Confronted with a naked alphabet, I must devise a word or phrase that starts with each letter, is related to a bucket list, and related to voluntaryism. The benefit is that you may realize a few things, people, places, and/or occasions that carved into your subconscious.
Category: Nobody Asked, But
An Alphab[uck]et List
Nobody asked but … One of my bucket lists: Ask Be kind Cry Don’t run for any office Eat Freedom is always a goal Generations are artificial divisions Happiness is undefinable but reachable Imagine Joy is always a goal Kids, be with them, love them Laugh Momentum is tricky No retirement Open your mind Pass…
Another Fine Mess
Nobody asked but … By the time the next election for POTUS rolls around, November 5, 2024, Joe Biden will be 81 and Donald Trump will be 78. Yikes! A choice between frik and frak, a benign do-gooder vs a malign do-badder — both toxic to America. There is no chance that the dems will…
Natural Social Ascendancy
The human species is evolving. Nature is selecting real leaders. Shall our next leader be Adolph Hitler or Mahatma Gandhi?
A Republic … If You Can Keep It
The title above is based on a Benjamin Franklin quote, often cited. It implies that a republic is a good thing, worth keeping. At the time of Franklin’s observation, republics went back to the heyday of Rome and Athens, and were the merest step apart from monarchy. A good definition of “republic” would point out that it was doublespeak for aristocracy.
Word Jungle
Market. Marketplace. Free market. Open market. Corporatocracy. Self-interest. Greed. Graft. Grift. Regulation. Regulatory capture. Human action. Human nature. Darwin. Darwinism. Natural selection. Eugenics. Survival. Survival of the fittest. Leadership. Adherency. History. Fact. Fiction. Dog eat dog. War. Peace. Civil. Barbaric.
Regulatory Smoke and Mirrors
Of the hundreds of thousands of pages of regulations coming from any state, which ones are drafted by experts. The answer is, none.
Ozymandias Revisited
Once again, I call upon my favorite poem, one from Shelley, entitled Ozymandias.
Getting It Wrong
Maybe the battle of the sexes will never end. Maybe if it does, it will be like Vietnam or Afghanistan. With a WTF? My complaint has always been that the only winners seem to be the ones who act the most like the aggressors. Women who wear pants suits, and men who are the most passive aggressive win (in an odd way).
Clown Car Parking Zone
The zone is the zone of politics. From the over abundance of vehicles parked there we get endless streams of politicians, presidents, prime ministers, faux problems, and chickenshit non-solutions.