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OUR SENIOR MOMENT is a blog site by Wayne M. Patten. The intention herewith is to be serious when warranted, have as much fun as we can, bring forth accurate information not always disseminated honestly - and to poke fun at everyone's ability to have blank fruitless moments - young and older. You can participate by sending along your comments. Just keep them clean. I reserve the right to fire back :-)

Also - If you wish to contact me privately with blog ideas or a point that you would like to share here, you are welcome to email me at ourseniormoment@gmail.com.


"My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves Planet Earth"

(WMP)

My loyalty and patriotism is loyalty and patriotism to one's country - not to its institutions or its office holders. The country, its states, counties, cities, towns and villages are the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing. America, in all its being, is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal and patriotic toward - not its leaders.

(WMP)






Whom Is Controlling Whom


There is a “power-group” in every town that spends everyone’s tax dollars. There is also “always” another extravagantly more powerful group authorizing the first group to spend those millions of dollars. We call the first cohort “Voters” - the second “Non-Voters.” Staying home is an unbelievably influential act.


SO - BEFORE YOU HEAD-OUT; PLEASE CHECK THE HOLY WEATHER: (click here) http://home.att.net/~hideaway_today/t133/noah.htm

OR - JUST PERK YOURSELF UP:

http://www3.telus.net/public/a7a55952/thoughts.htm


WMP

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Blog Author: Wayne M. Patten
Born December 20, 1938 in Anson, Maine. (Do not send cards - Only Money) Mother claimed I was invented at Chem-Lab at Madison High School. Time is proving her claim may be true. Enjoys Nature, Animals (includiing people), reading, writing and working. Owns a small in-home assisted living company locted in New Hampshire. Getting old and feeble but strength and memory return upon seeing beautiful women.
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HOW DO I KNOW, WHERE DO I GO, HOW DO I GET OFF

My younger and more talented friend, Lara Bricker, a columnist and reporter for Seacoast Media Group (Portsmouth Herald, Exeter Newsletter, etc.) once wrote,"Wayne Patten has an opinion about everything." I thought about suing her butt off then decided her impish smile and ability to make me laugh inside is more important. TO HELL WITH THE LAWSUIT! That's a good place for all lawsuits. Besides, Lara is correct. I find life exciting and interesting - just about everything interest me. And I surely have some kind of voiced opinion about just about everything drawing my attention. Especially religion and politics. This is natural for me - I favor those subjects shunned as unsafe to discuss. Oh! Well! It keeps life's currents swirling - which generates sustaining oxygen. To see Lara's impish smile go to her blog site at http://brickersblog.blogspot.com/ or click on her link above.

March 19, 2009

LIFE FIRE


Christendom claims sex as the Original Sin. It has something to do with a man and a woman and a snake screwing around in a garden. The garden belonged to Eden – I think. You know – “Garden of Eden.”

This sex thing is a broad and fascinating claim that if taken seriously and obeyed would wipeout all the sins that many major religions claim mankind to be burdened with. It is simple – quit the Original Sin and there is no one – no thing – there are no people – to sin. The issue is settled! Pretty sick, isn’t it? Religion wants to wipeout the very act that causes it to live on. Besides – Why would the big man upstairs burden us little powerless folks with the obligation of denying ourselves Sex? Why did he not just make all people sexless? He practiced with some. According to religion it is like God wanted to bait us. He wanted us to sin. So that he could continually kick our Asses.

This garden I write about – it is back there in the ancient city of Genesis. (I give Genesis a new identity because if want too) Its name says it is Eden’s garden but God claims ownership. God is a rather kind, caring, gentle, loving, white bearded character whom takes what he wants when he wants. He also has this big roaring grumpy voice when he yells down over this garden that he thinks is his,
“Hey Adam and Eve, do anything you want - but – keep your mitts of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge!!”

Do anything you want? The big man didn’t say, No Sex. He said you shall not consume knowledge. You cannot partake of life’s fire – the energy that ignites mankind’s expansion. So, the truth is - - Sex is not the Original Sin in the Christian mind, Knowledge is. Knowledge of ones self, self-sufficiency is the sin. Independence is the greatest threat that there is to one who wishes to rule over you.

“If you pick and eat one of those apples, your ass is going straight to Hell. And that snake will drop to the earth and crawl along with you." Well – if this legend is true, the universe is going to Hell before snake and mankind. No “Big Bang.” No sex. No Cain and Abel. No world civilization. No Problems!! Whoa Here! Maybe sex is a sin after all.

As you know – Adam and Eve didn’t listen to God. They listened to the snake and stuffed themselves with knowledge. Thus – mankind proved to be slippery slimy smart assess ever after. You don’t believe me? Please note the U.S. Congress. And – Wall Street.

The good news is religion still possesses the best and most powerful control tool of all – FEAR. Fear weakens anyone into completely malleable mush. Of course, this tool is not exclusively used: Politicians, Police Departments, Fire Departments, all levels of Government and Business also use it constantly. Don’t loose it here! Fear has a parallel - - HOPE.

With religion HOPE is fulfilled in Heaven. Totally faithful Christians believe in an “Afterlife.” Other religions do also. In exchange for sacrifice and refrain for all good earthly things the afterlife offers people pure happiness. Not animals! Only people. You see – animals have a purely happy life here on Earth, if they are fortunate enough to live in Nature’s wild they have free unrestricted sinless sex. They even have knowledge for surviving. It appears that the animals get their own way with God as they do with their supposed masters in civilized homes.

Anyway, animals do not get to Heaven – People do. Christian sinners, as all are claimed to be, go to church so that they can get into Heaven where nothing changes. These purified walk around Heaven pacified, blankly gazing into beautiful billowing emptiness while listening to music all day without the accompaniment of nude dancers. At least the Muslims have the promise of nakedness and dancers. All the Sinless Christians have is pillow soft streets to walk upon and ivory castles to sleep within. They don’t even have good food or whiskey. Food is fattening. Whiskey is another sin. It leads to wild animal-like sex – without the forest. And – You can bet your hallows there just ain’t no Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods or Las Vegas. Just Peace.


WMP

March 3, 2009

THE GREEDY PAPER GOD LOVERS

An interesting, though disturbing, plus that this slippery world economy projects, is a rare honest peek at how many palms across the world are being greased. From village government to federal governments and world dictatorships too much is rotten. Small business on up through mega-business reeks with dishonesty that most innocent minded people couldn’t imagine.

I point not at showmen like “Joe The Plumber.” My laser pinpoits people like scam artists Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford. These are people who are but the beginning of the diseased pieces falling away from a deteriorating body. The more the Cash Flow evaporates the more the pirates will appear. Supposed leaders like accused Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and New Mexico Governor (and U.S. presidential candidate) Bill Richardson only foretell the failed honesty at all levels of governance. Do you any longer believe that your local mayor or councilmen or selectmen are not also selling privilege? Its new moniker is “Pay-to-Play.” State senators and legislators are being bought and sold daily by lobbyist. And don’t exclude those quiet bureaucrats hidden away in the shady corners. Everything and every high-class snoot seems "For Sale." Filthy bodies are even dropping from behind the veils of churches. It is damd scary!

Go ahead! Think it! Rome is burning while Nero fiddles. Well - - Hopefully Nero is gone and we in America have a leader whom is as honest as he appears. I know his determination will likely not resurrect a prosperous world economy right away, nonetheless - - we need to save America first. Without healthy muscle none can help others.

Dishonest business people, graft-grabbing politicians, child molesting church members, are not healthy muscle. They are not healthy anything. They are the progressive sickness that led the world to the shaky weak spot where we all stand. But the cure begins at home. And the cure is not throwing unimaginable amounts of money to the same thieves that dragged us here and could insanely care less if they bury all, as long as they can touch the paper gold that they imagine as life giving. These thieving people’s motto is printed upon every piece of American currency, “In God We Trust.” And- their God is that paper displaying that banner. These men and women may be correct, because, in fact, there is no value in that monetary piece other than trust in government. And – presently – that trust is lost. Nonetheless, that fiat paper is the real God that we, alone with the bandits, truly worship – and we must save its trust. Save it, then cleanse it.

Like Ayn Rand, I truly believe in the virtues of honest capitalism. Too work, capitalism must maintain a distance between honest ambition and destructive greed. When balance falters with any aspect of life all goes into freefall. That is where we are now. A stalled freefalling capitalistic engine close to crashing and thereafter rusting away in a dirty dusty hot desert while the economics it moved is on the other side burning to dust. Let us all hope and support the Man of Hope, President Obama, and hope that he has the power to drain the dirty cruddy stalling oil out of Congress, bureaucracy, and Wall Street. Though, I will bet that there is a better chance of the economic motor purring sooner if we all start fighting against and impeaching those greedy paper god lovers at all levels.
WMP

February 20, 2009

THE ARROGANCE OF BIG BUSINESS


Let us assume I choose to open a cozy little morning muffin shop downtown. Most people around here leave for work around 5:00AM. Many work in Boston, some in Portland, Maine. So I decide to have the “Morning Muffin Shop” open and serving at 5:00AM. I don’t care for opening that early, I would rather sleep, but if I am going to be successful in the muffin business, this is the thing to do – march alongside your customers.

Oh! Boy! When you walk into my comfy shop the aroma consumes you! Customers love it! They come from towns around. My muffins are truly the best found. We serve corn muffins, blueberry, morning glory and bran. All warm and seeping aroma. I am making money hand-over-hand. This is picture is plain ole Heaven for 10 years - plus. There is plenty of cash. Customers love me. My bank plans on electing me to its Board of Directors. I am home and napping by Noon. I play golf later in the day. Wow! Look at that sun shining down upon me!

Then my customers get this stupid idea they want cranberry/banana muffins instead of what they sucked-up for years. Some kind of ridiculous health kick - - - I guess! I think this one over. I will have to retrofit my muffin kitchen. Purchasing an additional oven may be required. If I am to bake cranberry/banana muffins I certainly need new muffin pans. No Way! Beside, the corn, blueberry and bran companies are giving me a small kickback for leaving things the way they are.

“There will be No cranberry/banana muffins. It will cost too much to re-gear,” I announced from the bakery door. This hurt and displeased many. But, they will adjust.

The following week my profits dropped. The next week I stepped from the bakery area into the sales area and saw that the room held less than half the customer it usually has at this peek time. Gosh! What is wrong?

Cash flow and profits plummeted with the weeks that followed. No one wanted to purchase my “good old muffins.” I was now overstocked with them – having to throw many away. I rushed to the bank where I am loved to take out a loan to bail myself out of this problem. The banker asked for my revival plan. I told him I would do more advertising and drop the price of muffins. The bank refused the bailout loan.

I filed bankruptcy and walked away broke. Riches to Rags. I forgot to recognize that successful business gives consumers what they want.

General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler Corporations all suffer this same ego power driven memory lapse. “I’ll give then what I want – no one can rule me.”

Well! The customer no longer wants to drive gas guzzling, diesel guzzling or oil guzzling automobiles. The public wants CLEAN. The consumer wants “Electric Automobiles.” They will even take “Hydrogen Automobiles.” But – to give the consumer its want, the automobile industry must redesign itself. The world must redesign itself.

Sure! We will need electric chargers at every parking meter and along every highway. Do you know what this major restructuring task does? Yes. You are correct. It puts people back to work. Helps the economy.
I would guess that the day the Auto Industry announced their offering of Electric Vehicles or Hydrogen Vehicles for under $20,000 dollars they would be flooded with so many orders they would have to rehire those they laid off – plus – hire additional breeds of engineers and design developers. Would that not be a much brighter future than these tax beggars offer now?

There is another real neat turn in this reorganizing of the Wheels Industry: Instead of you the taxpayer giving the corporations money to build the car or truck that you will later pay for again when you purchase – the buyer only pays once. But – Who says the industry appreciates that result?

More than GM or Chrysler, Ford Motors seems to deserve some kudos. The managers have yet to ask for or take government bailout money. Henry Ford moved the auto industry to the giant it became simply by giving the masses what they needed and wanted – an affordable vehicle. He accomplished that by thinking ahead of his time and creating “mass-production” – the assembly line. Now the consumer needs and wants an affordable efficient environmentally clean vehicle. Like the Morning Muffin Shop – either do it or die. Don’t suck-off the taxpayer and consumer. Maybe the ghost of Henry Ford will callout from the heavens, "Hi! Ho! Electric Ford."

(The Morning Muffin Shop is fictitious)

(Also note: My friend Max E. reminded me about Ford not taking government money as yet. Thanks Max)

WMP

February 16, 2009

NEW FROM FORMER STATE REP. LEE QUANDT

Congratulations to former District 23 State Senate candidate Marshall Lee Quandt. Lee recently entered our world of cyberspace writers. Go to www.exeternewsservice.blogspot.com. I am sure Lee's comments and opinions will be most interesting. He is well know for his honesty and determination to keep government in control of the everyday Joe. I don't believe he cares if this "Joe" is a plumber or not - Or a "Jane" or whatever. He just cares that all people retain their rights and their power over their government. Give his blog a try.
WMP

December 24, 2008

BIG MONEY SAVER

U.S.TAXPAYERS could reduce their cost of living 66% by eliminating Congress - the root of American Evil.

AND - They could avoid getting screwed & tatooed by eliminating government

WMP

October 21, 2008

THE GREAT PRETENSE


New Hampshire shares a huge problem with the other “fifty.” We do a lot of pretending. We pretend that our state legislators earn a weak sum of $100 dollars annually. This looks rather frugal. With the largest legislative body in America we make believe we cannot afford to pay these public servants more. But – lobbyist can slip them a few rewarding bucks here and there. So – whom do the public servants really end up serving?

The people cannot afford to pay the Governor’s Council $150 thousand dollars per year – but the lobbyist can. We supposedly can’t pay our state senators $100 thousand a year – but corporate America can slide it their way. Voters just can’t afford to up the state representative’s take home to $70 thousand bucks per year – but the PACs are happy to make an investment. We all do often wonder why Wall Street owns government from bottom to top. That answer is simple: Government is Law – and Law is Power – over you and I. And that power is for sale.

There is something wrong! There is something dramatically wrong with political systems from sea to shining sea. That wrong is that the people are not running their government. Nor are we benefiting from our government. Hell! The government, from its base upward to the All Seeing Eye, refuses to listen to its people. The president and vice president blatantly declare that they “don’t give a damd what the people want.” Court judges openly rule that they will not be influence by the mass’s demonstrations. The government is running us. And – sickly – this is happening while it can’t even run itself!!

The solution to this all is not so simple. But the time to correct is now – while the enemy is weak. And the enemy of each American’s freedom is Corporate America.


Sweep Corporate Government out >


WMP

October 15, 2008

FATAL ERROR


Throughout America we historically refer to our Congressmen/women, Senators and Representatives, as “Lawmakers.” Consequently – these people feel obligated to write and enact laws.

Back in time, America was lawless. Now, America is law laden. Burdened. Crippled. Weighted by too many government laws. The laws of Nature say we will collapse or suffocate. As a last breath effort lets start labeling these people “Law Repealers.” Maybe We Can Get Our Individual Freedom Back!

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