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Woebeit far too many supposedly well educate and/or enlighten “humanoids” fail to grasp the concept of critical thinking, therefore they, for some unfathomable reason, tend to ignore their history and keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
That salient thought kept invading The Outer Limits of my cranial circuits as I watched the plight of the tired huddled masses (caught up in Hurricane Rita) on TV, from the comfort of my own address. Naturally, since my thought process borders dangerously on the edge of The Twilight Zone, I don’t think like ordinary folks. Thus, to better communicate with my readers, I try to be as objective as possible when I pontificate my Eyeview(s).
Even so, I’m often accused of ego-tripping, and/or being as crazy as hell when I offer my “practice what you preach,” or “Just Do It” philosophy as a solution for a myriad of problems bedeviling this sin sick planet. Then again, I always consider the source when most of my detractors obviously expect different results from their efforts, although they repeatedly do what they’ve been doing the same old way. As crazy as that sounds, ask yourself how many times you’ve been told, “That’s the way we’ve always done it around here.” Hey, you wouldn’t believe how many times I was chastised, or beaten for being too hard-headed to do things like everybody else was doing them without protest. Denial aside, you brothers and sister that had those dumb, “Because I said so,” parents, might as well pray with me. For sure, you’ve been there and done that.
Denial aside, since I personally know that many of your “Paw Paws” and “Big Mommas” aren’t the sharpest knives in the draw, I suspect that most of my more conscious brothers and sisters feel me. Stupid is as stupid does notwithstanding, all you have to do is stop, look and listen to some of the most brilliant people on this war torn planet discuss the very same issues today, that were being discussed by the most brilliant people at the dawn of civilization. Consequently, we are still pondering the innocent question, “Can we get along,” that was asked by Rodney King. For sure, most of you “Over-the-Hill” gang members remember old Rodney, who was beaten out of his allegedly drug saturated mind by the cops in 1991 Los Angles. Ironically, I just happened to be writing this epistle when a talking head on TV revealed that poor, old Rodney is in trouble, yet again.
In case you didn’t catch it, be my guest (FYI: “King, 40, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was being held on $25,000 bail. He was accused of threatening to kill his 23-year-old daughter, Candace, and her mother, Carmen Simpson, after the two got in a fight with King's current girlfriend, Dawn Jean. All three women live in King's home. The daughter, who called police, said King was armed with a handgun, but it turned out to be a toy, according to authorities.” -Los Angeles Times , Sept. 29, 2005.) Hey, the man suffered brain damage, so he has an excuse. So, let’s not get sidetracked from where I’m trying to go with this bit of logic. What I’m saying is, if the most elementary form of education is trial and error, one would have to be just a little off to not learn from experience. Wouldn’t you think?
Then why, pray tell, were all of those damn fools panicking as if they’ve never been caught in a storm before? Incidentally, were you one of them? Okay, okay. I hear you. It’s been several years since the Greater Houston area got hit by a natural disaster, so you was caught off guard. Then again, many of us have yet to fully recover from Alicia, so it should behoove those of us who should’ve been taught a valuable lesson to stay ready for any and everything to avoid an emergency situation. Oh? Your emergency was more about economics, than erroneous judgment. Hey, that game is way too weak, because as dumb as it was to be caught up in the freeway madness, it was even dumber to be out there broke. Fact is, some of the same folks who panicked into an emergency mode will do exactly the same thing the next time a life threatening disaster occurs.
Peer pressure aside, we always answered NO! when our momma’s asked, “If some fool told you to jump off a bridge, would you follow him?” But, alas, we repeatedly blindly follow our blind leaders into a ditch.
Furthermore, we find our educators and parents in the same ditch with us. Denial aside, mayhap we’re actually born crazy. For sure, we tend to continue our self-destructive behavior, woebeit we know better. In addition, there is a school of thought that it’s human nature to follow the herd, or even habitually make the same mistakes over and over. Hello crackheads and other drug addicts. I wonder if anybody knows where I’m coming from?