Now I see!

Finally, it hit me. An oil-man from Texas, which happens to be the not-elected president of the Nation and the no less obscure figure, a high-paid energy executive, as his right hand (or the brain, if you will) named Dick Cheney, both are doing nothing to put a stop to the soaring gas prices, meaning and average of $4.00 a gallon, so far. Now I see the whole picture. They're not doing anything because among their plans are forcing to lift up a ban of oil drillin in our own shores. That seems logic (for them, of course) given that they don't give a damn about conservation and environment, as they thouroughly have proven with their laws and bans. So the point would be, keeping the gas prices that high, just to pressure, can you believe that? Pressure us and therefore, press the law-makers to lift up the ban (established by his own father, George Bush Sr., by the way) and become even richer.
The war? According to "our president", nothing to do with the gas prices. Yeah, right, 2.5 trillion dollars a year is just a dent in the national budget. The horrendous economic policies, nothing to do with it also; among all the disasters in the Government lead by this idiot from Texas (Sorry, my smart friends from Texas).
Now, what are we going to do with that filthy policy? The one that's hurting us all that much? Is it possible to be used in that dirty way? Is that what we're here for? To make them richer and richer by the minute and us, suffering the consequences in all possible ways? The question is: Are that measure of lifting the ban and start drilling our own shores really effective? Given the fact that according to the experts it would give results within 7 to 10 years, hello? Because of that, are we going to have a 2 dollars something the gas gallon again? If not, are that measure going to reverse the gas dilemma? Are they going to find alternate solutions to that immense problem if the lifting doesn't work? Unfortunately, don't think so.
27 years of ban, preservating our own sea from terrible polution. All that is soon to be over (hopefully not) and even worse, we're going to keep paying fortunes in order to fill our tanks and even more apocalyptic, things are going to get worse and worse, unless something changes dramatically.
You may say I'm a dreamer, as Lennon said, but I still hope that something of that caliber will occur, eventually.
Don't lose hope, 'cause it's the only thing we still have.

Infidelity in a nutshell.

Ladys, let me start by saying that I’m not trying to justify a wrongdoing. I’m just trying to make a very personal point, which happens to be well accepted for the vast majority of females friends I’m honored to have.
In a nutshell: Which is worse, a man’s or a woman’s infidelity? I think the latter. Why? Here we go:
My thought is that we, man, operate in a very “primitive” way regarding sex, meaning that to us (men) sex is the beginning of something and for you (women) sex is the culmination of something. I’m talking here as a general rule. However, we can find women living and thinking like men and the other way around, but for the sake of this blog, let’s talk generalities. Second, we (men) work in a very emphasized “skin” level, not meaning you (women) don’t have “skin”, the thing is that you (women) work in a very different level and use your mind and your feelings in a more appropriate way when you have to make decisions. Given that, it happens that a man can have sex with another woman, different from his partner and not necessarily have emotional consequences. Not the case with women. Why is that? Simple, you (women) when engaged in sex, when you decide to deliver your body, you have already delivered other things in your mind, somehow you’ve developed some bond with that person, that’s why I say you “end” with the deliverance of your body as a culmination of something going on in your head and in your souls for a while. On the contrary, we (men) don’t need to involve feelings to have sex and we don’t “end” anything; in fact, probably, after sex, we could start something, if that’s the case.
So, with that chain of facts, it’s easy to infere that when we (men) commit a sexual infidelity, we literally don’t “feel” nothing more than a animal satisfaction, at least with a woman which is not our regular and loved partner. But you (women) is very likely that would feel something more than that, once you get sexually involved with someone else.
Thus, unfortunately, I have to conclude that even though there’s no justification whatsoever to an act of infidelity from any genre, if it happens, women get the worst responsability, the worst consequences, given the meaning it involved for females and therefore, it’s more than obvious the conclusions of this dilemma.
Anyway, the bottom line would be, never do such a negative thing to your partner, men or women. Instead, love your partner as much as you can and have responsible sex as much as you can.
Have a nice love session.

Plastic lie.

Plastic surgery has become a multi-million dollar bussiness since its conception several decades ago. In the beginning, it was thought of as a discipline which was suppose to deal with malformations, genetics failures of some kind, disfigurements or traumas caused by accidents and cirumstances alike. So far, it is a very useful and neccessary branch of modern medicine, the exact and indicated way to deal with all these problems. But, when it comes to the “aesthetic”, now it is time to deliver some words.
A lot has been said about the self-esteem problem of modern man. Particularly women have been a sensible target, (thanks to our sick modern society) of the most vicious attacks against self–esteem. Make-up, hair styles, clothes, and the most lethal: “modern aesthetic codes”. If society impose us the created need of nice, cool, not-necessarily comfortable, and expensive clothes...well, in a way, we can deal with that. Same thing with make-up, hair styles and so on. But with substantial physical change...that’s another story, not only because that’s a mayor pretension, meaning that we think we can “improve” the perfect design of God, Nature, All, Absolute, Evolution, call it whatever you prefer, the point remains, but succumbing to a total temporary...read carefully TEMPORARY code of aesthetic? My female friends, aesthetic is a very relative concept, we all agree with that. However, we tend to believe things like: model size is beauty...wrong. In other times, the opposite was true. Same thing with long hair or short hair, pants, skirts, different color every season, tall, short. We have to understand once and for all that all those “codes” are just simple, shallow, temporary references aimed not to your beauty, but to sell a product and make money according to the current time. All these categories are linked together, in order to work in tandem, colors with clothes and size, it’s a perfect bussiness that is killing not only people (literally speaking) but mentally and spiritualy killing women, and we neither want nor deserve that kind of treatment to the mothers of our kids, to the responsible of the perpetuation of our race, to the most beautiful creature of nature, hello? Don’t you see the size of this matter?
Is there a real problem with self-esteem in the world? Absolutely, yes. However, we need to work it out from the inside out, not the other way around. If a woman needs to enlarge her breast in order to raise her self-esteem, my friend, that woman is in deep trouble. If a woman needs to enlarge her butt or sharpen her nose on thickens her lips in order to feel comfortable with herself, there’s a big issue with that woman and a mentally issue, which is worse.
My lady friends, you have to realize that you are beautiful, the way you are, nothing more, nothing less, that’s the way it is. The most amazing asset a woman can have is her brain, think about that. Women are the perfection made flesh, and I’m not patronizing you, I really think that way and it is simple to demonstrate that thought, just take a look what a regular woman can do and you’ll be amazed.
That’s why we have to focus our attention in our minds. See, I love a nice dressed lady, of course; that’s not the point. Nice make-up, cool shoes, tanned or anything you do to make you look more beautiful than you normally are, that’s not the point, the point is with the plastic surgery and the misconception that it can help with the woman self-esteem. That’s the argument they’ve been using to support such an enormous lie and multi-million dollar bussiness.
It’s up to you, ladys. You know better than that and you deserve real compliments, not the ones drawn by rubber boobs and “chorizo-like” lips.

60 years of what?

I've been studying jewish mysticism for quite some time, simply fascinating and enlightening. I've been studying assorted historical figures as well, among them, a few Israelis, motivating people. However, everytime a dig deeper into the depths of politics, I realize that is a very filthy business. All governments are corrupt, no exception, and that's one of the most disturbing realization a person can have, given that those bastards are the ones who define the course of history and therefore, us, as part of that history.
Violence, death, suffering, are basically the common factors among all the governments, some worse than others, but in general, all of them are hate promoters in some way. This time, some statistics caught my attention and really made me evaluate my love/repulsion relationship with Israel and its people. I do believe that they're courageous people, inteligent, capable, strong and determined, they have endured immense suffering along the way and there they are, stoic. However, back to politics, it's not the people per se, it is The Establishmnt, that more often than not, doesn't reflect the real feeling coming from the people of a given country or community.
The Arabs, great people, origin of the civilization, people with remarkable culture and history. But, politics again, distorting all in front of it and of course, good and noble people fall as well.
I know, all this bla, bla, bla maybe doesn't make a lot of sense. My point is, to make this blog a little less boring, that Israel is celebrating 60 years of being a "nation", good for them, but how can someone celebrate such a thing if that's the exact time Palestinians have been removed, by force, from its land? Isn't it ironic? And all based in a "Sacred Scriptures" that all of us know, aren't that sacred after all.
I really respect jews, at least its culture and mysticism, but it's politics, supported by USA, by the way, I really can't stand it, even though all the things they keep saying in order to justify it.
Sorry, I'll stay by this side, the love side, the sympathy side, the compassion side, in other words: "The non-establishment side". I'll remain sudying jewish mysticism, praising its accomplishments as a culture, its intelligence, but never, never, ever, ever, supporting the political procedure they're implementing to justify the terrible mistakes they've been doing all these long 60 years.
Take a look at this statistics and think about what I've just said.

1- 119 Israeli children have been killed by Palestinians and 982 Palestinian children have been killed by Israelis since September 29, 2000.
2- 1,044 Israelis and at least 4,719 Palestinian have been killed since September 29, 2000.
3- 6,845 Israelis and 32,213 Palestinians have been injured since September 29, 2000.
4- During Fiscal Year 2007, the U.S. gave more than $6.8 millions per day to Israel and $0.3 million per day to the Palestinians.
5- Israel has been targeted by at least 65 UN resolutions and the Palestinians have been targeted by none.
6- 1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 10,756 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel.
7- 0 Israeli homes have been demolished by Palestinians and 18,147 Palestinians homes have been demolished by Israel since 1967.
8- The Israeli unemployment rate is 9%, while the Palestinian unemployment is estimated at 40%.
9- Israel currently has 223 Jewish-only settlements and "outposts" built on confiscated Palestinian land. Palestinians do not have any settlement on Israeli land.

Am I wrong?

Trump and success.

One of these days, I heard on the radio a commercial from Donald Trump. A faceless voice said something like: "If you want to be succesful, you have to assist to this seminar near you, straight from the Master of success, Donald Trump". After that, not only I was in actual shock to hear that, given the fact that to me, Mr. Trump has never been a role model for anything, as a matter of fact, He's been a model for many things you shouldn't do in life. But anyway, back to the point, after hearing the commercial, I've been re-thinking all the "success" script we have ingrained in our consciousness since early childhood.
First of all, I want to give a little background of "The Master" for all of us, in order to place the main factor in perspective:
Donald Trump, as far as I know, has been a Real Estate mogul for quite a few years, apparently he has a lot of money (strange fact that he never shows up in the real top positions in "Fortune magazine" ,"Forbes" or any specialized publications like that) but we have to admit, at least technically, that the guy is loaded. He has three offsprings from three differnent women; well, that's not exactly a model to follow, as far as I know. Flirting with moral issues, no different scenario. How is it possible that this person, dared to give an opinion and permission to exist to a young lady which admitted an "excess" behaviour years ago? Mr. Perfection, being the owner of the organization (Miss Universe, among others) feels the urge to speak and to give "forgiveness and permission to "live" and continue with her life to this young lady that shows her miseries on TV, crying and thanking the "Emperor" for saving her life and for allowing her to continue in the beauty pageant which she is proudly part of. That's really pathetic. First of all, Donald Trump doesn't have to be immersed in such details of his hundreds of companies. It's more than evident that what he's after is promotion of any kind. When he sees a camera around, the guy jumps in it's way no matter what: reality show, seminars all over the country, TV commercials, books, you name it. Funny fact, I've never seen Michael Dell involved in any of the things mentioned above...well, maybe thirty billion dollars of personal fortune isn't enough. That's money, folks; and despite of that, you don't see Mr. Dell showing himself to the world in any opportunity he may encounter in the way.
So, is having a fortune with Real-Estate success? We can say, yes.
Is having three kids from three different women success? Well, it depends; but to me, I don't think so, given the circumstances and the moral issues we have to live in this lifetime.
Is having that anachronistic hairstyle all the time and that "formal dress" with all accessories involved a success? Hell no! All of you guys agree that once in a while there's nothing like a good Levi's and a T-shirt.
So, what's the big deal with Donald Trump?
I've never trusted someone with a lack of expression in the face. Trump's face, as far as I remember, was, is, and apparently will be, the same expressionless face, no matter the circumstances, with that look of god-wanna-be, the attitude of almighty, that's really disgusting.
The bottom line is that if anybody wants to look for a role model to follow his/her steps in order to become wealthy, please, there are a lot of other moguls that really deserve your attention and not that bastard who believes he's God and, at least for me, the only good thing he's given to the world is his daughter. I have to mention that, in fact, we should follow other kind of people and not neccesarily the "money makers". Money will come anyway but the other values, those are more precious to keep.
Having money is not a problem, please! Having recognition isn't also, in fact, all of us in a way are looking for it (money and recognition) and it's legitimate and even healthy for our self esteem. Being red-headed, dress formal all the time, non of those issues are negative per se, the only thing we shouldn't do is pretend to be someone that we actually are not, to think that we are what we have and treat other people without respect and dignity. Folks, we all are the same, we all are a unity and we all deserve anything we want, material goods, spiritual values and all the other things we can imagine. What I think we ought to understand is that the healthy way to achieve all that, is through respect of others, dignity and much, much love.
I'm done. I have to go now to watch The Apprentice, season finale....

Christmas or Saturnalia?

I hate to do this, but I've been kind of forced. A couple of things first for the record: I don't judge people for their beliefs, I'm just putting on perspective why I don't agree with some things, including the origin of this blog. I know I'm going to rub the wrong way some of you, but don't take it personal, this is simply a response to some of my friends that still don't understand why I'm the way I am, and for those who kindly read, simply enjoy a little of history. Well, here it comes:
I've been seeing a lot of wagging fingers reminding us at every opportunity to remember the "Reason for the Season," and inevitably, these folks are referring to Jesus. The truth is, not very many of the traditions associated with Christmas are Christian- or have anything to do with the birth of Jesus. The world's oldest and most universally popular holiday celebration has always centered around the winter solstice- marked by the ancients as the birthday of the sun- after which the days get progressively longer, warmer, and more temperate. In cold climates, this celebration was a very welcome break from the monotony of cramped quarters, lean meals, and frayed nerves. In ancient Rome, the largest Solstice holiday was the Saturnalia, in honor of the harvest god Saturn. Not many people today have heard of Saturnalia, or know that most of our popular holiday customs are directly descended from the ancient holiday season.
Saturnalia was a big holiday- businesses and courts closed for days. The halls were decked with holly branches and evergreen wreaths. People visited family and attended lavish banquets and holiday parties. Gifts of silver, candles, figurines, and sweets (often tied to evergreen wreaths) were exchanged; sounds familiar?. It was also customary to light candles and roam the streets singing holiday songs (albeit often in the nude).
Even the "Christmas Tree" was a common sight.
So how did a raucous Pagan celebration become associated with Christianity? Very intentionally (John Chrysostom, a fourth century Bishop, wrote: "On this day also the Birthday of Christ was lately fixed at Rome in order that while the heathen were busy with their profane ceremonies, the Christians might perform their sacred rites undisturbed. They call this (December 25th), the Birthday of the Invincible One (Mithras); but who is so invincible as the Lord? They call it the Birthday of the Solar Disk, but Christ is the Sun of Righteousness.)
At the time the date of Jesus birth was officially assigned as Christ's birthday, Rome was pretty thoroughly Christianized, but the former pagans were more reluctant to give up the holiday than they were their gods. After brushing aside inconvenient facts (such as the bible's own accounts placing the birth of Jesus in the spring), the names were changed- but the holiday remained the same. Elements of popular Pagan nativities were borrowed to create a backstory fit for the new god, from the heralding star to the shepherds visiting the newborn in his cave. (more information about this "borrow thing" upon request). Before that time, Christians had one holiday- Easter-and no reason to celebrate the birth of their god, a very pagan tradition (indeed, a number of nativities were celebrated at Christmas-time, including that of Mithras, known throughout the empire as 'the light of the world,' and the nativity of Sol Invictus, the birthday of the sun) Before then, Christians avoided any birthday celebrations as inappropriately pagan. So, the next time you're quizzed over the "reason for the season," just toss off a "Saturnalia" and leave them scratching their heads.
I'm done, gotta do some christmas shopping....

Who cares?

Yes, there has been a lot of buzz in Washington D.C., about the use and abuse of anabolic steroids in sports, particularly in baseball. It's funny but lately I've been thinking about it and I have different thoughts about that topic.
Fist of all, what is a baseball player? To me, a professional "game" player. I know, that sounded a little ironic but, we have to admit it, despite all the glory and all the money, those guys (not only baseball but every mayor sport player) are no more than talented people (at least physically), trained to do what they want to do, play games and getting paid for that. Until there, everything's alright. The problem comes when this society (on purpose, by the way) prentends to make them heroes, for our kids, four our youths, and a few adults that can't proccess the difference between a real hero and a guy with a stick in his hand trying to hit a leather ball.
If those guys do their job in a prefessional manner, if they do it with the neccessary ethics to keep going without hurting anyone, perfect. To me the problem is us, the parents that impose their kids, one way or another, the neccessity to see those guys as heroes, even motivating them to become one of them, not because the virtues of the sports and physical activities in general, but for what it "means" in terms of money, glory and misunderstood leadership, to be a professional sports-man. Same thing happens with the so called "artists", but that's another blog, promise.
Ladys and gentlemen, if baseball players use performing drugs (and sometimes recreational drugs, too) in order to "perform" better in their professional activities, who cares? Let them do with their bodies and spirits whatever they want, they're adults and should know what their doing. But "Society", please don't try to impose those guys as role-models, because they are not. What about teachers? what about scientists, what about real artists? Aren't they more suit to become sombody's heros? To me, a kindergarten or elementary teacher is a real hero, a man or woman dealing with our kids and trying to educate them in the most critical stage of our lives, which is the childhood, that is heroic (not to mention the money those poor guys make). A scientist hidden in the laboratory for long days, weeks, months, years, trying to find a cure for a given disease or a vaccine for some virus, isn't that a motif to make him/her a hero? A writer, a musician, or any artist (the real ones!) working their art and craft alone, dedicated, in order to deliver all the emotional charge we feel when we hear a very nice piece of music or read a good novel or see a moving painting, what about them?
Just a final thought, we have to start thinking the right way, stop the blind race the establishment wants us to follow for their benefit. As simple as to contemplate, draw conclusions and take actions.