mankind and likely to its end. I wouldn't have given these Scriptures a second thought...but now everything has meaning in a way it never had before. Thank you for your contributions to my understanding!
Sorry if I turned you off with my word play in the title. I try to come up with playful headlines whose meanings are not always apparent until you finish the article, and double entendre is my favorite form of pun. I'm glad that you decided to read it, though, and that it was meaningful to you.
That particular passage in 1 Kings is quite telling. Not only did the king realize that he didn't have the power to steal the vineyard without incurring the wrath of the people, but the queen knew that manipulation of circumstances would win both the vineyard and protect the king's reputation. It also shows that "leaders" are whiny toothless swine whose first instinct is always the abuse of power.
As far as I can tell, it is the nature of all governments to grant themselves immunity from morality, and to centralize and accumulate power through deception and ignorance in service of a self-appointed clique of greedy and debased humanoids. No matter how lofty the foundational ideals are, they all end up abusing a credulous population.
I suppose some day humanity will devise a humane form of government, but I'm not holding my breath. It is a fundamental truth that the Universe is composed of the struggle between Yin and Yang--light and shadow. There is no growth without struggle, though knowing that does not ease the pain of it.
You know, there's more to losing a hyphen than in movie depictions or what lovers may have admitted to over your many years ha!
There's been more shadow in my life than I wanted. Let's hope I'm a better person for it.
I enjoy this substack so much!
I may never fully grok the hyphen, but I know my m--dashes from my n-dashes in any case. :)
If there is a bright side to shadows, it is that they make us stronger. They don't call it resistance training for nothing.
It gives me great joy to know that you are a reader and that it brings you enjoyment. Thank you! I shall endeavor to always make it worth your while.
The USA is the only country in the world with "America" in its official name. I wouldn't care if people in other countries started calling themselves "Americans," but I doubt they'd fool many of us for long. Anyway, the notion of calling ourselves Texians, Okies, etc., is appealing. It's more specific and it leaves some doubt about where our loyalty is strongest. I hope it catches on.
Given that many (if not all) States have very distinct cultures, it makes more sense to identify as a citizen of a State, than as an "American". We refer to the continents collectively as "the Americas," so everyone on them is an American.
The big question is: why do we call them the Americas after Amerigo Vespucci, when he clearly did not "discover" them?
I think Amerigo mapped the place. Mapmakers have a lot of influence on place names. sometimes unintentionally. The guy who made one of the first Alaska maps didn't know what to call one village on the west coast, so he wrote "Name?" there. Somehow, "Name" became "Nome."
Great story about Nome. I didn't know that. In Houston, the main road into the airport is called Jetero Blvd. It was supposed to be Jet Era, but it was misspelled on order form for the signs.
Amerigo was the first European to suggest that the Americas were new landmasses, or a New World. A German mapmaker in the 1500s labelled the new continents "Americus" using Amerigo's Latinized name. "America" is the feminized form of the noun used for place names (Europa, Africa, Asia, etc.). And so it goes...
Heh. Jetero is human. I probably would've thought it was a Spanish word.
I thought for years Jetero was some family name somehow connected to the airport. The true story is a perfect example of bureaucratic bumbling.
Jetero Blvd....I immediately thought of JetTexas lol
Everyone should watch "The Battle of Algiers" at least once in their lifetime.
I'm watching it again.
IMO, of course.
It's a great film, ne pas? I don't recommend flicks willy-nilly. They have to have creative and intellectual merit, unless otherwise stated. :)
Bien Sur!