Why Karma Hates Liberals

Posted on | May 16, 2012 | No Comments

by Henry Velez  –  I’ve seen this quote passed around, usually from the Occupy crowd. It has -some- truth to it, some.. so here are my thoughts on it.

Bertolt begins with the qualifier, “The worst illiterate is.. ” and goes on. I would disagree. As important as politics are, and for many of the reasons he provides, I would disagree and say that being Spiritually Illiterate is far, far worse. Politics affect all things temporal, whereas Spirituality affects all things eternal.

Where I would agree with him is in that he states the Politically Illiterate, “..prides himself on his political ignorance..”. In politics there are several areas to be politically acute in. There is ideology, history and current events. I’ve met plenty of people who don’t know the difference between a Liberal and a Conservative. I’ve met people who believe down to their core in Republican ideals.. yet call themselves devoted Democrats. I’ve met people who call themselves ‘devout’ Catholics, yet support pro-gay, pro-abortion Democrat politicians into office year after year.

The most common denominator here is that when a person is Politically Illiterate they tend to fall on the side of Liberalism rather than Conservativism. This is because the Liberal ideology is far more self-serving to their immediate desires. Conservatism looks to a better future for our children by way of reducing spending, reducing taxes and reducing government encroachment into our lives.

Yet it is the ignorance of Liberals who make a big show of hating Fascism.. and yet they practically lay out the red carpet for it by begging for more Government interference into our private lives on every level whether it be religion, creationism, separation of church and state, firearms/2nd Amendment, etc.

If one were to look at political history, it becomes blatantly obvious that the moment the People submitted to a Government that took away their firearms (and with it, their ability to resist a totalitarian regime).. a Fascist government is exactly what they got.

Bertolt summarizes with the comment, “..corrupt officials, the lacky of exploitative multinational corporations.” On it’s face I would agree with him. However, he does not mean that such exploitation merely exists.. he believes ALL big business by default is Evil, as do the OWS crowd. They believe the only way to rectify the situation is to use Government to take away their money and give it to.. well, the Occupy Crowd, via “government programs” to put a nice little, legal bow on it. In short, they want to do the very same thing they hate the corporations for.. only they want to be the ones who benefit from it.

SOME corporations use Government in an immoral even illegal manner by way of special lobbying and back-room deals. And I say, ‘Prosecute them.”. But not all big corporations are doing this. Coming from Liberals, who “claim” an entire people of color should not be judged by a few bad apples.. you’d think they would apply this across the board. But no, as usual they only believe that when talking about the non-white criminal. They won’t admit that not ALL corporations should be punished with having their money redistributed, even if that would destroy that business from existing next year.

To that end, all I can say is, “Enjoy your ignorance when you finally get what you want. Because it will be the END of your precious Starbucks and Apple gadgets. They will be marketed overseas and you’ll have to go back to generic coffee that meets government regulations and can somehow generate a profit. You’ll have to settle for wannabe Apple knock-off products because the original items were taxed so much there was no profit margin to continue operating in the US.”

Just like Karma, Political Ignorance is a bitch. The answer is LESS, not more Government. If you think otherwise, say goodbye to your freedoms, and your precious Starbucks Lattes.

– Henry Velez
www.lifegoeson.net

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Bank of America Refusing Businesses that Support the 2nd Amendment?

Posted on | May 12, 2012 | No Comments

Should Christians Support President Obama?

Posted on | May 8, 2012 | No Comments

by David Barton

Respect the Office? Yes. 

Respect the Man in the Office?  No, I am sorry to say. 

I have noted that many elected officials, both Democrats and Republicans, called upon America to unite behind Obama.  Well, I want to make it clear to all who will listen that I AM NOT uniting behind Obama!

I will respect the Office which he holds, and I will acknowledge his abilities as an orator and wordsmith and pray for him, BUT that is it. 
I have begun today to see what I can do to make sure that he is a one-term President!  Why am I doing this? 

It is because: 

- I do not share Obama’s vision or value system for America;

- I do not share his Abortion beliefs; 

- I do not share his radical Marxist’s concept of re-distributing wealth; 

- I do not share his stated views on raising taxes on those who make$150,000+ (the ceiling has been changed three times since August); 

- I do not share his view that America is Arrogant; 

- I do not share his view that America is not a Christian Nation; 

- I do not share his view that the military should be reduced by 25%; 

- I do not share his view of amnesty and giving more to illegals than our American Citizens who need help; 

- I do not share his views on homosexuality and his definition of marriage; 

- I do not share his views that Radical Islam is our friend and Israel is our enemy who should give up any land; 

- I do not share his spiritual beliefs (at least the ones he has made public); 

- I do not share his beliefs on how to re-work the healthcare system in America; 

- I do not share his Strategic views of the Middle East; and 

- I certainly do not share his plan to sit down with terrorist regimes such as Iran.

Bottom line: my America is vastly different from Obama’s, and I have a higher obligation to my Country and my GOD to do what is Right! 

For eight (8) years, the Liberals in our Society, led by numerous entertainers who would have no platform and no real credibility but for their celebrity status, have attacked President Bush, his family, and his spiritual beliefs!

They have not moved toward the center in their beliefs and their philosophies, and they never came together nor compromised their personal beliefs for the betterment of our Country! 

They have portrayed my America as a land where everything is tolerated except being intolerant!  They have been a vocal and irreverent minority for years! 

They have mocked and attacked the very core values so important to the founding and growth of our Country! 

They have made every effort to remove the name of GOD or Jesus Christ from our Society! 

They have challenged capital punishment, the right to bear firearms, and the most basic principles of our criminal code! 

They have attacked one of the most fundamental of all Freedoms, the right of free speech!  

Unite behind Obama? Never!

I am sure many of you who read this think that I am going overboard, but I refuse to retreat one more inch in favor of those whom I believe are the embodiment of Evil!  President Bush made many mistakes during his Presidency, and I am not sure how history will judge him.  However, I believe that he weighed his decisions in light of the long established Judeo-Christian principles of our Founding Fathers!!!  Majority rules in America, and I will honor the concept; however, I will fight with all of my power to be a voice in opposition to Obama and his “goals for America …” 

I am going to be a thorn in the side of those who, if left unchecked, will destroy our Country! Any more compromise is more defeat! 
I pray that the results of this election will wake up many who have sat on the sidelines and allowed the Socialist-Marxist anti-GOD crowd to slowly change so much of what has been good in America! 

GOD bless you and GOD bless our Country!

by David Barton

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Attorney for Obama Admits to Birth Certificate Forgery..

Posted on | April 18, 2012 | No Comments

Now that Obama’s attorney has admitted the ‘birth certificate’ released from the White House website was a deliberate forgery, the attorney is trying to make the case that it was done on purpose as a “satire”, never intended to be perceived by the Public as authentic.

Talk about desperate. This attorney knows better but has to say ‘something’ to the Judge. For one thing; Source. When Mad Magazine or a political cartoon makes a claim, the source has to be considered in order for it to be considered ‘satire’. Obama’s certificate came STRAIGHT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, in response to demands for his birth certificate.  How much more official a source could this have been presented from?  None.

In addition, not only was it presented on the most official source imaginable (www.whitehouse.gov), but it was followed up by a somber and public declaration from Obama, telling us to “..put the issue to rest” and that the supposed document should settle the issue. He endorsed the document as evidence of his eligibility himself.  HE LIED TO US. He had his own administration publish this fake document on our USA government website and expected us to take it as Authentic. And that is why the Judge denied Obama’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the trial based on ‘satirical content’ to make the forged document irrelevant.

This is serious and Obama needs to be held accountable. This just went from “Will he win in 2012?” into the territory of “Will he face charges of high crimes and misdemeanors as an acting President against the US?“

I encourage anyone outraged at this deception and crime to contact their Congressman and Representatives demanding that the President be investigated for “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” as well as Voter Fraud based on knowledge of ineligibility.  Below are links to do this.  ”We The People” do not have to put up with this sort of deceit, no matter how high an office they hold.

CONTACTING CONGRESS ONLINE

CONTACTING YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ONLINE

Henry Velez

www.lifegoeson.net

references;  (open in new window)

Official White House Release of the Forged Documen from WhiteHouse.gov

“Obama Officially Ineligible” [article]

Drudge Report on Attorney’s Admission in New Jersey Court regarding the forgery

Copy of the Legal Filing against Obama by Mario Apuzzo, Esq.  (public court documents)

PakAlert Press article on Forgery Admission in New Jersey Hearing

Vision To America Post on Forgery Hearing

Digital Breakdown of the Forged document (photo series)

 

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Is America About to Repeat the Awful History of Germany in the 1930s?

Posted on | April 13, 2012 | No Comments

– Author Unknown
(If you have a source for this article, email me at: henry.velez@yahoo.com )

Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.

We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?

We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has “loaned” trillions of dollars over the past few years, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of “we the people” who loaned our powers to elected leaders who took an oath to uphold the Constitution.

We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy. We have intentionally dumbed-down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why our nation is worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate what they believe without excessive use of the word “like.” Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, and school Boards continue to back mediocrity.

We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic.

The mortgage industry has collapsed, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, Social Security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke — the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth. It is potentially 1929 x ten.

We are at war with an enemy we cannot name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.

And finally, we have elected a man of who we know very little, the media won’t investigate, and who has not run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla, Alaska. His associations and alliances are with real radicals and everything we are learning about him — drip by unsettling drip — is unsettling if not downright scary.

I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now.

This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.

And that is only the beginning.

As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s. In those times, the “savior” was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed. He edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory.

And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his “brown shirts” would bully and beat them into submission. Which they did — regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand — the Great Depression. Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government power, person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,

How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe, and across the world. He did it with a compliant media — did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and change. And the people surely got what they voted for.

Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.

Do not forget that Germany was one of the most educated and cultured countries in Europe. It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, in less than six years (a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors.

As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust) or I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades. Of course, I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is transpiring around me.

I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will scoff and others laugh or think I am foolish, naive, or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe and why I believe it.

I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only hope is our vote in the next election.

– Author Unknown
(If you have a source for this article, email me at: henry.velez@yahoo.com )

 

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Sloppy, Biased Journalism Is Not Helping the Gay Agenda

Posted on | April 10, 2012 | No Comments

This is in reference to the article posted by Alternet titled; “Are Homophobes Just Repressing Their Homosexual Desires? New Study Says Yes“

To start with, let’s look at the word “homophobe”.   An ‘arachnaphobe’ is a person afraid of spiders.   An ‘agoraphobe’ is a person afraid of crowded, public places. (agora = ‘market’).   Thus, a ‘homophobe’ would be either a person afraid of anything the same or, a person afraid of homosexuals.   But how many people have you really run into that say, “I’m afraid of homosexuals.” as opposed to people who say, “I think homosexuality is immoral.”?   Having a moral opinion is NOT the same as being AFRAID of something, so calling it “homophobia” is hardly a proper term.

Next, the article boldy claims, “..only now has a scientific study come out with proof.”    That’s interesting, there’s not a shred of this ‘proof’ anywhere in the article.   There are some opinions from psychologists, but that’s not proof any more than Dr. Spock’s opinion that children shouldn’t be spanked is any kind of ‘proof’. Not even a professional opinion is ‘proof’.   However, when you have an agenda to push, presenting facts suddenly becomes too bothersome to deal with.

And who are these ‘homophobes’ that the study focused on?   The article states in a quote, ““Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves.” 

So, a person “who identifies as straight” are the subjects known as ‘homophobes’.   If you’re straight.. you must be a homophobe. And it was a trained psychologist who is trying to push this idea?   Doesn’t he know that many straight people don’t even care about or think about homosexuals? Doesn’t he realize many straight people support the gay agenda, even though they are lifelong heterosexuals? (straight)   Does he even know what the word “phobic” means? I doubt it.

And this is all aside from the obvious conclusion that, if the supposed ‘straight person with homosexual tendencies‘ is already leaning towards being gay.. they’d be ATTRACTED  to homosexuals, not “threatened” by them or afraid of them.

Finally, if straight people have ‘homosexual tendencies or desires’ and yet CHOOSE to live a straight lifestyle.. that flies in the face of the gay community who says that homosexuality is “wired in” at birth and cannot be denied, causing a person to desire a gay relationship far more naturally than a straight one.   Can’t have it both ways.   Can’t one minute say there are thousands, perhaps millions of straight people resisting their hard-wired “gay-gene” (still as yet as unproven as Bigfoot or Aliens) and the next minute say that homosexuality cannot be resisted because ‘choice’ is not a factor.

I’m all for editorialism.   But I have a high disregard for slanted agendas trying to pass themselves off as objective journalism.   If someone supports gay rights, let them boldy write that as their opinion in an editorial format.   But don’t disguise it under a thin layer of subjective “science” as if it were ‘proof’ or objective journalism with no bias in either direction.   At best it’s sloppy, misleading journalism aimed at the mentally lazy.  And for the gay agenda it only weakens their credibility among intelligent people who actually digest what they read.

 

Henry Velez
www.lifegoeson.net 

‘Gaby’, A Brief Memoir..

Posted on | March 28, 2012 | No Comments

“Gaby”
A Brief Memoir

by Henry Velez
circa 2012

 Some people go through life in the same manner that a stone falls downward into the ocean.  They sink along at a steady rate, seemingly unaffected by their surroundings, constant in only one thing.. their descent.  At life’s end they hit the bottom and the story is over.  Gaby is not one of these people.

You ask me, “Who is Gaby?” and I ask you, “Which Gaby do you speak of?”  Gaby, in one sense is the same nine year old girl who loves her parents, has a pure love for her friends, family, God and her dog.  Yet, in another sense Gaby is the fierce lioness that will defend her family, her honor and principle no matter who or what opposes her.  She is the sentimental romantic with an impeccable memory and an appreciation for the smallest details.  She is the frail, sobbing, broken-hearted soul who caves in under the pressures of life every so often.  She is the resilient Phoenix who rises from both her ashes and tears with a smile on her face the next morning.  Often at the brink of exhaustion, yet unstoppable until her last ounce of energy is spent each day.

I can’t speak for all, but I can speak for myself truthfully that I remember the very moment I first saw her.  Without speaking a word or making eye contact, she makes an impression.  To not notice her is to not notice the brightest light in the room.  To not acknowledge her is to not hear the only sweet song in an otherwise silent day.  Such was the strength of her impression that, despite not speaking with her at any time.. I found myself thinking of her even four years later.  And I was amazed that she remembered me.

I have no shame in admitting that I am a man cursed by my own foolishness.  Many people want Gaby’s time.  Even children love being near her.  She brings a smile to the elderly.  She catches the eye of the young men.  She is the friend women want to socialize with.  And for over eleven years I was the one man on this entire planet that she loved with all her heart.  Perhaps now you can understand that perhaps the only thing worse than never to have met someone like Gaby is to have lost the love of someone like Gaby.  They were perhaps the most magical and memorable years of my life thus far.  Now.. well, suffice it to say that only for the great respect we have for each other we remain faithful friends to the end.  But the closeness we once shared is now my own personal pain to bear.

She is not one to raise a flag to her own virtues.  For this reason I will make mention of it for her.  Years ago she won my respect when I witnessed her ability to create hope out of thin air.  This is a talent of hers that has amazed and confounded me to no end.  Even when she was working a very difficult job at meager wages, with no understanding of English and existing on a mere pittance to meet her own daily needs.. she still managed to come to the aid of others in need.  On one occasion she took an ordinary coffee can, sealed it with duct tape, cut a hole in the lid and went systematically from friend to friend until she had raised a sizable amount of money to assist a person with medical bills they had no money for.  And neither hell nor any desire within her could entice her to even think to pilfer a single, thin dime for herself.  So many more times over the years I would see this synergy of hers with the needs of others as she produced one minor miracle after another purely out of the compassion in her heart.

Gaby is an honorable woman.  One of the very few I have ever had opportunity to know.  A truly honorable woman.  Not one who pretends.  Not one who tries.  She simply ‘is’.

This is not  to say she is a perfect woman.  As is common to the human condition she is as imperfect a creature as any one of us.  Specifically it is that trait of stubbornness that she herself will readily admit to.  When she is right, it is a good thing.  But when all odds, data and counsel advise her to turn the ship about.. she stays the course until collision convinces her to re-route.  This alone is enough to drive any logical man to near insanity.  Yet, in the end one finds themselves drawn into her strange, faith-driven logic and sometimes.. sometimes it turns into magic.  Other times, it results in a foreseeable mess that begs of a man all his strength to refrain from saying those useless words, “I knew this would happen.”  So, rather, with Gaby it is better to simply move forward and salvage the situation for she herself is her own worst critic.  Even the gentlest reprimand would be too great to add upon her sincere repentance.

A man does not merely have a marriage with Gaby.  As I was oft to remind her, it was always ‘an adventure’, and nothing less.  Say goodbye to anything that might resemble a boring life, that shore is long gone.  It is the open seas with her and full sails ahead to the horizon.  Steadfast patience, kindness and love must a man be sturdily made of to run the helm with her aboard.  But one thing is certain.. you will know that you are alive.

As previously alluded to, of all the many mistakes and errors of judgment I have ever made.. my decision to part ways with Gaby will go down as perhaps my greatest.  Most men would look back and say to themselves, “never, ever again could I possibly know such a grand adventure”.  Hence they would drift forward through life a mere specter of who they once were and constantly look back to “what once was”.  Their memory would be their Punisher.  Her absence would be their prison.

But, in my own case, I guess just as being with her daily confirmed God’s goodness all those years.. I have been blessed to move forward into new adventures.  The tearing that occurred at first of two that had become one was a bloody and painful experience for both of us.  But God is kind.   Despite the searing misery we each experienced, never an ill will did we bear to one another.  And despite our own frailties, God had mercy on both of us and granted us each yet a new chapter to pursue.  New horizons.  New songs.  New hopes, new dreams.. new adventures.

The story we wove was a great one.  And while life does not always turn out as we hope, for us it is a story that redirects into an alternate glory.  I truly wish her well and all joy in her new adventures.  And I confidently know she wishes the same for me.  We were for each other what we needed.  Few people in this world ever encounter that even once in their lifetime.  But God has been gracious enough to grant each of us that opportunity yet again in our own separate paths.

So, in my concluding comments I leave you with this to ponder.  Should you happen to meet such a one blessed of God as Gaby.. treasure that friendship.  Do not take it lightly.  Consider yourself fortunate and enjoy the adventure.  Because it may not be easy at times.. but it most definitely will prove to be some of the most exciting times of your life.

 

Henry Velez
circa 2012

 

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Life’s Too Short and Too Grand..

Posted on | March 11, 2012 | No Comments

In this life, we meet all sorts of people.   Hopefully we have someone close enough to us as a life-mate that we can trust with our life and future.   And then we have close friends, also trustworthy in times of adversity and there to genuinely celebrate life’s little joys with us.  Beyond that we hopefully have cultivated an even larger circle of acquaintances, with whom we’ve fostered a good reputation as a decent person.  Among these we learn from and contribute into their lives whenever we can.  We make their life better in some way, and they do the same for us.

And then.. there are the selfish, insulting, demanding people in our lives who periodically roll in like a foul storm.  They contribute little, if anything, to our joy in life.  They come with a list of demands, commands or complaints.  They can rarely be known for ever giving you a word of encouragement or compliment of any kind.  They make it clear that if you do not agree to their every foolish statement or cater to their demands that they will leverage whatever manipulation upon you necessary to get their way.  They are in every sense of the word, Selfish.

They do what they do from this one motive.  It is not that you are as stupid or impatient as they claim.  It is that you did not meet their needs well enough or fast enough to their liking.  It is not that you have a problem, it is that they are at odds with everyone in their path who doesn’t give them what they want.  Selfish people are only happy under one set of circumstances.. when they are getting what THEY want.  Your joys or struggles mean little or nothing to them.  How they can use you or what they can get from you is their only true concern.

So how do these selfish people end up in our lives?  Sometimes they are family.   Sometimes they are ‘friends’.. though you’d be hard pressed to define in what way they ever treat you as a friend.  Sometimes they are the very spouse we married at a young and foolish age.  They could be a co-worker or a neighbor that ‘just won’t go away’.

And what do we usually do with such people?  Well, we try to be civil.  We try being patient.  We try offering them love or kindness hoping that in time they will be influenced to treat us the same way in return.  But it rarely works, or for very long.  

What I have found over the years is that taking  ’the high road’ by way of being patient with such people is fine as a first response.  But it is not a wise long-term response.  Just as children need to hear the response, “No.” from a parent.. these people need to hear the word, “No.” in response to their behavior.  They need to hear in a very clear way that you will not tolerate their rudeness, insults or unwanted criticisms.  Then you give them a chance to change.  Just like a child, if left without discipline that child will not understand that there are limits or consequences.  That child will become worse, not better, if left unchecked for their behavior.  It is no different with these selfish, demanding people who gain entry into our lives under the pretense of family or friendship.  Real family, real friends do not treat each other as they do.

There is a quote from a poem which says, “Beware the fury of a patient man.”  (– J. Dryden)  Perhaps we are more familiar with the saying, “It was the last straw to break the camel’s back.”.   Either way, there comes a time.. and there SHOULD come a time, when we finally say, “Enough!”.  We are done.  We are finished.  We are at the end of our patience and have none left for that person.  The only way we can go on and seek a tranquil life is to live a life WITHOUT them in it.  We don’t need to prove or say anything.  We don’t need their approval or permission.  We are simply ‘done’ having any more interaction with them.  No more conversations.  No more phone calls.  No longer welcome in our home.  It’s the end of the road, time for them to take their little show of horrors down the road because it’s not welcome in your living space any more.

And this is what you will find once you have reached that point.. Relief.  You will be relieved that you are no longer under the yoke of trying to satisfy their every childish whim to avoid their anger.  You will be relieved at no longer ‘walking on egg-shells’ in order to keep the peace.  You will be relieved that you can focus your time and mind to the many other wonderful and grand things that life has to offer.  There are other people in this world who still value common courtesy, mutual respect and kindness.  They make your life better, not harder.  They appreciate your assistance.  There are beautiful places to enjoy in this world, many of them only a thirty-minute drive away.  Parks, beaches, mountains, rivers, cities, museums.. so many OTHER things you can do with this short life you have that are 100% more beneficial to your soul than the time wasted putting up with nonsense from a selfish, life-sucking person who will never be satisfied.

My encouragement to you this day is.. draw that line.  It requires no confrontation.  Don’t wait for ‘the last straw’.  Just know that you have given your share of effort to find peace with that person and with no results.  Set the ringtone for their number to ‘silent’.  Send their emails to Spam.  Block them on Facebook.  Cut the ties in every way.  They must learn there are consequences to their actions, and one of those consequences is losing a decent person such as yourself out of their life.  Perhaps, just perhaps.. they may learn and treat what remaining decent people are in their lives better.  But don’t count on it.  Leave a fool to his own foolishness.  Keeping them in your vicinity is just asking for more insult and harm in your future.  You know who that person is already.  You have a life to live and with life already hard enough as it is.. you don’t need them making it even harder.

So, do your future a favor.. and ‘move on’ to better choices in how to spend what short and grand a life you have in front of you. 

Henry Velez
www.lifegoeson.net

 

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Worthy of Applause? Let’s Re-Think This..

Posted on | February 18, 2012 | No Comments

After receiving an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, “Chaplin”, when Robert Downey Jr. later went into a downward spiral with cocaine.. I was really disappointed in him.  Back then I told people what a shame it was because I thought he really had so much more to offer, but not as a drug addict.  I figured he’d permanently pissed away what could have been a great career, thinking Hollywood would never be able to trust him again to hold it together.

Which is why now.. years later, after getting his life back in order, it is with personal relief and joy for me to see him bounce back even better than before, starring in one great film after another.  He had some real drug issues that threatened to take him to an early grave, yet he got the help he needed and bounced back with vigor.

However.. I don’t see that with Whitney Houston.  The story is done.  She didn’t get ‘sober’.  She didn’t regain the use of her talent in any great ‘comeback’.  She spent what little money she had on drugs and weed.  And her last photographs are of her mouthing off to the media and passer-bys as she exited a club for being so obnoxious.

I applaud Robert Downey Jr. for the effort it took to bounce back from his own personal hell and get back on top, doing what he loves for a living.  Whitney Houston, she didn’t get the help she needed.. didn’t want it and ended her life on the same downward note that occurs with far too many other drug addicts, famous or not.  So, you’ll have to excuse me if I don’t weep a tear and call her, “..one more beautiful voice in heaven” with the rest of her short-sighted fans.

Let’s applaud those who pull OUT of drug addiction, not those who toss their life and talents down the toilet with it.

As I noticed bits of the Whitney Houston funeral on a screen in a restaurant last night, I think what bothered me most is the inequity of it all.   Celia Cruz was a true legend in the music business and a wonderful woman by all accounts.  Never into the drug scene and a true talent with a performing career that went strong for five decades.  Five decades.  She is known as the “Queen of Salsa” and a national treasure to both the US and Cuba.  Her career and influence on Latin music was truly legendary.

Whitney Houston, in her early days was a normal human being with a good voice.  But she degenerated into a loud, angry, fame-drunk, pissed-off black woman with no manners and a jones for pills, cocaine and weed.  Yet Whitney gets the star treatment for a career that doesn’t hold a candle to Celia Cruz?  Whitney had maybe ten ‘good’ years and a short acting career.. after that she was riding on fumes.  Meanwhile the media and her manager are trying to sell this as if Whitney was some sort of angel?  Some sort of wonderful example for little girls to imitate?  I, for one, would never want my daughter’s life to go the route of Whitney Houston.

It’s sad that a human being’s life went down in flames due to drug abuse.  But let’s not pretend she was someone to look up to or emulate.  Rather, could we instead point to those who, like Robert Downey Jr, Craig Ferguson (now 20 years sober), the members of Aerosmith and many others whether famous or not who have shown the courage to get OUT of the drug scene and live sober.  Let’s shine the spotlight on those who overcame their self-inflicted adversities, not those who succumbed to it.  Perhaps then, those still in chains would have reason to hope for freedom rather than fame.

Henry Velez
www.LifeGoesOn.net 

The Beast: A tale that defies belief.

Posted on | February 14, 2012 | No Comments

About 16 years ago, I had taken my three sons on our annual “Boyz Daze Out” trip.  Three days of summertime spent either in the mountains, at the beach, or in Mexico just my three sons and I.  This particular year it was San Diego.  My youngest son was about eight years old at the time.  Little did I know what we were in for.

 We checked into our hotel (I call it “urban camping”) and then we hit the pool.  Returning to the room, I got on the phone to order some pizzas to go with our movie rental.  That’s when I noticed my youngest son had spent about twenty minutes in the bathroom, and the toilet kept flushing.

 Finally he came out with a stunned look on his face.  He turned to his older brothers and said, “Hey, you guys gotta see this! We might need the manager.”   I stayed on the phone only to hear screams and watch my other two sons come running out of the bathroom, scared outta their minds.  ”Poppa! It’s… it’s HUGE!“, they shouted in a chorus of disbelief.

 My youngest one came out and asked me, “What we gonna do?“

 I went in there figuring a few good flushes ought to take care of this.  My heart stopped as I looked down upon the LARGEST, LONGEST, THICKEST single brown-boa bowl-snake I have ever seen at that point in my life — or any time since then!  Mind you, my son was only about eighty-five pounds at the time. This creature looking up at us was as big as his arm and begging us to give it a name.  It was one solid turd, too big to fit in the bowl without bending — but it wouldn’t break.  It was like semi-hard adobe clay.  I flushed.  It barely wiggled a little bit, and then just looked back up at us defiantly.  A hundred flushes weren’t going to take this beast down.  

 ”No one’s going to believe this...” one son said from the safety of the main room.

 ”What the hell did you eat?” my oldest son asked.

 Finally I turned to my youngest son and said, “I know what to do.”

 I went to my suitcase and got out the plastic bag I’d planned to use for my dirty laundry.  I felt sorry for what lay ahead for this poor plastic bag.  I handed it to my youngest son and started to explain, “What you gotta do is--”

 ”ME!??” he cried out.

 ”Yes, you brought this thing out into the open… you gotta kill it.” I continued. “You gotta put this bag over your hand, like a glove. Then reach down there and pinch it dead into about three pieces. Then flush him out to the ocean where he belongs.”

 ”But Poppa…!” he whimpered in disbelief.

 ”Oh, and don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.”

 The rest of us waited quietly in the other room while we listened to the bag being rustled around.  There was a brief moment of silence. And then screaming began. “AAAaaaaggggghhh! It’s… it’s… aaaaagggghhhh!!“

 We heard three flushes, and then he came out with a proud, beaming smile on his face.  ”YEP… it’s gone, alright!“

 To this day, my sons remember that eye-opening spectacle of horror.  They’ll be telling that tale around the campfire for generations to come.  My youngest son went on to do his infamous “all yellow-food”, “all-corn” and “all-Skittles” diets just to see what would come out the other end.  

Some days I wonder if that beast is really dead — or if it is snaking its way across the Pacific to scare some poor Asian girl at the beach one day.

 

Henry Velez
www.lifegoeson.net 

Whitney Houston: Who’s To Blame?

Posted on | February 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

It’s a shame that Whitney Houston passed away.  It’s a sad thing when most anyone would pass on.  As happens with most any death, those who were either close to her or, in the case of celebrities, some fans will try to gloss over or excuse the personal accountability of a life that was simply not lived well.  This then leads to pointing the guilt in some other direction.  What I have seen online from some fans of hers is this idea that, “somehow it is society’s fault” or “fame was just too much for her to handle”.

No.. no, no. There is nothing noble in trying to remove personal accountability and replacing it with putting the blame elsewhere.

Whitney Houston is to blame for the choices Whitney Houston made. Period. It’s not society’s fault. It’s not her manager’s fault. It’s not her parent’s fault. It’s not even Bobby Brown’s fault, although I will count him as an enabling influence.  But there’s a solution for that.. don’t hang around Bobby Brown.  Works for me every time.  No, if there’s any blame to be had at all.. it rests solely with Whitney Houston.

SHE decided to date an abusive, self-centered, drug-using idiot.. and then marry him. SHE decided to smoke marijuana-cocaine together as a habit. SHE decided to pop pills.

Even if anyone wanted to blame it on this “pressures of fame” nonsense.. look at all the other stars who handle fame just fine! You don’t see Harrison Ford, George Clooney, Adele, Celine Dion or so many others turning to drugs and pills to “handle fame”. Neither poverty nor fame are to blame for drug use.. people CHOOSE to use drugs because they suck at making good life decisions.

Over the years, whenever I happened to hear Whitney Houston sing the lyrics to her hit, particularly; “.. I found the greatest love of all, in me.  learning to love myself is the greatest love of all..“, all I heard was narcissism being sung in a wonderful key.  First of all, it takes no effort to love ourselves.. selfishness comes naturally.   Secondly, the greatest love of all is to love OTHERS, not yourself.  But because she was obviously unaware of this to repeatedly sing this song, it gives me a clue to her downward spiral.  How could anyone find happiness in this world thinking that loving, pleasing and centering their life around themselves was the path to happiness?  It’s like tossing gold into a black hole.. it never ends.  Give anything.. something to someone else in need and THEN she’d have known where to find the happiness she’d been seeking.  Instead she chose the simple, self-centered path.. drugs made her feel good, so she chose to take drugs.  Spending money foolishly made her feel important, so she ran herself into bankruptcy choosing that lifestyle.

So it’s not my fault, it’s not your fault, it’s not society’s fault that Whitney Houston let her life go down the toilet. Take some time one day to rent out Tina Turner’s story in, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?”. If anyone had reason to let their life go down in flames after all that happened to her, it was Tina. Yet she got back up and pulled her life together.

Don’t make excuses for Whitney Houston’s life.. it was the result of her own choices.   Just like the rest of us.

Henry Velez
www.lifegoeson.net 

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