If I Became A US Dictator

If I Became A US Dictator

If I Became A US Dictator, the first thing I would do is lock-up Trump for his involvement with Epstein, the lawsuits against him, making America hated around the world and putting his face everywhere like the soviet dictators of the past. Then I would lock-up Vance because I don't trust him, he may be worse that Trump and he gives me the willies. Next I would lock-up the majority speaker because he will do anything Trump tells him to do.

Once that is done, I would give all candidates one month to run for the presidency. All media would be free and no contribution over $1000 would be allowed (if you cheat you go to jail). I would open many, many more polling places, allow all mail-in ballots and only driver license or passport required to vote. BTW, I and my team would not run for any office.

After the election, the president would have one month to pick a vice president and cabinet. The mid-term congressional elections would be held in August under the same media and finance rules.

I would fund and create an international group of scientists and companies to fast pace drugs to fight cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer. Next would be ALS. I would fund the trillions of dollars needed, but telling NASA you're going to delay going to Mars for five years. Believe me that would save trillions. Remember, people first - Mars second.

While all that is taking place, I would give Putin one week to stop all bombing. If he refuses, I would work with our European allies to put grave sanctions on Russia, bomb their oil and sanction any country doing business with them. He will threaten war, but he knows our military would take him out. Once the bombing stops, it's up to Ukraine to negotiate a peace.

I would give Iran one week to agree to a nuclear treaty on our terms. If they refuse, I would bomb the shit out of them. I would tell Israel there is going to be a Palestine state. If they refuse, I would stop all arm sales to them and cut all monies to them. 

I don't see China as a threat. I would stop all tariffs in six months. It's time we realize that China is ahead of us because of their investments in robotics and AI. We can compete with them as long as they don't give companies government help. American has to learn how to price compete. Robotics and AI is our solution. For stopping the tariffs, China has to reign in North Korea and give up on Taiwan.

Well, that's my list. Many of you would agree, many of you would disagree and many of you would say it can't be done even if you became a US dictator. Just don't hate me for my crazy opinion.

Are You Valued

 Are You Valued

Growing up I was valued. My mom and my dad Loved me, trusted me and valued me. My friends valued me, but my first wife did not. My kids, well, they were just kids. What the hell do very young kids know about valuing adults?

Work is where, I believe, I was valued the most. I was respected and liked. I gave respect without proof. However, if you lost my respect and trust, I never gave it back. We performed as a team and I acted as one of the team. The only difference was when a decision had to be made, I made it without pause.

My second wife valued me and I valued her, but we had other problems that led to divorce. My Ellen valued me and I valued her. We had a good run until she died. Now I'm 81 and feel the most valued. Joyce values me and I value her. We have a great love affair.

I didn't always feel valued. It wasn't about how others saw me, it was how I saw myself. After the second marriage fell apart, I was at my lowest. I didn't value me (I'm not even sure I liked me). Bob, got me to value myself once again.

What about you? Are you valued? Do your loved ones value you? Do your friends value you? Do YOU value you? If the answer is no to any of the above, get new friends or so called loves ones or get a Bob.

Sixth Sense

 Six Sense

Not all of us were born with five senses. The blind don't have sight. The delf don't have hearing. Events can cause us to lose other senses. A few people with COVID lost their sense of taste or smell. An accident could cause a person to lose their sense of touch. 

There are ways to overcome some of these problems. First the Brain. The human brain is a unbelievable organ. A person without sight can hear better than someone with sight. The loss of taste doesn't stop the brain from feeling hungry. 

Technology is helping the brain. An implant, behind the ear, can help the hearing impaired hear. Retina implants can increase the sight of someone with limited sight. A few companies are testing brain implants that someday will help people with no motor skills move their limbs. Due to technology, 20 years from now, the disabled will be enabled. 

The thing about the brain that's so interesting is we only use a small portion of it's capabilities. Many, many millions of cells and synapses (the electrical charge the brain uses to do it's magic) are there, but not used. I believe, either technology or evolution will someday open up those pathways.

When that happens, two things will occur. One, the five senses will be greatly enhanced. Super hearing and sight, limb sensitivity, taste and smell. Kind of like Superman. Second, the holly grail - Sixth Sense.

What that will be is a great question. The movie "The Sixth Sense" has a child saying to his parents: "I see dead people." The movie Inception, is about a dead person seeing the physical world through a third dimension. 

I choose to believe there is a Sixth Sense. I choose to believe that when I'm gone my energy is going to a third dimension. This is not about religion stuff like heaven and hell. This is not about a God looking over me. This is about a place where our current five senses can not conceive. I call it the Universe.

Being a computer scientist, I choose to believe there has to be something beyond what we can see, hear, touch, smell and taste. What about you? If there was a Sixth Sense, what do you think it would be?

Superstitions Horoscopes Fortune Cookies

 I sent this blog in 2013. Just for fun.

Superstitions  Horoscopes  Fortune Cookies

 

Superstition is a pejorative term for belief in supernatural causality: that one event leads to the cause of another without any natural process linking the two events

 

World Superstitions

 

The French believe that handling a loaf of bread upside-down or placing it upside-down on the table will brings hunger and bad luck to both the giver and the recipient.

 

Russia, There is a belief that unmarried people should avoid sitting at the corner of the table. They will find difficulties finding their life partner and will not get married.

One superstition held in Germany that if someone has difficulty dying, one may ease the process by lifting up three tiles on the roof.

 

In China, the colour white is associated with death/mourning. It is best to avoid sending invitations or flowers in white, money in a white envelopes are called 'pak kum' usually given to the family of the deceased to help with the funeral cost

 

In Japan, it is believed that you'll have a short life if you sleep at night with your head facing north. It is customary that Japanese corpses are laid with their head facing north during 'wake' ceremony.

 

Common superstitions

Beginner's luck

Don't walk under that ladder

Black cats crossing your path

A rabbit's foot will bring you luck

Bad luck comes in threes

Careful with that mirror

666

Knock on wood

Make a wish on a wishbone

Cross your fingers

No umbrellas inside

Friday the 13th

 

 

I'm not superstitious because I don't buy into the idea that supernatural causality where one event leads to the cause of another without any natural process linking the two events. What about you? What are your superstitions? Do you believe in them so strongly that you would control your life around them?

 

 

When walking down the street do you go around that ladder in front of you? I know you know that superstition is bullshit, but just to be sure, you avoid walking under that ladder. Your attitude is "who knows what could happen - I just don't want to give myself bad Juju.

 

 

How many of you keep something in your pocket or wallet that you believe will bring you good luck? How many of you have a money tree in your house? How many of you do everything you can to not break a mirror because you believe you'll have bad luck. How many of you buy into this fung-shway crap?

 

 

When I was young there was a superstition that when you're walking down the street you have to avoid stepping on the cracks in the sidewalk. The saying goes "step on a crack, break your mother's back." Could that superstition be any more stupid. I could go on and on with these ridiculous superstitions, but many believe in them.

 

 

The fact is that some people are paranoid about some superstitions. They actually let them have an impact on their lives and their happiness. Ask yourself, how the hell can a rabbit's foot or a coin bring you good luck? Do you really believe if you break a mirror or have a black cat run in front of you, you'll have bad luck? What the hell does a mirror or a black cat have anything to do with luck? As a matter of fact what the hell is luck? Believing in luck is probably the most insidious superstition of them all.

 

 

Shit happens all the time. You can't control the future no matter how much you plan for it. Superstitions are statement in the future. Sooo, if you can't control the future then how can a superstition which is based on hundreds or thousands of years of folklore, actually have an impact on your future. Get with it people, you know it's bullshit. However, just in case, maybe you should knock on wood if something good happens to you.

 

 

You now know how I feel about superstitions, how do you think I feel about Horoscopes and Fortune Cookies. If you said "bullshit" then you know me. I'm not talking about people who read your horoscope by learning about the date and time you were born or in what moon you were born into. I believe that's as much bullshit as someone reading your cards and telling you what happened in the past and what's going to happen in the future.

 

 

However, many people put their faith in these Soothsayers. Who am I to judge. Oh, that's right, I'm a normal thinking individual who doesn't believe in faith in the first place (see my previous blog titled "Faith."

 

 

When it comes to horoscopes, I'm talking about the ones in the newspaper or other media. Do you really believe that today is not a good day to try something new? Who are these horoscope writers talking about anyway? Are they talking about my 89 year old mother who is nothing like a close friend of mine who just happens to be born on the same day?

 

 

You can't really believe that the daily horoscope is correct for the tens of thousands of people (who are all different and born in different years) who read and react on these bullshit horoscopes. Do you realize these daily horoscopes are written by a news writer who was delivering internal mail six months before he or she was asked, by the editor, to write the daily horoscope. If you don’t, then I know a surgeon who is a master at performing lobotomies.  

 

 

Now for those of you who believe in horoscopes, you must believe in the fortunes inside Fortune Cookies. Sooo, let's take an example. Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress, John Boehner goes to Panda Express to get his Chinese lunch. He gets back to his office in Congress and opens up his Fortune Cookie. It says: "your personality will win over everybody." Speaker Boehner reads the fortune, goes out of his office and runs through Congress waving his fortune while screaming: "I have a personality, I have a personality, I have a personality!!!

 

 

Get real people! These cookies have fortunes written by a machine and then stuffed into a weird shaped cookie. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU! However, if your desperate for good news (BTW, there is never bad news in a Fortune Cookie) hold off on getting the lobotomy and allow the fortune to put a smile on your face.

 

The bottom line is that if you believe in Superstitions, Horoscopes and Fortune Cookies and that helps you get through the day, I'm all in favor of it. However, just make sure you say to yourself,

 

I know its bullshit, but just in case...

 

 

 

It Feels So Good To Be Loved

 It Feels So Good To Be Loved

I grew up with a mom and grandmom that loved me. I was hugged all the time. I was told how proud they were of me. I could see in their eyes how much they loved me. Their emotional display made It Feels So Good To Be Loved.

I knew my dad loved me because his eyes told me so. He was not the type to show emotion so his body language and eyes had to tell the story. I loved him so much because I respected him more than anyone else I knew. I sometime think my love for him was so great because he was unable to physically show me his love. Either way, It Felt So Good To Love Him and It Feels So Good To Be Loved

I named my dog Zita because I was told that Aunt Zita was loved by everyone. So, I thought that by naming her Zita she would turn out to be a loving dog. I was right. Some say that a dog only loves their owner because they feed them. I also read that a smart dog has the brain of a two to three year old child. Zita was a very smart dog.

I know Zita loved me. She showed her emotion by hugging me back when I hugged her. When I would come home she would run to me and jump up on me. I would grab her face and look into her loving eyes. I loved her and It Feels So Good To Be Loved.

Then came Joyce. She is the most loving human being in the world. Her love is both physical and emotional. She says the words "I Love You" at least twice a day. She hugs me. She looks at me with those loving eyes. How could I not love her with all my heart. At eighty one, It Feels So Good To Be Loved

Some people feel the only way you can feel love from another person is if they emotionally show their love. I found that not to be true. Like my father, some people were brought up with so many barriers, they are unable to hug and even not able to say " I Love You." Because they can't, you should not assume they don't.

Look into their eyes. If you're sad, their eyes will show you how much they care. If your happy, their eyes will show how happy they are for you. If you're in trouble, their actions will show you that they love you.

I suggest you love them back because It Feels So Good To Be Loved.