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Monday, June 27, 2011

Safe? Really?

I just had an "AHA!" moment. I suddenly realized that when you hear a statement from a rep from any agency, be it government or private for profit corp, that has the word "safe" in it you should substitute "exceedingly profitable" to get the real intent. Take for example, "Nuclear power is safe."
It has proven not to be and was known not to be by all it's promoters. It has been exceedingly profitable for them.
What does a Department of Safety do? It issues citations so fines can be collected.
A real person can be concerned for personal and loved ones safety without having any thing to do with monetary profit but they will profit emotionally which is what should be. On the other hand anyone you don't personally know who says they are concerned for you or anyone else being safe from whatever is in it to profit someone whether they know it or not. Tools may really believe the hype they spout due to efficient indoctrination.
Just consider how much it costs to make anything safe from or for anything. Your car and you and your home require insurance. If you have a pool or a dog or a business it costs even more. Why do we call it a safety net? It my keep you from death or injury if you walk a tight rope but in most other cases a net is a trap.
There are other phrases that could be substituted or added as well such as "and it's just easier for us if you believe our propaganda".
Take care and be safe so somebody can profit from you some how some way into the future.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Ramblings On More and Better

More is just more. Better is better; more is not necessarily better. For example, if you have a skill of any kind you have a skill. When you talk about improving that skill do you say you get more of it or get better at it? I don't know if that is interchangeable or not. The quality of the product is more important than the amount. Depends upon what it is and the purpose of it you say. Are you the buyer or seller, the end user or producer?
You hone a skill so that implies removing the excess, lessening inefficiency and getting rid of more of something making it better. In this case less is better.
Now would be the time to learn to do better with less. We're being told that less of everything will be available to us such as jobs, food, clean water and so on. Is it better to work more jobs to maintain your style of living? You can get all the radiation contaminated food you can eat and chemically contaminated water you can drink. What about the air you breath?
In conclusion, sometimes more is better and sometimes less is better and either way better is better. We better start figuring it out.