A Prince is born

A Prince is born

Today the great news was that a prince of the World of born and this is a great event because it gaves us continuity and a look to the future were the new born prince will be King long after we have passed away from this planetary plane and something we have known in our lifetime will continue into the future of mankind. We were once ruled by Lords and princes that told us how to live and had the power of life and death over us, but they needed us  to feed them, build their castles, and fight their wars, but in turn the cared for our welfare fore they knew they needed us.

Today our rulers don’t think they need us anymore that they can play us against each other or let machines do the work we use to do. They are wrong future generations will united the workers of the world (not just one country) their machines will need us to operated them, but we will be one people of the world. Now this may many generations after us, but rest assured we will win in the end and we will have our prince to lead us

My Father, JFK and the Workingclass

My Father loved JFK, more because he was an Irish Catholic who had made it. Unlike my Father raised in a Protestant Country (Scotland) Kennedy made my father’s life long suffering worthwhile, yet I saw Kennedy and another sell out to the enemies of the working class, that portended to be with us only to stab us in the back in the end as many Democrats do.  My Father like many others left the country he loved and he did love Scotland and even England if they were fighting a common enemy. After being discriminated against in job after job for being an Irish Catholic he took to the streets, he once said the his proudest moment was when he put a brick through a Orange party Base drum during the Orange parade in Glasgow.

Don’t get me wrong the Kennedy Family did a lot for this country working within a system that heavily favors the elite class over the working class, and Ted Kennedy did a lot the improve health care in this country, which makes me think that senator if worked right can be more powerful than a President.

I think the fight goes on, but not just for Irish Catholics, but for all workingclass people around the world, and yes it looks like an impossible dream, but so did a free Ireland.   

Babylon Long Island part one

The region was once called Huntington South. Nathaniel Conklin moved his family to the area, eventually calling it "New Babylon", naming it after the ancient town of Babylon around 1803. The town was officially formed in 1872 by a partition of the Town of Huntington.

 

Montauk Highway 27A is called Main Street as it runs through Babylon village with its little shops it is one of long Island's nicest places to visit.

Presbyterian Church of Babylon

 

Yorkshire puppy in the Window of one of Babylon's Main Street shops

The main intersection of the Babylon Village in Main Street 27A and Deer Park Ave

The Tidewaters Tavern on the corner of Main Street 27A and Deer Park Ave Babylon

Main Street Babylon Long Island

Route 27A

Looking down Fire Island Ave from Montauk Highway (Main Street) 27A Babylon

Movie house in Babylon with price like $8 for Adults, $7 for Seniors and $6 for Children

The Old Town Hall for Babylon Township before it was moved to Sunrise Highway (27)

The Chase Bank in Babylon Long Island

 

Main Street Route 27A Merrick Road/Montauk Highway was called South Stage Coach Road back in 18th century when George Washington toured Long Island four times, he traveled along it stopping in town like Babylon.

 

 

Photos of Amityville Long Island NY taken in 2004 of the Park Ave Schools including the oldest Park North which I believe it was built around 1898 and once served as K to 12 for the Surrounding area as far away as Seaford. The other Park Ave schools added in 1932 and being modified here in 2004. The Merrick Road High School was built opened in 1952, 
Amityville was settled around 1653, name changed from West Neck South to Amityville when incorporated on March 3 1894, at a meeting where the people were fighting over a name, when somebody called out Amity meaning let be friendly most people like the name Amityville (Friendly village) and they are still trying to live up to that name

Park North School in 1906
 I believe it was built around 1898 and once served as K to 12 for the Surrounding area as far away as Seaford

Park North School in 2004

The other Park Ave schools added in 1932 and being modified here in 2004.

 

The Merrick Road High School was built opened in 1952 for the class of 1953 of which my sister was a member

 



Walking to the bank

While I was walking to the bank I spotted what look like a big bird in the distance, when I got a little closer I saw two turkeys, one right in my path. When I walked up to it the turkey moves aside with a little garble sound and I kept on walking. A little farther down the road I passed in front of a mail truck, as I walked pass the truck the mail carrier leaned out her truck and says do you know that a turkey is following you, I look around and sure enough the turkey is right behind me, I walk a little more and the turkey is still there, now I have to cross a busy road (Rt. 112) to get to the bank, so I turn shout at the turkey to go home and it seem to get the message for she (I think it was a female) goes cross the road, I hope she went back to the other turkey that I think was a male, anyway she stop following me.   

Culture of the people or maybe not

A lot of the American people blame the government for everything that goes wrong and they are partly right, we have Republicans that some of us elected to the government, that campaigned on the fact that they hate the government. Now when you hire a plumber, do you hire a plumber that hates plumbing?  No! So the problem is not just with them, but who hired them. One of the real problems of the American government is that both Republicans and Democrats depend on the same powerful elite to get them elected and reelected.  

The easy way people not the take blame yourselves is to blame just one man, for all that goes wrong or to credit them for what goes right, but if you look at the foreign policies for the last fifty years you will see little difference between Republicans and Democrats. Why is that? I suggest that it is because War Profiteers rule the pentagon, just look at the fact that the United States has found somebody to fight since World War two and even now have a military bigger than all the other nations militaries put together.

There is a big cry about the fact we use too much oil, but why is that? Back about a hundred years ago the United States had the greatest mass transit system in the world with both rail and light rail systems crisscrossing this great country of ours. The powerful elite discovered that oil could make them big profits if they could convince the American people that what they really wanted was oil burning Automobiles. There were other types of engines including electric, but that cut into their profits for not only buying oil, but there were fewer repairs on electric car than oil burning cars therefore less profits

There are many other industries that manage the American people like puppets to improve their profits, like what food you eat, what electronics to that you like, and many more. The point is that we need to redo our entire culture, support for international police force under the United Nations paid for by all nations, not just the American taxpayer, doing away with the need for each nation having their own military. Either rebuilding the American nation’s Mass transit systems and/or develop affordable electric cars.

The thing is we cannot be a nation of individuals, but we must finally form an American Society working together to help each other through rough times, together we can make a better America              

Obama’s State of the Union 2013

Obama said that he wants to keep the largest military the world has ever seen, but cut Medicare and Social Security, Why? If the world wants a Global Police Force the every nation should pay for it, not just the American Tax payer. The trouble is that is the only part of the speech where he may get Republican votes. There is usually only about 50% of the American people who vote, there are many reasons for this, some are just too lazy and don’t care, some think it is a protest (a protest nobody notices), but many others don’t vote because they are not given anybody to vote for, when both parties take a similar positions of important issues.

There were many good parts of Obama’s speech too, most without detail like Congress passing the American Job Act, which the failed to do during Obama’s first term, Immigration Reform, Gun Control and tying the minimum wage to inflation, raising it now to $9.00 an hour. All these issues should be passed by Congress, but won’t unless the American people pressure their Congressperson and Senators to do so, make your protests heard by writing to your representatives and let them know how you feel about the issues that concern you.      

Making Killing easy

Ever since humans got big heads they started trying to find easier ways to kill either animals or each other. First spears instead of clubs then spear throwers, then bows and arrows, then the crossbows and longbows.

There have been saner voices in the past; In 1139 Pope Innocent III and the second Lateran council outlaw the crossbow as a weapon causing unacceptable devastation, of course nobody listen with the crossbow being used until the invention of the musket around 1500. The musket was the weapon of choice until the mid 19^th century when the rifle was invented just in time for the American Civil War. We invented automatic rifles and machineguns in time the First World War. We invented in the same time frame canons and bombs of all kinds including nuclear bombs that can wipeout whole cities with one bomb dropped from high in the air. We can now sit thousands of miles away eating popcorn while killing people we don’t like. We are even working on machines that will pick out who to kill, so they can’t be hacked into by the people we don’t like.

Today in the year 2013 we are still wrestling with the same question as in 1139, have we made killing too easy. We hope that someday the human race will evolve to the point where we can answer that question.