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Are you Eloi or Morlock?

While not completely descriptive (I would envision 3 classes with today's working conservative American between the two described), this old Sci-Fi tome provides some insight into the world of today IMO. Think of the eloi as the glitterati of today (celebs, actors, Libs, socialists living off transfer payments, etc.) and the Morlocks as everyone else (if there can only be two classes) --:

Eloi and Morlocks

If you have not read H. G. Well's "The Time Machine" I highly recommend it as a science fiction masterpiece. The hero builds a machine that transports him hundreds of thousands of years into the future where he meets two different species of human beings, the eloi and the morlocks. The movie is as terrible as the book is excellent.

The eloi evolved from the ruling class. They live in beautiful gardens and ruins amid fragrant flowers and tasty fruits. Their days are filled with fun. They have no understanding of the things that are provided for them and feel no need to understand. They are pretty but useless.

The morlocks evolved from the working class. They live underground with the machines where it is dark and dangerous. They make things and provide them to the eloi whom they treat as food animals. They are ugly but productive.

Allowing that the darkness and the cannibalism are plot devices I see this as a brilliant piece of extrapolation. As I look around I see two cultures with different values. Eloi and the morlocks walk among us today; you just have to look for them.

Eloi live in the television world where appearance is everything. Their work is either interpersonal or artistic and rarely about making money. They believe in all types of magic. They don't understand what morlocks do. They regard machines, numbers, money, and weapons as evil and would like them to disappear so we could live like the happy chimpanzees. Eloi create our culture.

Morlocks live in the concrete world where appearance is less important than productivity. Their work is with machines or numbers and is usually about making money. They rarely believe in magic. They don't understand how eloi survive without producing anything of substance. They regard machines, numbers, money, and weapons as sources of power and enjoyment that make us different from the unhappy chimpanzees. Morlocks create our material well being.

Which are you????

65 MPG Ford -- We Won't See It Here? Know Why?

One of the biggest reasons -- it runs on diesel. Too expensive to make it "acceptable" here....... more

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_37/b4099060491065.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

Too bad we are trying to be too green...........

Gustavo -- Is God telling us to ignore the Republican Convention?

Hmmmmmmmmmm................. I wonder................

For all the "non-believers" out there

Do you think God may be telling us something?

I mean Dobson and others wondered out loud if it would rain during the Barry Coronation.............

I wonder if God is telling us something?

I mean already Bobby Jindahl won't show.

Could it be a woman will show us the way?

Could it be the rock star Barrack and his old political hack are "Palin" in comparison to the real party of "change" ???

Vets for Freedom Ad -- One of the best I've seen.......

I hope as many people as possible watch this:

http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/

Who will McCain choose?

He could do much worse than Sarah

I know the faithful want Romney, but I think he may just pick a woman.

Carly Fiorina has too much baggage from HP even though she might give him a shot in CA............... This lady is not only easy on the orbs, she makes a lot of energy sense as well.

But, if his credo is to "go safe" then Romney or Pawlenty might be chosen. But I could just see Pluggs Bidenpence debating with this gal, bragging about his trophy wife with her "problematic" Doctorate...........

I just watched the Obama-McCain Saddleback Forum and.........

......... when Obama was done I turned to my wife and said "poor Johnny boy, he's gonna completely flop in comparison to that.......Obama is just that good......." My wife just said "bless his heart [McCain's]"

(this is what she says when talking about someones' hooch she is trying to sell that is way over priced and in really sad shape BTW).........s

I thought McCain made a big mistake in agreeing to do this type "forum"

I could not have been more wrong..........

The Obamasiuhhhh........... 10 reasons not to vote for him......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoTvpE6dFZw

Obama's foreign policy is dangerously naive -- While politicians with favorable views of W have been elected in Germany, Italy, France, and elsewhere... Obama is giving cause to make our allies even more nervous. The Washington Post reported that "European officials are increasingly concerned that Obama's campaign pledge to begin direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program without preconditions could potentially rupture U.S. relations with key European allies." Obama would give credibility/reward to ther world's chief sponsor of terrorism. Such a meeting would undermine Iranian dissidents... and lower the prestige of the office of POTUS.

Obama's Iraq policy will put a huge source of oil in the hands of terrorists -- Barack says he will remove two combat brigades every month, and have all our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months... regardless of what military leaders on the ground in Iraq argue. When Bush announced the Surge strategy in 2007, Obama opposed it saying, "The President's strategy will not work." Beyond these miscalculations and poor judgments, Obama has been INCONSISTENT on Iraq... saying one thing to Democrat leaders in D.C. and another to the press.

Obama's policy toward Israel is inconsistent and confused -- Last month, Obama told an audience at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided. the next day, he backtracked, stating "Obviously, it is going to be up to the parties to negotiate and range of these issues... and Jerusalem will be part of the negotiations." These quick switches of policy stem from inexperience (at best) and general tone-deafness on the meaning of words and policy(at worst) in the Mideast. Given Obama's long-standing ties to Palestinian activities in the U.S., one has good cause to wonder.

Obama's short-term flip-flops on NAFTA and other issues are dangerous -- Obama's Mideast policy may have been the quickest turnaround, but it is not the only one. During the primary, the campaign sent out fliers explaining Obama's opposition to NAFTA... but in the last month, Obama has backtracked on NAFTA saying, "We need to figure out how we can make this work for all people." As a primary candidate, he supported public financing of presidential campaigns. In February 2008, he said he would aggressively pursue spending limits. Then last month, Obama threw public financing under the bus.

Obama's judgment about personal and professional affiliations is dangerous -- In March 2008, Obama was defending Jeremiah Wright... then after several clips of sermons by his longtime mentor surfaced on the Internet, Obama finally denounced Wright in public. Once Jeremiah Wright became a political liability, Obama dumped him. What about Bill Ayers?? Ayers participated in the bombings of NYC Police Headquarters in 1970, the Capitol building in 1971, the Pentagon in 1972. Make no mistake: Obama and Ayers relationship goes back to the grassroots in Chicago.

Obama would use the failed 1990s strategy against terrorism as opposed to the post-9/11 strategy -- Obama supported the Supreme Court decision to grant habeas corpus rights to terrorists, including Osama bin Laden. In an interview last month, Obama said "In the first attack against the World Trade Center, we were able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial..." Ask the legal officials during the 1990s how cowed terrorists were by our continued indictments. Witness the attack on the USS Cole or September 11... and even more specifically, why there have been no successful attacks against American civilian interests abroad since 2004.

Obama's economic policies are dangerous to the American economy -- In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Kimberly Strassel reported "Obama is hawking a tax policy that would take the nation back to the effective marginal tax rates of the Carter days. He wants to further tax income, payroll, capital gains, dividends, and death. His philosophy is pure redistribution." In effect, Obama's tax plans will mean the death of small businesses across the United States... and small businesses have created the most new jobs in recent decades. Unemployment will skyrocket!!

Obama opposes any kind of drilling to reduce oil and gas prices -- Obama is not just against offshore drilling. He is against any drilling. Period. His solution to our energy crisis is additional tax burdens on oil company profits... taxes we can only imagine will be passed on to the consumer, thus causing an even more expensive trip to the gas station. As the New York Slimes recently detailed, ethanol subsidies are a major plank in Obama's view of energy independence and national security. Really!!?? Ethanol subsidies??!! Some of these subsidies will end up in the hands of the same oil companies he says should be subjected to a windfall profits tax.

Obama is LEFT of Hillary Clinton and NARAL on the issue of life -- As an Illinois Senator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, a law that would have protected babies if they survived an attempted abortion and were delivered alive. When a similar bill was proposed in the U.S. Senate, it passed unanimously.

Obama is actually the MOST Liberal member of the U.S. Senate -- In 2007, Obama's composite Liberal score of 95.5 was the highest in the Senate. Rounding out the top five most Liberal Senators last year were Whitehouse (D-RI), Biden (D-Del), Sander (D-Ver), and Menendez (D-NJ). Who would such a Liberal Leftist appoint to the Supreme Court??

It really IS as simple as THIS...............

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/columnists/HughHewitt/2008/07/11/its_the_oil,_stupid

Swimming & Drooling............ You Gotta LOVE This Dog!

Officer Rikki's bio

Breed: Bloodhound

DOB: 10/05/05 Birthplace: Quebec, Canada

Her partner and handler is Senior Officer Andrea Pflugh. Rikki is the first Bloodhound for the Bakersfield Police Department. Her specialty is tracking/trailing. Rikki will be trained to follow the individual scent of a human. Rikki will be utilized to find missing children, Alzheimer's patients and even bad guys as long as she has an item from that person to smell and get their scent. Rikki is very loving and good natured. Her favorite past times are swimming and drooling.