Finally, promiscuous sex is getting the credit it deserves.
An interesting news article on Dr. Nancy, MSNBC mornings (I'm sorry I don't have more details) discussed a study concerning frequent but unemotional sexual encounters. In particular, the study sought to determine whether promiscuous sex could be proven to have negative consequences on (either or both) the physical and emotional well-being of those who participate in “the life”. The story didn't cover particulars such as what they used for a control group. Presumably this would include people
who had little or no sexual contact outside of the prescribed social norms like marriage or those who at least had the handle "committed” or “seriously involved" attached to their sexual activity.
So guess what?
Long story short the promiscuous group scored the highest across all age groups for emotional and physical well-being. The group labeled promiscuous was clearly happier, less stressed out, and in better overall physical condition. The study covered 12,000people's lives over a period of 20 years of their lives.
Guess further what?
Those who had a promiscuous past had a more successful marriage once they decided to tie the knot. Apparently, having solved the "curiosity of the cat", promiscuous people were able to settle into a more reliable or complacent "I'm happy with what I've got" frame of mind.
Curiosity doesn’t kill the cat... it kills the marriage. Does it really surprise anyone that people enjoying active sex lives are happier, better adjusted, and less stressful? Apparently the last vestiges of our Victorian backgrounds are being shed. The ridiculous notion that sex under any circumstances, other than forced situations, could actually be bad for you in any significant way is being relegated to the trash bin of history.
Twenty years down the road I wouldn't be surprised to see athletic sex the new Olympic sport.
When in Rome…
one should act like a Roman.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Lets face it...War is a racket!
President Obama has, I suspect in order to relieve his incredible work load, turned over the war to the generals. (Eventually he was bound to follow the path of least resistance.) The generals will, without question, continue GWB's domino plan. His plan, if you'll recall, was to go from Muslim country to Muslim country on a Christian Jihad dedicated to eradicating the Taliban. (More truthfully
perhaps, eliminating Muslims.) Evidently, that's still our plan.
What should have been a rabbit hunt, where a few thousand of our elite special forces troops chase a few hundred of the 9/11 perpetrators into the mountains and caves, will be blown into $100 billion annual expenditure. The generals will attempt to justify a MacArthur style sweep throughout the Middle East. The fact that
Osama bin Laden, the ALLEGED target of our pursuit, has been dead these last 8 years doesn’t seem to dim the generals enthusiasm to hunt down and capture him.
The generals will fight this war phony with overworked, worn-out, suicidal troops. At least one soldier, when faced with yet a third tour to the Middle East, elected to end his own life rather than return. The suicide rate among the military is increasing monthly!
We will pay for this war on credit at our most critical economic point, when the stability of the nation's economic and financial well-being is still in question. We will neglect the needs of this nation in favor of another useless and unproductive war on the other side of the planet. In spite of what our leaders tell us, it doesn't take a big brain to realize what's going on outside our borders has nothing to do with our national security. No country on the map today is crazy enough to take on the USA.
If our national security is weak it is because our National Guard is overseas. The rationale behind sending our national defense troops overseas is as substantial as fog. The really stupid part of what we are being expected to swallow by the war council is that the people in these countries subjected to our bombarding appreciate us. It really takes a complete moron to even consider we may be able to win over the hearts and minds of a people by using guns and bombs on them.
We might stand a chance of winning over a nation’s people if we helped them to build schools or hospitals. If we helped the poorest of the world's nations with their infrastructure; their roads or electrical grid or water resources. If we did so I suspect they would learn to love us in double quick time. As long as we abuse their country they will never love or even appreciate us. But imagine the noise and uproar the good citizens of this country would create if it were known we were upgrading their country before upgrading our own infrastructure. It is much more politically correct to bomb them first.
The insanity of continuing to do over and over what has failed in the past will continue to plague our future.
The people in this once great nation are either too poorly informed, too misguided, too greedy, or too apathetic to care what is done in their name.
We follow blindly the actions of our leaders for one overarching reason. We all believe our nation's deciders know more than we do. We sincerely believe they have secret knowledge which, were we privy to it, would convince us the course we are on is true.
However, after watching the Bush/Cheney parade of people spouting the same lies over and over, I am convinced otherwise.
Fact: we are alienating the very people we are supposedly liberating. By indiscriminately killing them we couldn't possibly do more harm to our long-term interest.
We have allowed our generals to bring to full living color the popular board game RISK. One huge difference between a game and real-life is at the end of the game the troops, with no enemies to face, presumably get to go home. Our troops will never come home.
perhaps, eliminating Muslims.) Evidently, that's still our plan.
What should have been a rabbit hunt, where a few thousand of our elite special forces troops chase a few hundred of the 9/11 perpetrators into the mountains and caves, will be blown into $100 billion annual expenditure. The generals will attempt to justify a MacArthur style sweep throughout the Middle East. The fact that
Osama bin Laden, the ALLEGED target of our pursuit, has been dead these last 8 years doesn’t seem to dim the generals enthusiasm to hunt down and capture him.
The generals will fight this war phony with overworked, worn-out, suicidal troops. At least one soldier, when faced with yet a third tour to the Middle East, elected to end his own life rather than return. The suicide rate among the military is increasing monthly!
We will pay for this war on credit at our most critical economic point, when the stability of the nation's economic and financial well-being is still in question. We will neglect the needs of this nation in favor of another useless and unproductive war on the other side of the planet. In spite of what our leaders tell us, it doesn't take a big brain to realize what's going on outside our borders has nothing to do with our national security. No country on the map today is crazy enough to take on the USA.
If our national security is weak it is because our National Guard is overseas. The rationale behind sending our national defense troops overseas is as substantial as fog. The really stupid part of what we are being expected to swallow by the war council is that the people in these countries subjected to our bombarding appreciate us. It really takes a complete moron to even consider we may be able to win over the hearts and minds of a people by using guns and bombs on them.
We might stand a chance of winning over a nation’s people if we helped them to build schools or hospitals. If we helped the poorest of the world's nations with their infrastructure; their roads or electrical grid or water resources. If we did so I suspect they would learn to love us in double quick time. As long as we abuse their country they will never love or even appreciate us. But imagine the noise and uproar the good citizens of this country would create if it were known we were upgrading their country before upgrading our own infrastructure. It is much more politically correct to bomb them first.
The insanity of continuing to do over and over what has failed in the past will continue to plague our future.
The people in this once great nation are either too poorly informed, too misguided, too greedy, or too apathetic to care what is done in their name.
We follow blindly the actions of our leaders for one overarching reason. We all believe our nation's deciders know more than we do. We sincerely believe they have secret knowledge which, were we privy to it, would convince us the course we are on is true.
However, after watching the Bush/Cheney parade of people spouting the same lies over and over, I am convinced otherwise.
Fact: we are alienating the very people we are supposedly liberating. By indiscriminately killing them we couldn't possibly do more harm to our long-term interest.
We have allowed our generals to bring to full living color the popular board game RISK. One huge difference between a game and real-life is at the end of the game the troops, with no enemies to face, presumably get to go home. Our troops will never come home.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Tonight's Big Number (12/01/09)
Tonight we get to learn about plans to send additional tens of thousands of troops into Our-Gaff-Astan. We have big boys with expensive war toys wasting billions of dollars and thousands of soldiers lives and limbs... as usual.
Folks, if you think we got shellacked in Vietnam, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Here is tonight's big number... one million.
$1 million is what it costs the government (the taxpayer) PER SOLDIER PER YEAR! The war business costs the world's citizens more than any other business endeavor. And yet America's citizens get nothing constructive from those efforts and expenditures except death and destruction. And jobs. We are, after all, the world's largest arms dealer.
What kind of warped thinking results in our government invading a sovereign nation with 100,000 troops -- allegedly chasing a few hundred outlaws?
The whole mess reminds me of a fairy tale called Robin Hood. As we all know from childhood Robin Hood (Osama bin Laden in the forests or caves) and his band of angry men (the Taliban) took on the Sheriffs of Naughtyham (Bush and Cheney) because their regime was so corrupt.
The idea behind the cat and mouse chase we have been engaged in these last eight years is this:
Keep the game interesting enough so those on the sidelines ( the taxpayers) will continue to finance the game. We could have caught the mouse (OBL) eight years ago but that would have ended the game. Our Sheriffs of Naughtyham (Bush and Cheney) couldn't have that, so the chase was called off within, literally, hours from capturing OBL. Does anybody think that happened by accident?
We, like the Vikings and Romans of old, are addicted to war. How disgusting.
Folks, if you think we got shellacked in Vietnam, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Here is tonight's big number... one million.
$1 million is what it costs the government (the taxpayer) PER SOLDIER PER YEAR! The war business costs the world's citizens more than any other business endeavor. And yet America's citizens get nothing constructive from those efforts and expenditures except death and destruction. And jobs. We are, after all, the world's largest arms dealer.
What kind of warped thinking results in our government invading a sovereign nation with 100,000 troops -- allegedly chasing a few hundred outlaws?
The whole mess reminds me of a fairy tale called Robin Hood. As we all know from childhood Robin Hood (Osama bin Laden in the forests or caves) and his band of angry men (the Taliban) took on the Sheriffs of Naughtyham (Bush and Cheney) because their regime was so corrupt.
The idea behind the cat and mouse chase we have been engaged in these last eight years is this:
Keep the game interesting enough so those on the sidelines ( the taxpayers) will continue to finance the game. We could have caught the mouse (OBL) eight years ago but that would have ended the game. Our Sheriffs of Naughtyham (Bush and Cheney) couldn't have that, so the chase was called off within, literally, hours from capturing OBL. Does anybody think that happened by accident?
We, like the Vikings and Romans of old, are addicted to war. How disgusting.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Government sponsored vice -- -- is nice!
It seems a sure bet that our government’s expansion into what were historically areas controlled by organized crime will continue .
In Oregon we have come a long way from prohibition to state-controlled liquor sales. Presumably this has led to less liquor related accidents and crime.
Over the past decade the state has taken control of social gambling. Their control is so strict they have even managed to move the time-honored tradition of betting in football pools in taverns to their own boards. Among friends you stood chance of recovering your ticket price when the winner of the pool bought the traditional bell ringing round. How dare the state take that away from us? They never buy a round.
It seems a foregone conclusion that at least some states will wrest control of the pot business from the cartels, and in particular in Oregon and California, within another election cycle or two. We the people are finally catching on!
Progressive and forward thinking among Europeans has led to control of the hard drug business. Drug addicts can go to the neighborhood pharmacy for a fix. Consequently they have no drug crimes being committed to support drug habits. No gangsters on street corners peddling dope. No thefts, robberies or home invasions required. For a government policy, how smart is that?
Those same enlightened countries have also taken over control of the prostitution business. Sex is for sale but regulated by the state so purveyors are guaranteed disease-free and safe. You go to a sidewalk smorgasbord to make your selection. No prostitutes are hanging out on street corners in high crime areas. There is no gang involvement and, most importantly for society, there are no sex crimes committed
in those countries where sex is readily available.
How incredibly brilliant is that? No rapes! No drug crimes! No gang influence!
No huge taxpayer cost is necessary to support a monstrous prison system; AKA as gladiator schools and schools offering advanced degrees in major crimes.
The sooner governments control all vice the sooner everyone will be able to purchase what they want or need at a reasonable price. Non violent crimes will be taxed, not prosecuted, and the cost of administering these new government programs will be born by the consumers of those services. The rest of us can enjoy the perks
that come with overflowing government coffers which will come from taxing cash flows normally going straight to criminal enterprises.
We in this country are not blessed with the experienced brain trust Europeans took centuries to acquire… but we are getting there.
In Oregon we have come a long way from prohibition to state-controlled liquor sales. Presumably this has led to less liquor related accidents and crime.
Over the past decade the state has taken control of social gambling. Their control is so strict they have even managed to move the time-honored tradition of betting in football pools in taverns to their own boards. Among friends you stood chance of recovering your ticket price when the winner of the pool bought the traditional bell ringing round. How dare the state take that away from us? They never buy a round.
It seems a foregone conclusion that at least some states will wrest control of the pot business from the cartels, and in particular in Oregon and California, within another election cycle or two. We the people are finally catching on!
Progressive and forward thinking among Europeans has led to control of the hard drug business. Drug addicts can go to the neighborhood pharmacy for a fix. Consequently they have no drug crimes being committed to support drug habits. No gangsters on street corners peddling dope. No thefts, robberies or home invasions required. For a government policy, how smart is that?
Those same enlightened countries have also taken over control of the prostitution business. Sex is for sale but regulated by the state so purveyors are guaranteed disease-free and safe. You go to a sidewalk smorgasbord to make your selection. No prostitutes are hanging out on street corners in high crime areas. There is no gang involvement and, most importantly for society, there are no sex crimes committed
in those countries where sex is readily available.
How incredibly brilliant is that? No rapes! No drug crimes! No gang influence!
No huge taxpayer cost is necessary to support a monstrous prison system; AKA as gladiator schools and schools offering advanced degrees in major crimes.
The sooner governments control all vice the sooner everyone will be able to purchase what they want or need at a reasonable price. Non violent crimes will be taxed, not prosecuted, and the cost of administering these new government programs will be born by the consumers of those services. The rest of us can enjoy the perks
that come with overflowing government coffers which will come from taxing cash flows normally going straight to criminal enterprises.
We in this country are not blessed with the experienced brain trust Europeans took centuries to acquire… but we are getting there.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Times Perspective
To a 20-year-old looking forward 20 years seems
like looking into eternity.
To a 60-year-old looking back 20 years seems
like looking back a few weeks, months at most.
To a 20-year-old the time till your 21st birthday
is forever. Time passes so slowly you can count
the seconds.
By the time you reach 60 time is moving so fast
the days are a blur. You wonder what became
of last week or last month.
At 20 we have ants in our pants and can't stay
still for more than a minute. At 60 we sit down
to read a good book after breakfast and the next
time we look up it's lunchtime.
If we could only have that longtime perspective
during our youth and realize that 20 years down
the road is far shorter than it appears. Long time
is just a trick of time's perspective.
Looking backward through time's perspective is
similar to looking at things in your car's rear view
mirror... Things appear closer than they really are.
Looking forward in time we get tunnel vision and
things seem much further away than they really are.
Somewhere in time we hope our perspective
balances out. Eventually our internal clock slows
down enough that things behind us in life are no
longer stretched out of proportion; and the future
isn't compressed to the point where you think you
can just jump ahead in line in no time.
You mellow out.
You get to relax for a while.
Hopefully/Maybe.
like looking into eternity.
To a 60-year-old looking back 20 years seems
like looking back a few weeks, months at most.
To a 20-year-old the time till your 21st birthday
is forever. Time passes so slowly you can count
the seconds.
By the time you reach 60 time is moving so fast
the days are a blur. You wonder what became
of last week or last month.
At 20 we have ants in our pants and can't stay
still for more than a minute. At 60 we sit down
to read a good book after breakfast and the next
time we look up it's lunchtime.
If we could only have that longtime perspective
during our youth and realize that 20 years down
the road is far shorter than it appears. Long time
is just a trick of time's perspective.
Looking backward through time's perspective is
similar to looking at things in your car's rear view
mirror... Things appear closer than they really are.
Looking forward in time we get tunnel vision and
things seem much further away than they really are.
Somewhere in time we hope our perspective
balances out. Eventually our internal clock slows
down enough that things behind us in life are no
longer stretched out of proportion; and the future
isn't compressed to the point where you think you
can just jump ahead in line in no time.
You mellow out.
You get to relax for a while.
Hopefully/Maybe.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Déjà vu, catch 22 -- Goodmorning Afghanistan....
Déjà vu, catch 22 -- we will never learn.
It's Vietnam all over again. With the same backward
thinking guiding us now, as then, why wouldn't it be?
General McChrystal has spoken.
The Taliban forces are increasing in Afghanistan.
Well of course they are, and we are the reason.
We are the invaders in Afghanistan as we were in
Vietnam and Iraq and shortly, if we leave it to our
military machine, as we will be in Iran.
Consider the Taliban's argument to the people, with
Iraq being the perfect example. Here come the
foreign devils killing your friends and family members,
destroying your towns, and imposing a foreign belief
system and martial law on what was formerly
a relatively peaceful country. If this were happening
in the U.S.A. citizens would be enlisting by the millions
in a heartbeat.
The Taliban is recruiting in record numbers because
we are acting exactly like any other foreign invader of
Afghanistan since time immemorial. Afgans are joining
the Taliban because it has as it’s purpose the goal of
repelling the foreign devil/invaders (us).
It is important to realize that Afghanistan is one of the
poorest, most illiterate and backward nations on earth.
They have no TV and radio to speak of, especially in
their remote villages which is where the Taliban have
sway. What the peasants know or believe is only what
they have been told by the people that have lead them
for centuries. Who would you trust if you were them?
What they see is their friends and family being
murdered on aregular basis by a nation safe and secure
on the other side of the planet. To the peasant
majorities in Iraq or Afghanistan we, the good old USA,
are about as remote and relevant to their lives as
Martians. Their choice is simple. They simply need to
defend themselves until we go away. Then they can
get back to the lives they have been living for centuries.
This is precisely why we have never won a war of this
kind. The people we are killing believe they are fighting
for their country.
And they will never quit fighting for their country.
Just because, from our point of view, the Afghan people
have a rough life doesn't mean we have to slaughter
them to relieve them of life’s burden.
It's Vietnam all over again. With the same backward
thinking guiding us now, as then, why wouldn't it be?
General McChrystal has spoken.
The Taliban forces are increasing in Afghanistan.
Well of course they are, and we are the reason.
We are the invaders in Afghanistan as we were in
Vietnam and Iraq and shortly, if we leave it to our
military machine, as we will be in Iran.
Consider the Taliban's argument to the people, with
Iraq being the perfect example. Here come the
foreign devils killing your friends and family members,
destroying your towns, and imposing a foreign belief
system and martial law on what was formerly
a relatively peaceful country. If this were happening
in the U.S.A. citizens would be enlisting by the millions
in a heartbeat.
The Taliban is recruiting in record numbers because
we are acting exactly like any other foreign invader of
Afghanistan since time immemorial. Afgans are joining
the Taliban because it has as it’s purpose the goal of
repelling the foreign devil/invaders (us).
It is important to realize that Afghanistan is one of the
poorest, most illiterate and backward nations on earth.
They have no TV and radio to speak of, especially in
their remote villages which is where the Taliban have
sway. What the peasants know or believe is only what
they have been told by the people that have lead them
for centuries. Who would you trust if you were them?
What they see is their friends and family being
murdered on aregular basis by a nation safe and secure
on the other side of the planet. To the peasant
majorities in Iraq or Afghanistan we, the good old USA,
are about as remote and relevant to their lives as
Martians. Their choice is simple. They simply need to
defend themselves until we go away. Then they can
get back to the lives they have been living for centuries.
This is precisely why we have never won a war of this
kind. The people we are killing believe they are fighting
for their country.
And they will never quit fighting for their country.
Just because, from our point of view, the Afghan people
have a rough life doesn't mean we have to slaughter
them to relieve them of life’s burden.
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