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  1. I'm sorry,,, I was typing on my iPad.. and Scotoma is GREEK, the iPad thinks it was german!!! Gotta love tech.
  2. I get asked quite often... Why are the democrats so blind to what is really happening in this country? How can they, with straight faces say the negative things they do, act as they do and ignore the positive that is happening? How can they continually blame others for the results of their own actions? The answer is a simple psychological phenomenon called SCOTOMAS... Scotoma is german for “blind spot”. We use Scotomas like SPAM FILTERS to block out the irrelevant so we can concentrate on our own agendas. Our brain creates them and we usually don’t know where they are or that they even exist. When we buy a new car, our mind opens up the scotoma that blocks out the visual of all of the cars on the road and VIOLA we see every car that is the same as the one we just bought. This is a safety mechanism that helps us stay SANE and not beat ourselves up and suffering “buyers remorse”. Because we see all of the other vehicles like ours, OR because ours was so expensive and we don’t see any others on the road, we’re strengthened in our decision that we made to buy, and buyers remorse is staved off, and ultimately we maintain our sanity. Or like the scotomas that new mothers create. When their baby sleeps, they sleep. Traffic, trains and planes passing are totally blocked out, but if that baby should even stir,,, mom will hear it and wake up. Her scotomas block out all of the irrelevant noise and stimuli except for the sound of the baby. Therefore she is at peace and can sleep when the baby sleeps. Likewise, we all have and build “Scotomas” (i.e., have selective hearing) to those ideas and concepts that threaten our mental stability. This is like Captain Kirk saying; “Shields Up”. The democrats are “shields up” to anything positive that the Republicans do (or anyone else for that matter). They act and publically show their feelings that if the idea wasn’t theirs, it is not good and therefore not supported. The face of the Democratic Party is myopic and selfish and they have become mentally incapable of allowing anyone outside of their small circle any glory. Consequently, they live behind their “shields” and refuse to assimilate any other relevant data in fear that it will harm their psyche. They have built scotomas to their own agenda (much like new mothers) and are therefore totally incapable of seeing anything, anything but their own agenda. They really don’t see the truth because they have mentally blinded themselves from it. These types of scotomas are built in the brain from pride, rage, hate and fury. They shun everything reasonable and positive that they have learned in their lifetime and turn a blind eye to history, all to justify their actions and remain, to themselves, sane. Perfectly described by Winston Churchill “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” (Which is a paraphrase of an earlier writer/philosopher George Santayana who said it this way; “Those who cannot remember the past [the democrats] are condemned to repeat it”) So why is this insane behavior so evident to others and not to them.... The answer. Scotomas. It means that if they watch the video and see it through to the ending... they won’t internalize the ending as that would jeopardize their psyche. The only way they could change this is if someone that they have trust in helps them see their pride, rage and fury and they mentally opt to change it... at that point their scotomas would begin to open and they might see the world differently. However, this is not very likely as there are so many of them in their tight little circle, with the same blind spots, that they reinforce each other and that makes them strengthen their scotomas not open them. Thanks for reading.
  3. Ah Memories. On one of my days off, many moons ago I had my 8 year old son in the copilot seat of our Cessna 182 giving him some time building maneuvers in a desert MOA. On the radio: Clover Control asked; "Captain Wingnut, I've got a few guys who want a little practice finding a low and slow. How would your copilot like a little hide-n-seek then a quick formation flight from some of the guys,,, PAUSE... Ahhh, if they can find you?" I nodded to my son who eagerly responded; "Clover, that would be awesome". Clover responded; "A flight of 3 are 60 miles out. When they find you They'll join you starboard then dust off" I explained to my son what was about to happen. Our transponders blinking light lit up solid and we knew we'd already been found. In just a few minutes our TCAS alerted us and we spotted them at 11 o'clock closing fast. "Morning Wingnut, Raider One One Tally Ho, inbound" came over the radio. "Morning Raider One One, Tally Ho", said my son. "Raider One One, we'll pass low off your left, circle and join on your right" "Roger THAT!", My son said with excitement. We were at 14,500 feet so I told my son to put her into a little dive and get the airspeed up to 170+ so they could slow to our speed without falling out if the sky. We watched them pass quickly by us at about a half mile off and 1,000 feet below. "Diving to get a little more speed Raider One One", I said on the radio. "Roger that", came the reply. Almost a soon as we got to 170 they pulled up on our right (My sons side). Raider One One who was nearest us saluted & rocked his wings. My son saluted, rocked our wings and they climbed out on the dusted off. We watched them disappear in less than a minute. "Thanks Raider One One, Thanks Clover", I said. "See ya back at the barn", said Raider One One. To this day my son who is grown with children of his own still talks about the time he got to fly formation with dad!
  4. Thanks Yota. Kind of difficult to read between the lines here but, This could be GREAT news indicating that Ch.7 is about to be released so that Iraq can officially fire up their OWN military machinery. If not, Iraq is saying that the U.S. military can come back in for protection and occupation, AND IN DON'T SEE THE IRAQI PROPLE LETTING THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. To buy big boy toys, may require a better valued currency!! Just saying... Go RV
  5. Hummm, the web language interpreter does it again... I just read somewhere (where I do not know.... and will not say...) that a 3.48 budget was definately approved but it was for Okie's HS cigars (ALL of them)!! Where do you think he comes up with all of his Horse S_!t anyway? He's smokin it!! I saw those in Mexico, and I saw people buying them AND then I saw a guy SMOKIN' 'EM!!! Whoaaa Nelly... Scary! Sorry,,, couldn't resist...
  6. There are, will be and have always been too many poverty and/or unwanted children in the world, not just the U.S. and this is just ONE of many responsibilities of being human that we carry with us. There are so many variables to this discussion; abstenence, indulgence, rape, incest, etc. and then who is truly responsible for making a perceived wrong, right? I won't debate abstenence, indulgence, rape, incest, etc. here, but I will talk about perceptions. This discussion takes me down this path of thinking... Democracy versus Republic? The truth is that the U.S. is a "Republic" and not a "Democracy". Remember your pledge of alligence? In the past 20 years the generalized thinking has moved to; We are a "Democracy" because we have a democratic process of establishing laws and leaders. In our Republic however, we have democratic leaders who create laws that among other things, tax us, however the leaders of the Republic spend those tax monies at their whim, Granted they are supposed to do it; For the People and By the People, but we see how well that works today!! Today too many polititians make it a career when the constitution intended it to be a temporary job reassignment. The Tug-O-War~ If you are on the side of the fence that Abortion is murder or a sin against the unborn child, or Humanity, or God, or Allah or whatever, you don't want your tax money paying for abortions because you are supporting what you Don't Believe In. You don't go to the store and buy things for dinner that you Hate and Detest, and you don't go down to the abortion clinic and give them money to run their clinics, so why would you want your money being spent in a way that you would NOT have spent it in the first place? On the other hand, If you're on the side of the fence that Abortion is necessary and a free right of women and their bodies, etc. You may very well go down to the clinic and give them money and you may WANT your tax money spend for that purpose. In a truly DEMOCRATIC system the federal government would have to keep TWO sets of books for everything they spend money on. Those tally sheets FOR and those tally sheets AGAINST. In this way we all get, and pay for what we want to support. If there isn't enough to go around for one thing, then it's just like you tell your children; Sorry, not in the budget. Our constitution gives the States the majority of power in all of these decisions, ergo, a Republic of States who govern. However, our Federal Government has grown like a Fire Breathing Dragon stealing all of the GOLD and JEWELS and POWER it can gobble up from the States and their citizens, puffing itself up to be more powerful than it was intended and today we find ourselves paying the federal dragon and the federal dragon does with our money what it "WILLS" and not our will. It takes from us and then tells us because we live in a particular State, we're not getting it back for what we want!! The problem that I observe is that when the federal governement excersizes its omnipotence, large numbers of people always feel slighted, slapped, stabbed or thrown under the bus no matter which way it swings its head. If the power were truly reinstated to the States to run (and I mean ALL things), then if you didn't support abortion, you would MOVE to a State that doesn't support it and vice versa. That way ALL of your tax money would go where YOU want it to go. Our President believes that we are, in his words; "All Created Equal" but here he had gone awry. He's mixing Church and State, governemt with scripture. We are all equal in the "Eyes of God". Here, IN LIFE we are not all equal, otherwise we would ALL have as much of everything that we want, simply for wanting it. Money, gold, silver, land, food, shelter, sun, clean air, clean water, etc. I don't see Obama giving up any of his money to pay MY bills and I REALLY WANT THAT!! DON'T YOU? "Sorry, Not in the budget!!!" No we're not equal here on earth. Here, we have to work hard for what we get and we're taught by our parents and clerical leaders that we should work together and take care of each other. But when we work hard to climb out of the rat race and get ahead and take care of those around us, And then government comes and takes an ever growing bigger chunk of it and THEN spends it where THEY want and not where WE want it spent, we feel the tires of the bus on our necks and we fight back. There have been and will always be people who feel that because someone else has more than they do, they have been slighted by the universe and they then look for a Robin Hood who can take from those who have to make their lives easier. That mode of thinking only gets worse when Governement officials like our current president tell people that we are; "All Created Equal" which then justifies their "you have to take care of me because we're EQUAL" attitude, which also prospers their "I don't care if I take care of myself or not, YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR ME" attitude and lifestyle manifistations. The big war and problem arise when those from whom it is taken feel thrown under the bus when those who have it GIVEN TO THEM, get it without any effort because they are presumed to be EQUAL. Those who it is taken from look at it and question what EQUAL really means. They say; "We had to work HARD for it so why shouldn't they be EQUAL and have to work HARD for it too?" The day we all become equal is the day no one will work, no food will be grown, no clothing made, nothing repaired, no medicines made, no water pumped, sewage everywhere and we will all starve to death, naked dirty, sick and broken... (and of course no abortions but plenty of pregnancies!!) WHY? Because we were ALL equal and it was someone else's responsibility, not ours. Which side you're on doesn't mean you're bad, insensitive, nice, mean, sweet or sour. It has to do with how you were raised coupled with your life experiences which have set deep and become your internal values. Values we will ALL go to battle over. We all have our personal values and sometimes Prickly points of view and contention regarding them. CaptainWingnut
  7. Wow! Such Great comments. What ever Iraq does, RV, RD, Implode, Explode... When it's over, I'm going to miss reading and participating in this stuff. Thanks everyone... Time to "Kick the Tires and Light the Fires" Go RV
  8. It looks like some MP's have too much time (or something else) on their hands!! No wonder they can't FOCUS on business at hand and get HCL, C7 and RV passed,,, They're apparently focusing too much on Business "In hand"! Let's give Yota691 a HAND for such a rising post.
  9. Whoops!!! Sorry RVPleaseToday... Medicaid (Federal Money) covers abortion in 15 States (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia). Here it is "in front of your eyes" http://www.fundabortionnow.org/get-help/medicaid
  10. Yup A lttl Haggis and this xctmnt & the gry mttr spll ckckr gs all to HLL!
  11. As an old behavioral psychologist I'm used to looking at actions-reactions and asking WHY? Up front just to be clear... this is just my My watching this for years and asking WHY? And then developing my own thoughts to answer that question. This is me sharing my thoughts with you, not to convince you but to give you another logical way to look at what is happening before our eyes. I'm not going to EVEN TRY to post LINKS to any of the history I will refer to... I don't have the time... and since I'm not writing this thesis for a grade, it just ain't going to happen!! PLUS There are way too many news hounds here who are WAY better at finding the links than I am I'm sure if you need a link, ask nicely and one of these great posters will probably drudge it up for you, Hey, it might be good for you to research it and find it. Okay, let me share some common knowledge with you. First, We know from way too many news stories over way too many years that Iraq wants to be the strongest currency in the region (as they once were), and they have threatened this many times, AND the financial world is also cheering that behavioral on. Second, We also know that the streets of Iraq are now running on the U.S. Dollar, as about a year ago I wrote a piece on how Iraq was removing the dinar from the streets right after the 1166 pip move (that one you can find if you look up my account and my posts). When the dust settled after Saleh scared the people, there was very little dinar left on the streets... Now it's mainly U.S. Dollars. My contacts there have told me that there isn't a dinar to be found. They've told me that people are hoarding Dinar if they can, in preparation for the coming RV (yes the Iraqis believe its an RV coming) but many have had to use their IQD just to survive. Third, Iraq has announced many times that they will require everyone doing business with them in the future to do it in IQD. Fouth, We also know from current news stories that the Iraqi people are fed up with their government and the poverty and the terrible living conditions they are in. They used to have the U.S. to blame but too much time has passed and with no real U.S. presence there now the people are now blaming their governement. If you've seen the pictures, it looks like freeways full of people protesting and screaming for the "heads" of their leaders. They only get about an HOUR a day of electricity. WOW! How would you feel with that one? Many use portable generators just trying to keep food from spoiling a couple of lights on and maybe keep an air conditioner going in the hot months. They are basically Sick and Tired of being Poor and Sick and Tired and living in the dark. Iraq is on the tipping point of their own Arab Spring and their government (let alone the rest of the world) can NOT afford to have this happen now, or really ever. Okay, let me share some behavioral theroies and my thoughts on an RV and the logical amount based on human behavior. WE MUST Keep in mind, this is IRAQ and this is THEIR deal. They are not doing this for anyone but IRAQ so we have to keep our minds very focused on them and not let OUR needs and desires shadow or cloud our objectivity. First, the people in the streets. The way to calm the people is to make their living conditions better and you can do that fast by increasing their buying power and also sharing with them the wealth of the kingdom. This comes fast and easy with an RV. In fact I believe that they have plans to pay every Iraqi citizen (man, women and child) about $11K / year as a government shared natural resources allowance. Okay HERE WE GO, What if I were in charge of the RV? (scary) If I were responsible for revaluing the Dinar I would bring it in in at a 1 to 1 value with the U.S. Dollar and hold that value for a time. This could be done pegged at 1:1 and then released later on a managed float. During the initial 1:1 pegged time I would closely watch the de-dollarization of USD in Iraq. Since the IQD would be equal to the USD currently on the street this would NOT affect the market place a bit as the value would be exactly the same. No harm, no foul. The people and the government WIN. This would give banks time to receive USD and replace it with IQD and it would be just business as usual. I would hold it there at 1:1 for maybe six to eight weeks depending on how fast the USD is moving off the streets, If I wanted the USD to come off the streets FASTER I would only have to raise the value of the IQD above the USD Probably to about 1.16 to 1 (USD to IQD) which would cause a small financial panic and the remaining USD would FLY off the streets. Raising the value of the IQD over 1:1 devalues the USD and it is no longer a desired commodity. It lessens the people's buying power. It will dissappear from the market place OVER NIGHT. Now the behavioral reason for the initial 1:1 If you were in Iraq and you had $10 USD to go to the store to buy groceries, you could buy $10 worth of value right? Of course, its the main currency in cirulation so everything is priced accordingly. If I revalued your IQD at 1:1, you can still go buy $10 worth of value with your $10USD and you can go to the bank and trade ALL of your USD in for IQD and not get BURNED. If however IF I initially revalued the IQD at 2:1 (This would be GREAT for those of us outside of Iraq but again lets not let our need and greed cloud our judgment and objectivity), {I wrote this across the page for you Goldiegirl !!} BUT if you were IN Iraq, your $10 USD would now only have $5 of Buying Power. You just LOST half the value of the money you have and are using. How would YOU feel if you were in Iraq and you were beat up and robbed by government yet AGAIN! Arab Spring would STILL BE COMING. NOT GOOD! Keep in mind, this is ALL ABOUT IRAQ and their PEOPLE. It is NOT about US or U.S. or ANYONE outside of Iraq. If I revalue it at more than 1:1 the people of Iraq loose. More about this in a moment If I revalue it at 1:1 and let the people ADJUST to it, when I move it to 1.16 : 1, the people can't blame the governement for any loss they incur as they will have had time to make the switch. If they haven't made the switch in time, they will loose 16% of the value off their US Dollars and they WILL dump them. I believe most will switch quickly @ 1:1 for two reasons, One, their history, they know the IQD will go higher and the USD lower. Two, Patriotism. They WANT their OWN currency. Now, what about the IQD outside of Iraq? This is very simple and falls in step with Iraq's decree that everyone will do business with Iraq in IQD. Iraq's biggest natural resource is of course OIL. Here's what happens in a very simplified version and you can find this in detail in Adam's writtings. When anyone outside of Iraq cashes in IQD, it will NOT go back to Iraq IMMEDIATELY. In fact it will not even effect Iraq immediately. When you cash in (we'll just us the U.S. cash in as an example) The IQD will be turned in to a U.S. Bank which will eventually get reimbursed by our central bank known as the "Federal Reserve" who will turn it over to the U.S. Treasury. There's a bunch of fees and trades that occur in this process and everyone takes their cut along the way but suffice it to say, it does NOT go back to Iraq immediately. The Fed keeps the IQD and uses it in the future to buy what? OIL from Iraq, ergo the decree everyone will do business with Iraq in IQD. The VALUE that you will get at cash in will actually come from the U.S. Treasury backing your bank. The U.S. Treasury's value comes from the value of the IQD based on Iraqi OIL and the IQD sures up the U.S. Treasury against debt. Because we are allowed to purchase IQD and cash it in, we are the MULES bringing it in and the U.S. Gov will eventually get the biggest BANG out of it. It's how our government will own a large chunk of Iraqs oil, Thank you President Bush and VP Cheney for an ingenious plan. Therefore, Iraq doesn't really care how much IQD is "Out there" because it will come back to them as tender for OIL and only as they pump it from the ground. That means that all of the IQD outside of Iraq is valued by the OIL that is still in the ground and they're not forced to cover it from their vaults.. What we do know by procedure and treaties is that the IQD can only be used by foreign governments for trading with Iraq and buying Iraqi commodities. OIL. Now lets talk MORE about the 1:1 value. Think about this. If Iraq comes in at 1:1 and cleans the USD off the streets, when they move it to 2:1 they will have DOUBLED their money and therefore PAID for the entire RV. AGAIN, they don't substantially CARE what's outside of Iraq. Their books are ZERO..... BALANCED owning no one. When they move to 3:1 they POCKET as much as it originally cost them and they have NO debt associated with it. Can you say PROFIT from the RV? Sure I hear a lot of talk about an initial RV of $3.41 and even $4 but I believe that this would cause too much shock to Iraqs economy let alone the psyche of all Iraqis. Oh, I believe they would have liked to come in at 10cents to 1 and then, when they got to 20 cents to 1 they'd have paid for it! Lock, Stock and Barrel. Then it would just be profit, profit, profit as they climbed back to their mid $3 range where they fell from. But time has become their enemy and I believe as you can see that they can't come in lower than $1 The streets are full of USD and coming in at anything LESS than 1:1 will only enrage the people more, making them feel that their countries leaders are still devaluing their homeland and resources. That alone will still - Bring on the Iraqi Arab Spring. Hey, anything less than 1:1 and their IQD is still worth LESS than the USD, the USD that they're ALREADY USING and they WILL NOT change. People do NOT trade DOWN willingly. We ALWAYS hold our ground or trade UP. Nope, I believe 1:1 is the Win/Win for the government AND the people and I for one will be VERY HAPPY with 1:1... After we see the USD off the streets in Iraq, we'll see it climb. Be ready!! Thanks All in advance for reading my worth of thoughts. CaptainWingnut Go RV SOON
  12. Franks gotta be taking massive doses of antidepressants cause he's NEVER depressed. Bar tender; I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S HAVING!
  13. Hummmm! I can't seem to find anything that looks like this on my iPhone...! J/K... Actually I'm finding this new site harder to work with my iPhone but then I'm not the sharpest tack in the box... Thanks for all you do to make this board great. CaptainWingnut
  14. Wow, I know I'm reading English words but trying to get English THOUGHT and COMPREHENSION from it is difficult at best. I've seen a lot of bad translations over the years but this one gets The Academy Award for best SPY encrypted message. Anyone got a spy decoder ring laying around? I think this is Mis-Information and they did such a great job with it they're probably confused themselves now. I know I am! Go RV
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