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Thursday, Oct 15, 2009
As you can see, my blog is more about things that are of concern to me than of events of my life. Maybe this is boring to some, but I feel driven to bring up things that bother me, and hopefully come up with ideas for resolution. That is why I am using some of the text of my book and also some of my off the wall comments that relate to the book, which really means relating to what is going on today.
Things of Concern covers ten significant subjects that threaten mankind’s survival. I mean survival with a capital S, and that means the human race at risk. Each chapter presents subject material that leaders and politicians speak loudly to, but for which none seem able to obtain either consensus or resolution.
Subject matter includes global terrorism, global conflict, WMD, and the world economy. I discuss each with regard to cause, impact, and potential resolution. Local, national, and world issues are presented, as well as what can be done to eliminate these conditions. Education in all areas of the world is pivotal in catalyzing resolution, in generating perspective, in creating opportunity, in combating ignorance, in offering a ladder towards rational behavior.
I discuss societal issues, starting with the environment, relative to each country and to the world, and impact of change. I also present the impact on society of drugs and drug proliferation, and what can be done to resolve this. Then the ubiquitous societal issues associated with pregnancy, birth, old age and death. Finally, the hit parade is rounded out with illegal immigration, and national emergencies. These relate both to individual countries and to any form of world society. Once again, education is a major factor in offering a long-range perspective as part of the arsenal to combat these issues.

In all of these items, I recognize that change must include careful planning prior to implementation- this means introducing the problem, offering a right solution, and presenting a gradual implementation plan.
After presenting issues and opinions on these items, the manuscript offers proposals for resolution of each item, and then pulls like items together into overall plans. Key to resolution is the methods applied towards the education of the young, and what and how this should be instituted.
Joe G.

Hoorah, it's started

Sunday, October 11, 2009

It’s done. I wrote “THINGS OF CONCERN”, what I call a dissertation relating to the state of the world and the state of mind.

You might be thinking “so what”? Well, just take a look at the momentous issues existing within life as we know it today- look at the threats all around us, look at life’s imperfections. The book is my offer of response to a “so what?” inclination.

Life’s imperfections? More than just not perfect, I think some things are so dysfunctional they are anti-life. They are part of the realities of our living, breathing existence. Hey, I am not knocking the beauty, boundless opportunity, and pleasures we derive from our world; it’s that good things need nurturing and tending, and we need to insure that threatening forces do not destroy our opportunities for happiness.

I think that “right” communication is one of the key aspects to resolution, and I would love to see us all equipped with the ability to speak, to listen, to think, and to respond positively. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen- our skills are not always positive.
Here’s a summary offered by one of the several publishers who looked at the manuscript:

“This cogent manuscript presents opinions and in-depth analysis of contemporary relevant topics. It considers impacts and inter-relations of issues of terrorism, war, retribution and restitution, economics, intolerance, education, morality, and …much, much, more. It discusses world perception of America and America’s recent actions.

The author offers thought-provoking suggestions for resolutions, urging acknowledgement of issues and consideration of the impacts of consequent actions.

The text is a call for response, for recognition of the golden rule, and stepping up to responsibility. Throughout, the concept of property wends it way through the issues, showing that any affront on property is theft of your personnel worth, and that only your own personal giving is a valid action.

The author sees America and the world in a similar light: the need for common recognition that what you personally create is the only thing you can offer, and that the purpose of your government is to protect that one inalienable right to your own property. Only through suitable education will this message resonate to world citizenry, because too often awareness is not raised above bare subsistence, leaving a mind-set of “give-me” rather than the loftier perspective of offering effort and receiving just worth as a contractual fulfillment.”