Sometimes, ya need a cheerleader,,,
While, not “Cheers!”, a good word may be enough
Let me put down some facts here:
Things aren’t as GOOD as The Trumped Krew is trying to sell it. Not even close. Prices are still going upupup, incomes are shrinking at prodigious rates (while not in actual numbers, but in PURCHASING POWER) and the job market ‘ain’t all that’.
on that last note, some good is coming out. People are breaking free from the “J.O.B.” mentality and starting more home businesses,Gigs, and production types. The internet makes this even easier as you can find ‘apps’ that allow you to advertize your wares or skills without needing a huge investment. Gig Economy is taking off even more.
Even more so, the “Top Down” centralized government thing is failing. The Gig economy is one sign of it, the mass protests world wide that are not being talked about in the MSM’s are another. People are sick of the lying, the bullshit, the blatant theft of thier time and livelihoods for things they would never agree to if given options.
WHERE IT STANDS FROM MY HILLSIDE VIEW:
Things are falling apart in the WOrld Government scene. the cracks are widening, and the structure is about to collapse. and those PTB know it. They are scrambling to keep the old order ‘alive and well’ and everything they do only drive wedges deeper into the cracks. They sell snake oil to the masses and hope we don’t notice the rot and ruin behind it. They prop up a Ponzi scheme economy by pumping more currency into the system, but the system is already flooded, choking out, and stumbling; firing on 3 (of 8) cylinders if you will. This is seen by the disparity of value in commodities like precious metals compared to the other standards.
And meanwhile, us out here in the trenches, so to speak, only feel the crunch and squeeze of a failing economy, struggle to make the ends meet, and watch the feeds in confusion and disgust. “Can’t they see the damage they are doing?”
No, they can’t because they aren’t looking at the world through our eyes. They only see the POWER, and thats all they want, never realizing that WE, THE PEOPLE are the real power, We, allow that power to be, or not. and slowly, ever so slowly, people are pulling that power back. Not by willful effort, but by simple means of “I haven’t anymore to spare”.
They can jack up the taxation rates; we will find ways of reducing our tax burden, and THEY take less and less. (it was proven under Reagan, lower the tax burden and watch the coffers fill up. raise them and the coffers empty. Go figure,,,) Single families that pull their kids out of the schools, reducing themselves to a single income family, and finding out that its cheaper to teach the kids at home, and better for the family health in general. And sometimes, those kids create their own little businesses that help bring in income for the family. Not ‘child labor’ but a learning curve that promotes FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE. in and environment that encourages FAMILY, over SOCIAL MEANS.
Social means. Social Media. Both feed Narcissism. Narcissism’s fuel is POWER OVER OTHERS. How many times have you read someones profile on SM as ” an influencer”? The Stinks that are coming out around and in the Epstein files were powered by that fuel. The events and actions that were done, recorded and held over the heads of those with that Narciissitic drive, were not done out of fear or by being intimidated into a corner. They were done willfully seeking a ‘high’ on power.
Family.
Sound Teachings (religious, ethics, philosophy, MORALS)
REAL Value, not empty promises
I can see a resurgence of all of those in the coming years. BUT, those coming years are likely going to be rough; maybe even rougher than those our grandparents went through in the Great Depression.
Get your family back together, or grow a new one around those you currently have. NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, but in flesh and blood interactions, get-togethers, EVENTS that encourage bonding and growth, and yes, SPIRITUALITY. We are NOT only of the earth, but something much bigger and powerful,. We also outnumber those EVIL types 100000:1. those types make up the top eschelon of society, but that does not make them better, it just means they seek more power than value. We, THE PEOPLE, make up the real world that holds value over power.
as much as I love the worldliness of the internets, its NOT real life. I do enjoy the near instanteous-ness of communications, but that is a TOOL, not a foundation. Make the connections in ‘meat-space’, not just here in the aether. Get a handshake with flesh and blood, not just an email.
Yes, I have had a downer week. Bloo being Bloo and weather being weather, Da and Docs, shitty news reports eating the hindside of my mind, tight finances, all of it added up into a microdepression that started eating the good.
ONE good nights sleep, that was all I needed, along with a little Cheerleading from one of the voices of my past
What comes next isn’t as important as my prescence, being there to do as I can to push for the GOOD to prevail. Not riding a wave to glory, but to see that when the dust settles PEOPLE stand taller and prouder than we do now. Thats ALL I WANT. To see the people around me as proud of their independence and freedom as we were when I was growing up.
We will never be free of the evil. But we can squash it back into Unpopularity. at least for a time.
LIVE
LEARN
LAUGH
LOVE
LOAD!!!!




MOST EXCELLENT! ‘Specially the last 2 para’s.
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:01 am