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MUSINGS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THOSE CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING. NOT THAT THE WORLD WILL BECOME A BETTER PLACE, BUT, IT COULD BE! AT LEAST THE IDEAS EXIST FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION! ENJOY, T.O.M.

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1) TOO MANY INTERESTS; TOO MUCH EDUCATION; AND NOT ENOUGH ABILITIES OR TIME. HOWEVER, ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT IS POSSIBLE UNTIL ONE VENTURES INTO THE ARENA. 2)THIS BLOG MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AN EXAMINATION OF THE "OLD SAW" AS TO WHETHER "THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD". 3)THE FEATURE THAT SEPARATES THIS BLOG FROM "THE OTHERS" ARE THE "OPTIONS PRESENTED" FOR IMPROVING THE LOT OF MANKIND. UNTIL "OTHERS" HAVE "BETTER IDEAS", I REMAIN COMMITTED TO THESE. VAMOS A VER! 4) DON'T PARSE! YOU'LL "MISS" THE "POINT(S)".

1/10/2006

INTENTIONAL EXPLOSIONS AND EXPLOITATION



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I SAW WHERE THERE WERE MORE FIREWORKS THAN INTENDED IN LONDON LAST SUMMER. IF TIME, MONEY AND ENERGY SPENT ARE USED AS A YARDSTICK, THE NEWS MEDIA SEEMED OVERJOYED THAT SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE NORMAL OCCURRENCE OF KIDNAPPING/MURDER/RAPE/ROBBERY/CORPORATE CHICANERY AND POLITICAL SCANDAL TRANSPIRED.  DOES IT STRIKE ANYONE ELSE HOW ODD THE GROUPING OF USUAL NEWS FARE IS? WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AN OCCASIONAL NATURAL DISASTER, ONE COULD DROP OUT OF SOCIETY AND RETURN A YEAR LATER TO THE SAME "NEWS".



WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED SEEMS TO BE THE EXPLOSION OF A FEW, SMALL, LOW TECH DEVICES, IN OTHER THAN THE CUSTOMARY PLACES, RESULTING IN SOME DEATHS, SMALL IN PROPORTION TO THE DEATHS THAT OCCUR DAILY IN THE CUSTOMARY PLACES.  IN THE CUSTOMARY PLACES, SOME DEATHS DO OCCUR FROM SIMILAR CAUSES, HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY DERIVE FROM THE COLLECTIVE LACK OF WISDOM IN MANAGING WORLD AFFAIRS. THAT THESE "OTHER DEATHS" ARE LITTLE MORE THAN A FOOTNOTE TO THE SELLERS OF MEDIA ADVERTISING SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, IN THE CLOISTERED BASTIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

     
ONE WATCHES WITH A MIXTURE OF DISGUST, CONTEMPT AND AMUSEMENT AT THE PARADE OF POLITICAL HACKS THAT RUSH TO THE MEDIA TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION AND GET THEIR NAMES AND/OR FACES IN THE LIMELIGHT BY OFFERING CONDOLENCES TO THE INNOCENT VICTIMS' FAMILIES AND THE SURVIVORS, AS WELL AS TO CONDEMN THE PERPETRATORS OF SUCH HEINOUS ACTS, BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR COMFORTABLE AND HIGHLY SECURE BASES OF OPERATION WHERE THEY CONTINUE FEATHERING THEIR OWN NESTS UNTIL THE NEXT "NEWS EVENT" ARRIVES.

     
THERE FOLLOWS THE NORMAL WRINGING OF HANDS AND EXCUSE MAKING AS TO WHY THE ORDINARY MEMBERS OF WESTERN SOCIETY COULD NOT BE PROTECTED FROM SUCH ACTS ACCOMPANIED BY THE NORMAL FLURRY OF USELESS ACTIVITIES, WHICH REMIND THE AUTHOR OF CLOSING THE BARN DOOR AFTER THE HORSE HAS LEFT THE PREMISES.  THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY OF ACQUIRING WEALTH AND “PERKS” NOTWITHSTANDING, ONE WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME THAT SECURING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE POPULATION IS THE LEGITIMATE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

     
IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT THESE VICTIMS HURT ANY MORE THAN THOSE BLOWN UP IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD OR THAT THE DEAD SUFFERED THEIR DEMISE ANY DIFFERENTLY FROM THOSE OF OTHER CULTURES OR RACES. IT IS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THEIR FAMILIES WILL NOT GRIEVE ANY DIFFERENTLY FOR THEIR LOSSES, NOR WILL THEIR LIVES BE DISRUPTED TO ANY GREATER EXTENT. AS ONE VICTIM FROM THE PAST, WITH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON ASKED, "WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?" THE ANSWER RINGS DOWN THE HALLS OF HISTORY WITH AN INESCAPABLE CLARITY. THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO THE POSITIONS OF POWER, BE IT IN GOVERNMENT OR RELIGION, WITH THEIR SELF-SERVING IDEOLOGIES, FOMENT, AND/OR EXPLOIT, UNREST BETWEEN GROUPS TO PERPETUATE THEIR OWN POSITIONS OF POWER AND TO EXPAND THEIR OWN FORTUNES, IF NOT DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.



A CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE OF THIS IS ENCOUNTERED IN THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES TO THE SUPREME COURT.  A PARADE OF CLOWNS IS HARDLY MORE AMUSING.  THOSE CHARGED WITH PERPETUATING THE ORDERLY FUNCTIONING OF GOVERNMENT DO NOT SEEK TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CANDIDATE IS AN HONORABLE PERSON, KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW AND EXPERIENCED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF WHAT PASSES FOR JUSTICE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTERPRETATION OF EXISTING LAWS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION. RATHER, IT SEEMS, THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE CANDIDATE MIGHT FIND OR CREATE, THROUGH SOME DEVINE INSPIRATION THAT SEEMS TO ACCRUE TO THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER, NEW LEGAL SANCTIONS OR MANDATES IN LAW, THAT MIGHT FURTHER OR CRIPPLE THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDAS.  APPARENTLY IT IS NOW EASIER TO IMPLEMENT THESE POLITICAL BENTS THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS RATHER THAN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, WHICH IS THE PURVIEW OF THE “HUFFERS AND PUFFERS” CREATING THEIR OWN CIRCUS.  



THIS DIVISIVE MODEL OF GOVERNING, ACCORDING TO WHICH PARTY CAN GAIN THE UPPER HAND RATHER THAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS, SO EXPLICITLY EXEMPLIFIED BY THE BY THE SUNNIS AND SHIITES, IS ALIVE AND WELL IN GOVERNMENTS FAR REMOVED FROM THOSE SORDID ACTIVITIES. THAT THE CANDIDATE AND THE PUBLIC ARE SUBJECTED TO AN ARRAY OF SELF-SERVING STATEMENTS AND PSEUDO QUESTIONS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO FURTHER THEIR POLITICAL AGENDAS AND PERSONAL FORTUNES IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO AN INSTITUTION THAT NEEDS NO FURTHER SUCH ACTIVITY TO ADD TO ITS SULLIED REPUTATION.  ONE HARKENS BACK TO THE WORDS OF WILL ROGERS WHOM I BELIEVE DELIVERED THE INSIGHTFUL OBSERVATION THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS THE BEST GOVERNMENT MONEY CAN BUY!  ALTHOUGH THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE CODE OF SILENCE BETWEEN THE BUYERS AND SELLERS OF FAVORS, DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY, IS ABOUT TO BE BROKEN. VAMOS A VER!

     
THE TRUE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE EVOLUTION OF CIVILIZATION (IT DOES SEEM REASONABLY SAFE TO ASSUME THAT “INTELLIGENT DESIGN” WILL NEVER BE ATTACHED TO SOCIETAL ACTIVITIES) SELDOM HAVE HELD AN ELECTED OR USURPED POSITION OR ASPIRED TO LIVE ON THE BACKS OF OTHERS AS DO THESE PERPETRATORS OF DIVISIVENESS, SETTING ONE HUMAN AGAINST THE OTHER, IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED. IT IS THOUGHT THAT NO OTHER SPECIES PREYS ON OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAME SPECIES IN THE SAME EGOTISTICAL MODE. THE DISASTROUS RESULTS ARE RECOUNTED THROUGHOUT THE ANNALS OF HISTORY.  IT IS NOT WITHIN THE POWER NOR PURVIEW OF THE AUTHOR TO EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR SUCH INSANITY. ANY RATIONAL EXPLANATION IS SIMPLY ABSENT AND THE QUESTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED VICTIM REMAINS.

     
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE POPULATIONS WHO ARE SUBJECTED TO SUCH SAVAGERY CAN NOT OR OUGHT NOT STRIVE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THESE PREDATORS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ORIGIN.  THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CERTAIN CONSTRAINTS UPON EVERY GROUP IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITIES AND WILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT THE ATROCITIES WITH WHICH THEY ARE BESET. THE IDEA OF FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE BECOMES AN ATTRACTIVE ONE, HOWEVER, IT DAMAGES, TO SOME EXTENT, THE NATURE OF THE DEFENDERS IF THEY STOOP TO THE LEVEL OF THOSE WHO ATTACK. AT THE PRESENT TIME, THESE CONSTRAINTS ARE BEING SORELY TESTED AND DEBATED IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. OF COURSE, THE ATTACKERS EXPLOIT THIS UNWILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE PARTS OF WHAT ONE BELIEVES IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. THE UNFORTUNATE COROLLARY TO THIS IS, THAT THE POPULATION UNDER ATTACK IS ALSO EXPLOITED, FOR PERSONAL AND PARTISAN GAIN, BY THOSE CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE INNOCENT. AS IN ALL CONFLICTS, IT IS THE GENERAL POPULATION THAT PAYS THE PRICE IN TIME, MONEY, INCONVENIENCE AND, ALL TOO OFTEN IN THIS DAY OF EASY ACCESS TO THE MEANS TO WREAK HAVOC, LIFEBLOOD.

     
THE ENMITY OF THE ARAB POPULATION FOR THE ARYAN POPULATION DERIVES MUCH OF ITS ORIGINS FROM THE ARBITRARY CREATION AND SUPPORT OF A JEWISH STATE AMIDST THE FORMER. THE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS FOR NEARLY TWO MILLENNIA FROM THEIR LAND OF SQUALOR IS SIMPLY UNPALATABLE.  THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MEMBERS OF THE HEBREW POPULATION, LIKE THOSE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, HAVE SUFFERED MUCH AT THE HANDS OF VARIOUS WORLD GOVERNMENTS OVER THE CENTURIES. HOWEVER, IT TAKES LITTLE IMAGINATION TO UNDERSTAND THE RESISTANCE AND HATRED ENGENDERED WITHIN THE ARAB POPULATION DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES AND LAND. THE OPPORTUNITY CREATED FOR THOSE INCLINED TO EXPLOIT THAT RESENTMENT AND TURN IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE IS OBVIOUS. ONE DOUBTS THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREATLY DIFFERENT RESPONSE FROM THOSE AFFECTED IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEBREW NATION HAD BEEN GIVEN, AND RESETTLED IN, THE WESTERN HALF OF TEXAS OR, IF THOSE OF AFRICAN DESCENT WERE GIVEN AND RESETTLED IN A WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY, (FOR EXAMPLE, FRANCE?) FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS LACK OF FORESIGHT, IN UNDERSTANDING THESE FEELINGS OF OPPOSITION AND RESISTANCE AND THE SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT OF OTHER ARAB NATIONS, IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE.

     
THAT ONE SIDE NOW CONDUCTS THEIR KILLING WITH TANKS AND PLANES WHILE THE OTHER MANIPULATES NAIVE PERSONS INTO BLOWING THEMSELVES UP AMONG INNOCENT PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR GOD (OR IS IT JUST THE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS USING DEITY TO THEIR OWN ENDS?) DOES NOT CHANGE THE HORROR OF THE SITUATION. IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO NOTE AGAIN, THAT NONE OF THE "LEADERS" FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO THEIR DEITY OR POLITICAL PERSUASION TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES PERSONALLY, LIVING INSTEAD, WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE AND SAFE ENVIRONS.

     
DURING THE SUBSEQUENT HALF CENTURY, IMPOTENT ARABS WATCHED WITH DISMAY AND ENVY AS THIS TINY NATION PROSPERED, ALBEIT WITH CONSIDERABLE ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER NON-ARAB NATIONS, WHILE THEY LANGUISHED IN POVERTY, BOTH OF SPIRIT AND GOODS. UNFORTUNATELY, IN ANY ATTEMPT TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF THE PAST, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS WE ALL CONSTRAINED TO LIVE ON THIS FINITE PLANET AND NEED ACCESS TO THE EVEN MORE FINITE RESOURCES, BUT THAT IS YET ANOTHER TOPIC.

     
WITH THE CAPABILITY TO STRIKE FARTHER A FIELD, FUELED NO DOUBT, WITH PETROL-DOLLARS FROM THE SAME COUNTRIES WHO ARE NOW UNDER ATTACK, THE "TERRORISTS" GLEEFULLY INFLICT A "SCRATCH" OR TWO ON THE GREAT SATANS OF THE WORLD, THUS PROVIDING AN EVEN GREATER EXCUSE FOR THOSE IN POWER TO FLEECE THE PUBLIC AND BUILD EVEN MORE USELESS BUREAUCRACIES.  AS EXPECTED, THESE AGENCIES WASTE NO TIME IN ACQUIRING MORE POWER OVER THEIR SUBJECTS, E.G. FURTHER LIMITING PREVIOUSLY EXISTING FREEDOMS, IN THE NAME OF PROTECTION OR NATIONAL SECURITY.  THE RELATIONSHIP OF INTRUSIVE SEARCHES UPON DEMOGRAPHICS NOT NOTED FOR THEIR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, E.G. GRANDPARENTS BENT ON NOTHING MORE THAN ENJOYING THEIR DECLINING YEARS; BUSINESS PERSONS STRIVING TO CREATE MORE TAXABLE DOLLARS; AND CHILDREN ACCOMPANYING THEIR PARENTS TO A THEME PARK, DEFIES LOGIC EXCEPT TO THOSE SEEKING TO JUSTIFY THEIR EXISTENCE AND INCREDIBLE BUDGETS.

     
NO ONE ABHORS THE LOSS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM MORE THAN THE AUTHOR. HOWEVER, IT MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WITHOUT SECURITY, THERE CAN BE NO FREEDOM AT ALL. WHERE DOES ONE TURN FOR GUIDANCE? THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUSLY ISRAEL WHICH HAS MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COPING WITH ALIEN INVASIONS WHILE STRIVING TO PROVIDE AS SAFE AN ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE FOR THEIR CITIZENS. THE DETAILS ARE EXTENSIVE, BUT THE MODEL IS IN PLACE AND WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SUCCEEDED TO A GREATER EXTENT IF THE LEADERS OF ISRAEL HAD NOT BEEN RESTRAINED BY THEIR ALLIES IN THEIR EFFORTS TO AVENGE THE UNPROVOKED ATTACKS BY SAID TERRORISTS, WHO WERE THEN NOT SUBJECTED TO RETALIATORY ACTIONS. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN, OR IF, THOSE VICTIMIZED WILL FACE THE REALITY THAT VENGEANCE AND/OR RETRIBUTION IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE THAT TERRORISTS UNDERSTAND.

     
WHEN THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS IS SMALL AND THE PRICE IS EXORBITANT, THEY WILL RETURN TO THEIR SMOLDERING HATRED, BUT PROBABLY HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO KNOW HOW AND WHEN TO LIMIT IT. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS FOR THIS LIES IN THE STUDY OF SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIOR. ONLY THE STUPIDEST OF HUMANS EXHIBIT THIS BEHAVIOR AND ONE SHOULD NOT ATTRIBUTE STUPIDITY TO ONES ENEMIES WHO, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE FEW RESOURCES, EXTRACT A GREAT PRICE IN EXCHANGE FOR A MINIMUM OF COSTS, BOTH IN LIVES AND POSSESSIONS.  WERE THIS A CONTEST BETWEEN EQUALS, SUBJECT TO IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT, ONE COULD CLEARLY ANNOUNCE THAT THE TERRORISTS ARE AHEAD. OF COURSE, THEY CANNOT WIN AS THE CONTEST IS BETWEEN UNEQUAL COMPETITORS. THAT THE TERRORISTS WILL CONTINUE TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS HARM TO THE OBJECTS OF THEIR HATRED AT ANY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY IS NOT IN DOUBT. NO COUNTRY KNOWS THIS BETTER THAN ISRAEL.

     
THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM, WHICH THE LEADERS OF THE SO CALLED "FREE WORLD" DO NOT SEEM WILLING TO DO. THESE REVOLUTIONARIES WILL NOT GO AWAY THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS OR BE DEFEATED SO LONG AS THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND THE MEANS TO EXPRESS THEIR HATRED. THEY (THE TERRORISTS, NOT THE RATIONAL PORTION OF THE ARAB POPULATION)REALLY HAVE LITTLE OTHER REASON FOR WHICH TO LIVE. NOR WILL A "BETTER LIFE" BE IMPOSED ON THEM FROM THE OUTSIDE. ALL TRUE HUMAN BEHAVIORAL CHANGES ACCRUE FROM CHANGES IN BELIEFS AND VALUES ON THE INSIDE.

     
THIS HATRED IS PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION OF ARABS TO THE NEXT, MUCH AS THE PREJUDICE OF WHITES (NOT ONLY SOUTHERN ONES) WAS INCULCATED IN THE CULTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. OF COURSE, A FEW INDIVIDUALS OF THIS BENT MAY BE HUNTED DOWN LIKE MAD DOGS AND KILLED OR IMPRISONED, BUT WHOLE SOCIETIES MAY NOT BE SO CONTROLLED, OR AT LEAST NOT FOR VERY LONG OR WITHOUT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE "VICTOR". IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IS NOW LEARNING THIS LESSON, ALBEIT TOO LATE FOR THE MANY "VICTIMS" ON BOTH SIDES.

     
SECONDLY, ISRAEL HAS ACCEPTED THE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERYONE, NOT SIMPLY THE LOWER CLASS, HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PRESERVE WHAT SECURITY IS POSSIBLE AND MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE IS NOT RESERVED FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE IN STATUS BY BIRTH OR GENDER AS IS THE PRACTICE IN THE OTHER AGGRIEVED COUNTRIES. A POOR MAN OR WOMAN'S, BLOOD IS NOT MORE EXPENDABLE OR EXPLOITABLE IN THE NEVER ENDING STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL AS IS GENERALLY FOUND IN COUNTRIES FORMERLY REMOTE FROM THE ”ACTION".

     
THIRDLY, EVEN THE DUMBEST MILITARY RECRUIT KNOWS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT OF SECURITY IS THE PERIMETER. ISRAEL WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEFINING AND PROTECTING THAT PERIMETER IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS UNTIL THEIR ALLIES BETRAYED THEM BY TRYING TO NEGOTIATE "PEACE" RATHER THAN ASSERT A COMMITMENT TO SECURITY. WOULD THAT THE LEADERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES EXHIBITED INTELLIGENCE AND VIGILANCE EQUAL TO THAT OF ISRAEL.

     
HOWEVER, ONE SHOULD NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE COLLECTIVE STUPIDITY OF WORLD LEADERS IN FAILING TO LEARN FROM HISTORY, THAT HONORABLE, MORE OR LESS, PEOPLE CANNOT NEGOTIATE ANYTHING, MUCH LESS PEACE, WITH DISHONORABLE PEOPLE. FROM THE TROJAN HORSE TO LORD CHAMBERLAIN TO KIM JONG II, THE LESSONS ARE INESCAPABLE TO ALL, EXCEPT THOSE IN POWER WHOSE EGOS ARE SO DISPROPORTIONATE TO THEIR ABILITIES, THAT THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT REALITY.

     
FORTUNATELY, IN NEARLY EVERY DIFFICULT SITUATION, LIES THE GENESIS OF A SOLUTION. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY A DIRE EMERGENCY, NOT A MINOR INCURSION, LEADS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES SUFFICIENT TO ALLEVIATE THE MENACE. THOSE PRESENTLY IN POWER ARE NOT WILLING TO RISK THEIR COMFORTABLE EXISTENCE TO PREVENT THE EXPLOSION IN THE MINE, SO TO SPEAK, BY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CANARY. SUCH ARE THE LESSONS OF NEW YORK, MADRID AND NOW LONDON. ABOUT THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ACTIVITY AMONG THE LEADERS IS MORE HAND WRINGING, EMPTY WORDS AND FUTILE ACTS. IS IT ANY WONDER THAT THE PROBLEMS PERSIST?

     
ONE WRITES SUCH OBSERVATIONS AT HIS OR HER OWN PERIL, BECAUSE THE COLLECTIVE POWER STRUCTURES DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THEM. HOWEVER, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT VIABLE OPTIONS FOR THE RESOLUTION OF MOST PROBLEMS ARISE, NOT FROM THE "COMMITTEES OF SHEEP", (THE BANE OF THE AUTHOR) BUT, FROM THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DARES TO CONTEMPLATE THE SITUATION FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE "SEMI AND THE OVERPASS" OR THE WORDS OF HERBERT HOOVER OR G.B.S.?

     
SINCE IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT THOSE WHO DERIVE GREAT PERSONAL BENEFITS FROM BOTH THE THREATS AND ACTS OF TERRORISTS WILL WILLINGLY DISMANTLE THEIR FREAKISH, BUT ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NOW BLEEDING THE ECONOMIC LIFEBLOOD FROM OUR NATION, PERHAPS THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO INSTITUTE AT LEAST ONE OF THE LESS INTRUSIVE MEASURES FOR CONTROLLING DISRUPTIVE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS.  BY PREVENTING FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND COMMERCE BY THESE NEFARIOUS INDIVIDUALS, NOW USING THE PROTECTIONS OF THE SAME CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT THEY SEEK TO DESTROY OR CIRCUMVENT, GOVERNMENTS MIGHT SEVERELY MITIGATE THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF THESE MALCONTENTS.


THIS MEASURE, WHICH EXISTS IN VARIOUS FORMS IN OTHER LESS "ADVANCED" COUNTRIES, IS THE USE OF A UNIVERSAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING PHOTO AND PLACE OF BIRTH, AMONG OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION, FOR LEGAL CITIZENS. THIS IDENTIFICATION, WHEN COUPLED WITH A FINGER OR THUMB PRINT OF THE BEARER, IDENTIFIES, WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION, THIS INDIVIDUAL AS ONE, WHO, HAVING ABIDED BY THE RULES OF THE SYSTEM, THEREFORE HAS CERTAIN RIGHTS TO LIVE AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT SYSTEM.  WITHOUT THIS DEMONSTRABLE “RIGHT”, INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT ENGAGE IN ANY FORM OF COMMERCE, BE IT OPENING BANK ACCOUNTS TO HIDE MONEY; LEASING OR PURCHASING A SHELTER FROM WHICH THEY MIGHT BASE THEIR OPERATIONS; OBTAIN TRANSPORTATION, OR THE RIGHTS THERETO, SUCH AS A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR AIRLINE TICKETS; AND CERTAINLY THEY COULD NOT ATTEND INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING (OR FLIGHT SCHOOLS) WHERE THEY MIGHT LEARN THE MYSTERIES OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, ENABLING THEM TO DEVELOP THE SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS CIVILIZED NATIONS SO RIGHTLY FEAR.


BEFORE ONE ENCOUNTERS THE RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION FROM THE LIBERAL LEFT AND THE RADICAL RIGHT, THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGES THE INHERENT LOSS OF FREEDOM BY ALLOWING THE GOVERNMENT TO KNOW WHERE I AM AND WHAT I'M DOING. HOWEVER, UNLESS I WISH TO BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING ILLEGAL, I FIND THIS TO BE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR RIDDING THE COUNTRY OF ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO BE HERE AND ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE PERIMETER OF OUR COUNTRY. IF PEOPLE HAD TO PROVE THEIR IDENTITY, HENCE THEIR RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER IS LEGALLY PERMITTED, FROM THE PURCHASE OF GROCERIES (OR EXPLOSIVES) TO THE RENTAL OF HOTEL ROOMS (OR VEHICLES), THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE, THE OBTAINING OF DRIVERS' LICENSES OR MEDICAL CARE AND EDUCATION, PERHAPS IT WOULD NOT BE SO EASY TO SURVIVE OUT OF SIGHT OF THOSE CITIZENS WHO MIGHT BETTER "CONNECT THE DOTS" THAN HAS THE PRESENT PATCHWORK OF SECURITY AGENCIES.

     
OF COURSE, ENGAGING IN ANY COMMERCE WITH UNIDENTIFIED OR UNIDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUALS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ILLEGAL, AS IT IS IN THE SELLING OF CONTRABAND CIGARETTES OR UNAUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING OF MUSIC, ACTIVITIES WHICH PALE IN IMPORTANCE WHEN COMPARED TO ACTS OF TERRORISM. A MERCHANT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY AGENCY OR CORPORATION ENGAGING IN SUCH TRANSACTIONS WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO THE FULL WEIGHT OF GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS, JUST AS PROVIDERS OF RATHER BENIGN SERVICES ARE NOW HUNTED DOWN AND PROSECUTED (PERSECUTED?) FOR VARIOUS NON-THREATENING ACTIVITIES TO UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO, FOR THE MOST PART, HAVE NO DESIRE TO HARM OUR SOCIETY, MUCH LESS TO DESTROY IT. WHAT A WASTE OF GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THIS IS IN THE FULFILLING THE PENCHANT OF GOVERNMENTS TO MIND OTHER PEOPLES’ BUSINESS, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER TOPIC.

     
IT IS POSTULATED THAT FEW INDIVIDUALS OR CORPORATIONS, MUCH LESS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, WOULD RISK SIGNIFICANT PUNISHMENT BY PROVIDING THE SERVICES REQUIRED TO SURVIVE, BE IT FOOD, MEDICINE OR EDUCATION TO ILLEGAL RESIDENTS OR THOSE INTERESTED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. HAVING WALKED IN DISTANT AREAS OF THE WORLD, WHERE PRIVATE GUARDS ARMED WITH SUB-MACHINE GUNS, NOT TOYS, INCLUDING THE LONDON "TUBE", KNOWING THAT KIDNAPPING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY OR THAT A BOMB COULD BE DETONATED AT ANY TIME BY ANYONE SO INCLINED, I AM MUCH MORE TOLERANT OF THE INTRUSIVE PERSONAL REQUESTS FOR IDENTIFICATION TO WHICH PATRONS OF BANKS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, DEPARTMENT STORES OR AREAS DEEMED SENSITIVE, SUCH AS CHEMICAL FACTORIES, POWER PLANTS, AIRPORTS AND OTHER POINTS OF ENTRY, ARE NOW SUBJECTED THAN I WAS IN THE PAST.

     
AS WITH ISRAEL, THESE COUNTRIES COULD NOT PREVENT EVERY POTENTIAL DISASTER, BUT THEY COULD INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY AND LOWER THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS BY USING THE POWER TO STOP PERSONS AND ASK THEM TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, BEFORE PERMITTING ENTRY TO THE ABOVE AREAS OR THE PURCHASE OF NEEDED SUPPLIES. IN ADDITION, RANDOM CHECKS OF PASSENGERS, IN ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDED A REAL DETERRENT TO PERSONS ATTEMPTING ILLEGAL ENTRY OR PASSAGE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. SOMEHOW, SHOWING MY PASSPORT OR VISA WAS A SMALL INCONVENIENCE TO AID IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND ORDER IN THEIR COUNTRY.   OF COURSE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT I WAS SINGLED OUT BECAUSE OF MY OBVIOUS ALIEN APPEARANCE AND SUGGEST THAT THIS IS NOT A VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS, BUT A RATHER INTELLIGENT FOCUS OF EFFORT IN THE PROTECTION OF CITIZENS OF A GIVEN COUNTRY.

     
THAT THIS METHOD IS USED BY MANY TOTALITARIAN STATES, PROBABLY SHOWS THAT IT IS SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVE ALSO. I DON'T REMEMBER TOO MANY I.E.D.’S OR AMBUSHES IN IRAQ PRIOR TO "FREEDOM" BEING IMPOSED ON THEM. ORDINARY CITIZENS SEEMED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, HOWEVER LIMITED, PROVIDED, OF COURSE, THEY DID NOT SEEK TO SUBVERT THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE TERRORISTS, SO WIDELY DEPLORED IN THE MEDIA, ARE TRYING TO DO TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS. DID I MISS SOMETHING?

     
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT 90% (AN ARBITRARY NUMBER TO BE SURE) OF THE EFFORTS AND MONEY BEING SPENT SUFFICES ONLY TO INCONVENIENCE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. AN IDENTIFICATION CARD AND A THUMB PRINT MIGHT OBTAIN THE SAME, IF NOT BETTER, RESULTS IN MUCH LESS TIME AND AT FAR LESS COST. VAMOS A VER.



REMEMBER, THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF A POPULATION, DEPENDS ON THE VIGILANCE OF EVERYONE. THE INEPTNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT IS SELF-EVIDENT.  IF A "TIP" HOTLINE CAN TRIGGER INTERVENTION IN THE ABUSE OF AN INNOCENT, HOW MUCH MORE VALUABLE WOULD IT BE TO USE THE ABILITY OF ALL LIVING IN OUR SOCIETY TO IDENTIFY THOSE WHO HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO BE HERE,AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WITHOUT THOSE RIGHTS, BEFORE FACILITATING THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE ILLEGALLY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR MOTIVATION.

     
ALONG WITH TERRORISTS, SOCIETY MIGHT SEVERELY LIMIT THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY, WHICH ONE GATHERS AVOIDS TAXATION OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMMERCE; THE THEFT OR FABRICATION OF FALSE ID'S; THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND PAYMENT OF MONEY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS OR WELFARE CHEATS; AS WELL MAKING POSSIBLE MORE CAREFUL MONITORING OF THE CRIMINALS WHO "HIDE" IN PLAIN SIGHT TO MOLEST OUR CHILDREN AND/OR COMMIT FURTHER CRIMES.



WOW! HOW MUCH MORE WILL THE GOVERNMENT COLLECT IN TAXES AND HOW MUCH WILL IT SAVE IN TRACKING DOWN THESE INDIVIDUALS OR IN "NOT" PROVIDING SERVICES TO THOSE WHO HAVE NO RIGHT TO THEM? WE MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO PAY OFF SOME OF THE NATIONAL DEBT WE HAVE SO CAVALIERLY FOISTED OFF ON FUTURE GENERATIONS.  PERHAPS, BIG BROTHER'S TIME HAS COME. CERTAINLY, AN I.D. SYSTEM IS FAR LESS INTRUSIVE THAN THE "ELECTRONIC EYES" PASSIVELY AND INEFFECTIVELY WATCHING LIMITED AREAS, MOSTLY FREQUENTED BY OUR "LEADERS" CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY.  IT IS SUGGESTED THAT PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN ANALYSIS OF SECURITY TAPES AFTER THE DAMAGE IS DONE.



ENJOY! TOM



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