The Fourth Option (A Centrist Perspective) Blog

The Great Big Diversion:  Justice  Kennedy Retirement I do not believe that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring. I believe that he is being forced-out of office by Donald Trump and his corrupt base.  Think about it:   Justice Kennedy is a moral and highly principled man. Unlike Donald Trump, his word can be trusted. The American citizens can rely on him to perform actions that are in the best interest of the United States – especially when he promised to do so. Yet, for some strange reason(s) he decided to perform a series of maneuvers that are sharp departures from his norms: Kennedy, who is known for his thoughtful and well written decisions,  submitted two documents   in the past few days that rival Donald Trump’s tweets in appearance and sparse contents. The first was a page and a half opinion for the majority ruling concerning the the supreme court ruling on immigration . The second was his five-six sentence retirement letter to Don...

Fences  also came as immigrants, carefully disassembled and tucked between the interpretations of the "Books in the Old Testament," neatly printed in the misinterpreted yellow journalism of  Spencer and Darwin. Others were stuffed in old envelopes (hidden in the lines of letters, whose wrinkled yellow shadiness, evidenced pages that were read again and again for indoctrination purposes).   Diligently they were kept to be reassembled as pillars in our laws and the grand structures of pious euphemisms, (with their believers unaware that  cries of  "Manifest Destiny" would become a deliberate process of ongoing subjugation),   and the walls of enclosure to the free mental movement of the endogenous masses.          In cleaver disguises, as methods to ensure civil obedience, these fences went undetected Unlike the ones that came as immigrants, however, the earliest one...

1.     The population of the U.S. is 4.4% of the world’s population. The population of the other countries in the world is 95.6%.  Additionally, America’s 4.4 percent is becoming strongly divided by race, gender, wealth, politics and religion. It accurate to say, “ The United States is no longer  ‘one nation under God;’  instead, the U.S. is  ‘a multi-fragmented nation that is rapidly losing its respect and its position as the greatest country in the world. 2.     China’s middle class is bigger than the entire population of the U.S.  Private entrepreneurship in China is increasing by leaps and bounds. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is aggressively encouraging the growth of small businesses. Additionally, China’s government is rapidly transforming many of its policies from communism to capitalism. 3.     Xi Jinping’s  main goal is to make his country the number one country in the world in eight years. I...

I AM from the Presence – the ancestry of Him in i . Born of Truth, baptized by Love, soulfully mentored by Grace. i , cradled in the arms of Mother Earth, learned to dance, in Halloween costumes of Fall leaves,       puddle-wonderful ponchos of Spring reign,  summer scandals of sea shells,    and formal frosty footgear of Winter Wonderlands. The Transparent Eyeball accounts for my source  – in all things:      “ Word” Up! As i journey through the woods in myself dancing to the pow-wow thunder  of nature’s harmonic counterpoints  – free from dissonance, i have become forever, while happily discovering:                 Every Moment is Thanksgiving            on my journey to “Awe!” --The Eternal Gift of Christmas. by ...

          I love quality debates. I love debates in which two debaters, with opposite points of views, present their arguments – each clearly and concisely articulating interesting, informative, persuasive ideas, supported by cited respected research. Oh, I love the feelings of sitting and listening to the first debater, in a cool, calm, coherent manner convincing me that his side of the argument is correct. “This is good stuff!” I find myself thinking, as his presentation sways my thoughts in his favor. I am convinced that he's going to win! His argument is so good that I cannot envision him loosing the debate.      Of course, my opinion changes a few minutes later, as I sit and listen to the second debater delivering the opposing argument. His delivery, which is as thorough, thoughtful, interesting, and persuasive as the first debater’s, pulls my thinking in the opposite direction....

This is a reprint of a blog post I wrote September 9, 2012 -- two months before the last presidential election between Mitt Romney and President Obama. Between 2012 and 2016, the Republican Party gained a majority in both houses by gerrymandering districts in key states, suppressing the minority vote, and suppressing citizen participation is passing new laws/policies. The suburbs were and still is the fastest growing areas of poverty. The highest rate of suicide were committed by white men over the age of 40. And the majority of Americans living in poverty are Americans with job that pays less than the minimum wage. Donald Trump is making some of the same promises that both candidates made during the last election. I am praying to God that he keeps them, but I am very doubtful.                     The High Cost of Forgetfulness How short are our memories? How short are our powers to recall – The Promises? ...