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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 12:07 PM
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Opi's Rant # 243.7 The Human MInd and its desire for Safety/Comfort 101
From tribal/village times we Humans have looked up to the "leaders" to keep us safe with good decisions.

And, it was good.

:bounce: :toast: :beer: :party: :smoke: :luau: :bounce: :toast: :beer: :party: :smoke: :hi:

Until, agression became part of Mans activities. Thus was born two types of "Leaders", the Agressor Kind and the Peaceful/Defensive Kind.

And so it came to pass that "Defensive Leaders" had to contend with protecting their wives/children, and, stuffs from the "Agressor guys" who were intent on pillaging, which is another way of getting more stuffs/wives without having to work for them.

The Peaceful People who labored on the land out numbered the Pillager types, sometimes called, LAND SHARKS.

And for thousands of years this was to be.

And so the Human Mind became conditioned to looking up to the tribal leader when in times of duress, like famine/war/migration/drought/fire/flood/disease/

We Humans have become so dependent on our leaders decisions to lead us out of the woods.... we have become MIND NUMB.

Enter the Present Times:

It appears we Humans want good leadership but are unable to make good choices. We are starved for People to take us to the Luaus, to the Promised Land, but, we are flummoxed/confused. And so we are easily fooled by the FALSE Prophets(Leaders). We even vote for actors
for Gods Sake.

It comes down to instant solutions(short term) and/or long range planning.

And so, there is a choice to be made, to LUAU or not to LUAU...
:bounce: :toast: :beer: :party: :smoke: :bounce: :toast: :beer: :party: :smoke:

Its a no brainer guys. The Pubs are the False Leaders, look it their results, its all PR and Photo Ops. Their Overall record stinks. No SuperBowl since the Civil War.

Come, we gather wood for the cooking... before the last tree is cut down.

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sistersofmercy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 12:19 PM
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1. Kick!
:kick: Good Morning!
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 12:31 PM
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2. a long time ago in an administraion far way, earl butz said it all on this
and for most people, two out of three aren't bad,

the shoes are loose and the bathroom's warm..........and i'm still working on that other thang
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Ardee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 12:34 PM
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3. Democracy only works when people participate
"Those who are too intelligent to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are not." Plato

"I do not believe in a fate that befalls men, however they act. But I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act."
G.K.Chesterton

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful ,committed citizens can chage the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." Thomas Jefferson


"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
Abraham Lincoln

I guess by now you may gather that I strongly believe that many of the ills of our democratic process are directly caused by a failure of the majority of americans to participate in them.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-01-03 12:49 PM
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4. The Pubs want it this way, they jus luv it when the sheep follow
while their minds wallow.

For these are the false Prophets, by swaying the sheep they prosper.

Poor Pubs???(the leader types) Hardly ever.

We must vote the Pubs out for the sake of our Sanity and our future LUAUs
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