But first, a
little notation about UFOs, wildly
insignificant or just plain irrelevant:
Like many of you, I, too, was entranced by the clicking sounds recorded
by the European spacecraft which successfully landed on a comet after a 10-year
mission and some painstaking scientific planning. No, I'm not suggesting, as have others, that
the comet is something more than a comet -- but I do, with tongue firmly in
cheek, with room for movement nevertheless, think back to the old alleged
Hickson-Parker UFO abduction case in Pascagoula, Mississippi. During the course of questioning, did one or
both of the men not relate that an entity(ies) seemed to make a clicking
sound? No big stuff here, just wondering
whether "clicking" might be the universal language, either in some
corner of the universe or within some aspect of the UFO enigma. Seems absurd, I know, but something there
just seemed to click.
UFO Explanation
Psychology 101 (hint: it's always 101): I'm beyond amused when sporadically inspired members of the
brain-scrambling society show up to explain UFOs and UFO abduction cases. This time, it's Anne Skomorowsky,
practitioner of psychosomatic medicine at the New York Presbyterian
Hospital. Skomorowsky, also an assistant
professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, had the honor of seeing her theories
about "accidental awareness" (essentially bringing old memories into
issues later on) explored by Scientific American, and you, the reader,
may find the article online via your favorite search engine. I won't spend any time on the piece here,
other than to note that this sort of mental broom is never very adept at
sweeping away revelations surrounding witness testimony -- especially when
multiple witnesses are involved in alleged abduction events. Somewhere in the psycho-cosmos, another
medical professional with a debunking bent awaits a proper time and space to
come forth to write a paper and reassure us that all strange critters who
abduct are merely mind over matter and the book is thus closed. There, feel better?
What U.S. president would have been most inclined to reveal government UFO information? Carter? Clinton? Reagan? Not even close. Barry Goldwater is the most likely, had he been elected president. In my opinion. Yes, trick question here.
Just when I've
come to accept that we humans as a species deserve utter and
unapologetic extinction because we've mucked it all up and screwed up
everything, something comes along that. . .that. . .changes nothing and
convinces me I was correct in my assumptions.
To wit:
Men and women of
the Year: Police officer Darren Wilson and every
member of law enforcement dedicated and striving to protect and serve. Also -- a black witness who supported Officer
Wilson's account before a grand jury, but was later allegedly found shot dead
by ??? in a burning car during the street carnage. But then there are. . .
Maniacs of the
Year: The late Michael Brown of Ferguson,
Missouri, ultimately deceased by virtue of his own actions (you don't attack
the cops, surely that's not brain surgeon thinking), according to the evidence,
reliable witness testimony and grand jury deliberation -- a case followed by
officials all the way up to the White House.
The continuing tragedy here is the government's insistence upon keeping
the societal wound open as it pursues the situation under the flag of civil
rights. Dude, when a black police
officer shot dead a white unarmed teenager a few weeks ago in Utah under
apparently not quite air-tight circumstances, nobody burned buildings and Eric
Holder did not rush to the scene with Sharpton and Jackson in tow. So, not only do I choose Brown among the
"multiple maniacs" of this outrage, but the looters and violent
protesters (anarchists, arsonists, communists, outsiders and all the usual
street trash) played and continue to play a significant role. Yes, there are legitimate issues to protest,
but from all indications Michael Brown was no angelic youth worthy of such
attention. Indeed, the store incident
caught on video just prior to the final showdown pretty much sums up history
the way historians will write it.
I also nominate
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon as a maniac of the year -- he, the governor who
called out the National Guard but, peculiarly, refused to put them on the
streets until considerable burning and damage was done. His own lieutenant governor, suggesting that
Nixon generally remains closed off and unapproachable, wonders whether pressure
from the White House and DOJ influenced the decision to stand down.
Remember, just a
couple of entries ago I, ol' Robert, suggested that violent demonstrators
should be shot dead. Do that two or
three times and, like magic, things tend to calm down, at least in the short
term. Any human insect willing to
illegally wield firearms dangerously among a mob or willing without a second
thought to set buildings ablaze, thus putting numerous lives in danger,
deserves nothing less than a spot-on execution if warnings and threats of
arrest have no effect. Unfortunately,
with Ferguson law enforcement personnel busy beyond their dreams and the
deplorable Gov. Nixon's National Guard nowhere in sight, the worst
happened. So pardon the irrational
advice of this blogging old crank. . .but, as it turns out, I was right. The violent do not negotiate in love and
kisses. If you want law and order, one
has to enforce law and order. Maybe next
time. Who the hell wants to be a cop
anymore, to serve a nation populated too often by brainless twits, terrorists
or uneducated youth unconcerned with any truth except what they themselves
concoct?
Oh . . .and my
final maniacs of the year include President Obama and Attorney General Holder,
the highest-level government race-baiters I've ever seen. Even some Democrats have started to run from
this White House bunch as if from a piping hot bowl of Ebola bisque. Now the Obama bunch wants to re-educate and
subdue the nation's police AND add cameras to cops ala a big brother society? I’ll say one thing: Put a camera on every law enforcement officer
in the country and truth-benders like Sharpton may well have to retire because
the camera tends not to lie. Bonus –
thugs, dangerous street activists and thieves who think arming the cops with
cameras is a good thing will be the first to go down once their faces and
actions become plastered forever throughout the world of law enforcement. Unfortunately, the rest of us will endure the
same fate simply by ambulating.
If minority
street protesters used more than two percent of their brainpower, they might
additionally understand that Obama's embrace of illegal millions will screw
them and their kids over for job opportunities for years to come. Now, there's
something worth taking to the streets.
Officer Wilson
resigns from his job and I hope and trust there are forces out
there who will not only give him (and his wife) a better job in law enforcement,
but will see that he's kept "in the money" as he moves on to another
opportunity. Wilson and the shop owner
on video were the true victims in this situation, and shame on the stupidity of
multitudes across the nation who remain on the wrong side of history here. Yes,
'twas certainly a duck that quacked like a duck in Ferguson.
Klaatu Obama
Without Gort: The crazed
global warming greenhouse
gas climate change alarmists are
at it again, and as mentioned previously, whenever Obama speaks about
questionable evidence he sounds
increasingly like spacecraft side-chat Klaatu from The Day the Earth Stood Still, just before
leaving Earth to travel amongst the stars with his faithful (make that faithless)
and presumably cyber sexual partner (ouch -- doesn't that hurt?) robot, Gore
Gort. Too bad, the 1951 original
was a great movie -- but wouldn't be with Obama in the title role (nor Leonardo
DiCaprio, we hasten to add). I
profoundly "get it" about environmental destruction and species degradation
here on Earth, but the one-track mind climate change crowd which portends to
educate us about climate influences related to our own activities drives me up
a wall of CO2. May climate change geeks,
formerly known as global warming geniuses, receive nicely wrapped bags of
cattle flatulence for Christmas. Methanomics will be costly no matter how one, um, cuts
it.
If Syrian
government hackers are the latest to gain access to our deepest
government files, what does this say about a future manned mission to Mars,
when the computer guidance system is taken over just before landing? I suspect flowery old plans for the peaceful
exploration of space will end up about as peaceful as the "religion of
peace" here on Earth.
And speaking of
religion, it's intensely sad and angering that Nepal's people again prepare to
engage in a ritual of brutally sacrificing animals such as goats and cattle as
a gift to their god. This will take a
toll on somewhere around a half million animals, and we are yet reminded that
animals usually come out looking far more intelligent than the rest of us as
they suffer our never-ending fantasies and cruelty.
Country &
Western Goes Yet Even More Gay:
Many of us harbor some impressions about who might be gay in C&W
land, though I'm not generally a listener of the format. However, my curiosity was a tad piqued a few
days ago when singer Ty Herndon announced he was gay -- followed
quickly by a similar declaration from singer Billy Gilman, who reportedly felt
inspired to come way, way out after Ty H. let it all, so to speak, hang
out. Thought I, wha's up with that? With Gilman, did it work like this. . .?
"Got to get
that new album out. . .what can I do. . .I'm older and don't have that cute kid
face to put on the cover anymore. . .and, oh, the telethon -- Jerry Lewis isn't
hosting anymore, so I don't sing there and I'm not doing the co-host gig. .
.maybe I can. . .wait, what's this? Ty. .
.oh. . .that's it, that's it. . .HEY WORLD!
I'm gay, too! Lookee here! I'm Billy Gilman and I'm gay, too! Fancy that!
I'm coming out and SO IS MY NEW ALBUM, real soon. HEY!
Lookatme, look. . .at. . .me! I'M
GAY LIKE TY!! HEY, OVER HERE! LOOK!"
(Disclaimer: The fictional self-conversation by Billy
Gilman depicted above probably did not happen in real life, but maybe it
did. It should have, because I like this
version, my version.)
