simplicitys-brother

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  1. Couldn't have said that better my self.
  2. The ablity to adapt to the environment or the ability to change the environment. Why?
  3. Congrats on the large number of anniversaries. AR 15 is a military developed gun that doesn''t do too well in mud or rain but otherwise is pretty fair. That is IF I really remember my Army weapons . It can be made semi-automatic but the Army used the fully auto capable model.
  4. I do like the Montessori methods. One of their biggest problems is the resistance put up by others who cannot compete with Montessori success. I think the cost of Montessori will come down when they can more easily fill their class rooms. Montessori does allow for choice of the student and flexibility of schedule, Makes for much more capable adults after the teaching.
  5. Post #4 answers post #3. Besides drugs should not be against any laws in the US of A. Hyper is correct that not stopping trespassers does allow drugs to enter. Legalizing drugs would also stop the gang wars in Mexico and sillinesses like "Fast & Furious". It would allow more for treatment of addicts and save countless mistakes and embarrassment to our LEO'S.
  6. Because sometimes it is needed and as the Boy Scuts always said: "Be Prepared"
  7. The federal government does not nearly enough to prevent trespassing and way too much to prevent drugs. Terribly mixed up priorities.
  8. Views on education. By popular request First: Children are people who have not gotten to full body size. What happens when a person is too often told to “don’t do that” or “You can’t have that” or “Pay attention” and the telling is backed by force? The person begins to reject the teller but they still don’t have the resources to survive without them so they have a catch 22 where they are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. What is the result? Often it is waking the adult from a nap. Making noise, getting the floors muddy, “accidently” breaking things, being a pest in general. Children want to help and when prevented they feel unwanted and unworthy. This brings rebellion from the child even into adulthood. When children are allowed to help from the youngest age, they will love their family and want to contribute to the betterment of their families. As early as they can understand children should be given the facts about the family, its purpose and goals as well as how it gets done. Children ( and adults) want to make their own choices, this applies from the earliest possible choices of what to eat, what to wear, when to play and what to learn. Adults need to communicate with their children, not force them to be models of the adults wishes. Each person is an individual; each wants to make our own choices. This is as true of children as it is adults. Children in public (and a great many private ) schools are made to run when the bell rings, no matter if they are in the middle of something they enjoy. Children are prevented from continuing the things they want to understand or make. In schools it is rarely corporal punishment but the force is just as strong because they get “disciplined” for not doing as the administration demands. Just as with children above, the resentment builds. Children are taught to not pursue their dreams because they will not get to finish them or bring them to actuality. Adults are taught that they are constantly being watched. Watched by hall monitors, police, military, red light cameras, neighborhood watch, maybe this list has no end. This teaches that one cannot do the things one wants to do, not because it is wrong but because someone else may not like it and thus we become a nation of slaves who are required to pay our taxes, not stand up for our rights and “go along to get along”. We are taught to understand and agree that government knows best and to resist will be countered by force. That to buck the trend will have a neighbor talking to the “authorities” , who will question our motives while ensuring our knowledge of their authority, while not even having to give their names Stop the regimentation of people but that is perhaps the easy part. People expect to be controlled and certainly a certain amount of control is necessary but it has to be enhanced with a positive result at the end. As for education as a technology; there is a technology of study and it works every time it is tried. Basically it teaches about the three barriers to study and the methods to handle them, the physical phenomena of each of them along with their remedies. These are not taught in public schools and rarely in private schools. Using the technology of study any person can learn anything. In large public school systems there appears to be a backlash against learning. I am reminded a few years ago of the Los Angeles Unified school district where several teachers go together and decided to purchase a copy of a math program with their own funds. They applied the program and their students outshone the rest of the districts students. The school administration, in their bureaucratic idiocy, discovered that some students were doing better than others so they investigated. Finding the program worked they still demanded that it not be used because it wasn’t purchased through the district and therefore wasn’t authorized. Philosophy: Has several facets. Among them are that any person can learn anything that is real. There is an axiom that that which can be experienced can be measured and can be learned and can have an effect on us, anything else cannot. That kind of defines real. Education is only worthwhile when it leads to an application of what has been learned. A degree in comparative literature is fine, if one can find a use for it. It will benefit someone when the use can provide a means of exchange for ones sustenance. Education in the absence of application is useless. ( a redundancy, I know). Education is a have which leads to a do ( doing) of something. An example: a baker has to learn how to light off his ovens, how much of each ingredient to put in which pans and when it is all done correctly he will end with a very tasty product that he can exchange for some other portion of his existence.
  9. Of course, that would never happen if you elect me. <<sarcasm off>>
  10. One thing I know, we will get past it. This too will pass.
  11. Politeness tells me that smoking should be away from other people but I firmly believe that the owner or manager of a building makes the rules for that building. If a restaurant wants to allow smoking it should be ok and people who don't like it should stay right the hells away. Smoking is one of the most stupid things I have ever done but it was totally my choice and my choice to stop. Kids are people also, some just have't grown their bodies yet.
  12. When I can't enter N/A, I write "lost". I have never been contacted for a follow-up.
  13. If you are not sure of your personal political knowledge, try this. Should help clear it up. Takes about two minutes.
  14. Drugging Dreams by Daira Dielle 2/24/2012--12th Grade Whose idea this was, I think I know, To drug the dreams Of children so. It takes some doing, (Oh yes, it does!) But a nice fat check Will quiet the buzz. "This drug will help you Get over your loss." "This drug will help you Deal with your boss." "This pill makes you learn So much better." "This one will help you Unscramble the letters." All kids have dreams That they hope to achieve. Some never will - For they were deceived. The children are The ones we defend. Spread the word: Make psychiatry end! I hope this poem is one you will send To all of your family And all of your friends. Thank you for your help.
  15. What you think is most important but what you think may be wrong. You are you, not your body or name or anything else. What you perceive of your body is only that and nothing else depends on it. I say that and it appears that bodies are so important, but they are not. The reflection in the mirror will be whatever you choose it to be. It could take some time to recognize what you want. Smile, that always makes you look better and from here I think you look very nice.
  16. The best neighbors are made so by a good fence. Tp paraphrase that great philosopher anonymous. I highly recommend it. One the old guy can't see through may be best. Then you won't have to look at him either. A win-win situation.
  17. meh, I prefer that a President have demonstrated some ability somewhere. In my opinion the current occupant as none but I don't do his checkbook.
  18. Research" the white rose" in the third reich. University of Munich. They answered this question by Patrick Henry: "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" How would you answer this question. Don't bother if death scares you and there is no need to make your answer public.
  19. It is critical for me. It is nothing more than granting beingness to other people which is the most important thing that can be done for them and it doesn't matter how much money or fame or looks they have. Granting beingness to others allows us to grant beingness to ourselves and in order to be, We have to have beingness. It goes right along with Havingness and Doingness. It is in no way limited to table manners or holding doors or saying Ma'am or Sir but it is allowing others to be what they think they are. Some could call it love.