#AncientTexan

Our markets in capitalism are very wise and efficient.   What do we want for climate change?  We want less CO2 in the air, right?  How do you send that message to the market and why should the message be sent?  why should we trust the market?

Above the Putin Bear No-fly zone no planes Dropping bombs on kids, women, the old, Killing Killing Indiscriminate killing. The golden eagle wings spread wide Strong and brave could make it happen Stop the bear in its tracks He could add to Putin’s pain Poke the wounded bear, Hold the beak above his head Talons open, slashing Drive him back to his den. We gloat as he cowers Growling, snarling, slob...

$400 million military aid to Ukraine was denied by Trump.  Ukrainians are dying because of this action.

America has dropped 337,000 bombs in the last 20 years.  Since World War II it has had bombing campaigns in 27 countries.  It is currently bombing 6 countries.  This does not count bombs being dropped by the CIA.  Biden stopped the military from keeping these records in 2020.   Do you know about our bombing campaigns?  Do you approve or have you abdicated responsibili...

Are far are we willing to go for the brave Ukrainians? Higher gas and oil prices must be accepted if we want to support the Ukrainians.

Ukrainians are giving their lives to stop the MAD Russian. Are we willing to pay more for energy to stop him?

Depending on the MAD philosophy is in itself an existential crisis as illustrated by Putin.

When people ask for help. Your response?

Hospitals are losing their nurses.  Nurses are burned out, overworked and leaving their jobs.  Many are becoming traveling nurses and making up to 5 times their normal pay. What does the nursing crisis reveal about our beliefs?

What do such racially charged words say about the person you are using it on?

At the end of the day, the u.s. does not really have the ability to stop Russia. But. Do we understand our relative power has eroded?

Why do we fragment our team and our efforts by dividing us by race, Color, sex, etc. And why do we always have to divide us into the persecutors and victims.who stands up for labor these days?

Am I Not Among The Early Risers - Mary Oliver Am I not among the early risers and the long-distance walkers? Have I not stood, amazed, as I consider the perfection of the morning star above the peaks of the houses, and the crowns of the trees blue in the first light? Do I not see how the trees tremble, as though sheets of water flowed over them though it is only wind, that common thing, free to ev...

Justin Townes Earle Yuma Well he woke up that morning and he called into work Put on his daddy's old suit with a second-hand shirt All untucked, shoes untied, the people all snickered as he walked by So he stopped in a bar, bought a shot of Stevens, and another He bummed a cigarette, and sat talking with a stranger about the weather And then he paid his bill and he stepped outside, fell down into...

I don't get the rules around the N-word.  Is that because I am not yet "woke".

Do the current mask mandates make sense?

Let's backup and look at the bigger picture with Russia. What cards do we hold? How many aces does Putin hold?

1. Lack of Mutual Respect and Love 2. Nuclear Weapons 3. Global Warming etc. 4. Clean Energy 5. Astroids 6. Pandemic animals 7. Pandemic - crops 8. Artificial Intelligence 9. Genetic Engineering 10.  Lifestyle - obesity, Alzheimer, insulin resistance, autoimmune ... sickly humans

Will Djokovic defend his Australian Open title or will he be booted out of the country because he does not have a vaccine shot?  The game supposedly being played is to decide if his staying in Australia constitutes harm to the Australian People or not.  But, we all know that is not what this game is really about.    It seems the whole world is more interested in being right, ve...

Global warming is not coming.  It is here.  This is not an event; it is about our relationship with each other and the planet.  We prosper we have to learn to care for each other and the environment around us .... globally.  This is not a finite game, it is an infinite game.  

Behind every good conspiracy, there is a hero with credibility usually from their current or past position in society or work.  For example, Trump is behind the big lie. Yeadon, ex VP of Pfizer, is behind the conspiracy story that vaxes cause infertility in women. 

Learning to find the "truth" is a skill that can be taught.  First, we have to understand the role of stories in humanity and recognize there is often little connection between our stories and the "truth".   We have to learn to sort information into a rainbow of options from fact, to unlikely, to probably correct, etc. while understanding the role of our biases in making those calls...

Elijah, this is the first story I remember in my life.  Your great-granddad and great-grandma, your great uncle Alex, and I were in a car and the car died as we went over the train tracks.  A train was coming.  I was only three, sitting in the back seat, but I knew this was not good.

The Biden Presidency has seen its high water mark with the infrastructure bill.  Accepting that allows us to focus on the next Presidential election.  What could Biden do to give the Democrats the best chance of winning the 2024 elections?

My grandson is ten days old.  My daughter, his mom, since she was a child would ask me if I have a child when I am 20, how old will you be when he is 10.  I want him to know you.   The last time she asked me, my answer was 85.  She decided it was time.    These talks, Elijah, are to you.  When you get to an age that you care about your history, who I was, wh...