Psychology 101: AKA Common Sense

Common sense is not that common. I guess that is fairly self-evident. We, (myself included), often need to be reminded of certain basic truisms about human behavior. One that I think we all have a tendency to forget at times is the concept of: "you reap what you sow". This is especially true in human relationships. If you are an anal, hyper-critical motherfucker, (excuse my French, but vulgarity is often the only way to adequately express a point), you can pretty much expect to be treated in the same fashion. This is pretty much a no-brainer, right? Yet, it's amazing how many people don't grasp this simple concept. These are the people that are shocked when the tables are turned and the shit that they have doing to people for years is suddenly done to them. What is equally amazing is that these are the very people that whine the most about "injustice". I can cite all kinds of pithy sayings that justify "karma", but it's a concept I don't really believe in. There's way too many assholes in the world for it to be in effect. It's really a lot simpler than that. Try living by the "golden rule".

Have an enlightened day.

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Something To Chew On

Why would you put a person that has "issues" with certain personal attributes in charge of people with those attributes?

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A Small Suggestion

Ethnocentric behavior is wrong irregardless of who is engaging in it. You can't very well expect people to be color/race blind when you are constantly emphasizing the differences.

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Film At 11

I have dabbled in the financial field for about thirty years. I say "dabbled" because I'm not very good at it. I'd be rich if I was. However, along the way I've observed a few interesting things; especially in the "creative financing" arena.

They say that behind every great fortune there is a crime. This is true more often than you think. Let me explain how several fortunes have been made in southern California.

There has always been an easy availability of fake ID's and social security cards in California. Before the DMV stiffened their requirements for obtaining a license, people were walking in with Baptismal certificates and getting them. Notice the increase of identify theft after 1989? Think that's a coincidence? If you can't create you own paper person, then you've got to assume someone's identity, no?

Now, take that little bit of knowledge and add the fact that an I9 form was even instituted until...what 1988? Prior to that an ID and SSN card was not required to prove you had someone on the payroll. I'm sure you see the ramifications of this. This is why, in the eighties, southern California was the credit card fraud capitol of America and why "ghost payrolling" was rampant.

Use your imagination for a minute and think this through. This has been going on for years. Think about what people were getting away with in, let's say, the twenties. Mind-boggling, isn't it? Just to give you a brief idea of what people have gotten away with, let me tell you a personal experience. I once ran a credit report on someone. It had twelve pages of judgments. The person existed only on paper. Trippy, huh?

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WTF?

Congress has just cut off the unemployment benefits for thousands of Americans. The U.S. governement has filed suit against Arizona for enforcing a law that is basically already on the books; a law that would put many of the unemployed to work. The question that begs to be answered here is: just who in the hell are these people working for? The American people? They certainly do not seem to have our best interests in mind.

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Promises

I recently made a promise to myself and to my huge following that I would write something every week. Having recently "reactivated" my Posterous account and configuring it, I can post to about 5 million different places by merely sending an email. How much easier can this get? Any services out there that actually write for you? (Actually, there are voice recognition programs that do...assuming you can talk. There really are no excuses anymore.)

A couple days ago I signed up for Stribe, a Twitter type community that I embedded on my website. It was introduced at Le Web and is now available to everyone. There are different communities you can join. I opted to join the technology circle. (What else would I join?) If you have a website, want to promote it, and join a clique of your choice; I suggest checking it out.

That constitutes "writing". It's time to push the big red button. Let's see if this gets posted to all the places I think it will. Cross your fingers.
 

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Hello!

It seems like the only time I write is when I’m mad about something. Well…something has been bothering me for a long time and it’s time to rant. (Don’t you just love the Internet?) This article will inevitably piss off a lot of people, (I’m really good at that), but at this point I don’t really care. It’s not like I’ve avoided pissing people off in the past. Getting my ass kicked on a semi-regular basis is probably indicative of that.

What’s been really bugging the shit out of me for a long time is the inability for me to like and dislike whomever I please. As a white boy that grew up on the south side of Chicago, (Jim Croce was right. It is the “baddest part of town”), and a subsequent resident of southern California, I know a little about being a “minority”. That in and of itself is no biggie. My problem is the presumption that I “like” everyone; that if you're an asshole and of another race I still have to pretend to worship the ground you walk on. Well…I hate pretending. It makes me feel like a phony and I refuse to do that.

I’ve seen this “race card” used entirely too many times. It has enabled certain people to do practically whatever they want. When common decency suffers because of the fear of being labeled a “racist”, it is time to put all the BS aside and get to what’s real.

This is America. People are free to like and dislike whatever or whomever they wish. Sorry to hurt your feelings, but it’s time to get over it.

Have a great day.