Down The Rabbit Hole #11 Time To Wake Up

(Author's note: Portions of this article are from one previously written titled "Herein Lies The Problem".)

About three weeks ago, on a Saturday, Hillary Clinton was in an interview with a woman by the name of Kara Swisher.  During the interview, Swisher asked Clinton what she thought of Corey Booker's comment to "kick them in the shins", referring to Republicans.  Hillary corrected her and stated it was not Booker who made that particular comment, it was Eric Holder.  Kara Swisher corrected her error and then Clinton said, "I know they all look alike."  Booker and Holder are both black.

Shortly after this and after interviewing people from both side of the political isle, it was discovered that this mishap was not being broadcast on any of the major news networks.  Even the most conservative ones did not air it.

Although this article is not geared at politics, it is safe to assume that if the present POTUS had uttered those words, the mainstream media outlets would have burned him at the stake.

But why the silence?  

Recently, concerning the forest fires in California, that have consumed thousands of homes and many lives, there was a satellite image showing an explosion in the forest where the fire originated. Many people claimed that this footage was never aired on the mainstream new outlets.  These people also believe that the video shows it was most likely a failure on a power line owned by the PG&E power company.  Research shows that PG&E did receive a notice of a failure in the line within a few minutes of the fire being reported, in the same area.  

Why isn't the satellite footage being aired?  

Concerning the caravan of people trying to enter this country via the Mexican border in California, the following article was taken from a social media site in the comment section:
"I just talked to a very good friend who lives in Honduras.  I called her because I was worried about the situation in her country and also her thoughts about the march.  This was her answer, which I asked her to send in writing, so as not to omit or add words:  "No Kathy, everything is normal, here in Honduras, thousands of people have already returned.  The government of Honduras has created a place for those who return, where they provide shelter, medicines and basic needs until they can return to their normal lives.  Some have admitted that they were paid to make the crossing, but many also realized that they were used to achieve a dream that does not exist.  Some even sold all their belongings and now they have nothing.  Just to see how they use women and children by placing them as shields in front of the march, is obvious and very sad.  Most of those who remain are "mareros" (Gangs of El Salvador) and many other nationalities that are not from my country.  This movement was provoked by the rogues of Mel Zelaya (candidate for President of Honduras who lost the elections) with the help of Venezuela.  Life in Honduras is still normal, people working, studying.....life is the same.  If you are informed by CNN, I only ask you to believe half of it, the manipulation of the truth is horrible, especially Jorge Ramos and one called Del Rincon."

Was this representation of the march on the mainstream news outlets?  

Research shows that the news outlets in this country are owned by 15 million/billionaires.   Further research will show that six companies own what is shown on the daily and nightly news. They own it and they make the decisions as to what is allowed to be aired.  Looking even deeper into the rabbit hole, a screen came up on the computer that stated "Your connection is not private."

Taking The Time

If there is one thing that stands out, above all others, of the things I have learned while living in the city is that people come and people go.  This is most assuredly true when  it comes to apartment living.

Some people choose to live in an apartment for many years.  Then there are the ones who stay for a year or so, finally seeing their dreams come to fruition and purchase a home of their own.  There are people who stay for a month or two and leave in the middle of the night, never to be seen again.  Even though their lifestyle is so very different from my own, all these people have a story to tell.

We fell into the category of  'those who leave in the middle of the night' when we left the Atlanta area, but there are many times I think about the young boy I met there.  He was only about 11 years old and spent most of his time alone, entertaining himself.  He knew we were leaving and expressed sadness when I told him.  How I wish I had taken the time to jot down his address.  

A recent new acquaintance, a man with two small reddish brown dogs was such a joy.  He was well versed in the history and archaeology of Egypt, one of my favorite subjects.  We planned to get together some day so I could listen to all he had to share on that topic.  A few days ago, I noticed I had not seen him or the dogs in awhile.  Later I found out he was gone, a new opportunity had presented itself to him in the great state of Texas.  I certainly wished I had taken the time to make a date with him for coffee and tea and talk.

Once, I had a person contact me after I had written about my strange UFO sighting, another one of my favorite things.  This person wanted to share what they had seen, years ago, along with pictures and other notes taken at the time.  I put that meeting off and now the opportunity is lost for this life time because the person has passed. 

Surely we all have similar stories of missed chances.  It is probably not feasible to be able to keep track of, or in contact with, everyone who crosses our path in life.  Hopefully though, the next time I can learn some wonderful nuggets from someone else's life, I take the time to do it.  

From The Desk of The Dog

Hello!  It's me, Runtly, the ever so entertaining Jack Russell Terrier, JRT for short.  Mom argued that it was too soon for me to paw another article, but I presented my case and she finally accepted my presentation.  I also promised to quit laughing at her, once I got to tell my side of the story.

Not too long ago, Mom had the brilliant idea to take me to a dog park.  Other humans had told her about this place and how great it was.  I really think that Mom was just bored and wanted to go for a ride.  Of course, the word 'ride' always makes me so excited, so once again, I fell for that ruse.

We hopped into the car and Mom assured me that it was not going to be very far.  See, Mom does not understand, it's not so much about the distance, it's the stops.  Every time the car stops, I am ready to get out.  I do this when we take the long trip to see my peeps....each time the car stops, I get out of the car.  This makes me very nervous because there are no familiar smells and I must keep track of Mom and Dad.  Invariably, they always go into some building, but they never go in together.  One of them  always stays outside with me, then they trade places.  They have no idea how stressful this is.  Anyway, Mom is taking me to a dog park and even though she said it was not going to be far, she had the luck of the dog to stop at everyone of those places that sometimes make the car stop.  I see no good reason for this weirdness, but it seems all the humans in the cars going the same direction do the same thing.  

We drove and we drove.  Mom kept reassuring me that I was being a really good dog.  Believe me, I was trying and then Mom stopped again!  This time, she messed with that nasty little thing she carries with her all the time.  I do not like that thing, it takes up way too much of Mom's time, time that she could be devoting to me, but I will paw eloquently about that some other time.  So, she messes with the thing and suddenly it starts talking.  I do not much like that either as I can not find the human in the car that the voice belongs to.  Then we started the agonizing process of stopping and starting all over again. 

We finally arrived in a neighborhood, at the end of a round street that had houses all the way around it.  Inside the round street was some grass and a picnic table.  Mom stopped the car again and this time she let me out.  The whole time, she is looking at the talking thing and saying that this is not the dog park.  In the meantime, I am running around with my nose to the ground.  I'm as nervous as a, well, I was just really nervous and there was no way I was doing anything in that grass!  All I wanted to do was get back in the car and go home.  

We get back into the car, drive around the circle, again, and start back to where we had come from.  Now, here comes the only good part about the whole trip.  As we are approaching the end of this street, a man who was walking, turns the corner and is heading our direction.  Since Mom said she could see the dog park on what she calls the map and it looked like it was right behind all those houses, she rolls down the window....on MY side and asks this unknown human if he can help her.  

This guy had lots of gray hair and a beard that matched, so I guess Mom thought that made him look intelligent.  But, when she asked if he could help, he kept walking.  So, what does Mom do?  In a loud voice, she asked him again if he could help.  Mom is always talking about blind pigs, acorns and slow learners....sigh.

This time the guy stops.  He takes about four steps backwards and leans over to look into the window.  Mom asks him if he knows how to get to the dog park.  He never says a word, just stared at her.  Mom begins again.  This time the mans' chin drops down to reveal a huge mouth that contained three teeth.  By this time, I am beginning to understand the meaning of slow learner.  I had to act and act fast, so I made sure every hair on my body and even those floating around in the air, stood right straight up on end.  I assumed the guard dog position of four straight legs ready for pouncing and gave my most ferocious bark.  

The man uttered a squeaky word that sorta kinda sounded like "hi" and Mom's voice was trailing off into a whisper about how he wasn't going to be able to help.  This guy was an absolute weirdo and I do not know why it takes humans, especially my Mother, so long to figure it out! Later, Mom said he probably was not very smart, but his eyes sure told another story.  They looked spot on smart to me!  

Mom finally had the good sense to roll the window up and get the heck out of there.  We went straight home and I was so happy to get back to the familiar scents of my own grass, because I really had to go by the time we got there.  

Mom has promised we will not make that trip again.  I really don't know why she thought it would be a good idea, all I would have done was sit next to her on a bench.  So, now that I have told my side of the story, I'm going to get Mr. Chewy.  While I'm gnawing on him, I'm going to ponder the meaning of the blind pig and the acorn.  

Herein Lies The Problem

First and foremost, this article is not about politics, although it may seem that way at the beginning.  It's really about us, WE the people, to see if we truly understand just what is going on.  There seem to be few that do.

A couple of weeks ago, on a Saturday, Hillary Clinton was in an interview with a woman by the name of Kara Swisher.  During the interview, Swisher asked Clinton what she thought of Corey Booker's comment to "kick them in the shins", referring to Republicans.  Hillary corrected her and told her it was not Booker who said that, it was Eric Holder.  Kara Swisher corrected herself and then Hillary said, "They all look alike anyway."  Corey Booker and Eric Holder are adult black men.  This interview can be found on numerous YouTube channels.

Since I do not watch any mainstream news media, I decided to investigate what was happening in that realm after such a statement was made, right before mid-term elections. After contacting several people, on both sides of the political isle, no one knew what I was talking about.  Not even the most conservative of news media was airing the clip.

Think about this for just a moment.  If the current POTUS had uttered that statement in an interview, do you think the news media would have been silent about it?  Really?  Crickets?  So, my question is, who is actually running the show?  This show called Truth in the USA?

President Woodrow Wilson made a statement about the growing monopoly businesses of his era.  He said, "Since I entered politics, I have chiefly  had men's views confided to me privately.  Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something.  They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."  Those were big conglomerate companies that could crush a small business with the stroke of a pen.  Who do you think is pulling strings today?  Look at the big corporations, look at Big Pharma, look at the banks.  How many lobbyists do these mega structures in the business world have for the members of our government?

Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his farewell speech to the nation, warned of the military industrial complex and hoped that future leaders would look for more civilized ways of coming up with solutions, rather than war.  He would still be waiting.

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy warned of secret societies and we all got to see how well that worked out for him.

Whoever has the power to sweep information under the rug and put the entire nation in the dark on certain subjects certainly has more power than what takes place inside the city limits of Washington D.C.  They also have the power to put forth information that will and has succeeded, to a point, their point,  to separate the masses.  The best way to take over a group is to divide and conquer.

A little research into who owns the news outlets will turn up some interesting facts....and some interesting names.

So, what can we do about it?  Are we no different than those small business owners from the turn of the last century, who knew they had to play by someone else's rules?  Even the largest, darkest cave in the world cannot dim the light of a single match.  If everyone in this country lit a match under their easy chair, turned off the news and demanded truth and no bias in journalism,  for even just a few days, the powers that believe they BE, would begin to quake in their boots.  The real question is, will anyone do it?