This has been me for the last few days. Some virus has laid me so low I couldn't look at my computer screen as my head was aching so badly. But it's easing up somewhat and I have the urge to spew forth on a couple of topics.
First of all, I'm considering a move to sunny California. Of course, the wildfires and earthquakes give me some cause for concern, but with over 650,000 homes currently in foreclosure I could make a killing. The Foreclosure Data Bank advises that buying "properties that are in distress" is a wise investment choice. (Wasn't too wise for the original owners though was it? and isn't it the previous owners that are in distress as opposed to the houses?) I must be interpreting the information incorrectly.
"San Francisco foreclosure homes are plentiful and cheap. Usually you do not have to spend too much on San Francisco foreclosure homes. New, expensive homes come on the market each day. When buying a home in foreclosure you save money. With the money saved you will be able to have more purchasing power for other items. Shop our dozens of foreclosure homes in San Francisco today. " (http://www.foreclosuredatabank.com/) Good selling strategy - not only can I, the average nut, buy a $600,000 home for peanuts, I'll have mega-cash leftover to buy buy buy all the furniture and other stuff I'll NEED to fill all of those empty rooms. It's brilliant! I better cut this post short so I can start packing.
Once place I don't think I'll move to is the state of Georgia, still suffering from severe drought conditions. The other night as I lay listening to the news, I couldn't actually look at the TV as my head was pounding away, I heard the governor's latest strategy is to PRAY for rain.
You can call me blasphemous if you want, but I don't think that's actually going to work. Consider what is going on in the world today - I'm pretty sure families in California are praying to God to save their homes, I imagine people in Iraq pray everyday they don't get killed by a suicide bomber, I think people all over the world are praying to God to save them from their mistakes and their bad decisions. I don't think their prayers are going to be answered.When God gave us free choice there was no clause built into the agreement that said he would rescue us from our bad decisions or poor judgement. It seems unfair that innocent people get caught in the fallout but God doesn't intervene. We've royally screwed up this planet and we are going to be feeling the effects for milleniums to come.
Now, where are my suitcases.....
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excellent post for a sickee, Haze.
free will is the most expensive, exhilarating, liberating, dangerous, wild ride in the world.
self-control or moderation takes a while to learn, eh?
Georgia, for the most part, is a bastion of JesusFreak morons. This Arizonan thinks that they get what they deserve.
Yes, it is rather ironic that Georgia is in the heart of the Bible Belt - I suppose when it does rain it'll be raining frogs!
will the lessons learned in Georgia, for example, change behaviours in other locales?
I think people's behaviour (related to free will) can be affected by learning lessons from the mistakes of those around us.
I worry that some of the best 'teaching institutions' (e.g. governments, colleges, churches, media, even big business etc.) don't communicate essential truths to the masses.
they often simply respond to what is happening, and don't prepare the common man for what should be done to improve our general condition.
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