Start today with thanks… Two beautiful female workers at Stephenson’s Bubba’s Burger. Mike Reeves at Miss Bea’s. Robert at The Chop House. Melinda, David, Taylor and Ann. Mobile phone video of TSO concert. Backyard garden. William’s mother. GreenBank teller. Mapco. Showcase dance practice. Joe and Alicia. Bus trips to New York worth talking about. DJing at WRGS. WaitWait/ClickClack on WETS.

How do you make the Greeks in Greece reimburse their receipts? Is it time to dissolve Greece as a viable political entity, eliminating government-based services there, and set an example to the rest of the indebted nations?

But countries don’t exist, only parasitic corporations constructed in the name of shared [but not] nonprofitable interests of the people.

Representative government is an illusion for sharing the wealth of those not smart enough to hide their wealth.

If…well, before I beat this dead horse to a pulp, let me think about how it is that a given population of our species is convinced it has a duty to pay taxes and service for the concept of a corporation of/by/for “the people,” a mottled collection of subcultures in a mix of agreement with and opposition to one another, regardless of their tax burden or government dependence.

Training, brainwashing, etc., to use common labels.

Those are all givens.

Assumptions, perhaps.

What about premises?

What is the punchline?

To watch what is supposed to be a group of heterosexuals make a fuss about a group of homosexuals makes me wonder how self-confident or distractable the heterosexual group is.

By extension, why is any group bothered by the activities of a group they are not supposed to be attracted to?

Is it fear?

Lack of self-confidence?

Unable to leave well enough alone and lead with what they believe is a better example to others?

Why are some people/groups/subcultures driven to build themselves up by making negative comments about those outside their circle of influence (and those within, too)?

I choose to look within myself for these answers.

Act on my beliefs, rather than spend time commenting about others whose beliefs I do not fully understand or condone.

Do not form opinions about subjects of no particular interest to me – “no comment” or “I don’t know” are valid responses repeatedly so repeatedly so.

As a young person who grew up as a Boy Scout in a troop based at a Southern Baptist church, I reserve the right to make fun of my own people or be critical of them for the sake of insightful learning/teaching moments, rather than just blowing off steam and passing negativity forward.

…no matter what my true business philosophy may be or how I see the future through intuition and computer modeling.

A lesson retaught to myself for the day.

And for this day, I am thankful.