Europe Attacks Libya Bad Karma

So how have we all done since we decided to attack Libya?
For humanitarian reasons
to save the poor oil from being hurt

March 18, 2011 DOW 30 closes at 11,859
Today 9/22/11 Dow is down around 10,751
a drop of more than 9%.

And Europe today in the news looks like it is about to collapse.
There are consequences to actions. Bad karma is bad karma.

Here is what I see as the metaphor.

In Los Angeles the police encounter a mentally ill homeless man and beat him to death.

That should not happen.
We should not be killing. Authority should not kill.
We should work toward our noble goals without killing, without even the threats
without the bullying
with compassion
with patience
with kindness

The Real Solution

there is a real solution to the problem that is not a problem
we are individuals
each lives their own one life

there are plenty of people doing very well right now
how do they do it?
why is it that many are doing well and yet many are not doing well?

Each should merely do a good job taking care of whatever they can take care of.

that is the real solution,
and it looks like
diligence
responsibility
sobriety
honesty
care
and it looks like
working on this every day, working on doing well with whatever you have
taking good care of whatever you do have
and not worrying about what you don't have

and here is another formula

MORE PATIENCE
MORE KINDNESS
be happy now with what is here now with what is real

Envy

Jogging around the neighborhood I noticed some things to envy.
Big beautiful homes, new homes
fine automobiles
and I thought about the enviable careers and families and vacations
and on and on and on....

But I always tell myself to not envy. Envy is just painful for me.
But what to do? What remedy for envy?

So here is a thought.
While I may envy the big beautiful new home, do I envy the labor and sacrifice that someone made to get that home?

So if I look at the total picture, maybe there is less to envy.
And what about me?

Do I inspire envy?
I am fit. I jog every day.
I see others who are not fit. I see one man in a wheel chair.
Does he envy me? I hope he does not.

Remedy for envy
contentment with one's lot.

Is College Worth It?

I heard on the radio today that college graduates make more money than people who are not college graduates.
So it must be true!
But what is the cause and what is the effect?
In order to get a degree you probably need to be
smart
diligent
responsible
ambitious
maybe even connected and lucky or talented

and if you are all those things or have all those things
wouldn't you make more money no matter what?

what you really need to do is compare two groups of nearly identical people except one group has degrees and the other doesn't
how do they compare regarding income?

Take Care

that is what people say to each other nowadays
I wonder when that became the fashion?

TAKE CARE!

replacing
have a nice day
or what other remarks?

not a greeting but a way of saying goodbye
ways to say goodbye

'till we meet again

ciao

take it easy

parting phrases

what are they saying in your neck of the woods?

Government Says

WE WILL HURT YOU

government says we will hurt you

DO THIS! or else we will hurt you
DON'T DO THAT! or else we will hurt you

and how many examples do we need of government hurting people?

police brutality
punishing taxation
punishing regulation

For masochists, this is a great place!

And if you bring this up, they say the alternative is anarchy
NOT SO!

there is a middle path
as many associations as possible should be totally voluntary
and whenever any rule is proposed that violates the principle of the voluntary
it must be given special scrutiny and leaned against

lean against government pain
government control
government cruelty

remember what freedom means

We Are All Jews

I bet that every person on the earth today has somewhere a Jewish ancestor.
Jews have been around a long time.
Maybe 4000 years
and they have always liked to travel
And they have interbred with the locals
so now I believe just about everyone has a Jewish ancestor

and anyway
we are all related
we are all cousins
we are all human

and we originated most likely in Africa
so we are all Africans