A sociopath in the White House.

Many sociopaths are admired by a portion of the public. For example, someone in great power: George W. Bush. He took advantage of his power throughout his presidency and lied to everyone in the world.

Bush: “Just a one-finger victory salute.”

Bush’s lies are documented in a vast number of books, and journalistic articles, including some written by those who had once been his most loyal supporters. His own press secretary resigned continue reading…

A massive toy factory at the North Pole, operated by Mr and Mrs Claus (she has a non-speaking role) and hundreds of tiny people forced into hard labor.

And for what? To build toys so as to fulfill the un-earned wishes of so many spoiled-rotten kids.

Will this never end?

Why are we bringing our children into this world with such a dichotomy? We lie to them about this Santa-character for years, ignore the real meaning of Christmas, and then wonder why they begin to lie.

Is Christmas for their benefit? Sure, they’ll get into it by the time they pass toddler status into pre-schoolers, but that’s also the precise time that initial parenting is so important: Laying a solid foundation, clearly differentiating right from wrong.

Just about then, we tell them that Santa’s not real after all. “We lied to you, kids, but don’t you start lying to us!”  They see us smile, yet they do not see anyone get in trouble for our major, deliberate deception played upon their feelings for years. Though during that same period, those kids had been warned often not to ever be dishonest … hey, what’s up with this?

Single Dadhood.

I raised my kids alone since they were just 4 and 2. My adversity to lying was passed on to them by both verbal requirements and by example. The three of us enjoyed a wonderful childhood together, continue reading…

Synopsis :: The secret to a sociopath’s successful destruction of an innocent person’s good character is due to the abundance of the truly gullible and ignorant.  P.T. Barnum made a good living from them.

Majority Rules … Universally-Accepted Decision Making.

Majority Rules have long been equated to fairness in determining the outcome that would most favor the multitude. On the surface, it would appear flawless in its ability to consistently satisfy those parameters.

But just below the surface, something is flawed. Ideally, individual votes should all be from individual thinkers. Critical thinkers. So if all the voters are truly individual, critical thinkers, each analyzing the candidates thoroughly and determining the best candidate the fill the actual need, then the Majority Rules will perform flawlessly. But that will never happen.

Instead of a country of leaders, we have a country of followers.

The Fact is, we are all headed in the Wrong Direction.

More and more, we are getting by with less individual thinking. How? [that was a pun] By accepting and allowing others to do our thinking for us. continue reading…