Undeniably Right

In the past when I have used the term snowflake, I have generally been describing young people that can't seem to deal with life. They are soft, easily offended, display a victim mentality. I think we're going to have to expand that definition to include people of all ages. From the propaganda media talk shows all the way to social media influencers, the number of people who truly believe that they are going to be somehow targeted by the Trump administration or the 'far right wing' Maga supporters has grown exponentially. They are having severe emotional breakdowns.

Why didn't they use seawater?

As you can imagine I have several thoughts and observations about the current fires in Los Angeles. Once again, I'm going to put some observations out there that may label me as a conspiracy theorist, but I believe there are questions that have to be asked. The answers don't necessarily lead us to a vast conspiracy designed to take property from private citizens and transfer it to the very wealthy, favored corporations, and those that control government for purposes they deem to be proper. See Governor Newsom's plan for Los Angeles 2.0.

Newsom's plan to build back better seems to center around a couple of things. The newest iteration of a high-speed rail system goes right through the Pacific Palisades. Those houses needed to be gone. The vision he has put into print and motion for Los Angeles is the proverbial 15-minute city. One that promises everything you need within walking distance of your government-assigned residence. One in which you cannot leave your neighborhood or as we might call it in a dystopian science fiction movie, your sector. Yet the political and business elite live in mansions where they enjoy special privileges.

What are they telling us?

During the pandemic the phrase "trust the science" became popular. The truth behind that phrase was that we needed to trust the 'science' that was promoted by the federal bureaucracy in order to justify the actions they were taking. They had to silence qualified professionals that disagreed with the claims made about science. That philosophy has been extended into other parts of our society specifically gender identity, sexual identity, and so on.

I was watching a video in which Erica Komisar, a psychoanalyst, author, and parent coach, was discussing a study conducted in the United Kingdom. The scientists conducting the study were concerned or interested in why men and women react differently in certain situations. They studied a number of parents and how the mother and the father would react to different stimuli.

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The rule of law governs our nation as opposed to the rule of man. That is a founding principle that should permeate our society. The goal was to treat everyone equally when in similar situations. The rule of a monarch or a tyrant, the rule of man, leaves treatment of subjects open to the whims and emotions of the person in charge.

During the College Football Playoff game between Texas and Arizona State, there was a situation late in the game in which a penalty should have been called but was not. Had it been called, Arizona State likely would have won the game by at the very least, being able to kick a field goal. But because officials decided not to call an infraction, the game went into double overtime where Arizona State lost to Texas.

The majority of fans and experts, including officials, agree that the situation was technically a violation of the rules, and a penalty should have been called and enforced. Most of us agree that the situation was one that did not rise to the level of violating the spirit of the rule. The rule has to do with unnecessary roughness and that probably needs to be changed to exclude this type of hit that occurred in the game.

But if we are a nation to be governed by the rule of law, then we specifically take out the emotions of man. You might say that this is just a game and has no correlation with “real life.” But you are wrong because principles apply to all facets of our life and society.

A new take?