9/13/24
...or maybe I think too much.
After the demonic Covid-Me-To-Freakout enveloped the world in late 2019, the "scales" from my eyes have been dropping. Dropping like dead flies.
Yesterday I thought to myself "maybe they are all wrong?"
Who are the "they" I speak of?
The experts, scientists, media talking heads, school teachers, politicians, artists, IPDITs (Important People Doing Important Things), government workers, religious leaders, social media "influencers," even our own family members.
What are they wrong about?
Pretty much most things that spew out of their mouths.
I question everything anyone says. I mean EVERYTHING. What a sad way to live, but that is how I have evolved after 4+ years of blatant worldwide lies in the name of evil chaos, ego power tripping and rampant money laundering by pretty much anyone who took part in the Covid-Me-Too-Freakout.
PUG, YOU ARE A CONSPIRACY NUT JOB.
Am I?
I question and "ass"-ume many supposed truisms in life may be NOT true, and may in fact be downright dangerous. Some biggies I question are:
VACCINES
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
CANCER TREATMENT
MODERN MEDICINE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TAXES
DINOSAURS
9-11 TERRORIST ATTACKS
MOON LANDINGS
COVID-ME-TOO-FREAKOUT
Sure most are typical conspiracy topics. But then I question other supposed truisms:
YOU WILL DIE IF YOU DON'T COOK MEAT TO A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE
THE INTERNET IS FULL OF BOTS
COLLEGE EDUCATION MAKES A BETTER SOCIETY
EVERYBODY HAS DIABETES / HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE /
AUTISM
MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT CAUSED BY DEMONS
THERE ARE NO SUCH THING AS CHEMTRAILS
THE FOOD IS NOT FULL OF POISON
I could go on and on...
But thankfully I won't and instead I will list a few truisms I question:
FLU SHOTS - WHY? JUST WHY?
My boomer aunt said she is going to get her annual flu shot, to ward off the flu. Then every year she gets the flu and feels like crap after she gets the flu shot. Why? Why does she get the flu shot?
Because an expert told her to?
Why does she not question the validity of the flu shot? Can she not see in her own physical experiences that the flu shot does NOT ward off the flu and it in fact gives her crappy side effects EVERY year.
Maybe the experts that tell her to get the poisonous flu shot are in fact WRONG.
They are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. They have been WRONG since day one. Yet someone, somewhere is making a crap load of money on the poisonous flu shots, and most people do not question the so-called "truism" that the flu shot reduces the chance of getting the flu.
CHEMTRAILS - DO THEY EXIST?
Now on to the truism from supposed "experts" that airplane chemtrails DO NOT exist and are in fact just water vapor being spewed from airplanes.
From my own physical experiences, I see many planes spewing white smoke into the sky, and the white vapor/smoke does spread out and cover the sky. Most clear days I have seen these "chemtrails/contrails."
I have another theory...maybe just maybe, these airplane "chemtrails/contrails" are the result of jet fuel that has been modified. Modified by adding poisonous/cheap additives.
Jet fuel is expensive and you can bet "they" are always finding ways to cut corners and make cheaper fuels. The result is a chemtrail that is NOT sprayed on purpose to poison people but is a byproduct of cheaper jet fuel being produced and used in airplanes.
Maybe just maybe the so-called "experts" should be looking where and how the jet fuel is refined.
When I cut grass with my crappy gas lawn mower, a white smoke/exhaust is spewed out into my face which causes me to get a massive sinus headache that lasts for days. Same thing happens when I am outside for hours under a chemtrail filled sky. I understand it may be the pollen I am exposed to outside, but I question if pollen is the only thing that causes sinus headaches.
It just may be the gas/jet fuel...might want to look into it "experts."
MODERN MEDICINE / SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM
There is so much to question in life. So much we have been told is true when in fact maybe the real truth has been hidden from humankind by humans themselves.
Humans have been told by other humans that "science" knows about how the human immune system works.
Yet, the world is being overrun with so-called viral pandemics, cancer and people are dying suddenly, just 'cause. The science of prescription drugs, so-called vaccines, cancer/pre-cancerous slash/burn treatments are ALL FAILURES.
No matter how science tries to fix the human immune system to ward off disease, science always makes it worse, "cock-blocking" (used figuratively) the human immune system from doing it's job.
Scientists DO NOT KNOW how the human immune system works, only God knows as God designed it.
There is so much in life that I question. I "ass"-ume most of what I hear from other humans are lies. Intentional lies most of the time.
I want truth. The truth that only God can give.
Maybe the "scales" are falling from my eyes, and it only took the worldwide spiritual battle that was the Covid-Me-Too-Freakout to be the lightning bolt that knocked me off my "I believe everything humans tell me" horse.
Or maybe I am just old and crotchety and tired of life.
Perhaps it is a little bit of both.
Speaking of false truisms here is a cartoon we made years ago about the lies of job hunting. Enjoy.
What a crack up!! It is so true about job hunting for and waiting on HR. It is a very demoralizing system.
Have you read “Official Stories” by Liam Scheff? Based on your post I’m thinking you might have done so. But if not, based on your post, highly recommended.
Funny thing. Not really but..I actually think about you guys frequently. Caring for your mom and all. I’ve actually been meaning to say what is below for quite a while So here goes.
We left MI in 2011 to go sailing on our 35ft boat. Financially it was not the correct thing to do. But we figured if we didn’t do it then (we were 55 and our parents were in their early to mid 80s and still healthy) we might never get the chance.
We returned to MI in 2020 due to (1) Covid making travel difficult (2) 4 hurricanes in 9 years and (3) [the real reason] 4 parents still alive at 92, 93, 93 and 94 in various stages of deterioration and nobody but my wife and I to help. So for 2020 we had 4 to deal with. My mom died in late 2020, allegedly from heart failure, but I think mostly from loneliness from Covid lockdowns. The last 6 months of her life no visitors were allowed and I think she finally gave up. Then there were 3.
My dad got the jabs in late January and mid March 2021. By July he was diagnosed with Stage 4 (turbo) bone cancer and he died in November. Then there were 2.
My MIL had two Covid jabs and then a booster. The dementia began after the booster and progressed rapidly. Then in late 2023 she woke up with severe abdominal pain and the end result if that was stage 4 bladder cancer and 2 weeks later she was dead. And then there was one.
My FIL is 98, soon to be 99. He has severe dementia. Probably Alzheimer’s. We moved him to northern VA to a memory care facility that is 10 minutes from where my wife’s sister lives. We live on our boat and it was a 2 hour drive from our boat to where he lived and my wife was making the trip 2-3-4 times per week. It was unsatisfactory and expensive. So while we got rid of the ‘physical’ part of his care, my wife talks to her sister every day about Dad’s status, so most of the emotional burden still exists. Her sister has been incredible as she goes and spends 2-3 hours with him every day. He doesn’t know who she is. He doesn’t recognize my wife. He doesn’t know where he is or how many kids he has. But strangely enough he recognizes me and knows my name.
We are both 69. We would love to be able to take off again on the boat for one last adventure. But as long as he is still alive my wife doesn’t think it’s the right thing to do. “What if something happens to my sister, and we are halfway around the the world. Then what?” I can’t argue the point.
I know you’ve written some about your situation off and on. I certainly never dreamed that I would be 70 years old and feel ‘trapped’ because a parent was still alive. We were blessed (and prescient) to be able to live out our dream for a few years. But I struggle daily (as I believe you do as well) with the seeming unfairness of it all. It’s like ok, when do we get to just try and enjoy the years we have remaining before our health gets to the point that we cannot do what we want to do. Recognizing that your situation is far worse than ours has been, because we did not or could not have any of them living with us. So the fact that you have willingly shared your story has helped me to recognize that while I am morose about the situation, there are many others in far worse circumstances.
In my family we have a longevity gene on both sides. Parents well into their 90s. Grandma lived to 100. Great Gram to 106. And dying ‘early’ for other grandparents and great grandparents meant late 80s.
I’ve always been of the opinion, from a very young age, that people live too long. My single biggest fear is becoming a burden to my kids.
There are no good answers to any of it, of course. And yeah, I do ask God why it has to be this way. No satisfactory answer has ever been received.
Anyway, I always enjoy your writing (Pug too) and hope and pray that someday your burden is no longer a burden. It’s such a strange feeling. My wife says, I don’t want my dad to die, but I know the best thing that could happen today for everyone is if he went to sleep tonight and didn’t wake up. It’s hard to pray for something like that. I’ve never asked her, but I’ll bet she does.
Much love and blessings to you both.
Eric V
S/V Blessings
Bay City MI (summers)
Surfside SC (winters)