Easter should be February 2nd every year

Let’s move Easter to February 2^nd. That way Jesus and the Ground Hog can both pop out of the ground on the same day.

Seriously just pick a freaking day. Christians somehow decided on December 25 as the birth day of Christ (actually based on a pagan holiday), but can’t figure out within 2 months what he died??

Since you can’t figure it out I will help. February 2^nd.

Done.

The Moral Low Ground

In past generations of politicians the goal was always to claim the ‘Moral High Ground’. This current generation of politicians is determined to seek the ‘Moral Low Ground’. How did this happen and why?

In the 1950’s and 1960’s the goal for everyone was education. There were strict standards at that time. To get an ‘A’ required 95% on a test, ‘B’ was 85% to 94%. To pass the course required above 70%. If you did not pass a course you did not pass the grade level.

What was the result of educating a generation and teaching them to think for themselves? They started to understand what the politicians were doing, they started to understand their rights, and they started to ask questions. There were riots in the streets. Lyndon Johnson was driven from office and the government of Richard Nixon was brought down.

What was the reaction of the Politicians? Lower the education standards. All of a sudden in the 1980s an ‘A’ was 90%, a ‘B’ was 80%. Passing a course was 60% and if you could not do that just have Mommy go in and complain. Fail a course or 2 no problem you can just ‘age’ into the next grade.

The result is that the people are stupid and easily distracted. This is a kind statement, not a harsh statement. Look at the facts. People are in debt up to their eyeballs on credit cards. People who have menial jobs are having their mansions foreclosed. What did they think would happen? Fascists call a bill ‘Patriot Act’ and the idiots are ready to throw out the Constriction that protects them. And all of a sudden they have become much more religious. You don’t have to think for your self the ‘Pedophile from the Pulpit’ will give you a simple set of rules that even you can understand without questioning. The threat is not ‘terrorists’ or ‘crotch bombers’ it the politicians.

The Health Care debate was a prime example. It stared out to be Health Care Reform and some where along the line became Health Care Insurance Reform. What happened? No one cares. The Press does not question this; the other politicians do not question this.

The so called Democrats wanted to cover more people. The goose stepping Republicans wanted to lower the cost of Health Care. I know I am just an engineer, but these are not complimentary not exclusive points of view. NOT ONE politician on either side went to the Moral High Ground and said Let’s DO BOTH. We can lower cost AND cover more people. Instead both parties raced to the Moral Low Ground. They ‘rallied their bases’ by giving their idiots talking points. Simple catch phrases that they could remember and repeat without thinking were all that was needed. You could write it on your hand, being stupid is now something to be proud of.

Why do they do this? Here’s a clue. The day the Health Care Insurance Reform bill was signed into law the Health Insurance Companies, Drug Company, and Health Care Provider stocks all when sharply HIGHER. Your common sense should tell you that Reform should be bad for their business; instead they all have gotten much richer. Want to guess who will be funding the re-election of incumbents in the fall?

It pays very well to have a stupid electorate. All you have to do is race to the Moral Low Ground since that is all they can understand.

The Pope Should Go To Jail

This should be done voluntarily and he should take the hierarchy of the catholic church with him.

What is worse that a child molester and rapist: someone who covers up for the pervert and then puts them in a position to RAPE more children. The ‘Moral Compass’ for this business/cult/religion needs to take responsibility for his organization.

Enron executives went to jail for stealing money. Martha Stewart went to jail for a $30,000 insider trade. The catholic church has perverts who molested and raped children for decades then covers it up at the highest level of the organization, a far worse crime than stealing money. And this with the most innocent of victims and takes no responsibility other than a few mumbled words and some hush money.

Let’s do some logical thinking. I know that this is not a strong suit for ‘people of faith’ but give it a try.

The CEO/Pope and all of his management team walk into court and say ‘We are guilty of covering up a crime, obstructing justice and should be punished for our actions. Here is a list of all known child molesting members of the catholic church that should be arrested”. Would you like to be the judge to sentence the CEO/Pope? My guess is he will get a fairly light sentence. I think it is his first offence. My guess is he would go to a minimum security prison. Would you like to be the CEO/Pope’s warden? I think he would be treated quite well. He may even get out early for good behavior. Think of the visuals of the Pope going to jail to pay for his wrongdoings. High theater at it’s best.

Why do this? There is a massive upside. It regains the moral high ground for him and his followers. It provides an end point ‘guilty phase’ and starts the ‘forgiveness phase’. How many people have left the business/cult/religion because of this issue? I would wager that the free cash flow through the business/cult/religion has been significantly impacted by the past and present revelations. This type of dramatic, proactive action creates an argument for them to come back and regain the premium payments for the ‘heaven’ insurance'. A large organization leader actually taking personal responsibility would set the example to hold up to other large organization leaders.

What is the message sent if this is not done? The catholic church is the home and protector of child molesters? We take no responsibility for our destruction of the lives of children? It was a realized risk for our business, but still a good ROI for the corporation? You should confess ‘your sins’ to child RAPISTS so we can judge you!

So what will the CEO/Pope do? My guess is that there will be some lame apology decades overdue, continue to pay people off with hush money and try to ride it out. In the meantime his business/cult/religion will continue rapidly decline into a minor niche that will be marginalized as globalization continues and the remaining followers age out and the cost of the business overhead becomes unsustainable.

A real moral leader would go to jail.

How to Fix Congress

Congress is clearly a broken institute. The 'Framers of the Constitution' made the fatal error in assuming that the elected representatives would actually have the morals and ethics to work for the good of the people and the nation.

The solution to the current situation is actually quite simple. Congress currently is compensated at a much higher level than the people they represent. I propose that they should be compensated at the lowest level that they think the people they represent can live with. If they receive any other compensation other than investing their federal compensation it should be a federal offense with a minimum 5 year prison sentence.

This means that they should be paid the federal minimum wage. By their definition it is above the poverty level so it should be no problem.

Of course no health care until everyone in the country has healthcare.

The fat retirement packages with cost of living increases becomes Social Security based on their contributions and I am sure they will be happy with Medicare, 'donut' hole and all.

In short if they want to represent us they should be us.

If we cannot have what they have then they should be happy with what they give us.

I think Congress would be very different with this simple change.

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