Negiotating Gun Control

Well negotiation is as much finesse and art as technical facts.  In order to understand this consider the following story about a redneck who feels his rights were violated.

Funny thing, spell check fails to offer a fix for aint, bt it declares it wrong.  So what is the dumber action using a word that aint a word per some dictionaries.  Or is it worse that the spell check company is ignoring many thousands of people do not use it every day. Google find's 224 million pages that use "ain't".  First used in 1618, but not admitted to merriam webster until 1989.   The technology types make up words all the time, spyware, ringtone, supersize, unibrow.  Google finds 1.21 million pages containing "unibrow". Unibrow was first used in 1933, and accepted into the dictionary in 2006.  This is redneck discrimination, plain as the warts on granma's feet, as words we make up are slow to get in, but words about us are given a much easier path..  We need a constitutional amendment  declaring we have the right to self deprecate as much as we are disrespected by others.  Lest we should have to succeed from the union, so that we can shoot at each other with our guns.

This short story captures several key points that all Americans get caught up in:

1. A strong sense of right, even the most mundane item results in a  huge battle, going back to the fundamental rights of the person or group.
2. No sense of personal responsibility, as he had done nothing prior to 1989 to try and achieve his goal.
3. A win at all costs attitude, a kind of tunnel vision akin to a pitbull latched onto its target.
4. An inability to accept a loss, preferring to not participate if they cannot get their way.

 I see the Pro-Gun, Anti-Gun sides much like this.  I feel that both sides fear the other.  But we are all Americans.  We claim to be one country under God, with Liberty and Justice for All.  But it ain't true.  We have many factions based on politics, economics, religion, gender, secret society, special interest (such as guns, Israel support, abortion)


Fundamentally we are not a nation under God but a nation under idolatry, ran by a plutocracy, with liberties for the elite.  Not just idolatry, but cowardly idolatry, that which operates in secrecy.  I am referring to the Freemasons first, but they are not alone the women's network is equally out of control.  As with many other groups.  God has shown me clearly the operation of these things.  In the Capitol building in DC the mural in the dome has George Washington above Christ.  We deny Christ but it is our leaders who not only lie to us but steal from us as well.  If you look at the history of our wars and the president at the time there appears to be a correlation between membership in secret society of the president and war.  George Bush's war mongering was the most obvious likely due to his lack of patience, as he could not wait for a legitimate need to invade Iraq.  Was he really naive enough to think that he would not get caught.

Epifany On Values

I copied this from another website because it is profound.

Matthew 22 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Now what does that mean?  When asked that, everyone barfs up the Sunday School answer and never really thinks about it.  The Churches only teach the first two ideas:  Love God.  Love your neighbor.  That isn't what Jesus said, however.  Jesus said, "Love your neighbor as yourself."  There are two teachings there. The one everyone teaches while ignoring the second.  Can you figure it out?  In order to love your neighbor, you must first love yourself.  I've never heard of a Church that teaches you to love yourself - and you must.  It is extremely important to exercise loving kindness towards yourself.  How can you do that if you think that your body is a sin?  

In the Bible nakedness is mentioned throughout.  It is never called a sin, but it is suggested that Adam feel shame of his nakedness following the deceit by Eve.  There are many observances of that but in fact nakedness is openly accepted by God as is evidenced by the following examples.
1 Samuel 19:24

He stripped off his garments, and he too prophesied in Samuel’s presence. He lay naked all that day and all that night. This is why people say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

2 Samuel 6:20

When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

So the source of many issues in our society is the unnatural restrictions we allow society to place on our values, using religious values as support.  Indecent exposure has no grounding and this overly prudish way of being does not allow freedom of expression to exist.  When you confine a needed outlet it causes that energy to be released another way and that may not be healthy long term. 

We need to reexamine our outlook in many areas.

Unstable By Design, World Class By Actions

Here we will briefly discuss that  any control sysyem involving humans will be unstable if There is a key principle that is understood my many in the engineering field of control systems.  That is that a feedback control system that has memory in its feedback path will be unstable if the feedback or the input is biased.

If we consider a few examples, it will be clear without the need to demonstrate it mathematically.  Consider:

1. A marriage, where the actions of each and the perceptions of each can differ due to lack of communication.  So imagine Tom and Jane do not communicate well.  Over time they do not see what the other does for them, but they have perfect knowledge of their contributions.  Regardless of who actually does more both have a biased view of reality.   They both feel they give and the other takes.  Over time this bias adds up and they both begin to feel resentful.  If not addressed this eventually grows out of control and leads to divorce.  Clearly here the bias is caused by a lack of thorough communication.  If they had spent more time sharing they would have been more aware of the others actions and any bias would have been reduced.
2. The government-media-voter system where the voter is the feedback through its votes and communication with its representatives.  In this example the media observes everything our government does and reports on it to us.  This puts them in a position of great power and should dictate elevated ethics and morality requirements.  But by showing us as victims more than as aggressors, over time we feel like victims.  Their intention is likely only to optimize ratings.  But by heavily biasing their coverage toward victims we have become jaded an allow atrocities like that perpetrated by Bush, going into Iraq under false pretenses.  Killing 120,00 Iraqis and spending trillions in response to 9/11.  Saddam Hussein was against terrorism and did not allow them to set up camps in his country.  Additionally there was never any credible evidence to support the case for weapons of mass destruction.  Yet we are so jaded by the media we do not see it. But our system has gone unstable.  We must act quickly and decisively if we hope to save our country
3. We will not go into any further examples but any two groups of people who's group affiliation establishes opposing positions can lead to biased viewpoints.  If these people need to agree on something and their bias is strong as it is on gun control.  This becomes an unnecessarily painful process.  

So the key issues are diffusing the fear in the one you are trying to negotiate with.   The best way to do that is to openly lay all your needs and desires on the table with an open and accepting  ear for criticism.  Expect to be challenged.  But do not react, listen and take notes.  And request they give you a list of their needs, desires, and concerns.  Then after everybody understands each other go to lunch with each other with the intention of learning everything you can about the others.  Upon returning from lunch try to ease into the topic of negotiation.  Start by putting together a list of both sides priorities, perhaps you put their items at the top of the initial list or some gesture to show you are genuinely trying  to work with them.  Keep a positive appearance even if they go negative on you.  Lead by example.

We Need To Decide Who We Are And Live It

In my lifetime I have seen the standards of what is shown on TV drop dramatically, and the standards of our behavior drop dramatically, seemingly in response.

Primetime Profanity Increases 69% In 5 Years

Violence in TV and its impacts on children.

Nonmarital Sex found to be a staple on primetime TV.

We are not taking care of our children.  Wake Up America.
Men are not taking care of their wives and daughters.
Why?  Wake Up America.

Anyone who cannot state what they do, are agents fir evil.

There should be no government job that is hidden from scrutiny. 

The New Covrenant Obsoletes The First One

Hebrews 8:7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people ...

Hebrews 8:13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

Hebrews 10:
15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord.  I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds^.

17 Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts  I will remember no more^.

18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what; the ancients were commended for.

Hebrews 11:12 And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore. 

  

Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Our covenant of love and peace, not war, terror, fear, hate, and anger. 

I believe many have lost track of this,

Classification Is It Necessary?

Or does it merely hide the hide the evil doers deeds.