Bathhouses For Peace & Happiness

I think one way to do away with some of the walls that we have among people in our times would be to open local bathhouses so people could have a place where they could take their clothes off, let their hair down and meet others. Roman baths, Turkish baths, Russian baths (for men and women at same time), Finish saunas or even the YMCA are great places for healthy entertainment and where one could meet some friendly and open-minded people. But most of all they have always been places where social status seized to exist and where members of high society socialized with menial workers and peasants.

And I know how this works from personal experience. There was such a club that I used to check into for some weekends in the 1970s. The music, sound system, the sundeck, sauna, pool, darkroom, buffet, stage shows etc were great. The rooms were cheep and the guests were mostly young and beautiful just like me (lol). And all that on four large floors of an inconspicuous industrial building in Chicago. I still have the plastic membership card somewhere but now I think they'd kick me out because I'm old and gray (lol).

I remember hearing the Jefferson Starship album "Dragon Fly" for the first time there. The last long song on the album called "Hyperdrive" still gives me flashbacks of that place and its mysterious atmosphere too. The owner was an extravagant Chicago millionaire, a nightclub owner and publisher that changed America in many ways esp. in the 1970s. He was also a friend of President Carter. But I can't say more because this was mostly behind the screens type of stuff. I also remember seeing John Belishi there a few months before he died. The place used to be always packed with guests from wall to wall esp. on weekends, and there were often many well known faces there too. But it was a cheep place for someone on a small budget where members could rent a locker or check in for a night or two, get a private room, have a drink, a pizza, meet new friends and mingle with some really beautiful people from around the world for just a few bucks. That was really awesome. I think everyone should have access to such facilities today. I believe that it would make people a lot friendlier, peaceful and happier. All we would have to do is just to let go of our Christian inhabitations and revive that which was good and natural for the ancients in pre-Christian times.

Roman Bath Spa, England

I Am A Lot Like Poland

I am a lot like Poland is. I've come up with many ideas and inspired others to take action or to see things they have not seen before, but almost never got any credit for it. Now, no sooner I shared my opinion about slot machines in Polish stores in my hippy group; out of the blue the government is taking action to amend the law and limit slot machines only to Casinos. Or today, everyone in Europe is celebrating the fall of the Berlin wall forgetting that it all began in Poland with the Pope from Poland and the Solidarity Movement, which brought about the fall of Communism even in Russia. And what about the American Revolution? Many know that the French Revolution was because the Masons ran France bankrupt by financing the American Revolution. But no one except for a few persons I know, know that Poland became insolvent for the same reason, and then became divided between its creditors: Russia, Austria, Germany and France at almost the same time. So, the Poles paid a very high price for the freedom of others and never got any credit for it. In fact, the Polish royalty did everything possible to keep that a secret in fear of an uprising and getting beheaded. I am not a rich philanthropist but often acted like one esp. in Poland. And many American Poles acted like that too to help others in Poland. I do what my heart tells me because I was brought up that way. But that is a quality I have to overcome and change because it's not getting me anywhere and Poles in Poland were brought up on other values. In fact it's become a real problem for me in Poland. I think Poles also have to learn to be less self-centered (Pole-land = because it was where the center of Europe used to be) and realize that they no longer represent the heart of Europe but have moved a bit too far towards the East because of their past flamboyant lifestyles and philanthropic weaknesses. And that is very apparent in Warsaw where there are streets lined with palaces by well known Italian architects in what's left of Warsaw after WWII in the old part of town. Also, the country that has the largest amount of beautiful Baroque architecture in Europe, which were constructed when it still was a powerful European nation.

Poland is a country that has many people that are wealthy inside in their souls. For that reason I feel more at home here then in other places. But they have been through such hardships and trials that they've become a bit too immune to injustice and the sight of suffering of others. So my problems are not seen here as any kind of problems as long as I pay the bills. If I fail to do that then they'll throw the book at me and kick me out. There's nothing they hate more then poor foreigners; though I'm not exactly a foreigner but that's how they see me 'cause I'm a Polish American. The new rich are business people that are overly straight looking and try to be overly correct but seem to behave rather robot-like and oddly at the dinner table. Those people are really getting on my nerves and vice verse because they see that I can see their complexes (lol). Telepathic skills and the ability of taking on "other bodies" (to assimilate to the environment or to create a recognizable mirror image for the onlooker) can work like a double edged sward. They can work well in a highly developed environment. But otherwise, someone higher developed will have to take on a body that is lower developed... Rather hard to explain, if you know what I mean. But I don't know any better way to explain this phenomena. If the Reader's experienced this sort of thing then he or she will understand what I'm trying to say.

People Get Ready

This is absolutely THE best song ever written, one that has given to many the strength and inspiration needed in the 1960s and beyond... It still has the magic power of lifting spirits high to that Self that dwells beneath all the shields, deep in the hearts of all.

People Get Ready
by Curtis Mayfield

People get ready, there's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord

People get ready for the train to Jordan
It's picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em
There's hope for all among those loved the most.

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
For there's no hiding place against the Kingdom's throne

So people get ready, there's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.

Slot Machines In My Neighborhood

I am having some financial problems lately, but I'm not dumb enough to try my luck putting a few coins into a slot machine in any of the establishments that operate them in my area because I know how they can become addictive and that it's extremely difficult to hit the jackpot. But yesterday I was doing some shopping in a nearby produce store, and for the first time in my life, heard the sounds of tons of coins pouring out of one of those Bally slot machines they had installed in the adjoining room. Just like in the movies. I've never actually seen anyone win on a slot machine, and never knew one could win so much on one of those. So, I was shocked all the more and sorry it wasn't me. The winning drew everybody's attention and all eyes were turned on the winner and the machine. Wish I had put a coin into that machine. But I've never been interested in gambling and gambling's always been illegal in most of the U.S. But things are different in Poland. The local law allows for small jackpots but it appears that some slot machine owners like the one in that store bend the law a bit and set them up way over the allowed limits. So the winnings could be in thousands of dollars or euros in some cases. They do that because of the competition on the market. So I got interested in the gambling situation here and found that I happen to live in a city that has the most casinos and slot machines in Poland. Gee, and I thought that there were too many brothels in my neighborhood and the real problem some Christian fundamentalists were going against were pedophiles and pornographic magazines displayed for sale next to chewing gum and children's magazines in the windows of kiosks (news stands) on the city streets. But unlike those, the casinos are not allowed to do any advertising. So, I was not aware that there were so many in my area. So I got interested and did some checking, and found this informative website. Maybe if the Poles weren't so prudent, allowed for coffeeshops like the ones in Amsterdam, legalized recreational drugs and did away with their homophobia (though its not as bad as it was in America) this wouldn't be such a bad place to live.

We're Living In The Future Now

Not many of us realize how much we are living in the past, present and future in our times. We've often talked about the 60s, 70s and other past events, about present day events and about the future, but we have in a way blocked in our minds that we are actually living in the future right now. And the future has far surpassed the wisest of visionaries' wildest imaginations. For example, the Hollywood visionaries have imagined our times to be a lot different from what they turned out to be. Some imagined that we would be invaded by Martians, while it is we that are actually invading Mars in order to exploit the planet for selfish ambitions of our kind in the Universe. Others imagined that we will become enslaved and controlled by a super intelligent computer or by sophisticated monitoring systems. Well, the truth is that the laptop computer I am writing this post on is far more sophisticated then anyone in those days could have imagined, has 80 Gigabits of memory on it's HD and yet it has not gotten control over me or had to be plugged into my brain. But on the other hand, isn't that what most cigarette smokers, social drinkers and addicts say? That they are not addicted. The monitoring systems and face recognition software we have in shops and on the streets have not yet taken control over our lives. Though, I hope the men that use the equipment won't be tempted to do that. We also don't need the services of slick guys like Johnny Mnemonic anymore to offer their brains for smuggling just a mere 80 Gigabits of digital memory. What's 80 Gb or 160 Gb today? I still like watching those old flicks (though not so old), and appreciate that those visions of coming disasters when we would have developed those types of technologies were so wrong. But just in case, lets nock on wood anyhow, if you know what I mean. Because one never knows what evils lurks in the minds of man.

By the way guys, thanks for helping me out in area 51. I appreciate it.

Things Were Different in 1960-70s

Things were different in the 60-70s. The UN flag represented a positive power in the world, there weren't any monitoring devices in shopping centers or on the town and violent crimes were on the rise after the death penalty was abolished. I'm still against the death penalty because also ordinary people lived in fear of being wrongly accused of crimes they didn't commit. But, there still were many homeless and impoverished people. The only social system that I have seen that did away with unemployment, impoverishment and homelessness was communism. But that was done at a great cost to the majority, which had to lower its standards of living and give to the state many of its institutions, real-estate and businesses. After that was done, everyone lived a very modest life that was almost totally controlled by the state. And everything an individual did was done for the benefit of the state, the commune. And then totalitarian authorities came into power, abused power in every possible way and went after any signs of rebellion. Having lived for a time under capitalist, communist and other experimental systems, I have been trying to pin down some of the fundamental and basic building blocks needed to create a better social system without the same pitfalls, but I'm still working on it...

Viva St. Francis

Perhaps I'm too idealistic and have too high expectations from those that expect me to follow them. But I live on the Franciscan Street near a Franciscan Church that is one of the oldest in the city, and I was brought up in Franciscan schools that were run by Franciscans. And I believe Franciscan ideas and values were in conflict with those of the Vatican and other clerics in the times of St. Francis. And if not for the conniving methods of the Pope and his clerics the followers of St. Francis would have never found themselves under the roof of the Church, that they were questioning and in some opposition to. Therefore, I feel that in a way I am following the Franciscan ways and have managed to do what St. Francis and his followers failed to do; to leave those blokes and move on to higher things.

Governments, Keep Out!

I want governments out of my life but that's almost impossible to do. I've lived under different governments in different countries and they all seem to have one thing in common, they all act like the Mafia. They want a share of their residents' earnings, and if they don't get it they'll send their musclemen to kick their butt. And it gets even worse if one happens to be a citizen. Govs also expect people to abide by many laws that, to put it lightly, were not always well thought out. But what makes some governments better then others is what they do for the less fortunate, the unemployed and the taxpayers. Those that redistribute the "protection money" are considered to be socialistic. And the more socialistic they become the more social permission they can get from taxpayers to be more brutal with delinquents because it is believed that they are doing what they have to do for the good of the community and the nation.

More serious problems arise when govs become too brutal and start asking for too much and giving back not enough. Those types of govs are bringing about their own downfall because there is a point where their subjects will have enough of them and begin to rebel. So in order to avoid such unavoidable consequences, walls are created and communications are limited between the less fortunate and more fortunate neighbors. Success propaganda and strong nationalism mixed with hatred of some real or imaginary enemy are skillfully employed to brainwash the subjects into believing that they are being protected by their govs and that they are better then others in the world. Yes, I wish we could be free from governments but perhaps such freedom is also an utopia. And yet there are those that believe a God has died for us to set us free. But I wish they would tell us exactly what it was exactly that we've been freed from? Because that sort of belief seems to be just another kind of belief people have been brainwashed into believing in so they could put some money into someone else's purse in exchange for divine protection.

Time 4 Change

The past five years were somewhat different from other times in my life. It was a wonderful time in which I was able to do the things I've always wanted to do on the Web, to meet others and to do some traveling. But all good things have to come to an end at one time or another. And that time has come for my laptop. Now I have to change my lifestyle and spend less time on the Internet because my laptop broke down, I've been out of work for a some time and have to give up many things now. But I knew that was coming and that those machines made in Japan have a limited lifespan built into them. However, I didn't know it was set for just five years. Now I know it is the way those things are made and I think it should be illegal to make parts like that... In those five years I've managed to complete most of the projects I've started on the Web, done some travelling and other stuff that I'm somewhat proud of. Though I will have limited Internet access, that doesn't mean that I won't be checking the mail and doing other things on the Web. I will still be doing those things.

I'd also like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has invited me to join their Facebooks, YouTubes, Myspaces, Yahoo360s, Flickrs, Tweetles, etc, etc, etc... I apologise if I haven't been too sociable on those sites, but there is just so much one man can do, and so much new Web 2.0 services popping up every month that I am unable to keep up with or to do all the social networking I'm expected to do.

When I started my first website www.PolishHippy.com there were no Web 2.0 services available like they are today. So, my webpages were the only places on the Web where I could be found; a home on the Web with my photos, stories, music and other things that I wanted to share with friends and others. Now, there are many Web 2.0 services that can do almost the same without the need of learning HTML and all the other technical stuff needed to create and maintain a Web site.

I am writing this message from a friend's PC, and as I said I will be using the Internet a lot less in the future; probably mostly from other people's PCs, cafes, and an old second-hand WiFi enabled cell phone I've just gotten.

Keep the faith.

Peace & Love,
Adam

The Madonna Effect

Today is 15th of August and it's a great national holiday in this region of Europe and in Poland. It is the Assumption of Mary, and all Catholics and other Christians celebrate it. But in Poland the holiday is often called by an ancient name from pre-Christian times. It is called the holiday of "The Herbal Divine Mother" (Matka Boska Zielna). The Holiday is celebrated by giving herbal and agricultural products as offerings to the Divine Mother - the Madonna at feasts and other religious events. And it's also probably not a coincidence that the pop star Madonna is giving a sold out concert in Warsaw, Poland at this very moment today. More magic is to come tomorrow when she celebrates her 51st birthday. Gee, what a coincidence, isn't it?

Now I'll move on to the subject of "the Madonna effect". DMT is a psychedelic substance found in some herbs and also in the human body. It is responsible for spiritual experiences in the brain and the mind. And I don't think it's a coincidence many folks are having uplifting spiritual experiences at this time of year. The time of year also plays an important role in the things we experience in states of altered consciousness produced by astronomical events, the weather, rubbing shoulders with those that inspire us and other such stimulants. So, I discovered the Madonna Effect today when I realized how an important active agent the pop star is and many other artists like her.

I call her an active agent because she stimulates in her fans the DMT substance that is naturally found in the human body. That stimulation in return produces a psychedelic effect in peoples' brains that could be very helpful in the treatment of many forms of dogmatic mind related ailments that could produce such pathological states as inertia, frustration, mental restraints, phobias, an over all feeling of unhappiness and confinement etc.; thus I call them "mental inhibitants" as opposed to the "mental stimulants" that have a positive mind-expanding and healing quality. And there are three major groups of those agents: the mind inhibiting agents; mind expanding agents and those that are somewhere in-between those two.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)

The Place of Hippies
And Counter-Cultures
in the American Society

Our government is for the people and by the people. And we are the people that keep guard that the government doesn't get derailed by financial interests and lobbyists. And when it does then we the people have to step in and try to get it back on track again. That is the place of hippies and many other members of counter-cultures in our society. That is also how we show our patriotism for free, not asking for anything in return other then peace and compassion. But in return many of us have been thought of being anti-American, have gotten little recognition from those that think of themselves to be patriotic Americans. In spite of all that, we continue to carry that burden, that cross and that dreams of a better world. So, we continue serving that American dream of liberty, peace and the pursuit of happiness to all who may have forgotten the fundamental ideas that this nation was created for.

The 21.12.2012 Prophecy

We just survived the Armageddon of the year 2000 (or 2001) and now there's 2012 coming around the bend. Can't say that there's little going on these days. We're certainly living in interesting times. I wonder if anyone has taken on the subject of explaining how the Hindu or Vedic calendar is also in agreement with all of those 2012 prophecies and if this is the commence of the Kali Yuga? I see another subject related to 2012 that someone should make a documentary on. It's how the Mayans managed to foresee the Christian calendar and align theirs with it, or perhaps was it the other way around? In any case, my advice is to avoid groups that promise to save people or to take them to a better dimension through altering their life span or thinning out their wallets.

Perhaps all of that is just the working of the human imagination aligned to some rarely recurring celestial events. Whatever it may be, perhaps I should stay in the geographical location on the globe that I'm in because it seems to be a kind of safe haven in the event of a global climate change or catastrophe. 2012 will certainly be the year of the UEFA European Soccer Championships in Poland, that the country is preparing for today. It will also be the year when it will be switching from Zloty (Guldens or Goldens in Eng.) to the Euro. There will also be a Presidential election in the States, which will be of some historical significance. And lets not forget the Rainbow gathering that I would love to attend if I wasn't broke and planning on watching it all on TV, just like the rest of the ignorant mortals. I just wonder why the UN and governments of the world that are supported by the taxpayers are not doing anything to prepare us for the disaster of 2012. I certainly will get ready and do my shopping early and perhaps sign up for cable TV so I could watch it all on CNN with a bear and a joint in my hand if CNN will still be around 'cause Edger Casey mentioned Atlanta and NY going underwater and the Great Lakes flooding everything down the Mississippi. (Wow, I wonder if that long sentence wouldn't make the World Book of Records?) That would also mean that there should be a plunge of real estate prices in the effected areas and perhaps a chance for some to get a piece of Manhattan property in the Trump Towers for just pennies. But the Japanese will get the real stick up their ass and plunge into some really deep waters and end all washed up on their Manhattan real estate investments. I can't believe how calm they are about all of that. Shouldn't someone warn them? Wow, that's a lot to ponder over a large pizza and some bear with friends. Isn't it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Utpcth_0tc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaXI9wS0W60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CjHum3mfgs

Being a Nondoer

Outside the Web, I am a nondoer. When one is not very active one doesn't emit much energy, through which people notice other people. An income is also a form of energy that people get from doing things that bring them an income. But how could one who doesn't do much make on income on not doing much? That is what I'm interested in learning about. The things I like doing nobody is willing to pay me for. And the things I've tried to sell just don't sell. But I'm happy to give away the things I've created. However, the landlord and the people at the grocery store don't share my worldviews and lifestyle. So it is a problem for me. I've experienced people walking into me in public places because I was "invisible" to them. Being introverted has always been a problem. But the Web has changed that. On the Web I've become an exhibitionist (LOL). Whaaat a change. So I can do a lot with websites, HTML, DNS, DP and do all my own graphics too, but I don't have a diploma or a Certificate to prove that. So I don't make a living in the IT field. The problem with the world is that one has to make a living doing something or other, which very often is not what we are really interested in doing.

BTW, I'm happy to announce that I've just finished a Teaching Business English course at a London college and hope that it will help me land a part-time teaching job. It was an easy course because I've been teaching Business English but didn't have the right credentials, and employers want Diplomas and Certificates when looking for a job. So, now I've got one. But honestly, can you imagine me, a guy in late 50s with earrings in both ears that never wears a suit and with sneakers on his feet teaching Business English to some square white-ass Polish business people? Somehow I could imagine myself doing just that. But I wonder how many employers will share that vision with me? Time will tell...

Hippies

I often tend to be very negative about hippies in Poland mainly because of my nickname from the 1960s "The Polish Hippy" and because it is often wrongly associated with hippies in Poland. But there are other reasons for that too. I was at an event in Warsaw's Old Town in Poland a couple days ago where some people that call themselves hippies published a book about the hippie movement in Poland. But what hippie movement was there in Poland in the 1960s? I was there for a visit in 1969 when I was draft dodging from Uncle Sam. The fact is that the closest thing to a hippie movement there was the Solidarity movement in the 1980s. Other then that, there were some young Poles in the 1970s pretending to be hippies but they never held any protests or got into sexual liberation, or any other kind of liberation. It was just a fashion to dress like hippies and to get stoned on alcohol and hard drugs, mostly opium products. I've even seen many there when I visited the country on another trip laying around the city streets, and with needles still stuck in the veins. It was a kind of fashion I think because many of them were from good homes. That is not what hippies were about. I think they got that all wrong. To be honest, I don't know what they were about and don't want to know. But it does irritate me when I hear about hippies in Poland. I should also mention that the ones I've spoken to are extreme right nationalists in spite of the long hair and all the things we take as symbols of liberal minded folks. One thing I know for sure is that the only thing they brought about in their country were the many drug rehab centers and a very negative opinion about us, which I have to deal with all the time. Sometimes I wonder if it wasn't some kind of KGB operation in the days of communism to discredit us. The last thing they wanted was probably the spread of our movement on their territory.

Here's a definition of "Hippie" from Wikipedia and you won't find much mention of the Vietnam War or the Peace Movement in it. It seems that everyone forgot what the hippies were all about, and that's the problem. As I remember, hippies were about being in opposition to the War and many other things that were wrong in the world. Long hair, drugs and music were just parts of the lifestyle. Protests were not held everyday but we had an everyday life to lead. And all that people seem to remember today about hippies is just the lifestyle. The movement started because of the Vietnam War and it ended with the end of the Vietnam War. How can anyone forget that? But the lifestyle and the ideas continued... Today, almost every peace march or anti-war protest accross the world uses the same peace signs or anti-war slogans that were used for the first time by hippies in the 1960s Peace Movement. And hippies were the chief participants and organizers of that movement.

Today's Historic Inauguration of Obama

Illinois gave us Abraham Lincoln and Chicago has tried to live up to his image. It has had the first woman Mayer, a black Mayer but I'm not sure if he was the first in the country, and now the first black President. The black Mayer of Chicago was considered to have been one of the worst the city has had. Illinois is also probably the first State to have a large scale corruption scandal in it's Capital, Springfield, Illinois over the vacant Senatorial seat that was left vacant by Obama. It seems that the Governor tried to 'auction' off Obama's seat to Jesse Jackson Jr. But one advantage that I think Obama has over other black leaders is that he has traveled a lot more outside of the country. And that has probably given him the broader view of the world and it's complexities. So, what can we expect from his term in the President's office? I think we should prepare ourselves for almost anything, because anything's possible. And I hope that it will turn out to be anything that's 'good'. But one thing is clear to me. I live abroad. And looking from the outside in, the country's image has already improved by 100%. The election of Obama, who is from a minority religion, which has gotten lots of negative press in the world today and from a black race was such a shock to the rest of the world that many still can't get over it. It was a shock because it turned out that America is capable of dealing with ill leaders and evil man that took control of the country. Yes, it was a good shock that has already done a lot of good to our image. It has also made me proud again of being an American. Let's hope Obama doesn't do anything very wrong, that the press and the republicans don't start their conniving again and that nothing wrong at all happens to him. The country is walking on a very thin line and anything that would happen to him will be happening to us all in the world's eyes. He is our bright light in the darkness, that torch of freedom that we should try to help carry through without stumbling. It is extremely difficult to repair a broken image just as it is difficult to repair a broken mirror. And this is an exceptional chance that has been given to us to do just that. So I hope we won't spoil it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28139155

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/16/blagojevich

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/10/report-jesse-jackson-jr-allegedly-named-blagojevich-willing-pay-senate-seat

The Power of the Press

The media is the fourth power, and the one that is not fully controlled by anyone. It cannot be discredited through the media because they are the media. So they don't go around discrediting themselves. Something to remember. They are the ones that create THAT, which we take as reality. They make people and they break them. And they'll do anything it takes to sell their product. That's the power of the press.

The Battle Between Backwardness and Progress

Freedom and Progress are what make up the American image. Both of those always seem to go hand in hand. There can be little progress without freedom and the will to make a change. I believe that the reign of the Bush regime was a contradiction of that. We have some new examples of progress in America today such as the election of Obama or the introduction of No Pants Days in New York - a freedom oriented and liberating custom that won't cost the taxpayers a lot of money. I believe it will spread across the globe to other metropolitan areas of the world just as many others have in the past. There will always be those that will see something wrong in such new things because not everyone in the world is the same.

Not everyone likes progress or wants to be liberated from old traditions and worldviews. And those that don't are often the same people that would like to limit freedom. Thus the battle between backwardness (ignorance) and progress (wisdom) goes on since unrecorded times, and it will probably continue until the dawn of time. So, lets take the chance we have been given to open up more. And at the same time, lets keep an eye on those that would like to take away or limit our God-given freedoms.

Ashamed Of Being Dutch

There is one thing I don't understand about the Dutch young people. I met a Dutch guy recently. He had tattoos on his arms, at least six earrings on his ears, studs in the eyebrows and probably on other body parts (we didn't get that far to view all of them). He was definitely the counter-culture type that someone from my generation would imagine to be. But to my surprise he was apologizing to me for the bad opinion Dutch people have concerning drugs, prostitution and dishonesty. So, I just can't figure out those Dutch people. I've come across this type of view earlier among other young Dutch people. Perhaps they just take what they have for granted and can't appreciate what they have. They have no idea what it's like to be deprived of the freedoms they could enjoy everyday. But most often the Dutch don't reach for drugs as often as those that have been deprived of them in other parts of the world.

Gee, I didn't give it much though before... Perhaps those Dutch guys I met subconsciously were looking for a good spanking that they never got at home from their pacified by hashish and happy in lovemaking hippie parents, which they've rejecting through the Punk culture in the 1980s? That's the only thing that comes to mind, which could explain everything.

Second Thoughts

Gee, I'm not complaining but wondering if I did the right thing posting my last blog post about Greater Decentralization of Power at Barak Obama's site (Change.gov). I mean, I forgot that they will be the centralized power now. It's like as if I was sticking my head inside a lion's mouth. If one's lucky and the lion is well trained nothing should happen. But only a fool like I would put that to the test. In any case, I'm glad I got that off my chest and sent the message to Obama's mailbox, bulk, Spam or trash folder. But who cares. I've already got some Mr. Smiths from Langley, Virginia watching my site and doing some eavesdropping. Its nice to be notices but I feel a need for more privacy, if you know what I mean. There must be a whole lot of hippies there. Now I'll probably have them coming around (lol) from their local subsidiaries. There were long lines of former communist intelligence people lining up to apply for work when the CIA opened their offices in Warsaw, PL and it was publicly announced that they were hiring agents. I'm sure all of my neighbors rushed to apply. One of them even admitted that he can hear everything that goes on in my apartment. It's probably through the fine new equipment he got from them for monitoring American foreigners in Poland such as I. So really, who am I to talk about freedom. I live in a country that probably has one of the finest civilian monitoring networks left over after the KGB in the world and now at the fingertips of Mr. Smith. And many of those hired hands need to get assignments so they could earn their paychecks. So they get assigned to watch nerds like me and the pigeons that hang around my windowsills and balcony. Freedom for me was always freedom from those people on all sides of the world. And believe it or not, I also came across a few Amsterdam too. But I wasn't sure which side they were on, probably the one that hired them.

I never got anything from any government like some other folks; especially those that served in the forces. I attended mostly private schools except for two years in a public school, and never even applied for any kind of grant or help, except unemployment compensation in the late 1970s. It was like that in all countries I ever was in. So they shouldn't expact much in return. And that in itself must be reason to be suspected of something or other. But if one looks hard enough and deep enough one will always find something or other on anyone. So, it is not pleasant when those people take one under the loop, but I've gotten used to that by now. But if I were doing anything wrong I would have been in trouble already by now. I wonder if any of those folks could admit to such a record. I think it's the election time excitement that drives my/our creativity to its limits. Otherwise I have little interest in getting involved in politics and really hope nothing bad comes out of all of this.


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Greater Decentralization

Why do so many members of none violent and freedom loving subculture groups understand ideas expressed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights a lot better then many of our leaders and the majority of Americans that elected ones like G.W. Bush, for example? And have we become free just because we have cast our votes in the elections for G.W. Bush or Obama? And did our votes actually elect them? And are we free because we can flip channels on the TVs in our living rooms, surf the Web, choose the products we buy at the supermarket or speak our minds on in the media? The founding Fathers of our nation didn't enjoy such freedoms as we do today. They just wanted to free themselves from the greedy and oppressive British. And when they did, they took the opportunity to create a better world order that would be for the people and by the people without a class system, where everyone would have an equal opportunity and no reason to complain about failure due to birth in a deprived or discriminated social group or environment. They were actually creating a democratic system of federalism and respect, in which all things are equal.

Today, we could say that many of those founding Fathers led laid back bohemian style bourgeoisie lifestyles, in which they incorporated the three European classes in their everyday lives. The three classes were the peasants, the clerics and the aristocrats. The peasants lived freely and were self-sufficient. They did mostly the farming, crafts, raising cattle and other manual jobs; the clerics did mostly the mentoring, writing, thinking, advising and looking after the community; the aristocrats were the warriors and rulers and often the degenerated drunks that lounged around the most and spent much of their resources on building splendid architectural sites, in which they could show off their opulence. But in spite of what many may believe, it was not a rigid system like the one in India. In such a class system everyone knew their place and things were clear-cut and everybody had lots more free time to spend with the family or to go fishing, for example. We have a three class system today that is even less rigid then in those days. So, we should have even more time and be freer but that in not so. The working class is deep in dept; the middle class is even more in dept, and the upper class is spending way too much and will be getting into problems when taxes are raised. So, why would the latter want a Democrat such as Obama in Office? And what in the world do they have in common with bohemians and the country's founding Fathers? I think Not much. And it seems to me that they are disconnected from the ideas that our country was founded on. So I ask you, who really is the anti-American group of people that has done the most harm to the country's system, economy, reputation and prestige? Give that some thought before pointing at those who have been protesting and asking our leaders to stop the madness.

The real task is to find the enemy within, not without. And there are lots of reasons to believe that much of what has transpired in connection to 9/11 was from within and not from without - see "Fahrenheit 9.11" or "Zeitgeist" (both titles have German words, by coincidence) for more on that, for example. All hippies and anarchists well know that we should attack the enemy within (also, inside ourselves - in our hearts and souls) and not elsewhere because when we attack others or go to war, we actually make the others a lot stronger. And hasn't time shown that? When I talk about hippies or anarchy I do not mean the destruction of order. I have in mind the decentralization of power. I have in mind power to the people. And isn't that what America is all about? Too much power degenerates and corrupts. Americans need more breathing space. Greater decentralization of government would give the people more breathing space and the power to deal with leaders that may try taking the country down another dark alley.

America Has Chosen Change

America, Chicago and Illinois I love you! Today, Senator Barak Obama from Abraham Lincoln's State of Illinois was elected 44th President of the United States of America. Although I don't tend to get too emotional over things, sometimes I cannot help breaking out into tears. And I haven't experienced such euphoria and joy as I am experiencing today since Pope John Paul II was elected and the subsequent fall of Communism in Poland. I also see many similarities between President Barak Obama and the Pope from Poland, and the great challenges that stood before both of them. I also see similar evil powers standing in their way. Today is truly a historic day not only in the history of the US. It's a historic day the world has been waiting for and one that many Americans have been working for since the 1960s Human Rights Movement and the Peace Movement. God bless America, the land of the free! Oh, and who said Obama had little experience in international affairs? He has already done more to repair the America image then any international diplomatic strategies could have done in decades.

Unemployment

The problem with unemployment is that some folks like the free time that it gives them to do other things. It also teaches some folks that one doesn't really need much to get by. And the problems really begins when one begins to like this new form of understanding/wisdom and lifestyle. And really serious problems begin for those who realize that it is more natural for them to be free rather then to be bound by duties and time schedules. More fortunate are those who have a family to support or don't know what to do with themselves when they have free time as well as those that are psyched out on making money. I wouldn't say that I wouldn't like to have lots of money. In fact, I am good at spending money (I should mention that in my Resume/CV). Aside from the jobs I've had, money has never been my main objective in life. But getting by has. So, I tried everything to change. I've read books by Napoleon Hill and been through courses aimed at getting people psyched out on getting rich but they didn't work for me. I guess those are just not in harmony with my nature. And that is also probably one other reasons why I left for Europe because people there tend to be less money minded and more in tune with their soul.

Hippies & Greasers

There were long haired hippies, bikers and greasers in the sixties. Hippies were a minority. Only about 2% of American youth participated in the hippie movement. Long hair became an expression of rejecting the establishment, which was on the side of the greasers. The greasers and the establishment disliked hippies because we were entirely different from them in many ways and because we rejected their ways and did not share the same goals. Long hair, psychedelic drugs, porn and other things like that are not a big deal for kids from many different groups today as they were for my generation. The hippie movement was/is an attempt to return to our inner nature/ soul. And psychedelic substances such as pot or LSD(which can be a dangerous drug if used without care) were helpful in loosening our inhibitions and hang-ups, and in opening doors to the soul.

Andrea & Pierre Casiraghi -
Hippies From Monte Carlo in Monaco

Not all hippies were or are poor. Most 1960s American* hippies came from upper class and middle class homes. And because many came from homes where everything was taken care of for them, hippies did have many problems taking care of themselves when they hit the road or the streets of San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Amsterdam and other hippie Meccas of those times. But there are/were also those more fortunate ones who didn't have to worry about getting by. So, I've been wondering if I could call the (Andrea and Pierre) Casiraghi brothers from Monaco hippies? They are the unofficial Princes of Monaco, and they certainly look, party and live like neo-hippies. Caroline, The Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco was called a hippie Princess in the 1970s, and was on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1977. It looks to me like the hippie tradition of wearing beads, sandals, (roomers of) smoking pot, riding bicycles, not caring for appearances etc. has caught on with that part of the family. You'll find more info about them by doing a search at http://www.google.com and some images here.

* I make the distinction between American hippies and hippies from Europe, Australia or any other place because the movement was different in America where it was born in the mid 1960s. The hippie movement caught on in other places around the late 60s and early 70s. But it focused on different issues and problems in different places. So, there are differences between hippies from different parts of the globe. Also, don't let my nickname get you confused... I am an American hippie from a Polish American ethnic group. I also visited Europe in 1969. So, I have some idea of how different hippies were on the two Continents.

Hemp For Victory

With the skyrocketing prices of oil, a rise in prices of not only gasoline and oil will follow. Don't forget all the other products made from oil such as synthetic fibers, plastics and many others like that, which will also cost us a lot more. Therefore, shouldn't we reconsider the use of hemp instead?

Below is a link to an old propaganda film called Hemp For Victory from days when the oil based Dupont Company lost it's fight for the market with hemp producers for a while. Hope this short film will provide some ideas on how this plant could be used for the benefit of all, as it was in days of old http://www.archive.org/details/Hemp_for_victory_1942_FIXED

Bob Dylan Came & Went

Bob Dylan's 2008 Tour came to a club near my home in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, June 7, 2008. He and his crew came in three large black buses packed with the latest electronic gadgets and equipment anyone could imagine, and the block around the club was sealed off by the Police. Dylan did not meet with reporters or give any interviews. And fans had cameras and recording devices taken from them on entrance so there would be no documentation made for YouTube, for example.

I did not attend the concert because I couldn't afford the tickets. But even if I could I wouldn't have been able to get them because they were snapped up in an instant. Probably the only way to get them would had been if one knew Dylan, had friends in the ticket offices where they were sold or among the concert's organizers. A friend of my who personally knew Allen Ginsburg and is a friend of Dalai Lama wanted to get tickets for the concert but couldn't do that either. So honestly folks, even if I had the dough I wouldn't have been able to get in without help from someone above.

English As The Universal Language

The world is uniting and the official language of the United Europe (EU) and NAFTA is English. Therefore, the problem is not with those who don't speak Dutch, French, German, Polish, Italian, Spanish etc. etc... but with the inadequate knowledge of the English language amongst the none English speaking nations, and the inadequate implementation of the English language in their states. The unification processes will be slow and difficult if people fail to use one universal language. And, it so happens that English is that language that people from many different countries of will be communicating through in the coming future just as Latin was in the Middle Ages. Therefore, the problem is also in the egocentric efforts of nations to force others to learn their local languages. Thus hindering the realization of a world where everyone will be able to move around freely and to communicate through a universal tongue. They cannot expect people to learn the many local languages. And there will always be those who simply find it very difficult to learn other tongues. EU citizens would be spending too much time on learning different languages as they move around the EU or the North American Union. So, I think it's time to look at the problem from a broader plan, and to start thinking more globally.

Anyone who would like to learn any language has the right to do so. But EU countries should concentrate more on making English their primary language because it is the language everyone in the EU will have to use rather then on expecting others to learn their own national languages. Expacting others from other states to learn a national language is an old way of thinking from times when there were boarders and divides between the European nations. I do realize that Germans and especially the French may feel disappointed because their languages were not chosen for the official EU language, and perhaps for that reason there are a less English speaking folks in those countries esp. France compared to the Netherlands, which have probably done most in making English a popular language in their country esp. in Amsterdam. The widespread use of English in Amsterdam could serve as an example for other cities and nations.

It is a real ego-booster for small countries with rare languages to see others attempting to learn them. But I think that we will never be fully united because of the many differences that make countries unique. And I wouldn't want them to be all the same. That is what makes us so unique and interesting. But the key element in the process of unification is communication i.e. the language. We had a similar problem in the early days of the US. There were four primary languages in North America (English, Spanish, German and French). For example, German was so widely spoken in the State of Wisconsin that the State held a vote on which language would be the official language in that state - German or English. And guess what? English won by only one vote! It's hard to believe that now, isn't it? The adoption of English as the primary language made all the difference in the development of the country. Sooner or later, a similar process will have to take place in Europe if it is to survive and function properly. And the proper foundations for that are already set in place. Every partnership and union is a give and take situation. Just as watercolors mix on paper so will people and their cultures overflow their boarders in the coming world. As much as some would like, this process cannot be stopped. So, better accept it now. That new world which we are entering now has been my dream since the 1960s. Though I have not physically participated in making it happen, I would like to enjoy it as soon as possible because I am growing old. However, a change of thinking will be required to make the changes. And that is another thing, which is more difficult then tearing down the Berlin Wall, if you know what I mean.

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Hillary vs. the coffee maker - Candidate can't figure out how to dispense java at gas station
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The Past Decades

The 90s were the worst years of my life so far. The sixties were a time of dynamic rise of consciousness/ awareness, the seventies were a time of realization and change... The nineties were a time when everything was happening at the same time. I guess this decade is a time when new things are sprouting that will be developing through the next few decades.

Pope in the USA and sex in Catholic schools I tell you, I get no respect. The Pope just got off the plane and started his first and last visit to the US where he will take on the issue of pedophile sex abuse among his subjects. In light of that I feel somewhat left out and discriminated. I've spent over 10 years in Catholic schools in America and Europe, and I have never been sexually assaulted in any of those schools I've attended. In fact, it was the most asexual environment I've ever been in, and one that has left irreversible scars on my psyche that are at the core of the many problems I am still trying to face. I feel that many of my adolescent problems involving sexual initiation were not adequately handled by those who should have helped me at such an important time in life. But instead, all I heard was that sex is evil and homosexuality is the worst evil of them all. They left me alone with my problems, uneducated and having to learn about life on the streets. I really do envy those boys that were noticed in the schools and who received the private lessons about the birds and the bees. I guess all of that was going on among the jocks and other more athletic boys. Had I been initiated into sex and homosexuality by some Priest so early in life as some of them were I probably would be a lot wiser a lot sooner, and have had come out of the closet a lot earlier and found a better place for myself in the society. I guess, a long haired and a bit over intellectualized and a bit too introverted hippie types did not interest those clerics and Teachers. So, if you think sex in Catholic schools was bad, look at the other side of the coin. The lack of sex in Catholic schools was even worse.

I hope you haven't got the wrong impression. If I had kids, if I was still a Catholic (I still am Catholic in the Church records, I never formally resigned from that institution) and if I could afford it I would send my kids to Catholic schools, which would provide a safe environment for them and a good level of education. What I am complaining about is the fanatic anti-sexual stand American Catholics and other Christians have taken. It's some kind of socially accepted phobia. Sex was on top of the evils that we were taught to look out for. But I cannot say the same about the European Catholics who took a more lenient view of that part of the Church doctrine, which most people in Europe know is not to be taken too seriously. And it was especially ugly to experience such brainwashing at a developing stage of life when one was an adolescent - a time when young people need to get some experiences and initiation. People at that age need to experience love without feelings of ridicule or contempt for what comes naturally to them. What they experience and the environment in which they experience it in will have an important influence on the rest of their lives. The sexual restraints put on the society by those religious institutions have made even masturbation in a dark room a sick experience for many because all knowing and all seeing God would be watching them committing such an awful sin. Yes, anyone who had any natural sexual desires and interests would fall prey to Satan. Now that I look back on those frustrating and unfulfilled years that the society shoved up our brains I feel that many Catholics and other Christians are long overdue for some kind of mass therapy.

A video I made in 2006 of Pope Benedict XVI's first foreign visit.
http://www.archive.org/details/PopeInPoland2006a

A Must To See

A film is out that I think is a must to see by everyone. It's available on the Web at http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com and its title is "Zeitgeist" (2007). Parts of the film are also available on YouTube and Google. It discusses many things I have known about or questioned in the Hippy Y! group before the film was made. And I am glad many of us were on the same wavelength as the film's director. But the film shows a lot of interesting footage, evidence we didn't think of and explained how things came about in a satisfactory way for me, personally. I believe that this film together with 9/11 Farenheight give us a full picture of what is going on, who we're dealing with and how we are being manipulated like cattle by those we have given out trust to. However, I still believe in a united world. As we've seen in the film, perhaps it may come about out of greed of some bankers. But sooner or later they too will fall and give people their rights and freedom back just as the Kings had to do in Europe. A united world is coming about and I am thrilled. In a united world there will be a lesser Russian threat and a lesser potential for war. Asia is also uniting and there will remain also the problem of China. However, economic ties and cooperation between the Unions should in theory keep things in peace. As with any new concept or entity, it will pose many new problems and require new solutions. One of them will be keeping track of citizens; especially because of crime. All the more reason why we should know where things are going so we could watch our leader's hands. Human rights organizations and demonstrators should also unite and become more globalized. We can't stay behind that which is inevitable. The world is evolving and we should evolve with it and protest against steps that would take our individual rights away. If those Unions would be like it is in the EU then I would be happy. The EU is working fine and spreading a lot of freedom to places in Europe where people knew little about freedom. In spite of all the fears that were expressed earlier and opposition from Great Britain, the EU is truly a fantastic step forward for Europe and I am confident that any unification process is a good step forward for humanity.

How To Be Free?

We value freedom and we all would like to be more free. But how can we be free? The hippies were all about freedom but by the time the Vietnam War ended many of us forgot about that. The anxieties brought about by the War and the fear of a nuclear attack during that Cold War era were so great that we forgot to continue the fight after winning a part of it that seemed to us almost impossible to win. The abolishment of the draft and the pull out of US forces from Vietnam were such a fantastic success that many of us have been put in an almost permanent state of shock. Yes, soda water got into many of our heads. But have we achieved freedom? I don't think so. Since then, many of us have become tied up by social trappings, bills and the corporate consumer world Maya that is fed to our brains everyday on the TV. May of us may still remember the old slogans but not what it was exectly that we were rebelling against. But don't despair. I believe that where we left off in the 60-70s the neo-hippies and Anarchists took over and are doing a fine job at spreading ideas of freedom. However, I do reject some of the methods used when it comes to violence and riots as a means of getting attention. In fact, those are the types of things the media and corporations need to feed the public with more fears and anxiety. And the more fears and anxiety there are the greater power the public is ready to give to the people in power. So in consequence, we are not becoming freer but we are giving our freedom away in sacrifice for a better tomorrow. So the question remains, How to be free? How to free ourselves from the bonds of the world that we have created for ourselves? What is the magic formula for freedom?

(To be continued)

LONDON
by William Blake

I wander thro' each charter'd street,
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow.
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear

How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every black'ning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls

But most thro' midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlots curse
Blasts the new-born Infants tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.

Better Late Then Never

The US finally asks itself the question all Europeans have been asking for over 65 years. Franklin Roosevelt knew about the genocides. Had the US intervened, hundreds of lives would have been saved.

Bush: US Should Have Bombed Auschwitz
By ARON HELLER

Please read the Associated Press story here (from 11 January 2008).

My Uncle "Josef" was killed in Auschwitz. His name is inscribed on the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. My Polish Cousin and his Hungarian Wife that were a famous European Tenor and Soprano and Stars of screen (they played at Operas across the world and main roles in the Merry Widow on Broadway over 100 times, and over 2000 times around the world in 4 different languages - that must be some kind of record) held rallies, gatherings and dedicated their income to draw attention to the genocides by the Nazis in Auschwitz and other concentration camps across Europe. Unfortunately, no action was taken by the Allies.

If I were to mention other monstrosities the Nazis used to do of for amusement in killing people you would not be able to fall asleep thinking of what those people were capable of. For example, in the way they killed pregnant women or babies in Poland. I happen to live across the street from where the Warsaw Ghetto wall was and that is one of the reasons why I tend to be so serious and depressed at times. The spirits of those people and their times are still in the air around here, not to mention all the monuments that have been put up in their honor. It is even difficult to laugh when one is so close to the place of so much suffering and death. That is one other reason why I am so edgy and need a change of climate.
We know who won the war but very few know who actually lost it. The real losers were the Poles, Jews and Czechs, Hungarians, Germans, Dutch, Gypsies, gays and others that were tortured and killed in the most indescribable ways by their neighbors from a neighboring country. They were forgotten about almost everywhere outside of Poland and Jerusalem because people want to erase bad memories and events from their minds. And hardly ever anyone makes documentary films about the fate that met them. God did not answer their cries for mercy and their prayers. Instead, God seemed to protect Hitler from assassins, and then allowed them to become such dominant historical figures. You can find lots of books and documentary films about Hitler, his generals, underground factories, bunkers, his diet, his strategies, his life, his friends, his love for children, flowers, coffee and pastries, and even about his dog... Not even the Romanian Count Dracula or Joseph Stalin got that much attention. That's probably because history remembers only the cruelest rulers and numbers count (of humans killed).

Too bad G. W. Bush forgot to apologize for his Grandfather who used to be a banker that got convicted for laundering money for the Nazis in America. I'm sure that without the support of such people Hitler may have had to keep his ambitions down.

It's hard to believe that people can deny such historical facts as the existence of the Auschwitz concentration camps that are so well documented still today. And it's even harder to believe they could find so many believers to follow them.

The reason why the Nazis were so extremely cruel in Poland was because the Poles did not passively accept the invasion of their country the way other countries did. The Poles fought the Nazis from the very moment they passed their border and all through the many years of the Nazi occupation of Poland. And what did the Poles get in exchange? They were given away by the allies to Soviet Russia, that the Poles fought against in the years proceeding WW2. The Poles even occupied Moscow for a while then. No surprise the Russians were getting back at the Poles thanks to the agreement on division of Europe between US, England and Russia.

I am all for Peace and a united world because I've seen what wars lead to and that there really are no winners in a war, accept for the bankers and industries. Though that could be questioned when one looks at how much more Japan and Germany has gained after loosing the war. They've became the world's leading economies with the highest standards of living. Too bad for the us that there is only one country like the US. If there was another one like it then the we could go into war with it, loose the war and then get aid from it, make money by trading with it and then slowly destroy it economically like a vamp (lol). Too bad the Poles weren't cleaver enough to tap into any of that aid. Instead, they were tagged with a lot of bad names like Polaks or collaborates. All of that is nonsense.

The story of Anne Frank is an example of two different stands Europeans took during WW2. There were those who collaborated with the occupying forces and those that did not. Anna Frank's family was given shelter in a safe place by a Dutch man, who paid the highest price for that act. On the other hand the Dutch man who gave them away to the Nazis lived a good and full life until he died just recently in Amsterdam. My parents risked all of our family's lives doing the same and yet we were met with name throwing in the States by People who were brainwashed to believe that Poles collaborated with the Nazis. However, nobody says that about the Czechs, Hungarians, Austrians and others that actually opened their borders and greeted the occupying Nazi forces with flowers and who's cities were not leveled to the ground. Unfortunately, history is cruel and forgets those who actually did most of the work. Even today, I am observing people giving credit to the Germans for tearing the Berlin wall, like as if it were them who did away with Communism. Less and less remember that it was possible to tear down that wall because of the Solidarity movement in Poland that first brought about the fall of Communist rule in Russia making it possible for Germans to tear down the Berlin wall.

In my opinion, there are three nations that did not received their right share in our world history. Those three are India, China and Poland. For obvious reasons we are discussing the latter at this moment. But India is another one of those countries that I like to talk about. The influence India has had on our world has been greatly minimized and the genius of the Hindus has been almost noticed.

Anne Frank and her family were taken from Amsterdam to Auschwitz in Poland where they were killed not long before the end of the war. Auschwitz is the German name for a small town in Southern, Poland called "Oswiecim". There is also a lot of misleading information around especially in the States telling people that it was a Polish concentration camp, for example misleading articles in the New York Times! That couldn't be further from the truth. It was built by the Nazis in occupied by the Nazis Poland and was entirely operated by the Nazis until the end of the war. The Nazis built many other such camps in Poland because Poland had the largest Jewish population in Europe, Poland was the earlier land of the free since the middle ages (way before America was discovered by Columbus) until the 19th Century when it was taken over and divided between the French, Russians and Austrians. Anti-Semitism and homophobia are a product of the Soviet occupation of Poland and their propaganda machine. Currently, they are a social problem the Poles have to deal with and also give me a personal sense of purpose here to help them make the change of mind. But most Poles were not like that until Communist rule, and the later brainwashing done by Catholic fanatics that recently came into power after the abolishment of Communism and kicking the Soviets out of the country, which took a lot of courage. At that time, faith served that vital purpose which united people and gave them the courage to overcome such a great and brutal world power, which in effect shortly after that crumbled and was destroyed in its own homeland - Russia. So, I am proud to have been a participant of the Peace movement and hippie movement that did away with the Vietnam war and the draft in the States, and later to have been there where Communism was done away with and where a new United Europe has risen. And I have a positive outlook on the future, providing we deal in time with the ecological hazards that are destroying the environment on our beautiful blue planet.

Poland did away with the Crusaders, Nazis and Soviet Communism. The bad guys have often been winning because they use brutal force. That's why I am all for pacifism but not in the absolute sense of the word because there may be some life threatening situations where we may have to put ideology aside and protect ourselves. But none aggression, diplomacy and prevention are always the best policy to follow because aggression will always generate more aggression, hatred and resent. The Poles have always fought for freedom in other countries, on their own Continent and other Continents such as America, where they actively participated in the American Revolution or the Civil War.

Officially, the Poles opened their doors to Jews in the 12th Century and gave them exceptional rights but that didn't mean that many were not already living there before that. They did that not only because of economic reasons as some may suggest. Also, in spite of the fact that the Crusaders had their stronghold in Malbork, Poland where was the seat of the Teutonic Order the Poles did not conduct witch hunts like everyone else in Europe did. And in spite of that, Copernicus - a Polish monk dared to declare that the Earth spins around the Sun, and had the work published in Amsterdam, Holland at a time when others with similar opinions were burned at the stake. The Poles also did away with the Crusaders when they had a chance causing their final downfall. Later, Royal Prussian territory (1466 – 1772) was awarded to Poland after its victory over the Teutonic Order in the Thirteen Years' War.

I hope the Poles will return to their old freedom loving and Democratic traditions that they held so dear in the past and promoted around the world. But it will take time for their old wounds to heal, and a lot of understanding from others after the many years of genocide on their territory and a half Century of Communist brainwashing from 1945 to 1989.

We wish to remember.But we wish to remember for a purpose, namely to ensure that never again evil will prevail. ... Only a world at peace, with justice for all, can avoid repeating the mistakes and terrible crimes of the past.

John Paul II - "The Pope from Poland"
Yad Vashem, March 23, 2000.

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Opinions presented in this post were written from my personal point of view, which I will not firmly hold if wrong. Please visit other websites such as http://www.yadvashem.org or http://isurvived.org/TOC-VI.html for more information from other points of view of those historic events.

Gloomy Holiday Season

This was probably one of the gloomiest Holidays in years. What makes those Holidays so gloomy are the social pressures and expectations one is expected to meet, which for some are very difficult to do: we're supposed to spend lots of money, exchange greetings and presents, spend the Holidays with family, have a sumptuous Christmas dinner with the family, go to Church, sing Christmas Carols, decorate the house, dance around the Christmas tree, etc. Okay, that's fine when you're a kid and your Parents are doing all the work but for older folks whose situations may be different it can turn out to be a real bummer. And what about all of those who are not Christian, who don't have families, who don't have money, a home etc. The social pressures are great during these days of the year to meet the form that has been set for us by our ancestors back in those days when our world was being built on slavery, genocide and injustice. And I guess I was not the only one that got gloomy this Season. I got this shocking Web news story from Mike - a friend at the Hippy Y! group that says a lot about the condition of the condition we're in. Also, as far as I know this story from 21 December got no other media coverage so far; perhaps also because of the Holiday Season.

Lakota Tribes: Stop This Country, We Want to Get Off!
Posted by Joshua Holland, AlterNet at 11:41 AM on December 21, 2007.

 The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States. "We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means said. A delegation of Lakota leaders has delivered a message to the State Department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the U.S., some of them more than 150 years old. The group also visited the Bolivian, Chilean, South African and Venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months. Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. [...] The treaties signed with the U.S. were merely "worthless words on worthless paper," the Lakota freedom activists said.

Read more about it here http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/71373/

My Genetic Research on R1a1 - M17 (con't)

I have a headache from another brain storm after finding out that I am not only genetically related to a large group of Brahmins and people that live around the Himalayan region and Northern India, but also to European Royalty, Nordics, Vikings, Western Levitate Jews and also to some Native American tribes such as Chukchi, Itel'men, Navaho and Guaymi of Costa Rica (Read this and this). It is really hard to find the definitive source of my ancient genetic roots when they are so widespread among such a diversified spectrum of ancient people.

Days Like This

This song brings me memories of Amsterdam.

Days Like This
by Van Morrison

When it's not always raining
there'll be days like this
When there's no one complaining
there'll be days like this
Everything falls into place
like the flick of a switch
Well my Mama told me
there'll be days like this

When you don't need to worry
there'll be days like this
When no one's in a hurry
there'll be days like this
When you don't get betrayed
by that old Judas kiss
Oh my Mama told me
there'll be days like this

When you don't need an answer
there'll be days like this
When you don't need a chancer
there'll be days like this
When all the parts of the puzzle
start to look like they fit
Then I must remember
there'll be days like this

When everyone is upfront
and they're not playing tricks
When you don't have no freeloaders
out to get their kicks in
When it's nobody's business
the way that you wanna live
I just have to remember
there'll be days like this

When no one steps on my dreams
there'll be days like this
When people understand what I mean
there'll be days like this
When you bring out the changes
of how everything is
Well my Mama told me
there'll be days like this

Oh my Mama told me
there'll be days like this
Well my Mama told me
there'll be days like this
Oh my Mama told me
there'll be days like this
Oh my Mama told me
there'll be days like this

The Buck Rules

It took me many years to realize that the "buck" i.e. money rules and that it costs to stay alive, and I still have problems accepting that kind of reality as the main goal through life. Marx offered a new system where there would be only the working class and everybody would have the time and financial support of the government to enjoy life, art, music and culture. However, that was a total utopia and the system became one of the most cruel, corrupt and repressive ones the world has known. Many EU countries have gone socialist and provide their citizens with many benefits but they have high taxes. There seems to be no way to live without money; especially when one is old and hasn't got anyone to lean on. It's the survival of the fittest...

The Soviets & Hippies

Russian culture is different from our culture. That's probably why it is difficult to foresee their next move. Through the sixties and perhaps the eighties too, Russians financed some socialist candidates in US elections but as far as I know none of them won. Also as far as I know, the Soviets wanted to get into the peace movement but failed in the States. Perhaps they had more luck on other continents but I don't know. I suspect that groups such as the followers of Leon Trotsky were too obvious to serve as cover for such an operation, and besides that they hated the Soviets for assassinating him in Mexico. Some of the reasons may be due to slow and wrong analysis of intelligence they got. Hippies didn't wear suits and didn't like Ballet or classical music, nor were they from working class homes but mostly from middle class ones. Besides that they wouldn't go after drug users or gays. The only use they could have for those would be by getting them addicted to hard drugs and to force them to serve them, or by blackmailing gays into collaboration. So, their strategy was aimed more at the human rights movement and black minority (slaves and working class was their terrain). Other reasons may have been failure to understand that such a small group of "degenerated youths" as the hippies could have so much to say in our country. Also it may have been that by the time they realized the potential the movement had in destroying the States, the Vietnam War ended and the movement was over. I think that not until about the early seventies did they start making some serious preparations to inject into the movement an agent or more. I am certain one of them was to be a Hindu style Guru. They were unable to convince any Gurus from India to cooperation; though Communists are still a very strong political group in and around Calcutta even today. So, they were preparing their own Guru(s) in the Soviet block for such a mission in the West. I learned about that just a few years ago, very few people know anything about that. Such an operation(s) required time and fortunately for us they just didn't have enough of it to implement their plans. On top of that, we were already labeled to be "communists" so that made it even more difficult for them to do that inconspicuously.

Allen Ginsberg was liked a lot in Russia during the communist era. He visited it many times and got the top VIP treatment there. Perhaps they had hopes of getting some control over him by exposing his gay relationship with a minor. But he was probably too smart for that. So, probably when they realized that they're not getting anywhere with him, they uncovered his affair with a Russian boy and then only kicked him out of the country. Putting him on trial there would probably not serve their purpose because it would have only caused some of his leftist followers to totally turn away from them. I don't know what they did to the boy. Perhaps he got a slap on the hand and later became a KGB agent in some Soviet province. But I was told that many of their agents even today are very attractive women. So guys, beware ;)

Generation X

Generation X is different from our generation. They are more into anarchy, self-survival and into moving on. In that way, they are a bit like European, Australian and NZ hippies. That's probably because they were faced with different problems and were not facing the draft or being sent to Vietnam. American hippies were more into love of the self, pacifism, politics, human rights, causes and ideologies as opposed to hippies on other continents.

Europe

What is it about Europe that makes people like Gertrude Stein never want to leave it? Perhaps because "A rose is a rose is a rose" and there's no other like it.

National Arrogance

Why is the US so arrogant and exalting itself over others in the world? The main reason is probably the world super power role it has played in the past. In many ways US behavior is very similar to Polish leader's behavior, who came out of the Solidarity union. And both of their causes are similar too. Perhaps it would be easier to understand our own problems if we look at an example that is more disconnected from ourselves. Poland is such an example, though it is far from being a super power. What the Polish and Americans have in common is mental programming aimed at fighting for some worthy cause. Now that the Poles have abolished communism in their own country and initiating the fall of communism in Russia and in Europe they feel like as if they were on top of the world. So, they have been behaving extremely arrogantly in various EU institutions. Their leaders have also been provoking their neighboring countries in various ways, hence the poor trade and other types of relations with them. This form of mental attitude stems from being programmed to seek out an enemy, to fight the enemy and to abolish that which is believed to be wrong. Americans have been programmed in a similar way due to past historical circumstances. Now that the US has become the only remaining super power Americans are still behaving according to the programming they've been raised on just like the Poles. Most of the Polish leaders are simple people who were successful in the opposition to a totalitarian state and have risked their lives in the fight with communism. They lived in a country which was isolated from the rest of the world for about half a Century. Today, at a time when constructive decision making is necessary they behave destructively because they're still psyched out and that has worked for them in the past. The same is true with American leaders. But, there were also those so called American friends from abroad who seized at the opportunity to make a lot of money on this American quality. Because in a way we are like robot boxer toys wound up to fight. And we as a nation are moving ahead looking for an object to fight with. So, it's time to stop that madness because in reality it is self destructive and will bring our own downfall. I do believe we desperately need newer and wiser leaders that will not go around instigating conflicts in the world or work for the benefit of any corporate business interests, no matter how hard we may be provoked. Many of those provocations may be based on bluffs. And it's also well worth remembering that nothing sells as well as oil does in a time of war. And that's what the latest problems are about.

Animal Sacrifice For Thanksgiving Day Offering

Thanksgiving is an example of how things are changing for the better in some areas of the world. The butchering of millions of turkeys for a pagan style ritual feast in gratitude to the glory of the god(s) is a last remnant of ancient rituals of that type, on which animals were killed for tribal ritual offerings at pagan feasts that followed. In the case of Thanksgiving the bloody ritual was continued mostly by Christians in USA, who on the one hand rejected those types of practices among pagans, but on the other hand followed them themselves at Thanksgiving. Not until just recent times has consciousness of those Americans risen above that. Now, that senseless slaying of turkeys for the Thanksgiving Day ritual feast is being done away with. Hence a big step forward for mankind and the environment has been taken in the States.

Saved By Europe In 1969

I guess the greatest mistake I made when I was a kid in 1968 was not to run away from home and hitch-hike down Rout 66 to California as some of my friends did. I'll always regret that. But who knows how things would have turned out then? One thing I know for sure, if I hadn't gone through medical tests when I went to Europe to avoid the draft in 1969 I probably wouldn't have made it to the 1970s. That's because by the time I was so seriously dehydrated and anemic due to a lot of drugs and alcohol I was doing in America. Also many sleepless nights at parties and too much good times probably didn't help either. I was so busy with school and social life that I forgot all about myself. And that trip to Europe really did saved me. Nobody in the States noticed how I was tumbling down hill; especially after the Democratic Convention until I arrived in Europe.

In Europe I learned moderation. And believe it or not, my European doctor prescribed drinking a glass or two of dry red wine everyday and some herbal medicine, which would be unthinkable in the States in those days. Man, was I shocked to hear all of that. I drank because it was illegal in my State of Illinois for anyone under 21 to drink alcohol. And now I found that on the other side of the globe it was normal even for kids to drink alcohol. So you see, what we call reality does not have to be the same everywhere in the world. And life could be much better if people were given freedom of choice. So the morale of this story is that bans create pathologies, crime and criminals. And that forbidden fruit tastes a lot sweeter. Likewise for example, if sugar was banned because it is unhealthy then a mafia would be created. And illicit production and distribution of sugar would become a crime. That's how much sense some bans make.

Back From The Camp

I'm back from the mountain camping trip. It was okay on the first night but the next day it poured right into the next morning. What's with the weather, damn it? So we stayed in the tent, lit some incense, listened to the silence, looked up at the Full Moon, checked for leaks in the floor and hoped wolves or bears wouldn't come our way.

And then, right before dawn I saw the light. It hit me like a lightning flash. I understood exactly what Aerosmith was singing about in "Amazing". Yes, life is not the aim but the cherry. Yes, that is so simple and so deep, and from such an unlikely source. We also realized that we had enough of those cherries for a while on that mountain and that we couldn't wait to get back down to earth level before a lightning bolt would actually strike us. No, not because of any guilt feelings but because of a real threat of lightning striking trees and other objects on mountain tops. I also understood why they called a mountain Brakeback.

To sum it up, the trip was absolutely divine, although I almost broke my back going up there, putting up the tent and keeping up with that eighteen-year old. But now that we made it home safe I can honestly say we had fun. This past weekend will probably be remembered for a long time; especially by someone I made happy. Now, I think I need a bit of a vacation.

African American Culture

My family was Polish and we lived in one of those typical white neighborhoods throughout the 1960-80s where everyone was afraid of blacks moving in because that would caused a plunge in real estate prices and more crime. But unlike most Americans we liked blacks and had black friends, which was not very well seen in the 1960s. My Mother even went out of her way to have photos taken with blacks so she could show to her friends in Europe. As I mentioned earlier, that was met with a lot of criticism from many of our American friends, and probably rightly so. Most of their arguments were that we could have been robbed or even killed. But we were fresh off the boat (That is just a saying. We usually flew on SAS Airline's transcontinental jets) and fascinated with blacks just as much as The Beatles or The Rolling Stones were long before anyone even heard of them.

State of Illinois, in which I grew up was well known for it's tolerance and opposition to Slavery long before Abraham Lincoln's time. It was also the only State in which homosexuality was legal. Homosexuals in all other States faced long prison sentences of up to teens of years in jail for being themselves ie. homosexual. America - the land of the free. To be honest, we had some problems in understanding that. Back in Continental Europe we had no major problems with slavery or with accepting homosexuals. This was mostly an English and American problem. And in my opinion, they were the ones responsible for making those problems. So, I was really fortunate to have been brought up in Illionis where there was a much more tolerant environment by most American standards.

Blacks and their cultural heritage is what gives America that dynamic kick or "Soul" that other countries don't even come close to. White folks are more introverted and intellectual. On the other hand, black folks are more extraverted and expressive. The American culture gives us a refined mixture of both of these qualities. That's why American dance, music and musicals have become such well recognized trademarks of America. They are probably also the number one American export item. The British invasion that began with The Beatles was a further transformation of Afro American culture and music, plus well carried out British marketing. The only British things about it were the Mod fashions, the Musicians and their unique interpretations of black American music. That is why everywhere around the world America is strongly identified with African Americans. And, I think that is why it has always been a bit difficult for many folks from Continental Europe to understand racism or the struggle for Civil Rights in America so many Centuries after the American Constitution was signed.

Law, Justice, Order & Voting

I was an ordinary teenage participant of the hippy movement like 2% of other American kids. I did not have the understanding of that movement as I do today. But I strongly identified myself with it because it was so much like me in it's purest form, at least up to the end of the sixties. Though it's golden era has passed and at times I may look and sound a bit like those folks over 30 that I used to reject and criticize so much, I am still a hippy and proud of it.

The place on the Old Continent where I am now is a lot like America was before the civil Rights movement. Though it is more liberal, socialist conscious and also pressured by the EU to become more tolerant and liberal. Being there has helped me to better observe and understand the social-political mechanisms that were behind the birth of the civil rights and hippy movements in America. Besides that, in a telepathic way I also have an opportunity to help get rid of some evils that such a new Democracy has to face. Those evils usually claim to be on the side of Law, Justice, Order, Family Values and Nationalism, though they may at times try to deny that. Therefore, we should judge them not by what they say but by their actions or a lack of reaction in some cases. I also saw such Law, Justice and Order at work back in Chicago and other places in America and Europe in the 1960s. So, based on my past experiences and observations all I can say is save the world from those who make Law, Justice and Order their mission.

I am very happy that through the Internet we can be together again with many key personas that are still among us, and who have played key roles in making those changes in the '60s and later. Many of them have also not been adequately rewarded for the work and sacrifices they made for their country and the world. So, if the Reader ever take on the subject of that part of American history, please make a mention of those hippies so that they will be remembered. Let's hope the right (or actually the Liberal Left) candidate wins in coming elections. So please don't make the mistake many of us made in 1968 by not voting and letting Nixon win by a thin margin. YOU could make the change! All you have to do is to cast your vote on a major liberal candidate. And I hope some weaker liberal candidate won't kidnap the votes. Please remember that we can be strong in solidarity by voting on one candidate only.

Five 1960s Hippy Centers

There are five main 1960s hippy centers or Meccas in my philosophy. The first is Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, the second is Greenwich Village in New York and the third is Chicago's Old Town. The fourth is Amsterdam and the fifth is Kathmandu in Nepal. But if one makes a pilgrimage to India; especially Kashmire then that could be a substitute for the Himalayas. There were many smaller hippie centers too. But the three mentioned here were the most sought after where tons of hippies crashed and gathered regularly, and which are still best remembered.

The changes the hippy movement brought about are not so obvious today and most of them are taken for granted. But it wasn't like that before the mid 1970s when the movement faded out in USA with the end of the Vietnam War.

Rainbow Flag

The rainbow flag is another thing that was almost made for me. It says what I want to say when I want to say it. I have just one large rainbow flag. One flag is enough for Rainbow Family meetings and other peace movement related uses. In such a case, I use it with the red side pointing down. The same flag could be used to express support for gay rights by turning the red side up. And the same could also be done with a seven-striped flag.

Since ancient times the color Red or ocher (red earth) has been the symbolic color of the Goddess, Shakti, energy, activity, life and love (Aphrodite) so it should be easy to remember. When the flag is turned up it symbolizes that we are talking about love, sensuality and activity, and when it is turned down then we are talking about pacifism, peace and ideas. That is easy to remember, and that is how I use the six-striped flag as a modern kind of spiritual tool. You see? "United in Diversity" is the philosophy behind the rainbow flag and it is also the moto of the European Union.


I assigned specific meaning to each of the colours, which are in agreement with those assigned by Baker to a 1978 eight-striped flag:

Violet - Virtues, Ideas, Spirit
Blue - Pacifism, Peace, Serenity
Green - Earth, Environment, Mother Nature/ Earth
Yellow - Success, Splendor, Happiness
Orange - Faith, Hope, Healing
Red - Energy, Life, Love

The first three colors in a six-striped flag would represent the Shiva Triangle (Linga) and the second group of three colors would represent the Shakti Triangle (Yoni).

Turquoise ( optional color) - Magic, Maya, Shakti.

More information about the flag here.
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Frustration

There are times when I get upset and frustrated with seeing all the wrong in the world. At times like that I often go around complaining and bitching at everything and everyone around me. So, I have been given some advice by some folks and have also come up with some of my own remedies. This is what it all sums up to in just a few simple points.

1. Stop watching the news or better yet, just stop watching TV.
2. Find a hobby that would take your mind away from what upsets you. Life is short and revolutions are for the young, who still have a lot of time before them and a lot less to lose.
3. If you can, help young people that want to change the world for the better in climbing up the social ladder.
4. Be honest and abide by the law whenever possible, so you could keep that bright, clean, groovy, peaceful and happy feeling inside.
5. Don't pay attention to what others think when you know deep inside that what you are doing is pure, right and honest.

Liberals

Narrow views, no matter how well labeled as liberal or "hippie" just won't pass. If I remember correctly, Castro and Chairman Mau were very ambitious and started by claiming to be liberals fighting for the benefit of the oppressed masses. And then, when they won they became the greatest oppressors the world has known. Anger and hate repels many intelligent people but it works well in taking over the angry masses. And that's why in such alternative structures intellectuals most often have to be suppressed. Successful classic liberals are most often characterized by less angry language, less hate, less narrow worldviews, less fundamentalism (there is also anarchist and hippie fundamentalism), by pragmatism and more compassion towards others.

An Example To Follow

Soon some of us old hippies will be rocking in our own psychedelic rocking chairs on front porches of our motor homes here and there. Others, more fortunate ones may end up in old hippie homes, if there will be any. And others in shelters for the homeless run by some fanatic religious freaks or social workers. Some better off hippies may even be rolling around in their own ecological veggie powered (if available) motorized wheal chairs to their recreational lots to pluck a few weeds. We will have so much to look forward to at old age. There may also be those who have not worked long enough to get a descent retirement pension. They may not even afford to live in a tent or to buy a rocking chair, not to mention a nickel or dime. It's sad to say that the past governments which made our lives very miserable, expected so much from us and filled many of our lives with fear have been willing to give so little to its peace-loving citizens that took American ideas seriously enough to stand up for them. That great self-proclaimed and most righteous country of the world, which always stood on guard of respect for freedom, democracy and human rights, which expected other countries to meet its high standards under threats of embargoes or even military invasions has turned out to be a bad example to follow for all at home and abroud.

Impeach And Excommunicate Now!

There were many anti-war marches held throughout the world last week and yesterday. Perhaps I'm not an expert on Australia, New Zealand or Fiji because I have never been there, but I do remember that the first in the world anti-Iraq-War demonstration was held in Hungry (yes, I've been to Hungry). Other demonstrations followed later in Europe and the USA. "Make Love Not War" and "Flower Power" are the old hippie slogans! That message most of all goes to the terrorists who started that entire mess. Pacifists are against the War because we are against violence. The War was foreseen by many pacifists and sensitive people throughout the world to lead up to more violence on our planet, and it has. As history has proven once again, we were right and the Leaders were wrong. And once again, we were the ones treated as enemies of State by the real enemies of State. Violence generates more violence. Had the US not reacted in such an aggressive and violent way to the 9/11 attacks it would have had much more sympathy in the world today and also among many more Arabs. For some the consequences were easy to foresee, but not to the decision makers we have entrusted our country's fate to. So, what now? They all should be impeached and should answer for the gigantic loses in lives, national prestige and the senselessly wasted taxpayers' national resources. As usual. big business was the only group to has profited from it all. But that's nothing new. They and the Banks are the ones that always have profited on wars. Thus, the world has not learned much from the past. It keeps on making the same mistakes over and over again. Hasn't a great Guru once taught his Apostles to always "Turn the other cheek"? And what did his Apostles in DC do instead? They all should also be excommunicated from the churches they belong to for that. It could also be said that God tested many Christianity on 9/11, and that many American Christians totally failed that acid test. But what is interesting is that Christians in other parts of our planet passed the test without too many problems. So, there is also a reason to rejoice because the same great Guru said that "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven". PEACE!

Home Is Where The Heart Is

The saying "Home is where the heart is" I understand as most people would. But I also find a deeper spiritual meaning in it. "Home" is where the heart is because Brahma-Atman (Spirit-Soul) are located in the Heart Chakra area, the central Chakra. It is also the location of the Solar Plexus, and a place where the physical and spiritual hearts meet. That is also where the brain feels/experiences the Self emanating from. It is also where we experience love, and where some look for inspiration, guidance, support and pray to the Supreme Entity in. The Heart is also lots more then that. It is also where we pamper the alter-Ego. The Mind and the heart are also like a garden where illusions, false beliefs, hatreds etc. could spread like wild weeds and destroy the flowers. That's why I believe we should strive to keep our innermost Homes clean and remove harmful weeds from the Gardens of our souls.

Dealing with the Winter

The weather has a great influence on how we feel. People in cold regions of the world such as those in Northern Europe, on the Baltic Sea, in Iceland or Canada tend to be more depressed. Suicide rates in those regions also tend to be some of the highest in the world even though the people there enjoy a higher standard of living as apposed to those that live in warmer regions of our planet.

This Winter in Central Europe was very mild and warm. Many sky resorts in Austria, Germany, Poland and the Alps stopped short of going bankrupt because guests called off their reservations and skiing trips due to the high temperatures and a lack of snow. So, Central Europe enjoyed almost a warm Winter this year. But last year's Winter was one of the coldest ones there. So the chairs switched this year and Americans experienced one of the worst Winters in a long time for a change. It's obvious that the climate is changing much faster and erratically then anyone could predict. Winters tend to put us into a kind of natural hibernation. This naturally happens to all living bodies and plant life at this time of the year. That's the way Mother Nature has made us. This is also one of the major reasons why many folks experience some prolonged depression at this time of the year.

It's wise to take some vitamin C in the Winter, drink orange juice and also to do some light therapy by substituting the Sun with a infrared lamp or a sun lamp. One can also do a lot of other things to reduce the negative effects of Winter on our body and mind. What some folks from cold regions of Europe have also been doing for thousands of years has been going to warmer parts of the Continent for the Winter and to the Riviera. The same is true in America. That's why some Midwest and Eastern North Americans also go to Florida and the Redneck Riviera for the Winter.

Modern Patriotism

I guess it's beginning to dawn on many peoples of the world that true patriotism is not standing behind any decision our leaders make, but in standing up for what is sensible and right for our country, our region, continent, our Planet and even our Solar System; especially with the increase of waste products left in Space from Earth's Space programs and the coming Space tourism industry recently headed by a 1960s British hippy, Richard Branson. That is what we have seen in America in the past and coming about in the world today. That is also what made America such a great symbol to the suppressed masses of the world. Millions of American patriots and intelligent people expressed disapproval for their current President's decisions and policies from the very beginning; especially after 9/11. Time has shown that they were right and that their leader was very wrong. The days when citizens were expected to follow the dictates of their leaders are becoming a thing of the past in modern democracies and in the globalization processes on our Planet. It has become quite obvious that a large portion of the masses have a sense of proper intuition and inborn wisdom that could put their countries on the right track if their representatives would only listen to them. Therefore, the masses should be heard before strategic decisions are made instead of doing so after they protest and make the headlines; usually when it's a bit too late to undo the wrong.

An Idea For A Novel Or A Movie

Here's one of my new ideas for a timely fiction best seller novel or a movie. No allusions intended to anyone we know or any President.

So, here's the idea. Imagine that the President of the most powerful nation in the free world is actually working for the benefit of some foreign interests but he is doing it unknowingly. The movie would show how it all began and how those innocent ties with his or her foreign friends developed through the years from school days. The story would also show how those connections helped him or her in business ventures, then to rise to power in his local area, and then later to reach for his or her country's top office. The story could also be a kind of warning. Such a situation may be a possible threat, just like the possibility of a meteor striking our planet or a madman wining in a national election. There seems to be no systems or tests designed to prevent people like that from attaining top offices or to remove them from those offices when they have achieved them. The story could also have a positive hero that would see through the masquerade and would try to stop a certain sequence of events before it's too late... The story could also have some former KGB agents ticking away in some metropolitan area, car chases, special effects and lots of other action to keep the public glued to the screen or publication for hours. It would also be a good idea for a TV series.

Anyone interested in developing the idea into a publication? Please get in touch. Thanks!

It's A Brave New World!

It's a brave new world, a brand new world. Buy new, new, new and throw away old, old, old. Freedom! Everyone is free now! Everybody is free to buy any of the tens of thousands of new products of one's choice. New products programmed into the consumers' minds at free audio-visual hypnotic sessions targeted at all age groups. Products, production, products, production and more new products will make you happy. Everybody is happy now! Everybody is consuming more and more new products of his or her choice. Find the Savage in you and be happy. Yes, it's a brave new world that will follow the Savage anywhere he or she goes. The Savage, an ecological machine. Fuel it up at one end and it will produce natural fertilizer at the other end. Old technology. Artificial is better, Artificial fertilizer. Better, faster, more, more, more, greater yield. More garbage, more, more, more, new, new, new, better, better, faster, faster. It's a brave new world, a happy world. Smiling, happy faces on the TV screen. Buy this and be happy. Replace that with this and be happy. Computers will make you free, give you more leisure time to spend with your loved ones doing what you will be told on the screen to love to do. Freedom®. We will bring those Savages Freedom®. Fight for freedom, kill for freedom, pray for freedom, sell those suckers more and more Freedom. Freedom will make them free. Freedom®. will bring them happiness. Keep watching our Channel and keep repeating, "Freedom will make me happy, freedom will make me free, freedom will make me happy..." over and over until you're happy and free just like those folks on TV.

Will The Real Barbarians Please Stand Up

Much of Egyptian works were burned by Muslims and Christians and are lost for ever. But from the bits and pieces of less valuable works that survived we know that they already new Geometry, for example 1500 years before the construction of the first pyramid. The Greeks had a very lively exchange of goods and knowledge with Egyptians, Hindus and Orient, and expanded on much of that knowledge. Later, the cruel and over obsessed with power over the world Romans stole much of that knowledge from those so called Barbarians. The Romans ruled through terror and fear. When they fell the Roman Catholic Church inherited much of their empire and influences. Therefore, we have been brought up on false and bios opinions about the other ancients. Besides that, does anyone know at least one Roman Mathematician? The truth is that real intellectuals were in other regions of the ancient world such as Egypt, India or Persia, for example. The Persians were centuries ahead of the Romans and Greeks. Yet, few know much about them and their opulent, liberal, pragmatic and tolerant culture. The Persians overcame three Roman Cesars when they were attacked by Romans. One of them, Valerian was captured. In captivity, that Cesar had to serve as a horse mounting stepping stool for a Persian King. So finally, the Romans gave up and turned on other countries such as the Greeks.

The Hindus, Egyptians and the Persians took other countries and civilizations of their times as underdeveloped or developing. Perhaps that's why Romans destroyed their wisdom and knowledge. Besides that, it was probably easier for them to rule over ignorant masses that would not dare to question their authority.

Secret Of The Holy Grail

The theories about the Holy Grail and the bloodline of Jesus bring to mind the long forgotten Roman gold mines in the mountains of Transylvania in Romania, and the lakes of their surrounding villages that have been poisoned with sulfur that was used in gold mining for thousands of years. The simple underlying truth of the grail secret and the reason why it had to be kept secret remains covered under all the elaborate speculation that has grown around it over the millenniums. If one were to find the truth, one would be freed (from one's faith). And that would mean that one would have to give up one's faith, one would have to become dehypnotized or deprogrammed. Do you dig, fellow Diggers?

Guitar Solo

A short guitar solo video clip. Made with a digital Photo Camera.

Dam Square 3

A panoramic view of the Dam Square in Amsterdam, Holland.

Coffee Can Lead To Tobacco & Alcohol Addiction

Coffee can lead to the use of more dangerous substances such as tobacco (cigarette smoking), which is an expensive, deadly and addictive narcotic that doesn't give the user anything much in return, not even a high. It can lead to cancer, hart attacks, neurosis, nervous disorders etc. Cigarette smoking also leads to addiction to alcohol (alcoholism). And alcohol leads to violence, divorce, mental disease, anti-social behavior, broken homes, crime etc. It is also responsible for billions of alcohol related deaths every year.

The consumption of alcohol is also an important part of Christianity. If we were to stop Christian Ministers or Catholic Priests on the road after Church services and asked them to take an alcoholmeter test, we would probably find that many of them are actually driving under the influence. However, that is socially acceptable.

If The Dutch Could Reclaim The USA

If the Dutch could reclaim the USA then cannabis would be legal like it is in the Netherlands, religious fanatics and Presidents like L.B. Johnson or G.W. Bush (both from Texas) wouldn't have a chance, and the world would be a more peaceful place to live in.

I've been in Europe now for about 20 years. The first five years were the most exciting because everything was so new, there was so much to discover and I was treated like a tourist. After that I really wanted to go back home but I couldn't afford to make the trip at that time because I was going through some really bad times. So, I stayed. After going through those really bad times for about ten years things started working out okay in the end. Now, I don't think I would want to move back to the States. The EU is where it's at and I love it here. If one has a bit more money then one could live a much better and peaceful life here. There's Spain nearby for the Winter and Central Europe for work and the rest of the year. There is so much diversity here and some really nice and friendly folks everywhere.

My Genetic Haplogroup

I've got my genetic test results from National Geographic Geographic Project. It turns out that I belong to the Haplogroup R1a1. Guess that wraps up my trip back to Europe to find my roots. However, I still feel that I don't fit in to the Polish culture and have difficulty accepting the local ways of thinking and doing things. Genetic testing has shown that about 40% of people who live in the region between the Czech Republic and Syberia belong to my genetic group. I also heard that genetic tests have shown that about 50% of Poles are of Jewish descent but many of them are not aware of it. It also turns out that I have many more ancestors living in India. Most of them speak Hindi and belong to the Brahmin, Kshatria and other casts. More online info on my genetic group is available here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R1a

Back From Amsterdam & Berlin



I've finally made it back home. Now I need another vacation to come to and to do the unpacking. This trip was a kind of bummer but even a bummer in Amsterdam is pretty cool when you finally make it back home. I didn't really get anything done that I set out to do accept for some photos and videos that I will be posting somewhere on my site some time later. The Broadcasting Convention surprised us all in Amsterdam. Most guys fled to Antwerp for those few days. I instead went to Berlin, and then returned home from there. It was another great experience just like in the sixties when the music of Van Morrison accompanied me on the radio across Europe, and the only shoes I had were my rundown Converse All Star sneakers. Amazingly enough, there's a lot of teens from GB and US in Amsterdam who are doing the same type of bumming around as I was in the sixties. They even look almost the same as I did then too. This time I also met a few Germans who are seeking exile in Holland from the draft. The sixties and the tolerant and pragmatic culture is alive and doing very well there, in spite of foreign pressures on the Dutch government to curtail it.

Without a heaven there would be no hell; without evil there would be no goodness; without darkness there would be no light, etc. and the other way around. They all complement each other. We need them all to be complete and fulfilled as human beings. Everything is Okay as long as we don't harm others along the way. Moderation is the key.

Polish Government Run By Twin Brothers

Polish Government Run By Twin Brothers

Wow! I tell you, man. I am in a country lead by twin brothers. One is just as ugly as the other. They weren't even invited to the Queen's Birthday in London. One is the President and his twin brother the Prime Minister. They represent almost everything that I am in opposition to. So, that's why I'm so uptight lately and why I want to get the hell out of this psychic dump as soon as possible. Now, this is their territory and I have no chance against the system that they have at their command. I'm also being followed again by security personnel when I walk into my neighborhood supermarkets where I am well known. But getting out is not that easy. I have too many things and ties keeping me here. Can't just pack my bags and leave. So, I hope that explains what I've been confronted with lately. I know I have to chill out but can't do that just yet under these circumstances.

Groovy day,
Adam

Rainbow Camp In Colorado

Good to hear things are on their way and going well at the Rainbow camp in Colorado. I wish I could be there. It is a chance for many folks to get back or to get closer to our nature. The society that has been built for us by our ancestors is based on false values, production and performance. It has taken us away from our nature. Even hard working ants rest 75% of the time. Other species rest even more. But how much time do humans spend on resting and doing nothing? Doesn't that even sound immoral to some? Well, that's the way we've been raised. The law system also makes some of our natural behaviors and needs for personal inter-human contacts very difficult. Social stigmas and phobias that have been developed also make things difficult. Further more, we are forced to study for many years and are often deprived of our youth, which later often brings about a craving to relive those lost years later in life. That in turn leads to many so called social pathologies that make a good business for psychologists and psychiatrists. The pace of new technological developments makes it also very difficult for many of us to keep up with it leaving many folks feeling even more frustrated and dissatisfied with themselves. And new things have to be learned and purchased leaving us little time for other things. Thus, our human instincts and abilities of logical thinking are not functioning properly. Everything is being calculated and sized up to some fictitious standards created by the Advertising and Marketing sector. We begin living as human beings after reaching retirement age. But by that time human natural drives and instincts have become suppressed by the aging process and people often loose their identity without a job. In ancient times humans used to find lifetime partners at the time of puberty when nature called for it. Today, this is unthinkable; though that call of nature is still there but suppressed by the social order we have had to adjust to. Many generations of such grown up, frustrated and unfulfilled folks make our societies more aggressive, insensitive towards others and a pretty grumpy bunch, if you know what I mean. Therefore it is good that such camps are held where we could rip our masks off and be a bit human for a while to see what's it like. But even there the hand of the society reaches us and tries to take control. So, there's little escape from that sick world. We've made some progress in the area of liberation in the 60s but that was/ is still not enough. It's not a secret any more that our natural environment is breaking down, that the population is growing, global threats are on the rise and new masses of zombie-like humans are indoctrinated into the system by the system to follow the system. It's all nothing more then programming but it's also that what makes our Reality. And that has to change before anything else can change. So, the change must begin in each one of us. Camps such as the ones organized by Rainbow are a step in the right dirrection just as Scouting was in the beginning of the 20th Century.

Freedom

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose..." In other words, once one has something one is not free anymore. That's why the hippie movement and its spirit should be free from those who have introduced anything into it that limits others; especially young people who would like to follow it. The worst thing to do is to create some kind of hierarchy and saintly personas that the youth should bow down to and follow. Soon, we'll register as a religion or something like that. And I'm afraid that is what some old hippies may be aiming at. At building monuments for themselves and for the movement, as if it was a thing of past history. The hippie spirit must be free from leaders and binding organizations. Otherwise it will turn into one of those old, narrow-minded and mothball smelling institutions of a bygone era. I am all for museums, clubs and other institutions as long as they will not try to hijack or take control the hippies. Young hippies must be free from the dictates of old hippies, who have forgotten what true freedom was when they were young, on the road, away from their family homes, or down and out somewhere looking for a place to crash for the night.

Pope Benedict's Visit

During WW 2 and during the Vietnam War in the 60s the Catholic Church did not speak out on the wars. Priests and nuns who participated in anti-war or civil rights marches were often transferred from big metropolitan areas to small towns where they wouldn't have so much influence on the locals in the 60s. I like the new Pope Benedict, so far. He had the guts to tell those narrow-minded Polish leaders and clerics to get their acts together. He told them to be more tolerant and told the Clerics not to mingle in politics as they did.

On the videos (see the links below) I made the group is playing in front of my home's windows because those who are monitoring me here had reason to suspect that I was going play "Highway To Hell" or something like that when the Pope would be passing by. I'm known for playing loud music on my stereo and guitar, and people can often hear it on the street below. I was practicing "Highway To Hell" all week so they had reason to suspect I was going to do that. When I moved here there were very few Americans here. I've done a number of controversial things, spoken out against the church (in a 98% Catholic country) and also done a few no-nos. But in spire of all that they've grown to have some respect for me because many things I foretold came true, and advice I've given proved to be good advice after a number of years. In fact, many folks in the States are less tolerant than what I experienced in Poland. But there are other areas where there is absolutely no tolerance where we would certainly expect some. So one has to know what one's doing when one's here. As opposed to Amsterdam, that is a synonym of Tolerance, Poland has become a synonym of Intolerance over the decades.

Wish I could find a way to make a living on the Net so I could move to Amsterdam that I really love. Anyway, I am happy to be here in the EU. America has many problems too. The type of poverty and slums we have in the States I don't think you'll find anywhere in the EU. The cost of living isn't that bad here either. But it's just more difficult to make a buck. I live on less then $4,000 a year because life for me here is so much cheaper. Still, Warsaw is the 27th most expensive city in the world, and Amsterdam is the 24th most expensive on the list. In Amsterdam I would have to earn at least 6 times as much to get by. So, that's what's keeping me here. In the Middle Ages the Poles were very tolerant. There were no serious witch hunts here and people were more reasonable. That's why many Jewish people moved to Poland and Copernicus, who was also a Catholic monk wrote the book in which he proved that Earth spins around the Sun and later it was published in Amsterdam. But much has changed for the worse since WW2, and especially since Communist rule. Anyhow, after the 1960's Revolution I was fortunate enough to experience another major revolution in Europe. The Solidarity revolution took down the Berlin wall and put an end to the Soviet block. Now I wonder, what's going be next? I haven't got a clue.

Video 1 & Video 2

May Day

It has been almost a groovy week of May Day holidays here in Europe. The Holidays began on 30th of April with the Queen's Day celebrations in Amsterdam, Holland, which is one of the gayest holidays in Europe. Then we had Walpurga Night also called Beltane, its more ancient name. After that it was the First of May holiday, also the day that commemorated Poland's membership in the EU. Guess that was done on purpose to keep the holiday. Then the Second of May was Flag Day. And finally, today (Third of May) we have Polish Constitution Day when we celebrate the world's second oldest Constitution drawn in 1788, and signed later in 1791 by a Polish King, who was a Free Mason. So, including Saturday - April 29th it's been five days of work-free government holidays including Saturday.

The Sun is shinning today but it's cold as for this time of year. I remember that about a decade age at this time we used to go nude sunbathing at some nearby beaches. But the climate has changed in more ways then one here and it's still a bit too cold to even go bike riding. Though some people do. So as you see, the First of May is still celebrated in this region of the world. It's just been transformed to a new form of being and dressed in new symbols. And the color red (color of Summer, joy, fire, warmth, procreation, energy, life-giving blood) is still prevalent on that day as it has been throughout thousands of years. It is a continuation of a tradition that is coded in the genes of most people in European and one that will be continued for the next thousands of years to come.

Bondage
by The Polish Hippy

Time and the Universe are round,
and keep spinning around & around,
but we are just too square,
to see beyond the bondage,
of places, things and times,
that limit us in every way.

The Philosophy Of Trash

"Now" is an edge or a groove where the Past and Future join together. But Time's drag effect on the substance of the Past causes the Past to slowly ware away (ware out, ware off, fade away) and decay. The Future is built on the Past. That is why people try to find answers to new problems in the Past. So, a search for clues to new answers for new problems takes people back to the past. Very rarely things in time are identical because the alchemy of each moment in time is different. Thus, the many connections become different. Even if only one small detail is changed the situation and results will become unpredictably different.

In the not too distant future there may also be some genetic problems that may be resolved only through time travel. And some level of such technology may be developed. But time will prove to be the only thing mankind will have not much control of. Time will always control us. Time may only yield some of its kindness and secrets to us in some way.

A time like the sixties, and especially 1969 will not come by again for a long while. That's because the seeds laid at that time have not fully blossomed yet. They require much more time to mature. That's why many people in different fields of interests and studies will be going through the trash of those days looking for inspiration and answers.

As for us, I think we need to take a break from all this overly intellectual and mind-blowing psycho-spiritual and analytic stuff once in a while to revitalized our neuron's energy i.e. we need to chill-out a bit. In my Trashy Philosophy, we come from Cosmic Trash, Feed on It and will be recycled into another form of It. So, when we come down to the source of things in the Universe, Trash will always be at the end or top of the list, even in physics. So, lets be honest about our "trashy" nature. And be proud of who or what we are. Anything else would be a lie.

Have a "groovy" day!

What About The Future?

What may be coming in the future? Humans as well as animals are able to sense some future coming events. The most obvious characteristic is in a subconscious sensing of dangerous or frightening coming events. It is characterized in a feeling of tension and anxiety before an earthquake or a disturbing sight, for example. So, lets hope that while humans experience such feelings of tension and anxiety they won't shoot themselves in the head i.e. bring about a global, self-destructive conflict, because we are witnessing a lot of these types of signs of tension and anxiety around the world today.

So, what disturbing coming events may earthlings be sensing? Lets put it this way, if we don't get hit by a meteorite, an event that may draw nations together if noticed early enough (because as some leaders know, people unite in the face of a catastrophe) then we may be faced with a large scale global flood. Something that has happened on our planet many times before in the past. Some of the characteristic factors that may precede such floods were described in a Gilgamash story of the great flood. It was later carried over from there to the Bible. One of the characteristic things that preceded it was a problem of overpopulation, and the other was ignorance about the telltale signs coming from the environment itself. Overpopulation is the source of mass consumption, and a rising interest in homosexuality is a way Mother Nature tries to correct the problem. For that reason, a rise in homosexualism is a sign of environmental problems and should not be condemned. In the past, it was wrongly blamed for environMental catastrophes that it preceded. As population growth continues all sorts of pollution reaches all layers of our atmosphere. So, I think we should start thinking more about the coming of a great flood now. This news will not unite nations or make most people aware of environmental problems enough to change the course of things. That's because, as it was in the passed it is still now that people tend to ignore things that have little value in their everyday life focused on consumption, that we need to survive. And usually, when they're faced with the facts it's often a bit late. Then, those who predicted such coming events are often said to have had some superhuman powers or to have come from some divine region of their imaginary world of beliefs. In reality, if one were to raise his or her mind above one's small world and free oneself from all kinds of preconceptions one would notice some of these global trends in development as plainly as one sees what is going on in his own neighborhood.

To sum it up. It looks like we're on some kind of collision course. Perhaps this is a way Mother Nature regulates or overcomes human overpopulation when it gets out of hand. Something like our immunity system overcoming some forms of bacteria growth. I'm afraid that now that things are spinning as they are it's a bit late and difficult to stop them. It will take long for them to calm down but before that things will get worse and as I said we're on a collision course. But even I don't know what form it will take on. The natural environment is out of balance because of over population and mass consumption, political situations and economics are also falling out of control... A rise of interest in homosexuality is a way Mother Nature tries to control or reduce the population growth. The only thing she's interested in is in finding an inner balance. She will do whatever is necessary to get that balance even if it will involve the destruction of life on our Planet. She thinks only about her own well being. All we really are, are products of her elements (Star Dust) and ones that she can do with as she pleases.

Without Darkness There Would Be No Light And Vice Verse

Generally speaking, I am a follower of a path that lays beyond the left, right or the middle paths. Between darkness and light are all the other shades of gray and all the colors of the rainbow. Darkness and light are extremes that are disconnected from the nature of things. Though, sometimes we need to experience them, prolonged existence in them can lead to all sorts of deviations.

We know only what we can perceive with our 5 or 6 senses. There's a lot more out there that we will not know about yet for a good reason. If our kind survives another million or more years it will naturally evolve to a higher level and develop the psycho-physical means for a broader perception of the Universe that surrounds us. We will then gain greater understanding of the Universe, become better masters of it, and the knowledge that we are the Universal Consciousness or God will be just plain old unquestionable common knowledge. So, there's a pot at the end of the rainbow. But the question that's on everyone's mind right now is "will humankind survive that long?" And it is a good question to keep in mind.

The Earth

In the beginning I should explain that in my worldview the Universe is a manifestation of the Primal Energy called "Maya" in Vedanta or "Shakti" in Tantra and Shaiva schools of thought. In this worldview, matter is a condensed form of energy somewhat like it was expressed in Einstein's E=mc2 formula.

It's amazing how some people try to figure out the most advanced theories about God, The Universe and life after death, and yet fail to understand the most obvious and basic realities of life. And those are that the Earth, Our Mother and Father is where we come from, is what supports us everyday and is also what slowly destroys us everyday. And finally, that it is the home that we never really left behind, and yet we are destined to return to in the end. That is, if there is such a thing as an end. The consciousness in us is a product of the Earth and should not distance itself far from it or the Universe the Earth is a part of. Otherwise it may get lost in its own fantasy world. And that's pretty much the problem we're facing on our Planet today.

My Comic View Of President's Current Foreign Visit

Here's an idea for a comic illustration of Bush's visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan. The illustration would show a well known circus act where the Trainer puts his head in the open jaws of a Lion. In the illustration, the Trainer's head would be Bush's head. The Lion's lower jaw would symbolize Pakistan. And the Lion's upper jaw would symbolize Afghanistan. That is my comic view of the President's current visit to these countries.

The Myth Of 1960s Happy Hippie Busses

There are many misconceptions about the 1960s America. One of them I think is about happy hippie busses painted in flowers, peace signs and colorful psychedelic designs. As I remember, driving such obviously hippie owned vehicles in the 60s was not exactly a happy experience for some. It was a definite giveaway to the cops (Police) that there goes a vehicle full of hippies, who surely must have drugs and are most probably driving under the influence of drugs. Owning such a vehicle was a cool thing but in most of the United States it was a rather unpleasant experience on the road; unless if you did not have any drugs with you and did not mind frequent Police searches. America in the 1960s was not in any way like Holland is or was in the past for hippies and counter-culturists. Hippies were often stopped by cops on American streets. I even heard of Police strip searches of some hippies on the streets of some liberal metropolitan American cities such as Chicago. The situation was far worse in the Southern Belt States where hippies were treated like anti-American elements, communists and social degenerates.

Spared by God

Lately, we have had the worst in history earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, tornados, floods and other disasters in places on our planet where scientists least expected them. Yet, notice that in those places where they were most expected they did not occur. Has God spared San Francisco, Los Angeles and all other areas lying on the fault? And for how long? Yet, everyone knows that a big earthquake is bound to happen there sooner or later because of the fault. Still, people are confident that they will be spared by the grace of God. So they live for the while and prices of real-estate are going up, more people are settling there etc. Perhaps that's because the folks who live there are very religious, go to church often and abide by the ten Commandments. I don't think so. So, why has God not done what was predicted by so many so called prophets or psychics? Perhaps God (He or She) likes the beat culture, beatniks, hippies, lesbians, gays, sex, drugs and rock & roll etc. that these metropolitan areas are so well known for. Or perhaps it's all just an illusion, and a big earthquake is nothing more then a chance in a lottery not dictated by any supreme being. Any way, it's something to think about before switching on that operating system or software your mind is working on.

Kama Sutra virus

Tomorrow the Kama Sutra virus is supposed to activate itself and delete all Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office files. There are theories that such viruses are produced by anti-virus companies or competitive companies that want to discredit Microsoft and take over their market. Also I have noticed that most of these large scale attacks occur with the beginning of the year. The question that comes to mind is that if those people are capable of such acts than they should not be trusted. Personally, I like Microsoft products and Bill Gates and these types of attacks just confirm me at that. And I am not saying that just because Bill Gates is visiting my town in Poland today.

The concept of "addiction to oil"

Wasn't I the first, or at least one of the first to use the concept of "addiction to oil" before G.W. Bush used it in his State Of The Union speech just two days ago? I noticed earlier some other spins off other things I mentioned in my blogs or discussion groups before hearing about them on CNN or in the British Parliament, for example. But I took it for an coincidence. But aren't there just too many coincidences now? I had no idea that the word could spread so quickly and easily, and to such places. And it does gives me a sense of reward, or at least an illusion of having done something for the world; though others have taken credit for it. However, I do realize my limitations and that my texts are not suitable for the masses. Besides that, I do not wish to be famous. So, I am happy with things as they are. But, please don't expect too much from me, because I become none-productive when I am under pressure or am having trouble tackling some earthly problems.

I wish I could draw, because sometimes I also get ideas that I would like to illustrate graphically. The illustration I have in mind now is one with a map of the world. And on that map I'd like to draw two syringes with hypodermic needles. One syringe needle would point from Moscow, to Germany and Western Europe. This needle would symbolize the Russian pipelines, of course. And the second needle would point from Afghan region to the Western World. I guess that would illustrate it all in a nutshell.

Stew Albert passed away yesterday.

I just got the sad news that Stew Albert, the well know Yippie and friend of Abbie Hoffman & Jerry Rubin passed away yesterday, Monday, January 30, 2006.

Let's pray for him.

You can also visit his blog is at: http://stewa.blogspot.com

Commemorating the Holocaust in Europe, today.

Today at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland we are commemorating the Holocaust in Europe. Perhaps, some of you know what that place was. I cannot forget on this day members of my family who were arrested and taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau and lost there by the Nazis not because they were Jewish, gypsies or gays, but because they were overheard speaking their mind in a café and put on a SS blacklist.

Please help our friend!

I'd like to draw your attention to one sad fact. And please don't take this personally but correct me if I'm wrong. While some people have gained recognition for services rendered for their Country, for some reason no one I know from the 1960s Peace movement has been given such official recognition. In fact, not only that, but today as in the past some of us are being monitored on the Web 24/7, spied on like as if we posed some National threat, and have also found their names on blacklists at airports etc.

It is amazing how much more insight and understanding participants of anti-war movements have of certain strategies our nation should have taken compared to advisers who pocketed tens of thousand of dollars for inaccurate interpretation of intelligence and wrong advice laughing all the way to the bank or the Whitehouse. And it is a sad thing that some of our 1960s heads literally have to bag to survive today. These are the same people who made America what it is or rather what it was known for, when it was an example of freedom, tolerance, respect for human rights, democracy and a symbol of victory of the oppressed minorities. Americans expected or even demanded others to meet its own high standards that it stood for.

So, I'd like to ask you to please help a 1960s hippy friend, who is a Holocaust survivor, an internationally known Peace activist and a close friend of many heads from the 1960s Peace Movement like Abbie Hoffman, for example. Please visit his radical anti-Bush website at www.pieman.org and Donation whatever you can. We cannot allow our aging human rights heroes to be pushed around in our Country and to have to bag.

Wake up America!

The next subject we should take up is Internet Monitoring, which I have had some personal first hand opportunity to study on my own PCs over a number of years. By the way, they don't install Web Beacons or spyware, they just track your PC's processor number, and I think Yahoo is involved in this business of following people around the Web.

Putin gets the shaft from God

Russian President Putin gets the shaft. God himself intervenes to change Western European's over-optimistic opinions as to the dependence on Russian gas and oil supplies and their not risking geo-political abuse and manipulation by their mighty Russian partner. All this just weeks after contracts were signed between Germany and Russia on building a Baltic Sea pipeline. Other countries have also expressed interest in joining the project.

This year's record freezing Arctic weather in Russia and Eastern Europe has brought about cutoffs and limitations of gas deliveries from Russian. This was preceded by cutting of Russian supplies to the Ukraine. And then by limiting and cutting supplies to Georgia and other countries.

Maryelle Demongeot writes for Reuters Press:
"Gas supplies from Russia, disrupted at the start of the year by a pricing dispute with Ukraine, returned to the spotlight at the weekend after explosions knocked out the main pipeline to Georgia. Exports to Europe were already running below normal due to bitterly cold conditions in Russia... European supplies were also low, forcing some countries to turn to oil-based heating or power generation fuels just as temperatures in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe are set to head below freezing, the Met Office said on Friday... Ukraine said last week it was forced to tap more Russian gas from pipelines across its territory due to cold weather, while Italy said supplies from Russia were not enough to meet demand." Read the full article

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Bolivia chooses freedom from oppression

Bolivia chooses freedom from so called "American imperialist oppression". A truly historical moment in terms of the world, where a small and poor country shows the finger to the mighty guardian of the world and chooses the interests of its own indigenous people over the interests its egocentric neighbors. It also chooses the first in its history American Indian as its leader. In the process, Bolivia's newly elected President Evo Morales has no choice but to join Fidel Castro and the Axel Of Evil. I wonder if Axel Rose wouldn't consider doing some cheritable concerts and PR work for poor Bolivia? Liberta, Liberta, Liberta...

OK. I know you're thinking why don't you move there? Well, even though Bolivia is a beautiful country with the people there are wonderful I wouldn't move there because I am not functioning well where I am now. So, I have no idea how I would get by there. But it's good to see that there are places in the world where the weak have the balls to show peaceful and democratic opposition to the strong by choosing freedom, even though it may sometimes cost them dearly.

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About Prophecies

Good prophets are intelligent people who understand some of the basic mechanics of the world, have a good sense of intuition and a gift of observation for developing events. The present was forged yesterday and the future is being forged today. If you do good today it will be more likely that you will have a good karma in the future.

Some prophets sometimes can tell us about what the general future world trends may be. But those same prophets often fail to foresee the big events that shake the world and change the course of the future. For example, how many have predicted 9/11 or the New Orleans floods in just the last decade. And if they did would anyone take them seriously anyway? And if they were taken seriously what would happen to them if they proved to be wrong? There is always the transcendental factor of maya at play in all that can be perceived; even threw the keenest sense of ESP. Therefore, I think it's unwise to put too much trust in everything you read or hear from such sources.

On www.polishhippy.com website's About Page "Literature" you can read the prophetic verse Jack Kerouak wrote in "On The Road" in 1955 about coming down the Brooklyn Bridge dressed like a band of Arabs to blowup NY. Well, he certainly knew what was cooking or maybe he was one of the greatest prophets of our time. Whatever the case may be my advice is not to trust in anything, prophets or religions. If you're interested in philosophy or prophecy study it and develop the skills yourself. Everyone has the potential. Like everything else it also needs to be discovered and developed. I used to hold classes on developing prophetic and fortune telling skills in Central Europe and know something or other about it. I realize that some may disagree, but I believe that Jesus (If he wasn't just a literary hero) left his home when he was 13 to take lessons from some Persian teacher(s). In the ancient world it wasn't uncommon for boys that age to join schools. All ancient schools were run by clerics. You'll still find this practice in some parts of the East ex. India.

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The Business Model "Your Misfortune Is My Gain"

I used to dream of owning a beach house. And many others did too. So prices of beachfront real estate soared. Now after Katrina I realize that it was just another pipedream. I am all for democracy and a free market society. But believe that business should follow some code of ethics in times of crises. Guess I was taught that at home in our family business. I'll never forget an insurance representative telling New Orleans flood victims on TV that if they didn't have additional flood coverage (which most of them didn't even know about) their insurance would not cover their damages. As the prices of oil soar way beyond the psychological $50 a barrel to a never before imagined $60 a barrel and rising oil companies and their executives are not intent on giving up profits or sacrificing some of their salaries. They're all concerned about profits and looking forward to make as much out of it all as possible. There should be a point where humanity overcomes greed. Business seems to be following the business model "your misfortune is my gain" as they usually do. But perhaps I'm just too insensible and don't trust in God. But look for Him/Her in people's actions, minds and hearts.

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Katrina Relief

Visit these websites to find out how you can help:

Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org

The International Rescue Commitee
www.irc.org

oxfam
www.oxfam.org

Enjoint Amsterdam!



I've returned home from the Netherlands. I think I have just finished my Amsterdam page with some info and photos. Here's the address to it www.polishhippy.com/amsterdam

I am using a low budget hosting service. So, if for some reason you should find my site down for a while please come back later or visit my backup site at www.geocities.com/polishhippy

I also created a blog where you can add your comments and other information about Amsterdam it is located at http://hipamsterdam.blogspot.com

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE THIS OR THAT BLOG AS A FORUM TO ADD COMMENTS OR OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT AMSTERDAM AND THE HIP SCENE THERE.

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Attacks in London

I want to express my grief about the July 7, 2005 attacks in London. Also to say that if not for Bush's war there wouldn't be such an outburst of terror in the world. Still, those responsible for them are not suffering as much as the people of a country that had nothing to do with them. What about those lists of sensitive words and the monitoring cameras in the cities? Obviously, they failed. The war has not made us safer at all. If a leader makes such a mistake he should be held responsible. Clinton made an incomparably lesser mistake and do you remember what they did to him? His mistake was nothing compared to one that has caused the loss of so many innocent lives.

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Social Acceptance

I am not ashamed to admit that I was born a male chauvinist and can't help it. It's genetic. But please relax, beasts like me are in the minority. Besides that, I'm very old fashioned. I like women who don't want to prove that they can be just as good as man. Unless if they're butch dikes; then its O.K. because that's their God-given nature. And I don't like guys who want to prove that they're just as good as women. Unless if that's their God-given nature, of course. One should find him or her self, accept him or her self as he or she is and be him or her self, I believe. But to do that is difficult without social acceptance. And there's still plenty to be done in that area.

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A Trip To Amsterdam (continued)

I'm not going to Amsterdam just for fun but also to collect some material for my presentation about the 60s hippy movement as I know it for one of the Polish Capitol's museums that I have lectured for on other subjects in the past. I am not getting paid for any of this either. There was a time when America was like Amsterdam for many peoples of the world. Too bad that has changed in just a few years. It doesn't take much to loose what many generations have worked so hard for. If not for the dams Amsterdam wouldn't be here. It would be underwater because it is 5 meters below sea level. And if not for the Constitution and liberals such as Thomas Jefferson or the hippies America would be just another bushland. In spite of all the dark clouds, I do believe in the democratic system, in the goodness of men who made it and the foresight they also had to guard it through the Constitution against man who would like to take it away.

Happy 4th Of July everyone!

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A Trip To Amsterdam

I am now in Europe and planning a trip to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. A trip to Amsterdam could be pretty expensive from America but it's not as expensive from anywhere in Europe. It's like hoping from state to state here. The bummer are  accommodations because I haven't booked any yet. I've been dreaming of going back to Holland and of moving there. Unfortunately, prices in Europe are steep. Warsaw, Poland, the city I am living in now isn't cheep either. In fact, it is the 27th most expensive city in the world and sharply climbing according to this year's MERCER Human Resources statistics. Last year it was the 78th most expensive city in the world. Amsterdam is in the 24th on the list, London the 3-d most expensive and New York the 13th. Instead of going to Amsterdam you guys in America can always hop over to New Orleans or Frisco for a break. But, this is not a good time to travel to Europe because the buck buys a lot less here then ever before.

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Words

Every form of expression is limited and cannot express that which is unlimited. But without that limited form of expression we would know nothing and be nothing. The spoken or written word has a life of its own and takes on as many different forms as there are readers or listeners of it. That is the magical/illusionary power of the word. That is also a reason not to take every word too seriously.

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Grumpy Hippies

If someone complains about his or her town or country it is probably because he or she loves it and wants to improve it somehow for some reason. Hippies are reformers. They have brought about many changes in the world through criticism and protest. Most hippies don't sit on a fence, hide their heads in sand or walk about with their heads in the clouds pretending that everything's fine and dandy, at least not when they're not high.  

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Some words on self-knowledge.

"Men and women do not consent to be summed up in my categories. Even things do not. They present themselves too immediately, too uniquely to get summed up in terms convenient to my convenient self." [p. 283]

"Man and his word constitute one fourth of the reality of man. To know himself man must know the word, must submit to its mystery and its power. It is only when he self-submits to the word that word will benignly reveal its reality and his reality. Alternately, he may discard the word and be himself, himself unmeasured by language. When he comes to this nothing, this nothing will reveal itself as his reality and the reality of the word and the world." [p. 287]

["The Word Speaks to the Faustian Man" Vol. 2 by Som Raj Gupta]

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About John F. Kennedy's Assassination

JFK had scandals brewing. Had an affair with Marilyn Monroe and with other women perhaps. His personal doctor was known later in Beverly Hills as "Doctor Feel Good". JFK was hooked on steroids (hormone drugs)and speed (amphetamine) and was overdosing on them. Because of that he had a ferocious sex drive and was feeling like as if he was on a cloud. He refused to give up those substances when warned about them and would have surely died of an OD during his second term of office if reelected. Now, the question is who would have had interest in saving the national honor, the power and the means to arrange his assassination and to keep covering it up for many decades?

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Dreams

Everything begins with dreams. And everything that one can think of/dream of can be attained/materialized. So, keep dreaming and keep evolving to higher states of consciousness/being. The problem is that there are all kinds of dreamers and dreams of higher and lower nature. What may be good for some may be bad for others. The current world situation is a good example of that. So, it is important to try not to hurt others on our way to happiness. Simple to say but quite difficult to do. But if we keep that in mind on our way to the realization of our dreams/happiness the world would be a better place. PEACE!

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Did I go to the Pope's funeral in Rome?

I know what you are asking yourself: "Did he go to Pope John Paul II's funeral in Rome?" with the many other Poles who did. Well, you should know me by now and that I hardly ever do what is expected of me. So, obviously the answer is "no". I didn't go to Rome because my Mother's funeral was just a few weeks before the Pope died and I am still in mourning.

The Great Pope's death marks an end of an era. I was greatly moved by the news of it because he was a lot like my parents were; especially like my Father. My Parents had some mutual friends with the Pope and my Uncle Franek knew him very well from the theological seminary he attended. He was in the same class with Karol Wojtyla, became a good friend of his and met with him on his visits to Krakow, Poland.

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A distant relative in trouble

I found that Allysse Wojtanek-Watson, my distant relative (my last name is Wojtanek) from Colorado got into some trouble for singing a Dylan antiwar song. Click here to read all about it.

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Why I haven't been on the Net for a while

There are several reasons why I haven't been very active on the Net lately. One is because I am having problems with my Domains and hosting services. Another one is because I have been looking after my 92 years old Mother for the past few months. She is in and out of hospital and quickly slipping away from this world.

But please don't let that get you down. I just want you guys to know that I'm still hanging in there; though not so visible for a while.

We are one with God, the Universe and the Earth through our Mothers. Everyone has one. And every child loves the Mother most no matter how wicked or how distant she may have been.

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The Philosophy of Contraction and Expansion
Many hippies believe in communal life or communism. On the other hand, many of those same guys are selling whatever they can and whenever they can on streets, markets, websites or at gatherings. I always thought there was a lack of a coherent philosophical backbone in the movement. It seems that when it boils down to the basics of survival capitalism rules. And when it comes to getting help from others socialism or communism takes over. Hippies have a flimsy approach to materialism and to socialism because the majority of them are somewhere in the meddle between them. That's why I have developed over the years my Hippie Philosophy that I also call The Philosophy of Contraction and Expansion. It explains how this type of behavior is totally in agreement with the laws of Nature throughout the Universe.

Talking about communism... I met some guys from the Ukraine a week or two ago and they said that Ben Laden is in Byelorussia (how's that for being desperate). Maybe he too is incorporating some communism into his life at a time of strife. (What are they paying those guys at the NSA and CIA for anyway when people in Europe are talking about stuff like that on the streets yet those guys don't seem to know where the dude's at?)

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American Methanol Culture
On BBC World Report today I saw a program about American wine grapes grown illegally in Spain. Wine produced from them is also illegal in Europe and growing American grapes in Spain and other parts of Europe has been illegal since 1930s. A French wine expert claimed in the program that those grapes have too much methanol and could cause people to go insane. And it struck me that there must be something to it because the American people are the most insane people in the world and that's why many of us love them. It's also worth mentioning that much of American culture is a product of immigrants from gloomy Slav countries. They were people such as Gershwin, Irwing, Berlin, Rubinstain, Sikorski (invented the helicopter), Andy Warhol, Zappa, Sony Bono etc. who probably influenced by American wine dreamt up insane ideas that formed the modern American culture. They brought about awareness of racial and social injustices at a time when it was unthinkable to do so, shaped the media, entertainment, technology (a Russian immigrant, who was the President of NBC invented Television) and many other things that we identify with the American culture.

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That is how divided we were in the 60s
So, Virginia (from Virgin?) voted for Bush. When we look at the map of the states that supported Kerry and Bush we can plainly see where the hippie centers were in the sixties. And they were mainly concentrated on the West Coast, the East Coast and in the Midwest, the heart of the United States - in and around Chicago. We often forget that not all of the US is like the intellectual centers that create and animate the culture of our country. Most of it are rural folks that have little interest in the rest of the world. That is the way it was in the 60s and that is the way it is still. Also a similar pattern seems to be repeating itself where more sensitive people are beginning to move to Canada. In the 60s many Americans moved to Canada mostly to avoid the draft. I would have done that too had I not been able to go for a while to Europe instead. By the way, in case if you would like to know my favorite Presidents were JFK, Carter, Regan (yes, I know) and Clinton. But especially Carter, who ended the war, the draft and gave guys like me/us an amnesty.

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What a Maya!
Well, it's time to wake up from this election Maya that we held so much hope with. The man whom we called "Anything better then Bush" looses. What now? Who knows. Maybe another "Gate" or something or other like that. We'll have to wait and see how this soap opera evolves. There are many other nations in the world who have survived threw many worse things. So, let's no get too depressed and hang in there. Anyhow, this is pretty much like it was during the Vietnam War when the country was also divided so much. But, this time the divisions seem a bit more even, though. Let's just hope there will be a happy ending to all of this though, because most of us don't like melodramas too much.

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Good news for a change!
The FSIANCIA (Former Soviet Intelligence Agents Network Command Information Agency) has leaked some information about the election. They say that Tennessee GIs are voting for Kerry. I hope those agents are right. They also say that the whole state is going that way and the long lines at the polls show how much the country has come closer to the East. One of them even commented "It's almost like being back home in Moscow. If not for the good Executive job I have with the NSA (No Such Agency) I would be there now with my real family and kids". Ye, I really feel sorry for those guys, if you know what I mean. But the news is very promising. We'll see what happens before discrediting those stool pigeons once and for all.

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The last Kerry Supporters Meetup in the Capitol of Poland
The election is just a few days away. I am glad that the election results will not depend on the Polish people in Poland. If they did I would be packing and running. I was the only guy who showed up for the last Meetup and felt like a dork sitting at the table alone waiting for someone to show up. Even my friends have distanced themselves from me before the election. My future in Poland will look very bleak if Kerry doesn't win. So I will be really praying and having faith in the wisdom of the voters.

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Try to figure this one out!
Things are so weird in today's world that I am unable to follow them. I
just saw the newly released Ben Laden tape on BBC World where at the key moment of the Presidential election he threatens with new attacks. Also, after all those years, he admits to have masterminded the 9/11 attacks. By doing so he strengthens the Bush campaign, and I am sure that he must know that. I think I'm just too old, but would it be possible that those two guys are somehow connected? Why is it that in spite of all this modern equipment, technology, satellites that could track every one of us, read the newspaper fine print, find targets in the dark, eavesdrop on all forms of communication and our private conversations etc. there is almost no progress threw all those years in locating the real enemy? Would it be about money, power and oil? And isn't it true that a crises draws people closer; especially around a strong leader? And hasn't it been said that a war is a big business? I hope I am just too old and mistaken, but those thoughts must flash across many of our minds. This also reminds me of Johnson, another President from Texas who was also at the center of another mysterious national tragedy that hasn't been solved, yet.

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Today's BBC TV "Hard Talk" Interview
In today's BBC TV interview on "Hard Talk" Graydon Carter, the Editor of Vanity Fair said that the Patriot Act will probably be with us for a long time. He also said "The Patriot Act brought us closer to what it was like in Iraq before we went in there". I think that sums up the situation very well. It is often said that the war in Iraq is like Vietnam. In my opinion it is a lot worse. The Vietnam war did not pose a national threat and it did not take many liberties away from the citizens. The reason for the mass we are witnessing now are wrong decisions made by the wrong leader(s). When there is a fire one does not try to blow it out or fight it with fire because it will spread even more. A fire can be extinguished effectively only with an opposite neutralizing agent. Besides that, Iraq did not pose much of a threat to our nation before the war. And now it has turned into a full blown forest fire that has gone way out of control.

- What could be done to repair the problem?
- What could be done to give back to America the good name it had in the past?

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Summing Up the Big Event
The only John Kerry Supporters Meetup in Poland is over and it turned out to be a complete flop. Out of the 17 persons that signed up for the Meetup only I, its Organizer showed up. I have to honestly say that if the election was held in Poland today it would be Bush that would win by a landslide. However, knowing the people here as well as I do I am confident that when Kerry wins the election everyone here will say that they would have supported him but for one reason or another they couldn't. People here like to do what is correct. When it will be correct to support him or to show him the finger they will do just that. But no sooner then that. And that's why I feel out of place here. The situation with my local Hippie and Rainbow Family Meetups is even worse. Only one person has signed up so far and it probably is a dick from the fuzz. That's why I think I'm just going to give it up.

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Web Artist



I am a Web Artist. What that means is that I am who I am on the Web but for one reason or another I don't look as well in person as I do on the Net. In fact my situation is so bad right now that I am running behind with my rent and other bills. And what's worse, I have the last John Kerry Supporters Meetup to attend to this evening that I am the official organizer of in Poland and don't have enough money to buy myself a coffee at the fast food restaurant where I have organized the meeting. And this is the most important one because it is the last before the election. I am also afraid that I may not be there because I don't want people looking down into my soul and seeing me in this condition. As I have been told, my websites look good and I am very proud of that. That really is the only successful thing I've got going right now and which is keeping my self-confidence up. But God alone knows how much it really cost. Guess, others have their own genetic replicas in their children. My digital replica is in my Web pages and Web sites. Now, the question arises "Why do I do it"? Am I addicted? Have I lost my mind? Or what? I don't know the answer why I or others such as I have put almost everything aside for a few years, had even gone threw periods of sleep deprivation and even impoverishment just to build websites and other nonprofit or minimum profit services on the Net. In my case I think it's because the Internet has providen to be an artistic medium for me and a certain category of artists who find themselves well in it. And ever since I started studding computer programming in 1980 first thought and doing anything on the Net, the that came to mind was of using it as a spiritual and an artistic toolInternet is being . In my opinion, the destroyed by those who have turned it into a big supermarketthose . Of course, it's good to have all goods and services available at ones fingertips as long as the business side of the Internet will stop dictating conditions to those, who are there not for the money but for the people, humanities and art.

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Malpractice

In the surgical operation on Iraque the patient died a long time ago and the Operators should be charged with Malpractice.

Max Van Sydov

I just saw an old movie with Max Van Sydov in the main role. He played the role of an evil Count who came to a small town and turned its residents against each other. I could swear that Mr. Sydov was my neighbor's twin brother. My neighbor's Zodiac sign is a Bull but I don't know Mr. Sydow's Zodiac sign but could swear that he is probably a Bull too. It's incredible how Mr. Sidov resembles my neighbor physically and psychically.

I also know a handsome 20 year old Capricorn hacker-cracker guy who in many ways resembles Boris Karlov... I wonder what does it all mean? Well you know, this part of Europe is like a never ending The Adams Family TV series. And I should now because my real name is Adam and this is my family's homeland.

I still don't understand why people in Poland think I'm some kind of Wizard or a sage. People expects me to be an example to follow; some kind of role model. Guess they never had an Elvis Presley here or Bill Hailey and The Comments, The Beatles or a real antiestablishment movement like the hippie movement. I wanna be like Keith Richards and not like the Pope, if you know what I mean. And whenever I do anything that does not fit that mold the natives wanna throw the book at me or burn me at the stake. I can't take it any more but I can't afford to leave either because I'm broke and have been looking for a job way too long. What a creepy trap! But then again, if I come out of this jam alright I may still stay here anyway. Probably because when I look around the world it seems that there are problems in almost every part of the it. So, where could I moving to? Where could I find some peace and quiet? That is the question.

Some Thoughts #1



- Love is the greatest world in the English language...

- There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity...

- Home are people who love us and whom we love.

- When someone feels lost, depressed and unappreciated that means that he or she is lost, depressed and unappreciated...

- Dictators usually promise prosperity at the cost of freedom...

- The journey is more important then the destiny...

- In 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to put his foot on the Moon. He also left the first peace of litter there. Today we have not only filled our planet with waste but also the surrounding space.

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Access the plastic fantastic world

My Sony TV broke down for good on 09.11.2001 at about 23:00 Central European Time (I did not note the exact time, though.). It was just after a friend and I saw the World Trade Buildings collapse live on CNN. We even thought that we were victims of some malicious attack through the electric cables. It was the most unbelievable and probably the most shocking experience of my time next to the assassination of President Kennedy. Because of my ongoing fiscal crisis I've been without a TV set since then. Once in a while though, I managed to catch some at my friends' homes. The developing world events are very bleak and depressing (click here for my views on Bush Jr. and the War).

Not until July 4, 2003 (another coincidence) was I able to got some bread together and get a good deal on a 14-inch set at Carrefour, a French supermarket. Now, my brain is plugged-in again to the plastic, fantastic universe through my new small screen entertainment center.

Some say that newspapers, radio or the Internet are better sources of information then TV. Well man, I've got news for them... I found, through personal experience that TV is the best source of information. When I was without a TV for a year and a half I did not know what was going on in the world. On the other hand, perhaps that was good because there was nothing interesting going on, if you know what I mean. I've even built a global and alternative news page on my Web site but did not find time or patience to go through all of the news and info everyday. I was also unable to find time or patience to read newspapers because reading a paper every day is like reading a book a day. It's expensive and one still gets only one point of view. Radio is a great source of audio entertainment but does not provide the wide scope of audio-visual experience one gets from TV. Of course, there will always be those who would rather burry their heads in the send. However, hippies do not burry their heads in the sand. Well, at least they don't most of the time.

Being an American hippie means, "being a reformist". That translates into "knowing what's going on". Even though I am an old hippy, I do admit that I have grown a bit tired by now of trying to repair the world. After all, fixing the world, being controversial, misunderstood, an alienated artist and having a ball some of the time or at least pretending to have one (I am not talking about baseballs or golf balls) are hard work, which requires good, reliable and cheap sources of information. Television has proven to be such a cheep and more or less reliable source of information and entertainment. Let's not forget that the PR done for hippies and the Peace Movement by the mass media in the 1960s attracted many young people, members of the silent majority and even war veterans to it, and helped to turn it into an easily recognizable global happening for almost all young people on our planet.

I consider myself a liberal democrat or something or other like that and I'm all for freedom. However, an overdose of TV as well as anything else could probably do more harm then good. Therefore one should try to take a proper balance of information from different sources before processing the downloaded date in the mind and making theories and arriving at conclusions. It is also important to remember that there is no one higher truth, but that there are many different kinds of truths, which may be equally valid to different people in different places and at different times.

The Universe is a complex living organism and any operation on it will generate complex and unforeseeable reactions. Most of us are just passive observers of the play of the complexities of the world. On some occasions we get involved when they touch us. Whatever the case may be, lets remember that no one is perfect. Lets stop expecting from others anything more then normal human, imperfect behavior and stop prying in people's private lives. Freedom generates freedom (freedom is also freedom to choose to give up some freedom). It is time to grow up and stop believing in childish truths, fairy tales, ancient myths, mythology, mythological figures and a heaven somewhere out there. And didn't someone once say: "Religion is opium for the masses"? It is time to come down to earth. The Earth is where we come from, what supports us and where we are headed. So, lets stop the nonsense and save our Planet.

The world is built on dreams, and what we dream we can realize i.e. materialize. We are Magicians, and creation is a transfer of ideas to matter. So, lets get real, lets cherish freedom, stop the hatred, revenge and destruction and lets start dreaming of more constructive things. The mind (the brain is the hardware of the mind) is still the most powerful mechanism we know. Everything begins, exists and gets transformed (into other forms of existence) in the mind. So if we could change our minds i.e. the way humankind thinks we could make this a better and a happier world for all.

It is known how much is spent on defense, forceful methods of resolving social and international problems and prevention. But how much (if anything at all in some countries) is spent on integration, understanding and Peace? How much on teaching Logical Thinking? How much on Peace Movements, pacifism, humanism and activism, and on those who work toward the integration of diversified global societies? Certainly, a lot is spent on monitoring those who work towards those goals. But how much is actually spent on the promotion of these individuals, institutions or technologies instead? Probably, hardly anyone really cares to know or even thought to ask.

We believe that we live in a free and peace loving society. But do we really? Statistics prove the contrary. And isn't our society beginning to resample a bit some former communist block state where there were informers, a constant state of alert, strengthened border controls, invigilation of society and especially of foreigners by a Secret Police and Secret Services (SS), paranoia, corruption, insensitivity, intolerance, totalitarian leadership, rigged elections, mind games, lying, bulling around, law of the fittest (the strongest), oppression, leaders blinded by outdated fundamentalist ideology from old literary works, little concern for the poor and the working class, a society paralyzed by many social schisms, a place where a man cannot even brush against a woman, a child or a cop, whose arts and cinema generate more violence in the world etc. Wait a minute! Was I writing about the Land of the Free? Of course not!

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My views on Bush, the War

My views on Bush, the War and present International policies etc. are along the line of those expressed by Gore Vidal on CNN, which I saw on CNN Europe, Thursday, 20 February 2003 (CEE).

If I could add something more to what Mr. Vidal said I would only add that I have faith and trust in the American system, and believe that eventually those fundamentalists will be run out of office and the power will be given to some more sensible people. I am only afraid that it may take many decades before the world forgets all that took place, though. My advice is that we should stop buying oil from states which are not compatible, or which do not wish to be compatible with the Western World. The oil producing countries just have too much money and look down on Westerners as if they were some kind of pests. Perhaps when they get a bit closer to ground they will also become a bit more reasonable. Instead of oil we could use cheap vegetable oil, for example. And just imagine the benefits farmers, our ecosystem (providing no harmful substances would be produced) and our Mother Planet could have from this... Peace!

I am looking for a transcript of Mr. Vidal's commentary. Write to me if you have it or if you know where I may find it. I could not find it at CNN.com and in search engines.

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Drugs & Vices

There are some countries where prostitution and drugs are legal. I believe that prostitutes should be able to collect social security, practice safe sex, pay tax and deduct expenses just like everyone else. Drugs, prostitution, gambling as well as anything else that may be banned generate unnecessary interest, great amounts of crime and bring great deals of revenue only to criminals, crooked officials and politicians. Governments spend enormous amounts of money on the fight with vices and illegal substances. Taxpayer's funds are spent on equipment, man force, training, legislation, prosecution, literature, seminars, special studies etc. Many branches of industry have also developed around drug and vice enforcement. They have lobbies in governments and may have even been established by crime syndicates with laundered money. Because of the big business connected to those there is little hope that they will be legalized soon. Only truly strong, independent of American foreign policy pressure governments and honest politicians can support the idea of legalization of drugs and vices. Holland is a fine example of such a great nation and an honest group of people in government, who do not wish to be subjected to crime, crime world manipulation, bribery, black mail or scandals.

In countries where drugs and vices have traditionally been legal the interest in these was not as significant as in those countries which banned them. I saw this type of change take place in Poland, in only one decade, for example. Therefore, I propose the following idea. Why not ban taking vitamins, making love or spending time with family on weekends? I am sure that if we did, great masses of people would rebel and start doing exactly the things, which someone has forbidden them to do. I am positive that someone would come along soon with ideas on how to make millions of dollars (or Euro)on making all those people get their "degenerated" kicks.

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Astrological eAdvice

I'd like to share with you the reassuring spiritual message I received today on my mobile phone from the MSN or Yahoo (same one on both web sites) Astrologer: "Unwind and release. Passion and distance combine in great art. Rock the worlds." Yeh Baby! I'm down for that... Right on!

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There goes another endless Summer

Well, there goes another boring Polish Summer and there's nothing and no one new in my life, and I think I'm gonna puke any minute now. Lifetime e-mail service kicks the bucketMay 28, 2002Are you wondering what ever happened to that lifetime FREE_EMAIL @ PolishHippy.com? Well, so was I and I checked with BigMailBox.com - our service provider. This is the answer I got: "Due to overwhelming demand for service and associated capacity issues, BigMailBox's free advertising-supported e-mail program has been suspended effective immediately." What a bummer! And I just signed a contract or an agreement with them. Those email boxes sure had a short lifespan, didn't they? I can only say sorry fellow hippies I tried... But I'm not giving up. I'm still looking around for a reliable mail provider, so keep your pants or skirts on, and visit my site from time to time, please. PEACE!

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Finally @ my_own_domain

Well, it's been a long and winding road to my own domain. It started at HipPlanet.com where I built my first Website. From there it took me to Hippy.com and from there to Yahoo! Geocities and later to Lycos. After that, I got a good deal at TopCities and finally got tired of all that moving around and site building, and settled down at my own domain: www.polishhippy.com

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Plans for the future

I'd like to move to Amsterdam (but I don't know Dutch or anyone there) or to Frisco, Provincetown, Martha's Vineyard or something like that. Tell me about any kewl place(s) that you know where a middle age, "liberal minded" and conservative hippie might find a congenial environment to work, play and meditate in.

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PC junkie goes cold turkey
B. Gaytz under investigation for peddling illicit substances

This was the first morning in over a year when I did not turn on The Machine (my PC) right after getting out of bed to finish some work I started doing on my web sites at night (Hey dude, does that sound a bit familiar to you?). I guess that must mean that I've finished building my sites, and that I've turned into a PC junkie, and am having some problems kicking the PC habit (I should get an honorary degree in psychology or something like that from a reputable educational institution. Oh, by the way, let me know if you're hooked too or when they ban the PC! I'm writing a booklet on the subject and may need extra time to get rid of all the evidence I gathered. Maybe before they hit the little guys like me they'll go after the big time pushers such as Gaytz and all the rest of them). Yes, I've decided and it's final! I'm gonna go cold turkey for a while. Sooo, you may not see me Online for a while, dudes and dudeses.

But I have an idea. OK! OK! I'm reading your mind… So you're thinking to yourself "Who cares about all this bull! Has he flipped?". And perhaps you're right. Perhaps I've flipped and nobody cares. But this is a web page, and I'm a hippie Webmaster, and everyone expects me to generate far out, brilliant, psychedelic and mind expanding stuff, which would take the reader's on a trip to new heights of intellectual orgasmic spasms. So bare with me for a while, I'll try to prove to you how wrong this line of thinking may be. After all, if you've gotten this far, you're really interested, really stupid or perhaps just absolutely stoned. But we know... you're none of those. And your PC or I don't really care. Why don't we ask the monitor about it? After all, what is a PC without a good monitor? But the problem is that monitors just sit behind desks, collect dust and can be sometimes hazardous to the environment. So, lets forget about them. Let them monitor us and hope they'll just go away. Maybe they'll just get bored and find some other object of interest.

Now let's move on with the subject. Before you continue you should know that I follow a very strict code of ethics. I realize that this may be very discouraging for many of you. If for any reason you don't like the code of ethics I follow, I can get other codes of ethics from where that one came from. So don't worry about it, everything is in accordance with a Universal Code of Ethics I follow. If you have any doubts on this, that's probably because of the limited model of Western education you have received. If that's the case I suggest trying a good love affair with lots of physical contact. This may help put the situation back to Normal. So now you're saying to yourself "Sure! Where am I going to find a partner?". Well, what can I tell you… Don't look at me! Try the Yellow Pages or call Information. And as far as I know, Elton John already has a Partner.

Here are some ideas I came up with while shopping at my local supermarket. I entitled them "How to capitalize on my PC addiction", and then I scratched it out and replaced it with this one: "How to turn PC addiction into millions". After all, others have done exactly that before me. Below are some of the main points I jotted down on my grocery bag while waiting for a bus. Unfortunately, unaware of the historical significance of the document, after returning home I disposed of it and was left without any memento. Below are only a few of the main points I came up with, which form the backbone of my scheme:
· Could write a book(s) on How To Kick PC Addiction.
· Could claim that I found God and he saved me.
· Could call a conference to draw more attention to the problem and get doctors, psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry interested in it. There's a lot of bread in this business for them.
· Could patent the idea and sell it to all of the above.
· Could blame some helpless, misunderstood religious minority for this problem; get provincial politicians involved just prior to election; feed a few catchy scandals for the press to nibble on. Majority religions back up and support will be sure to follow...
· Call a Press Conference on how PCs are breaking up families, social ties and costing taxpayers billions and billions in lost revenues.
· Become socially correct and join the decked out world in its campaign to rid the world of misfits.
· Wait for Makrosoftword hush funds or some other kinds of funds to follow after getting sufficient media attention to the problem.
· Make a political career on all of the above and take-up the art of collecting hundred dollar bills in shoeboxes in-between international diplomatic conferences in Switzerland.

Let me know what you think and if you could, make a prepayment on my future publication. And because you've gotten this far I don't want to leave you feeling like a fool. So, I am going to make you a special offer. I will strip the price for you by not just 1%, 2% or 3% but a whopping 4% off the regular bookshelf price for my forthcoming book. Now, how's that for a groovy deal? So, don't hesitate! Act now! Time is running out. This offer is limited to members of the Hippy Ring and their guests. All sales are final - sorry, no refunds.

Now I'll level with you. I'm in it only for the money. That's right! This dude's in it for the money, honey. Sooo, send me cash or make payment to my Off Shore account as soon as possible. I am counting on your support. With this sad but happy thought in mind I wish you farewell and am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you for your faithful patronage and may the Mothers of Invention bless you!

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