Ruminations

There’s 7 New People Born

Bryan Watson8 years ago02 mins

Into this world came this song. It certainly wasn’t on the radio, but I had bought the album – my second Dylan album – and listened to it, late at night, in the living room, on the hi-fi console, with my headphones on, in stereo.

When I first heard it, it was just “the next track” on the album. But halfway through, I stopped and moved the needle back to the beginning. I listened. Then played it again. And again. And again.

I learned, in 5 minutes, about poverty. Farming. South Dakota. Pain. Helplessness. Desperation. Terror. Loss.

A People In Motion

Bryan Watson4 years ago4 years ago04 mins

The story of America cannot be told in terms of what we are or what we have been. The American story is that we are a people in motion – we are going someplace. Someplace better than where we are or where we were. It’s not about where we are, it’s about the journey we are on.
It’s not about what we are, it’s about what we are trying to become.

Candidates: How Do You Decide?

Bryan Watson7 years ago5 years ago01 mins

We elect people to do one thing only – to make decisions.

But we never ask them the fundamental question: ”How do you make a decision?”

CHANNELLING Behavior : Rewards and Punishments through the Tax System

Bryan Watson9 years ago01 mins

Channelling is an important element of the tax system. We have no other way of rewarding – therefore, encouraging – good behavior. And we can’t punish – therefore, discourage – bad behavior except by making it illegal, and our Constitution and other rights often prevent us from doing that.

Mars Insight, Earth Insight

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

Almost 50 years ago, I was transfixed as a NASA astronaut climbed down a ladder and pressed his boot into the grainy surface of the moon. A week ago, I sat transfixed as NASA guided a vehicle to a soft landing in Elysium Planitia, a “flat, boring equatorial plain” on a planet 300 million miles…

Is it still murder if the president orders it?

Bryan Watson4 months ago4 months ago02 mins

He’s been murdering people week after week, sometimes day after day, now month after month. We’re getting used to it. It’s not a big story anymore. It isn’t the headline. It isn’t the lead story. Oh, sure, at first, some folks were shocked, outraged, demanded an investigation. At first … but not now, not anymore. It’s become normal. Dog bites man. No big deal. Happens all the time. Not news.

Who needs democracy?

Bryan Watson4 years ago4 years ago02 mins

For most people, democracy only exists on election day. And for many people, the vote itself was lost long ago. For them, democracy has no place in their lives. They feel that their vote and their voice already don’t matter.

For them, losing democracy isn’t something to worry about

Wings and Mainstreams

Bryan Watson7 years ago02 mins

Another press report on the growing number of House Democrats who say “Impeach now”. That number is up to 63 now. Surely, the pressure is mounting on the House leadership and they will have to give in – if not now, soon!

THEIR own self-interest? Or ours?

Bryan Watson8 years ago02 mins

I think people always operate in their own self-interest. Always.

And I think we rarely know what someone else sees as their own self-interest. Instead, we impose on them what we believe they should be interested in.

Winning Elections

Bryan Watson8 years ago02 mins

If you consider that an election is just marketing, then you would do what a marketer would do — look at who is gaining market share and copy what they are doing. Why? Because you are going after the same market, the same population of consumers. So, if McDonald’s introduces Filet-o-Fish with huge success, Burger…

Election Fraud is reason enough

There’s 7 New People Born

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Drip. Drip. Drip.

How Do We Pay For it?

Biden Paused – A Missed Opportunity

There’s 7 New People Born

A People In Motion

Candidates: How Do You Decide?

CHANNELLING Behavior : Rewards and Punishments through the Tax System

Mars Insight, Earth Insight

Is it still murder if the president orders it?

Who needs democracy?

Wings and Mainstreams

THEIR own self-interest? Or ours?

Winning Elections