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The Report By The President’s Tasks Force on Puerto Rico’s Status is now out.
In October 2000, in one of his final acts as president, Clinton signed an
executive order creating the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s
Status. The task force aims to keep an ongoing discussion with Puerto Rico’s
governor, political parties, and other groups that advocate a change to the
island’s status. In April 2001, the Bush administration adopted Executive
Order 13183 and began appointing the Task Force’s members. Ruben
Barrales is the Chairman of the task force and if you wish to contact him write
to his email jburke@who.eop.gov. The
Report By The President’s Tasks Force on Puerto Rico’s
Status is now out. Follow the link below to read the full report.
“Report By The President’s Task Force On Puerto Rico’s
Status”
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Other information and links:
Presidential
Executive Orders
Congressman
Joseph Crowley
Congressman
Mike Rogers
Congressman
Jerry Weller
Senator
John McCain letter to President Bush
Senators
Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenici letter to President Bush
Senators
Bob Graham and Mary Landrieu letter to President Bush
COMMENTS:
Posted by: Jim S.
on January 31, 2006 7:15 PM
"It is necessary to keep one’s compass in one’s eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges." (Michelangelo Buonarroti)
We the people of Puerto Rico, USA must know, the United States congressional representative agenda, their views’ terminology all the rules of as relative values of the overall objective mission. Statehood is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us. Since we cannot completely eliminate existential risks (at any moment we could be sent into the dustbin of cosmic history by the advancing front of a vacuum phase transition triggered in a remote galaxy a billion years ago) using total capacity in the present context has the consequence that we should choose the act that has the greatest benefits under the assumption of impending extinction. In other words, political mature capacity implies that we should all start partying as if there were no tomorrow. While that option is indisputably attractive, it seems best to acknowledge that there just might be a tomorrow, especially if we play our cards right.
A. Las 13 colonials eran ya estados libres y soberanos, pero aún no una nación unida. Desde 1781 habían estado gobernadas por los Artículos de la Confederación, una constitución que establecía un gobierno central muy débil. El pueblo acababa de rebelarse contra un parlamento en la distante Londres, y no quería remplazarlo con una autoridad central tiránica en su propio país. De acuerdo con los Artículos de la Confederación, el Congreso, compuesto por representantes del pueblo, no podía dictar leyes ni elevar impuestos. No había poder judicial federal ni poder ejecutivo permanente. Cada estado en lo individual era casi independiente: podía incluso establecer sus propias barreras fiscales. Creating a broad-based consensus among the world's nation states is time-consuming, difficult, and in many instances, impossible. We must therefore recognize the possibility that cases may arise in which a powerful nation or a coalition of states needs to act unilaterally for its own and the common interest. Such unilateral action may infringe on the sovereignty of other nations and may need to be done preemptively. The necessity for international action goes beyond the desirability of cost-sharing, however. Many existential risks simply cannot be substantially reduced by actions that are internal to one or even most countries. For example, even if a majority of countries pass and enforce national laws against the creation of some specific destructive version of nanotechnology, will we really have gained safety if some less scrupulous countries decide to forge ahead regardless? And strategic bargaining could make it infeasible to bribe all the irresponsible parties into subscribing to a treaty, even if everybody would be better off if everybody subscribed. Everybody repeats after me . . . We are all a nation . . . We need more research into existential risks - detailed studies of particular aspects of specific risks as well as more general investigations of associated ethical, methodological, security and policy issues. Public awareness should also be built up so that constructive political debate about possible countermeasures becomes possible. There is more scholarly work on the life-habits of the dung fly than on existential risks. The cleft between the feel-good projects and what really has the greatest potential for good is likely to be especially great in regard to existential risk. You have a right to be here. If you compare yourself to others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and stars. And whether or not it seems so to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Since existential risk reduction is global publicly good, there should ideally be an institutional framework such that the cost and responsibility for providing such goods could be shared fairly by all people. Even if the costs can't be shared fairly, some system that leads to the provision of existential risk reduction in something approaching optimal amounts should be attempted.
Previous sections have argued that the combined probability of the existential risks is very substantial. Although there is still a fairly broad range of differing estimates that responsible thinkers could make, it is nonetheless arguable that because the negative utility of an existential disaster is so enormous, the objective of reducing existential risks should be a dominant consideration when acting out of concern for humankind as a whole. It may be useful to adopt the following rule of thumb for moral action; we can call it Maxipok: Maximize the probability of an okay outcome, where an "okay outcome" is any outcome that avoids existential disaster. At best, this is a rule of a thumb, a prima facie suggestion, rather than a principle of absolute validity, since there clearly are other moral objectives than preventing terminal global disaster. Its usefulness consists in helping us to get our priorities straight. Moral action is always at risk to diffuse its efficacy on feel-good projects24 rather on seriously work that has the best chance of fixing the worst ills. Since the goal is somewhat abstract and since existential risks don't currently cause suffering in any living creature25, there is less of a feel-good dividend to be derived from efforts that seek to reduce them. This suggests an offshoot moral project, namely to reshape the popular moral perception so as to give more credit and social approbation to those who devote their time and resources to benefitting humankind via global safety compared to other philanthropies. "A Statehooder should never be a prisoner of himself, a prisoner of manners, a prisoner of reputation, or a prisoner of success." Look at it this way: The Status Quo is a test. The test is complicated and there are parts of the test that do not come to us naturally. But we are all capable of teaching ourselves to be a quick study of what¡|s needed. The breakthrough is that it¡|s the ability to enlarge US that leads to higher self-realization and success. The human mind is a vast vessel--and just because we wacky ones figure out how to keep our bank-balance--does not mean we are diminished in the butterfly department. In life, in becoming the 51st Start, a major problem is failing to see the big picture. Individual parts may be just fine but the overall doesn't get off the ground. Together with your individual sensitivity and your own vision, what you're looking for being strength, pattern and character. Look out for psychological depths as well--see beyond the surface. Spend time. Gently deceive this human's head into a state of control. The powers of observation, and its fast partner, understanding, are the stuff of portrait work that separates out the frosh. If you would be professional, you need to teach yourself to read the x-rays. I'm dealing with the limits of an island, the appeal of a contained landscape, the value of a microcosm. This question and observation are worth taking a look at. "Home" is one of the basic elements of sentimentality. A radiologist looking at an x-ray of your chest cavity can see things in there that you can't--and that makes her a professional American. The colder the X-ray table, the more of your body is required on it. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frighten. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." "Since you are like no other being ever created, you are incomparable. This is in contrast to the popular myth of the malcontent nonconformist who lives in a perennial state of anger or self-indulgent liberty and thinks the world owes him or her a living. "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. No technique or understanding is the private possession of one tribe or individual. Like it or not we are now truly a global village. The concept of "cultural property" is an endangered species. Influence is the gasoline that powers art.
Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares? Sometimes I think we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. "We require our statehood status in order to grow and follow the direction that only we can direct. On an island we might be left alone. There are two parallel acts--assembling materials and assembling plans. This calculated outfitting is at the root of all and sets the stage for both laughter and tears. : "Statehood, being quite useless, except to the soul, is the highest of all human endeavors." We are sequestered in our ivory tower of insular productivity, and many others Americans have known the value of islands. Insularity need not have small horizons. Professionals’ people achieve passion by squaring off the rules. The greatest enemy of art is the absence of limitation. To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. "The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didn't know was in you." (Larry L. King). The 51st Start inside the American Flag, It takes a masterpiece to make a masterpece; which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. This requires the marshaling of all of your resources, including rethinking your direction, reviewing methodologies and subject matter, and retreating to exercises and sketches, as well as new drawing, color or design strategies. By the way, it's all part of an artist's lot and comes with the territory(Borinquen). "With the understanding of both Nationalities you'll express your personality and vision more richly and more powerfully." This sort of statehood-game-plan plays itself out in countless variations and in all media. To become the 51st State of the Union is a game we play against ourselves. I like to compare the method to a gambit of chess where you move up a pawn in order to prepare the way for your castle or other capital piece to strike. Strategic invention is a powerful tool. Complexity and simplicity go hand in hand. Hard-won knowledge is the key. Perspiration is commonplace. Taste, and inspiration and simple surprise are in the equation. Frustration, bad moves and missed opportunities are part of the US territory and trying to develop the "right stuff" can be more fun than fun. Task Force Shops are mind-bending experiences. They are certainly not everyone's cups of tea. Nothing remains of Nature. 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." For example, the sky may represent infinity, eternity, immortality, transcendence or inspiration. As the traditional residence of gods, the sky may suggest omnipotence. The sky may also be symbolic of order in the universe. Mountains are thought to contain divine inspiration, and are the focus of pilgrimages of transcendence and spiritual elevation. Mountains surpass ordinary humanity and extend toward the heavens. They symbolize constancy and permanence and at their peak signify the state of absolute consciousness. How many start are in our US. Flag? I have the curious thought that we're being with each other because we want to be.
"You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed." The result of this understanding is enlightenment. PS: "Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own pace, like a clock during a Caribbean thunderstorm." We're not chosen either. There are no chosen people. We choose to choose ourselves. If one does not play dynamically, one fails to obtain the best of the deep dialectics of the statehood art, which inseparably unites the elements of logic and fantasy. The point is the wish motivation exists to be adding like a state of the greatest nation in this type or colonial status quo. We choose to choose ourselves. To find or discover the truth, an inner illumination the shining starts of the American flag. The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings. "Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law" (motto of the U.S. 51 states of Borinquen. "If the mountain doesn't go to Muhammad, then Muhammad goes to the mountain." "Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do, but it does not get you anywhere; DON’T let that task force REPORT get you and me anywhere.”Very often, in fact, sound strategy can dispense with seeing ahead at all, except in a negative or trivial sense. Then he makes a slight error, which gives his opponent adequate chances. In addition, thereby both again demonstrate the wisdom of that a winner in a resolving the status quo is the man who made the NeXT to the last blunder. Combinations are different, not only in type, but also in spirit. Actually, however, strategic considerations, while quite important, do not cover a range or depth at all comparable to the popular notion. Then the main thing is to penetrate into the spirit of the political position both leaps too sharp [unbalanced positions requiring both strategic judgment and precise calculation. The perpetrator of these errors does not take a time to come with a will define grips of transparent with the social-economic and our political NATIONS reality. "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." Make you statehood's center indestructible and it will choke the life of the evilgini. 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. 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. "Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment." The senate committee on energy and natural resources, therefore has made a very significant contribution to the arduous congressional proves of addressing and surmounting the challenges posed by what has accurately and succinctly been described as "American democracy's unfinished business. " "Political interests [can] never are separated in the long run from moral right." It is hard to do much against strong opponents unless you sail close to the wind. How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?" Therefore, flexibility and versatility are essential ingredient substances. One has to move with the time's gentlemen, not just hugging the coasts; eventually one has to venture out. Moreover, an everyday resume in Puerto Rico requires not only great diligence and seriousness however a constant activity perception, and intensity of thinking and of the nervous network system. Thus, the path to become productive in American society presupposes steadfast work on the cultivation of a whole number of components of thinking and character. The growth of statehood should be base on practical foundation. This together creates the preconditions for acquiring the technique of thinking. You must work this concept with the sole purpose of acquiring knowledge with respect of different theories. Where there is a will there is a way. Freedom has its roots in blood. With every step nearer, the end of next-plebiscite the power of the 51st state increases. Play as if the future of humanity depends on your efforts. "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." " "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." "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." "To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice." It is essential that US Senator representative be objective and self-critical, be able to look honestly at their deficiencies and oversights, each time that they point out mistake indicates the correct after an action report FOR THE TASK FORCE. Everybody sees whom you seem to be; only a few understand whom you really are . . . Furthermore by having assets to the US> House of representatives’ agendas: that congress should be held hearings and draft a bill, which will get the ball rolling on a process that, culminated next-plebiscite. The Americanism against the old European intellectual life: a struggle between the technique of Luis A Ferrer, a virtuoso in whose play one can find nothing tangible to object to, and between great Luis Muñoz Marin, all of them artists, who have the qualities as well as the faults of artists in the treatment of the subject they devote themselves to: they experimentalize and in striving after what is deep down: they overlook what is near to hand. 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. "Obstacles are to be jumped, not to be thrown down!" Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. 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." In many countries, the game has become one aspect of our nation(s) cultures. “We are the people our parents warned us about." Whatever people might say, there always is an USA, and only over the main land may you prove that you are better than somebody is that think that colonial ground! Between two parts in us, where there was formerly the obscurity of opaque but living flesh flowing Mind. Politics, N. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.'' 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 safe 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. We are sensitive to its nuances understanding both its weaknesses and strengths. It is not a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream . . . We understand careful analysis, but can also trust our intuition and spontaneous insight. “[T] He tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin." Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do." But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right." It should be no forgotten that wrong political propaganda and media brain washing news always demands social justice and active perception and eternal vigilance which explains why it takes a bit of each finese to find the winning net tunnel. The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible." A real paradigm-shift can be hard to grasp at first. Imagine believing that the earth is flat for centuries . . . now someone comes along and propounds that the earth is round, and without solid evidence! There was horror in this, but in this also was the sole harmony, for what else exists in the world besides becoming 51st State of the UNION? "The words you speak today should be soft and tender . . . for tomorrow you may have to eat them." It is hard to grasp; it is difficult to make that shift in perception and belief. Of the ELA it has been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not the other 51 states. Clarity is the first principle of freedom because all questions ask for clarity. Do you dare question your most basic beliefs? Do you have the courage to suspend your beliefs and look at life with fresh eyes? Because, that is how clarity, finds its way into your life. Looking into life without preconceptions, without knowing what you are going to find. Beliefs are a mind-game. Moreover, because they are fake principles, not true and natural, they may not have done us many good. Their spell lasts until that bubble bursts and reality becomes unavoidable, like a hurricane, shattering the illusion of safety as it tears the roof off your house. Everybody has that. Clarity is unconditioned perception. Not start out with preconceptions and beliefs, which is the way to clarity. Clarity requires an approach to life with an unprejudiced mind, no preconceived ideas, or beliefs to color your perception. I believe that man's finest hour, in fact, his greatest fulfillment, his finest fulfillment, is that moment when he has worked his heart out and for a good cause. Moreover, lies exhausted but victorious on the field of battle - whenever - wherever that field of battle may be. THE price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life. Clarity is being able to see things as they are, with eyes that do not know what they are going to see. Look into it and find out what it truly is. No preconceptions carried over from the past into the present, truly seeing the situation as it is. "When your mental eyes are finally opened, you'll discover that your mental education is the missing link." If you believe in yourself, have dedication and pride, and never quit, you will be a winner. The price of victory is high but so is the reward. IT is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. "When your mental eyes are finally opened, you'll carefully measure out your time, so as not to spill a drop; whereas in the past, you would easily waste it with no sense Kangaroos Courts) plebiscites. “Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers." " What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is makes it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves." Separation is a presumption with no roots in reality. It is a fake principle because it is never true, not even possible. Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself. It is a crime against the dignity that belongs to him as a human being, to use him as a mere means for some external purpose." In life, in the most fundamental sense, nothing can truly be separate, and nothing is truly separable. I wonder how much deeper would the ocean be without sponges. The reality however, is the one ocean with ripples on its surface that we call waves. 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 Caribbean Ocean are the bridges that keep Unites States and Puerto Rico in union. All polarities indicate a higher truth. Duality does not mean separation, but it means life: day would lose its meaning without night. Statehood is the movement between polarities, and one polarity gives the other its meaning. Having fun is the other half. Things can appear to be separable or separate, but that is how it appears, it is not a reality. 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. Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoots." NO concept man form is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge. 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 the driver behind the wheel." The communication and coordination of these scattered fragments of knowledge are one of the basic problems - perhaps the basic problem - of any society. We the Taino people of Borinquen feel like we are diagonally parked in a parallel universe. Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues." Ideas, as the raw materials from which knowledge is produce, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier. *"To change with change, is the changeless state." The prospect of waking up to reality and taking full possession of our faculties has always interested many of us. We feel somehow compelled to summon our courage and try to realize what we intuitively feel to be the potential of our creative faculty. We deeply intuit that no virtual or simulated reality, or other fantasy, however vivid, can compare to the natural, holistic reality that awaits us. What we truly are, objectively, is that unique essence that distinguishes us from one another. It's important to view all obstacles as lessons and challenges rather than as indications of failure. Sometimes, in fact, the biggest challenge is to practice patience and detachment from the outcome you want, and, as you'll learn in these lessons will become still more important in the new millennium. The question of control and other people's consent is designed to draw attention to preparation which might needs to be done before the main project can happen. If an outcome depends on someone else's blessing, it is not well formed at that point. Separating it in this way often facilitates its passage and completion, often within shorter time frames than were expected. This makes the well-formed outcome a valuable project management tool, as does the question of acceptability of costs and consequences. Any third party consent needs to be obtained as soon as possible, or made the subject of another outcome to be completed before the main one can begin. Outcomes can be nested, that is in the process of working out the main one it becomes apparent that parts of it are subject to preparation on their own account to make the whole project possible. Are the costs and consequences of obtaining this outcome acceptable? What will I accept as evidence that I have achieved my outcome? 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, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States. The chief of state is the President of the United States of America. PUERTO RICO, officially Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, freely associated commonwealths of the U.S. Composed of one large island and several small islands, Puerto Rico is bordered on the N by the Atlantic Ocean, on the E by the Virgin Passage (which separates it from the Virgin Islands), on the S by the Caribbean Sea, and on the W by the Mona Passage (which separates it from the Dominican Republic). This flag, tattered and battle worn, waved proudly from the mast, as John Paul Jones showed the enemy what true resolve was. This banner was raised by the hands of brave men on a godforsaken island called Iwo Jima, and became a part of the most famous photo of the 20th Century. Those men are all dead now, but their legacy lives on in the Marine Memorial in Washington, D.C. We can never really improve in the future until we get frank and useful feedback as to how well or how badly we are doing here and now. Paradoxically, we have to get to the prosperity zone first, before these other things come about. I think this is wonderful country, though, that gives everyone their voice of dissection. I am all for people expressing their views publicly because it makes it much easier for us to identify the truly foolish, and to know who cannot be counted on in times of crisis. These are the weak and cowardly who, when the enemy is crashing through the front door, will cower in the back room, counting on better men than themselves to make and keep them free. Well, the enemy is at our front door, and isn't it interesting those who cry loudest and most often for their rights, are usually those least willing to defend it. 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 a people. We are America, and this is our symbol. They are consequences of the prosperity zone, not goals in themselves. This takes a bold willingness to hear things we may not want to hear, but it is the only course for improvement. This is when you begin to understand how to eat your cake and have it too. I could never imagine desecrating that symbol. Perhaps there are many people in this nation who have never been abroad, or in harms way, and seen the flag upon their return. We are imperfect in many ways, but we continue to strive toward the ideal our forefathers laid down for us more than 225 years ago. NO idea is so outlandish that it should not be consider with a searching but at the same time with a steady eye. However, brilliant and action may be. Many ideas - probably most - will have to be discarded somewhere in the process of producing authenticated knowledge. It should not be accounted great when it is not the result of great purpose. Some sweat to conquer a difficulty, only to rest content in their labors; not knowing how to bring the victory home. History will judge us. How we confront this chapter of American history will be important for the future of this great nation. This will be a war like none other we have endured. The combatants will not just be the soldiers on the battlefront, but will be fought by us the citizens. We will determine the outcome of this war by how well we remain vigilant, how patient we are with tightened security, how well we support the economy, and what is most important, in the resolve we show the enemy. Our future and the future of coming generations are in our hands. Wars are not won just on military fronts, but by the resolve of the people. There are some things worth fighting for, and this country is one of them. I personally know what it is to see the flag, and feel something deep inside that makes you feel you are a part of something much bigger than yourself. We are on the battlefield now; the war has been brought to us. If you're crying because you can't see the Sun, the tears won't let you see the stars . . . We must remain tenaciously strong in the pursuit of this enemy that threatens free people everywhere. We get a nonstop feed of gloom and doom. "American Friends are those persons who come I don't know how and, stay without you have to ask them to do so . . . " Friends are those strange beings that ask you how you are, and wait for the answer."Friends shouldn't cry for your problems, but they should help you not to cry!"
But we don't hear about the heroes.
The incredibly brave GIs who honorably does their duty. The ones our grandparents would have carried on their shoulders down Roosevelt Road in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
THE games we play reveal our essence, and we place in those games the expectation that something larger, more mysterious, more transforming might arise in our ordinary lives. This is the greatest country in the world because brave people sacrificed to make it that way. We are a collective mix of greatness and greed, hi-tech and heartland. Great events have small beginning God blesses America and Puerto Rico USA.
I highly congratulate you for the (distinguishes/successful and a professional manner your are conducting our Task Force Forums). ‘THANK-YOU.”
Cordially
Viktor
I would like to take this opportunity to dedicate to express this Task Forum Comment, my appreciation for your sacrifice and contributions, to my Dear Son, Navy Sailor: Today is supposed to be his Birthday!!
31 January 2003
"Know you work every Sunday and can attend church. You work is helping to guarantee freedom to exist and worship as man desires, so we all will occasionally make a few concessions or sacrifices. Communism can't be allowed to envelop the globe. And so much hinges upon our success or failure in SE Asia."That makes me happy is that you are my son. You taught me about life and love and Chess and calculus in computers and values and doing the right thing. And it sometimes makes you feel that your sacrifice is worthwhile when a father tells you that he would have no business if it weren't for the US military keeping the freedom in our hills and sea of Puerto Rico. It is a hard task and it sometimes looks futile, but it must be done. You taught me important things.
So when the days come that are filled with frustration and unexpected responsibilities, remember to believe in yourself and all you want your life to be. That's when you have to tell yourself that things will get better. Because the challenges and changes will only help you to find the goals that you know are meant to come true for you. Keep Believing in Yourself! But those are the times when you must remind yourself to trust your own judgments and opinions, to keep your life focused on believing in yourself. It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of whom you are. There will be challenges to face and changes to make in your life, and it is up to you to accept them.
I'm angry and I'm sad and if I try really hard I'm happy, but most of all I'm proud. I'm proud of whom you are a “Navy Sailor” and I'm such proud that you are my dear son. You also a role model I ever wanted or ever needed a real leader and my heroe. I'm happy that I will have memories to guide me when . . . I'm happy because I was there with you at the end and I'm happy that the last thing I ever told you was that I loved you. Estoy orgulloso de ti: Te Amo.
Love, Dios siempre te bendiga mi querido hijo!! "I am sure that God will watch over you and you will return home safe."
You Father, V.
Good Luck..
Posted by: Vicktor
on February 1, 2006 9:38 PM
Vicktor, I will hold your son in my thoughts and pray he come home safely and proptly.
Posted by: julio
on February 2, 2006 1:14 AM
“We have to begin to view the 51 Starts of the US. American Flag as ultimately constituted not of matter and energy, but of pure mathematical information!" –
This Article examines without attempting any dogmatic definition a number of variations that are calculate providing tools for Statehood Conscious-Technique. Basically what you are doing is taking what you know how to do, and minimizing the time it takes to do it, so you can move onto bigger and better things. The Chain is stronger as the weakest link, the chain must be the bond that keeps us together. In the same writing, the same way the Ant-Virus Programs like a spider eliminate every plague that trespass it’s wed, WEB We the Taino people of Boringuen, We the people must repair those corrupt shadows and be free from them. The main key of this strategy consists on preventive maintenance and continuo repair of each chain link(Commonwealth). In addition the Task Force Execution must be timing effective, secure, fast for everyone’s like an avenue of transport and complete communication as a whole-System track’s in which consists the main nucleus form a spinal cord woven with steel nerves. I like to admit that Borinquen’s Status Quo dilemma and ‘Commonwealth Constitutional System is similar to a WEB apparatus. In general examining, some patterns focal point, and the present status quote’ is a manifestation of infinite variable techniques of observation, similar portraying, graphical of a web(chain) in our island politics. On the Bermuda Triangle, imitation is not only absurd, but also downright dangerous. “Americanisms is a question of principles, of idealism, of character: it is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of descent. How to produce and activate an alarm system for both nations? Well, American Scientists are using spider chromosome venom for the purpose of new insecticides that will not affect the health or environment. We the People must set sail by removing the old Spanish Colonialism Virus form our environment using anti-virus program, a correct spoon medicine dosage of 51st Start Statehood prescription. Breaking the code of colonialism bureaucracy through effective communicate Task Forces Channels. American History must be rewriting again using the lighting railroad “flowchart’ as a track, by not using invisible ink rays; by opening an avenue with the vehicle of faith, me which I call The Train of American Prosperity. This Virtual reality has ruined across-the-platform creative ideas of our Taino people. Do not refrain from, to nor neither the Senate, nor the Congress as shirks the Constitutional duty to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the jurisdiction territory” from epidemic disproportion. I totally agree with our commissioners’ resident Honorable Luis Funtuno, Congress had failure to sponsor orderly balloting that would give the island 3.9 million voter [sic]-a meaningful say about, “Estadidad para Borinquen” into an inspiring occasion for undiluted American celebration. The most basic civic values of Both American nations demand that neither this Task Forces Committee never forget that its relation, measures the value of Borinquen’ statehood to the other fifty states of the union. Furthermore, to strike up a contingency plan for our US. Citenzen that really lives in this inland, prior o performing next Task Force implementations, therefore, not failed in taking into account that Puerto Rico is also a “NATION” that will satisfy the fundamental democratic precept regarding Government by consent of the Government. Such insensitivity will undermine Puerto Rico’s capacity for self-government, and will inflicts considerable hardship on our Taino Society, U.S. Congress would then ratify, by not draining the U.S. Treasury that, will afflict Puerto Rico STATUS. To do the opposite, will cause incomplete manifestation of mutual agreements. An advantage that is inappropriate to the “status quo’ resolution is not advantage at all for the American people. The Task Force Workshop and all concern including the Congress must be shake-up and denied future similar VIRUS Fault repetition. This new Task Force Report requires a Postmortem examination and new determination to complete and desire wins. Honorable Luis Funtuno is preparing a line Pro-American, Pro-Statehood, for the best interest and aspirations of our people, at the same time you should remove Pedro Rosello, because he’s contaminated (National Security) with the Ruben Berrios Malignant Virus (Breach of Confidence or Trust) of decolonization. “Style Vieques’. Let Puerto Rico decide that means not Rosello desire for US. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Again the pedro Rosello Team’s attitudes are hostile and the criticisms have been predominately negative. It may consist of a positive act of hiding information from the armed services committee. PLEASE check you congress media records, by physical concealment or and may consist of furnishing the wrong information. Since this side is employing delaying tactics, apathy too away with the true and kidnapper the Governors’ election from Honorable Luis Funtuño. Falsehoods have many advantages over the truth, remember our age is the age of exact knowledge. We the People of Borinquen will not concur with a future plebiscite to be used as a ‘Deadlock” without a real-transparence uninfected camouflage. These mechanical approaches are those adversaries’ party’s rods of values’ relief, equals the disruptive technological stimulus spinal net nervous anxiety proposes. That Political Opponents are misinformed the good people and mixing confuses feelings of Nationalism, or regionalism that way to hide their owns particular campaign agendas. Moreover, oblige to spend too much time thinking had no task force plan at all, but simply moved according to the personal needs and interest of the moment. A pure virtue though creates the illuminating ray of an America seed that must continue to growth here in Puerto Rico through our life dedications. The Constitution of United States of America is one Perfect Document our religious father ever made historically. It strives for creativity, invention combines both soundness, and the opportunity for dynamic counter play when such advantages gained, victory for Statehood’, will be obtaining, these processes are links with overcoming of catching, political infectious thinking deficiencies. 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. 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. On this level, we the people are pro-active. If due to careful handling of the initial-stage, the adversary offers no natural target, a reasonable plan of a political campaign will always be base on maneuvers which provoke the creation of a NET WEB weakness. The Task Force is the only lighthouse, only perfect illumination, which still brightness with intensity to this moment until nest island referendums. One correct path from the two roads ahead, but only one road for statehood whereas the reasons for deviating from the correct strategic course are numerous, about such individuals it said that they are lacking in literacy of both Nations’ Cultures. When Honorable Luis Funtuno arrived with apparent approach nonchalance, invented, for instance the desires confront those issues dealing with this task force versus statehood, To his contemporaries to be pretentiousness of genius. However, a closer analysis today reveals that behind such points of view theirs lay a great deal of mental calculation and hard diamond logic. Deeper and more intricate transposition can develop quite deceptively. Control over the calculated prelimary operations lies in the evaluation of the outcome, which for the moment exists in the mind. A good par of general rules anything that gives you safety; freedom and scope are technically valuable. Thus, the thinking of a Pro-statehood consists of two basic components: calculation of variations and evaluations of political position, which are determined by the content of the Task-Force’ strategies’ & tactics. Finally the differences have narrowed because for many U.S. Citenzen the biggest Status and Commonwealth issue is now the biggest issue. English Education/Spanish Education both equals good intentions. Enhance your chances of finding yourself in friendly waters if you learn to search for and steer for favorable transpositions but it is very easy to lose this quality in the heat of the political struggle. Honorable Luis Funtuno’s (NPP) leader systematically advances in the struggle for political advantages. The X-rays tactic, which has a lot in common knowledge with the discovered invasion, bring to mind, Luis Funtuno, Humanitarian & Compassion Business Republican ability to see objects though a transparence air tight a threat mask real, harmful purposes. All the processes of the task force, process of becoming a 51st State of the Union is a team effort; one “MACHO” cannot win the task force by itself. In additions ‘ need to know’ with a real participation commitment in dealing with various degrees of difficulties establishment of resource allocation. Conscientious work on all the components of the statehood science versus “Commonwealth Decolonization” will enable all party’s concerns to avoid those deficiencies of thinking by providing us ‘Vote of Confidence’ and a favorable candid outcome. Those who possess faith will win the race, by believing in centralization task force to bring a miracle. The essence of this situation or position is to keep separate things separate; the White House Committee must display an initiative in uncovering “those ‘DeFiCienCy VIRUS of welfare and gravity” in the Republican’s Floor, to bring results of status issue by showing interest and seriousness here and now with National Security. It would be “Cut-and-dry” prepared to accept.” To measured only erratically, not conclusively the sentiment on this U.S. Land without any word-of-mouth, or fear of preferential treatment simplification. Congress can reduce the confusion not designing a “Bipartisan” but by a progressive referendum with. from Let Puerto Rico Decide no the politicians on all sides. The subject or psychological exploitation of the treat to Borinquen, USA position can also involve various other ulterior motives. It should not be a Stonewall or/and a fence-in-box; but, instead a capstone quest for collectively speaking, should be our limit of social-economic expansion without destroying our society, our environment or/and increasing air pollution virux index and land trash. Here we see how skillfully transposition can help some well informed people to disguise their true intentions, In which the main role is conduct, to weigh anchor of social-economic-ecosystem factors.
Every time, we have some people that can manipulate the Press, the Congressman and the Government in both Nations, there always will be people above the law. We the people of Puerto Rico believe this to be the case in this situation. Various statutes prohibit government officials from active interest, directly or indirectly, in any transaction entered in to by such officials on behalf of the Government. Subsequently, a need in an implement at the governmental, managerial and scholarly levels for changes in the structure of corporations’ governance to make them more responsible, honest and effective in our island. We the Taino people of Borinquen should frankly reestablish the course of our American society thinking, endeavoring to give answers to approximately questions: When evaluating our political way of thinking and trials and errors endeavor to understand their cause? Did they result of an insufficiently deep understand of the position? Eventually Congress will have to do the same for Borinquen, and the sooner the better for all Puerto Ricans and the nation as a whole.
Great events have small beginning! I hope, my people equidistant concept is the trampoline aim high, but recognizes that is a long journal and also a very difficult and legthly, and requires enthusiasm and an enormous corporation from all People concern. The Task Force WEB is magnetizing that; it will disclose to you and me its amazing secrets in a fine strand of silk lie attraction. The American success of a strategic plan depends on every detail being correct. It is continuos and demands a heated passion for United States of America. It is important never lose the [Hilo], no matters what is the present circumstance. The legislative Assembly of the Commonwealth of Borinquen must petition unanimously, to process Statehood, and end our political treatment of the principle of coordination demonstrates increasingly persistently that, in many instances, the existence of eternal positional gains by no means ensures the harmony of the Armed Forces. Making the only tropical forest USA had presently, making a present infrastructure preservation Tropical Forest Ecosystem. We appreciate Honorable Luis Funtuno Act for his outstanding project toward the Yunque Mountains benefits overall. A nest plebiscites must be addresses very promptly and in more professional manners, Secure in the knowledge that the fundamental principles we the people are following not lead us astray.
A successful intuitive search normally accompanied by 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 democracy creativity.
God blesses American and Puerto Rico, USA.
Undersigned
Posted by: Vicktor
on February 2, 2006 5:02 PM
The struggle for the transformation of ideology into critical science . . . proceeds on the foundation that the critique of all presuppositions of science and ideology must be the only absolute principle of science.
Stanley Aronowitz, Science as Power (1988b, 339)
What is the Fundamental Element of our "Political Reality?” When we try to solve a problem that systematically refuses to be solved, we have several options. We may try again and again. Or we can try to review our goal. To make Puerto Rico the 51st State of the Union is a relatively new "science" but one that had received considerable attention. Initial attempts tried to concentrate on the "upper level" of our thinking abilities (mainly logic). What I think of as the history of both Nations’ is really its history relative to a particular biography, and only one history as one ordinarily thinks of it is something abstracted from an underlying matrix that contains countless alternative histories. And the assumption that this entire system is, in its own right, changing or evolving (or that it is not) is at best gratuitous: and at worst meaningless." Therefore, for any individual in the Task Force, reality is represented by those elements of information which have a probability of trueness that exceeds the threshold of conscious/awareness for them. To some degree it can be argued that reality also includes those elements of information that has reached the center portion of this model, having crossed the threshold of existence in the subconscious mind, but having not reached the threshold of conscious awareness. Then, because failures were accumulating, the line of research changed to small, specific domains, where success was easily attained. But again, failure emerged, when these small-worlds experiments were difficult to expand to Real-USA PR problems. What is more important, it is an attempt to reassessDetractors of induction usually sticks with the problems caused by the wrong conclusions without observing the advantages of the correct ones. Therefore, if information is fundamental, exists in a duality of nature, and is affected by observation, there is strong evidence that observation itself may cause it to exist – and even if that is not correct, certainly that shared knowledge of existence affects the "probability of trueness,” and the emergence of an information element into what humans recognize as "reality" – a part of our 51st State of the Union. "Truth" squeezes down the population of "probably true" information to a relatively small set, and that this set is dynamic; that is, it changes from moment to moment. In fact, the set of information regarded to be true at a given point represents reality as we the people know it, and the alteration of that set of information elements is what human’s regard to be the "passage of time. What if "doing things right" is really the ultimate success secret? You can either do things right out of your own volition, or be forced to do things right by "external pressures," including "coercive external control systems" commonly called "government. The pivotal concept here is how to manipulate the "probability of trueness" of any specific element of information. One factor that has been demonstrated to have an effect on the "position" of elements is sheer observation of those elements. It is conceivable that manipulating the frequency and intensity of "observation" is the variable required. Something exists if it can be experienced.
We can safely assume that the "natural born soldier" had a knack for doing things right in the area of fighting a war. His friend was perceptive enough to recognize this. And he was wise enough to copy what the natural born soldier did. So both survived. Actions can be evaluated in terms of whether they were based on great or poor decisions, involved the preponderance of means over ends, or were solutions/non solutions. "There do exist enquiring minds, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reason and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him. For without this knowledge, he will have no focal point in his search. Socrates' words "Know thyself" remain for all those who seek true knowledge and being." -- G. I. Gurdjieff ('Views from the Real World'). Individuals experience the words of others. They collect those words through time in the course of interacting with others. They collect those words and compress them, forming a new sedimentary object, their individuality. Just as a new piece of slate is formed by the depositing and compressing of many older materials over time, the unique individual is formed out of experiences of talk collected and compressed through time. To have trust, we must be able to judge technical facts accurately, an ability that will in turn depends partly on the quality of our institutions for judgment. More fundamentally, though, it will depend on whether trustworthy hardware is physically possible. Today, we are seldom willing to pay for the safest possible systems; we tolerate failures’ more-or-less willingly and seldom consider the real limits of reliability. This bias’ judgments of what can be achieved. A psychological factor also distorts our sense of how reliable things can be made: failures stick in our minds, but everyday successes draw little attention. The media amplify this tendency by reporting the most dramatic failures from around the world, while ignoring the endless and boring successes. A new genuine, flexible 51st State must evolve ideas. To do this, it must find or form hypotheses, generate variations, test them, and then modify or discard those found inadequate. To avoid becoming trapped by initial misconceptions, it will have to consider conflicting views, seeing how well each explains the data, and seeing whether one view can explain another. Having a world full of diverse and redundant proposers, supporters, and critics are what makes the advance of science and technology reliable. Having more proposers makes good proposals more common; having more critics makes bad proposals more vulnerable. Better, more numerous ideas are the result. By applying the sane principles, we may be able to develop reliable, technically oriented institutions having strong checks and balances, then use these to guide the development of the systems we will need to handle the coming breakthroughs. The skeleton statehood’ helps us fill in the flesh on the statehood skeleton. 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.
Already in the last few decades, economic powers have reached the point of imperiling the stability of the state through new forms of the circulation of capital that go by the generic name of multi-national corporations. These new forms of circulation imply that investment decisions have, at least in part, passed beyond the control of the nation-states. Rather than painting a picture that would inevitably remain incomplete, I will take as my point of departure a single feature, one that immediately defines our object of task forces studies. Knowledge ceases to be an end in itself, and it loses its "use-value. When we examine the current status of scientific knowledge at a time when science seems more completely subordinated to the prevailing powers than ever before and, along with the new technologies, is in danger of becoming a major stake in their conflicts - the question of double legitimation, far from receding into the background, necessarily comes to the fore. For it appears in its most complete form, which of reversion, revealing that knowledge and power are simply two sides of the same question: who decides what knowledge is, and who knows what needs to be decided? In the computer age, the question of knowledge is now more than ever a question of government.
The reader will already have noticed that in analyzing this problem within the framework set forth I have favored a certain procedure: emphasizing facts of language and in particular their pragmatic aspect. To help clarify what follows it would be useful to summarize, however briefly, what is meant here by the term pragmatic. It is useful to make the following three observations about language games. The first is that their rules do not carry within themselves their own legitimation, but are the objects of a contract, explicit, or not, between players (which is not to say that the players invent the rules). The second is that if there are no rules, there is no game, that even an infinitesimal modification of one rule alters the nature of the game, that a "move" or utterance that does not satisfy the rules does not belong to the game they define. The third remark is suggested by what has just been said: every utterance should be thought of as a "move" in a game. This last observation brings us to the first principle underlying our method as a whole: to speak is to fight, in the sense of playing, and speech acts fall within the domain of a general agnostic. This does not necessarily mean that one plays in order to win. A move can be made for the sheer pleasure of its invention: what else is involved in that labor of language harassment undertaken by popular speech and by literature? Great joy is had in the endless invention of turns of phrases, of words and meanings, the process behind the evolution of language on the level of parole. But undoubtedly even this pleasure depends on a feeling of success won at the expense of an adversary - at least one adversary, and a formidable one: the accepted language, or connotation. This idea of an agnostic of language should not make us lose sight of the second principle, which stands as a complement to it and governs our analysis: that the observable social bond is composed of language "moves." An elucidation of this proposition will take us to the heart of the matter at hand. But this realism of systemic self-regulation, and this perfectly sealed circle of facts and interpretations, can be judged paranoid only if one has, or claims to have, at one's disposal a viewpoint that is in principle immune from their allure. For it is impossible to know what the state of knowledge is - in other words, the problems its development and distribution are facing today - without knowing something of the society within which it is situated. And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer. One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before. It may even be said that the system can and must encourage such movement to the extent that it combats its own entropy, the novelty of an unexpected "move," with its correlative displacement of a partner or group of partners, can supply the system with that increased performativity it forever demands and consumes. A word on this last point. If the problem is described simply in terms of communication theory, two things are overlooked: first, messages have quite different forms and effects depending on whether they are, for example, denotative, prescriptive, evaluative, performatives, etc. It is clear that what is important is not simply the fact that they communicate information. Reducing them to this function is to adopt an outlook which unduly privileges the system's own 'Interests and point of view. This, I think, is the appropriate approach to contemporary institutions of knowledge. It is humility, finally, that forces me to admit that the mathematical world exists independently of the manner in which we apprehend it, that it isn’t localized in time and space. But the manner in which we apprehend it is subject to rules very similar to those of biology. The evaluation of our perception of mathematical reality causes a new sense to develop, which gives us access to a reality that is neither visual nor auditory, but something else altogether.
The essence of perception is the awakening from dormancy of a relatively small number of prior concepts -- precisely the relevant ones. The essence of understanding a situation is very similar; it is the awakening from a dormancy of a relatively small number of prior concepts -- again, precisely the relevant ones -- and applying them judiciously so as to identify the key entities, roles and relationships in the situation. Yes, I believe that the secret is to have lots of knowledge. Common sense reasoning demands a great quantity of intertwined knowledge of facts about the real Task Force, facts that show subtleties that we're so used to deal with, that we hardly perceive. Why?". If, to support this rule, you use only other rules of the same level, then your theory does not stand by itself. Again, this remits us to the importance of the symbol grounding, which is what is able to support this edifice. However, is this knowledge (or the mere possession of this knowledge) all there's necessary to achieve statehood? In other words, is Statehood the result of just a bunch of interconnected facts about the Task Forces? I don't think so, and in this essay I will try to present some thoughts about this point of view. If the system of Becoming the 51st State is supposed to interact with the USA, then it must be prepared to learn fragments of information that, more often than not, doesn't make sense at all. The best learning mechanism appears to be the one that, besides being good at generalizations (induction again!), besides extracting information from almost anything, also supports future completion/correction of past fragments. Is it the knowledge representation? Is it the inference procedures?
The quest for mechanized common sense can lead us into thinking that Statehood for Borinquen emerges from lots of accumulated knowledge. But it does not seem to be so. It seems to be exactly the opposite: the Statehood, 51st State is the one who will end up accumulating more valuable knowledge, because it will be more capable of deriving useful information from the flood of raw data that it receives through its senses. As we will see, this notion is of crucial importance to the main argument of this Task Force Forum. Proficient performers do not rely on detached deliberation in going about their task’s forces. Instead, memories of similar experiences in the past seem to trigger plans like those that worked before. Proficient performers recall whole situations from the past and apply them to the present without breaking them down into components or rules. This demands, obviously, a lot of effort. Couldn't nature find a way to accelerate or improve this pattern bridging? I suggest that one good way to do this is to use good analogies. I think creativity is a process that happens almost continuously, which means also during the "internalization" of learning, that phase where the knowledge is transformed from rules to templates and patterns.
Among several suggestions that we can try to enrich the creative process (in all levels), let's list a few:
A Generalize: Go beyond the set of problems to a more general area.
B) Specialize: Look to details of the problem that may point to a solution.
C) Miniaturize: Use the solution of a larger problem as model for the current one.
D) Change Direction: Start by the end, or by the middle.
E) Suspend judgment: "forget" momentarily one or more restrictive rules.
This, of course, does not prevent the agent to discover, by itself, more methods that can be used to "trigger" the appearance of good results. If language were on the center of our thinking, it obviously would be all we need to transfer any kind of knowledge from one person to another. Language's most problematic characteristic is its difficulty in conveying sensory experiences. This, indeed, seems obvious for a lot of people. But this is not what happens in practice. The next section groups some thoughts addressed to those who believe otherwise. At first, these bridges will be somewhat rough, but nevertheless will allow the agent to have a first "understanding" of the subject. As we've seen, known analogies are "ready to use" templates, that can be effortlessly copied to fill in existing holes, bridging previously unrelated rules and easing the learning process. Later, these bridges will be gradually transformed into solid knowledge, with the reception (from experience or other rules) of small snippets that slightly improve (or modify) the bridges.
"Necessity is the mother of invention,” and it is often out of the most dire threats and circumstances that the greatest insights and achievements are attained.Again, this example shows the importance of alloying logic with imagination, and of preserving the ability to look at old positions from new angles. In this case, a tie, less disastrous than a loss, was really a victory. Reality was not superseded, or escaped, but better results were, nonetheless, attained from reality than had previously been thought possible. Once again, logic, stymied, must turn to the imagination for a solution; thought must rise to another level, driven by the will to find an answer that does not appear to be there. Rather than surrender, and give in to a hopeless situation, Any good American citenzen here in Puerto Rico, USA can find a solution – to our status quo via Task Forces by creating a solution - on another mental plane - a plane that is always there, but which will only be discovered by those who have the passion and desire to reach it.
[[In First Things First Stephen Covey tells a beautiful story about a big jar in which some huge rocks are placed until the jar is apparently full. However, smaller stones are introduced that fills up the many empty spaces left in between the big rocks, until again, the jar can take no more. Then some sand is poured into the jar filling up the empty space left in between the stones. The moral of the story is that if the jar is your life, you will first have to put in the bigger stones, the priorities of your life. If you were to first fills it up with sand, the lesser issues, then it would be impossible later on to fit in the stones, let alone the bigger ones. The question arises, what about that one giant rock? This story is not yet complete, it lacks the main issue, that one big rock it should have started with.]] In other words, we need to put first things first, or they will never find a place in our lives.
La solución es tan simple AVOID ALL THE OPTIONS FROM TASK FORCES, All recommendations are unrealistic, except Classic Independence, that could be the outcome is Pre-Program in this view panorama, or may be just another Political Campaign. We the people refute to accept that Malignant virus reality. Congress MUST IMPLEMENT THE REALLY TRUE ALTERNATIVE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A WHOLE. [ESTADIDAD SI O NO ESA ES LA VERDADERA SOLUCIóN LAS DEMAS, SON LAS DEMAS] .. We may try again and again. Or we can try to review our goal.
" Don’t waste it, by allowing it to sleep, or by mistaking its sleep for its absence. Awaken it! Ultimate truth is the totality of all that is. A nothingness with infinite potentials. However, when we narrow the scope from there to specific realities, then we have moved away from absolute truth. This battle is for the quintessential spiritual personification of being Your essence, your control, the elixir of light thus an enigmatic paradox of evil, which comprehend not for your opponent knows no other plausibility's And the Devil has played this game a million times infinitely squared A seasoned veteran of strategic violent opposition. And your evolution through divinity Manipulating through chaos and turmoil A metaphoric reality, Of realities metaphors where guerrilla warfare is disguised as harmony and once again we're engaged in combat Frontal assaults Flanking maneuvers Backdoor ambushes on the battlefield gathered underneath the heavens his deception is to be expected and it's your move……in combat Frontal assault’s battlefield is to be expected. "The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. I have included this Tsk F-ARTICLE, here, as one more example of how our human intelligence is able to work miracles on our behalf, if we can only establish the right mixture of emotions to liberate it. The purpose of this article is to restore confidence and inspiration to anyone who is faced, or may be faced, with such a challenge, that there is an answer, and that he can find it; to remind him of the intelligence, the brilliance, that dwells within him, part of our human heritage, that is stronger than any other voice that says he can’t find it, that he can’t do it. "Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality." "If you wish upon a Star, everything your heart desires will come to you" I want to say, now, that you are capable. Sadly, in our culture, both on a personal level and on a social level, there have been many efforts by those who want all the power for themselves, to convince others that they are not smart, not beautiful, not capable. The ability to [Think Out of [The Box. (PR=USA)=USA + PR)= Think Out the Equation]…[1 + 1 = 1.] There is a saying, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste." Don’t waste it, by allowing it to sleep, or by mistaking its sleep for its absence. Awaken it!
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.
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. [Ecclesiastes 3:1]
Undersigned
Posted by: Vicktor
on February 5, 2006 3:34 PM
"Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive."
--Thich Nhat Hanh
I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived by the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union, one and inseparable established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. The local government and the federal government should update the standard operating procedures to establish materials on directives with the domestic corporation and international corporations interfacing withing law & regulation’s scopes. Subsequently, at the government, managerial and scholarly levels, to make those procedures and regulations more effective the structure of corporations, changes and implementation for in our land. The roles must be to designate a federal agency inspector general (IG) that will monitor all pertaining commitments to portraits all corporations in all facets. European Laundry Banks are taking over of Puerto Rico due too colonial past political leader’s ideology weakness. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. "We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Banco Gubernamental del fomento. This evil institution has impoverished the people of the Puerto Rico U SA and has practically bankrupted our government. It has done this through the corrupt practices of the moneyed vultures who control it.”"The Banco Gubernamental de fomento s is one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever seen. Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. If the banks create ample synthetic money, we are prosperous; if not, we starve. It is not more destructive than it is constructive in Puerto Rico social economic arenas. The real costs of capitalism do not show up on balance sheets. The GDP stat is not a measure of true growth because it takes into account such things as all the jobs and economic "growth" created by crime and destruction. There is not a man within the sound of my voice who does not know that this nation is run by the International bankers, and they are not government institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign swindlers""We are completely dependant on the commercial banks. Whose fault is that? It's ours, yours and mine, because if we do not take a stand, oppose the injustice and refuse to re elect the politicians who perpetuate and these injustices, they will continue. Capitalism uses statistics that do not measure social values or progress. What most Puerto Rican people don't know is that the sudden swell of support for campaign finance reform among both parties is due primarily to the sudden, though moderate, success of third parties. If the government of Puerto Rico mostly responds to corporations and not the citizens, do we still have democracy? Not a functional democracy - I absolutely agree. It also makes plain the obvious apathy of the American voter. I should say that I fear that voters’ apathy and human greed will be hard to overcome. If humans were a bit less greedy (not to mention so willing to take by force what they cannot buy) and a little less apathetic (so they'd educate themselves and act accordingly), we might see some changes right here and right now. The question you never seem to answer in your tilting with the system is "compared to what?" You blame what you don't like about the system on a few people gaming it for their own ends but I see what we've got as millions of people making billions of decisions based on what they perceive as their own best interests. Right now, most people see business, including big business, as the surest way to feather their own nests. They don't pay much attention to politics because there is very little return on such investment of their time and energy. What business is doing is rapidly changing the world. What politics is doing is mostly getting in the way. The politicians try to solve short-term problems with solutions they'll have to live with for a long time. The rate of accelerating evolution in society is taking us places we've never been before and looking to the past for solutions will not get us there. Those who cling to the past will be bypassed. Business is adapting to the new world while governments everywhere are trying desperately to hang onto the solutions of the past. The business solution to this problem is to create their own governments using the power of technology and new ways of organizing people to achieve new goals. The visions of how things’ work programmed into us in grade school and high schools are like the stories about Santa Clause. The mantras "all men are created equal" is like saying all horses are created equal, so no horse it better or faster than another. That kind of thinking would have all horses worth the same amount of money. But that isn't how things work in real life. The fastest horse is worth millions to his/her owner and one that's not fast will merely be a burden to its owner and does not give a return in the investment of land, feed, veterinary bills, etc. Most are myths based on ideals that don't really exist. They are, to put it bluntly, wishful thinking. So business is where people are investing in and politics is merely something they put up with and get involved with only when they feel like it doesn't work. Some new ways of governing can only evolve because of the extreme complexity involved. So it is with people and organizations of people. You invest time and money in them based on the expected return on your investment. Politics today gives very little in return for that investment. Business, basically, gave us the world we live in today and the world we expect to live in tomorrow. Making small changes can have huge consequences, many of which are unpredictable and unintended. Basically, it's beyond our control and US goes with either the flow or end up trying to stop a river with our bare hands. Trying to control it is like trying to control the hurricane Caribbean weather. Humility through humiliation is a very painful lesson. Humbleness of character prevents this. The kinds of changes you suggest are more likely to cause more harm than good if they are not implemented with care and understanding. In the time available and the number of people who have to be involved in the process, I don't think it is achievable. The politicians try to solve short-term problems with solutions they'll have to live with for a long time. The Puerto Rican’s politicians are controlled by the short-term-thinking MONEY MENTALITY, i.e., the corporate interests, that’s why Don Pedro Rosello sold the telephone company? . Duh. Gov. Pedro J. Rossello's political opponents claim the deal is part of his strategy to push the island into statehood by selling anything that differentiates Puerto Rico from the mainland. He already has privatized the government shipping company, hospitals and other facilities. Here in Puerto Rico, all Senator without exception to that rule must work at full time services in the government, no accepting gifs or making extra income while they are performing with high moral values their duties, to violate that is unethical. However Senator Rosello is making a profit sales with a political book written by somebody else, and also he accept a gift of approximately $90,000.00 from his follower to pay his debt pension. It is the most important subject intelligent persons can investigate and reflect upon. What politics in U.S.A. & PR is doing is mostly getting in the way. Read a book called PIGS AT THE TROUGH by Arianna Huffington. 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. Their actions are not based on National Security, but are in the best interests of the International Corporations and Bank Businesses they put the campaign money and perks into their coffers. Business is adapting to the new world while governments everywhere are trying desperately to hang onto the solutions of the past. We are absolutely without a permanent money system . . . It is the most important subject intelligent persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it becomes widely understood and the defects remedied very soon. “By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. "If we live in a society that's a fraud, shouldn't we change it so that everyone has the ability to reach the top? The rate of accelerating evolution in society is taking us places we've never been before and looking to the past for solutions will not get us there. Can you be more specific here? We don't have this now, because if everyone DID reach the top, the system could not support it. This proves that the system does NOT add up, for if it did, EVERYONE would be able to co-exist in exactly the same way the rich exist -- they live off dividends, capital gains and interest. 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. I do not like people who are in politics for themselves and not for others. 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. Today for many local politicians, their main concerns are not “the National Security of United States of America” or "public service,” nor is it based on justice nor truth, It is based solely on being reelected and what will get them another term in office. Please be aware of those limitations. If you can honestly conclude that the reasons for a loss in many past plebiscites are that your opponent played the better public politics (on that day at least) the learning process speeds up considerably. 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. And at present we do not think enough HAS been DONE to PROMOTE EQUAL ACCESS TO RESOURCES. I think everyone should have access to resources (education, safeties, equal opportunities removing discriminating factors such as race, gender, disability etc.) to reach goals they wish to achieve. While we love America, we know we must change America's heart. Change will only come from informed people, the disenfranchised masses of employees out there who work hard only to see their energy funneled to the top of the corporate pyramids of power and dispensed to a "privileged" class. People are supposed to vote for those who they wish to represent them. Corporations are not supposed to vote with their money, but that's what is happening. A vote is supposed to be a decision not a dollar. Does class difference undermine the ability to vote? In some ways because the rich can vote with both a decision AND a dollar whereas the poor can only vote with a decision. 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. 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." "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.” 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. "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." "To perceive is to suffer." 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. "Our lives teach us who we are." We are a Nation. Our voices have been cut short and have been silent for to long. "I have no respect for reality as soon as it is acknowledged as such. I am interested in what I can do with unacknowledged reality." You reject our nationality and do not want PR to have a greater role in the international arena. NATIONALITY IS NOT SYNONYMOUS TO CITIZENSHIP. We are of Puerto Rican nationality with US citizenship. The fact that we are a Taino’s nation is undisputable, some my disguise it by calling an Indian reservation. We have a 500-year history, a vibrant culture forged from three races, and a sense of national identity greater than many countries could ever dream of infinite resources. Our views on the island are too different from that of PNP ($) statehooders. That is why we don’t belong to the NPP!! By diminishing this reality you are only diminishing yourself. The ability to foresee a political event, appears during a dynamic evaluation of positions, which normally are highly contracted with static evaluation, based on an educational study of the purely external factors. One correct path from the correct strategic course is numerous, about such individual it said that they are lacking in literacy of both cultures. A clear attentive mind has no meaning but that which sees is truly seen. If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people." A true Statehooder is always armed with three things: the radiant sword of pacification; the mirror of bravery, wisdom, and friendship; and the precious jewel of enlightenment. 51st Statehood is the principle of nonresistance. 51st star is invincible because it contends with nothing. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. Because it is nonresistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within. To injure another Puerto Rican existence’; is to injure you? Control over the calculated preliminary operations lies in the evaluation of the outcome, which for the moment exits in our mind. 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? 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? Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a coconut, and it becomes the coconut. “ How the water got inside that coconut? Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be watering my friend. Constitutions and checks & balances are supposed to counter that harsh reality, but on a long enough time-line things still decay. I WANT economic forces to play a role in my line of work by making puertorico 51st state. If the people I work with aren't frantically brought to a standard level of functioning in a given time, then I have failed and should be punished. My program should have its funding cut so that better programs may replace it. Competition is important; I want the bulk of funding to go to successful programs. How do we get good funding? Well, the Puerto Rico’s state should be wealthy. We the people of PUERTO Rico need more funding every year to increase the specialization in our programs and address new social problems. Capitalism has proven to work for attaining a wealthy state. A wealthy state with a democratic ideology means more funding for my programs. I like funding. Normally functioning people like well-funded social programs, at least when they work; They like the peace of mind of knowing that crime rates fall when addicts are treated rather than recycled through the justice system. They like the peace of mind of knowing that the most disabled people in the world, the mentally retarded, are treated wells and given more advantages in our society than in any other. This line of work is difficult and complicated, so a lot of intelligent people choose not to pursue it. How do we fill all our positions, then? We hire people who are "good enough for now"--people who "have their heart in the right place." We have a lot of well-intentioned people in this line of work who simply aren't up to the task, but we hire them anyway because we have no choice. I see a lot of "wells enough" programs that I'd like to see swallowed up by better programs. And so our programs are "good enough for now to fix both the problems inherent in the education system, in U.S.A. then here in our Borinquen. ?" You want to fix it you educate people. You teach people not to memorize facts and algorithms, but to be able to critically analyze situations and synthesize new ideas. You emphasize discussions between people who may not share similar backgrounds. Education can cure many problems. In the public education system in the US, especially with President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, which is poorly underfunded and ideologically flawed, there is little or no emphasis on critical analysis among a majority of students. It assumes that everything a person needs to learn in public school can be stored in their brain, then regurgitated onto a piece of paper. This assumes that there is no need to look for connections between different ideas, and find differences in similar ideas. Only in an American society where each person can maintain meaning/solidity with respect to the whole, yet grow in the infinite ways that are being opened by the constantly accumulating knowledge and information will we ever see the infinite parabola of possibilities that exist within the human spirit. And see it without having to suffer from mistakes made from misunderstanding and/or lack of understanding. Society’s values are not capitalism’s values. This is the problem in a nutshell and in Puerto Rico. Capitalism needs to be realigning with the values of both societies because value is not necessarily something that can be measured on a balance sheet. This process of personnel pruning works best under a competitive system. Capitalism fuels competition. Agencies that want better funding need to prove their efficacy and social relevance. Those that are able to accomplish efficacy and relevance DO get better funding, attracting people who are invested enough in the field to pursue more education, sharpen their skills, and demand a higher wage. I don't like being poor, but I like living in a system (capitalist democracy) that affords me the chance to pursue this line of work. We the people pro-statehood not only wants a piece of apple pie, we want the pie, that we can put or the money resources, people, inventions to benefit both nations, social-economy and structures call “democratic deficits’ unfinish business. Perhaps this is what country and states do in a way, but it seems to me there’s some unwritten law that states don’t allow other states to freely advertise their benefits to each other. Were the structures of states and countries changed so that they would be, in essence, placed into spirited competition with each other for the best quality of life, {.¿.} We might be able to evolve the perfect American citizen-friendly 51st state. And by state I am including both the economic and political infrastructure as well as the social. I have often though about starting a web site that compares all 50 states with each other, right down to details such as what kind of fines does you get for drunk driving. If test societies can’t be done at the 51st state level, I don’t see why test nation societies {.¿.} Couldn’t be mocked up within certain states? Then, as it was determined what tests gave citizens the most happiness and best quality of life, the rest of the state could be segueing over to the MO of the test societies. {.¿.} If no state was willing to allow a physical test nation society, maybe they could be set up in virtual reality. Maybe this is where AI could sincerely help humans. Maybe we are already IN a test society, the so-called ancestors’ civilization concept. Again, if we could set up entire states and societies where real people would come to live in virtual test worlds, I don’t see why the most successful places couldn’t be converted to physical space -complete with their own new forms of government and economic systems. “Blest is that nation whose silent course of happiness furnishes nothing for history to say." Let us as a people support each other in our dreams because no one else out there will, and even if they will, it would mean a lot more to have people of your own kind who believe in you. In conclusion, we the people of united states want this nation to become the 51st State of the Union. Though creates the lighting of a harmony life, American history must be rewriting as a tool using the lightning rail road track of prosperity for all citenzens. Approximately 144,000 Puerto Rican’s voters did not participate in any electoral past elections, due to the NPP has been contaminated with suspicious activities that not represent our best interest. It is time for all of us, Indian and non-Indian, Black, white, yellow or red. Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, or Buddhist to band together and stand together against the injustices and crimes (Yes, CRIMES) being committed by the elected officials and corporate heads of this country. "Even if you are in a minority of one, the truth is still the truth." -- Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of [others]." --Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV). "Help your brother's [or sister's] boat across, and your own will reach the shore!" --Hindu Proverb
We want Honorable Commissioned resident Luis Funtuño to represent with compassion and humanitarian gestures those issues that have been neglected. And he can count us The Taino people of Borinquen votes, will re-group, making our presence and participation on the 2008 electoral procedures. We the American person needs some type of Political leadership that represent the best NATIONAL SECURITY for both nations. 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. We the people of PUERTO Rico must know the agenda of the united state’s congressional representative and their view’s terminology all the rules of as relative values of the overall objective political destiny for our people. Nothing less will satisfies the obligation to convert an imperial property into a place of dignity for all American citizens who are equal in rights to all others. Let us remember that America became the greatest nation in the history of the world by empowering people with the tools for informed self-determination.
The handling of the statehood becomes a paramount requested substantive action that would permit the people of PUERTO Rico to make an informed decision on our ultimate civic destiny. Waiting to resolve a virtual status quo is a state of mind. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between you’re here and now . . . This greatly reduces the quality of your life by making you lose the present. I don't care how much PUERTO Ricans’ people may consider themselves a failure, I believe in them, for they can change the thing that is wrong in their lives anytime they are prepared and ready to do it! In every nation, there are wounds to heal. Whatever fate befalls one community, people, or nations are possible for all others as well. We the Taino people of borinquen should observe the time sequence of each event, particularly with reference to the degree of commitment; these preconditions accurately determine the extent of the compromises. Thus, there is a logical and reciprocal’s relationship between precondition commitments. This association, somewhere between total differentiation and total identification, is what makes it possible to win statehood for PUERTO Rico. In our new era, to believe and to understand is not a diverse thing, but the same things in different periods of mature political growth. Probably, The truth is that things are both totally separate and totally the same; at the same time in Statehood is “a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while you need to give up a piece of your team in order to make the big play. Blue or Red & White. Soy Boricua pa Que tu lo sepas! No hay mas nada Que hablar!! Most realities would be based on the agreement that things are different but similar. It’s a game of patience, and that pretty much defines how I run the ball. If you keep a projected future firmly in place for long enough, then you would gradually change the NOW to look like it. "A vision keeps the Wealthy Taino Soul focused on the path and not on the boulders." Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world." The moral is that statehood one judges not by contaminated political ideologies forms, or colors nationalities, but by functions and 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 more specific your vision is, the better your chances of making it a reality. “Knowing that parameter reality, while others PUERTO Ricans for any reason conveniently dismiss the SELF-EVIDENT reality of our national character (evident to everyone in the world except PUERTO Rican PNP Political Money leaders, incorrectly associate NATIONALITY with SOVEREIGNTY One has nothing to do with the other. Also without excluding many PUERTO Ricans that lives back in the states-main land) there is a majority of the population who is willing to proudly defend it and affirm it irrespective of status politics, which include me and my closed friends and family. When all sides including the President of the United States and both Democrats & Republicans accept that PUERTO Rico is a nation and that any status will have to recognize such reality then maybe real options can be put forth by Congress to the PUERTO Rican people. Perhaps, this decision can only be taken when Congress and P.R. political parties finally deal with the status issue in an honest way based on our reality. The US moto is E pluribus Unum. "From -many- one.” PUERTO Rico is NOT a two party system. "The finger pointing at the moon is not the moon." Scientifically, Not recognizing this social reality is a big problem PNP’s have because they want to hide PUERTO Rico's reality (estan tapando el cielo con el dedo pulgar). It is people from many cultures blending into one mainstream Anglo-American culture. All of these deep cultural and institutional issues are at the center of the nationality issue. When will anything move in regards to status? Such a task is, by definition, beyond the purview of political science. The correct answer should be that, that when all sides dare to deal with the status issue honestly and under the parameters of reality. It will require every collective wisdom, our passion to preserve our life, ecosystem and the strength that can only come from our diversity for us to become more than our tests. I believe in my heart, in my Soul, in my Taino Mind that the best for my people is to become the shining 51st start of the American flag of united states. When you believe in something, and you carry it in your heart, you accept no excuses, only results.
We look beyond geographical boundaries and travel to a future dimension by making a present infrastructure preservation of the ecosystem. The deep reason for our current situation is our patterns of consumption. U.S.A. citizens consume 60% of the world's energy resources yet they account for only 6% of the total world's population. Children in America have witnessed 100,000 acts of violence on television by the time they finish elementary school. Another reason for our current situation is our foreign policy and the lack of deep listening within our relationships. We do not use deep listening to understand the suffering and the real needs of people in other nations. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small. "Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth. Mindfulness is the energy of being aware and awake to the present moment. It is the continuous practice of touching life deeply in every moment of daily life. To be mindful is to be truly alive and present with those around you and with what you are doing. All violence is injustice. The fire of hatred and violence cannot be extinguished by adding more hatred and violence to the fire. The only antidote to violence is compassion. And what is compassion made of? It is made of understanding.
When there is no understanding, how can we feel compassion, how can we begin to relieve the great suffering that is there? So understanding is the very real foundation upon which we build our compassion. As a nation we need to look into this: how to create the situations for deep listening to occur so that our response to the situation may arise out of our calm and clear mind. Clarity is a great offering that we can make at this time. The "right action" is the action that results in the fires of hatred and violence being extinguished.
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. 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 [your] heart reflects [you]." --Proverbs 27:19 (NIV).
Posted by: Vicktor
on February 10, 2006 2:04 AM
Vicktor, I hope your son returns to you safely. I appreciate the service that he is providing for me as a member of the military. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I hope that the PPD will cease to be an obstacle to democracy and that we could see a fair vote on fully democratic options in PR. I wait for the day that we could start rebuilding Puerto Rico to its full potential when statehood wins by super majority in Puerto Rico.
Posted by: E
on February 15, 2006 1:09 PM
Many NPP leaders past a present, like Rossello with its absence of equality spirit and defensive position of the national security were so occupied with the many FBI problems of corruption and the issue of decolonization including his new government commonwealth retirements. In consensuses with the independentistas party and Rubén Berríos, thru hipnotizadores manipulating NPP between themselves DURING the 911; being united signing in close and dark rooms documents that are opposed to the National Security and la estadidad; removing in that bad strategy The Navy & Marines? It does not have you doubt that they are the true waiting room to the Independence Communism, is a low blow to the North Americans and our common defense. Since they are doing and getting wavy with his Machiavellian enemy ideology? Plucking the white eagle, the USA; cutting the Lamb troat of the shield (El emblem del Cordero Escudo} decolonizing, stabbing the colony, by FORCE this if he is contradictory that is the 100% only really permanent union although are many they do not like; it is the only bird |