Light Speed

The "Speed of Light" ...very fast, but rather slow (relatively speaking).

For example, were we to travel to "Proxima centurai" (the NEAREST star to our Sun, at a distance of 4.22 light years) using the best, most advanced technical means at hand...

How long would it take mankind to travel there?

A light year is 5,878,625,373,183.61 (5.8 Trillion) statute miles. So, multiplying by 4.22 that's a total of 24.8 Trillion statute miles.

The spacecraft "Helios", holds the record as the fastest man-made object (a series of two US-German spacecraft, launched in the mid-1970's, to study the Sun). Helios attained the speed of 150,000 MPH (that's 2500 miles per minute).

At a consistent speed of 150,000 MPH (without taking into consideration the time needed to accerate -- and then to slow our spacecraft) ...to reach our closest star, would take 18,879 YEARS!

That's equal to 750 human generations!

Rather disquieting, to say the least. Man is the cause of the ongoing Mass Extinction. Our vulnerable BLUE PLANET (spaceship Earth) must be protected such that it can remain as a safe haven...

And for some time to come...
Me Thinks

Condemn the People's Republic of China!

to: The Government of the People's Republic of China

chinaembassy_us@fmprc.gov.cn

As a world-traveler and a man who admires and respects the BEST of China, the Chinese people, and Chinese culture -- I must object to your ongoing policies with regard to the People of Tibet. The Chinese Government does GREAT DISHONOR to the living -- as well as to the eternal ancestors of everyone Chinese -- everywhere. The entire Free World condemns your lies and your violence.

Set the Tibetan people free!
(Set the Chinese people free!)

I notice that (inside of obviated cowardice) you've removed the CONTACT US page from your website in Washington DC -- a coward's "dead-end link" :

" Sorry, the webpage you browsed has been deleted! "
http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/sgxx/dfzygy/t44338.htm

The Free World underwrites the People of China. The People of China will gradually come to know that fact and set themselves truly, free -- someday! You won't be able to stop them! Shame on the Government of the People's Republic of China (not a Republic, not "for" your People).

I trust that HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of other concerned Citizens of the World will likewise CONDEMN your policies.

RK

Got problem?

The future may be promising. The way to get there will be devious.

Me Thinks.

DAFFYNITION: the Straight-Ticket Republican

The Straight-ticket Republican?

Race: White (mostly)
Gender: Male (mostly)
Status: Rich (mostly)
Religion: Almighty dollar (most of the time)

The "straight-ticket" Republican listens to "mainstream" news media like sheep. Straight-ticket folks buy into politically motivated propoganda (albiet B.S.), akin to the ongoing denials about global warming. They refer to a down economy as growth, by ensuring tax cuts for the wealthy. It's an existence wherein fallacies hold a lot of Truth, and genuine Good gets parked on a wayside.

Demographics, Diversity, and Democracy are for ALL and provide a beacon of light. Combined, they speak Truth to Power and such courage tells ALL daily -- mere echoes of what millions already think, and that I know.

Yes, I prefer Demographics, Diversity, and Democracy.
Me Thinks

Curative Healing?

Time wounds all heels?

If you are one, you'd be the first we'll ask...
Me Thinks

Live Right? Dead Wrong?

Intellectual BRILLIANCE is no guarantee against being ...dead wrong.

Me Thinks

"Yes Men"

DEFINITION: "Yes Men" & (Yes Women)

"These people are staunch has beens (have nevers) -- they are most often impostors who (worldwide), agree their way into the fortified compounds of commerce. These are the non-leaders who rose to a final level of incompetence, and who place themselves ahead of profits (and just about everything else)." Their noses invariably come-up, BROWN due to the incessant kisses applied to the posteriors of all who hold the most empowerment.

Did I say that politely? And so it is...
Me Thinks

God's Truth

The UNIVERSE is mostly Hydrogen (and ignorance) ...ain't it so?

Me Thinks

Only Your Hairdresser Knows For Sure!

Love is a great beautician... plain becomes invisible (without makeup).

Planet Earth? Planet Ocean?

Why do we refer to our celestial orb as "Planet Earth"? When almost 70% of its surface is covered by The Deep -- tremendous volumes of ...Water!

How about renaming our cosmic home, "Planet Ocean"?

Think BLUE (in lieu of GREEN)?

In the Running (for President) - "La Cou-Cou Raza"

A hispanic aquaintance told me (today) that Vincente Fox Quesada (the former President of Mexico) is going to run for President of the USA. "Que loco!" Could that be true? At least he has a sense of humor...

Hey I'd actually CONSIDER voting "Mexico" in 2008 (...if THEY can get the USA out of Iraq).

(giggle)

Leggo yer Ego!

‘Negativitis’ cripples the human spirit !
(Negative Thinking does not BARE the Soul... soul to soul!)

Does it not seem rather odd -- when certain people COMPLAIN that they don’t have enough TIME to be happy -- yet they find enough time to be sad?

No, not really...

You see, their deplorable plight has nothing to do with having sufficient or insufficient time. It has everything to do with the COMPLAINING. After all, complaining is the negation of happiness. It’s impossible to complain, and to also be happy ...at the same time.

So, beware of that insidious disease known as ‘negativitis’ (negative thinking).

It is as pervasive as the common cold, but far more damaging. It mutilates, cripples, and corrodes the human spirit. Those infected by it are broken men and women aimlessly plodding along. The dark clouds brooding over them obscure their vision and cause them to become confrontational, apathetic, and cynical. Their lives are like flat champagne, without any sizzle. So, how do we inoculate ourselves against such a harmful disease? It was only after learning about the horrible effects of smoking that people began to give it up.
Have YOU quit smoking?

It may be wise to do the same here. So, let’s review the effects of "negativitis".

1. Complaining is worse than doing nothing -- for it is digging the rut one is in, deeper and deeper. Each time a person complains -- it becomes increasingly difficult to climb out of the ditch they’ve created. To loosen the grip of this vicious habit, we need to become aware of our complaining -- stop it in its tracks, and immediately look for something positive to say. It’s just a matter of replacing a bad habit with a good one.

2. A negative attitude is self-defeating.

We won’t find solutions to life’s problems by looking for someone or something to blame. Those who say, "Positive thinking doesn't work for me," have got it backwards. It’s not positive thinking that has to work; YOU have to work. For example, you have to work at appreciating what you have instead of moaning about what you lack.

3. Failure to do what you want to do (be happy) causes physical and mental stress.

A rotten attitude, not only delays success, but also shortens life by damaging the immune system (to learn more on how your thoughts affect your immune system, investigate "psychoneuroimmunology" ). So, besides the diseases directly caused by stress, such as heart disease and ulcers, we become susceptible to all manner of other diseases because of a weakened immune system !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoneuroimmunology

4. Do you know anyone with a negative attitude? Do YOU have a negative attitude?

How many years have they been that way? Two years? Five years? Ten years? That’s how many years of happiness and success they have robbed themselves of. Blinded by their own negativity -- they are prevented from seeing the Good around them.

5. One characteristic of negative thinkers is their need to have the world behave according to their wishes.

They have never grown up and still live with childish demands. Whenever people and the world fail to act according to their selfish wishes, they are unhappy. Such a poisonous attitude prevents them from growing and learning how to cope with life's challenges.

6. Everything negative we say about ourselves to ourselves (self-talk) and to others is a suggestion.

We are unwittingly practicing self-hypnosis, programming ourselves for failure, and creating self-fulfilling prophecies.

7. The negative world of our imagination creates a negative world that is real and one that we are forced to live in.

8. A particularly pernicious effect of ‘negativitis’ is that it sets one up for the mentality of a victim.

Those with a woe-is-me attitude sit around in misery, waiting to be rescued. But they wait in vain because no one can rescue them from their own attitude. They are the only ones who can change it. And until they do so, they are condemned to continue suffering.

9. Another adverse effect of negativity is that it sets one up for the "magic-bullet" syndrome. That is, the victim of ‘negativitis’ spends their time looking for a quick, easy fix, when none exists. By denying a fundamental law of life that states anything worthwhile requires effort to achieve, they achieve nothing. They won’t make progress until they realize that nothing in life is free. They’ve got to be willing to do what it takes to get what they want.

10. Also, beware of the fact that negative people attract other complainers. Because those who live in a world of doom and gloom alienate others, they have no choice but to look for other negative people to associate with. They then feed off one another and get locked in a clique of losers.

11. The constant stress that flows from a negative attitude also saps one’s energy, focus, and motivation.

It is hardly a formula for success.

12. Also of great concern is the fact that those who refuse to work on improving their negative attitude -- may slide into depression, self-pity, and hopelessness.

Are YOU depressed?

13. Additionally, negative people not only harm themselves; they harm their world. They cease to make a contribution to it. Instead of helping, they spread gloom and misery everywhere. If they insist on infecting others, why not infect them with laughter? If they must carry something contagious, why not carry a smile?

14. Imagine being in a small boat drifting in a river ...and imagine being unaware that your boat has a motor. As long as you fail to use that motor you will be a captive of the meandering river. You will be a prisoner without any control over your final destination. Yet, the boat that we’re all riding in, does have a motor. We can use it to change our course. That motor is our power of choice...

All we have to do is choose to look for the GOOD -- for when we do so, that is what we will find!

And so it is Me Thinks,
"That Dear Man"

Choose the Battles -- Win the War

Whenever one takes action against an adversary, that choice demonstrates strength, but also (thereby) potential weakness. The truly intelligent learn to play the fool, to choose each battle, and to win the war.

Me Thinks.

World Leadership

Prior to the World Wars -- Americans were a simpler, isular and insulated people. By the close of WW-II, Americans found themselves at the center of World affairs -- both as the only surviving economic power, and as the military Superpower -- grown over-confident.

As a people we've plunged into conflicts ever since. Wielding the might of an omnipotent military threat (one that has progressively emptied the US Treasury). Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what percentage of American assets, aren't "American" anymore? America had become the Goliath of the planetary economy during those equally devastating World wars.

Al-Kaida has become the David, armed with a sling. Are westerners going to be taken down by a stone?

And so it is,
Me Thinks

Restroom Clues (Senatorial Secrecy)

What's the difference between the Truth and its opposing Lie (when it comes to the Public's "right" to a certain degree of scrutiny of a Public Servant's sexuality -- while serving and employed by, the Public)?

Especially when Morality and Justice dictate ...that:

-- The Lie just must be, believeable.

and

-- The Truth must be, just unbelievable!

The curious could always ask a certain US Senator from within his restroom of choice, n'est-ce pas?

And so it was,
Spirit

The Nag Hammadi Library

The “Nag Hammadi Library” (popularly known as The Gnostic Gospels) is a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts (written in Coptic script) discovered near the Egyptian town of "Nag Hammadi", in 1945. That year, twelve leather-bound papyrus codices were found buried in a sealed pottery jar. The documents presented here are English translation(s).

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RK

The Right side of wrong and the wrong side of Right

When you find yourself on the wrong side of believable ...are you not also at the Right side of wrong, while also at the wrong side of Right?

History of the Mackenzie clans (1157 AD -1894 AD)

"History of the Mackenzies" 1894 (Public Domain)
by: Alexander Mackenzie

For and dedicated to: Ms. Caroline Heather Mackenzie

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RK

Light the Way!

'Tis better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness...

Positive + Creative = Wins

Positive thinking produces winners.
Creative thinking produces wins.