Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Here is the “Wikipedia” definition:  Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come (sometimes taught as ELF-Environment, Local people, Future). The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."^[1][2]

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social challenges facing humanity. As early as the 1970s "sustainability" was employed to describe an economy "in equilibrium with basic ecological support systems."^[3] Ecologists have pointed to The Limits to Growth^[4], and presented the alternative of a "steady state economy"^[5] in order to address environmental concerns.

The field of sustainable development can be conceptually broken into three constituent parts: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability and sociopolitical sustainability.

This sounds harmless enough until we look into how this phrase was coined.  The UN started in the mid – seventies with a group of academics looking at the problem of sustainability of the earth….a noble idea.  This was studied and reports were given at conferences and life plugged along.  Then there comes a conference in Rio in the late 90’s to implement “sustainable development” and out of the conference came a UN Document called “Agenda 21” .  This document was signed by George H W Bush on behalf of the US.  Clinton then created a commission on “sustainable development”, and it exists today.   Over the years the commission has passed all of the principles of  “ sustainable development” down to all levels of government as though this is the goal that we should shoot for….clear down to the local county planning commission.

The three guiding principles of Agenda 21 are:

·       The majority of land should be owned by the government (there is a map of all of the land that the government wants to grab in the USA.)

·       The population of the world should be reduced to 1 Billion people.

·       Wealth should be redistributed from the rich to the poor.

I am not making this up folks!!!!!!!

We have signed up for this and the bureaucrats and the politicians are making it happen.  Think about what has gone on in the last 15 years.

Bill Clinton did an end run on congress and designated many places in the US as National Monuments or Wilderness areas.

Europe, Japan, China, USA and most of the Western world have a big birth control program to limit population growth.

And we have Obummer and his redistribution of wealth programs..

This is not the illuminati, this is real!!! It is a plan generated by academics and third world politicians to remove our freedoms.

Before you think I have been drinking from the conspiracy bottle of tequila, I suggest that you google “Agenda 21” and watch some of the video and read some of the documentation.

Get the Republican candidates to repeal our signature to the “Agenda 21” treaty.

Catch 22-Our judicial System is broken

Catch 22

Our country’s legal system is broken.  We have way too many laws and way too many lawyers.  The nanny-state mentality is out of hand.  We all violate laws everyday and don’t know it until we get busted.

The Catch 22 part of the scenario is that laws are made by politicians, most politicians are lawyers.  It is a self serving system to provide jobs for lawyers.  The more laws we have the greater need for lawyers.  Politicians are lawyers so making laws becomes a jobs program.

The size of the government is directly proportional to the number of laws that are on the books.  Therefore not only do we provide a jobs program for lawyers, we also provide a jobs program for bureaucrats. 

What is the solution?  The only plausible solution is to pass a “Law limitation” amendment to the federal and every state constitution.  This simple amendment would say that ;”The maximum number of laws allowed is XXXXXXXXX.”  This would force the repeal of many antiquated and frivolous laws.  But the great thing about this amendment is that it would limit the size of government.

Find a politician that will support this amendment and you have found a winner!

What do we do with them?

Our economy is evolving to an information economy.  Even the lower level data entry type jobs require some learned skills.  There are fewer and fewer "common labor" type jobs.  This will get much worse as the world become tied closer economically. Places like China will always be able to provide labor at a cheaper cost the we in the USA.
So what do we do with the increasing percentage of people that are not capable or not willing to become educated to be productive in American Society.  In China they put them in the Army where they can be controlled and required to do mundane jobs like guard ATM Machine.  In Europe they let them run around and loot stores, not a very productive thing to be doing.  Roosevelt had it much easier, he formed the Civilian Conservation Corp and they built parks and roads.  Red Rocks Park west of Denver was a product of the CCC. 
I think Roosevelt had a good idea.  Lets require that all able bodied men and women be required to perform a service for the government if they want to collect unemployment insurance after 90 days.  They could build parks, check on senior citizens, pick up trash, do simple clerical jobs, wash the government cars, and I'm sure we could think of a lot longer list.
If they refuse to work stop all payments of government subsidies.  Fortunately in America we the people have guns and I'm sure that if they riot and loot, it will be much different than in Europe.

Obama is only a symbol of the Problem

The following is a quote that is making the e-mail rounds. It is attributed to a Czech Republic editorial.  It really hits the nail on the head......

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting an inexperienced man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama Presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their President. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their President."

I am not responsible for the deeds of my Ancestors

I see that the Cherokee Nation has expelled all of the decendents from the slaves that they owned.  The Cherokee have some sense.  Our country is loaded with "dogooders" who want to make us feel guilty about the actions of our Ancestors.

The "lamprey" class in the US is growing larger each generation.  They suck the blood from the rest of us (look up Lamprey for the non aquatic).  It is not only the third generation welfare people, but a lot of others that play the system to get government money.

The Indians in many parts of the country have found a way through the Casinos and through oil to become financially independent.  They are now struggling with the "lampreys" that claim indian blood just to get a piece of the pie.  I saw a blond blue eyed fisherman on the Tulilip Indian Reservation in Washington, using his "heritage"  to net salmon.

We are desparate for someone to step up to the task of leading the country who has a little common sense and the guts to make decisions that aren't politically correct.

Pigs

Captain Pugwash's ship is the Black Pig(El Swino Negra), so he has a love of the pig. Jews and Muslin's have one thing in common, they won't eat pork. A pig is easily domesticated as they will befriend anything that feeds them. When they are awake, they are constantly in search of something to eat.....some people are like that.

In the dawn of civilization the pig was the first domestic animal as the tribesman figured out that if he fed a pig it would follow him and he could kill it and eat it when he got hungry.  However since the pig would eat everything, he would get diseases and transfer them to humans when he was eaten without proper cooking. This spread cholera and other bad diseases throughout the developing world, virtually wiping out entire civilizations, especially when pigs were introduced to indigenous tribes of the Americas. 



The Jews first decided to stop the practice of eating the pigs.  They kept them as garbage disposals, but would not eat them.  Mohammed thought that was a good idea so he added that as a no-no to the Koran.  Pigs nearly died out until the Europeans decided to branch out and go exploring.  They needed a steady supply of food in their exploits and what better way to get that than to drag some pigs along and butcher one when the troops needed a little protein.



This is what led to the demise of most of the indigenous people of North, Central, and South America.  The pigs got loose, rapidly reproduced, and became game food for the hunter-gathers.   

The diseases they carried were unknown and so there was no natural immunity….lots of dead Indians.



The point of all of this is that if it were not for the pig, European expansion could not have happened.  The population of Indigenous people in North, Central, and South America was ten times the population of Europe.  When Cortez landed in Mexico, Mexico City was 100,000 people, Paris, the largest city in Europe, was 20000.



We would all be Incas if the pig hadn’t been invited to come to the party.    It goes to show you how frail our civilization really is when it owes everything to a pig.

The Essays of Captain Pugwash Volume 1

The essays of Captain Pugwash cover a variety of topics, mainly associated with using common sense to address everyday problems of life.

Today, most people it seems have lost the ability to use common sense to solve their everyday problems.  To help with these problems, I have compiled my approach to the simple solutions that seemed to work best for me.

Maintaining the Balance of Risk vs. Reward

Most decisions come down to determining the risk of an option, and the reward for choosing that option.   These two characteristics of any alternative are sometimes difficult to quantify.  One way to do this is to create a decision matrix.  This is an exercise where you list the alternatives for a particular decision down the left side of a sheet of paper, then across the top you have the “risk” and “return” characteristics associated with this decision.  Some typical characteristics are …. Cost, utilization of time, effect on quality of life, etc..  The tricky part is to set and agree upon a priority within these characteristics.  Then set a value on the priorities. IE: 100 for the most important and 50 for the least important, or whatever you choose and agree upon.

Anger and Stress Management

Anger and Stress mess up your body chemistry.  If you are in danger of overdoing it you can usually notice the following symptoms.

·       Your sweat smells really foul.

·       Your tears will also smell bad.

·       Your urine smells almost like you have been eating asparagus.

·       You will also get a very dry mouth/throat

This happens over a period of time, not just on an occasional occurrence, but when Anger and Stress are taking a toll on your body’s health.

Who is responsible for what?

Under all circumstances you and only you are responsible for your own actions and deeds.  However, under no circumstance are you or the people of the current society responsible for the deeds of your ancestors or your ancestors’ friends. 

Depending on others.

Independence is perhaps our most valued characteristic.  It is very important to not become dependant on any one person or entity.  Someday that person or entity will be gone.  Therefore one should spend an inordinate amount of time learning how to be totally independent of others…….at the same time developing relationships with other people and organizations as a backup for when your independence is compromised,  and it will be compromised.

Get a Second Opinion

When dealing with Lawyers, Doctors, Realtors, Auto Mechanics, and most all professional service people, GET AT LEAST THREE ESTIMATES.  Get a second opinion.  Professional Service People, like anyone else is interested in making money, and that may preclude them from giving you the best advice, or they may not be competent, which will also be a detriment to what you are trying to do…..

Greed drives most people’s agenda

Greed is not just associated with money. It is also associated with ego, and power and many other things.  A majority of people’s actions are governed by greed. The attitude of “what’s in it for me” governs their daily life.  If you find someone that is truly not greedy, as I have defined it, hang onto them as they are precious.

Freedom is VERY precious

We have lost so many freedoms in the last 60 years. The freedom to fail, the freedom to be anonymous, the freedom to take risk in order to have fun, the freedom to be honest in what you say….these are some of the freedoms we have lost and don’t know we have lost.  They ones we know we have lost are too numerous to mention, they have to do with tangible things like property rights, government control, and lack of common sense.

Humor IS the best medicine

Our brains make us sick 95% of the time.  If our brain is unhappy, we are usually sick, and if we are sick it is usually because our brain is making us that way. If we think we are sick, then we are sick…….it is our brain that is not feeling well. 

We know that if we are laughing, we are not feeling sorry for ourselves.  The chemistry of a laugh energizes our whole body including our immune system.   Therefore if we are continuously happy, we are healthy….Tell a joke everyday to the people you care for to help keep them happy too.

Remember some good clichés

“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.”

Who was Captain Pugwash

Captain Pugwash was a benevolent pirate.  He was the Captain of the Good Ship "Black Pig", "El Swino Negra" for our spanish speaking friends.  He pontificated on most every subject as though he was an expert, and gave away most of his booty.