June 30th, 2010 by Jeremy

Connected despite darkly Synthesized Separations.
The living product of 12 Successful Senses.
A liberated river whose water flows free
From an intelligently directed delta.
A circular system of Sophisticating Self
And an enriching Ego at the Forge, burning with fire
Nourished by the persistence of all parts.
Dissident Examiner with eyes designed to close at lies.
Sentiment sharpened with Spiritual Steel by
An empty, open hand overshadowing a tightly knit fist.
A bottled wind in a crowded room overtaken with smoke.
They who abandoned I for We and cheated on My with Our.
The Are birthed from Am, whose lover is Subverted Sacrificing.
A Human,
Wholly, Individually All, but the sum of One.

June 28th, 2010 by Jeremy

Oh Captain, my Captain! Ye fell on yer sword. I’ll never forget our times in accord. But now as the Swedes come onto the ship to lend a tear or two at the crypt, beware of the booty on board!

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June 21st, 2010 by Jeremy

Please read about this day here: http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/june21.html

World peace. I don’t know if anyone really defines it as anything other than “Stop all fighting,” or if anyone really puts much thought into the term at all. I personally believe that people get what they ask for, yet taking the Genie lore into context to illustrate a point, one may ask for something as general as World Peace, but get something horrifically different.

I observe that there are two models under which World Peace can actually come to fruition. Like most things, there is a drastic Light to Dark trend to this, and with very little gradient in between. I would like to define this to ensure that those who will actually join me in meditation on this day will synchronize with me in such a way that it will render a desired effect toward the end goal.

The first “World Peace” that I will define shall be based on the common, generalized view of it, which states that people should simply stop fighting. In order to attempt the rendering of such a World Peace, everyone on the planet would then be required to subject themselves to an Orwellian Utopia, under which would be defined by a relatively small leadership that dictates all levels of control. Think about all people being medicated by a drug that makes passionate emotions significantly less possible. Think about the surveillance required to enforce that as well as punish all “Passion Crimes”. The foods you eat will be regimented per the optimal effect of the standard dosage of the medication, as prescribed by the  manufacturer. Human reproduction would most likely be synthesized or automated. The consumption of tobacco, alcohol and similar products would be banned. The ownership of any weapon, including any object that could be used as a weapon would be illegal, possibly including glass, flammable products, lampstands and chairs. The medical industry would become highly regimented, requiring all citizens to participate both by regular use and funding. Exercise would be automated, required and performed in-doors. Pay would be flat rate and based on the predetermined complexity of the job position. The housing and city environments would be sterilized and uniform to deter emotional distress. Furniture and fixtures would essentially become built-in, removing any chance for weaponization of provided resources and other aesthetic modification. Commerce would become uniform, including goods and services (like household cleaning), regimented and required.In all reality, even clothing would become uniform and would include physical attachments of identification, medical history and any licenses held by the individual. Many effects would be physical, but the psychological implementation which promotes a lack of individuality in all regards would be the foremost key in making this system work. It’s expensive, time-consuming and, most of all, an absolutely dangerous disregard to human conditions.

The other ’system’ under which ‘World Peace’ can exist is made possible by the individual understanding that this world cannot reach a potential for peace without everyone’s willful and conscious contribution toward a common goal. We must understand that there are violent facets of the Human Condition and that the cessation of all fighting is absolutely impossible, even under the Orwellian System.

We must recognize that there is no completely uniform group of people. Take the governments of all the nations in the world. Under these governments, there are individuals that both agree and disagree, with the national stance that their particular government purveys, to unimaginable degrees. Think about everyone around you. The guy at work who dislikes the way our own government works and the waiter at your favorite restaurant who is totally fine with not caring at all. This happens in all countries. For example, China, as a nation, hates the American lifestyle; yet there are millions of citizens who would want nothing more than to have that lifestyle for themselves.

At the end of the day, we are all as unique as our fingerprints, but there are billions of people who would agree with the general concept of ‘World Peace’. Those who actually define ‘World Peace’, on the other hand, are much fewer in number. When you pray for World Peace, which I shall now define as Deliberate Human Cooperation, pray first that people really consider how they would define ‘World Peace’ for themselves. Then, pray for your specific system. The more people praying for Deliberate Human Cooperation, the more effective the prayer is. It’s unifying. Noble. Understanding. Deliberate. Most of all, it’s outright Effective.

June 11th, 2010 by Jeremy

This is a response to a comment to the aforementioned post made by Shawn, an author on PhilosophyBlog.com:

There is no such thing as Private Tyranny. The term “Private” refers to the “private sector”, or the group of people whose financial income and spendings are done so outside of Government programs or businesses- excluding taxes. The private sector includes all civilians, their property and all businesses that are not owned or subsidized by the Government. The money made in the private sector is represented by the Free Market, and is done so via a system called Capitalism.

The Free Market is made possible by the ‘privatization’ of currency. In other words, America and its wealth is fueled by the inventions and ideas of Her People. The Civilian Base, therefore decides the fate of businesses based on the desire for that business’ product. This is called “Demand”. Capitalism is the code that allows civilians to  start their own businesses and sell their products and services at a price that is determined by the Free Market’s Demand for that product. If the inventor is the sole distributor of his product, he creates Demand by offering it as a novelty or an alternative to a different product. If the price that the Free Market is willing to pay for the product is below the cost to make it, the business under which the inventor operates cannot make “Profits”, or personal return for the product being offered, and so goes out of business. If the business profits from the product, its doors stay open for as long as there is a demand for the product. Therefore, to define the Free Market’s term “Competition”, the business must both continue to generate demand for its product; either by advertising it as the best of its kind or using innovation to ensure that the features of the product best fit the demands made by the Free Market. If the buyer decides that the Competition offers a better product, the original business closes its doors. As the buyer thus determines whether or not a business keeps generating money, a Private Tyranny is not truly possible under the rules of Capitalism.

However, Public Tyranny is always possible. The term “Public” refers to the “Public Sector”, which includes all assets (businesses, land and services) that are procured by the Government via the tax dollars it receives from the civilians it governs. Public Sector Businesses, like the United States Postal Service, do not follow the laws of Capitalism; nor is it able to be controlled by the Free Market’s demands for its product. Every dollar that is spent by the Government is paid for by the Civilian Base. Thus, through the Government, the civilians keep the doors to the United States Postal Service open and, furthermore, the civilians pay the salaries of the employees working there. Even if no one went to the USPS for their mail delivery services, the business would not close. Furthermore, all businesses owned by the Government are not subject to compete with the businesses found in the Private Sector. If all other mail services went out of business, the USPS would essentially be a monopoly.  It is because of this lack of control that the civilian base has on this kind of business that Public Tyranny is possible.

One may bring up Monopolies and Scams. Both of these are illegal and should be dealt with individually, as determined by the losses these create in the Free Market. The Free Market itself should not be punished for the unlawful acts of but a handful of businesses- because if the Free Market is being punished, so are you.

Via the Free Market, American Citizens are given the power to live and sustain themselves outside of the means of Government Provisions (which are paid for by the Citizens anyways).  If you are buying from a business that needs your purchase of its product to survive, you are most likely buying a good product. By buying from the Government, you are getting the absolute minimum that product can offer- as that business has no fear of ever having to close its doors. In the simplest terms I can afford, you are are buying Quality when you are buying from the Private Sector. Additionally, the Founding Fathers never intended for Federal Government to be involved in business, as this directly correlates with their intention to build a Government that fears and serves the People. As Government seeks to become involved in Business, the true intent is to create more dependence on the Government

What throws a wrench into the gears is when businesses seek unethical means to produce its products, such as having them produced in the less than acceptable work environments found in China and India. Public Tyranny supports this practice, as businesses, which make a product in America and pay its workers at least minimum wage, produce a product that is more expensive than unethical competition. By furthering and endorsing the demand for a cheaper product, Public Tyranny places ethical businesses at risk of having to close their doors. It does this by failing to levy taxes and strict regulations for businesses that buy from or produce products in Socialist countries. The ultimate goal of this practice is to force the civilian to buy from Government businesses while simultaneously obliterating the ‘middle class’. That makes government officials The Wealthy.

Gerald Ford is credited as saying:

“A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have….”

I hope that I answered your question, though I encourage you to feel free to challenge this information via research.

June 11th, 2010 by Jeremy

Please read this good article on PhilosophyBlog.com.

“Misplaced Outrage and Civil Debate”

Here is my response:

Philosophically speaking, the outrage that is exhibited by the left is no more than a child’s scorn against anything that goes against is taught to them by their parents. To quote Silent Hill, “Mother is god in the eyes of her child.”
I say this because those that follow the Liberal Code are usually on either end of the extreme; being either too ignorant and dependent to make educated decisions or The Unsatisfactorily Powerful who want nothing more than to have less competition in their never-ending search for happiness through material gain. From both of these seemingly paradoxical ends of the spectrum comes that unattainable ideology that diseases the Left- Externalism. These people place the pursuit of happiness outside of themselves and leave the power to decide to the Powers That Be, often foregoing the initiative to make that pursuit themselves.
Those on the Right embrace the code of self accountability, paving the road for a man to have the right to private property. The Right recognizes that people must work to get what they want and thus cultivates that which the Left has come to hate- the ability for one to make Life work on his or her own terms. The Left hates this because they feel powerless to do for themselves… hence, Liberalism.
We need to recognize the source of the affliction. Through continuous poisonings, issued by mass media (TV, NewsPapers), society is becoming more ready to roll over and let this Government run rampant as it takes its liberties (Power to Do) away from it. Liberal media (and anything else that’s preceded by the word ‘Liberal’) is designed to tell people what to believe. We need to find more intelligent ways to ween society off of the withering breast and furthermore offer a viable explanation for what’s really going on.
Thank you for posting this. I’m happy that Conservatives are starting to wake others up to real values. The goal is not the success of an election or a party! The goal is to maintain the Opportunity we Americans have to make Life work on their terms!

June 7th, 2010 by Jeremy

I did something stupid

See “I Might Do Something Stupid.”

June 3rd, 2010 by Jeremy

I believe that, with each passing second, original thought becomes more and more rare. I am more than confident that the very thoughts I’m thinking now have been thought by someone else during the span of humankind. I’m talking about complete and intelligible thoughts… not the fact that someone, somewhere in the world, has thought of this random string of words: Humble straw fish steal Uncle Everett’s plastic viscera-eating acolytes until ducks grow fungus. In this case, spam email generators are more profound than every human ever to live, at least in that regard.

What is unique about every person in this world is that they have different combinations of the same thoughts. The more a person reads of different subjects, the more unique they become. The same goes with the skill of thinking. The more you use your brain, the closer you become to reaching the full potential of your uniqueness.

I think that TV is a sad thing, as it is so biased about what kind of information the observer receives from the content it makes available. How many times have we watched the history channel proceed near to the brink of proving that something phenomenal exists (like BigFoot, for example) only to drop it off into the “crazy speculation bin”? How many times, thus, have we been disappointed by what the ‘experts’ have deduced to be the ‘factual information’ to which you should make yourself privy? “Blasphemy! Bigfoot came from somewhere!”

Seriously, however, the statistics of how many advertisements a typical person absorbs in a given day is scary enough. I can’t even begin to mention the calculated measure at which each of these advertisements are built to impact the human brain to achieve the desired effect. I’ll say it like this: To date, you’ve heard that ‘you can’t', ‘you don’t have’, ‘you aren’t', and ‘you must’ enough for you to be justified in having that consistent state of worry and worthlessness you might carry.

It is the gouging of every person’s ability to desire that is the end product of many forms of media you subconsciously absorb throughout the day.  This is why most people are hesitant to express what they really want out of life. Most people can’t list even five things that they really want on a piece of paper! It’s truly astounding. Try it yourself. List five things you really, really want.

What does this have to do with Original Thought? Everything. Think about all the things that you normally address in conversation. Listen to other people’s conversation. Most of it sounds like hearsay. That’s right- a lot of people say what they hear and think very little of it beyond that.

Original Thought is formed through constant speculation. There are so many times you can analyze a sitcom before it becomes completely inconsequential. But if you try, for even a moment, to think about that which you really believe, you may find the subject nearly unscathed after even weeks of dedicated evaluation.

Here’s a test: Try to think of all the things you believe in so strongly that you could never say anything against it. These things are worth your time. Martin Luther King, Jr. is quoted in saying, “A man who has nothing to die for, is not fit to live.” For which of any of your beliefs would you die to protect?

A person who is committed enough to bear such a belief is in possession of a thought that is truly his own.  That thought may as well have originated with him, and is just that priceless. When he speaks of this thought, those who earnestly hear him will be affected. A person in possession of such a thought and knows its value is destined to do great things.

June 2nd, 2010 by Jeremy

Throughout the past year, I’ve really paid attention to the necessity of Recognition and what role it plays in the life of an individual. Nobody knows why it could potentially be the third most important thing in the life of a person, being just as essential as Food and Water. It’s more important than anything you have. It’s the driving force behind everything you do and everything of which you play a part.

“They” say that a life without love is hardly a life at all. Love could easily be defined as one of the highest forms of recognition a person could have.

The car you want and the clothes you wear out come from the necessity to be recognized. Every skill you learn and every ability you maintain is a product of that desire to be recognized.

Conversely, a man who secludes himself from the rest of the world begins to wither emotionally- to the point of becoming mentally ill if his seclusion is sustained. I have said many times in this blog and in personal discussions that humans are ‘Pack Animals’. Withdrawing from the ‘pack’ promotes nothing short of a state of absolute uselessness. A lost hair or a shed skin cell can hardly be said to be any benefit for the body to which it once belonged.

Recognition is worth more than money, if the recognition one receives is specifically tailored to them. Though this is still a young thought of mine, I am becoming more and more convinced that a man will work solely to be recognized and appreciated for his efforts. Look at political rallies/protests and church congregations. Consider the workload of a child who is praised for something he or she does. People have the need to recognize that they are a part of something.

A great story addresses the needs of the reader in such a way that it feels as though it was written for and/or about them. Religions are passed by and entire schools of thought are pushed aside if there isn’t a feeling of personal meaning for the observer. Sales are lost because the salesperson fails to fit that product into the scheme of his customers lives. We forget friends because the ‘give-and-take’ is gone. One will think twice about buying a house if his friends or family do not support its purchase, especially if the other people involved will be living there as well.

You see, Recognition isn’t simply a necessity. It’s a law. Even animals observe it.

I bring this up because it is though the lack of personal recognition and furthermore, the dissuading of the giving recognition to others, that has created a world in which people feel alone in a room full of other people. Thus, after so many times of trying to be presentable enough to go out and seek the attention of others, some become reclusive. Their environments suffer. Physical weakness sets in and eventually, these people sit in their chairs or lay in their beds to rot. Others may deduce that these people are seeking pity. While that is sometimes the case, even that is a form of recognition. We all observe this rule. While most of us are ‘aggressive’ or extroverted in our search for this particular sustenance, others are more subtle about it. The seeking of pity is much like laying a snare amongst fallen leaves, in contrast to the wearing of your finest clothing being comparable to arming yourself with a grenade.

It is often said that I am too nice. Having concluded this thought, I recognize the function behind the act. For myself, I have determined that, for those with whom I interact, I am making the environment more habitable. It is now my understanding that this is much like our relationship with plants and trees; we simply breathe what the other exhales. It’s not really a choice, is it? For me, it’s a responsibility.

I am not condoning the giving of change to bums or the bending to the will of others. I am simply saying that, in all situations, give only the finest of what you have. For those observers who don’t know you, that offering could be the first revitalizing faith in society that they’ve had in months. In this light, you aren’t being ‘too nice’. In the most sincere efforts, you become closer to being a god. It’s charismatic. People listen to you. When you do this, that little feeling you get in return is the substance that makes up Recognition.