People's Proclamation of Independence

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The Proclamation
Principles of Confederacy
Tid Bits....
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Make of these images what you will. 
They are pictures I have taken. 
Peace is what we need - isn't this obvious?
So then, why is it so difficult?
Oh well, just a spring in time I suppose....
Huh - do you want to discuss this?
If so, come to my place...assuming you know how.

let me ask you this - how many flames are there?
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the answer depends on the definitions - don't u think?

If I remember this picture correctly, there was a single "real" flame and the flame's reflection in waxy liquid that gravity (or something) pulled towards the lower part of the candle.  Regardless, the question concerning the "number" of flames is rhetorical.  This was a "time-space incident" and now it is passed.  It cannot ever be exactly recreated - never ever.  Re-creating that which has already occurred is an impossibility.  Can't be done.  Nor can time travel be done.  It can't be done.  You can't go back and you can't go forward.  Time is of the essence. 
If you ask me, I think there were two flames.  The "hot" one and its reflection.  Both of em as both of my eyes saw em and as the image was processed in my "goofy-ole" human brain.  It takes 2 to tango - you know.
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One other thought about time - spirits can be present and can interact with physical items.  The intent of spirits is difficult to know, but I think only those spirits with "good" intent live on.  Seems to me spirits ought be careful about playing around with those who reside in the physical and over time those spirits who seriously lack good intent (close to none) are ultimately  pulled into a great pool of mixed nothingness filled with previous like-minded souls.  These individual spirits perish, but from this nothingness new spirits may form - i hope so, but i don't really know.  I'd just assume be a spirit with "good" intent.
I proclaim no harmful intent, but those who perpetuate large-scale suffering of innocence need to learn first hand what justified retribution means.  Thats the way it seems to me.  What do you think?  I think the People have always chosen and the People always will choose.  Humanity is not ruled by a few - humanity is the whole big jumbled up group of us and now we are on the precipice of a new future.  Could it be a wonderful renaissance?????? Maybe, but first there needs to be some justice.  Without justice the same mistakes will continue to be made.  Join the humble convictors (we are the vast majority) so what needs to be done can happen.  The innocent (from the past, the present, and the possible future) hold power reminiscent.  Reminiscent of better times.  The innocent demand justice and the time is NOW.  Now or never I suppose.....

I am a big fan of NCSU - I went there. UNC too!
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this is a reverse image of the wolfpack - u like it?

Hey, did you notice that the picture "two above" was taken at "15:10" (3/2) and the one just above at "10:15"  (2/3).  I didn't notice it until I had posted them and I'm not really sure if this is a coincidence or not.  I guess not.  What do you think?  Numbers can be a universal way of communicating.  Numbers and languages go hand-n-hand.  Many languages are going extinct and this needs to stop - don't you agree?  We need all the languages that have ever been developed to "stay alive".  Language is like humanity's lifeblood.  We need the diversity.  We need them all.  Plus, we have the numbers & we can communicate.  Lets walk and talk and lets take the "war" out of awareness.  Lets kick the few out of the way of progress.  It is up to us.  Peace, Ken.

As an aside about numbers, I'd like to mention "the square root of 10" - that number relationship is fascinating to me and if you want to see more from someone who apparently has been studying this for awhile, check out the following site:  http://www.earthmatrix.com/giza/square_roots.html
Myself personally, the thought just came to me recently, but then like so many things today I was amazed to find that someone else had already been thinking about the same thing.  This is what is great about good communication.  We can learn so much so quickly - talk about amazing - I wonder if we will ever learn how to have sustainable good faith communication.  If so, then the only limits will be our collective imagination.  Imagine that.

 

the item off in the distance is a compost bin
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a compost bin teaches about the cycle of life...

The picture above is a view from a small backyard porch.  The picture below is "artwork" of sorts that memorialized my sentiment from awhile ago 
OK, today (9/22/08 ~11:12 am) - In honor of this day of balance (equinox + waning mezza luna), I'm going to remove some of what I had here previously.  Oh how we need to regain the balance.......isn't it evident?

I am very fond of coins.  One of my favorites is the Mexicanos Libertad (hope I spelled that correctly).

Long live Mejico!
Long live Canada!
Viva Cherokee!
Viva Seminole!
Viva Cheyenne!
Oh how I celebrate the Lakota!
Long live the Buffalo!
The Buffalo remains.
Oh, how I cry for a time passed by, but the future is yet to be and
the future is all we have now.
I pray we can learn from the past.
I pray for a peaceful future.
I pray to all those spirits with good intent.
I pray for guidance.
I pray for peace.
I pray for solace.

Our front porch
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I worked real hard on this!

a picture in a picture
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Is this a coincidence? I doubt it.

Here is a thought. Schumacher was "the Man" and his book "Small is Beautiful" which discusses "Appropriate Technology" should be required reading for all economics students - ESPECIALLY those attending the University of Chicago.  In fact, there may be many "economics departments" whose adherents need to recognize and be made aware of the basic difference between "hard" sciences (physics, chemistry, geology, etc.) and those "softer" sciences that inherently include "a human element" -- such as economics.  Economics formulas and models are only as "good" as the model-makers and cannot help but be biased.  We ("the peasants" so to speak) need some better economic thinkers to come to the forefront especially here is the US of A - ain't this obvious?

 

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im not sure about the order here...of pictures...
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what difference does it really make -- they all stand alone and together..

plus - this picture and the one above were taken
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almost at the same time...

The two pictures above were taken only moments apart.  These pictures show that the "number of flames" depends on perspective ("viewpoint") and I suppose definition.  There is no single correct answer.  If you think there is one flame that is fine, but understand that others may sense more than one.  This seems sensible to me and we can have both perspectives and still get along with each other - don't you think?  I do.  They are not exclusive - both perspectives exist in reality, and the above pictures are a simple way of "proving" this.

I'll be honest, I'm not sure where this is all going.  I know what I desire and I try to share my views in hopes that some will resonate with others, and then, perhaps the chances of getting where I'd like to go get better.  We should all know by now that Peace, Shalom, Salam (and all the other peaceful words and concepts) is best for us.  Sometimes "life" seems to be a struggle, but I'm thankful just to be here.  We can help each other out and then the struggle might turn into something else.  Don't you think we are at the precipice? 

There shall be a new day the lonely voice sang out.....there shall be a new day...... 

Time is of the essence and we need some collective perception,

Then, we can "wake up" together and sense the connections.

Peace, Ken.

Hey - this is West Virginia funny in my book - just like the shirt I am wearing now.  Anyhow tried to make a rare edit of a photo I saw that I thought any readers out there, might enjoy, but the photo was blocked on the bottom portion, so I chose not to post it.  This has happened to another photo that I took, so I was cautious.  Why not because what is the rush?

 the present moment as I type this......6:33 pm EST, 11/25/in the year of 9.  I had a great day today - did you?  I just love November......oh, but just to be clear, there has been an edit and the time is now 8:34 pm of the same evening as referenced most previously.  Time - ain't it something?  It is not imaginary.  Time that is.  It is of the essence, and in this moment in time, I think if you can't figure this out, then what more is there to say.....did you not read that poem regarding "understanding" pictured just above.....from "Anthony Hope" - Anthony knew what he was talking about....by the way and as an aside, "that" page (the whole first one) was not blank you know.  It was first.  This is the 4th page.  They go hand-n-hand.  Or at least they do to me.  Just being honest here, as best I know how.