Why There is NO SHARE BUTTON

I constantly get questions on why there is no share button on posts I have published.  I don't have control over that.  Yet I am asked, "Could I please put a share button on this post?"   No, that is your choice, not mine.

I post what I do to an audience of friends only.  I do not post for the public.  I only want those who I choose to see it as friends to be able to read it.  It's my privacy setting. 

When I post for the public it becomes part of my public on line reputation.  Google me and you will see public posts I have made.  People make judgements of me based on that.  I'm not interested in everyone coming into my world and seeing what I write or think about.  It's like as my friend I invite you into my home and we visit casually versus I am on a TV reality show and the world looks at what we are saying.

So when I choose to post something, you are my friend I want you to see it.  I DON'T want the world to see it.  IF on the other hand you are PUBLIC in your postings, you don't care if the whole world sees what you write or say or think, and you want to share my private friends only post, there will NOT be a share button.  If you did share what I posted with attribution to me, you just violated my intentions.  You made public something I wanted just between us friends.

Of course copying and reposting without attribution is fine.  Just don't mention my name.  PLEASE.  I won't do that to you either.

SO in other words, If you are public privacy setting, you can't share friends only posts. 

I would suggest if you want to share more, set your privacy to a more narrow audience.  Friends can post friends posts but public can't share friends.

I hope that helps.  If this is too complicated, I won't try to explain it again.  GOOD LUCK AND BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.  Don't share or give attribution to people who don't want it.. LIKE ME!!!

10 things I hated about the Obama Administration

1.  He dealt with his opposition in a way that was arrogant.  He paved the way for Trump to do the same.  His narcissism is way over the top.. even more than Trump and that's something.

2.  His bailout of the Car Companies with money soley to support union workers was fraudulent.  Shareholders should have been made to suffer a bankruptcy and there would have been fresh blood to take over.  GM never recovered and is still a mess.  None of the money that could have been used benefited the taxpayer.. just the unions.

3.  He was far too ingratiated to the banks in bailing them out..  They too should have gone bust.  Too big to fail was a failure.  Money given them was used to make the rich richer.

4.  The Stimulus trillion dollars could have been used to rebuild our infrastructure.  It wasn't.  It was wasted for the most part on teacher's unions and SEIU.  Much of that money ended up as pork with no good use.  Now we drive on crappy roads and bridges.  The economy would be far better had he left it alone.

5.  Obamacare.  Nuff said.  Still a catastrophe.  Everything he promised was a lie.  Keep your doctor and $2500 total personal expense.  Lies.  His push for universal coverage which would be disastrous.
6.  His dependence on foolish systems like food stamps to bribe the poor in society into supporting him.  Obama phones and all.

7.  His blatant use of government institutions to punish his enemies was criminal.  The EPA and IRS among them.  He turned government agencies into weapons of warfare.  His justice department and the FBI using regulations to abuse his enemies was horrible.  During his administration if you were a reporter that criticized him you could expect an audit, a lie detector and maybe jail.  First amendment went out the window with him. Even spying on Trump at the end.

8.  His divisiveness in amplifying and creating anger in racial things was one of his worst violations of human rights.  Trayvon, Mike Brown and other things he used as swords to create distrust and racism among black people was over the top.  He could have been a uniter but he divided us more than ever.

9.  I hated the rainbow lights on the White House when homosex marriage was made law.  What are we?  Queer nation? 

10.  His international incompetence in Foreign Affairs. Syria.  Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Libya, Egypt.  The whole middle east became a blood bath under his watch.  Worst ever.

Those are simply ten.  I know that his poor choices of people, policy and programs were the core of his failed presidency. 

There is a book on the market on why Obama was the worst president in History. I haven't read it or the list.  But you can.

The Book, THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY - THE LEGACY OF BARACK OBAMA

Successful Teams are Oxymoronic

Think about all the screw ups committees commit. The Triangle tells the tale. When no one is the leader you have a monster. Even a two headed enterprise can't live. I know team and consensus leadership is the mantra.. but it never works for long.

The team would have retreated. They WERE Victorious.

Teams never win without a strong leader. Some are called to teams and some are leaders. The two are oil and water. You either is or you ain't

I think about Henry Ford telling his engineers to come up with a way to cast the V8 in one casting. They said it couldn't be done. He persisted and insisted and they figured it out.

Steve Jobs insisted that the screen on the I Phone had to be scratch-proof. His team said it wasn't possible. He said figure out a way and they did. Everything that ever mattered in breakthru was always impossible to the "Team". Its not just about vision, that's easy enough, it's about purposed directive leadership.

George Patton would have been defeated if he had listened to the team. A couple of his quotes:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

And my favorite: A young officer comes to Patton and says, Sir, it's snowing really bad outside. We are weakened. I think we need to retreat. To which Patton replied. Retreat? RETREAT? We're not gonna Retreat, We're gonna keep fighting. Is that CLEAR? We're gonna attack all night we're gonna attack the next morning. If we're not VICTORIOUS. Let no man come back alive. 

The team would have retreated. They WERE Victorious

 Teams never win without a strong leader. Some are called to teams and some are leaders. The two are oil and water. You either is or you ain't.  If you are a leader, you aren't out to make friends.

 I am not a team player. Don't join teams. I'm a team player in the mode of a Donald Trump, George Patton, Henry Ford or Steve Jobs. NOT!

 In my life as a CEO I have had to be a leader and get things on track. Same as the founder of several corporations, you have to have a vision and impart it with confidence and strong leadership. I am not good at being on boards. Not great on committees. My personality isn't wired for that.  If I am on one I take over.  Most committees and boards are filled with passive aggressive beta personalities.  So I avoid them at all costs. So if you ask me to be on your team, I won't be. It's not who I am.. I think the idea of a team player is way overdone. When I see a resume that emphasizes they are a team player.. I toss it. I want leaders around me.. not team players. Jesus wasn't a team player. Teams and committees are not great ways to get things done.

It is more important to work for desireable and pleasing results than desierable and pleasing methods.

I will always be results oriented.. methods and systems are for people who don't grasp vision.

On Trees

 
 As one who has made my living in growing trees and enjoying them, this short passage from this book says what I feel.  Peggy says I don't even NEED the windshield in the front of my car since I only look out the side windows at the trees. 


A beautiful passage by Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) — one of the most beautiful I’ve ever read — from his 1920 collection of fragments, Wandering: Notes and Sketches 



For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfill themselves according to their own laws, to build up their own form, to represent themselves. Nothing is holier, nothing is more exemplary than a beautiful, strong tree. When a tree is cut down and reveals its naked death-wound to the sun, one can read its whole history in the luminous, inscribed disk of its trunk: in the rings of its years, its scars, all the struggle, all the suffering, all the sickness, all the happiness and prosperity stand truly written, the narrow years and the luxurious years, the attacks withstood, the storms endured. And every young farmboy knows that the hardest and noblest wood has the narrowest rings, that high on the mountains and in continuing danger the most indestructible, the strongest, the ideal trees grow.

    Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.

    A tree says: A kernel is hidden in me, a spark, a thought, I am life from eternal life. The attempt and the risk that the eternal mother took with me is unique, unique the form and veins of my skin, unique the smallest play of leaves in my branches and the smallest scar on my bark. I was made to form and reveal the eternal in my smallest special detail.

    A tree says: My strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live.

    When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. . . . Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all. 


A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, this longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one’s suffering, though it may seem to be so. It is a longing for home, for a memory of the mother, for new metaphors for life. It leads home. Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

    So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our own childish thoughts: Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them. But when we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy. Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.

Victims can be Victims of their own delustion

Individuals who habitually indulge in self-victimisation (also known as playing the victim) do so for various reasons: to control or influence other people’s thoughts, feelings and actions; to justify their abuse of others; to seek attention; or, as a way of coping with situations. Although they can actually change circumstances to avoid being victimised, they won’t seize the opportunity because they want to play the role and appear as victims to others and themselves. The main identifying traits of those who choose to play the victim role include:

 

• They tend to manipulate or abuse others verbally or physically, but then blame the other person (i.e. the real victim) for provoking the abuse.

• They influence or control other people’ sympathy to gain compassion or support.

• They form friendships or intimate relationships with those who disrespect, mistreat or abuse them to convince themselves and the world of their unfortunate status.

• They tend to avoid taking responsibility for their life, instead blaming others for their mistreatment or unfortunate circumstances.

• They think and talk a lot about how others take advantage of their kindness.

 

Negatives:

 

When in the company of the victim personality, be on the lookout for the following:

 

• Their crippling dependency on friends or co-workers for support and sympathy can be draining, and you cannot be sure if they actually appreciate your sympathetic responses and efforts.

• They can evoke anger and aggression in you, especially after you realise you have been duped into giving them sympathy when it should have gone to the real victim of their abuse.

• They instinctively draw out the caring, nurturing, and protective qualities in people, only to set them up for manipulation or abuse.

• Sometimes they will take extreme measures to get attention, like emptying a spouse’s bank account because they feel neglected or sending hate emails to themselves and then accusing others of sending them.

 

Positives:

 

There aren’t many positives to the victim personality, but two ways in which you might benefit from the victim are:

 

• They can make us feel important and valuable. Since they believe they are incapable of taking care of their own needs, they will always need your support with something.

• They long to be trustworthy and will make every effort to stick to their promises or complete any tasks you ask of them.

 

 

Do you Play the Victim?

 

You are playing the victim when you often:

 

• Justify your aggression against others by believing they deserve it.

• Refuse to take responsibility for your own happiness or misery – it’s the world that’s a bad place, and no one can truly be trusted.

• Find yourself in relationships where others mistreat you, so you can feel justified in your victim role.

• Nag, complain, harass, and beseech others until they give in to your demands.

• Commonly turn to the phrase, “You’re the only one who can help me.”

• Sometimes go to extremes to get revenge for perceived or actual abuse, like destroying your own property and falsely accusing someone else of being responsible.

• Provoking aggressive behaviour from others, but downplaying or ignoring your role in it.

• Feel anxious about the very idea that you can exert a positive influence over your own life without the support of others.

 

How do I Deal with a Victim?

 

Initially, it will feel good playing a part in their happiness and joy, but after a while, you will start to avoid their child-like dependency. When you do cut ties with them, they will feel victimised and the cycle will continue. Remember that self- victimisers play a role that has always worked for them. By empathically and consistently challenging them, as well as emphasising those non-victim aspects of them that you like, a victim can be helped to change. An example of empathically challenging a victim would be to ask a question that makes them reconsider their situation, such as, “You say he became aggressive. What happened just before he became aggressive?”  An example of valuing the non-victim traits of the individual include statements such as, “I like it when you show this positive attitude. It suits you.”

IF we were actually serious about recycling we would:

First, get over the idea that recycling is a zero sum game.  That you can make money on the end product of recycling.  It is a waste management issue and requires resources.  We pay to landfill and haul it away, if we are serious about recycling and we should be, land-filling that which should be recycled is not good waste management.

This isn't that hard if we are serious.. (of course we really aren't)

Metals, all metals are easy.  Aluminum, pot metal, steel and copper are easy to recycle.. you just have to capture, separate and melt down.

Glass  is easy.  Separate it by color.  Brown, Green, Blue, Clear and other (red and a few others).  Grind them to about 1" pieces.  Not fine grind, but small enough to be able later to load with a skid loader.  Pile the glass into stockpiles.  Let the piles "Rot". In two years or so this will happen.  As the glass sits under the sun, rain and heat any residue will disappear. Paper labels and such will rot awry.  At the end of this the glass is ready to be reused in creating new bottles.  No washing out is required.  The colored glass is the most valuable.  Recycled glass melt faster and at a lower temperature that making it from sand.  The cost of cleaning the glass is offset by stockpiling.

Rubber is useful in powering equipment that makes concrete.

Wood ground up is easy to process for many purposes.

 This leaves the big bugaboo.  What do we do with plastic waste?  Plastic melts without burning at a controlled temperature.  There is no need to separate the plastic.  I can be bulk melted.  Then the resultant clumps ground into large pieces.  Plastic can be pyrolized into oil products.  The reason to melt and grind it is to insure the automation of the pyrolosis process.  We have the natural gas in abundance to do the pyrolitic process.  The ground melted plastic can be stockpiled until moved to a pyrolosis plant.  There is also the use of the melted plastic to create products like plastic fence, plastic planks etc. 

None of this is impossible, it just won't cash flow.  Let's not pretend that it will.  Time to take action.

IF we were serious about Climate Change.. we would do what makes sense

I don't every take anyone seriously that believes that renewable resourses are an actual answer to our energy supply or climate change.

I don't actually believe that we have anything to do with the pace of intensity of change.  The climate always changes. 

However we are exploring alternative energy sources.  I'm for that.  Wind is a joke for electric power.  Germany has demonstrated that.  Solar panels are fine where the sun shines.  That leaves a LOT of people on the grid.  And it's not transportable.

You have to come up with a storage solution and it will never be as robust as your electrical entrance in your house.

There is only one single solution that stops the use of fossils, is reliable and if climate change is your thing, fully neutral. 

NUCLEAR POWER.  We should be building 500 large nuclear plants in the USA right now. 

Of course we won't.  Those who trumpet man made climate change aren't really serious about it.

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