Happiness Deferred

"The bad guys pay better. I have a family to take care of. Two country club memberships. Three cars. Las vegas vacations. And fragile self-esteem. What can I do?"

Community?

"By some more nice clothes and attend more church/temple activities? Perhaps more jewelry for your stay-at-home 'moral' compass?"

Unknowing soldiers of the Deception Machine. They were joking of course. But the thread of truth, cannot be denied. Stealing just a bit from each of a very large group can escape detection for a remarkably long time. When this ill-gotten wealth is put to use in the generally dark time that almost inevitably follows, not so much.

"Why is it that the only 'good' jobs left are the ones where lower level employees take the hit for the misdeeds of those higher up?"

"Rob banks, its where the money is? Maybe was. I suspect you get my drift."

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Electric Ride

Suburban electric taxi takes people to transit centers. The taxi itself is an electric vehicle to take advantage of its high reliability and its very high fuel efficiency in short haul transportation. Suggested initial vehicle - Nissan Leaf.

Next Stop: Sunset Transit Mall

Test sight: Oregon bedroom community lacking sufficient demand to justify more than two drive-time bus runs a day. Average ride distance between two and six miles to a nearby transit center.

Quick charging stations at key locations (transit center, high school). Consider battery swap as option to battery charging for quick turnaround.

Students as drivers. Excellent driving records. Each have taken Drivers Education course.

Full Cloud/GPS mashup integration for efficient and highly convenient scheduling. Phone and tablet app interface for mobile convenience. Database records daily activity. Public interface to it helps others plan similar services in other locations.

NOTE: Some of the foregoing in this BuzzTheHill post is not fictional. Consider it a public disclosure and as such, to the degree something novel and not obvious to those skilled in the art has been addressed, the specific intent was/is to put it in the PUBLIC DOMAIN

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Strategy

A stimulus controlled by the Executive Branch.

"I think I understand. Get behind enemy lines."

"Well yes, but I prefer to refer to the relevant 'owners' as competition.

"One is best advised not to confuse propaganda planning with strategic pragmatism. Emotionally charged words make it difficult. Especially for a novice."

"There is a reason why the words strategic and reserve are in the title. How is it that rescuing the manipulated failing economy is not strategic?"

Taking turns mocking the disingenuous grandstand questions set the tone for flagging the disruptor messages of all types. Fear mongering breaks down as propaganda technique when feedback indicates it did not register. Messages have to be received and acknowledged or messaging fails.

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Leap Mantra

Obstacle: Widely held misperception that a self-directed citizen is incapable of influencing change even with cutting edge support within easy reach.

Disruptors have become very adept at thwarting a working understanding of the litany of evidence that suggests that a citizen does have reason to hope.

There, and soon, here.

In, Egypt for example, general fear in the population was overwhelmed by technology assisted world-wide conversation directly from Tahrir Square. The dictator had routinely used violence to control the collective voice of the people. But it yielded to the spontaneous expression of shared decency made possible by ... you know what.  How many times can it be said before people tune it out? Not yet, apparently.

Here in the US, armed and organized purveyors of fear have not reached the level seen in North Africa or the Middle East.  For that matter, not the level in China, either. Not even close.

Unless you consider organized deception an armament. Because if you do, then it can be argued that certain activity is more sophisticated and effective in this country than in any other. Further that power is routinely projected world wide much to the chagrin of 'old power.'

"Spontaneous Smart Mob. 1) Spontaneous so as to not let saboteurs have time to plan. 2) Smart - using instant interactive communication and live world-wide disclosure. 3) Mob - sufficient numbers to overwhelm detractor's conventional manipulation and fear tactics."

"Stopping THE Clock - as a demonstration. It would get the attention of those who could lead us to the promised freedom."

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Vindication

"You thought we were wasting our time? Remember, the intent was to come up with a variety of tools, some original, to empower the good guys. If it works for Google, Facebook and Apple why not the little and/or new folks too?

Stand back. It lives!

"So, if the primary beneficiary of the scenarios mentioned in the linked article is not YOU, keep looking." If your perception of privacy helps others secretly control, you might want to ask yourself if it is time to look deeper. Won't Get Fooled Again."

"How far back do these concepts go? Pick a date. For instance, a certain inventor, wanting to see his creation benefit his fellow humans had some interesting things to say on the subject decades ago.

"But of course, you don't have to go far to see more. It is problematic that site search is still down. If it were not, one could see just how deeply this issue has been addressed.

"Like it or not, the primary obstacle to the wide adoption of what is a slam dunk technologically is the lack of belief in one's power by the ordinary consumer."

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Rag Chew

"If you don't mind, I'll just get my notes into the log and clean them up, in place. We can be interactive during the process." Though they had been doing this for some time now, he felt it important to remind, especially the newcomers, why.

Back decades ago, certain amateur radio activity was a conversation of sorts where two parties communicating would each transmit long messages taking turns. When it worked, it allowed new contacts to tune in to at least one of the parties in an ongoing conversation. The constraints of the medium and the technology powerfully influenced the content.

In the age of instant worldwide asynchronous signaling, smoke signal protocols don't make much sense. Yet analog's habits form that can throttle down the potential of communications' breakthroughs until they are broken.

Such is the rationale for taking a strategic look at the way we share information. An important element of the field is to identify how the human ego can both intentionally and inadvertently disrupt the process. When organized to do so, major suffering for some ensues.

"I am too busy to spend time learning how to make more time. I barely keep up as it is. You HAVE to listen because time is running out. Especially the part where I don't have time to learn how to make time to solve the problem of running out of it. Time that is. Did I make myself clear?"

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Where She Grew Up

North Dakota

Stumbled upon a small growing town where the Missouri and Yellowstone meet. My recent venture informs what catches my attention there.

You see, until recently I had not much reason to visit that part of our vast country.

"Is it really true we are led to believe we need something so that others continue to grow out-of-control? How much can it be worth? And to whom?

"It seems counter-intuitive to think when some humans no longer have to worry about "the wolves at the door", they become strangely obsessive. That control becomes a narcotic, clouding cognition and the basis of spreading purposely destructive memes."

Strange confluence - identity, bitumen, illusion manufacturing, golf and home nation building? And to imagine what would happen if a pipeline carrying toxic fluids were leaking under too much flood water? Maybe we have not yet reached Peak Fear.

All aboard, next stop Chicago. I miss Portland already, but there is work to do. A lot of  -- really fun -- work to do.

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Recorded there.

What tales the bark could tell.

"Recorded there, in a place you would least expect."

One wonders why the trees have not reached straight for the sky as they so often do. It and the ocean are often confused. Seems they both are sometimes blue.

We hide here with our backs to the cliff so our vigilance can be put to more productive use. Other critters do?

Wax poetic. And with it a candle make.

False assertions, false equivalence, inflexible agendas ... seems a lonely path. Like an unhealthy relationship to stuff, methinks. Afflictive emotions and their related tools, a prescription for suffering. Investing in home sounds like more fun to me.

Like a person's two wolves. The one you feed wins. The legend's author has my respect, whoever it is. What else might I learn from the mighty Cherokee?

© 2011 Buzz Hill

Light

"The formula is based on light. Know what we mean by the term.

In a cacophony of news channel noise.

"Only connections generate the 'photons' by which we see. Revere the connections and watch what happens."

"Other wavelengths matter of course. But the visible ones (or nearly so) tell us a lot about this corner of the universe. If we get these right we will start to understand what makes life work and sustainable (same thing)."

The talkers will focus on events in the speech that they are used to controlling. The  subtle and profound 'nation building at home' is the strategic message that is arguably most important.

Gaining traction in places across the planet's surface and now, just above the artificial noise, here. Ironic that the country that hosted the enabling technology is just now benefiting from its world wide success. There is an explanation, of course.

Light is how you see it.

Light's greatest foe, has the most battlefield experience in "The Land of the Free". You see, light cannot be extinguished, only redirected and absorbed to mimic darkness. Further, such effort is constantly shifting as the light seeks to be free to illuminate.

© 2011 Buzz Hill

In The Dark

I trust you.

"Now you know that this has been happening at an accelerating rate for some time without your knowledge. Is that a good thing? I think not.

"Identity belongs to us. Not the bank, not the government, not the military not China, not Singapore, not Energy or Financial players ... No, us individual humans. I thought YOU should know."

'If they knew, they could hurt me (or us).', the standard privacy rationale. But it is there nefarious privacy they are trying to enhance. The more afraid the public is the less attention they can give to sophisticated obfuscation of exploitive interests.

"At some point this all becomes overwhelming. Can't I just sit back and enjoy my stuff? The problem is I never have enough stuff. I like stuff. I don't really have very much time for friends, between acquiring and enjoying stuff.  If I just had some more money so that I could get stuff faster. That might free up some time. Problem is I run out of space for my stuff and need a bigger place to keep it. Then I need more money. Sometimes I need to relax and just enjoy stuff I already have. Who has time for people?

"And don't get me started on keeping my stuff safe. Just as I finally have the safest thing available to protect my stuff, some clown has figured out how to get around it. I just need to relax. Stuff will help. No time for people. High maintenance. Stuff is too but I've been told its less trouble than people.

"You know what is wrong with this world? Too many people. Seven billion, way too many. Pretty soon I won't have room for my stuff. Then how will I relax? Now I can't reach the light switch, there is stuff in the way. How am I supposed to see my stuff if it is dark in here?"

When peoples' communications is the only light left, things will change. Really, change. I am pretty sure.

© 2011 Buzz Hill