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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Life Mystery


Why is it people like myself say that we would never vote for this person or that person in an election. I could change my mind but I doubt anyone other than the candidate could change it for me. But maybe not because I am very stubborn. It reminds me of when we took our three boys to the movies and bought a huge tub of pop corn for them. One son said if he couldn't hold the tub of popcorn that he was not going to eat any. He didn't get to hold the popcorn and he stubbornly refused to eat any. I'm sure he was trying to make a point but to this day I still don't know what it was except he punished himself because he deprived himself of a good time. The other two gave him a strange look and decided that was okay with them.

So why do we make similar mistakes and polarize ourselves, especially when it comes to politics in the USA? I mean really we are intelligent people who love each other and have been friends for many years and suddenly we draw a line in the sand and dare our friends to cross that line - or they do the same for us. I don't know where to walk anymore for all the lines I'm afraid to cross and risk losing a friend. I mean really we are talking about smooth talking politicians who promise anything to get elected and then do nothing to keep those promises. So if they are so good why are they spending millions to get a chicken feed pay job anyway? Kinda reminds me of those three boys with that big tub of popcorn, only being preformed by adults. So if we give them center stage who really is intelligent here anyway, especially when we convince ourselves the world will end if OUR candidate doesn't win. So the real question is: Is intelligence artificial? If you argue with an idiot he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Or what about actually believing that the Mayan calender is running out and the world will end. Those people who believe that must be the same people that check under their bed and closet before they go to sleep at night. That a civilization long disappeared could actually predict the end of the world? If they were so good why did they disappear in the first place? Maybe I'm just someone who needs more proof. Like the University of Colorado put a satellite into deep space to study the sun. They now know more about the sun and can predict solar flares with more accuracy than ever before. Or so they would have you believe. But just how accurate are those predictions. Our meteorological prognosticators can't even tell us when it is going to snow with any degree of accuracy. So how can these people tell us what is going to happen at the center of our solar system. Does that mean that because I spent $300.00 on my medical degree from on-line degrees mean that I can't do brain surgery any more. Surely I'm not the only brain surgeon that thinks of these complicated mysteries. So if the world is going to end in December this year should I pack now and put all my money in travelers checks?

These and other life mysteries are enough to make a person really think. As for myself I'm still working on the one about if olive oil comes from olives, and vegetable oil comes from veggies then where does baby oil come from? No wonder I don't sleep well at night. Come on folks I could use a little help solving these mysteries. I need more sleep..

9 comments:

Amy said...

I agree with you about the politicians (who are all serving corporate masters, anyway), but as someone who works at NASA I have to say more actually is known about sun flares now :)

Bruce said...

Thanks Amy: NASA is probably the best think tank in the world. When I pack I'm going to include more sunscreen. Politicians are a joke and are taken seriously. Friends who tell me the world is going to end in December because the Mayan calendar runs out are driving me nuts. I mean here I am now under pressure to solve the baby oil mystery when they tell me the world is going to end. I don't need more pressure at this stage of life. Shoot, just deciding which pair of jeans to wear each morning is pressure enough.

Pat said...

Ha ha – I really don’t have a candidate… All of my candidates have either dropped out or are not electable… It’s not that I’m afraid my candidate (which I don’t have) won’t win… I’m just afraid the end of the world will come if the other side wins….

But we’ve survived thus far… Unless God is just plain through with us – which is a possibility – we’ll survive the next round of politicos….

Mountain Dream Land said...

I won't get into it to deeply, other than, Barry's gotta go.

Bruce said...

This was a tongue in cheek blog to point out how good friends are often seriously divided over politics which if you come right down to it isn't worth the effort or the friendship.
Its now out Barry, before it was Bush, then before that Clinton, before that Bush, and the list goes on. Is dogmatically taking a side - either side - in politics worth it. The parties change their agenda's back and forth frequently. Neither party is truthful. So what is a friend worth? Is making your point over people who don't mount to much worth a real friend?
I don't think any of them are worth fracturing a friendship over. I also don't think people (especially Christians) should panic over a prediction of the end of the world.
All done tongue in cheek, by the way where does baby oil come from....

Mountain Dream Land said...

True.....

And

I have no idea!!

Barbara J. Galasso said...

Thanks for the chuckle Bruce! This was a good one!

Patricia said...

When it comes to voting, you just have to vote for the guy who is telling you the lies you want to hear. Yep, they all lie, but I'm not going to vote for someone who out and out says he's for xyz when I think xyz is wrong.

Unfortunately, I'm in the "none of the above" candidate choice at the moment.

Carol said...

what i find most interesting is this. we have watched a couple of those debates and how they go after each other. as soon as one becomes the candidate, they will all be buddy buddy and kissing up to the candidate. the whole thing makes me ill!