With this post I plan to reactivate this blog after several years absence. You can see by the previous post where I stood politically at that time. Much has changed since and what was true then does not apply in the present moment as what we think of as time weaves itself through and around our conscious experience which becomes the whole cloth by which we reference life. Our experience of life and the linear time frame that frames it is an illusion of inconceivable meaning and purpose.

But, here we are, or so we think, and we deal with this life as we are able, as we think we should, and as we are compelled to by some unidentified driving force. Call it God if you like but of that there is no definable proof. As I recently quoted Marcelo Gleiser, "Thought is derivative of being, and is thus insufficient to answer questions about the origin of being."

What is a good subject? Where should I start?

Here's an observation. I stopped by Target tonight to pick up a couple things and I saw a couple female employees in their red jackets,vests or whatever, stocking shelves. I overheard the young one ask the other woman, "Have you heard the news? I'm going to be a mama." "Oh", the other exclaims, "That's wonderful news." "Yes", says the young mother to be, "I think my fiance is more excited about it than I am."

It's a sign of the times, of how times have changed. No longer is it considered a stigma to be pregnant out of wedlock. You can announce it to the world with no fear of recrimination. And for you bigots, no, she is not black, both are white women. Hopefully, her "fiance" will do the right thing and not hightail it for the coast. Even if he does marry her it probably won't last. Divorce also is no longer a stigma.

On the other hand, Target management may not be thrilled by the news but their turnover is probably so high it doesn't matter. Most likely this young woman is a temporary employee, held to minimal hours and does not receive benefits any way, so why would Target care? This young woman is as expendable as a paper cup that you drink from and then throw in the trash. This is what the profit-sucking corporatists have done to America. No longer is there any competition to speak of which would inspire the competing stores to hire and train quality employees and genuinely compete for customers. A few corporate conglomerates control their respective markets and you have no real choice where to shop. Locally Target competes only with Walmart and the fast fading K-Mart. There is no dignity or true security working for either of them. Their training is minimal so they have little invested and their profit plan calls for operating with as few full-time employees as they can get by with. At most of these stores try finding an employee on the floor to ask a question or where to find a product. And when you finally find one, chances are they don't know the answer. There is no work ethic because there is no feeling of ownership by employees. They are little more than indentured servants who are being taken advantage of. This is the new America championed by the element that reveres and worships big business.

A good example is the local Kroger store. I've been shopping there for years and there are only a handful of employees that I recognize on a regular basis. The others pass through like migrant farm workers. Many are there only a few weeks before someone new takes their place.

Enough for now. I hope to tackle interesting subjects as they arise from my daily experience and those in the news that elicit public interest and controversy. I have to familiarize myself with the blog apparatus which has changed since Google bought eblogger. Please comment at will.

More soon. Yea!