Smedumikation, indoctrination, and damned lies

You all know I occasionally harp on about the BS levels we have in our current, propaganda indoc, system.

Lets step back in time a bit, say to 1982, when I was a freshman in HS.
We had a choice of classes that was pretty eclectic for a HS that had a graveyard on one side of the Football field and a Cornfield on the other. As a freshman I had the choice of several introductory courses including one called "Industrial Arts". This course was divided up into 4 quarters each covering one topic: Metal working, wood working, Graphic communications/photography, and Industrial drafting (using T-squares and protractors!!!! This was before CAD ) These courses were set up to introduce you to the concepts only and potentially inspire you to further study and even potentially a career in one of the said fields. Each course had two follow ups that advanced the knowledge gained in the intro. None of them could be complete without an outside source to further it. Anyone that knows anything about any of the above trades, knows that there is no way to teach every aspect of them in less than 4 years and more often than not, a lifetime. These are trades where when you 'know it all', you still learn something new, everyday.

But why teach these courses at all? Especially when there is so little actual industry in this country anymore.

Did our school board see something was coming and tried to establish a new curriculum to compensate? I highly doubt it. Fact that within 2 years of my graduation they sold off all of the machines: Lathes, Vertical Mills, furnaces, casting supplies, wood working tools, even the platen presses (that were made in 1885 and still functioned as if they were made the day before. Big Gorgeous pieces of cast iron with neat scroll work and solid as granite. ) All of it, Gone! (and I am sure there were a couple of small shops that were ecstatic to get the stuff)

Nope, my school was still a throwback to the mid to late 50's, at least in that department. And for that, I am happy. If I had gone to a more modern school, I may not have received the education I did get. I may never have woken up, and I damned well wouldn't have become the perpetual student that I am. I may never learn everything that I was put on this earth to learn, but I will do my damned best trying. Still, I have to wonder where all of the education in this country has gone to.

Now, the Education system has been hijacked by unions intent only in furthering power, with very little in the way of education in intent. There are probably good teachers out there with intent to actually do what teachers should do, but I bet they don't last long. If they do last, its usually by falling into the role forced upon them by the unions, forgetting (forced to actually) the intended role of a teacher. As in my case, quitting before ever taking the role when I realized the direction that the education system was headed.

Teachers are supposed to teach, that should be blatantly obvious, just in the title. Parents are also part of that as they should be teaching too. The teachers fill in where the Parent lacks, but Teachers also have another role that goes one step beyond that of the parent. Inspiration. Teachers should inspire students to want to learn. A good teacher is able to adapt the program to a student, without sacrificing other students ability. A great teacher inspires the mind.

We still have some great teachers in our schools I am certain. Sadly they are far and few between. I would bet, with good odds I might add, that there are more in private and catholic schools by a large margin, in comparison to that in the public sector. (yet which one gets more money? Shows that real teachers aren't in it for the money doesn't it?)

Now lets go back in time a bit further. All the way back to the 1900's, turn of the century. Public schools only taught to the 8th grade. Signs of that are still in our public school system as you cross out of "middle school" into the "higher school" and shows by the terms Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. Higher school was strictly for those that showed promise for further education. The higher school was intended for those that would go to college. The fact that the education through the 8th was much more intense than we see now, shows that education was an incredibly serious matter to those in the system. (if you can dig one up, find an english primer, or math primer from that time period. Bet even those with degrees will find the curriculum difficult. ) But kids would only be in there early teens once leaving "middle school": what did they do then.

Many went to work. Either for their parents or family. Many would apprentice out to trades: Blacksmithing, Foundry work, Farrier work, Cooper wrights, Dockworkers, day laborers, etc etc etc. Yes, the work was hard, yes the conditions sucked, yes the pay sucked (in the case of apprentices, none or just a stipend. The education received was a payment.) Apprentices might spend 4-6 years under one 'Master' before going out as "journeymen". There is a reason for those names. Journeymen were masters of ONE particular area of their trade. They would travel about to gain more experience, either to return to the shop of their start, or to strike off on their own when they felt competent enough. THIS was how trades progressed. How ideas were spread. Yes, it was a slow form, but the crafts grew stronger for it. The weaker of the breed would fall the wayside to mere existence, while the true masters would gain more knowledge and further the craft for the entire field. Word of mouth was a huge factor in how well a craftsman would grow.

Today, this practice is still in use in some of the 'black arts' like blacksmiths and foundry workers, though only in the private small scale places. A journeyman may have to travel across the entire country to find ONE shop to work in to gain new knowledge.

But all of this was killed a long time ago by regulations and Feel good policy's. Kick me all you want, no, I don't want my granddaughter growing up to work in a sweatshop anymore than any of you want your kids doing the same. BUT you have to admit, there is a serious gap in knowledge these days. How many people working on an assembly line understand the craftsmanship that went into casting and machining a part that they are putting on XXXX? How many of the "machinists" today understand how to manually cut a thread, or various other operations that they have learned how to program a CC machine to do?

How many Fryguys at McDonalds know how to run a short order restaurant?

One other aspect of working as an apprentice was learning ALL about the business. Not just swinging that hammer or running the bellows; but keeping the books, taking care of custom, (there is an interesting run in semantics for you. Custom. At one point EVERYTHING you did was "for the Custom(er)" where as now, Custom is a one off and everything else is cookie cutter and customers are just walking liquid assets.)

WE have devolved as a nation. It didn't take long either considering the nature of how they did it.

Smedumikation baby. Teach a person that they are 'special' and that they don't have to strive to achieve and you have 'em hook, line, and sinker for the rest of their lives.
Indoctrination: Teach em only what you want them to know, not how to figure it out for themselves: instant slave.
Bold faced lies: after the first two are inplace, Lies are nothing more than reinforcement towards and end. Keep them working at a no end place with no growth potential, keep em paying into a system that is far beyond house odds. Keep feeding the lies.

When all of this falls apart, those of us with skills are going to have to incorporate that old style of learning again.

Are you ready to teach what you know?

cuestión de lo mundano

I know I promised a book report and I think I have a better idea now.

Reading this book; I am not finished yet but, it raises more questions than it answers, at least for me. If you have read the book front to back, you can ignore this post as I think there are answers or at least possible solutions later in the book. I will finish this weekend but for now, I need to get some thoughts out or I am never going to get sleep 'fore I go to work at zerodarkthirty.

First question. The Declaration of Independence is a great document as is the constitution, problem being: Why is the bill of rights a section of AMENDMENTS and not DECLARATIONS in the original document?
Answer: The entire document is written by Multiple lawyers, each with an agenda, and the entire document is a compromise at best and only a thought experiment at worst. It was also written several years after the fact. The Bill of Rights, (focus on the Bill part, like a law but not ratified) was added (amended) to silence some of the dissent that was building within the states. To be truly a founding document, it needed to be written and agreed to BEFORE the Revolution was commenced not after the fact, behind closed doors. (hmm, sounds like most of the law making that has taken place over the last 20 years.)

Second question: If the above statement is a fact, why did it take this long for the ugly truth to really start to come to light?
Answer: It didn't take this long. Facts show that there were more opponents of the Constitution as it was drafted then. States submitted over 200 different possible "rights" and the 10 we got were sorted out behind closed doors by the same lawyers that drafted the original document. (hence the amendments). The MEDIA was the culprit in the smoke and mirrors.(granted the Federalists purchased the most outspoken paper of the time and essentially shut it down. Go figure)

Funny how things change the more they stay the same, ain't it?


So far in this book, Boston does one hell of a job of pulling documentation up from history(many of the same ones I was taught with) and applying them to the correct correlation of events. The way I was taught these facts was in a rather cryptic, well, maybe not cryptic but highly biased way. It really ticks me off that the level of deception is so deep and so widespread. Knowing what I do know of jurisprudence (side line hobby thanks to my Ex's dad) The core of any legal-eze is buried in Semantics. Little slices, but each building upon the last. Various forms of words that mean one thing in the mundane world have a completely different translation under the jurisprudence codes. (want to realize how little you understand the word 'corporation' or the word 'legal fiction', just look them up in Blacks Law Dictionary. Pay close attention to the difference between Law of Admiralty and the Law of the Land. Two VERY different things. Do you know which is used in this country? or if they are swapped for convenience? Or if it even applies to you on a daily basis? )

Facts are, this country was founded in the blood of people that believed in freedom over slavery, but was usurped by a bunch of lawyers with an agenda to create an entirely different form of power than the monarchies of the past. They were 'little men' with visions of Grandeur and power. Jefferson was the cobalt rod that kept the whole mess from turning into a bond market from the start.( Research just what a Bond is and the historical reference from slave trade days and you may get a glimpse of how bad it really is.)

Just as I have been discovering the truth behind the Civil War and how I had been duped for many years by an external liberal agenda, I am finding similar lies exposed about the Constitution by reading this book. It pisses me off.(not at the truth teller but at those that came before.)

I won't lie, its leaving me with little hope that there is a solution. I see one solution but it is extreme to say the least. Revert back to the villages and tribes. The Natives of this continent understood grouping and survival better than most really attribute to them. They knew that congregating too many people into too small of a space created imbalances within the world around them.(they didn't have words like environment but they understood the concept) They also had little to no property concepts: this was the Achilles heal for the tribes. I see many things that seemed crude within their setup but the facts are, they were much healthier in mind, body and spirit that we are today. MUCH healthier.

But that setup couldn't survive a swarm of people looking for liberty and opportunity. And those two things are what inspired people like Jefferson to write the Declaration.

The Constitution may have aborted that point.

It also opened doors for people like Madison, Hamilton, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, Clinton, Bush (all of em) etc etc. (obama *cough*)(I wrote that only to say, he hasn't had enough time to REALLY show just how bad its going to be when he is through. Heck, it took 7 years, arguably, for the Bush issues to really come to head, We are only half way through his first ( and last? ) term. We can speculate all we want, truth will come out in the end ) Some of these people were 'shooting stars' to grow into quickly and burn out just as quickly, others have been 'bred and groomed' for it from the start (usually while in college they are chosen though how and or who makes that decision is far beyond me. The only thing that really answers it is "follow the money". I will let you make of that what you will.)
Facts are, we are not free any more or less now than we ever have been. Yes, there are more laws on the books, and many more agencies to 'enforce the will of the people' (whatever that means) but we are still more free than most. Freedom comes from willingness to make choices. HARD CHOICES. When the original colonists ran into oppression on a local level, they chose to vote with their feet and find somewhere else to go( or fight back). Why do you think the expansion of this country was so fast? Many people, consciously or not, felt the stirrings of tyranny from the District of Criminals and chose instead to go elsewhere to live free. How many of them would rather face the uncertainty of the wilderness and angry indians over an oppressive government? I would bet that number bordered 100%. Sadly, Government followed them.
There are many out there now that would rather be coddled than have to make a decision much harder than what to have for breakfast or should they downsize that Latte at lunch. They are equally free. They also have no worries of running afoul of the laws because they swim in very shallow waters of existence. Those that take the Constitution to heart and the Bill of Rights to heart, feel a bit more restrained. Especially if they want to keep the peace.(as most of us do, we only wish to be left to our own wills, not some petty and ignorant lady with a mission to make others conform to her idea of a 'better world'.) Preppers walk a fine line between law abiding and outright lawbreaking due to the nature of our convoluted law structure. The more you learn the more you realize just how UNFREE we are and just how ENSLAVED everyone short of the political class truly are. (well, Bill Gates may not be enslaved but he could buy off any politician he wants and not be hurting for it.)


OK, time to wrap this up a bit. More questions than answers but here comes another one.

When, not if, this all falls apart, HOW can we make it so it can't happen again? (I am fairly certain that persons such as Jefferson, Adams, Henry, Rush and Hale, felt the same way.) OR

Are we doomed, as a species, to continually repeat our mistakes?