One final word on Trump vs Clinton – don’t let the space lizards win.
Over the past week, I’ve given a bit of time to both Trump and Clinton. It’s fun to think about, it’s fun to get excited about and yell at people over the internet, but how ‘real’ is it, really?
Let’s step back and take a look at the bigger picture.
First up, what does it mean that the American presidential contest gets so much air-time in Australia? I try to keep it in perspective, but since I started writing about Trump, I get more questions about that than anything else.
You might say that American politics shapes the world and Australia’s future. And that’s true to a degree but we’ve got to keep it in proportion.
I mean, how many Australians know ANY Indonesian political figures, let alone as intimately as we know Hilary and The Don? (See? We’re on a first names basis.)
One of the reasons that is has become such big news in Australia is that it is just such a fantastic spectacle.
I mean that very literally. It is such a fantastic spectacle.
Does it seem a little contrived to anyone else?
The drama is intense. To Clinton supporters, you have a woman bravely driving history on its ark towards justice, seeking to become the first female president, only to have everything you hate about rich, white, male privilege embodied in single, loud-mouthed reality TV star.
It’s Independence Day meets Erin Brockovich.
To Trump supporters, you have a maverick gun-slinger who doesn’t care for your rules and who’s not afraid to tell it like it is, coming to town to topple the evil matriarch of a system that subverts democracy, sells influence to foreign powers, and feathers its own nest at the expense or hard-working Americans.
It’s Dirty Dozen meets 101 Dalmatians.
It seems to be engineered to deliver maximum heat and energy. Chat rooms across America and across the world are going into melt-down.
Does it seem contrived to you?
Now, I’m not saying that reptilian space aliens have orchestrated the whole thing to distract us from their plans to make slaves of us all, but it is definitely a useful way to think about it.
For every minute that you’re yelling at someone over the internet, “debating” whether Donald Trump is an idiotic toilet-brush, or if Hilary Clinton should be up on charges, that’s a minute you could have spent being more awesome – learning, growing or reading my blogs.
If you’re doing it for recreation that’s another story. Go nuts. Some people like to work out on boxing bags. Some people like to yell at people on the internet. Whatever gets you off.
But don’t kid yourself that getting all frothy and flustered about an election you have no ability to influence, (or actually any intention of trying to influence on the ground) is a productive use of your time.
It is theatre that the space lizards have set up to keep you from the real work.
So what is the real work?
This is an interesting question. (It is the only interesting question.)
It is something that every man needs to figure out for himself. (It’s something every woman needs to figure out for herself as well, once the men shut up and stop telling women how to live their lives.)
Why are you here? What are you here to do?
A lot of people look at me and think I’m all about wealth and lifestyle. They see the pictures of me drinking ouzo on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and think that’s what I’m about.
It’s not. Wealth and time are tools. I build as much wealth and time into my life as I can, because it allows me to do what I want to do – what I’m here to do.
Now, I’m not going to go into the details of my life mission here. I’m a private man. But it starts with providing freedom and security to my wife and family. It starts with helping others.
(I just happen to find that the warm feeling of helping others goes well with a belly full of ouzo… on a yacht… and maybe some fresh lobster, thanks James.)
But one thing I can tell you for sure is that my life mission does not include stressing out about who’s going to win elections in foreign countries.
(Take that, space lizards!)
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
At every level of your life, from who you are as a person to the kind of world you’re living in, you have creative power. You can be whatever you want to be. You can live however you want to live.
You CAN create your future.
If this isn’t true then I don’t know what is.
But life is short, so to me, a minute not spent up to your elbows in creative work, is a minute wasted. It’s a minute lost.
A minute spent arguing about whether Trumps hair looks worse than Hilary’s is definitely a minute wasted.
But let me say one more thing.
I know a lot of people here find the prospect of President Trump or President Hilary equally horrifying.
But don’t get sucked in to all the negativity. Here’s a couple of thoughts.
1. Clinton would be the first female President of the United States. After Thatcher, Merkel, Gillard and a bunch of others, we might be able to say that the glass ceiling is finally broken (though there’s more work to do). It would be a big step.
2. Trump has changed the Republican party forever. Remember during the convention when he said the country needs to do more to protect LGBTQ people – people he called “wonderful Americans” – and everyone cheered? Name another Republican who could have pulled that off.
In that light, whoever wins the contest, it could be seen as a massive step forward – another proud moment in the painful slow evolution of our society.
Nice work space lizards.
What’s the bigger picture for you?
Maurice says
Thank you Jon for the sober perspective. Two completely different candidates with different negatives and positives. Rarely does life offers us the perfect package. Neither I see as a disaster.
william bennett says
Maurice, I concur with you and I am compelled to say after watching this political drama play out and my viewing of the latest overview of Ohio, and it is said that if a candidate wins Ohio then they will win the presidency !!!
I am going out on a limb here but I believe that the HAVE’S have had it on there own for too long in the effluent western worlds political arena and to use the phrase from Aus political past, IT IS TIME for a big change not only in the US but here in Aus and elsewhere
too.
Trump is smart and has manipulated the not so smart media and pundits into a corner from which they seem to be trapped in.
Trump has won over the ordinary American workers or if you like the workless workers and he appeals to what they all want, A RETURN TO A NORMAL LIFE WHERE jobs with a decent living wage are plentiful and minority groups are gagged so the majority can have there say and win, sounds like true democracy to me.
Hilary has said that Trump followers are a BASKET OF DEPLORABLE S well MAYBE HILARY AND HER FOLLOWERS ARE A BASKET OF SNOBS.
Minority groups should not be able to take over the whole show just because they are minorities.
He is popular with the workers and the down trodden and when they AND THE POPULATION THAT NORMALLY DO NOT CAST A VOTE come out and vote in November then just maybe Trump will come up TRUMPS.
Sure makes for interesting times, lets be friends with all nations, beats the hell out of the killing spree that pervades all our societies presently.
KiwiAl says
Hi Maurice,
Yes, that’s the proper way to think! But this whole business is not proper, so proper thinking may not be appropriate!
It turns out, Hillary may well be a disaster. The Space Lizards have obviously given poor Hillary a Brain Implant job, and it hasn’t worked properly. It’s shorting out, or rebooting intermittently, causing poor Hillary to suffer seizures, as is apparent on this rather shocking video clip…
https://youtu.be/lJjHTeo6mVw
Maurice says
I know, perhaps all is not right. Must admit, Hilary does start to look rather frail.
ron goddard says
well done jonno! right on the button….space lizards? oh well thats another little buiding block. basically it has come to my attention just now ..i mean wednesday that..wait for it.. the donald is a ‘straw man’, meaning that the establishment suggested that he nominate for pres. hilary c. was right behind it, in front of it and every other way known to man. but oh goodness he was/is better that they thought he would be!!! now that has caused a BIGA DA HEADACHE. you see they(the elites) never thought that a muscle headed baboon would even qualify for the race let alone upset the applecart by becoming pres.!! william shakespeare said it best :’oh what a tangled web we weave when at first we practice to deceive’. history will not deceive us unless it is badly written of course. now we have a circus (isn’t that america all over?:-)) it doesn’t matter who is gonna be pres. its gonna be the same result for everyone.the elites decided a couple of years ago who was gonna succeed obama.
now a different narrative. it is becoming widely known that ‘randy andy’ : prince andrew is a buddy of geoff epstein the super nova of pedaphilia, as is billy boy. so what? well it seems that the only way that the public can be distracted from the massive scandal that will unfold for the elites(they are all involved) is to start a war with russia. h.c. is ready for action so are many stupid generals in the us military. i hope that you can see the prospects that will eventuate. russia, with its firepower, aided and abetted by china, turkey iran and other fed up nations(fed up with the yanks) will give america and her ‘allies’ a real blast. make no mistake if australia is one of the ‘allies’..well thats gonna be too bad.; rockets and nuclear missiles can go long distances now.. another thing..america is about to implode finacially. new years day will see the emergence of the new ‘world currency’ and the americans, with their US$19,000,000,000,00 debt..(how would you count that?) is going to have to front up with cash or go under, along with all of their big banks.. i guess one could say that things have gotten out of hand globally. how will it unfold? lets all be friends and no enemies. cheers
Dorothy Pilgrim says
It is well known in some circles… the Donald has been one of the Clintons biggest contributors…looks quite suss to me…but.. most peple are gullible…and think there is only corruption and conspiracy in OTHER countries… and same for oz too.
Chris says
Poor Brian Payton. Suffering at the hands of a dodgy Photoshopper! First he gets white hair tips on top of his head, now the top of his head gets cut off! C’mon Jon! 🙂
Godly Likeness #4593681207 says
Jon, I think you are much closer to the Truth than you may realise. Or, maybe you do?
You are completely correct, we do have enormous power to create, if only we have enough faith / belief, and Yes, I have been wasting some of my precious time (and enjoying it like a drug, I must be SICK!), yelling at people I don’t know and have never even met, over the Internet. The chances of that doing any good is about 1 in 100 billion, I guess. Who else reads it anyway? But it’s been a fun waste of time.
Anyway, I’m sure they not lizards! (I think) they look just like us. It says so in the Bible. They even bred with us, (says that in the Bible too) so it’s not likely they be lizards… But, 100% Yes, it is all being manipulated. I just wish I knew by who, and for what. Or, is that, by what, and for whom?
Got any ideas on that one? I know there is a purpose, I’m just not sure it’s much to our benefit.
ron goddard says
breaking news!! 🙂 lol..louisiana feds have declared cash illegal for the purchase of gold or silver..and in other businesses throughout u.s.a., cash is NOT negotiable. credit cards only. and that will extend of course to everyday items in every part of usa. ..here in oz you won’t see it coming..simply because the ‘average’ person (is there one?) is really quite clueless as to what is happening. we want to maintain the ‘;status quo’. its really called in psychological circles as ‘normalcy bias’. we don’t want things to change really, but they will. ever noticed that some members of the police force look like part of the military and carry the same weapons? .is there a secret war going on in oz?….well, as its secret you won’t hear about it, especially from our wonderfully, ever alert media in oz. you see credit card transactions are traceable forever and your every move will be noticed. george o. was on the right track i think. have any of you read ‘1984’? it is very, very sobering.
KiwiAl says
Breaking…? Where?
NOT this news then?
http://www.govtslaves.info/louisiana-makes-it-illegal-to-use-cash-to-buy-used-goods/
Appears to have no date. Try this then:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cashillegal.asp
ron goddard says
hi kiwial..i looked at both sites you gave me and i learned a few things. as far as i have knowledge of ‘snopes’ is not a very helpful site, but i agree with the other one ..but my info does go further and states quite categorically that the cash purchases of g. and s are indeed subject to ‘no cash please’ rules. .the message there is ..cash is the ‘root of all evil’ for those who want to know all of your business..they can’t track you with cash purchases…a lizards eye does appear on the US one dollar note.(back to lizards) i used the term breaking news cos its the done thing on tele yuk!;
ron goddard says
more stuff..just revealed, australia a ‘cashless society’ by 2022..good bye freedom..UNLESS you stock up on gold and silver coins right now. denominations of notes will be decreased gradually..the $100 dollar bill will be withdrawn soon and cash transactions $10k limit now) will be diminished soon.
mrs.clinton….wall street journal has ‘busted’ the lady who would be queen sorry pres. they have written in very strong terms about her nefarious activities and roundly criticised the media in good ol’ u.s.a. now the wall street journal is like a bible in u.s.a. every person investing or otherwise takes notice of tghis very reputable journal. . she is a goner ..so to speak. the whole world has now been told of the pantomine that is the u.s.a. election. strawman is the only possible candidate now. (trump). funny how life works.the only question now is how does the mainstream media (both in u.s.a. and australia..or the world press) respond to this. WHAT can they say now. oh big mistake we didn’t know lol. and the russians just sit there and say ;dopey bastards. have a very good day