Men Are Still Running The Show

Once upon a time an outspoken and angry young man said that Men were the cause of the world's problems. He said that the prisons were chock full of men, men were the generals that ordered the killings, men were the paedophiles and men were the dictators. Most men were not like this, but most people like this were men.

Nothing has changed, in spite of a 2 female US Secretary's of State, 1 female US Speaker of the House, 1 female UK Home Secretary, 1 female UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1 female German Chancellor, 1 female Israeli Foreign Minister (pictured), 1 female failed US VP candidate and 1 female X Factor winner. With all these cracks in the glass ceiling why has nothing changed, in fact, why are things getting worse?

All these women have one thing in common - they are surrounded and advised by men. They are figureheads, maybe even tokens, who have been indoctrinated in the religion of conformity. They are towing the line, where they should be breaking it. They belong to the Male's favourite invention, the gang, party, sect, religion, club, caucus, call it what you like.

If Tzipi Livni (pictured) becomes the next Prime Minister of Israel, little, by itself, will change. She seems in fact to be the chief protagonist in the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Instead, what we need are numbers of women permeating the corridors of power at every level, in every country throughout the world. There will only be peace when the leaders (of whatever sex) are advised and funded by a balanced body of men and women, with individual viewpoints and the courage to speak their mind.

There is much work left to do.

Planet Earth 2025

Futurology is normally a load of old rubbish - the authors arrogance and inability to stand aside from their own set of values often means the predictions come to nothing. Whatever came of those inventions foretold in Tomorrows World? And what about the paperless office? To say nothing of the shamefully low hit rates of The Economist World In series and Old Moores Alamanac!

However, the latest official briefings for President Obama are extremely interesting and show significant signs of reality creeping in to the process. Its conclusions are many, but include:

• A demonstrable link between terrorism, religious fundamentalism and a dominance in the host population of males under 30. It foretells that as a population ages so it turns away from these horrors. Good news.
  

• An acceptance that an enhanced role of women across the globe is likely to result in less military spending, more concern for social and environmental issues and more openness to new ideas (where the solutions to global problems will of course be found)

It's almost as if i wrote it myself?

But all this begs the question - when can start to create the future we each need, and not be locked into someone elses agenda?

Palin Derangement Syndrome

Imagine if this image were replaced by one of Obama.
The cries of 'racism' and 'evil' would fill the airwaves.
But when a man in Los Angeles hangs an effigy of Sarah Palin outside his house there's no problem, read news report here.
If you want to know exactly what's wrong with our world you need look no further than the witch hunt currently being conducted against the Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. For a collection of examples go here, and here.
Granted, her party's policies aren't much good, but neither are her opponents - both parties are lacking in new ideas, just wanting to pursue more of the same.
Also, her religion isn't much good either, but nor are any of her opponents, they all quote the priest and the scientist as and when it suits them.
But, politics is not about policies (yes you read it correctly) it's about character.
Sarah Palin's pitch is this:
Government does not know best. People know best and should be allowed to move their own lives forward. Ordinary people know more than they are given credit for. Top notch education and a lifetime in a political bubble does not automatically bestow great ability.
And for this she is being crucified by the Obamedia (Obama supporters in the media, how interesting, there is no Wikipedia definiton?!) who believe that government always knows best. The elite that will run government and do run media in the USA plan to create a bureaucracy in order to 'help people'. But the nature of a bureaucracy (as we should know in the UK) is that the help gets lost behind endless targets, reports, meetings and consultants, and all that happens is the redistribution of suffering.
It'll all end in tears. McCain wins and the media shouts 'cheat' encouraging further Palin Derangement Syndrome. Obama wins and wait for the backlash when folks realise that he is not what is seems. Either way, America is more divided now than at any time since the Civil War. And the media bear a large responsibility for that.
What's the real lesson?
A black man or a white man is still a man, and that equals no change.
Still, everyone has to learn.
I'll blog on cheerier subjects after November 4th.

USA 2008 - The Verdict - Part 1 - McCain Palin

John Sidney McCain III - born 29/8/1936.
Key Numerology Energies 1, 2/11, 3, 4.

Sarah Louise Heath Palin - born 11/2/1964.
Key Numerology Energies 1, 2/11, 4, 6

We are each the sum of our natural talents and abilities, fused with what we choose learn this time around. By nature, McCain is a hothead, impatient, sarcastic, stubborn and awkward. But he is also an old man who knows hardship. So, has he learned from his mistakes and from his experiences? If he has then his negatives become positives and he becomes a leader, an independent, determined, disciplined and occasionally inspirational, with an appetite for left-field play. Sound like him? In reality he is a mixture of both positive and negative, but the fact that he has survived this far suggests that his positive is just (only) outweighing his negative. He does have a dark side, but I think he knows that he does. And that's a big plus.

The interesting thing about the numerology of Sarah Palin is that it is almost identical to that of McCain. He picked a 'mini-me with lipstick!' But where Sarah Palin is family orientated, McCain is not. Palin is emotional and powerfully protective of home (the USA) and family (Average Joe). She has a dark side, and maybe she is not yet fully aware of it, but she soon will be. Her husband is her Achilles heel. His actions, in time, will come to haunt her. Remember that you heard it here first.

McCain is in a Personal Year 11. This exxagerates his strengths and compounds his weaknesses. Whatever happens he must 'press pause' when things get too much for him. This coming year will test his ability to control his dark side. If he can do that, he might just squeak home, but it'll be tough for him, he won't like it and it'll show.

Palin entered a Personal Year '5' in Feb 2008 - variety, travel, opportunities, and growth - and enters a '6' in Feb 2009. That means responsibility for others. Vice President of America would nicely fit her personal vibration, but unfortunately the Personal Year 6 is all too often associated with an increased importance in matters of home and family. I'd say she'll be going back to Alaska to try to return to normality. Doggone it!

I can't see how these two can possibly win now, barring a crisis or some unforeseen event. The American public have swallowed Obamania, but maybe once the country chokes, President Palin can pick up the pieces in 2012.

Why so nasty to the Dems?
Obama's Numerology shows us he ain't what he seems.
Stay tuned...

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before...

The American Presidential Elections - 35 days and counting.
Historic elections, opportunity for renewal, best days ahead of us, evil Republicans, tax 'n' spend Democrats, economic crisis, hard working families, hard pressed families, average Americans, change, change for the best, change to win, change for a change, blah, blah, blah.
Check out this site - its astonishing how nothing has changed at all.
McGovern in 1972 was banging on about 'the people', Carter in 1976 was all about 'change', Reagan in 1980 was pushing the economy and the other guy not turning up at debates. Even Eisenhower in 1952 was talking about 'cleaning up Washington.'
Exactly the same themes as are being employed this time round.
But all that pales into insignificance against images of a fresh faced George W Bush! I was in the USA during the campaign in 2000 and it was inconceivable to me that he could ever win. And then he won twice! Do not put it past Americans to shock us again. It seems to me the country is gripped with fear and loathing, the product of decades of the same turkeys all dressed up in fresh wrappers every 4 years.
The last time a woman was on the ticket was 1984 and the site reminds us how much stick she got, just for being a woman. This time around the media attacks on Sarah Palin have bordered on hysterical. I always work on the assumption that if you're making people jealous and angry and resentful then you must be doing something right.
Perhaps the Democrats slogan should be 'Vote for change - then spend 4 years learning what the word really means.'

Celeb Watch - Denise Van Outen

I listen to Capital Radio, online and whenever i am in town.
I have always enjoyed the chemistry between Johnny Vaughan and Denise Van Outen, so when she agreed to join him on the breakfast show in February this year i was pleased, but it didn't seem right. So i checked out her Numerology, and my suspicions were confirmed. On her 34th birthday on 27th May 2008 she entered a Numerology Personal Year 6. This hails the start of a twelve month period where what matters is home and family - who she lives with, where she lives and how she lives - not work, money and career. No surprise over here then when on 29th July she announced she was quitting, while only mid way through her contract. You know, i would n't be surprised if there wasn't even more to it than that - moving house, marriage, babies? Time will tell, but either way, the moral of the tale is that timing is everything, and sometimes there are things more important than work..

And so we're back...

...from Outer Space, Hyperspace, Inner Space and of course from excessive mincing around on t'internet.
Posts will be more frequent from now on (words to regret?) so lets begin with this absurdity.
Do i need to revise my views about the female of the species being the saviours of the planet? Or is it just the Femail of the species that's the problem?