Pendragon_6
03-01-2006, 02:20 PM
........SHORT CIRCUITS
By: R.A. Hawkins
I’m convinced that life is some type of energy. It has to be. All anyone has to do is look at any power structure in the world. By that I mean even a family or a corporation. Energy always takes the path of least resistance and so it is with people. In electricity it’s called a short circuit. In any pressure vessel it’s called a leak. In a cryogenic system a thermal leak can lead to what is known as cryo-pumping, which is where the air is being pumped into the thermal leak as it condenses. It steals the air from the room and it also can cause fire and explosions at times. Because it’s taking all of the air it can get a little difficult to breath.
The way it works with people is that horrible little crime we commit against ourselves, and others. The word for that is appeasement. Appeasement is what leads to wars and all kinds of nastiness. In politics it can manifest itself in the form of Neville Chamberlain. In a family it can manifest itself in the form of one parent selling out to the noisiest kid. You know the one, that little charmer that demands things until mommy or daddy sells out and gives what they demand. In the long run that kid has to face the music and so do the parents because the kid is completely out of control. It looks pretty similar in the office too.
But I could be talking about anything here now couldn’t I? That might not be an accident. I think that right now might be a good time to get specific though. The biggest and most dysfunctional collection of sellouts is the Democratic Party and their followers. They had a model for many years that worked well for them but it isn’t working quite like it used to. Like all appeasers they will twist and turn as they dodge the knives of their former friends. I’m just overjoyed that I’m not in any way associated with them. For years they were able to hold their party together with empty promises, which, like all empty promises, were eventually shown to be lies. Then comes the fun.
At this moment the liberals are falling apart. They are trying to pull their party together as it flies apart. Kerry the former war candidate is now anti-war, just like he was right after he got out of the military. It’s just not any fun to stand up for anything that matters. It is much more fun to stand up for whatever the other party doesn’t stand for. This is often done by holding ones finger to test the wind. Unfortunately they only seem notice the undercurrents. The one real man they have in their party is Lieberman and they rejected him out of hand because he refused to redefine himself to their standards.
So many of them have decided to be anti-war because they are remembering how much fun they had in the sixties. The biggest problem they’re having though, is that they voted in favor of the war but are trying to say they didn’t really mean it. Exactly what does that mean? It means that they are short-circuited. They are trying to appease the anti-war crowd and look sincere while they are doing it. That’s the exciting thing about watching something like this. It’s the lies and cowardice, stupid. It’s an absolute riot.
They are going to continue to split and divide for a very long time. At the rate they’re going they’ll still be reinventing their past, present and future when the next election cycle comes up.
What does it take to stop all of these short circuits? It takes men and women of courage. It takes principled people who aren’t going to cave in at the first sign of resistance. Poor Lieberman really does have his work cut out for him doesn’t he? And Hillary is trying to replace him as she reinvents herself. Her problem is that the Democrats have been appeasing for so long that they now have a large group of children in their village that are used to getting their way, or at least thinking they are, who are now starting to rebel. That by the way is the end result of all appeasement. Wars, tyrants and rebellions feed on it.
This is the primary reason that liberals can’t be trusted with anything that matters. They are adrift on a sea of confusion, appeasement and cowardice. Appeasement always looks easy in the short term but the results are always a disaster in the long run. This applies to companies, bosses, families and even nations that support terrorists so they won’t be the targets.
"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact."
Ether Zone (http://www.etherzone.com/2006/hawk022806.shtml)
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R.A. Hawkins is the author of "Through Eyes of Shiva", available through www.amazon.com. He is a regular columnist for Ether Zone.
R.A. Hawkins can be reached at: ra_hawkins@earthlink.net
Visit R.A. Hawkins' website at: Entropical Paradise.
By: R.A. Hawkins
I’m convinced that life is some type of energy. It has to be. All anyone has to do is look at any power structure in the world. By that I mean even a family or a corporation. Energy always takes the path of least resistance and so it is with people. In electricity it’s called a short circuit. In any pressure vessel it’s called a leak. In a cryogenic system a thermal leak can lead to what is known as cryo-pumping, which is where the air is being pumped into the thermal leak as it condenses. It steals the air from the room and it also can cause fire and explosions at times. Because it’s taking all of the air it can get a little difficult to breath.
The way it works with people is that horrible little crime we commit against ourselves, and others. The word for that is appeasement. Appeasement is what leads to wars and all kinds of nastiness. In politics it can manifest itself in the form of Neville Chamberlain. In a family it can manifest itself in the form of one parent selling out to the noisiest kid. You know the one, that little charmer that demands things until mommy or daddy sells out and gives what they demand. In the long run that kid has to face the music and so do the parents because the kid is completely out of control. It looks pretty similar in the office too.
But I could be talking about anything here now couldn’t I? That might not be an accident. I think that right now might be a good time to get specific though. The biggest and most dysfunctional collection of sellouts is the Democratic Party and their followers. They had a model for many years that worked well for them but it isn’t working quite like it used to. Like all appeasers they will twist and turn as they dodge the knives of their former friends. I’m just overjoyed that I’m not in any way associated with them. For years they were able to hold their party together with empty promises, which, like all empty promises, were eventually shown to be lies. Then comes the fun.
At this moment the liberals are falling apart. They are trying to pull their party together as it flies apart. Kerry the former war candidate is now anti-war, just like he was right after he got out of the military. It’s just not any fun to stand up for anything that matters. It is much more fun to stand up for whatever the other party doesn’t stand for. This is often done by holding ones finger to test the wind. Unfortunately they only seem notice the undercurrents. The one real man they have in their party is Lieberman and they rejected him out of hand because he refused to redefine himself to their standards.
So many of them have decided to be anti-war because they are remembering how much fun they had in the sixties. The biggest problem they’re having though, is that they voted in favor of the war but are trying to say they didn’t really mean it. Exactly what does that mean? It means that they are short-circuited. They are trying to appease the anti-war crowd and look sincere while they are doing it. That’s the exciting thing about watching something like this. It’s the lies and cowardice, stupid. It’s an absolute riot.
They are going to continue to split and divide for a very long time. At the rate they’re going they’ll still be reinventing their past, present and future when the next election cycle comes up.
What does it take to stop all of these short circuits? It takes men and women of courage. It takes principled people who aren’t going to cave in at the first sign of resistance. Poor Lieberman really does have his work cut out for him doesn’t he? And Hillary is trying to replace him as she reinvents herself. Her problem is that the Democrats have been appeasing for so long that they now have a large group of children in their village that are used to getting their way, or at least thinking they are, who are now starting to rebel. That by the way is the end result of all appeasement. Wars, tyrants and rebellions feed on it.
This is the primary reason that liberals can’t be trusted with anything that matters. They are adrift on a sea of confusion, appeasement and cowardice. Appeasement always looks easy in the short term but the results are always a disaster in the long run. This applies to companies, bosses, families and even nations that support terrorists so they won’t be the targets.
"Published originally at EtherZone.com : republication allowed with this notice and hyperlink intact."
Ether Zone (http://www.etherzone.com/2006/hawk022806.shtml)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
R.A. Hawkins is the author of "Through Eyes of Shiva", available through www.amazon.com. He is a regular columnist for Ether Zone.
R.A. Hawkins can be reached at: ra_hawkins@earthlink.net
Visit R.A. Hawkins' website at: Entropical Paradise.