Welcome Wesley Neil

Welcome to the world!! My newest grand baby what else can I say.

The broken system

It is easy in this time to become really negative about the system in the west, with the electoral system becoming  nothing more than an extended entertainment program, bought and presented by the wealthy donors to provide a façade of choice.  There is every now and then however, a glimmer of sanity in the midst  of this non stop parade of idiots posing as potential leaders.  I have been watching the beginning of the process of electing a new President for the United States and there among the crazy people is an old man still on fire with the ideals he had a a young hippy in the sixties.  I think we need to pay attention to Bernie Sanders as he is the only voice making some sense in this whole process.  Not just business as usual with the same old suspects shouting hateful and divisive slogans.  That is what I think for what it is worth.

Wars and Rumors of war

There seems to me that there is an acceleration of conflicts around the world right now, more than a few are religion based seems to me the Muslim world is fighting between themselves and against every one else all over the place,  The number of conflicts seem to conflict with the projected religion of “peace”.

Not that any other religion is free from conflict both armed and cultural with the Christians in the US under the delusion that they are under attack (they are 80% of the population) the Hindus shouting the same in India seems like we might have a much more peaceful world without any religion at all.  The following is not an exhaustive list but a sample of what I am aware of only.

1. Afghanistan Extreme radical Fundamentalist Muslim terrorist groups & Osama bin Laden headed a terrorist group called Al Quada (The Source) whose headquarters were in Afghanistan.
2. Bosnia Serbian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholic, Muslims
3. Cote d'Ivoire Muslims, Indigenous, Christians
4. Cyprus Christians & Muslims
5. East Timor Christians & Muslims
6. Indonesia, province of Ambon Christians & Muslims
7. Kashmir Hindus and Muslims
8. Kosovo Serbian Orthodox Christians, Muslims
9. Kurdistan Christians, Muslims Assaults on Christians (Protestant, Chaldean Catholic & Assyrian Orthodox). Bombing campaign underway.
10. Macedonia Macedonian Orthodox Christians & Muslims
11. Middle East Jews, Muslims
12. Nigeria Christians, Animists, & Muslims
13. Pakistan Suni & Shi'ite Muslims
14. Philippines Christians & Muslims
15. Russia, Chechnya Russian Orthodox Christians, Muslims. The Russian army attacked the breakaway region. Muslims had allegedly blown up buildings in Moscow. Many atrocities have been alleged.
16. Serbia, province of Vojvodina Serbian Orthodox & Roman Catholics, Muslims
17. Sri Lanka Buddhists & Hindus Tamils, Muslims
Additional conflicts
19. Thailand: Pattani province: Buddists and Muslims
20. Bangladesh: Muslim-Hindu (Bengalis) and Buddists (Chakmas)
21. Tajikistan: intra-Islamic conflict

Another day another medal

I got a surprise the other day, received in the mail, this

 It was quite a surprise I have been away from Australia for a long time and did not realize I was awarded this medal kind of cool.

Getting Older is not for wimps

   Hi, I am talking to you, mostly because no one can hear anyone these days in the world of self created noise.  It seems the more of the “sharing” that goes on in this modern era the less we hear and communicate.  We “like” a post on Facebook but fail to give these that are on our page a call and actually talk to them.

 

Oh well, enough of that I am starting to sound like an old man here, but then again I am now getting up there and am I guess for right or wrong could be now considered “old”

 I am even starting to look old, things are drooping getting wrinkles and generally just falling apart.  Gosh I even regularly go the the doctor these days.  I am not going to get into all the health issues that have become a focus of my life (golden years my ass).

So this is how it is, getting old feeling like I am still 18, except my body is betraying me. Soldier on.