Mathematics, and other fine points. (Edit)

1) Math

Two scenarios:
1) 100% (gross) - 10% (tithes) - 35% (taxes) - 50% (donations and rewards) = 5%.
2) 100% (Gross) - 10% (tithes) - 50% (donations and rewards) = 40%.

(I initially had to make a statement showing that I was not greedy, so I promised half my pay would go toward charity, tips, and the like. The only reason I did so publicly was because my reparations were being discussed publicly. Nevertheless, I had to remain true to my word.)

After taxes, 5% would have left me with almost nothing for myself and my family.
Told you I wasn't that great with math. Recognizing this, with all of this in light, would I take a 50% bonus if it is taxed? Absolutely.

If not, no thanks.

I came into this as an unpaid volunteer, and I still continue my work for free.
Money only came into the picture after someone implanted me with a microchip without my consent or permission. Understand?

It'd be nice to come away with something at the end of the day to provide for my immediate family, keep promises that I have made to my extended family and community, and get prepared for the days ahead.

2) Baloney

Does anyone else find it funny how Bill Clinton rails against deregulation in these new Obama ads because "that's what got us in trouble in the first place?" I find it ironic because he's the one who did away with Glass-Steagall. Why did he gloss over that in the commercial? It all depends on which types of regulation you are talking about. Some are good. Some? Not so good. I just find it at least mildly hypocritical. At least.

3) Sounding the Alarm to Warn Against a Threat to the Public (Including other "Journalists"), as Any Journalist Worth His Salt Should Do

Let us first establish a few important, pertinent facts:

1) Virgin (Noun)

a: A person who has not had sexual intercourse .

b: One who is chaste or pure.

2) (Adjective)

a: Free of impurity or stain.

Now that that has been made crystal clear, let me make something else crystal clear, which will ring true throughout the rest of time, and will follow them for the rest of their lives. Just by simply speaking the truth. Not even judging other people.

  (Blank) are two of the biggest liars on planet Earth, will put words into your mouth, and take advantage of any situation to twist it into something that it is not. If you are accused of doing something, and you publicly deny it, they claim that you claimed guilt in the past as if you are now changing your story. I've done nothing that any reasonable, mature adult would be ashamed of. I shouldn't be ashamed of a cybernetically-induced time-traveling dream that made no sense and which had absolutely no precedent or precept in my life. I shouldn't be ashamed of cybernetically-induced, silly, unusual, or distracting thought patterns or notions which did not originate from my mind. This is not science fiction.

One morning, two years ago (as a grown man in my twenties), as I was rising from the bed (I was sleeping by the computer), I hopped onto the desktop to discover a new file inside a certain folder. It was inappropriately titled. I did not check the content therein, and I did not put it there, as it was created 6 minutes prior to me getting up and onto the computer. No one else had entered the room going back to that prior night. I promptly deleted the file in question.

It doesn't require pixie dust, but the timing was uncanny.

It must have been Anonymous.

Everyone knows that an 18 year old "man's" brain is not yet fully developed.
In their idiocy, and the vastness of the internet, they might even wander about and click around and find themselves near the e-company (whether the torrent file was real or not remains a mystery, as I never downloaded any actual files) of people 2 or 3 years younger than themselves. You don't even have to go looking for trouble. Without even seeing a thing, a light comes on in their mind, they realize their age, the danger they are placing themselves in, and they straighten out and fly right. It could have happened to just about any young man. It's called growing up, and if you have a good head on your shoulders, you only need one reminder. I've made my mistakes, atoned for them, and moved on.

Also, an important part of growing up is developing paternal instincts, and seeing the situation at that moment from a completely different angle.
Especially when you are an uncle.

The fair-minded public can be the judge of a situation of that nature.
Women, please. 22+.


 The good thing about all of these false accusations or true claims that I make is that I have video evidence and a host of witnesses to back me up at the end of the day.

"Is this person injured as they claim? When did the injury take place? How were they before the injury took place? Did a miracle take place to save this person's life when they should have died? Is this person now healed?"

"Let's go to the years of video tape."

In summation, (Blank) have 0 credibility, and are not true journalists. Journalism is about digging for and presenting the truth in a spin-free fashion, not creating your own truth. Instead, they practice creative writing. These types of people are a threat to the community and national security because they sow lies to create alienation, division, and hate. That being said, be on the lookout. If you see them, walk the other way. Do not allow them around your family. They do not accept responsibility for their actions, and blame the victim. They create victims in other people's lives, and spin elaborate webs of deception laced with the smallest tidbits of truth, or sometimes including none of it at all. Beware of these types of people, because the truth is not in them.

4) Women

There is nothing I admire more than a smart, sophisticated, brainy, beautiful woman.
(Not that I do not admire or respect those who are not.)

Glasses don't hurt, either, but they are not necessary. One such as this could make me melt out of my chair and turn into a puddle on the floor.

There is nothing impolite or improper to remark about one unto oneself when you see one, keeping your flattering remarks private.

It is another thing to take a megaphone and shout at one as she walks down the street going to work, or to purposely say certain things during a live teleconference call with the person within earshot.

That would be inappropriate in the workplace.
Gentlemen do no such things, and neither do I.

False accusations.

5) More Lies

I do not doctor shop, forge prescriptions, abuse any drug I am prescribed, nor do I take any drug that I am not prescribed. Period. End of story. To insist otherwise reeks of desperation, and is an outright lie. 

Are you running out of lies yet?

I respect other people and their personal space.
I know what boundaries and decency are.


I am a man, content with the body I have been born with.
I am not confused about my gender, nor my sexuality.
You can call me girly-man all you want for my past curious exploits (which are sublimated neatly into the seeking of solely women. Works out conveniently for me, and keeps me sane.), but there's a good chance I can hit a baseball farther than you.
 
I am warm, affectionate, and born with a head as strong and resilient as a cast iron skillet.
You could drop me off of the Empire State Building 5 times and I still wouldn't shatter.
I might display minor chipping, but I wouldn't shatter.

We all need and desire vacations sometimes, but sometimes we're too bogged down with taking care of responsibilities and burdens first to cut the rope and get away for a while.

Still working.
I'd even like to take a working vacation.

How a Successful Movement is Run.

1) Bust your nose doing grunt work, exposing corruption and mass murder, while espousing principles of nonviolence and civil disobedience.

2) Get picked up by the DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security.
Successfully advise the President and Congress.

3) Learn, accumulate knowledge, and execute competence.
Gain promotion and influence.

4) Announce that you have Earth-shaking revelations to share, and that you are taking your time working on the most important piece of work of your life, lest you make any mistakes (We've seen what happens when I rush. Mistakes are made with haste. Detail is everything.) just so people can call you lazy.

5) Then, all of a sudden, I conveniently hire newspaper outlets (How might they survive such levels of scandal and corruption? These things tend to handle themselves.) or television networks to imply that I am a drunk (I haven't drunk in months, minus decaf coffee), a crackhead (never tried), am on dope (again, never tried), and am strung out on amphetamines (Try again. I've tried Adderall once recreationally, which I do not condone. But by logic that must mean that I must still be abusing them. A lot. and daily.) Through an act of pure genius,  I spin the occasional puff from a pipe for legitimate reasons into an escapade of Half Baked or How High proportions (See Ezekiel 47:12. I have been feeling much better as of late, but I will not apologize or feel guilty if I ever feel the need to do so at any point in the future. By the way, I even quit cigarettes, which I stubbornly clung to. I knew that I had to. Delayed obedience is disobedience.)

The new line I feed is I steal people's valuables for money and sell drugs. I feed the media words that I never said, thoughts that I never had, attribute actions to myself that I never partook in, attribute emotions, attitudes, and qualities to myself that I never contained. I even tell them that I have began threatening people with violence and bodily harm. Just for ratings gold, I even told them that I was a pedophile. (Even though I am not even interested if you are not a mature woman of at least 22 years of age.)


Now, there is no quicker way to discredit and disable any movement than to connect it to violence, hatred, anarchy, or foul behavior.

Any smart cookie knows that, but a fifth grader could figure that out.
You think I would have made it this far without knowing that?

Do you think I would take the values and principles that I founded this upon and grab the control stick and take this whole thing into a nose dive straight into the ground?

Use your brain.

I am about truth and love, and I've realized that the quickest way to disarm anger, hate, and lies is with truth and love.

(Tallies up the cost of such a smear campaign on such a grand scale on a calculator.)

I just realized that I could never afford that. At least not right now.

That means that numbers 4 and 5 cannot be correct (minus the candor in the parentheses), but you've already figured that out, haven't you?

It means that I am doing something.

Real eyes realize real lies.

For a few reasons, I am not sure exactly when you will hear what I have to say, but it is forthcoming.

"Honesty in Relationships"

By Melody Beattie

"We can be honest and direct about our boundaries in relationships and about the parameters of a particular relationship.

Perhaps no area of our life reflects our uniqueness and individuality in recovery more than our relationships. Some of us are in a committed relationship. Some of us are dating. Some of us are not dating. Some of us are living with someone. Some of us wish we were dating. Some of us wish we were in a committed relationship. Some of us get into new relationships after recovery. Some of us stay in the relationship we were in before we began recovering.

We have other relationships too. We have friendships. Relationships with children, with parents, with extended family. We have professional relationships - relationships with people on the job.

We need to be able to be honest and direct in our relationships. One area we can be honest and direct about is the parameters of our relationships. We can define our relationships to people, an idea written about by Charlotte Kasl and others, and we can ask them to be honest and direct about defining their vision of the relationship with us.

It is confusing to be in relationships and not know where we stand - whether this is on the job, in a friendship, with family members, or in a love relationship. We have a right to be direct about how we define the relationship - what we want it to be. But relationships equal two people who have equal rights. The other person needs to be able to define the relationship too. We have a right to know, and ask. So do they.

Honesty is the best policy.

We can set boundaries. If someone wants a more intense relationship than we do, we can be clear and honest about what we want, about our intended level of participation. We can tell the person what to reasonably expect from us, because that is what we want to give. How the person deals with that is his or her issue. Whether or not we tell the person is ours.

We can set boundaries and define friendships when those cause confusion.

We can even define relationships with children, if those relationships have gotten sticky and exceeded our parameters. We need to define love relationships and what that means to each person. We have a right to ask and receive clear answers. We have a right to make our own definitions and have our own expectations. So does the other person.

Honesty and directness is the only policy. Sometimes we don't know what we want in a relationship. Sometimes the other person doesn't know. But the sooner we can define a relationship, with the other person's help, the sooner we can decide on an appropriate course of conduct for ourselves.

The clearer we can become on defining relationships, the more we can take care of ourselves in that relationship. We have a right to our boundaries, wants, and needs. So does the other person. We cannot force someone to be in a relationship or to participate at a level we desire if he or she does not want to. All of us have a right not to be forced.

Information is a powerful tool, and having the information about what a particular relationship is - the boundaries and definitions of it - will empower us to take care of ourselves in it.

Relationships take a while to form, but at some point we can reasonably expect a clear definition of what that relationship is and what the boundaries of it are. If the definitions clash, we are free to make a new decision based on appropriate information about what we need to do to take care of ourselves.

Today, I will strive for clarity and directness in my relationships. If I now have some relationships that are murky and ill defined, and if I have given them adequate time to form, I will begin to take action to define that relationship. God, help me let go of my fears about defining and understanding the nature of my present relationships. Guide me into clarity - clear, healthy thinking. Help me know that what I want is okay. Help me know that if I can't get that from the other person, what I want is still okay, but not possible at the present time. Help me learn to not forego what I want and need, but empower me to make appropriate, healthy choices about where to get that."

To me, this should come as common sense.

If your expectations and desires clash, things are obviously not going to pan out, either at that point in time or at no point in time.

If you are clear and direct about your wishes, thought processes, and motives, and the other person is not, or if there are unresolved questions or issues hanging in the air, or issues of trust, things will remain murky and uncertain until things are cleared up.

It is important to be up front about your abilities and what you can bring into a relationship.

For example, I have no problem with claiming incompetence when it comes to doing laundry or cooking for the most part. I will throw white socks into the wash with red shirts and blue jeans. I will burn your pancakes and eggs.

I bring other things to the table.
For example, I can grill a mean steak.

I'll expound now that I am not pressed for time and can give a complete answer.

This isn't a singles ad, but it should suffice to say that what makes me happy is doing what it takes to see the other person in the relationship happy. Pretty much whatever that means. If I pick up on any nonverbal cues of dissatisfaction, I aim to immediately nip them in the bud. I'm sensitve in that manner. I'm sensitive and loving in general, but I do not like it when people play games off of those attributes in some sort of power play in the relationship. There's no more accurate way to describe it than to say that it "hurts" me and betrays my trust. Maybe even makes me doubt your sincerity. So just don't do it. I'm a gentleman, but not a doormat.

A successful relationship requires that same attitude (the genuine desire to please the significant other) from both parties involved, does it not? Ideally, you supplement each other.

Honesty.

If your aim is control, go start a cult, participate in an abusive relationship, or go play video games.

None of these choices would bring me joy or add happiness to my life.
A content partner would.

Step one?
Be up front.

Just so you know...

There will be no questions later, only answers.
All in its due time.

Even though I would be under no obligation to do so, I will round up all of the w-2 forms from the couple of years in question and get them filed for disclosure.
In due time.

If I need to explain my current circumstances in life, the nature of a certain relationship and how it began, and my integrity when it comes to policy issues, I will do so candidly.
In due time.

Again, under no obligation, but lie detector tests to debunk the self-perpetuating propaganda machine?
It's not problematic if you have nothing to hide.

Believe it or not, there are good people out there.

Full disclosure means that the desperate liars will be exposed for just what they are.
Fun.
But I'm not doing it from behind a keyboard.

PS: Anyone who says that I do not care about the Middle Class needs to actually read what I say and not what other people say that I say. Word for word. I want to put more money into your pocket and help provide affordable housing. I would like to see a simpler, fairer tax code to help create jobs. I would like to keep banks from gambling with and taking your money. I want the dollar in your pocket to be worth something. I would like to take the burden of national debt off of the middle class's back. I believe the health care mandate is unconstitutional, but I would like to see other options of health care explored for those who do not have it. I never got behind Ryan's Medicare plan. I've considered means testing for Medicare and Social Security, and raising the eligibility age to a few years, to maybe 67 or 68, as we are now living longer. I've also pondered the possibility of lifting the Fica earnings cap for Social Security. Even these have their drawbacks, but we are an innovative people, and I have faith in our abilities to figure these things out if we put our heads together. But as things stand, they are just unsustainable. That's the simple truth of the matter, and anyone who tells you different or pretends otherwise is either lying to you or is just being selfish and just trying to retain their job.

Bye, for now.

Manufacturing Consent.

Documentary that I'd like to discuss a bit once again, by Noam Chomsky.
Even though he leans pretty far to the  left, and I don't always agree with him, he makes some pretty astute observations about the way propaganda works in the media.

I've learned that you can learn from something or someone, even if you do not agree with every policy, opinion, or stance that they take.

In normal times, the news and print media tend to behave in the manor described in the video.
These aren't normal times, and it doesn't necessarily apply to my local print media. They sometimes tend to set their own agenda.

I  suggest checking out the entirety of the documentary on YouTube.

The Big, Huge, Secret.

Throughout the years of 2007 to 2010, I was poor enough to pay no income tax at all.

Stop the presses.

Did everyone get that?

Now that you've received that news of such great importance, and all the smoke and mirrors have been removed from the room by the DNC set crew, you can go on about your life as usual.

Big, huge, secretive news, right?

The fact that people are sometimes poor.

"The Control Freak."

A little piece I wrote to get a point across.

"The control freak.

Dirty dishes scattered across the room.
Piles of clothes balled up on the chair and in the corner.
Important pieces of mail and scrap pieces of brainstorm paper placed around the room, hidden like Easter eggs.
An unmade bed.
A grape juice stain on the sheets.
A shag carpet, in desperate need of a vacuuming, speckled with miniscule pieces of garbage, batteries, and water bottles.
Reminder cards from missed doctor appointments that still somehow managed to slip your mind.
A perfectly organized digital music library, alphabetically organized by artist, then sorted and labeled by album and year of release.

The control freak."


Also, for the last time, here are a few key words for you to understand:

PTSD
Stress
Triggers
Trauma
Sensitivity
Flashbacks
Psychosomatic manifestations or illness
Controlled setting/The observer effect

It's really that simple.