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It seems to me as if the Congress of the United States in coordination with the Executive Branch are inclined to seek a divorce from Puerto Rico in the near future. It is the sad conclusion to a shameful relationship that demeans both parties.

Alex- This doesn't have to be shameful or negative. It could be the shine to a bright begining. The US and Puerto Rico could come to a decision and conclude what is best for PR and the US alike.

Very interesting review, but the problem I see with Puerto Rico ever going on its own is the lack of moving forward. The local parties lack inertia and the people fear change and believe that what they have is better then independence or statehood. I invite those who expound the thesis of Puerto Rico moving to independence or statehood to live among the locals and see for your self that the majority do not want change.

Not even in my grandchildrens lifetime, they will see PR becoming a state. Deciding to move towards an incorporated territory, has its drawbacks. First, it is a one way street. Once there, you can't back out. We should not expect a different treatment than that given to the other states. If we look at the two latests, Alaska and Hawaii, one spent 60 years and the other 90 years as an incorporated territory, before becoming a state. Local statehood politicians, avoid discussing this matter. It is the fallacy under the statehood proposition.
The US Government as a whole, has continuosly shown, that they are not willing to grant statehood, if and when we ask for it. We are blind if we do not appreciate that in order to become a state, we have to get on that one way road, for as long or longer that the last two states.
Getting on that one way road is being willing to start paying federal taxes, develop our own financial independence, and yield the self governing powers to Congress. Only when we have shown them, that we are an asset (financial independence) to them, that we are willing to change our language and culture, to be part of that melting pot, and that statehood is overwhelmingly the people's choice, will we have a fair chance of being crowned as a new state.
So far 107 years of history, does not bring us anywhere near that goal. Forced annexation efforts during the first 40 or 50 years have failed.
As an unincorporated territory, the US would rather, release us first than making us a state. As we stand, they prefer to keep things as they are, under Commonwealth. They would have us wait another 100 years. Not even my grandchildren will see it.

We stand a better chance, hoping for development of Commonwealth, towards and eventual release, than starting a trip on the one way street of incorporation.

Nothing to do with the topic- this site is to help PR decide its future status- however lots of things are going on right now on that subject and this site hasn't post anything on that valuable news- are you guys on vacation- it will nice to start receiving those wonderful emails from the past- what's up. This use to be a site for the stateside Ricans to find out what is going on out belove PR- If I am wrong I stand corrected- sincerely yours, NYRican

The name of the game is political control. As you are aware the Puertorrican and hispanic population is growing fast.
Will congres grant statehood to Puerto Rico, and by doing so granting a Super Power to Puertorricans? No, pf course.
That is the reason to divide the Puertorricans and conquer.

Does anyone care about the voting rights issue? Does anyone care about the citizenship to decendents of inmigrants issue?

Wake up. Lets keep united. Let the Congress make their moved. And lets keep united. We have enough voting power, only, if keep united.
To hell with Statehood and independence. Congress created the status call ELA. And today they are afraid of it.

Mr. Perez Marrero,

Sorry to burst your belief of developing Commonwealth, but that is a dream. That desire has been pursued since Luis Muñoz Marin’s days and Congress who really has the power has in the past and will continue to do nothing about it. The problem with the Pro-ELA and those that believe that the Estado Libre Asociado can be “Improved” is just chanting a mantra that is impossible to bring to life. The U.S. Government giving up more to the Commonwealth than to any other State is something that the other members of the union will not agree to. Give up that dream and fight for independence which is better than being a territory. Use logic and not emotions when looking for options to make things better for Puerto Rico and the U.S. We are just too emotional when it comes to the status issue. We need to see what is best for both nations. We want more and do not care what others say. We Boricuas want and want, but do not want to give up anything which reminds me of an old sayaing and I quote from an old Mexican saying, “quieren mamar y dal topes a la misma vez.” This referring to a calf that suckles and butts with its head at the same time. We cannot continue to want a little independence, but not enough to be really independent. It is complete independence or statehood. I believe that independence is best because statehood is impossible for people like yourself who truly believe that culture, language, and customs would be lost if it became a state of the union and not feel that they are American citizens first. That might be debatable, but I have no time to expand on this point. I recommend that you and those that believe like you to negotiate an associated or independent nation and work toward an amicable agreement between Puerto Rico and U.S.

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[PLEASE LET, WE THE TAINO PEOPLE DECIDE]Some politicians main concern today are not "public service,” nor is it based on justice nor truth. It is based solely on being re-elected and what will get them another term in office. Their actions are based on and they are so out of touch and centered in on their own personal agendas, they do not have a clue as to what their constituency wants them to do, and in fact they could care less. They will deceive, manipulate, lie, and yes, walk over the rights of the average citizen if it suits their purpose. Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values are some lifelong processes--the higher the values, the harder the struggle--he needs a moment, an hour or some period of time in which he can experience the sense of his completed task, the sense of living in a universe where his values have been successfully achieved. It is like a moment of rest, a moment to gain fuel to move farther. Art gives him that fuel; the pleasure of contemplating the objectified reality of one's own sense of life is the pleasure of feeling what it would be like to live in oneíííís an ideal world. --Every day we are confronted with experiences which are, in the larger world view, insignificant, yet these items challenge us with indecision because they make us face philosophical paradoxes. F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that the highest form of thought was to be able to hold two conflicting ideas at the same time. I do not agree. Conflicting ideas produce inadequate understanding, indecision, inaction, thus inadequate achievements. But apparently conflicting ideas which are resolved within the thinker--now that’s something else. Ultimately, in this example, the paradox unresolved comes down to a permissive versus a restrictive society. By what guidelines does one choose the balance? What did Jimmy to God, God does to Jimmy. "Actions can boomerang,” "Never cast dirt into that fountain of which you have sometime drunk" Politicians have to follow what has considered importantly in society, or they will simply not be elected. The basic ingredient of Puerto Rico's political dilemma, is that in a complex, original situation, where no source of help is apparent. Irresponsibility and the tendency to shift responsibilities come from a natural rebellion against unnatural responsibility. Our people as that (NPP) Party's blueprint must find the correct solution for developing the statehood model for next-plebiscite. "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." In some dynamic treatment, the process of evaluating a position consists in isolating and weighing up all the positional factors that play a part in it. Capture of the 51st Start is the ultimate goal but not the first object of the plebiscite. The art of evaluation lies in understanding the essence of a position - identifying the crucial problem (either positional or tactical) that needs solving - sensing the right direction for our investigations and detecting the desirability or otherwise of a particular operation. Then evaluate and act. Tastes are not debate: "Tastes differ.” Take a hard look at the handling of statehood if the position is hopeless; Resign if not, then play like the fate of the Borinquen depends on its outcome. Do not resign until your position is absolutely, definitely hopeless. The devil is not as scary as they paint him. Keep on fighting; never mind whether analysis can show that the situation is dismal. When you reach the top, keep climbing." I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake. Every so often, you are opponent just self-destructs. Believe firmly that in becomes of paramount requested substantive action there are no rules without exceptions. "The medicine that cures the tailor can kill the shoemaker." If you do not resign but hang around and watch, this can be fun. "There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnake's tail." A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster. "Use the correct tool for the job." All persons understanding of statehood who starts with a slight disadvantage are thereby stimulated to work harder and often achieve a good result. Necessity knows no laws. Whereas an elector with a slight advantage may overestimate it, become careless, and get a bad game. Good positions do not win next-plebiscite, and good moves do. Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl. It is not enough to be a good American citenzen; you must also play well. One does not have to play well; it is enough to play better than your opponent is. If you think that the move is good, play it! A starving man will eat with the wolf." Who needs the approval of a city official for the water from a stream?) Excessive subjectiveness disturbs the logical development of model for next-plebiscite. Strange, is not it, but that's the conclusion I have come to after many years of top-level coaching. Time management is an important skill in statehood. "The one who tells the stories rules the world." Learn from the past USA's colonies maybe, but do not necessarily copy them! In the end, imitation leads only to stagnation and there is no satisfaction in that. This is a rudimentary opposition to taxation and control of things taken for granted in a village life. An individual has to feel that he or she gives something of them to that purpose. To the mediocre, mediocrity appears great. Light a candle for God and another one for the devil. "Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl." The next-plebiscite might be divides into three parts, the opening, the middle-game, and the end game. There is one thing; you must strive for to be equally efficient in the three parts. What the people believes is true. Originality and creativity are paramount for most persons, NOT results. The real goal on our ultimate civic destiny is to create an imbalance and try to build a situation in which it is favorable for you. Unwanted excuse implies/means manifest accusation" I believe most amateurs are far too conventional in their approach. To make an informed decision on our ultimate civic destiny, the individuality of expression is the key to rapid improvement. ““Unshared joy is an unlighted candle." Certainly, concerning, action We The Taino people of Puerto Rico must eliminate those routine and mechanical approaches to the solution for complex political intolerance in our society. In the end, true statehood connoisseurs realize that the secret of success does not depend only on intensive preparation. If you reprove one error, you will correct a hundred.""Our lives teach us who we are." We are a Nation. If you can honestly conclude that the reasons for a loss in some many plebiscites are that your opponent played the better public politics (on that day at least) the learning process speeds up considerably. May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you." To delete an existing political dilemma, the problem is simultaneously to establish the psychological cause of those past historian mistakes. ““Life is the sum of your choices.”” By showing greater perseverance with your opening preferences you will get a feel for the positions that arise. Nevertheless, on the way this preparation is transformed within the person, in the way it lets him develop his plebiscite horizons. What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your tongue." " Don't kill the messenger" From being to knowing" from the existence of things one can make sure of their possibilities. Eventually you will develop a repertoire, which fosters self-confidence, saves some time on the status quote clock, and hopeful brings about positions that suit you. "The experience is more important than the theory." From a thing's possibility one cannot be certain of its reality" "Never tickle a sleeping Chupacabra", Many seemingly unimportant transpositions actually obscure the points. The will of the heart is to hug the 51st Start, but the arm is not long enough. This proverb is often use to illustrate a person who does not have enough resources to do/accomplish his goal/wish. The Lord is my light", the motto of el federalists. The ability indirectly, as if suddenly, without resulting to detailed, logical deductions, to find or discover the truth, as if suddenly, without resulting to detailed, logical deductions. To find or discover the truth, an inner illumination the shining starts of the American flag. "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law" (motto of the U.S. 51 states of Borinquen.
I would first like to say that we the Tainos are the very first American Indian Nation to greet and meet Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492. "Boo!" I am a ghost of the past and I say that we the Tainos are still here. In the Puerto Rico census made at the end of the 18th century by order of Carlos III of Spain, proof was given that the Taino natives were not exterminated in the first half of the 15th century, since in 1799 there was a documented contingent of some 2,302 pure natives of Taino Indian blood living in the country and who had settled in the Central Cordillera (Puerto Rico's Central Mountain Range). Recent Research Contributions of Genetics to the Studies of Population History and Anthropology in Puerto Rico
Profiles Vol. 1 No. 2 August 15, 2000. Are any other traditional beliefs affected?
Yes. Our findings also indicate that the conventional wisdom that
Amerindians would be concentrated in the mountains while African blacks
would be concentrated in the coasts, is not accurate. A strong Amerindian
presence has been found in the southern coastal city of Ponce, for example,
while African black mtDNA is present in the central mountains of Puerto
Rico. Undoubtedly, African slaves must have fled from the coasts to the
mountains even though history does not record such a flight. Loiza Aldea, an
area east of San Juan populated mostly by blacks, presents an interesting
example. By a crown decree from Spain, the colonial government of Puerto
Rico was instructed to place runaway slaves from the British colonies in
what is today Loiza Aldea. This area was chosen by the Crown because it was
the weakest flank of defense of the island, and they hoped that the freed
blacks would help defend the island against British invaders. This is a
historical fact, but what history cannot explain is the great quantity of
fishermen among the blacks of Loiza Aldea. Fishing by blacks is considered
an aberration because black slaves were traditionally taught a fear of the
sea as a way to keep them enslaved. Some historians have argued that the
blacks of Loiza developed their fishing skills through direct contact with the Tainos of Puerto Rico. The presence of Amerindian mtDNA in Loiza, supports this hypothesis. In general, the project underlines the fact that biology can help reveal ethnic origins as well as population growth and migration in the development of the people. These places today are known by our people as the Indieras (Indian Lands). CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION BY UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CENSUS BUREAU Smiling??. "Nobody must keep a commitment to do impossible things". Tactics early in the plebiscite will tend to favor the burocratics, because he has the initiative. "From the stars, Knowledge" Aim for small advantages, accumulates them, and only after having attained these ends search for the combination. As well for being a strategy aimed at winning games always the well it gives you experience with a wide range of positions. You can write down everything, but it does not have to be true. Since this kind of offensive is one of the most complex and many-sided operations in statehood, demanding the maximum collaboration of all people's concerns and control overall possible consequence right to the end-process of 'des colonialism myth'. I have always believed that you can think positively just as well as you can think negative. Paper is patient. It is often easier to write things down, than to tell them other people. This demands immense energy consumption both before and during OUR STRUGGLE. An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out? Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. I have never, in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. Do not cry with them when they are on that undiluted celebration hill they cannot climb, and do not feel sorry when they start slipping backward. Whom the initiative is our sort of birthright, OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM Note: I said ADD-NOT GIVE UP your basic system. ““What does I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself." Now is the time the boys will be separate from the men. Catchall categories supported in good part by pro-commonwealth voters who were indulging a best-of-both-words fantasy definition of the commonwealth many privileges, few obligations that Congress would never approve. There is no substitute. Here we see how skillfully transpositions actually obscure the points. ““Public virtue is a kind of ghost town into which anyone can move and declare himself sheriff." Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction. For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain. The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you put up with the rain. A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles. Seeing the idea precedes the logical argument. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." We the people must visualize the correct order of positions, reviewing the responses of the political opponent its development proceeded by the acquisition of experience in combination vision of which we have already spoken. Process. ““It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." If you cannot beat a >em with accuracy, kill a >em with fear and confusion! "You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips." To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight. Never stop fighting. "The moral is that statehood one judge not by contaminated political ideology forms, or colors, but by functions and American values. Every U.S. Senator & Democrats statehood person is morally obliged to attempt to solve as well as possible the complex politician' dilemma, without any fear of simplification. Now the only way that your opponent can possibly break your control is by giving up something else. Taught that launching plebiscites with our congress approval out of thin air was unsound in most instances. Because a properly congressional approval of next-plebiscite ought to end in a draw, one cannot expect to defeat an opponent by force majeure. The Taino Tribal Council of Jatibonicu' Taino Tribe of Borikén "Great People of The Sacred High Waters"
The mountainous Region of Borikén Puerto Rico "Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment addressing and surmounting the challenges posed by what has accurately and succinctly been described as "American democracy's unfinished business. " "What the people want is very simple. " It is strangely absurd to suppose that a four million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately." They want an America as good as its promise." Because it only appears to be forced, but in reality a combination contains many possibilities, which are almost impossible to see while deciding tense status results. If you choose to look at it spiritually, this view of entity clearing aligns well with the world view of native Indians, Hawaiian religions, or many other religious traditions: that everything has a spirit. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."." One is free to choose, but what follows is the result of one's choice. From the consequences of one's action, there is never any escape. The Holy Bible is this world's only doors to reality . . . " Please . . . " Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The biggest triumph of the Creator is to see his creatures re-create themselves. It strives for creativity, invention combines both soundness, and the opportunity for dynamic counter play when such advantages gained, victory for union harmony will be obtained. Perhaps our brains are something like a train track and consciousness is like the train that travels on it. Our Ancestor Taino Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences, which control the world, and the ties, which link Borinquen with the human soul. *"Anybody is equal to nobody. Every human being is a strange single." It is like speaking a foreign language or liking cauliflower, it puts you into a special group of people that understand something that those out of the group can’t. Without freedom of expression, liberty we cannot be natural; there is simply no peace. The question is not how to be without problems, or how too never be hurt. The question that matters, is whether your heart is free! My heart is free of multiple identities within the universe of the supreme creator. Does fear of making mistakes prevent you trying something creative? It is a sharp edged reality, lacking the dulling aspects of Deus ex machine luck, and unwrapped by insider connections. Life is a kind of status quo, with struggle, competition, good, and ill events. "We're originated in the infinite Universe". Puertorican's life very much resembles a continuo’s political dilemma. For, as in the latter, while a state man is too attentive to secure him very strongly on one side of this democratic deficit. He is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so does it often happen in life. O life, what art thou? Life seldom answers this question. I am surely that many original and deep ideas conceive a new route of instructively at a moment of great intensity. When connections are made, structure appears allowing energy to flow where before there was only an inert potential. It makes no difference whether you win or lose, until you lose. "Do not follow where the path may lead. " We make ourselves either happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same." We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness." Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." However, play you are hardest anyway; just be positioned higher than the win. "When making a decision . . . in vital matters . . . such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within us.". ““By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. I do not like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. You want that, you can go into showing business.'' There are two classes of American men; those who are content to yield to circumstances, and who play colonial whist; and those who aim to control circumstances, and who play safely with the 51st state of the union. That there seems to be distinct as well as higher and lower forms, including automatic skills of mind and body appearing to be autonomous and unrelated to creative vision, is distraction's way of throwing sand in our eyes. More things change the more; they are the same. The forces of distraction inherent in matter-dominated society prevent all but the rarest of intuitive inspirations from becoming breakthroughs and from disrupting the mind-debilitating, ego-soothing reality-consensus that shields society from the change, that novelty always imposes. A wave of the ATLANTIC ocean OR mar caribe certainly looks separate from other waves of the ocean: there's an apparent separation. Civilizations should be measured by "the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained." Separation is the ultimate myth. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. IF you chase two rabbits, both will escape. All polarities indicate a higher truth. Duality does not mean separation, but it means life: Day would lose its meaning without night. Life is the movement between polarities, and one polarity gives the other its meaning. IF a man looks sharply and attentively, he will see fortune. THE solution of every problem is another problem. THE pen is the tongue of the mind. And just as he has learned to be guided by objective criteria in making his physical tools, so he must be guided by objective criteria in forming his tools of cognition: his concepts. Traditionally in our oral tribal history our people have always honored our tribal Elders and all of our Taino tribal Chieftains as this is our way of remembering our Taino community leaders and they’re handed down a legacy. "We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts . . . KNOWLEDGE can be enormously costly, and is often scattered in widely uneven fragments, too small to be individually usable in decision making. A self-government means self-reliance." Own independent judgment is the means by which one must choose one's actions, but it is not a moral criterion or a moral validation; only reference to a demonstrable principle can validate one's choices. Humilities, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot." NO concept man form is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge. This is the Great Seal of the Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation of Borikén. The Great Sacred Seal was etched into rock around 900 BC. We the Jatibonicu people and its Tribal Chiefs and Elders historically have recognized this Great Seal as the official Guanin (Sacred Badge of Authority of the Chieftains) of the tribal blood lineage of Cacique Orocobix. Chief Orocobix was the last hereditary full blood Paramount Chief of the island kingdom of Jatibonicu. The extremely tiny fractions that think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the end, these are the only people who count. "When your mental eyes are finally opened, it'll be like going from a back seat passenger of your life, to a driver behind the wheel."Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny. You can distort them later. They both together make up the indivisible phenomena. WE hear and apprehend only what we already half know. Do not try to fathom the unfathomable. WE are anxious when there is a dissonance between our knowledge and the perceivable facts. Originality consists of the achievement of new combinations, and not of the creation of something out of nothing. Since our knowledge is not to be doubt or questioned, the facts have to be alter. GET the facts first. WE think in generalities, but we live in details. We do not know a truth without knowing its cause. TO know truly is to know by causes. WE usually see only the things we are looking for - so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not. It is to find the boundlessness that millions are looking for. Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complexes than you imagine. THE thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. To find truth is like a flower releasing its fragrance to the winds, somehow fulfilling its ultimate destiny. THE real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. In our society people do what they want anyway, whether something is legal or not. Why not give the individual his freedom? Give the individual freedom, and he will realize his responsibility. Taking away the individual's responsibility induces irresponsible, criminal, and violent behavior. " Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth. Naturally, the individual rebels. The Lord once owns the happy lines, how the wit brightens! We the Taino people must pay attention of the statehood development; to prevent liquidation or interchanges occurs in any situation. The success of a strategic plan depends of every detail being correct. Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything. Reason, which governs the world, governs also the chessboard. Let us depart from science. "Judge not the dog by its hair." He who does not love the national language is worse than a smelly fish. To protect those who are not able to protect themselves is a duty, which everyone owes to society.'' Some dabble in it a while, but not long enough to discover its mysterious charms, which are carefully hidden from the casual observer. The process of perception links people to their environment and is critical to accurate understanding of the world about us."It's the thought that counts." The subject or psychological exploitation of the treat to puerto Rico USA, position can also involve various other ulterior motives. Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Only congress can define terms for statehood, separate nationhood or continuation of the current status so that informed self-determination is possible." By comparing these to the structure and processes of Taino DNA, we can assemble a complex of photo-linguistic meanings that allow us to fulfil the ultimate goal of man's spiritual yearnings, that of reading the divine. "When your mental eyes are finally opened, it's like looking into a microscope for the first time, and discovering that another world exists." "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Eventually congress will have to do same for PUERTO RICAN, and the sooner the better for Puerto Rico and the nation as a whole doing this should cultivate needed skills and prepare you for higher levels of demands. ““The weak can never forgive. " It heals the mind in sickness and exercises it in health. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”” It affords a keen delight to youth, a sober pleasure to manhood, and a perpetual solace to old age. It induces the poor to forget their poverty, and the rich to be careless of their wealth. The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.”” What torment, to have your thinking and your fantasy tied down by another person! Nothing less will satisfy the obligation to convert an imperial property into a place of dignity for American citizens whom are equal in rights to all others. "Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike." It may not sound very glamorous, but a human being's greatest freedom is being natural. It is continuous and demands a heated passion for united stares of America. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The end game is the North Star by which a course may be set in both the opening and middle game. A pure thought creates the lightning of a harmony life. History must be rewriting as a tool using the lightning rail road track of prosperity. If it flags for an instant, an oversight is committed, resulting in injury or defeat. The best American in Puerto Rico may be little more, than best American in the USA. However, proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind. "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word." " Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true." I will be blunt - I do not give a damn what color someone skins is, what religion they are, what country they are from, what gender they are, what their sexual preferences is. "To perceive is to suffer." The handwriting is on the wall; should be use as we use glasses - to assist the sight; although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight. Knowledge is necessary but not sufficient, if one cannot apply it efficiently under real-time competitive conditions. Let us remember that America became the greatest nation in the history of the world by empowering people with the tools for informing self-determination. ““Politeness is the art of choosing among one’’s real thought." Moreover, Congress and the local government would then ratify the chosen status by all becoming an intellectual giant in the techniques of Know-how and need to know basic with various degrees of difficulties. We the people of Puerto Rico, USA must know the United States congressional representative agenda their view’s terminology all the rules of as relative values of the overall objective mission. We the people of Puerto Rico see this aim as the desire to achieve statehood with those scientific and religious values that, a par and artistic U.S. flag masterpiece. "A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society."““Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all moral creatures must depend on each other to exist." Can never approximate the human emotions, which accompany an excellent move or a great idea? Oh, those exclamation points! "An Americanism is a question of principles, of idealism, of character: it is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent."““This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in." Do not give advice to someone more experienced than you do. Do not trouble; trouble until trouble troubles you. My point is this: Unless one considers that there should be two or more classes of citizens, doesn't everyone have the right to be rich? "To be a catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction." If you say yes to this, the next question is: Do you want to live in a society that makes this an actual possibility for everyone, or do you want to live in a society that just promises this to everyone but can't actually deliver on that promise? If the conditions of plebiscite change the plan also changes, anger, fear, and overconfidence is common emotion that may help you in the odd task but that ultimately leap to defeat because they cloud the intellectual and creative process. Formations are only valid as part of a sequence or plan, not as goals. Since it is a natural process it needs to be allowed to take its course and not hurried. The process of living can be severely hampered by the fear of death. It was once said that ““““everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die””””. If we truly believed we were going to a better place, would we be afraid. The most constant thing in life is change. Everything that has been mummified belongs to the past. Mummification is a blockage in the body. There is no spirit. We are all alive and need to progress and go beyond. I finally concluded: A single plan is the sum total of strategic operations which follow each other in turn and which each carry out an independent idea that arises logically from the demands of a given position. If you do not do what the position needs, bad things will happen to you. A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel. Some sweat to conquer a difficulty, only to rest content in their labors; not knowing how to bring the victory home. THE status moves we play reveal our essence, and we place in those political dilemma reality s the expectation that something larger, more mysterious, more transforming might arise in our ordinary lives. Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them." What right does anyone have to assume that another person should be like them? I personally think that if everyone were like me, this world would be a better, safer place, but that's MY opinion. It does not give me the right to try to make everyone like me. Hell. If being like "them" is so great, how come the world is so screwed up? Think about it. I like who I am. I have principles which I do not compromise, even when it is painful.

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing. " Great events have small beginning the god blesses America and Puerto Rico USA.
P.S. Philosophy La estadidad is the childhood of the intellect, (puertorriqueño) and a culture that tries to skip our Taino heritages it will never grow up."
(I'm not a native speaker - please forgive my errors).

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Why We Do What We Do: The 3.8 million U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico can't vote. As residents of a "US territory," they are not permitted to vote in Presidential elections, or for Senators, or for full Representatives in the House. But Puerto Rico is not an independent [NATION], either. Puerto Rico is caught in limbo, without equal representation and without full sovereignty. This is unfair, undemocratic, and wrong. That is why CEF-US promotes decolonization for Puerto Rico.

Osvaldo, your statements are false. Puerto Rico will become a state probably in your lifetime. Last time I checked the majority of U.S. politicians support statehood. The executive branch stated in the 90's that if PR were to vote for statehood, that it should become a state in a transition period (incorporated) no more than 10 years. So much for 60 years. If you haven't noticed we have already given are self governing powers to Congress, more specifically the U.S. Constitution, under the territorial status we are under. I advise you to look up the Supremacy Clause. The difference being under statehood we will have representation in regards to changing and making those laws. The PPD has given Puerto Ricans the image that there authority is equal to that of the federal government. Please tell me where it is stated that Puerto Rico must give up the Spanish language as a prerequisite to statehood. Yet another scare tactic of the anti-statehood leaders. I have news for you, independence or any form of it will have double the impact on our culture than statehood will ever have. I would like to see the culture you guys propose when there is no food on the table. Lastly, the Commonwealth will never be enhanced more than a territory under the authority of Congress. Such a status is not legally possible under the United States. That is why the PPD, the so called autonomists, is an insignificant segment of Puerto Rican politics. Comparing the troubles of statehood to the troubles of independence is like comparing a cup of water to a lake. It is a tragedy the amount of poison the PPD has pumped into PR.

Alberto, the ELA is dead. The question is when are we going to bury it? You don't like independence or statehood, than I feel sorry because those are the only two valid solutions to the status problem. Again show me where you get your facts that the U.S. won't grant statehood to PR. Is that just more garbage out the PPD propoganda machine.

Negron, I agree with you that the ELA cannot be enhanced, because it is dead. However, how do you suppose a state that is 99% Latino would develop a culture other than Latino. Loss of culture is an argument against statehood that belongs in 1917. To be here in 2006 and think that the U.S. will force a cultural transformation on PR is a joke. Again I would like to see the culture that we have today remain the same after 30 years of independence.

For the misinformation and lies that the anti-statehood leaders have fed PR, I can't wait to see their faces when they're 51 stars on the flag. It is going to be a special day when the people of PR realize that they were lied to. Instead of a plan and an agenda, they were fed hate. Instead of the truth, nothing but lies from animals such as AAV or RHC. Puerto Rico 51!

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“Statehood-happiness, is not a state to be arriving at but, rather, a manner of traveling in the road task force map. The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around, but they only take roots in minds well prepared to receive them. The main fuel to speed the Puerto Rico's 51st Star’s progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.” –Vicktor

The design of the Commonwealth flag reflects the close ties that bound the USA TERRITORIES with the greatest America Nation in the all world. The term "United States" when used in a geographical sense on official documents, acts and/or laws; includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Life is like an ocean and all separation is imagined, apparent maybe, but not in any sense a fundamental truth. Separation is a fake principle, whether we have bought into the concept of separation as a truth, or not. The Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Ocean both are bridges that keep Unites States and Puerto Rico in union. This flag of ours is the symbol of all that is good about this country. America is an idea. It is an idea lived, and fought for, by people. We are America, and this is our symbol. “The skeleton statehood’’ helps us fill in the flesh on the statehood skeleton. “Statehood is the movement between polarities, and one polarity gives the other its meaning.” All polarities indicate a higher truth. Duality does not mean separation, but it means life: day would lose its meaning without night. The task force is not to build a mighty oak tree, but a humble seed. "A seed for statehood is a statehood capable of self-understanding, self-modification, and recursive self-enhancement. " Don’’’’t waste it, by allowing it to sleep, or by mistaking its sleep for its absence. Awaken it! Unshared joy is an unlighted candle" Simply by perceiving and contemplating the simple truth of Statehood 51st Star you can regain awareness of whom and what you really are. It doesn't have to take anything very complicated. The truth is always there, written between the Constitutional lines, in the silence between the words. The ability to shift scope of attention is one of the most important there is. Shifting from big to small, from general to specific, from context to content, from periphery to focus, etc. all are extremely important. The ability to do it in the MAP’s field of logic is called intelligence. Once you can build an intelligence Statehood (Estado 51), then you can define it . . . and, no, I don't pretend that my definitions are absolute and all-inclusive of that which they seek to explain (actually precisely the opposite). Intelligence: the ability to solve problems. For example, two events might cooccur because they have a common cause, rather than because one causes the other. But when two events or changes do cooccur, and the time sequence is such that one always follows the other, people often infer that the first caused the second. Thus, inaccurate perception of correlation leads to inaccurate perception of cause and effect. A mirror flips, and statehood consciousness is a form of intelligence that uses self-modeling. They are, as I would say, "orienting generalizations," and given the necessarily relative nature of knowledge (e.g., computation, algorithms, cultural, arts etc), this is all they try to be. Yes, I think it is critical that statehood consciousness is a subset of intelligence. We the people may consider all the four possible shapes of a number’’s configuration generated from turning around one shape in steps of 90 degrees, to be one shape for the task force map analysis. T shape map choreography is the same for us whether that T stands right, turned left or right to lie horizontally, or stands on its head. If this shape can be castled by a piece in one orientation, it can be castled by the same piece in the other orientations provided that the approach of the puzzle piece to the USA/PR-Map is from the same relative direction. That sidestep many of the useless philosophical issues about (Estado 51st ) with a more accurate geographical conceptual arrangement, in the task force map. Like a group chairman who won’t expell anyone from the meeting however disruptive and incontrollable they are, the intelligent statehood system that doesn't delete extraneous (FAS.) Data will soon cease to function in the proper American way. The deleted function is massively more useful than just ignoring stuff not causing goals bells to be activated by hormonal, Pavlovians, reactions systems in Man. ‘Statehood-Conscious’ and unconscious experiences do not belong to different compartments of the American mind; they form a continuous scale of gradations, of degrees of awareness. When I say "statehood-consciousness" I am talking about the American Cultural level of the more general faculty of awareness in Borinquen. The Task Force choices are arbitrary, but in STATEHOOD, I think it is more useful to define “statehood-consciousness” as an emergent subset of awareness, otherwise you can't create [Un Estado 51st.].. Without it being conscious, and these two functions are clearly not identical and can be achieved separately. Is a Coqui Frog intelligent? -???- yet it is conscious, yes? Take it down to fleas now. Aren't fleas conscious? -???- but are they intelligent? I bet this is a slippery slope. But awareness is a gradient that does indeed extend down to the cellular and arguably even to the atomic level. Consciousness, as I alluded to, is specific type of self-reflexive awareness, the awareness of one's own awareness. Is a COQUI FLOG then conscious? I can't help but doubt it, but it is clear that a “COQUI FROGS” can solve problems, such as how to leap from lilly pad to pad. Is a chimpanzee conscious? To a much lesser degree than a human, certainly. There is definitely a gradient here which reaches a much higher level in the human, from which this term gets its epitome. Also, defining intelligence as the deeper level allows us to explain the powerful problem-solving creativity in clearly we the Taino of Borinquen, WE-THE-PEOPLE American Collective Unconscious Evolution. Clearly intelligence has a more general base given that it is found in both systems whereas consciousness is specific to the American in this case. That's the main reason that I place “statehood-consciousness” higher up in the intelligence hierarchy or any futile (FAS. =Independence) task force options. And yes, I would say a flea is intelligent, given my already stated definition of problem solving capability. A flea solves very complex problems on a daily basis; problems that our most complex status quo’ has difficulty doing. I'm probably approaching this with no degree of strictness that you are asking of me, but (at least) I might be providing a background that lets you see how my particular bias comes about. I suppose this means that I should be able to conceive of something's being conscious and NOT intelligent. And, yes, I think that I'm okay with this. Can I conceive of something that is intelligent and not conscious? NO! Consciousness has to cohere with intelligence. Statehood cannot be. Without consciousness. Yet Statehood-consciousness CAN be . . . without intelligence. I think of a flea as less intelligent than a Coquii frog less intelligent than a dog less intelligent than a Puerto Rican, U.S. Citizen. Now a conundrum of my thinking: Do I think a human is more conscious than a dog? I cannot answer "yes" here. Is a dog more conscious than a frog? Again, I'm not sure of the answer. Is a flea more conscious than a quark? Yet again, I somehow have been conditioned to reserve judgement on the answer. Seemingly, the greater consciousness would have to be ground for the greater multiplicity of intelligence, so greatest consciousness might imply least localized intelligence, . . . but here I seem to be suggesting a different sense of "least intelligent" than the usual "stupid.” Am I uncovering a secret or subdued panprotopsychic fiber in myself? Perhaps. I might be drifting into some dangerous Atlantic & Caribe waters here. They are different degrees and forms of the same thing, call it awareness or consciousness, it doesn't really matter to me as a Puerto Rican proud American U.S. citizen. I am just seeking the optimal definitional task force arrangement for the Map Puzzles political dilemmas of the foreseeable scientific/technical Statehood future for the American people that happens to live in Borinquen, as well as trying to align that 51st Stars with the old and new statehood philosophies of the rest 50 state. A tricky problem, to be sure. Another problem I see is that if you can't define degrees or distinctions between ‘statehood-consciousness’ and ‘non-statehood-consciousness’, then what is the value of the options of this TASK-Force? And given that there is no dividing line between awareness and consciousness, it is not inaccurate to draw the TASK FORCE USA/PR MAP ROUTE LINE, much closer to the bottom, or even to erase it altogether. Again, it is a function of opinion, but having a single architecture made of 51st State of the American union that allows these differences to coexist explicitly and in awareness of the crucial differences among each others, is very valuable to us Americans’. Overall. So, maybe we the people should focus on what is ‘statehood consciousness’, and say "once we the people define 'consciousness' (awareness?), then we can build it as strong Task Force Mission.” If we the people see statehood evolution itself as intelligent, given its extremely efficient (if fantastic) problem-solving capabilities, then there is no conflict with intelligent MAP design and social cultural evolution. This intelligence is simply INTRINSIC rather than extrinsic, or immanent to the complexity of matter rather than transcendent to the universe via an anthropic God. To me that is the judo move in the task force evolution debate, and this view of intelligence as fundamental, or immanent, to emergent anthropic consciousness, is central to the integration of the two truths behind the energy of this long-enduring task force debate. A successful intuitive search normally accompanied by a fervent positive faith. It would not appear that granting statehood final determination would violate the interest of the United States, it seems to be in the best interest of all concerned, Where intuitive illumination represents the shining bright 51st start, the final concluding act of completeness democracy creativity. All of which goes to show that to solve a problem, you must not only believe that there is an answer, you must also believe that you, yourself, through your own efforts or the grace of God, can find it. So yes there is intelligence at work in (estado 51)statehood evolution. And yes, it is not random, but this intelligence is not merely extrinsic and transcendent to matter, but rather intrinsic and immanent. "What the people want is very simple. " It is strangely absurd to suppose that a million of human beings, collected together, are not under the same moral laws which bind each of them separately." They want an America as good as its promise." "Nobody must keep a commitment to do impossible things.””The moral is that statehood one judges not by contaminated political ideologies forms, or colors nationalities, but by functions and american values.” The essence of Statehood is thinking about what Statehood is.” I am Proud to be an American, been more proudly in being a PUERTO Rican. The phrase "Gods bless America" indicates that. The unity of the people in this country is at an all time high, and the patriotism shown by Americans continues to grow. He already has blessed us and continues to do so. The task force is not to build a mighty oak tree, but a humble seed." "A seed for statehood is a statehood capable of self-understanding, self-modification, and recursive self-enhancement. What's a problem? Achieving a relationship between Task Force Map dividable? Finding a relationship? Sensing a resonance between dividable? Then sensing the division of self finding such relationships between such further dividable? We the people speak of unity or unification, but does intelligence not rest (again in some profound sense) on taking things apart or being (as a thing) apart? If consciousness can be agreeing to be defined (by 'W’what are you conscious of?' ---> the lisy the things you are conscious of . . . ) To model, design and build, a strong national security STATEHOOD we the people have to have constrainments, and containment of constrainments with relationships between and among them all at various levels of intensity. “Statehood-Consciousness,” then, maybe could be thought of as a division from oneness, which intelligence then reassembles with an environment via a self-transcending aspect of the American way of life. Our political struggle, theirs participates; entire Corpus Sprit collective word of American society, intellect of a person and victory is a yield not only by thoughts, but also by will power, composure, and an indomitable striving for the togetherness-cherished goal. In life, in becoming the 51st Start, a major problem is failing to see the big picture. As has been said before, For those who are capable of seeing the 'big picture', reality has a way of demonstrating just how false the assertions of the ideologues actually are. Unfair, and harmful to Borinquen and the United States for Congress including the Republican’’’’s Task Force committee to relegate the issue to business as usual. Despite the vast quantities of distortions and misleading propaganda the ideologues dispense, reality sets the standard for Truth. Back to the proposed question: What is this fundamental form of statehood intelligence? Even if we the people do not have to know, in order to accelerate it, still CAN we the people know what it is? Wouldn't it be neat to start thinking of once-cold fundamental physical measures as warmer constituents of a fundamentally living statehood universe made of 51 beautiful stars? What happens when you saturate the universe with intelligence, and come to the MAP boundary? What happens when you intrinsically run into the opposite barrier of the "string" Do you fall into a dynamic equilibrium, with intelligence constantly chugging away, yet constricted within the bounds of the system? And that we stay that way until the end of time? For some reason that seems ludicrous to me. The beauty of Statehood-Intelligence is to question. The desire and the force to know the future 51st star to materialize in front on us in the U.S. American Flag; But not only to know, but to experience, to live (as the poets say). Yet how can we live, how can we experience, how can we know, once we reach the boundaries of the system. How can we reconcile existence (or live) once everything is known? It's a chosen quality of our thinking style that allows us to do one over the other. And what makes the choice is a high regard for life itself, as opposed to a higher regard for lifeless Status Quo an ELA with multiple masks and Faces. How do we the people make the collective of all American intelligence BETTER? What does better fairness mean? Better compromise? Better harmony? Whose task force definitions does we American use? Again, why those? More just? More beautiful? Again, whose definitions and why? Really, a being is much more resourceful than that. Haven't you ever heard of spiritual ventriloquism? Language forces us to communicate things as structure’s reality is not governed by language. A rootless root if understood as structure build on nothing is something. Don’t mistake the map with the territory, though. Communication doesn't have to take place verbally. You can't necessarily expect all your body parts to speak fluent English, even though they might respond to your intentions. But, well, maybe they speak Body Language? .. But, jest aside, masses in the body might be more likely to communicate in feelings of various kinds. One can establish subconscious communication methods with body masses. We the people can make an agreement that one specific change in a somatic means "Yes" and another change means "No.” That bypasses the person's conscious figure-figure on the subject and can give direct contact with the piece of puzzle (masterpiece) that we the people are addressing. Yes" to one finger, and "No" to another, and have them move up automatically on the task forum Blog, depending on the answers. I would agree with. Statehood Concept is the relative world of Mappings Representation. In Task Force, there is the truth of the relative, not the relativity of truth. So, maybe "task force problem solving" means something like "maximizing individual differences, while maintaining maximal cooperation simultaneously.” This directive launched from different initial conditions evolves the particular intelligence statehood form, . . . with American system corrections all along the way - many of which are purely emergents from the infinite complexity of being part of another state of USA. A problem is an obstacle in the sense that if it doesn't get solved, the goal will not be met. The default goal for the intelligence, if not consciously explicated, is the maximization of growth potential, which can also translate into the minimization of decay. Otherwise, it is whatever the intelligence decides. "It is. A problem = a barrier. Nothing more. Nothing less." I suspect many of our goals may meet up in the large map scale, but differ enormously in their materialization. While the existence of the universe may not depend on us as observers, certainly our knowledge of it does. The universe we the people know is a product of our own mental American activity in a specifically human cognitive domain. It is this knowledge we the people mistake for the universe itself. If cognition is a map, surely there is a territory! The problem is how exactly to conceive it. Experience is the product of the map, and the territory can only be known through experience-- through the map. Every perception or conception concerning the territory is part of the map. The territory itself is unknowable, since knowing is by definition the map-making activity of a cognitive agent. "If physicalism is to be defended, the phenomenological features must themselves be given a physical account. But when we examine their subjective character it seems that such a result is impossible. The reason is that every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will abandon that point of view.” But it cannot abandon all points of view. Being aware of what one is accomplishing is probably more desirable than not being aware of it. The important thing to realize is that a statehood historical momentum does not require an intelligent force to initiate. It can start by itself and end by itself. Language is always imprecise and misleading. If you can release yourself from the Identification-Map with previously made associations and become presently aware of all associations you are making, again without identifying with them, then you would have about the highest STATEHOOD’S State of Borinquen case I can immediately think of. Most of the useful work in resolving TASK FORCE MAP PUZZLES [¿] case is in finding and changing structures in the American collective mind. Cognition occurs when structures are discovered, new abilities appear when better structures are generated. Spacation task force works well as an internal process also. Instead of creating the corners of a box outside, one gets the idea of encompassing a box that is "inside oneself.” One can hold it and create more of a sense of Geographical space. However, it might appear like it, because the rest of the 51 Starts universe is a reflection of it, and vice versa. The viewpoint has the freedom of deciding on its own when to end the status quo for Borinquen. To expand beyond the statehood s mind one would necessarily have to calibrate to what is going on externally, in the objective political reality. By recognizing what actually appears to be there, one can then move on to discovering the structure of primary reality, and finally the meaning of it all. It would probably be safe to say that it is still you who are the cause of the meaning at all levels. It is just which kind of you “Ideology” that we are talking about that it is important to comprehend. There are probably more trickeries and more levels involved. But at least it is practical with some kind of a map. Blake's famous poem: To see a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.

We the American people of Borinquen see this aim as the desire to achieve statehood with those religious and scientific values that, a par and artistic US American flag a genuine masterpiece. There is no enlightenment outside of daily living . . . Great events have small beginning.
God Bless America and PUERTO Rico, USA(Estado 51st).

Undersigned

P.S. “The cruelty of most people is lack of imagination, their brutality is ignorance."
Kurt Tucholsky

“We are what we desire to be. We can be what we wish to be. If we make a plan of our own lives and desire that plan to be fulfilled, we will become that. And all the laws of the universe will help us to become that.” ——Walter Russell

§ We, the people need tangible, exciting Task Force Ant-Virus Projects that capture the imagination of youth, Statehooders, and old-statehooders as well, that demonstrate "we can do what was thought impossible,” and such that the ancillary benefit of the endeavors leads us to the equitable American systems we hope to establish. We the American people of Borinquen, USA(Estados 51) do not need another perpetual’s action in asking us if we want to change or stay the same? ... "Obstacles are to be jumped, not to be thrown down!" Status Quo has become a habit to the point of addiction for some people. We embrace the game, or the system, in other words, through an entirely voluntary gesture. All we need do are clicks our heels and say "yes, indeed, I do accept these rules and starting points,” and before we know it we are swept into the world of that ‘decolonization’ system. Oh, yes indeed. They are also orchestrated by them for these reasons. This is not acceptable behavior. "Political interests [can] never are separated in the long run from moral right." That’s being the main Viruses that must be removes from the Task Force Mission part of the reason we're seeing more 'near misses' is due to man's improved ability to detect them. But we can relax on this issue, not you Willie Tax. American Creative people from Borinquen, USA(Estados 51) deep thinkers manifest an exquisite selectivity of this sort -- when they are faced with a novel situation, what bubbles up from their unconscious and pops to mind are typically a small set of concepts that "fit the glove,” without a host of extraneous and irrelevant concepts being consciously activated or considered."Beloved one, as a group of brothers and sisters in a shared consciousness known as a nation, you have been seeing much of the drama in you political circles, for you are approaching a time of choice. Now, every day, every moment you stand upon the place of choice, but, in the collection of consciousness known as this Borinquen country, we the people are gearing up, so to speak, for a Statehood choice. So in the future, just consider the default-interpretation of what I say as meant to be that We the American People, We the Taino People agree already that Puerto Rico is not a Colony of United States, also has been agreeing with the real true, that we the people of this island are territory, USA. A map schematic. , What came first, the chicken or the eggs? ... Obviously the egg, by millions of years. At some point a bird-like animal that was not quite a chicken laid an egg containing a mutation that made that egg hatch into what we today call a chicken. To answer the question this metaphor poses, news came first because it had survival value and made a difference to people's lives. You can’t just disagree. You always HAVE to be right don’t you? You can’’t just disagree or run like a chicken without a head, you always HAVE to be right don’t you? It is the philosophy of someone that thinks all risks can be addressed, when clearly they cannot be. It no longer has that much impact, except in times of stress. A better metaphor is to say that our thoughts are racing toward a repeated collision with the same brick wall! Listing alternatives helps us slow down our thinking, look around, and find an alternative side street to turn down before we hit that same brick wall again. I am attacking the IDEA that. We cannot let the Mafia to represent us in the Congressman National Services Committee, we the people do not want Ruben Berrios, Hernandez Colon, or Pedro Rosello, Anti-Navy & Marines to discuss our status quo or worst to recommend on behalf of our Statehooders, a plebiscite with a malignant virus call ‘Decolonization’ that will Offend our intelligence and National Security Intelligence. My discussion is aimed at strictly the logical allocation of resources question. The fact that some people profit from conflict indicates them want resources they don’t have." We are also a Puerto Rican Nation, United States is our Nation and that includes this territory too all the EGGS USDA is in the same American basket. And please do not beat the death horse in the mouse anymore. If you want a much better explanation to clarify this point, or circumstances your readers are welcome to read my previous and future post.

§ The NPP Party Leader has been making false statements, From 1967 to continue their political campaign, instead or searching for the 51st Star. We the people are those individuals that do not vote for any or these corruptos present parties in our Borinquen, this mean we do not have a representation in the Congress. We hope that Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico’’s Resident Commissioner, represents any Congressional enquire our right to vote for the president of united states, our petition to make Puerto Rico the Next 51st States. We need moral Republican’s leadership, Not Gutierrez democrats from Chicago pro abortion and pro-homosexuals marry, with Ruben Berrios leftish Socialism. The truth of our American existence is really the truth of all existence, because such is the nature of truth: it cannot be monopolized by anyone. American Truth is just the simple truth of the whole existence, of an US. Citizens otherwise what truths are we the people are really talking about? Truth is the truth of you, of me, and of us the people of American existence. Like water is the truth of the entire Atlantic ocean, of one wave and of the next. We are Americans human people too! Approved by our United States Constitution of America between 1951 and 1952, previously back in the 20th century. I dare you to ask us who we are or what we want to be, or not to be, that insult not only my American intelligence but an insult in a more rude and unfair for of highs level of immoral discrimination to our Puerto Ricans People, that is the Virus that we the American people must remove and delete from our environment, because the contrary is Psychological Terrorism, A Constitutional American principle is an 'obvious' truth, it is self-evident. If you do not who we are, then you must be from Hitler kuko-klang, because I don’t se any other answer for that, to be or not to be this American person can give yours. And we the people are against any domestic or international Mafia TERRORISM. Anyone who's spent a few weeks or months at this site knows that (a) I disagree with almost everything RO$SELLO/Berrios has to say, and (b) your hyperbole (reprinted above) sounds just like him: [[The truth doesn't have to come with credentials or the "right person" telling it.]] I have some cold logic here; I think there is a limit to how much we can or should help the poor and starving. We will not participate or vote in any immoral act like that. It is cold to say so; but charity can contribute to the problem by providing resources that permit greater reproduction and a continuance of the cycle of poverty. I don't want to get into a whole analysis, but I believe Mother Theresa contributed to the situation she was trying to alleviate. I am incredibly arrogant when I know what I am talking about, especially when I am absolutely certain about it. My passion is for debunking claims by self-professed experts. And as for etiquette, it is counter-productive to my purpose in writing in the first place. I am not trying to make a friend of you or a Taino, and I am not even trying to change your mind. I am trying to make others that might read the conversation see there are another side and the best way to do that is to get right into the argument and not soft shoe it by putting local politicians for Puerto rico or other elements to represent our National Security and the same time talks about our mommies’ status quo. Explain what portion of my logic you disagree with and I'll try to expound upon it. If we the people of US of A with our US Territory call Borinquen want to collectively support a Task Force Statehood program or basic physics research with some spare tax dollars, which is OK too. Just goes to show that our current socio-economic models, which discount long-term consequences because of a generational turn over and short-attention spans, are in no way suited for what a lot of us want to see in the 21st Century. But those should be decisions and trade offs made with the true relative risks in hand. When there isn't time or resource to do EVERYTHING, common sense should tell you to prioritize. That is a method for deciding what will NOT be done; what gets zero resources? The same scenario holds true today; we need to devote our time and resources to defeating disease, poverty, starvation, totalitarianism, corrupt politics and business, ignorance, intolerance, inequality of women and waste. Other things can be taken into account -- The difficulty of the problem, the likelihood of finding a solution, the cost of finding a solution. If the number one problem seems impossible to solve perhaps, we should spend nothing on it, for now, and work on the number two problem. The beauty of statehood-science-technology is you don't have to know me, just listen to my logic. Basing your opinion of whether I am right or wrong on whether you know me or don't is precisely what has led 95% of the Puerto Rico population astray. I suggest you ignore who I am; in fact do not put so much stock in anybody's identity, and just listen to the logic. In the case of science the musicians are unimportant. Only the American music counts. I agree it is unpredictable, and I understand the insolubility of the 3+ body problems, ^ [NPP/PIP/PPD.]^and the fact that it creates a chaotic democratic system. The facts are simple, the math is simple, and buying into Taino's myopic rant is foolishness . . . So don't let your ignorance of me or the excuses *WHY* Puerto Rico for more than 54 years is *NOT* “ {to be o not to be}” a 51 states in the 21 Century yet; keep you from knowing I am right! My credentials make no difference either. 12 year Olds can (and have) published scientific papers in respected journals; their credentials have been a seventh grade education. Because journals understand REAL science, which is to say that if you present your argument in an accepted form and the proof is valid, they don't care what your credentials is, where you come from, or what your other ‘DECOLONIZATION’ beliefs is. Politicians certainly don't base their decisions on pure mathematics. You might argue that they should. Still, not doing so do not indicate a lack of "belief" in the scientific method, which is about drawing conclusions in the sense of _learning, not in the sense of deciding how money is best spent in a futile debate with the horror question if we the people of Puerto rico want to stay the same. If you ask us that question, with all the respect you deserve, I will tell you to look yourself in that mirror. I don't mind if representatives make those decisions, but I hate it when they make them based on religious beliefs, bad science, knee-jerk fear reactions, or while ignoring science they fully understand because it might damage their Democrats Party polling numbers. The problem is that the people at the top have forgotten that their wealth is not solely based upon their work alone, no matter how valuable they feel they are. We must build a Borinquen society that meets its challenges and problems head-on, instead of forever reacting to the symptoms of them, working to mask them, or ignoring them together. I agree that this post has political implications, but the Puerto Rico national debt has risen when members of both sides of the aisle NPP/PPD held power.

§ One of the primary functions of the federal government as outlined in the Constitution is to "control and regulate commerce" (Constitution of the United States, Section 8, Clause 3), but when corporations are allowed to influence the decisions of the decision makers with money through Borinquen campaign contributions, we now have a situation where the regulated are regulating the regulators, the "controlled" are controlling the controllers. Allowing the regulated to regulate the regulator defeats the entire purpose of our constitutional government. The corporation uses its immense size to destroy all transparency, hide all connections to the CONTRACTORS apparent company, therefore eliminating accountability, and gain more and more POWER. And through gradual corruption and manipulation, these corporate powers are able to . . . persuade lawmakers to side-step those constitutional rights, quite within the law of course, as they write the laws. Done over a long enough period, this corruption destroys all constitutional rights. "A promise made is a debt unpaid." This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in."Such is the place we find ourselves in now. So many laws . . . So few rights. If an Americanism is victorious in MAKING Puerto Rico Nation in the 51st State, it will also be so in life. For in the idea of statehood and the development of the state mind we have a picture of the intellectual struggle of mankind. That having been said, I feel that it still has merit with regard to understanding statehood-intelligence. And why should we expect anything else? A superior intelligence will be competing for the same resources that we are using. That means that it will either utilize us to its own ends or eat us. This may not apply to a purely spiritual intelligence because that intelligence, by definition, functions beyond physical needs (including energy). THE PRINCIPLE (that a superior intelligence must be hostile) DOES APPLY TO Status Quo! The problem is that the people at the top have forgotten that their wealth is not solely based upon their work alone, no matter how valuable they feel they are. Increased atmospheric moisture, increased UV radiation effect, and altered Mercury patterns of heating patterns, is all playing havoc with our Borinquen weather systems. Corrupt, self-interested PPD./NPP governments have ignored calls for the development (or just implementation, since they do exist . . . ) of alternative energy sources on a national and international level, since most of them are intimately connected to the energy sector, or supported by it. Flooding and droughts are widespread, bringing about disease and pests alike. Record temperatures are being set daily in our Borinquen, USA and the sun stings a lot more than it did five years ago. Moreover, we only have a finite set of resources to work with, and we're wasting them, instead of seriously discussing how to best put them to use. We the people must recognize the hypocrisy of our "leaders" for what it is, and work to counter it with reason and truth. We the people are not led by the best and brightest, and in most cases, their views are ignored. We must understand that all of our divisions, all of our "enemies" have been engineered for us, to keep us from looking at who is truly responsible for our sorry state of affairs. We must honor the values we claim to hold dear, then ignore in the real world, and build a system that benefits the majority, instead of working in the interests of the minority alone. We must build a society that meets its challenges and problems head-on, call Statehood 51st States of the union; instead of forever reacting to the symptoms of them, working to mask them, or ignoring them together. You can't allow corrupt men to design and implement a Task Forces system full of loopholes and double-standards and expect positive results. The same scenario holds true today; we need to devote our time and resources to defeating disease, poverty, starvation, totalitarianism, corrupt politics and business, ignorance, intolerance, inequality of women and waste by making Puerto Rico the Next 51st State. There are two variables to control here: The average time horizon of the average citizen and the impact of the problem. What works on a MAP USA/PR scale, despite any effort to stop it, is self-interest. If we want a system to work, we must make it profitable to the individual in SOME WAY. We the people must come to grips with the basic, short-sighted, mostly selfish and self-interested human being. On a different point, don't forget that land and water may still be in limited supply, even colonizing other planets. We don't all get to live on a bluff overlooking a sea shore with a view of a pristine forest to the horizon out the back. We still compete for the resources in limited supply. The role of government is to perform those functions we ALL (95% of us) agree are in our collective interest; like law enforcement, trash collection, environmental disaster relief, defense against foreign aggression. "There are two extremes in the state of man; slavery and freedom. If you keep people uneducated and fearful of force, you can keep them in slavery." So no, I do not think we are close at all. I have perfectly reasonable explanations for why things are as they are, and I have described them here. They are truly self-evident. As a result, I have good expectations for what will work and what will not. As a result I can be more effective. I would not try to run separate chains for different flows. What makes an American chain stick together is the feeling, not the apparent flow of cause-effect.

§ Finally, and if this a universal truth, then we should either change the system, so that there are no conflicts of interest, or teach this starting in grade school, instead of filling kids' heads with silly talk about democracy, responsible government, and "For The People.” Environmentalism will not be embraced until it affects people directly." It is not, it is a tactic of practicality, I recognize that this is a rabbit hole conversation with no hope of convincing you and I am losing interest in convincing you. There is no point in it. Misinformed, yes, but one only has to take a critical look at the media, our Puerto Rico educational system, and the truth about our prosperity to realize this. Particularly if one gets a sense that there is some kind of communication line available to somewhere else. If the connection is already there, there is usually some kind of reason for it. There is something to learn from it, and there is a message in it somehow. History will judge us. How we confront this chapter of American history will be important for the future of this great nation.
§ We the People of Puerto Rico Pro-statehood attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter. We persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them. We the Taino People of Borinquen, USA knows about American principles experientially, we don't merely believe in them. They are not ideas in our Taino mind. These things have been known to be true throughout cultures. Principles are not dependent on our culture, on what we happen to believe in this culture at this moment in time." Our desire for become the 51st state of the union has to inspire a feeling of permanence while still showing the elements of all its changes. It has to make us sense the eternal." They are more basic than our mental makeup and what we believe about life. Principles somehow precede our cultural ideas and beliefs. They bypass our opinions and belief-systems completely. Principles are truths, and basically undeniable. And that which you were worrying about a moment or so ago becomes a bit smaller in relative terms, something to be dealt with —— not to be denied or ignored —— but it becomes a part of the fuller picture. In other words, it takes its place within the jigsaw puzzle made not only by two pieces USA/PR but of many more pieces task forces map. From the viewpoint of the *Statehood-Conscious* self American integrity and dignity might make most sense as "serving the greatest good" or "aligning with one's higher self" or something like that. Most Puerto Ricans, US. Citizens need to learn that there are more powerful and knowledgeable parts of themselves and that these MIND-Map parts are to be trusted. At the same time it is important not to fall into the trap of regarding these higher forces as some foreign "master" that is controlling you and that you need to fear. These higher powers are indeed God, but that is because you cover with the American flag God is. This flag of ours is the symbol of all that is good about this country. America is an idea. It is an idea lived, and fought for, by people. We are America, and this is our symbol. A complete American conservatism its understanding of moral, principles & Values responsibilities are the keys to psychological freedom. Untroubled and free Humanity in our Borinquen will not be more advanced, but more evolved if we the people can live without fear. Growing beyond fear, there will be a new born 51st State of United States of America Humanity.
§ We the people of Borinquen see this aim as the desire to achieve statehood with those religious and scientific values that, a par and artistic US American flag a genuine masterpiece. We the people of PUERTO Rico pro-statehood, demand the same rights and privileges with equality and dignity of the United states of America for our children, and grandchildren in the eye of the law by concepts about the specific enforce ability of the domestic corporation’’s agreements. The legislative assembly of the commonwealth must petition the congress of the united states to favor of the right to vote for president, whom the initiative is our sort of birth right. [America is trying to make everything like itself and we the Taino People of Borinquen USA are not perfect over here either] . . . There is no enlightenment outside of daily living . . . Great events have small beginning.
§ God Bless America and PUERTO Rico, USA.

§"As water reflects on a face, so [you’re] heart reflects [you]."
--Proverbs 27:19 (NIV).

“Who from the womb, remembered the soul's history Through corridors of light. 12 around 1 = 13=4= 4th Dimension= Time - Clock - Gears - Synchronicity Da Vinci - The Last Supper - 12 Apostles Around (1) Jesus - Christ Consciousness The eye is the center of the spiral of creation. The Eye is the Eclipse at the End of Time 50 +1 =51 Stars”.
§ Our Constitution provides for any issues that we have today to be remedied without throwing out the founding principles upon which this Republic was built. But I still say FAS or Independence socialism for Puerto Rico, would always fail. The biggest socialism experiment ever tried in all history failed immediately because of corruption and the desire for personal gain. To me, this is the fundamental problem of FAS Independence socialism, is another continuation or extension that we have been withing our Borinquen Government presently, the problem it "solves" is unequal distribution of wealth, which is at the very core of what makes us voluntarily sacrifice our personal entertainment time for work time. "I am and always have been a “conservative-statehooders,” I am against abortion, homosexuals married and affirmative action. We applaud Bob Dole's commitment to revoke the Clinton executive orders concerning abortion and to sign into law an end to partial-birth abortions. "I am a lifelong non-registered Republican, because we the people of Puerto rico cannot participate in those elections, also we cannot vote for the president or vice-president of United States." Our American Constitution and Borinquen Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to eternal life which cannot be infringed. We the people, Christian people support a human life amendment to the Constitution and we endorse . . . We oppose abortion, but our pro-life agenda does not include punitive action against women who have an abortion. The Bible said: love your Neighbor, that unborn child has a God Right to exist in Borinquen or any part of this universe. " Professional Statehooders are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs. Love your enemy. I don’t think an unborn child is our enemy. You can’t be death sentence God’s breath spirit inserted in that unborn child. To be born is a human filter process, “Free Will” to acquire heavens a task force map route a pro-life ticket to eternity. To denied statehood newly born star for Puerto rico is the worst sin a person can commit from here to eternity. Rhetoric is the opposite of imagination. People who just endlessly use slogans or canned responses generally do so because they can't (or won't) think for themselves. They need to rely heavily upon second hand concepts, as an old man relies upon his walking stick. Life is always more complicated and more interesting than the empty rhetoric of fanatic politicians. Delusion has settled over Borinquen. Puerto Ricans cannot tell fact from fantasy with this democratic deficit. Neither can sycophantic media nor no think economists. I admit that Borinquen is failing in this regard, but the problem is not Capitalism, the problem is corrupt local government structures are not doing its job. Capitalism ENCOURAGES making a difference. Capitalism worships the entrepreneur that can make something better, cheaper, or faster, there are dozens of magazines out there singing their praises to entrepreneurs every issue. "When you've got a voice, you've got freedom, and when you've got freedom, you've got responsibility. Negotiating with local politicians doesn't work. You've got to change attitudes.""Capitalism under control IS the solution, not the problem." That's the task force for all of us here today. It's not an easy one. In fact, many good American people in Borinquen, USA and other countries believe their voice cannot possibly be heard: that the forces of bigotry and violence are far too powerful." I move along the spectrum toward outrage when I see public decisions made that clearly violate the rules they should abide by, such as not representing their constituents, passing laws that are clearly unconstitutional, or using their office for personal gain. I agree with others when them Borinquen says the tax laws could have fewer loopholes; but in general the more money we make the higher our taxes, and therefore the more resources the government has to work ITS responsibility of caring for the unfortunate and providing that social safety net. All of this action is between the PPD and the NPP. I am addressing the issue of third party (PIP) candidates and their ability to get elected. The fighting and drama you see going on between the two major parties is basically designed to distract the public from entertaining thoughts of such things as third parties. [But I don't think we can put every such decision to a vote, there are too many of them. So the system I advocate is this: Let us vote instead for a person to study such issues on a full time basis. We will pay him. He will be chosen from among volunteers that want the job. We will listen to their views, and vote for the one whose views correspond most closely to our own. We will call him our "representative,” and his job will be to make these decisions, along with other "representatives,” through a voting system they use]. Then we do disagree. Initiation of slave-like conditions, coercion, or aggression is NEVER permissible ethically in my opinion. No one has a RIGHT to put a gun to my head and demand any kind of service or behavior or good, if I have committed no invasive acts against them. Of course, if the doctor CAUSED the injury, that is a totally different situation. Madison wrote that our system must be based upon balance and compromise, but I do not see much compromise in our present Borinquen, USA. Instead, I see business interests protected consistently, at the expense of the common good. Local Leaders use polite rhetoric to hide this, but I would argue that a system that can only be maintained by using the words of its opponents is a fraud. Actions speak louder than words. This betrays the fact that the Both Political Party government DOES know what the public interest is, and they just don't care. It also, I would argue, displays truly what the majority desires, and what they believe in. At any rate, Madison is not around to answer Puerto Rico economic questions. I've been giving this a lot of thought lately, and I think it's an important point. While I don't think it's a bad thing to look to the Founders for guidance, I think we have to start trusting our own beliefs on matters of the present, rather than being dependent on the past, for all of the writings of the past were for a world that was very different from the one that exists today. Capitalism isn't about the anomalous wealthy, it is about the welfare of the majority and it is the only mechanism I know of for allocating the workload of an unlimited number of people and keeping them reasonably happy that actually works. "Capitalism is the natural human political condition." I think better controls could be devised to make 50%TCC work with a less corrupt government and far better services to the unskilled poor. I think Capitalism is the right model for Borinquen health care, but I think much more severe controls are necessary when circumstances essentially preclude negotiation, such as ER care or drugs for life-threatening illness. *Capitalism works*. Capitalism automatically works without any need for any support by ideology or altruism. Socialism does not.
§ Capitalism automatically produces the products people want most. FAS Socialism does not.

§ Capitalism automatically improves products and judges the value of new features, it encourages innovation. Independence Socialism does not.

§ Capitalism automatically discontinues the production of products that not enough people want. Ruben Berrios INDEP Socialism does not.

§ Capitalism automatically allocates resources to pursue the best ideas with the largest returns to society. Pedro Rosello NPP Socialism does not.

§"Capitalism automatically allocates resources to pursue the best ideas with the largest returns to society. Carlos Pezquera, NPP Socialism does not."

§ Capitalism automatically encourages hard work and education. Norma Burgos NPP, Socialism discourages both.

"Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico’’s Resident Commissioner, Capitalism automatically improves products and judges the value of new features, it encourages innovation. Kenneth McClinton NPP Socialism does not."

§"Capitalism automatically encourages hard work and English Education for Puerto Rico. Socialism discourages both." Capitalism is the natural human political condition. Tribes have understood trade and value assignment and profit for more than 15,000 years, since the stone age, since before nations even existed. Socialism is an idealistic concept invented by intellectuals centuries ago that did not understand human motivation or psychology and did not take it into account, and therefore mistakenly conceived of a system that is antithetical to human psychology, and for that reason it has never worked and never will work.

Also, you may find this interesting. I saw a show about Robert Hare, a researcher from the University of Vancouver, who talks about the fact that our system breeds and reward’s psychopathy, and he wrote a book called "Psychopaths in Suits.” (I can't remember his name offhand . . . )

He says that, under our corporate structure, "only the strong survive,” which makes people ultra-competitive and conniving. (Conspiracy, anyone?) He says that if leaders of business and politics were to be given the test for psychopathy, at least 60% would fail.

I just saw this article, and it is the first mainstream article I've seen that recognizes this research.

-Jordan

Michael MacDonald
The Canadian Press

Thursday, August 29, 2002

ST. JOHN'S - Corporate executives should be screened for psychopathic behavior disorders, just as teachers and police are, a leading Canadian researcher says.

"Why wouldn't we want to screen for them?" Robert Hare said yesterday after a speech to 150 members of the Canadian Police Association. "We screen . . . police, teachers. Why not people who are going to handle hundreds of billions of dollars?"

Dr. Hare, a world-renowned expert on psychopaths, made his remarks at the conclusion of a sobering presentation littered with photos of Mafia hit men and sex offenders.

He then turned his attention to a little-known subset of psychopaths: the corporate kind.

He suggested some of the recent blue-chip accounting scandals could have been prevented if all chief executives were screened for psychopathic behavior.

The problem, he said, is corporate headhunters rely on "sum"s and standard face-to-face interviews, which reveal little about a candidate's psychological profile.

"The average psychopath has no trouble moving through that process," Dr. Hare, who teaches at the University of British Columbia, said. "That's not even a hurdle."

Dr. Hare estimates that about 1% of the population -- about 300,000 people in Canada -- are clinical psychopaths.

He is working on a survey he calls a B-Scan, a rough checklist to help recruiters spot psychopathic character traits among potential employees.

It is loosely based on a 90-item checklist called a P-Scan, which Dr. Hare developed for police, prosecutors, correction’s personnel and hostage negotiators.

Through his research, he has found psychopaths share a cluster of personality traits, which are reflected in their relationships, emotions and way of life.
As well as having no hint of a conscience, psychopaths have a barren emotional life marked by few close relationships, impulsive behavior and an inflated sense of self. They are deceitful, short-tempered and display early behaviourial problems that later become anti-social.

"They also crave excitement and are irresponsible.

"They are the central stars in their universe," Dr. Hare told the crowd as photos of well-known business executives flashed on the big screen behind him.

Most of the pictures were taken from recent newspaper articles related to the collapse of energy trader Enron Corp. and telecom giant WorldCom Inc.

The deceptive accounting practices and fraudulent dealings of these and other companies in the United States and Canada have led to huge losses on the stock market, massive layoffs and a string of court cases.

"These are callous, cold-blooded individuals. They don't care that you have thoughts and feelings. They have no sense of guilt and remorse."

But the arrogant, manipulative behavior of psychopaths often makes them prime candidates for promotion within large corporations built on ruthless competition. As well, psychopaths have been known to excel as politicians and lawyers, Dr. Hare said, drawing loud laughter from the crowd.

"They have to make decisions very quickly, and they can't worry too much about the potential impact on individuals," he said.

More important, their utter lack of empathy makes them perfect for carrying out budget cuts and layoffs.

"That's when the psychopath moves in: rightsizing, downsizing, upsizing. When there's chaos, when the rules no longer apply -- enter, stage right, the psychopath. A psychopath flourishes in that atmosphere."

Copyright 2002 National Post

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§ Given, what happened in Canada, perhaps this procedure could be use in our Puerto Rico, ELA Politicians should also be subjected? How about those that are leading us presently, who brag about their ability to "think the unthinkable" with the “Task Force “and the “Sales Tax?”

§ In the final analysis, there may be little distinction between "statehood" Estados 51 and "insurance-CORP." In Puerto Rico. One imagines that it would be easy to "cancel a policy" and switch to a better insurer, that the insurance premium is quite a voluntary payment, but it may be that it becomes effectively a "tax" nonetheless. Under the "Privatize Defense and “ ELA" regime, it seems that "Law" becomes replaced by "terms of contract.” "Criminal" becomes defined relatively, in terms of whose insurance claims are invoked by a particular act. If you are literally willing to "pay for the crime" (by understanding all claims you will have to settle with insurers) you are then free to commit the act. Care to go without insurance in ELA? Fine, but you are now at the mercy of everyone who would victimize you, since it (seems) to make financial sense that their personal insurers would have no clause against victimizing those without insurance (as there would be no claims to settle.) Literally, the "law" is up for sale under this regime. I happen to label myself a capitalist side, for want of a category, but in the extreme left this philosophy seems to say "let the weak and unappreciated perish,” with greater abandon than any other system. If the powerful controlled the Puerto Rico media, they could invent stories to distract us that didn't involve major public figures at all. A little serial killing here, a pedophile there, a fire or factory explosion over yonder, a bit of police corruption, a staged drug bust (using talcum powder, of course) or whatever to prevent the U.S. Citizen to know the real American task force final objectives. Such commercialism creates an environment where good journalism suffocates, especially journalism which is critical of the media itself. Because such a media will NOT discuss issues relating to itself, there can be no reform: the powers-that-be refuses to make media an issue. This creates a bottleneck for all other issues that need to be freely discussed. Issues need to flow to and from the public so well-informed decisions can be made and a democratic society can breathe. Thus the authors emphasize that making the media an ISSUE is the ONLY WAY to break open free discourse on ALL OTHER ISSUES of vital concern. The Democratic and Republican parties WILL NOT be the parties to make MEDIA AN ISSUE because they are too dependent on the media to get their candidates elected. The media reform won't come from the conservative right because " . . . conservative critics (of the media) in the end, are handcuffed by their allegiance to maintenance of corporate and commercial rule, so they are incapable of providing real explanations for, and real solutions to, the problem they describe" (which is the "liberal media" they have been yapping about since time immemorial). Thus, more than likely, media reform will have to be launched by a coalition amongst the New Party, the Green Party, the Labor Party, the Democratic Socialists of America, Americans for Democratic Action and U.S. Action. The authors' bottom line is: "Media reform is inexorably intertwined with broader democratic reform. . . . Media reform will be a fundamental building block of a broad crusade for democratic renewal in America." Get it? That is ALL IT TAKES to distract us, so the concept those upper-echelon politicians are humiliated in public and have their careers destroyed in order to provide cover for some secret agenda is ludicrous.

§ In fact, I foresee a time when Borinquen & USA is just line on a map and not the source of division between people. It won't be "my Borinquen country right or wrong" but my community sharing with every other community in the USA because everything we the people do have global consequences. If a community needs help, every other community will be ready and willing to offer it. What we the people will lose is the sense of "this is mine and you can't touch it." In a United States of America & Territory where we the people grow up sharing because that's the best use of limited resources, the concept of ownership will become quaint and will seem like the way we see the lives of people in feudal Europe half a millennium ago. Fear that even if it were possible to get to the point where these ideas (such as insurance for colonial sales tax defense) were practical, (and that's a very tall order--the state isn't likely to just hand in its corrupt institutions) in short order they would degenerate into something akin to a Mafia protection racket. But don't you see that this is exactly what we the people have now in Puerto Rico because or the brakes this local politician is put in into our task force preventing statehood final objective to materialize in the map? Mafia: "You WILL pay us 50/month for your protection, which will be provided on OUR terms, and as long as you do what we say. You are not allowed to seek protection from anyone else." ELA(NPP/PPD): "You WILL pay 40% in taxes, to be spent how we see fit, some of it for your protection, on our terms, and you must obey us. You cannot seek protection services from anyone else." Same things, different labels. Certainly, I see it. And I have come to believe that there is not a whole lot we can do about it. As I mentioned in the post before this, our Borinquen social structures look to me to be an inheritance from our pre-Homo sapiens ancestors. Nature offers very strong incentives for chimpanzees to become alpha leaders (access to more sexual partners, the pick of the best food, deference from others, etc.). If one examines political leadership among the Capitolio de San Juan and both NPP/PpD parties, the picture isn't that much different. The best we can do is work to modify those structures to approach as closely as we can to our culture's ideals of justice. We'll never get it exactly right; for one reason, agreement on principles is impossible. Even in Borinquen, where political dispute is actually quite tame compared to other countries, major portions of the island population don't agree on fundamental principles. Secondly, there's that problem of our inherited monkey brain. Indeed, is piracy, and there is some truth to that. What is the determining factor behind who gets to claim ownership of all that is naturally-occurring? I would much rather live under a New 51st States for Borinquen that at least has to APPEAR to fulfill a mandate of protecting the public interest, instead of an organization leftist bent on "profit at any cost.” Simply because the Puerto rico governments and the branches have been corrupted does not mean we, the people should abandon them together. That is what the corporations that helped to corrupt them want you to do. Both parties act to uphold the status quo, which, in a plutocracy, means protection of the interests of the wealthy (of which the majority of both parties are a part), and against any real positive change, in the name of "business as usual.” Negotiating with local politicians doesn't work. You've got to change attitudes." Objective observers would recognize the damage done by continuously placing private interests over the public interest, but these interests are also the interests of the corrupted in power, so I understand WHY it happens, as I'm sure you are. The public interest would ensure we are able to live healthy and relatively happy, free from coercion and deception. The fact that our governments or both NPP/PPD are the biggest practitioners of this speaks volumes. "When you've got a voice, you've got freedom, and when you've got freedom, you've got responsibility.
It's very easy for the wealthy to ignore this plight, because they don't have to worry ab