Saturday, March 29, 2014

--I have completed editing the Social-X series up to the last topic of Social Meaning. I conceived of this topic just about a year ago, so I haven't even started to do the research that's needed to write it!

--I've also placed into the Didactics series a new topic that's just recently evolved in my thinking--Christian Pragmatics.   I think many individuals, including me, question whether religion is needed in our lives.  I've reaffirmed the conviction that as long as man is an animal and not a computer or thought-machine, religion is simply a part of a total human life.  So, I've come up with this topic of Christian Pragmatics (CP) as a way to organize my thoughts on one aspect of a normally lived life, namely, the religious response to events we experience and undergo.

--One thing that's sure true of living in Las Vegas, I've found: time is on a whirlwind course, here.  I've never seen the 8 months I've been here go by so fast--more like it's been one week!

--Also, I finally own a laptop computer.  It took some time to set it up so that I can work quickly on it.  But now I don't have to go to the public library as often.  I was totally dependent on its computers for some many years.


 

Saturday, March 22, 2014

--After a series of items on Russia, I'm returning to the Social-X editing, which is just about over.  On to Social-X Social Meaning!

I've tried to do what I could to resolve the Middle East stalemate, but I could see nobody's interested.  The interesting thing is what I learned from Turkey and Egypt on how to run a military.

Russian Incursion into Ukraine, No!

I have talked with Ukrainians recently.  They are appalled at the EU's reluctance to act for world peace and justice.  They marvel at the US's reluctance to do but the minimal. 

I know the US military, and they won't stand idly by as a country's military, any country's, challenges their preeminence in world affairs. (--the world according to John O.)

Be it known that I believe in the US military to resolve this crisis in the Ukraine-Crimea such that the Crimea will remain part of the Ukraine--and  the Russian troops, whose many years of friendship with the Ukrainian military has brought about trust one with the other, will prove itself. 

I am busy on affairs of world governance, but I have involved myself in Russian's military aggression to the degree that I say "Go get 'em Marines!  And maintain the US military domination in the world, Thank God!"