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I'd called myself a patriot
when I didn't know its meaning...
but I've discovered much since then,
and such is contravening.
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Oh, I'm still a patriot,
and I'd fought my country's wars,
...but I'd been sold a "bill of goods..."
down primrose paths was "lured."
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...And bill of goods is meant here...
institutionally and educationally!
The histories taught were lies outright...
an abject "whitewash," of mendacity!
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See, there's never been the "balance," then
that "they'd" proclaimed we'd had;
that heroes were real heroes,
and the villains always bad?!
Black was "black"
...and white was "white"
and ne'er the twain should meet!
Gray's inconsequential?
...Draws but "dim-bulb's..." errant "freaks"!
Too?! UFOs are foolishness,
and "science" has its right...
to its campaign to "lead the way"
to fight that "wacky blight"!
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Yes, their "evasions," they'd self-justify,
their "logic's" bent to suit—
their "facts" are misdirected...
and REAL data? Rendered moot!
Plus history's obfuscated,
so our character's destroyed;
our rights are then suspended
As injustices are deployed!
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There's "too damn many people,"
so respect gets parsed too fine;
we lose the "individuals"
who must worship at some "shrine"
(...or at least its self-appointed!)
while the *classes* are proscribed...
is what I would confide.
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And there is class, make no mistake;
schools "train" those fated "service work,"
to "good" employees—tools!
The upper class won't truck with that
so places privileged kids
in academic luxury
denied to those... dismissed!
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That's the rhyme and reason
for this warfare based on class.
The rich get ever richer...
as the poor pay more for gas.
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"What's this to do with UFO's?,"
a purist's prone to ask!
Well, an "errant class" is in control!
...And, it's blowing off its task!
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See? It's them who owns the moldy keys
to black vaults, underground!
It's them who hold the reins they own
through graft which... ...must astound!
It's them controls the "scientists"
with "the best place at the trough,"
it's them controls the doctors...
forcing drugs on kids! Enough!
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Everything is UFOs, I point out yet again.
They parallel our culture.
They're woven with it, friend.
It's them outside your eggshell
which has just begun to crack.
They redefine our futures...
lately tyrannous and daft!
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See, theirs is but the "status quo"
they're "happy" with... one can't but know,
and to that end they've raised an army:
politicos all smiles and charming,
talking heads of any gender
—mostly male, but "groomed" pretenders—
...grifting lawyers in platoons
who wear you down, then suck your juice...
Judges in elitist pockets,
soldiers with atomic rockets,
and all the cops who taze you down
for taking, but, your wallet out...
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You could bet that UFO's
are better for you, then, than those.
UFOs? Why... you're off "the meter"?
UFOs? ...Some brakes upon the cheaters?
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This could mean that you'd get juice
to feed yourself and be set loose?
Do they point to that "free lunch"
that 'rightists' scold is "panties-bunch,"
but if it lets one reach far higher...
if "lunch" is not their top desire?!
One's Grasp can then equate its Reach!
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See, we eschew our "priests" and "kings"
—the dogma these create like bling—
to point to futures born in space
where Humans have a point... ...a place!
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They're the reason we're controlled
by those who'd keep their "status quo"!
They might access a cleaner power,
or help us raze our flimsy "towers"...
lead us to a "state of being"
existing in our better dreams?
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That's the thread of my suspicion
and at the root of my ambition.
I've a feeling that we'd share
the same concerns that must be there.
ALL are born of star stuff, friend,
and that's a fact we shan't pretend,
forgetting that we don't admit...
It may be that we're mere fruit—
our genes, in fact, are facts of truth!
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...Yes, from "someone else's" test tube,
nothing special... think of that.
Were but a crass experiment,
a failure... and but worthless scat?!
Yeah, it may be that we are NOT
—and never really were—
God's "sun source of creation,"
...but a common junkyard cur!
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Too, it may be the "gods" we have...
are mere "shadows on the wall,"
shadows cast from some cosmic light...
that we can't "see" at all!
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Yes, it may be we live like apes
to "screw" for its percentage,
and do so with a soul too weak...
to make any line of scrimmage...
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It may be that we don't earn
the arrogance we feel.
...But, ALONE in all this cosmos?
...I would chance some better deal!
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We don't have to pay the freight
for those who WON'T believe,
who are comfy in their towers
at the centers of their "needs."
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See, given common 'druthers,
please try to understand,
but over one who blithely "won't" (?),
please give me one who "CAN"!
Give me folks who aren't afraid
to reach beyond themselves...
to an efficacious future
that "disclosures" must foretell!
Let the secrets all run free,
and through the clearing dust...
we'll find that we're set free, at last,
to a freedom we can trust!
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Then give us just a decade! See?
The asteroids are ours,
with plenty left to share on out
to others from the stars.
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We are individuals!
We've talent all our own.
Yet we are subjugated
by some arbitrary thrones!
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These "thrones" reward intolerance.
That throne's a shallow line.
That throne would have our thoughts proscribed
by those we should despise!
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Now teams are all important,
where the bigger "weave" gets spun,
and we can see utility from stuff
that teams have done,
but I point out a truer truth
that an upper class forgets:
the weakest link defines the chain;
it's strong links are the best!
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These "links" are individuals,
and if needs be? Stand alone.
It's best they be autonomous
for the thoughts they can compose.
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Do this sans all worry's...
trepidation, I suggest.
See, people still need people.
With this you can't object.
Stronger links still link right up,
...but then a CHAIN they make!
...Look! The individual's KEY my friends,
or teams are rigged and fake!
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Remember, I'm a patriot...
whose reach has gotten wide.
I've embraced a renaissance
including "space" and "sky."
My country is the whole of Earth,
her moon and NEAs;
my land includes the moons of Jove,
the "belt," and Mars I say!
My home is where I'm conscious,
and my bed's still deep in space,
my table is civility,
and new settings are in place!
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My world is the multi-verse,
this place where we must ...dare...
where life evolves to teach itself ...
...Our Gods shan't put us there!
lehmberg2002@gmail.com
www.AlienView.net
NEAs are Near-Earth Asteroids, our ascending starlight staircase to the stars... Hello!
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As regards that—well-justifiably—maligned "upper class," (a trillionaire is an abomination!) they could have it their way, painlessly and above board, riches beyond their most fervidly psychopathic imaginings... They could realize their most fervid dreams if they but demonstrated the most minimal respect for the instruments of their monstrous wealth! Who are these "instruments"?
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Individuals! Them and them alone! You see, some regard must be shown to those who provide... and for others more privileged than themselves... such grand largesse!
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It's this aforementioned, "elitist disrespecting," standing in the way of space exploration, cosmic disclosure, and even respect for the common person; make no mistake. This seems demonstrable. They've a "bird in hand" and wouldn't even consider an effin' cornucopia in the very achievable bush. That's no mistake either.
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As regards "individual autonomy"... It's not anarchy and the end of polite society! Far from it! Those autonomous and so too-well-foundationed individuals just have a more secure spot from which to lever a greater power than that presently enjoyed... and then be able to contribute even more to the positive synergy... of an efficacious team. Individual Autonomy, one might discover, won't drive teams apart as much as make a team even MORE productive, intelligent, and far-reaching. Better, would be the word used.
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It's this aforementioned, "elitist disrespecting," standing in the way of space exploration, cosmic disclosure, and even respect for the common person; make no mistake. This seems demonstrable. They've a "bird in hand" and wouldn't even consider an effin' cornucopia in the very achievable bush. That's no mistake either.
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As regards "individual autonomy"... It's not anarchy and the end of polite society! Far from it! Those autonomous and so too-well-foundationed individuals just have a more secure spot from which to lever a greater power than that presently enjoyed... and then be able to contribute even more to the positive synergy... of an efficacious team. Individual Autonomy, one might discover, won't drive teams apart as much as make a team even MORE productive, intelligent, and far-reaching. Better, would be the word used.
True, there's no "I" in team, but there is a "me" if'n you're not picky about letter order and another given a color separation. More well-vetted responsible people, acting in the capacity of emergency police, astonishingly, not less... should carry concealed weapons, even... just spitballin'...
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The point? Anything contributing to a safer more individual autonomy should be busily encouraged. It adds quality to the contribution an individual can make to a team of similar individuals. That makes the care and feeding of individuals key, and NOT of secondary importance. The individual IS key to the efficacy of any team.
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Right now, we don't have a lot of respect for our individuals, and as the population goes steadily up, less all the time. There will be no "profit" that comes with that.
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As regards UFOs being everything... Well, the fact of their existence would change everything in the same way occurring were we to abruptly discover that there were other civilizations in the unexplored region across space's metaphorical river—if we discovered that we had powerful witnesses to our arbitrary crimes of convenience and our practiced serial sociopathy, eh?
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The kids in Golding's "Lord of the Flies," unfettered by any mentoring and adult leadership, ran hot and rampant until the grownups showed up at the end of the novel to sort them out and re-civilize them... hmm. "Adult supervision" would settle some errant aspects of humanity's hubristic hash, eh?
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Right now, we don't have a lot of respect for our individuals, and as the population goes steadily up, less all the time. There will be no "profit" that comes with that.
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As regards UFOs being everything... Well, the fact of their existence would change everything in the same way occurring were we to abruptly discover that there were other civilizations in the unexplored region across space's metaphorical river—if we discovered that we had powerful witnesses to our arbitrary crimes of convenience and our practiced serial sociopathy, eh?
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The kids in Golding's "Lord of the Flies," unfettered by any mentoring and adult leadership, ran hot and rampant until the grownups showed up at the end of the novel to sort them out and re-civilize them... hmm. "Adult supervision" would settle some errant aspects of humanity's hubristic hash, eh?
Golding wasn’t saying “children are bad.” He was saying humans without structure, accountability, or sensible norms will drift toward chaos—because civilization is a practice, not a default state.
In the novel: remove mentorship, institutions, shared norms, accountability, and adult supervision... then add fear, scarcity, charisma, and tribal "identity"?
The result is violent hierarchy, myth-making, and authoritarian drift... that's the history.
When the naval officer arrives at the end, the boys don’t just stop — they collapse, because the sudden reappearance of authority reminds them of the civilization they abandoned.
Golding’s point wasn’t about kids. It was about humans.
Reasoned? Civilization isn’t the opposite of chaos. Civilization is the management of chaos. Remove the managers—the norms, the laws, the accountability—and humans behave exactly like Golding’s boys:
Myth replaces truth!
Fear replaces reason!
Power replaces cooperation!
Cruelty replaces restraint!
An illustration would be the behavior of the current administration in 2026...
...Adult supervision isn’t about grownups, per se. It’s about structures that keep us grown up. Structures that encourage an efficacious maturity. Woke structures... true by watch and warrant! We'll stop there.
...Adult supervision isn’t about grownups, per se. It’s about structures that keep us grown up. Structures that encourage an efficacious maturity. Woke structures... true by watch and warrant! We'll stop there.
Restore John Ford!
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