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Odds and Ends 09
Today they are cleaning the blood off the streets in places like Chicago, Baltimore, etc. It’s not entirely new, but it’s the scale of things that speaks to us. This is how it will go, I believe. I’m not expecting … Continue reading
Artificial Government
A man can learn and decide to cut his losses. A bureaucracy is incapable of learning because it has no mind, only an instinct like cancer to survive and grow. It is unable to imagine cutting losses and moving on … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged ancient Greece and Rome, bureaucracy, Creation, moral consciousness, peace with god, the Fall, tribal society
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Goons with Guns
Reminder: I’ve served as a Military Policeman long enough to reach supervisory positions. A big part of that job was securing facilities and controlling access. I’ve spent some years getting it wrong sometimes, but generally getting good reviews for doing … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged bureaucracy, Military Police, moral discernment, physical security
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Worldly Benevolence
We’ve come to expect it from government aid agencies, but why would a church treat the needy with the same bureaucratic abuse as the they get from the rest of the world? It takes a special kind of moral resignation … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged bureaucracy, charity, church politics, social welfare system
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Duty to Deceive
First, a little context: faith = convictions = heart-mind moral discernment. We’ve had two millennia of people abusing the word “faith” to mean an intellectual body of belief plus the actions arising from such belief. It goes back to that … Continue reading
Posted in eldercraft
Tagged bureaucracy, epistemology, heart-mind, intellect, mysticism, politics, propaganda, religion, war, western civilization
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Just a Few Trends
Nothing prophetic here, merely some observations that may amuse you. We can already see the right-wing backlash in Europe. I’m not in a position to comment much beyond noting that it was provoked intentionally. Anyone could see it coming years … Continue reading
Posted in sanity
Tagged bureaucracy, church, oppression, peace with god, politics
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Update from the Bureaucratic Swamps
The bike is the easy part of this whole thing. My buddy at the local Dick’s Sports Store looked the bike over and got with the manufacturer. I get the impression this is a custom deal for this vendor, because … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged bureaucracy, cycling, EMSA, government, OKC
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Progress in Pieces
Not in the sense of broken apart, I’m just tossing in a bunch of little things here. I kept the post-op cushioned leg immobilizer because that hinged brace is good only for walking around, and absolutely painful for resting. So … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged bureaucracy, computers, government, linux, marriage, medicine, windows
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Open Letter to Oklahoma City
(This is a copy of an email message I sent to the OKC Parks and Rec offices. It is in reference to the tragic accident noted in previous posts on this blog. There are minor differences in content based on … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bureaucracy, cycling, government, law, mission, OKC, otherworldly, religion
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The Urge to Torment
Sometimes it’s not enough to say it comes from Satan; in our culture that can serve to dismiss any number of horrible sins and leave us no way to uproot them from our own souls. The psychology of Christian Mysticism … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged ANE, bureaucracy, moral discernment, mysticism, psychology, Satan, The Cult, torture
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