Obama wants to send American Industry to China..!

Today, I saw a clip of Pres. Obama saying how he wants to do with American Industry what was done with GM Chrysler.  Well, what was done with GM?  Well, GM received millions and millions of tax payers dollars in an illegal bail out for one.  What did American Citizens get out of this?  GM has sent much of its manufacturing plants to China, including their R&D department.  This means that China is getting the manufacturing capability as well as access to the new technologies being developed by GM..!

The GM Chrysler company is getting into bed with China, even going so far as to provide funding for a movie in China that glorified communism.  Is this the sort of things we can expect for the rest of our industries if Obama has his way??

What else has China gotten that the U.S. tax payers have paid for..?  Well for one, recently, China bought the patent for an Ion Lithium Car Battery that was paid for by American citizens through Federal funding, and when the maker went south, China was there to buy up the patent for cheap.  That's just a recent example, but certainly not the only one...

Where will it end?  What will we do about it?  You'll have to decide that for yourself...

Nikola Tesla: Do you know who he was? Or why you should care?

It is nothing short of a tragedy that one of greatest minds of the early 20th century has been at best ignored, or at worst deliberately omitted.  Who invented the radio?  When I was in school they were claiming it was Marconi.  Well, that is WRONG.  When you mention electricity, many people immediately think of Edison, but in fact, Edison was an OPPONENT of the current AC electrical system in use today.  Well, who did invent the modern electrical system in use?  The answer to both questions, is Nikola Tesla.

It was in fact, Tesla who invented the modern AC electrical system in use today, as well as the AC motors used in virtually every household and industrial appliance today.  While Marconi was the first to market radio, he was NOT its inventor.  That achievement belongs to Nikola Tesla as well.  In addition to these things, Tesla also invented the first remote control, and remotely controlled robotic device, as well as the Neon and Fluorescent light bulbs, NOT to be confused with Edison's Incandescent light bulb, which is falling out of use in favor of Fluorescent and other types of bulbs today.  Tesla also developed the basis for many technologies used today such as RADAR, and microwaves too.  Of course Tesla invented the 'Tesla Coils' which bear his name.  The Tesla Coils recently wowed audiences in the movie, the Sorceror's Apprentice with their amazing electrical arc displays.  Nikola was predicting the broadcast of sound and images all over the world at the turn of the century predicting the changes of the 1900's from the 1800's.  At the time everyone thought he was nuts, and today, it is just common knowledge.

Every technology using electricity and radio that affects our daily lives, owes its existence to Nikola Tesla.  When you wake up in the morning and turn on the light, Tesla made that possible.  When you turned on the TV to catch the latest news or entertainment, Tesla made that possible.  When you made your cup of coffee with the electrical appliance this morning, Tesla made that possible.  When you washed and dried your clothes in the machines, Tesla mad that possible.  When you used your blender for a meal, Tesla made that possible.  When you called your friend or family member on your cell phone, Tesla made that possible.  I could go on and on, but I won't.

How tragic is it, that many, if not most people on the street or even in school have no idea who Tesla was?  Tesla virtually created the modern world we live in, almost by himself.  He could have been the first Billionaire, but he didn't really care about money, other than it being able to provide him with a means to work and develop his ideas.  His lack of interest in business was in fact his downfall, leaving him at the mercy of others that would only support him as long as they had something to gain.  In Tesla's last years of active work, J. P. Morgan financed him, but once he discovered the true intentions of Tesla's aims he withdrew.  Since then Edison supporters (Edison was vehemently opposed to Tesla) have tried to stifle Tesla's reputation and education concerning him.  His true aim was nothing short of unlimited free wireless energy to the whole world.  He made other claims of technological possibilities that even today people are saying are impossible and nothing but quack ideas.  However, similar accusations had been made about things Tesla proved by demonstration, and are now considered common knowledge.  Had Tesla been able to complete his work, we might be living in a very different sort of world.

There is a great deal more to learn about Nikola Tesla's extraordinary life and accomplishments that you can learn about, but mainly I just wanted to answer those questions in the title.  Who was Tesla?  And why should we care?  He was nothing short of the father of the modern technological world, and simple gratitude and acknowledgement, should compel us to care.  Please support the inclusion of Tesla in the public education system, where he is routinely being ignored, and his achievement misrepresented as the work of others.

SOPA and PIPA... the names may sound silly, but they're actually kinda scary.

First off, I've neglected this blog for the last year, and I really shouldn't have, but water down the gutter and all that...  Anyways, I've felt the need to write about some things, and I'm doing so.  Thus...

I won't go into the minutiae of every detail about the bills, as there are plenty of blogs, articles, and other material that will cover it if you want a point by point analysis of them.  I know, because I've read and watched much of said material myself.  I want people to be aware of these bills, because they will NOT actually stop piracy or copyright infringement.  What they WILL do is stifle online communities, and make the last 'free' domain a thing of the past.  Virtually any community website where a user can upload digital material of just about any sort will be in danger.  This blog, entertainment fan sites, youtube, facebook, flicker, and literally thousands of other websites could be targeted by these bills, if passed.  Any forum you visit on the internet could be taken out, fan websites where entertainment enthusiast gather could be a thing of the past, and sites like facebook that allow friends and family to stay connected could be gone.

Just some harsh truths to consider.  I'm a Stargate fan, and currently MGM is doing nothing with the franchise, at all.  During the height of popularity, MGM did have a fan community site, but it has since been taken down because they no longer were interested in keeping the stargate community running.  On the other hand, fan created websites, such as gateworld.net are still alive and kicking because the fans are STILL interested enough to keep it alive, even though the francise owner currently has no plans to produce more Stargate TV or movies.  Such sites give those fans a continued place to rub shoulders, discuss topics related to the show or not, and to find others with similar interests and views.  Well such sites often have pictures, video clips, and other things that MGM or even other non-stargate related companies could point at with SOPA and/or PIPA and have them shut down, essentially ignoring the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, allowing reasonable usage of such materials.  In fact, MGM itself encouraged fans to make fan videos and other things using said materials..!  Why?  They felt it was in their best interest to allow fans to express their love for the show.  With these bills however, a company exec only worried about money and copyright laws could easily shut down fan sites because they were using stills and clips from a currently defunct franchise.  I'm not saying they WOULD, but they COULD.

The reality is that fan sites actually generate interests in entertainment materials, ultimately generating revenue for the creators, more than they lose.  However, not all entertainment producers are so enlightened.  Fans were creating and streaming subbed anime long before the industry caught up, and simply began to do it themselves, because they realized they had a large following overseas, and that by offering the shows for free themselves, they were only helping themselves when they finally got around to distributing it on DVD for sale.  They realized that by allowing a fan base to grow, they would have more consumers of hard copies of the materials in the form of DVD sales and other products, such as toys and clothing.

Truly, if Hollywood is so worried about their copyrights, why don't they just offer to stream new movies into people homes with their OWN websites, for a price, such as Netflix, and other such sites.  They could charge more for newer movies, and even have a library of films they've produced to be streamed at a price, so that they continue to generate income on their older movies, outside of DVD sales.   Many people download movies and such because they simply have no other access to it, because they live in conditions that  don't allow acquisition any other way.  Some because of where they live, and others because of conditions that prohibit visits to a movie theater.  True, that isn't all the cases, at all, but those cases are part of it.  The point being, that the movie industry (and other) are using the government to protect their investments instead of better business practices, that reflect the state of technology and the times.  It really is NO different than companies begging Congress for a bail out for their own bad business choices.  Except in this case, it gives them MORE power, and hurts a lot of innocent people. Why don't they just try enforcing laws that are already on the books, instead of creating new laws that still won't get the job done, and create problems besides.

Having said that, I hope you let your Senator and Congressman know how you feel about it.

What kind of world do you see?

It seems to me that there are at least three types of people, in how they view the world.  The first group of people I suppose we might call 'The Ostriches', if we absolutely must label them.  These are people who seem exclusively caught up in their own lives, jobs, and immediate family and have little patience for anything outside of it.  They don't really question the larger reality around them, and as long as they are able to live relatively undisturbed by that reality, they are content to leave it be.  It is certainly understandable.  Parents have their jobs and families to look after, and often don't have time for a lot of leisure activities, so they pick and choose that which interests them most to deal with.  Often it is hanging out with friends, sports, cookouts, and very 'normal' types of things.  For these people, the world is a neat explainable box, with very defined borders.

The second group could be called 'The Cats'.  These are people who are obsessed with the larger reality around them.  Topics that range from Spirituality to Theoretical Physics, Angels to UFO's, or Atlantis to the Future of Humanity.  However, we live in a 'realistic' world so those people are naturally dragged back to the day-to-day experiences of life.  Still, they make it a point to look into these matters when they have time to do so, and have little time for sports and much of 'popular culture'.  Some of them focus on specific topics and the others try to look into all (or at least several) of the strange phenomena that seem to occur in our world.  They are not content with the 'official' explanation and seek a greater understanding of the reality around them.  I think it would be fair to say, that some of these people can be strongly caught up in their topic of interest, to the point of ridicule by some.  For these people, the world is a chaotic mixture of the unexplained, and nearly without borders.

Finally, you have everyone who fits somewhere between these two extremes in varying degrees.  I think most people fall under this category.  I suppose we could call this group 'The Chameleons'.  They mostly blend into the group they most associate themselves with, but have a certain affinity with the other side as well.  Essentially this group is subdivided into at least two categories, 'The Ostrich Chameleon' and 'The Cat Chameleon'.

The Ostrich Chameleon is someone who is basically caught up with their own day-to-day lives, like the Ostrich, but are at least willing to have an opinion about things that may not directly affect them.  On occasion they may even have a serious conversation about UFO's (or whatever), but the personal search into such topics is not very strong, and only a passing interest.  It seems to me, that most Chameleons fit into this subtype.  For these people, the world is a neat explainable box, but with questionable borders.

At last, The Cat Chameleons are people who have more than a passing interests in the reality around them, but still try to take a realistic view on things as well.  In other words, they try to temper their interests in the unexplained with a dose of realism.  These people are the ones who, while interested in the unexplained, also attempt to study it in a systematic and thoughtful way, and are not prone to flights of fancy.  Many scientists fall under this category.  For these people, the world is a chaotic mixture of the unexplained, but with definable borders.

I think it should be said that people falling into these categories, do so in various degrees, some more strongly than others.  Labels can be annoying, and misleading, but I don't think I was entirely unfair to any of the groups I've listed here.  The Ostriches DO have their heads stuck in the sand, and ignore everything that doesn't touch them personally.  The Cats DO often allow their curiosity to get carried away, and sometimes take their interests to an extreme.  The Chameleons DO try to blend into the group they most associate with, while maintaining ties to the other side.

Personally, I think I am a 'Cat Chameleon', although it could be argued that I'm a little more Cat than Chameleon.  Still, I don't get carried away with any particular topic per se, and I'm willing to look into all the possibilities.  I think there probably was some sort of civilization or civilizations in the prehistory which we know nothing about, even if none of them were Atlantis or Ancient Astronauts.  I believe there are non corporeal beings (spirits), even if I can't explain them.  I believe there is something going on in the skies above our heads, but I have no personal knowledge of what 'they' are.  I am strongly interested in the theoretical sciences (physics in particular) and where they could lead mankind.  I believe strongly in personal spirituality, although I am suspicious of organized religion.

Although I have an interests in all of those things, I'm not one of the 'quacks' out there claiming that I have personal knowledge of any of it.  Nor can I be 100% certain, that those 'quacks' don't know anything at all.  Concerning UFO's, there are professional military officers, police, pilots, astronauts, government officials, and average people who have all come forth with not only experiences, but documented evidence, that can't be explained away.  I myself have had a UFO experience that I have yet to have had properly explained as to what it could have been.

I have recognized that the more I've learned, the more I realize how much I don't really know.  I try to keep that in mind when it comes to things I don't understand.  As Shakespeare said in one of his plays, "There is more in Heaven and Earth, than is dreamt of in your philosophies".  Still, there IS evidence that the world is much more complex than we know.  I do believe that our government is covering up the truth about UFO's, as are other governments around the world.  Several governments have recently released documents that do indeed prove that their have been encounters with crafts and beings that do not seem to be from this world.  It isn't as though the UFO phenomena is only happening here in the USA and nowhere else.  There has been hard evidence showing that unexplained craft are virtually on a daily basis are violating sovereign airspace to nations on every continent, and there is nothing that any government can do about it, but neither are most of them willing to admit it either.

As a result, I can't help but wonder why there isn't even more of an outcry by people than there is.  I can't help but think it is largely due to 'The Ostriches' and 'The Ostrich Chameleons' that our government (and others) are able to get away with outright lying to us on a daily basis about the matter.  There is documented proof to show that government agencies (CIA, FBI, USAF, and others), have been lying about their involvement (or lack, as those agencies claim) with the UFO phenomenon.  When they finally were ordered to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act, much of what they handed over was blacked out, so you couldn't read what was written on the documents.  Isn't that a violation of law???  It has been said that President Clinton actually tried to find out about some of it, and he was told he didn't have a 'need to know'.  How could the Commander in Chief possibly NOT have a 'need to know'?  How is it, that unelected bureaucrats are able to stonewall our elected officials and the American public, and most people don't care enough to be concerned about it?

Until the American public gets truly motivated to find out what is going on, I think our government is going to continue to lie to us about the UFO topic.  The reason I'm covering this particular 'unexplained' topic so strongly, is because this is the one our government is actively lying about.  I'm sure the government lies about a lot of things, but this topic concerns the security of our air space at least, and possibly the world itself.  How can we claim to be a Democracy, or a Representative Republic, if neither the public or the elected officials are being given information they need to make informed decisions?  I believe that it is definitely something we as citizens should be concerned about, as this is more than just about unknown flying craft, but also the ability to have any trust in our government system.

Time Travel Today...

Could 'Time Travel' exist right now?  Normally, I'd say, "No way!", but I came across an interesting radio show, Coast to Coast with Art Bell, where a man claims that it is here now.  Also, normally, I'd say that guy is probably just a 'quack', but this guy certainly has the appearance of being legitimate.  His name is Dr. David Lewis Anderson, of the Anderson Institute devoted to "Time Control Technology".  Here is his company's website...  The Anderson Institute

You can also hear the Art Bell radio show yourself and listen to this man's claims for yourself at Youtube.  The link for that is...  YouTube - C2C 2010 with Art Bell pt. 1

This particular show is divided into 16 parts on Youtube, of about 10 min. per part.  So it's about the length of a movie and popcorn.  Dr. Anderson is a former U.S. Air Force officer and military scientist, who upon separation built his own company.  He says he was working on Long Island, New York (Montauk?) and these days he's at a secured facility in New Mexico.  Ironically, he says he was doing the radio program over a secured encrypted satellite phone, as they had no normal landlines at the facility.  Of course, the show is heard all over the U.S. on radio and around the world over the Internet.

He says at this point in time they are able to both accelerate and decelerate time, as much as 300% (very possibly much more), but he is unable to reveal the actual amount.  In other words as a person outside the field experiences 1 hour, a person inside the field (decelerated) would experience 3 hours, or 20 minutes (accelerated).  They've even reversed time, and watched a clock stop, and then begin to reverse the motion of its gears.  He says they've come a long way from the amount of things they could do a few years ago, and from the things he could describe.

On top of all this, he says our country is NOT the only one doing this.  He cited Japan, China, and even India (which he says is further along than anyone else at the moment, with the largest temporal research facility) are doing experiments and development of their own.  He says they have a "Temporal Tremor Detector" that allows them to detect when time manipulation is occurring.  This is because every time someone messes with the space-time field around the Earth it is detectable because of the disturbances it creates.  He says they've sent plants into the future AND into the past.

The lay physics student may say, "Wait..!  Doesn't time travel take enormous amounts of energy?"  Dr. David Anderson answers, Yes, but they've discovered that although it does take a large amount of energy in relative terms (of say how much an individual household uses), it actually doesn't require that much energy at all, or at least not with the method they are using, which is called a Time-warp Field.  He says that seemingly against the laws of physics, they find that they get more power than what they are putting into it.  The field they create is specifically called a 'Closed Time like Curve'.  What they discovered is that once the field is created they 'open' a conduit (my word) of huge amounts of energy generated by the Earth's spin itself.  He says this could very possibly lead to free energy for the world if this technology could be properly controlled.  This he says is the basis for their Time Reactor concepts.

However, Morality, is Dr. Anderson's greatest concern recently for Time Control.  The potential uses for this technology he says could be both wonderful or terrible for either the entire human race or an individual.  He says that some of the positive things with this technology would be to be able and go back and find out exactly what the dinosaurs looked like.  That we could go back and find out exactly what did happen in the ancient past, such as finding out if Atlantis was real, and if so where it really was.  Those things are only the tip of the potential iceberg.

On the other hand, it's also possible to literally wipe someone out of existence and possibly bring new people into existence that weren't there before as a result of altering the timeline.  You could potentially go back and maneuver events to change the way in which history unfolds.  For example, you could go back and assassinate Adolf Hitler before he ever came to power, but who is to say this couldn't cause an even worse chain of events to unfold that could devastate the present.  If one went far enough back, and caused enough damage, it might even be possible to wipe the human race from existence.

Now hopefully, there might be some sort of restrictions or limitations built into the universe that prevent some of the worst possible results of time travel, but I don't know that.  I think I may email the Anderson Institute to find out if they've seen anything like that.  That would be comforting, but even if there are limitations, that doesn't mean the limits are strong enough to prevent catastrophe.

Dr. David Anderson says he is concerned that if mankind doesn't find a way to unite and come to peace with itself, that in the relatively near future we may experience the first Temporal War.  Such an event could completely alter the world as we know it, by literally rewriting history and redrawing the political maps.  Dr. Anderson says that the concept of alternate time lines, where you go back and change history and thereby cause a parallel universe to branch off from the original, and keeping the original timeline intact, is in fact probably false from the experiments they've done.  So he says he strongly wants people to educate themselves on this technology and push our government for disclosure of this technology to the public so that we can make moral and responsible choices with the technology.

Time travel into the future is another possible issue.  Yes, we could possibly go into the future and find the cure for cancer and other technology, or an individual could learn the winning numbers of a lottery.  Of course, this is literally theft from either an individuals intellectual property or from collective society depending on what was taken.  The possibilities of what could be learned are virtually limitless.

Is this really true?  I'm not personally involved, so I don't know how true this is.  However, as far as I can tell this is legitimate, and if so, we all really should be aware and concerned.  This really could rewrite history.

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving..!

I have been absent from my blog for a while, but I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving..!  My Thanksgiving was a good one, able to spend the day at my Mom's place, and visiting with my sister and her hubby when they arrived.  I brought over my Sony 40" LCD TV, Blu-ray player, and my collection of Blu-ray movies.  We spent much of the day visiting and watching movies, and of course eating..!  I had 2 plates of food, and several refills of my sister's sweet tea..!  I was the last to leave, but of course, by then I was tired, and ready for some sleep.

It wasn't fancy, but it was with family, and I can honestly say I enjoyed the time spent.  I think that in the end, isn't that all that really matters?  I've had more 'traditional' Thanksgiving holidays in the past that were less enjoyable, so honestly, as long as your enjoying yourself it doesn't matter even if your having cheeseburgers instead of turkey.  (We had ham...  :P )  Anyways, here's to hoping for an enjoyable Christmas holiday next..!

My Veteran Memories

I wish all my fellow Veterans a happy Veteran's Day..!  Our Armed Forces should always be appreciated, because they are the ones who go into harms way for the people of this nation.  It is their presence that keeps potentially hostile nations and peoples at bay.  Whatever you may think about the wars that the politicians send our troops to, we must never forget that the Soldiers, Marines, Seamen, or Airmen are there to protect this country and its people.

I myself served for a while in the U.S. Air Force, and was stationed at Aviano, Italy.  I was there during the Kosovo Air War, and most of the aircraft participating in it were coming out of our base, Aviano Air Base.  I watched the Stealth F-117's taking off quietly, and I saw the protesters sleeping in tents near the front gate of the base, as I passed them on the road while riding my bike.  I saw the protest parade march past the front gate, as protesters shot bottle rockets over the fence.  I recall watching CNN in the break room outside (a small shed like building), and leaning against the doorway, seeing a cargo aircraft coming in for a landing during a live broadcast on the TV.  I looked out towards the runway, and was amazed to be seeing the same exact image on CNN as I was seeing with my own eyes out in the distance.

I was assigned to help off load aircraft coming in for the operation (the Air War), and I helped the marines offload from Cherry Point MCAS, NC.  I got to talk to a lot of the marines, and ask them how the home town was doing (I lived in New Bern, NC which is only a few miles away from Cherry Point).  I was able to watch videos of guided missiles striking their targets, after the aircraft returned from their missions.  You could actually see men through the windows or doorways, running away just moments before the missile struck and the screen went blank.

Right next to my work station, the marines had their Prowlers parked, and they were noisy..!  For a short time the Army had their Blackhawk Helicopters located there, and then they moved to make room for the Prowlers.  I remember watching a U2 Spy plane taking off, and I once saw a huge Russian cargo aircraft parked along the runway.  I remember riding the bus around the entire flight line, just to see the F-117's in their parking areas.  I still remember the view of a flat landscape with vineyards on one side of the base, and off in the distance the massive wall of mountains that make up part of the Alps.  I lived at the foot of that mountain range, and it was quite a view.  Snow covered in the winter, and green on parts during the summer, with a large rocky crag to the east.  I remember seeing para gliders, riding the air during the summer, and wishing I could do it too.

I had quite a few memorable experiences in Aviano, Italy.  I sort of regret not getting out more than I did, but I do at least have some interesting memories of interesting times.  Once more, a Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow Vets out there, including my Dad and other members of my family, and friends..!