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It is no longer about getting Barack Obama into the White House. Baring the outbreak of WW III or some other kind of unforeseen disaster, he is already there. During one of his recent rallies, Senator Obama invoked these words: “CHANGE the country” and “CHANGE the world.”
Getting Senator Obama into the White House is not the end of a process; it’s the beginning of a process. Keeping him in the White House will be the hard part. Prudence dictates that we should never underestimate the will of the forces which are arrayed against him/us.
In the beginning, Senator Obama talked a lot about “Old Politics” or “Old Thought” – which is essentially the same thing. Our messages have been about “New Thought” and saving the Planet. Obama has often said that he can’t do it alone and neither can we. We need your help.
This is a sampling of what some of you had to say about our messages:
Why do we impart/promulgate our “New Thought” messages? Actually, I like Michelle Obama’s answer. She said, “It’s my job.” Some people are genuine truth seekers, not a lot but some. Mohandas K. Gandhi said, “If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
And here we have our quandary, what to do now? It is time to evolve to the next level. We are dedicated to keeping the “Obama Movement” alive for 100 years, if necessary, and we need your input. If you would like to know the rest of the story, sign up at. http://www.global-symbolic-votes.org/first.html
New thought is our only chance, The GSV Team-------------------------------------------------------"We can either fear that human culture is falling apart or we can hold the vision that we are awakening. Either way, each of us must consciously choose between these two futures.” (James Redfield) -------------------------------------------------------http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/GLOBALSYMBOLICVOTESFOROBAMAhttp://www.global-symbolic-votes.org
In the best selling book CONVERSATONS WITH GOD, God said to the author, Neale Donald Walsch, something like this: “The world is full of sleep-walkers….to get people to wake up you sometimes have to shake them.” Been there; done that.
Obama has said that he can’t do it alone. He said, “I need your help.” We are all trying to help. But, far too often, my words tend to frighten the sleep-walkers who refuse to wake up. They obviously love the pain, the drama and the not knowing. The truth is hard to swallow.
I support Senator Obama 100%. The only difference between others and me is that I know this and they do not. When faced with new ideas, some engage the issues and others elect to run and hide. To keep FEAR out of the equation it is best to engage issues.
Most people tend to participate in politics unconsciously. They do this because it is easier to let others decide for them -- the experts, the pundits, the negative TV ads and things of this nature. When it comes to politics, most of us don’t even know what we are doing.
Addressing all humans, God said to Neale, “Go ahead. Act on all that you know. But notice that you have been doing this since time began and look at what shape the world is in. Clearly you’ve missed something.” Those who love their pain have not missed a thing.
Most of us have no idea of what we are going to have to deal with after the election is over. What is the famous quote? “Know thine enemy.” (Shakespeare, I think) Even Barack Obama has no idea. He is but a man and therefore subject to the laws of the universe.
Barack Obama has said many, many times, “It’s not about me; it’s about you. This is the other thing that most of us simply will not hear. It’s not about the man; it’s about what the man/movement represents. It’s about the message not the messenger.
Senator Obama should not respond directly to the attacks levied by John McCain’s attack dog/walking reality show Sarah Palin. That would be undignified, a big mistake. Mohandas K. Gandhi said that they cannot take away my dignity unless I give it to them. Let Joe Biden, the Obama Team members and the surrogates respond to her attacks. The other side is desperate and their three dimensional thinkers can still hurt the campaign and possibly even turn things around -- especially if we follow their game plan. To thwart their attack initiatives, we will have to change the rules of the game and we are running out of time.
John McCain and Sarah Palin seem to be stuck on two themes: “The Surge” and “Change is Coming.” It is clear that John McCain hi-jacked the “Change” concept from Barack Obama. In my blog MCCAIN’S MISTAKES, I touched upon the inherent fallacies pertaining to the so called "Surge." Apparently, John McCain actually believes that he can support Bush’s lies, tricks and games and continue duping voters with impunity. Some have asked how is this even possible. I do not know. Nonetheless, he’s a viable Presidential Candidate. The question is what’s wrong with this picture?
I am told that Plato said: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Almost right. I believe that Plato is telling us that this is the penalty that one pays for participating in an Aristotelian based political thought system -- better known as Democracy.”
During the debate, Senator Obama implied that Russia and China are not true Democracies. If not, the question becomes what are they? I do not know. Perhaps we should take a closer look at Premier Wen Jiabao’s China -- with a population of 1.3 billion people. Apparently, Premier Jiabao has elected to take his country in a different direction.
In doing so, he will inevitably change the course of history and there is nothing that we Americans can do about it. If we can’t change the ultimate outcome, what can we do in the interim? We can help Senator Obama win the election. Then we might have a chance to get it right. As JFK said, “We all breathe the same air and we all cherish our children’s future.”
The political thought system that we call Democracy was born in Greece around 500 B.C. It is based on Aristotle’s political philosophy as outlined in his book POLITICS. Incidentally, in Aristotle’s POLITICS he ranked women one notch above slaves. Hence, women can thank Aristotle for creating the equal work/equal pay issue.
Am I saying that this is a good thing or a bad thing? Neither. I am making no value judgments at all. Good and bad are relative terms, subjective terms. I am simply stating facts and telling it like it is. However, I will say this: Since it is clear that we Americans seems to enjoy being governed by our inferiors, all that we have to do now is vote for more of the same -- John McCain.
New thought is our only chance,The GSV Team-------------------------------------------------------"We can either fear that human culture is falling apart or we can hold the vision that we are awakening. Either way, each of us must consciously choose between these two futures.” (James Redfield) -------------------------------------------------------http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/GLOBALSYMBOLICVOTESFOROBAMAhttp://www.global-symbolic-votes.org
Let’s assume for a moment that “The Surge” did work. This gives rise to the next logical question, but at what initial cost? If a person spills milk on the floor and then wipes it up, that person corrected a mistake. The problem here is that we are not talking about spilled milk. We are talking about spilled American blood and lost American lives and treasure.
Should the erratic McCain hit the "Panic Button" intentionally or un-intentionally we are all just as dead. (1) How do we bring back over 4,000 lives or make the injuries of the 30,000 plus soldiers disappear? (2) How do we get back the 10 billion plus missing tax dollars that disappeared in Iraq? (3) How do we recover the 600-700 billion dollars that we have already spent in Iraq?
We make mistakes because this is what human beings do best. Am I saying that all human beings are by nature flawed? No. I am saying that most human minds are by nature flawed. So what do we do now, get a lobotomy? No. We learn how to think correctly. Most of us probably think that we already know how to think correctly. No problem.
Then we should go ahead and act on all that we know. But notice that we have been doing this since time began and look at what shape the world is in. Clearly, we’ve missed something.
Shortly, about 10% of the American electorate will decide who will become the next U.S. President. These people will play a major role in deciding the fate and destiny of the entire Planet. America assumes that it is the world’s undisputed military super-power, the world’s leading economic power and that it has the best type of government period -- Democracy.
Now let’s separate fact from fiction and the de jure from the de facto. Is America really the only military super-power in the world? I do not know. The Russians still have enough nuclear warheads on their Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to make this a moot point. Secondly, the Chinese are destined to become the leading economic power in the World. It’s inevitable.
But let’s get to the heart of the matter, Democracy. So who are these people, the 10% of the American electorate? What kind of minds do they have? I do not know. Let’s not ask them about the Bush Doctrine. We could ask them a simple question like where is Alaska situated. To the best of my knowledge, we are not necessarily talking about America’s intellectually elite.
We are talking about the so called undecided voters. If I understand the demographic parameters correctly, this 10% represents the least educated white working classes, blue collar men and women -- and probably predominantly white women. Would these people be inclined to vote for a black Harvard educated law school professor with a funny name?
The Planet is in Peril and America is in demise. It is no longer about America. Ethnocentrism died with the introduction of the Information Super Highway and Globalization. Today, it is about the Planet, of which roughly 75% of the world’s population is for Obama -- 10% verses 75%. What am I missing? Logic suggests that there is something wrong with this picture?
There is a saying: “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” What do we do if it is broken? We fix it. How do we fix a broken Democracy? That’s easy. We don’t tear down the whole house. We replace one brick (one legislator) at a time. So once we fix the broken government and get rid of the liars, what do we do next? We fix the broken minds that put the liars in office.
New thought is our only chance. The GSV Team-------------------------------------------------------"We can either fear that human culture is falling apart or we can hold the vision that we are awakening. Either way, each of us must consciously choose between these two futures.” (James Redfield) -------------------------------------------------------http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/GLOBALSYMBOLICVOTESFOROBAMAhttp://www.global-symbolic-votes.org
Give Obama a break. Senator Obama has delayed responding to the so called Wall Street Meltdown and/or the Economic Crisis, probably because it is only prudent and proper to get the facts straight prior to jumping to false conclusions. As always, Barack Obama seeks to get it right the first time. He does this because he suffers from a congenital disorder that causes him think before he acts. This psychological affliction -- that could also be in the genes -- causes him to engage his brain before engaging his mouth.
John F. Kennedy also suffered from this kind of malady. During the Cuban Missile Crisis virtually all of his generals urged him to take swift, strong and decisive military action. At the end of the meeting that could have started WW III, the generals left the room and they all immediately looked at each other in absolute astonishment. One of them said, “What in the hell happened in there?” To their amazement, JFK did not make a decision. Instead, he remained focused on the objective. His objective was to save the country and the world. Does this sound familiar; does it resonate?
Now let’s examine John McCain’s intellect, or lack thereof. Responding to the Meltdown Crisis, at first he said that we should not bail out the banking institutions. He then flip-flopped on this issue and on many other issues. He obviously subscribes to the: “Act first and think later philosophy.” You know, the kind of thinking that could get us all killed. When it comes to the nuclear “Hot Button” one does not get a second chance to correct mistakes or set up a commission to study why we are all dead.
What about Sarah Palin? The Planet is in peril and she believes that Global Warming is a fantasy and that we should continue raping the environment. With respect to the position that she has already taken on these issues, clearly she is not opposed to killing people slowly. If she enjoys killing wolves, bears and God knows what other forms of wild life from helicopters, just think about what she could do with a B-2 Bomber. Who said that Americans are not suicidal? Are we talking about all Americans or roughly half of them? I don’t know. Has Obama killed any innocent life forms for fun lately?
So what do we do now? We tell the American people, specifically those who claim to be undecided, that now, it is all in their hands. To increase humanity’s chances of surviving the insanity that Bush has created, it would be in our interest if the next American President possessed a superior mind. God knows that he will need one in order to successfully navigate through the treacherous, muddy waters (the cesspool) that he will inherit from the Bush Administration. In short, just hold your nose and vote for the smart black guy from Harvard. You might live longer.
Now that we have the law makers where we want them, all that we have to do now is order them to do exactly what we tell them to do, or else. We should tell them to return all of the bribes that they have taken from special interests groups. We should tell them that from this point on, they work for us, as the authors of the United States Constitution intended. If they fail to follow our orders, we simply kick the bums out.
Do we replace them with another Republican or Democrat? No. We replace them with a humanist. A humanist is a decent, moral human being who may or may not be affiliated with a political party. What guidelines should we use? Definitely not religious guidelines. He or she should be, in nature, as much like M.K. Gandhi as possible. Words like Republicans or Democrats are just that, words/labels that have no real meaning. On the other hand, Republicans and Democrats are the creators of the reality that we are now experiencing -- A Planet that is in Peril and a future that is in jeopardy.
They are the guilty ones. To be fair we are all guilty, or slightly masochistic, because we helped them abuse us. So what do we do now? We point put our index finger between our eyes and accept responsibility for being less than smart. Think of it as going to confession. Everyone runs around crying and complaining and going through the motions and nothing changes. Nothing will change until we stop the lies, tricks and games. We can stop this now.
Obama is the man. He tells us that he wants to change things. We are just going to have to trust him because, at the moment, there is no other viable alternative. Some people have told me that they are willing to give their lives for this man. Not me. However, I am willing to give my life for what I believe that this man represents. He tells us that he wants to change things. Me too. I want to save a Planet that is in Peril and a future that is in jeopardy -- and humankind while I am at it.
The truth is the most valuable virtue that we have but "TRUTH" is dead. “Oh what a deadly web we weave when we practice to deceive.” (Shakespeare, I think?) Some people have told me that I am not going to win any friends talking like this. Demented minds are destroying our country, our world and our children’s future. With friends like these, who needs enemies? That’s just my opinion. Mohandas K. Gandhi said, “If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
Long after getting the leaders of their sleeper cell (Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld) into the White House, the Republicans are continuing with their feeding frenzy. Using fear as a weapon, they have been able to exploit the weaknesses in the minds of many Americans -- call it the supreme mind f - - k, if you will. The undeniable fact is that George W. Bush and his followers, like John McCain, are directly responsible for the senseless loss of tens of thousands of lives in Iraq.
Using fear as a weapon, they have so far been successful convincing those of us with weak minds, or no brains, that Global Warming is an illusion and that it would be in our mutual interest to drill offshore and further exploit the environment. They have been busy murdering our soldiers, destroying our minds and raping the environment. Now they want economic Carte Blanche to exploit our pocket books and finish destroying America. To date, they are on the verge of doing just that -- accomplishing their mission.
So what do you call a political philosophy that gives rise to such insanity? Would it be unfair to call it pure, unadulterated Evil? Mohandas K. Gandhi said, “Non-cooperation with evil is a moral duty.” Since moving into the White House, George W. Bush and company have been killing, raping, exploiting and plundering with impunity. John McCain cooperated with, and voted with, George W. Bush nearly 95% of the time. This is not guilt by association. This is guilt by deed; it’s manifesting evil.
Both Gandhi and Martin Luther King preached a philosophy of non-cooperation with Evil. So, do we reach out to the other side of the aisle, to the Republicans and cooperate with them? No. Barack Obama and the other politicians have to play this game but we do not. What do we do? It’s simple. We replace the extremist legislators with humanistic legislators. It is more efficient. This way we do not have to reach across the aisle.
How do we accomplish this? First, we start educating the so called “undecided” voters, in the trenches of the "Battle Ground" states. They are not undecided they are just confused. Our job is to un-confuse them. We have six weeks.
In the eyes of the World Barack Obama has already won the election -- hands down. Actually, this statement is axiomatic in nature. It is not necessarily a truism. I have heard that roughly 70% to 80% of the global population would like to see Obama win the election. If this statement is deemed to be reasonably true, then why isn’t Obama further ahead in the polls?
Is racism playing a role here? Are we Americans inflicted with some type of unknown psychological genetic disorder? Are we inherently less intelligent than the global population in general? Are we masochistic and delusional in nature? Bill Clinton and the Democrats gave us prosperity and a balanced budget -- including a surplus. Do we want more of the same? No.
We Americans love our pain. We love the drama. We love the not knowing. That’s why we are here, doing exactly the same thing that we did when both Al Gore and John Kerry ran for President. Since it is clear that we love and need our pain, does this mean that we are stupid? No. It simply means that 70% to 80% of the global population for Obama is not masochistic.
John McCain has been trying to hijack Barack Obama’s Change concept and he may have succeeded. In addition, he has stolen, and is now using, Obama’s phrase “Enough is enough.” Logic suggests that he is having difficulty formulating an independent thought or concept. Who knows, if we give him enough rope he may just hang himself.
Perhaps it is time to throw the Republicans a curved ball. It is slowing becoming common knowledge that they use lies, tricks and games to win elections. If true, the thinking mind begs to know what does one do with a public servant/government official who violates the public trust; i.e., who lies? Do we reward him or her and put them in higher office? Yes, twice.
It is time to introduce a new issue into the mix -- TRUST. It would be wise to do this now because John McCain needs more rope. TRUST is the most important issue of all and no one even talks about it. In such a volatile political climate -- one in which incorrect thinking dominates -- TRUST is not only an issue, it is perhaps THE issue.
Today John McCain said, “We’re gonna put a stop to it.” It’s not about unbridled greed. It’s about unbridled insanity. Albert E. Einstein put it magnificently when he said that there are two things that are endless, human stupidity and the Universe. Whereby, I am not so sure about the latter. Now, McCain wants to put a stop to precisely that which he helped create. In other words, he wants to fix the barn door after the horses have already left.
But let’s get to the heart of the matter. Is it about greed or insanity? I do not know. What I do know is that, for all practical purposes, Einstein implied that humans are inherently stupid. Voting for John McCain and his “Reality Show” running mate would be like voting for Jim Jones -- nothing less than suicidal. The lies, tricks and games must end here, now. After the elections are over, we will know if American voters qualify as an exception to Einstein's rule.
The Pundits keep talking about a Culture War. What we are talking about here is indeed a war. However, it is not a Culture War. It is the war that won’t go away -- the struggle between good and evil. It is the war that Mohandas K. Gandhi fought so magnificently and won. He came to this planet to teach us how to fight and win such wars but we will not listen. “The greatest blindness is the blindness of one who will not see. (Elizabeth Haich)
The Culture War is an illusion. The agents of evil keep duping us. They keep tricking us into fighting each other. As long as we do this we can’t focus on them -- the real enemy. This is Kinder logic. Who is the real enemy? I’ll tell you this. It is not McCain or Palin or even Bush.
Am I saying that McCain, Palin, Bush and their cronies are all inherently evil? No. I am saying that they are confused victims/pawns. We do not have to hate our extremist brothers, sisters and friends to defeat them. Gandhi said that, in the end, the British will simply pack their bags and leave India. And when they go, we want them to leave as friends.
So what do we do now? First we get back on message, stay focused on the real issues and avoid participating in, or contributing to, the Sarah Palin Reality Show. Secondly, we have to expose the lies, tricks and games perpetrated by the Republican Attack Machine. Thirdly, we have to identify and discredit the evil entities who manipulate the pawns.
In my blog dated September 10th, I wrote about Sarah Palin being a movie of the week phenomenon. Yesterday on CNN, Donna Brazile (Al Gore’s former campaign mgr.) referred to her as a “flavor of the month or week.” What a coincidence. It seems that at least someone in the hierarchy of the Democratic Party is listening. That’s a good sign.
The Democrats keep losing elections because the Republicans keep out thinking them. Barack Obama said that John McCain just doesn’t get it. Well, perhaps the Democrats, the Pundits and Barack Obama’s chief advisors just don’t get it. It is not about John McCain or Sarah Palin. It is about Karl Rove and his protégé(s) -- you know, the guys who keep winning elections for the Republicans. You meet a gun with a gun. This is the only way to win.
So what do you do now? You wake up and realize that half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb at. You change tactics. The Republicans keep winning elections because they have consistently used the ultimate weapon against their foes -- three dimensional thinkers. We can move the ball up and down the field all day long but the name of the game is: Get a touchdown. No three dimensional thinkers; no touchdown. It’s just that simple.
To win this election, the Obama Team is going to have to find at least one visionary and allow him or her to direct policy, quickly. The Sarah Palin move was a brilliant move. Actually, this thing is not about John or Sarah. They are merely the pawns. It’s about Karl Rove and his protégé(s). With their lies, tricks and games, these guys continue to trick the Democrats and the Pundits into focusing on/talking about the wrong issues -- lipstick, pit bulls and bridges.
A Naturalist once said, “A patriot must always be prepared to defend his country against its government.” Everyone knows that what G.W. Bush and his cronies have done to this country is shameful, unjust and perhaps even insane. Mohandas K. Gandhi said, “What you cannot do is accept injustice from anyone. You must make it visible and be prepared to die like a soldier for doing so.” As a soldier, I took an oath to defend my country against all enemies foreign and domestic. Today, I am ashamed to be an American. Still, it would be uncivil, unjust and unpatriotic of me not to try to defend my country, once again, against the next group of domestic enemies: John McCain and his movie of the week extremist, Soccer Mom.
It is not about who has the most executive experience. It is about who can think correctly and who can accomplish miracles. Because I believe in miracles, I am left with no choice but to believe in Barack Obama, the Miracle Man. Sarah Palin might have done a good job in Alaska, but to the best of my knowledge, she has not accomplished any miracles. On the other hand, Senator Obama has accomplished miracles. For example, he took on the mighty Clinton machine and prevailed. Secondly, Barack Obama came out of nowhere and garnished enough votes to become the democratic nominee for President. It’s 03:00 am in the morning. The telephone rings. Who do you want answering that call, soccer mom or miracle man? Trying to comparing Sarah Palin (a presumed competent civil servant) to Barack Obama (an accomplished miracle worker) is an exercise in futility. Once again, the Republicans have been able to dupe the Democrats and the experts/pundits into dwelling on the wrong argument. We can talk about substantive issues or we can talk about lies. Hitler always said that the bigger the lie the more people will believe it -- and talk about it.
It is not about experience. It is about lies, tricks and games. The Democrats keep losing the elections because the Republicans keep out thinking them. Barack Obama said that John McCain just doesn’t get it. Well, perhaps the Democrats just don’t get it. If they don’t wake up quickly, they are going to screw around and lose another election. Someone once said that half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb at.
The Republicans keep winning because they have consistently used the ultimate weapon against their foes -- visionary thinking. The Democrats apparently believe that they are pretty smart but that’s debatable. Granted, they have worked very hard over the years trying to get a Democrat into the White House. However, they just can’t seem to get the ball over the goal line and win an election.
To win this election, they are going to have to find a visionary and allow him or her to direct policy. They must act quickly. Also, the Democrats continue to allow the Republicans to set the agenda -- a big mistake. Once again, the Republicans have been able to trick the Democrats and the pundits into focusing on the wrong issue, experience. A visionary would have urged the Democrats to start setting the agenda themselves.
We can talk or we can do. Barack Obama can inspire and he can do. He got the war in Iraq right, he got NAFTA right and he has run an awesome Presidential campaign. He got it all right the first time. If the issues are experience vs. judgment, we will opt for judgment. Because JFK had good judgment, he saved the planet. During the Cuban Missile Crisis he did not take the advice of his experienced generals. Had he followed mass thinking, chances are that none of us would be around today to discuss these issues.
It is not about experience. It's about having the ability to think correctly and to get it right the first time. In a nuclear world a Commander-In-Chief may have only one chance to get it right. Mozart got it right the first time. He wrote perfectly flawless musical scores without making any erasure marks. Those who have the ability to get it right the first time do not have to correct mistakes.
Keeping in mind what Albert E. Einstein said, “There are two things that are endless, human stupidity and the Universe. Whereby, I am not so sure about the latter.” Where is the logic in chastising and criticizing individuals like Obama and Mozart simply because they possess exceptional demonstrated skills and abilities and are not mediocre or stupid?
Experience is a word. The word itself has no intrinsic value or real meaning. Any implied or assumed meaning that the word may have is at best relative in nature and scope. At the tender age of six, Mozart had already begun writing his master pieces: concertos, operas and symphonies. The question is who has the most intellect or genius -- not experience. For example, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney all have experience and look at the mess that they have helped to create. To add insult to injury, their reputations are now in the toilet. Logic suggests that those who place more emphasis on experience than they do on correct thinking are perhaps being short sighted. Common sense dictates that being on the job forever has absolutely nothing to do with thinking correctly. It would be incorrect to automatically assume that there is a direct correlation between longevity and wisdom. Anyone who is silly enough to vote on the basis of a meaningless word like experience may want to think again.
