Do you wish that we show up?

Ran across this. Maybe it will help...

>ET to Earth: Do You Wish That We Show UP?
>Friday, October 31, 2003 12:13:20 PM
>
>MWM: This long letter to humanity appeared with no apparent
>return address. It is being posted here and there.
>
>This is another internet piece for which I cannot assess the validity.
>All I *can* say is that it sounds like a good idea, is coherent, and is
>written skillfully at a level of intelligence and maturity I would
>associate with a serious, non-technical, matter-of-fact level of
>discourse. It is not culturally loaded and the writer has a very good
>understanding of language and human psychology, though there are a
>few moments where the grammar is different from what we are
>accustomed to and there are a couple of language errors.
>
>Most importantly, it makes no reference to impossible constructs,
>faux-tech, nor any type of religious or New Age buzzwords. This is as
>clean a straight-shooting letter as you will find. Accordingly I am
>sending it to you to "vet" it and see what our Phoenix Five brain trust
>surmises about it. I am also sending it to you because it might be real.
>
>The main assertion in the letter is that human civilization is now in
>an uncontrollable free-fall implosion which cannot be "fixed" from
>within existing social systems. The implosion is causing -- will cause --
>a major rupture in all human orders. There is a dark road down
>toward the use of technology to rapidly enslave human populations
>in a badly degraded and unhealthy environment. Those who are
>defining this path, many of them unintentionally, have the greater
>advantage of power over resources and may gain the upper hand
>during the coming rupture.
>
>There are many who would take a liberating path. They could gain the
>upper hand if they *understand the choice* and can lose their fear,
>sense of isolation, and ignorance about the true state of affairs. The
>main proposition in the letter is that the mass appearance of "ET" in
>the skies now could help humanity clear away the veils of illusion
>and deceits, help settle many existential issues and dilemmas, and
>provide an "attractor" to help pull positive mentalities out of the
>social death-vortex and enable them to refocus the next stage in
>evolution. The main question in the letter is whether you want ET to
>thus show up.
>
>ET suggests that direct contact and some cultural assistance would
>provide the means to overcome the major blocks in human social and
>cultural evolution. ET argues that the mental/emotional ground
>needs to be prepared for such contact. Consent and expectation for
>such contact needs to be created around the world, lest humans react
>en masse with fear and become manipulated by reactive power elites.
>ET suggests that a focused telepathic answer from each reader will be
>sufficient to assist ET in reaching a conclusion about what it should or
>should not do. Even as the internet is achieving universal penetration
>during this time, ET requests that this letter, its first mass
>communication, be universally translated and transmitted
>throughout the world. ET also suggests that this should be done
>people-to-people, bypassing the mass media.
>
>Here is the letter. Here it is unaltered by me. Decide for yourself.
>
>~~~~~
>
>CHANGE THE WORLD. DECIDE WHETHER WE SHOULD SHOW UP
>
>Whoever transmitted this translated message to you is irrelevant, and
>should remain anonymous in your mind. It is what you will do with
>this message which matters.
>
>Each one of you wishes to exercise her/his free will and experience
>happiness. These are attributes that were shown to us and to which we
>now have access. Your free will depends upon the knowledge you
>have of your own power. Your happiness depends upon the love that
>you give and receive. Like all conscious races at this stage of progress,
>you may feel isolated on your planet. This impression makes you sure
>of your destiny. Yet you are at the brink of big upheavals that only a
>minority is aware of. It is not our responsibility to modify your future
>without your choosing it. Consider this message as a worldwide
>referendum. And your answer as a ballot.
>
>Who are we?
>
>Neither your scientists nor your religious representatives speak
>unanimously about the unexplained celestial events [aerial
>phenonema?] that mankind has witnessed for thousands of years. To
>know the truth, one must face it without the filter of one´s beliefs,
>however respectable they may be.
>
>A growing number of anonymous researchers of yours are exploring
>new knowledge paths and are getting very close to reality. Today your
>civilisation is flooded with an ocean of information of which only a
>tiny part, the less upsetting one, is notably diffused [publicized or
>broadcast]. What in your history seemed ridiculous or improbable has
>often become possible, then realised, in particular in the last fifty years.
>Be aware that the future will be even more surprising. You will
>discover the worst as well as the best. Like billions of others in this
>galaxy, we are conscious creatures that some name "extra-terrestrials",
>even though reality is subtler.
>
>There is no fundamental difference between you and us, save for the
>experience of certain stages of evolution. As in any other organised
>structure, hierarchy exists in our internal relationships. Ours is based
>upon the wisdom of several races. It is with the approval of this
>hierarchy that we turn to you. Like most of you, we are in the quest of
>the Supreme Being [Beingness?]. Therefore we are not gods or lesser
>gods but virtually your equals in the Cosmic Brotherhood. Physically,
>we are somewhat different from you but most of us are humanoid-
>shaped.
>
>Our existence is a reality but the majority of you does not perceive it
>yet. We are not mere observations, we are consciences
>[consciousnesses?] just like you. You fail to apprehend us because we
>remain invisible to your senses and measuring instruments most of
>the time.
>
>We wish to fill this void at this moment in your history. We made
>this collective decision but this is not enough. We need yours.
>Through this message, you become the decision-makers. You
>personally. We have no human representative on Earth who could
>guide your decision.
>
>Why aren´t we visible?
>
>At certain stages of evolution, cosmic "humanities" discover new
>forms of science beyond the apparent control of matter. Structured
>dematerialisation and materialisation are among them. This is what
>your humanity has reached in a few laboratories, in close
>collaboration with other "extra-terrestrial" creatures at the cost of
>hazardous compromises that remain purposedly hidden from you by
>some of your representatives. Apart from the aerial or space objects or
>phenomena known about by your scientific community, that you call
>UFOs, there are essentially multidimensional manufactured
>spaceships that apply these capacities. Many human beings have been
>in visual, auditory, tactile or psychic contact with such ships, some of
>which are under occult [presumably meaning "negative" in this
>context] powers that "govern" you.
>
>The scarcity of your observations is due to the outstanding advantages
>provided by the dematerialised state of these ships. By not witnessing
>them by yourself, you cannot believe in their existence. We fully
>understand this. The majority of these observations are made on an
>individual basis so as to touch the soul and not to modify any
>organised system. This is deliberate from the races that surround you
>but for very different reasons and results.
>
>For negative multidimensional beings that play a part in the exercise
>of power in the shadow of human oligarchy, discretion is motivated
>by their will to keep their existence and seizure [activities that seize
>humanity's will?] unknown. For us, discretion is motivated by the
>respect of the human free will that people can exercise to manage their
>own affairs so that they can reach technical and spiritual maturity on
>their own.
>
>Humankind´s entrance into the family of galactic civilisations is
>greatly expected. We can appear in broad daylight and help you attain
>this union. We haven´t done it so far, as too few of you have
>genuinely desired it, because of ignorance, indifference or fear, and
>because the [degree of] emergency of the situation did not justify it.
>
>Many of those who study our appearances count the lights in the
>night without lighting the way. Often they think in terms of objects
>when it is all about conscious beings.
>
>Who are you ?
>
>You are the offspring of many traditions that throughout time have
>been mutually enriched by each others´ contributions. The same
>applies to the races at the surface of the Earth. [Presumably this alludes
>to contributions from ET races as well as the interactions among the
>races and cultures of Earth itself.] Your goal is to unite in the respect of
>these roots to accomplish a common project. The appearance of your
>cultures seems to keep you separated because you substitute it for your
>deeper being. Shape [form] is now more important than the essence of
>your subtle nature. For the powers in place, this prevalence
>[predominance?] of shape constitutes the ramparts against any form of
>jeopardy [to their negative agenda]. You are being called on to
>overcome shape [the compelling nature of appearance] while still
>respecting it for its richness and beauty. Understanding the conscience
>of shape makes us love men in their diversity.
>
>Peace does not mean not making war, it consists in becoming what
>you are in reality: a Fraternity. To understand this, the number of
>solutions within your reach are decreasing. [The number of options
>for recognizing this is decreasing.] One of them consists in contact
>with another race that would reflect the image of what you are in
>reality. [i.e. embodied consciousness.]
>
>What is your situation?
>
>Except for rare occasions, our interventions always had very little
>incidence [impact] on your capacity to make collective and individual
>decisions about your own future. This is motivated by our knowledge
>of your deep psychological mechanisms. We reached the conclusion
>that freedom is built every day as a being becomes aware of itself and
>of its environment, getting progressively rid of constraints and
>inertias, whatever they may be. Despite the numerous, brave and
>willing human consciences, those inertias are artificially maintained
>for the profit of a growing centralising [increasingly consolidated]
>power. Until recently, mankind lived in satisfying control of its
>decisions. But it is losing more and more control of its own fate
>because of the growing use of advanced technologies, whose lethal
>consequences on the earthly and human ecosystems become [are
>becoming] irreversible.
>
>You are slowly but surely losing your extraordinary capacity to make
>life desirable. Your resilience will artificially decrease, independently
>of your own will. Technologies exist that affect your body as well as
>your mind. Such plans are on their way. This can change as long as
>you keep this creative power in you, even if it cohabits with the dark
>intentions of your potential lords. This is the reason why we remain
>invisible. This individual power is doomed to vanish should a
>collective reaction of great magnitude not happen. The period to come
>is that of rupture, whichever it may be. [i.e., a discontinuity, whether
>for good or ill.]
>
>But should you wait for the last moment to find solutions? Should
>you anticipate or undergo pain? Your history has never ceased to be
>marked by encounters between peoples who had to discover one
>another in conditions that were often conflictual. Conquests almost
>always happened to the detriment of others. Earth has now become a
>village where everyone knows everyone else but still conflicts persist
>and threats of all kinds get worse in duration and intensity. Although
>a Human being as an individual has many potential capacities, he or
>she cannot exercise them with dignity.
>
>This is the case for the biggest majority of you for reasons that are
>essentially geopolitical. There are several billion of you. The education
>of your children and your living conditions, as well as the conditions
>of numerous animals and much plant life are nevertheles s under the
>thumb of a small number of your political, financial, military and
>religious representatives. Your thoughts and beliefs are modelled after
>partisan interests to turn you into slaves while at the same time
>giving you the feeling that you are in total control of your destiny,
>which in essence is the reality.
>
>But there is a long way between a wish and a fact when the true rules
>of the game at hand are unknown. This time, you are not the
>conqueror. Biasing [the] information [you receive] is a millenary
>strategy for human beings. Inducting [inducing] thoughts, emotions or
>organisms that do not belong to you via ad hoc technologies is an
>even older a strategy. Wonderful opportunities for progress stand
>close to big subdual [i.e., the subduing of those opportunities] and
>destruction threats.
>
>These dangers and opportunities exist now. However, you can only
>perceive what is being shown to you. The end of natural resources is
>programmed [by their inherent natural limits], whereas no long-term
>collective project [for developing alternative resources] has been
>launched. Ecosystem exhaustion mechanisms have exceeded
>irreversible limits. The scarcity of resources and their unfair
>distribution - resources whose entry price will rise day after day - will
>bring about fratricidal fights on a large scale, even at the very heart of
>your cities and countrysides.
>
>Hatred grows bigger but so does love. That is what keeps you confident
>in your ability to find solutions. But the critical mass is insufficient
>and sabotage work is cleverly being carried out. Human behaviours,
>formed from past habits and trainings, have such an inertia that this
>perspective leads you to a dead end. You entrust these problems to
>representatives, whose conscience of common well-being slowly fades
>away before corporatist interests. They are always debating on the form
>but rarely on the content. Just at the moment of action, delays will
>accumulate to the point when you have to submit rather than choose.
>This is the reason why, more than ever in your history, your decisions
>of today will directly and significantly impact your survival
>tomorrow.
>
>What event could radically modify this inertia that is typical of any
>civilisation? Where will a collective and unifying awareness come
>from, that will stop this blind rushing ahead? Tribes, populations and
>human nations have always encountered and interacted with one
>another. Faced with the threats weighing upon the human family, it is
>perhaps time that a greater interaction occurred. A great roller wave is
>on the verge of emerging. It mixes very positive but also very negative
>aspects.
>
>Who are the "third party"?
>
>There are two ways to establish a cosmic contact with another
>civilisation: via its standing representatives or directly with
>individuals without distinction. The first way entails fights of
>interests, the second way brings awareness. The first way was chosen
>by a group of races motivated by keeping mankind in slavery, thereby
>controlling Earth resources, the gene pool and human emotional
>energy. The second way was chosen by a group of races allied with the
>cause of the Spirit of service. We have, at our end, subscribed to this
>disinterested [service-oriented] cause and introduced ourselves a few
>years ago to representatives of the human power who refused our
>outstretched hand on the pretext of incompatible interests with their
>strategic vision. That is why today individuals are to make this choice
>by themselves without any representative interfering. What we
>proposed in the past to those whom we believed were in a capacity to
>contribute to your happiness, we propose now -- to you.
>
>Most of you ignore that non-human creatures took part in the exercise
>of those centralising powers without them being either suspected or
>accessible to your senses. This is so true that they have almost very
>subtly taken control. They do not necessarily stand on your material
>plane, and that is precisely what could make them extremely efficient
>and frightening in the near future.
>
>However, be aware that a large number of your representatives are
>fighting this danger. Be aware that not all abductions are made against
>you.
>
>It is difficult to recognize the truth. How could you, under such
>conditions, exercise your free will when it is so much manipulated?
>What are you really free of?
>
>Peace and reunification of your peoples would be a first step toward
>the harmony with civilisations other than yours. That is precisely
>what those who manipulate you behind the scenes want to avoid at
>all cost because, by dividing, they reign. They also reign over those
>who govern you. Their strength comes from their capacity to instill
>mistrust and fear into you. This considerably harms your very cosmic
>nature.
>
>This message would be of no interest if these manipulators´ tutorate
>did not reach its peak and if their misleading and murderous plans
>did not materialise in a few years from now. Their deadlines are close
>and mankind will undergo unprecedented torments for the next ten
>cycles. [Years? Centuries? Millennia?...] To defend yourselves against
>this aggression that bears no face, you need at least to have enough
>information that leads to the solution. As is also the case with
>humans, resistance exists amongst those dominant races. Here again,
>appearance will not be enough to tell the dominator from the ally. At
>your current state of psychism [psycho-emotional development?], it is
>extremely difficult for you to distinguish between them. In addition to
>your intuition, training will be necessary when the time has come.
>Being aware of the priceless value of free will, we are inviting you to
>an alternative.
>
>What can we offer ?
>
>We can offer you a more holistic vision of the universe and of life,
>constructive interactions, the experience of fair and fraternal
>relationships, liberating technical knowledge, eradiction of suffering,
>controlled exercise of individual powers, access to new forms of
>energy and, finally, a better comprehension of consciousness.
>
>We cannot help you to overcome your individual and collective fears,
>to bring you laws that you would not have chosen, or to work on your
>own selves and make the individual and collective effort to build the
>world you desire, the spirit of quest to new skies.
>
>What would we receive?
>
>Should you decide that such a contact take place, we would rejoice
>over the safeguarding of fraternal equilibrium in this region of the
>universe, fruitful diplomatic exchanges, and the intense Joy of
>knowing that you are united to accomplish what you are capable of.
>The feeling of Joy is strongly sought in the universe for its energy is
>divine.
>
>What is the question we ask you?
>
>"DO YOU WISH THAT WE SHOW UP?"
>
>How can you answer this question? [i.e., by what means can you be
>sure of the right answer?] The truth of soul can be read by telepathy.
>You only need to clearly ask yourself this question and give your
>answer as clearly, on your own or in a group, as you wish. Being in the
>heart of a city or in the middle of a desert does not impact the
>efficiency of your answer, YES or NO, IMMEDIATELY AFTER
>ASKING THE QUESTION! Just do it as if you were speaking to
>yourself but thinking about the message. This is a universal question
>and these mere few words, put in their context, have a powerful
>meaning. You should not let hesitation get in the way.
>
>This is why you should calmly think about it, in all conscience. In
>order to perfectly associate your answer with the question, it is
>recommended that you answer right after another reading of this
>message. Do not rush to answer. Breathe and let all the power of your
>own free will penetrate you. Be proud of what you are! The problems
>that you may have weaken you. Forget about them for a few minutes
>to be yourselves. Feel the force that springs up in you. You are in
>control of yourselves!
>
>[As I read it, they're saying "prepare yourself, think about it, take a
>breath, be yourself, re-read this message, then ask the question and
>take what comes, without filtering or intellectualizing."]
>
>A single thought, a single answer can drastically change your near
>future, in one way as in another. Your individual decision of asking
>in your inner self that we show up on your material plane and in
>broad daylight is precious and essential to us. Even though you can
>choose the way that best suits you, rituals are essentially useless. A
>sincere request made with your heart and your own will will always
>be perceived by those of us whom it is sent to. In your own private
>polling booth of your secret will, you will determine the future.
>
>What is the lever effect ?
>
>This decision should be made by the greatest number among you,
>even though it might seem like a minority. It is recommended to
>spread this message, in all envisageable fashions, in as many
>languages as possible, to those around you, whether or not they seem
>receptive to this new vision of the future.
>
>Do it using in a humorous tone or derision [a little tactical skepticism,
>perhaps?] if that can help you. You can even openly and publicly make
>fun of it if it makes you feel more comfortable but do not be
>indifferent for at least you will have exercised your free will. Forget
>about the false prophets and the beliefs that have been transmitted to
>you about us. This request is one of the most intimate that can be
>asked to you. Making a decision by yourself, as an individual, is your
>right as well as your responsibility! Passivity only leads to the absence
>of freedom. Similarly, indecision is never efficient. If you really want
>to cling to your beliefs, which is something that we understand, then
>say "no" [to our request]. If you do not know what to choose, do not
>say "yes" because of mere curiosity.
>
>This is not a show. This is real daily life, WE ARE ALIVE. And living.
>
>Your history has plenty of episodes in which determined men and
>women were able to influence the thread of events in spite of their
>small number. Just as a small number is enough to take temporal
>power on Earth and influence the future of the majority, a small
>number of you can radically change your fate as an answer to the
>impotence in face of so much inertia and hurdles! You can ease the
>mankind´s birth to Brotherhood. One of your thinkers once said:
>"Give me a hand-hold and I´ll raise the Earth". Spreading this
>message will then be the hand-hold to strengthen, we will be the light-
>years long lever, and you will be the craftsmen to raise the Earth as a
>consequence of our appearance.
>
>What would be the consequences of a positive decision?
>
>For us, the immediate consequence of a collective favourable decision
>would be the materialisation of many ships, in your sky and on Earth.
>
>For you, the direct effect would be the rapid abandoning of many
>certitudes and beliefs. A simple conclusive visual contact would have
>huge repercussions on your future. Much knowledge would be
>modified forever. The organisation of your societies would be deeply
>upheaved for ever, in all fields of activity. Power would become
>individual because you would see for yourself that we are living.
>Concretely, you would change the scale of your values. The most
>important thing for us is that humankind would form a single family
>in front of this "unknown" we would represent! Danger would slowly
>melt away from your homes because you would indirectly force the
>undesirable ones, those we name the "third party", to show up and
>vanish. You would all bear the same name and share the same roots:
>Mankind!
>
>Later on, peaceful and respectful exchanges would be thus possible if
>such is your wish. For now, he who is hungry cannot smile, he who is
>fearful cannot welcome us. We are sad to see men, women and
>children suffering to such a degree in their flesh and in their hearts
>when they bear such an inner light. This light can be your future. Our
>relationships could be progressive. Several stages of several years or
>decades would occur: demonstrative appearance of our ships, physical
>appearance beside human beings, collaboration in your technical and
>spiritual evolution, discovery of parts of the galaxy.
>
>Every time, new choices would be offered to you. You would then
>decide by yourself to cross new stages if you think it necessary to your
>external and inner well-being. No interference would be decided upon
>unilaterally. We would leave as soon as you would collectively wish
>that we do. Depending upon the speed to spread the message across
>the world, several weeks, or even several months will be necessary
>before our "great appearance", if such is the decision made by the
>majority of those who will have used their capacity to choose, and if
>this message receives the necessary support. The main difference
>between your daily prayers to entities of a strictly spiritual nature and
>your current decision is extremely simple: we are technically equipped
>to materialise.
>
>Why such a historical dilemma?
>
>We know that "foreigners" are considered as enemies as long as they
>embody the "unknown". In a first stage, the emotion that our
>appearance will generate will strengthen your relationships on a
>worldwide scale.
>
>How could you know whether our arrival is the consequence of your
>collective choice? For the simple reason that we would have
>otherwise been already there for a long time at your level of existence.
>If we are not there yet, it is because you have not made such a decision
>explicitly. Some among you might think that we would make you
>believe in a deliberate choice of yours so as to legitimate our arrival,
>though this would not be true. What interest would we have in
>openly offering you what you haven't got access to yet, for the benefit
>of the greatest number of you?
>
>How could you be certain that this is not yet another subtle
>manoeuvre of the "third party" to better enslave you? Because one
>always more efficiently fights something that is identified than the
>contrary. [i.e., if we reveal ourselves explicitly we are more vulnerable
>to being fought.] Isn´t the terrorism that corrodes you a blatant
>example? Whatever [In any case], you are the sole judge in your own
>heart and soul! Whatever your choice, it would be respectable and
>respected.
>
>In the absence of human representatives who could potentially seduce
>you into error, you ignore everything about us as well as about those
>who manipulate you without your consent. [This is a bit convoluted
>but I think the intended meaning is clear: As long as we ETs remain
>invisible and human "representatives" (manipulators) pointedly
>ignore our presence, you will tend not to notice us.]
>
>In your situation, the precationary principle that consists in not trying
>to discover us, no longer prevails because you are already in the
>Pandora´s box that the "third party" has created around you.
>Whatever your decision may be you will have to get out of it [i.e., the
>box]. In the face of such a dilemma, one ignorance against another,
>you need to ask your intuition. Do you want to see us with your own
>eyes , or simply believe what your thinkers say? That is the real
>question. After thousands of years, one day this choice becomes
>inevitable: choosing between two unknowns.
>
>Why spread such a message among yourselves?
>
>Translate and spread this message widely. This action will affect your
>future in an irreversible and historical way at the scale of milleniums,
>otherwise, it will postpone a new opportunity to choose by at least one
>generation, if it can survive at all. Not to choose stands for
>undergoing other people´s choice. Not informing others stands for
>running the risk of obtaining a result that is contrary to one´s
>expectations. Remaining indifferent means giving up one´s free will.
>
>It is all about your future. It is all about your evolution.
>
>It is possible that this invitation does not receive your collective assent
>and that, because of a lack of information, it will be disregarded.
>Nevertheless no individual desire goes unheeded in the universe.
>Imagine our arrival tomorrow. Thousands of ships. A unique cultural
>shock in today´s mankind´s history. It will then be too late to regret
>about not making a choice and spreading the message because this
>discovery will be irreversible. We do insist that you do not rush into
>it, but do think about it. And decide. The big media will not be
>necessarily interested in spreading this message. It is therefore your
>task, as an anonymous yet an extraordinary thinking and loving
>being, to transmit it.
>
>You are still the architects of your own fate.
>
>"DO YOU WISH THAT WE SHOW UP?"
>
>MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH AND IN SPACE
>
>===

hmmm.. the little things

There once was a man from Nantucket who had a.... wait.. can't do that here.

Life is interesting don't you think? It's funny how little things that happen you don't put much weight in them just to find out that those little things have a big impact on people. Some say it may be karma or fate or a grand design or maybe just coincidence.

Take for example a man back in the early days of this country is heading out west on his horse. He gets hungry and pulls out an apple as he makes his way across the rolling hills and open country. He gets done eating that apple and just tosses it aside. Several years later a small family is making their way through the Great West and having planned poorly are out of food. The young children are crying from hunger. They happen along this apple tree in the middle of nowhere. Seeing it as a blessing they pick as many apples as they need. Once getting their fill and loading some on their wagon they move on. Several more years go by and a man making his way into the West sees this small grove of apple trees. He picks a few and heads over the rise to see a very large stand of apple trees. Taking a minute and being a cunning businessman stakes ownership of that land and all the apple trees that are there. Over the years the man becomes rich from selling his apples, cider and other apple products to the hoards of people coming to the west to settle. Generations later the same company now sells apple juice and apples to people worldwide.

See it's the little things you do that count. Not the big blow out things or grandiose presents or the big things that you do wrong. It's the little things. A simple act of eating an apple and tossing the core aside can save a families life or even start a grand company. Do you think the man on the horse had any idea how his little action would have such a big impact?

People in general don’t take the time anymore to look or think about how what they do can impact others around them whether they know those people or not. What you do today can affect people you don’t even know for generations in the future.

The Governments of the world need to step back and think about that. Instead of thinking about “How am I going to get re-elected next term?” “What groups do I need to woo to get the votes I need?” “What pork project do I need to throw into a war bill so I can get funding for a project in my home town?” and took the time and said “How is this going to impact people today and what are the consequences for tomorrow?” “How is this going to impact the lives of people I don’t even know?” “What if I stepped up and said something to that other official to see if he would start thinking about the people he didn’t know?” What do think might happen? Certainly government would fall to pieces. It might change to be something that we are not accustomed to sure but do you think it would be for the better? What if they stopped thinking about their retirement, the 3 houses in 3 different states, the yacht, the private jet and all the other perks? What if they honestly and truly thought about the people that put them there and got back to thinking about the little things they could do to help the people?

Kinda makes you go.. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Phoebe -- See I told you

See I told you it wasn't an original Saturn Moon!!!! (see earlier post - Wednesday May 4,2005 Saturn Revisited)

"Cassini is showing us that Phoebe is quite different from Saturn's other icy satellites, not just in its orbit but in the relative proportions of rock and ice. It resembles Pluto in this regard much more than it does the other Saturnian satellites," said Dr. Jonathan Lunine, Cassini interdisciplinary scientist from the University of Arizona, Tucson. (Cassini-Huygens website)

Keep in mind they are saying it is Pluto like and indications are that it may be from the Kuiper Belt region.

See.. even this arm chair scientist knew that it wasn't orginally supposed to be there and I pointed it out before the scientists did!

Domesday Asteroids

I’m sure you have all heard about the Asteroid that, when announced, had a very good chance of hitting the Earth? Later scientists recanted and said that further study shows that the asteroid’s chances of hitting the Earth are greatly diminished. Now I have to call into question the accuracy of those measurements and calculations. Any of you that hike and use a compass know that if you are off even an 8th of a degree over a long distance of say a mile or so you will be WAY off from your target. All the computations done on the orbits of these objects and the Earth are based on mathematics, physics and supposition. Now mathematics is very clear and concise – for the most part. But physics tend to be not quite so precise (i.e. chaos). When you have to create a theorem or something that has no basis or substantiation to try and “fill in the gaps” to make your theory viable then I have to really question its validity.

Now taking that into account there are some theories and “facts” that truly are based on supposition and best guess. How fast is the Earth really moving in its orbit? Who’s to say that at certain points it doesn’t speed up slightly or slow down? Now how fast is that asteroid actually moving? Have you ever looked at a car in the distance that is coming at you? How fast is it going really? How about an airplane flying overhead? You can make educated guesses based on some known facts but it would be a best guess without having instruments on the plane telling you.

Recently we found that the Voyager spacecraft were not traveling as far as one might think. There is an unseen force that was affecting them. We also recently found out that the solar wind has an impact on larger bodies in space.

SO… How certain can we be that that asteroid won’t impact the Earth in 2029? Going back to the earlier analogy of the compass that is over a mile. How accurate is the path known being that it is MILLIONS of miles away? Being off in a calculation or best guess by even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent could put that asteroid on our doorstep and we wouldn’t be the wiser until it was too late. Not too long ago an asteroid passed the earth within 26 THOUSAND miles. That is not a large margin of safety.

The asteroid of 2029 can still be a factor. We know there are many, many, many smaller asteroids floating around out there and even big ones we haven’t detected yet. What happens if one of them collides with 2029? Won’t that change the orbit of the asteroid? Even a small impact can be enough to nudge the asteroid in the right direction putting it on collision course that may not be noticeable until it is too late. What about when it passes the Earth? The effect of gravity, disruption of solar winds and other things can influence the orbit of that asteroid. So it doesn’t strike the Earth in 2029… What happens a down the road? Don’t you think the orbital influence might change the orbit enough that it can be an issue later on?

Many things are best guess in this type of science. When there are potential collisions no mater how small the chance they need to be watched and reported constantly. Who knows … maybe July 4th when Deep Impact hits the comet we will be in for a bigger show than we expect.

Saturn Revisited

I was perusing a few photos on the internet and ran across some spectacular images of Saturn’s moon Phoebe. What struck me was the absolute clarity of the photos and the detail that can be seen. As I was looking at them I saw some things that were very odd.

The moon ISN’T round! It’s oblong in shape almost with a bulge on one side. How could a moon be shaped in such a way naturally? We all know that no matter how cratered a body is a moon is supposed to be round! There are very large and deep “craters” on this moon. By their position it’s obvious that they were the “exhaust” ports for some great driving engines to move the “moon”. There is a large chunk of the moon missing as well which some could say is why the moon is shaped as it is but even if you put the missing chunk back the moon is still oblong. (Take a look at Iapetus - very similar features)

Then I noticed in a series of photos that there are places on this “moon” that are virtually devoid of any craters at all! How could a “moon” that shows so many impact craters have places where there are none at all? How is it possible? Then as I looked closer at these devoid areas I saw them – ruined structures that could in no way be naturally occurring. They had to be made by someone or some being. Smack dab in the middle of the plains there they stood brilliant and shining. Structures also built on the floor of some of the craters on the fringe of this area had structures too! In some instances they are grouped together like a small city! How could these get here? How is it possible?

Then I dug deeper. Analyzing data that is readily available on the internet I found other oddities. Surface analysis shows water frost on the surface. How can this be? In order to support the frost on the surface there has to be an atmosphere otherwise the water frost will sublimate into space. Much like on Mars the atmosphere is thin enough that water will not remain on the surface as ice or liquid because it is sublimated into space. So one of two things has to be happening on the “moon.” Either there is a constant supply of water being pushed to the surface or the moon actually has an atmosphere that keeps the water frost on the surface.

Further analysis shows that there are unknown minerals or substances on the surface. How can this be? Through years and years of study we know what elements are out there and can look at the composition of virtually any body in space using a variety of tools from spectrographic studies, radio waves, infrared, lasers and a host of other things. We know there is Ferrous Iron, water frost and carbon dioxide. What? Carbon Dioxide AND water? How? There has to be life in some form on that moon or had been. Is it possible that in the depths of the moon there is still living beings? Or maybe the carbon dioxide is left over fuel or material that was used by the beings that brought it here. But this still doesn’t explain the unidentified material on the surface. How did they get there or better yet what are those materials?

The answer – Phoebe isn’t a moon. It was a habitat that was created by another race to travel to this small solar system. This race was escaping a catastrophe and they created this moon or modified a small body from their solar system and moved what they could of their race to this habitat. Then they targeted our solar system and launched it here. Over millennia they finally reached this solar system and found Mars. They left the “moon” in Saturn’s orbit and boarded ships bound for Mars. Once there their civilization thrived and over a few millennia Mars’ ecosystem began to fail due to a cataclysmic collision with the planet. Ironically enough the very “moon” that they road into the solar system with was struck and fractured. Part of the moon stayed in orbit around Saturn and the other found its way to Mars impacting on the planet. Once again the race was made to leave their home world and they moved on to Earth. Leaving technology behind they lived simple lives communing with nature and living off of what was around them.

Look at the pictures of Phoebe. It is quite evident what is going on there. Why isn’t any f this in the mainstream media? Why isn’t this investigated further? Why aren’t more studies being done to find out what the unidentified material is? Look at the pictures. The facts are there in plain sight. Check these links.

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=906

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA06069_modest.jpg

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA06068_modest.jpg

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA06070_modest.jpg

Admetus “crater” – engine port (very similar to the one on Iapetus)
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA06118_modest.jpg

Identity and the Terrorist

There has been a lot of noise out there recently about identity theft and Homeland Security. The most recent bill that has been going through Congress is that of requiring more ID to get a Driver’s License. For those of you that aren’t aware they want the Motor Vehicle departments to require Social Security card, Birth Certificate, a recent piece of mail with name and address on it and a photo ID.

Honestly I don’t know which is more absurd –

That you need to have a photo ID

1) To get a photo ID you need to show proof of whom you are which in NY could mean any of 40 other pieces of identification that are point based.

2) I have a photo ID from where I work. Will that work?

The bill was attached to another bill for funding the war in Iraq.

HEELLLLOOOO!?!?!?!?! Let’s address one absurdity at a time.

Photo ID – If there is already a program in place to verify who we are when we get a Driver’s License or any other photo ID then WHY in the world would we need to require a photo ID to get a photo ID? If anything maybe require more information as to proof of whom you are? Many people in this country do not have a photo ID of any kind including a driver’s license. If I didn’t have my license the only photo ID I have is from my place of employment. Would they accept that? That brings in the question of what constitutes a valid photo ID? My work ID could very easily be duplicated. Pretty much any ID from an employer could be duplicated. What about Veterans ID cards for the VA? Those could be duplicated easily as well. So what sense is there in having a photo ID to get a photo ID? I believe every state in this country has in place a way to get a non-driver’s photo ID. By presenting specific information they determine the person is who they say they are. Like I said earlier in NY there are some 40 pieces of information you could provide in any combination as long as you meet certain point criteria. Even to get a new Driver’s License with no photo ID there are specific things they need to see. Now if the process is already in place and it works then why try to change it? However in either case a number of the things on the list could easily be faked like utility bills, birth certificates, Social Security cards, and a host of other things. Maybe people should be finger printed at birth and that put in a database and that is how identity is proven. But if the current process is working and you are concerned about people faking ID’s and passports and a number of other things that terrorists might use then maybe the ID it self needs to change to eliminate the possibility of being faked.

The Congress – Here is a PRIME example of how screwed up Congress can be. You sit there and complain about the fact that the cost of the war in Iraq is in the billions and probably trillions and then you go and attach a bill that is going to cost another $500 million at least. Not to mention – HOW IS GETTING A DRIVER’S LICENSE ANYWHERE NEAR RELATED TO IRAQ? Talk about PORK! If Congress would actually work a full day and 7 days a week and didn’t try to maneuver this congressman or that congressman into voting and would actually look and vote on each bill WITHOUT all the other things that are added on they would probably find that things would be much more productive and the government would run so much better. Not to mention budgets would probably be better as well.

Do people in this country even realize what is attached to any one bill in Congress? I will bet that if you took a look at any bill passed in Congress (which by the way will probably consist of about 20 volumes each volume being about 18 inches thick) and took out everything but what the original bill was the cost of that original bill would be a 10^th of what was passed. I’ll bet if you looked at the spending bill for Iraq you will find there are things in there like money that is spent to repair a road in some county in one of the states or maybe a few counties in different states. You will probably find money that is tagged for stupid environmental things like setting up a preserve for a certain species of earthworm or some other absurd thing like that.

If you really want to do something about security and the whole issue of who is who and from where why doesn’t the government just have chips placed inside us at the time of birth? You walk up, they scan the chip and they have the information they need. Get the other governments involved and every human being on the planet would be tagged. Put information on the chip such as date of birth, location of birth, parent’s names and their places of birth and dates, blood type, genetic information and of course an ID number. Now there will be no question as to who is who. Say the person changes countries. Say someone from Ireland changes their citizenship to the US. Simple – replace the chip. The chips though would have to be hard coded. No soft EPROM or anything like that. It would have to be hard coded in the chip. Otherwise it would be very easy for some hacker to change the programming and identity on the chip. Then in order for you to change any information on the chip it would have to be surgically removed and replaced. I think they should be so deeply imbedded in the body that they should be almost impossible to get out.

Better yet, why don’t we come up with a chip that is coded with the information and genetic information and tie that to nano technology that is in the bloodstream so that once the chip and nano bodies are in the body they can’t be changed or separated or the person will “expire”. This would keep people from changing identities, countries of citizenship and a host of other things.

BUT – and there is always a but -- then we have the other side. Big Brother. How much information and identification should Big Brother have? If every human on the planet were to be implanted with the ID tag then wouldn’t it be easy for Big Brother to set up monitoring all over the planet to constantly scan those chips and know exactly where any one individual is at any given time? Wouldn’t they be able to know when you went to the bathroom or had sex with your significant other? How much is too much? Then we also have the Civil Liberties groups that would most certainly be opposed to that.

The government has a big job and yes so do people. We all want security and to be safe but we also don’t want to give up our rights and privacy. Somewhere there is a middle ground that has to be found. I don’t have the answer and I don’t think any one man has the answer. There has to be give and take on both sides and people have to talk to their representatives and let them know.