{"id":590,"date":"2013-01-14T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nostradennis.com\/web\/?p=590"},"modified":"2020-03-06T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T21:32:33","slug":"date-orion-3-0001-nd-featured-article-from-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nostradennis.com\/web\/date-orion-3-0001-nd-featured-article-from-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue Date: Orion 3, 0001 NDFrom The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured Article: From the Beginning<\/strong><\/p>\n

A very long time ago there was a serene place where the sun shone brightly on freshly new blades of grass and glistened off of the water with a sparkle only appreciated by the beautiful creatures inhabiting its plains. Birds flew freely through a magnificently clear sky and bright white puffy clouds protected the heavens above. The wind whispered and hushed over miles of desert and filtered through the night sky like sand in an hourglass. A massive Lion roared and watched his fashionable little friend drink peacefully from a babbling brook. Then suddenly, he pounced, and the world as we know it began!<\/p>\n

\u201cTwas once a beautiful place\u201d old Adam said to Eve. \u201cYes, it was my darling man. Yes, it was. We were so happy all those years ago my little Pooky back In A Gadda Da Vida baby. Do you remember those wonderful days?\u201d asked a puzzled Eve. \u201cOh, yes my love, yes I do. It was so beautiful, so peaceful, so quiet and so charming. Why, I can even remember all those little Iron Butterflies floating about without a care in the world all around our beautiful tree house. Serenity Now,\u201d Adam replied. \u201cSerenity Now.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s such a shame,\u201d said Eve. \u201cIt\u2019s just such a horrible shame\u201d. <\/p>\n

And, so it was. What developed from evolution or that great \u201cSpirit in the Sky,\u201d Norman Greenbaum, however you look at it, was coming to an end; a glorious experiment gone wildly wrong. But what exactly did go wrong? \u201cHow did we go from such a peaceful ball in the sky, to extinction?\u201d Norman asked his longtime pal Larry David. \u201cYou expect me to know?\u201d cried Larry. \u201cCome on,\u201d said their other childhood friend Richard Lewis, \u201cGet over it already. Go see a shrink. Lord knows I\u2019ve been doing it for 40 years. It\u2019s helpful. You can bitch all you want and then hand him a check. It\u2019s very cathartic.\u201d <\/p>\n

Yes, folks, that\u2019s how it may end; three Jews bitching about the \u201cOld Country\u201d. But, before it does end, there may still be hope. Eternal hope springs from the goodness of man. The goodness that lies deep in one\u2019s soul. The goodness that is man, Alas, he shall not make himself extinct, for if he does, he shall rue his existence. <\/p>\n

\u201cWake up, Bill. Wake up Al, Wake up White People, this is your captain speaking,\u201d said the tall dark man known as \u201cThe Kenyan\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to save the planet.\u201d \u201cHey, let\u2019s go,\u201d said Robo Al jumping up in a flash from his tombstone bed clutching his cue cards. \u201cHold on,\u201d said a sleepy Bill as he raised his arms high to the air and yawned so loud his girlfriend, known in these woods as \u201cThe Devil with the Blue Dress On\u201d, could hear him next door. \u201cI\u2019ve got a plan. I can get us out of this mess. Just follow me over the Hill and we\u2019ll get our ducks in order\u201d. \u201cLet\u2019s do it,\u201d the three men yelled together as they stormed out the front door on a mission to save the world. \u201cHold it right there,\u201d said the Big Bad Wolf. \u201cDon\u2019t move another inch or I\u2019ll blow your friggin\u2019 heads off with this AK-47. I\u2019m warning you.\u201d \u201cWait, wait just a minute,\u201d said The Kenyan. \u201cLet\u2019s work this out. You ever hear of a compromise?\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d asked the Big Bad Wolf. \u201cIt\u2019s where we actually talks things out and come to a peaceful decision that satisfies all the parties involved. It\u2019s something we\u2019ve been doing on this planet for thousands of years, where have you been?\u201d \u201cWhere have I been?\u201d asked the Wolf. \u201cI\u2019ve been living under this rock for the last 50 years. Where the hell do you think I\u2019ve been?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, okay,\u201d said Bill, \u201cdon\u2019t get your panties in a knot now\u201d. \u201cKnot now?\u201d asked the ever growing confused Lone Wolf. \u201cYeah,\u201d said Robo Al, \u201cKnot now! Let me show you these slides that I have about how our precious Earth is going to die unless we care for it a lot better. You got a second?\u201d \u201cHell no,\u201d cried the Wolf. \u201cI don\u2019t have any time at all. I have to get back to my arsenal or all of my weapons may be gone. My wife left me for another woman and I don\u2019t have anyone to man the fort.\u201d \u201cOkay, okay,\u201d said Al, it will only take a second. Have you seen my movie by any chance?\u201d \u201cWhat movie?\u201d asked the Wolf. \u201cIt\u2019s called An Inconvenient Truth\u201d declared proud Al. \u201cNo, I didn\u2019t,\u201d said T. Wolf, \u201chow can the truth be inconvenient? The truth is based on facts. I know facts. My good friend Donald Rush Hannity gives me the Fax every day of the week. I know the truth and it\u2019s not inconvenient! Besides, I don\u2019t have no time for some wimpy movie about the weather, I like watching action movies. What kind of action you got in your wimpy movie anyway?\u201d asked Wolfy. \u201cI got a Plan of Action,\u201d said Al. \u201cA Plan of Action that will save us all from extinction. Tell me that doesn\u2019t tickle your feather?\u201d \u201cWow,\u201d said the Wolf. \u201ca plan of action? Perhaps I can go for that. It\u2019s about time we got some action \u2018round here.\u201d And, they all shook hands, saved the world, and lived happily ever after.<\/p>\n

Unlike most stories, ours doesn\u2019t end here because after they went out and saved the world, they woke up the next day realizing that they still had to keep the world afloat until the next great disaster happens. So, they called all their buddies and they all met at High Noon in the Great Hall where they decided to tackle the most pressing issues facing us all today; the issues that matter the most and will help us not only today and for the next four years, but for generations to come. After some pats on the back from their buddies and a couple of cups of coffee, they decided to make a list. They called it the \u201cPick Your Poison\u201d list. <\/p>\n

As we roll toward the future and the ultimate demise of man, we still have to wake up each morning, go to work (if we have a job), take care of ourselves and our families, and do our best to get by and pursue happiness in our own little world. But, in order to protect our children and their children and their children, we have an obligation to make this world a better place for them. So, where do we start? The issues are many and deep. When we look at the list, it can be overwhelming. And, each day brings some new crisis that diverts our attention from the long run to the immediate such as the shooting in Newtown, CT (Gun Control), Superstorm Sandy (Global Warming), Fiscal Cliff Hearings (Taxes and the Deficit), etc. Each day, our long term plans and goals are interrupted by the latest disaster or the clock waiting to strike 12:00. Unlike Prince Charming, we are not going to find a glass slipper at the stroke of midnight to solve all our problems, meet the girl of our dreams, and live happily ever after. While disasters are going to happen every day all over the world, we have to maintain the course each and every day on the Yellow Brick Road to the land of OZ. If we don\u2019t, then we are just like chickens without heads, running around in circles without any place to go. <\/p>\n

Over the course of the next revolution (a year on your old calendar), we will try to tackle all of the issues on the Pick Your Poison List, but as in life, we\u2019re sure that some new disaster or crisis will divert our attention as well. The list is not in any particular order, because what\u2019s most important to some is not as important to others. But, the list is the list regardless, and all of the issues facing us on the list need to be addressed in a rational and ongoing manner if there is any hope for our future generations. One of the biggest problems facing us is not on the list. It\u2019s the problem of caring. It\u2019s the problem of apathy. It\u2019s the problem of selfishness. It\u2019s the problem of survival. How many of you saw the Academy Award Winning Documentary \u201cInside Job\u201d, the story of the 2008 Financial Crisis? How many of your saw \u201cBowling for Columbine\u201d, the Michael Moore Documentary? How many of you saw \u201cAn Inconvenient Truth\u201d, the Academy Award Winning Documentary about Global Warming? Based upon our own personal survey, very few of you did. Why? Because most of you were watching some new Blow \u2018em Up and Shoot \u2018em Up movie, or Xmen, or The Hangover, or whatever you were doing. Well, lets be honest, hopefully most of you reading ND\u2019s thoughts and comments have seen one or more of these movies and that\u2019s why you\u2019re here. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with being entertained, but you should at least take some time out of your busy lives to watch something real; something important; something that affects you now and something that will affect your children\u2019s children. It should be required that you watch these movies before you VOTE. THINK ABOUT IT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in the 1960\u2019s young adults, college students, and the general population finally got fed up, and because of it they changed the world. At least they tried to. No longer were they just going to accept our government and our leaders telling us that we had to go fight a war that we didn\u2019t believe in. No longer were we going to accept the rules and regulations of a society we didn\u2019t create and was formed almost two hundred years before when life was quite a bit different. No longer were we going to allow injustice and watch people be mistreated, ostracized, and murdered simply because of the color of their skin. Shouldn\u2019t we have realized that after WWII and Hitler? In the fight to improve our society for everyone; in our struggle to understand that \u201cAll Men Are Created Equal\u201d, in our battle to gain rights for women, children, minorities, basic freedoms our nation was supposedly built on, we suffered great losses. We watched JFK, Martin, then three months later Bobby, all die in vain. Why? We watched four innocent students at Kent State University die in vain. Why? Because we wanted change! Just as Peter Finch, the main character in the 1976 movie “Network” yelled out the window, \u201cI\u2019m mad as hell and I\u2019m not going to take this any more\u201d, we were mad as hell. And, we did something about it. We protested. We listened to songs by Dylan, Jackson Brown, Joan Baez, Crosby Stills & Nash, and others telling us that our lives have meaning, the times are changing, and the end will be near if we don\u2019t change. So, we tried. We cared. We took action. But, unfortunately, it only worked for a while. <\/p>\n

Today, many or most of those same people are living the good life wrapped up in their own little world. Their children are in high school and college playing video games partying, and watching silly and blow ’em up movies and \u201cThe Housewives of Atlanta\u201d, \u201cTattoo Nightmares\u201d, or \u201cHoney Boo Boo\u201d on TV. Where is the protest? Where is the anger? Where is the change going to come from if our youth care now more about these things than protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Fiscal Cliff hearings, gun violence against their fellow students, outsourcing their potential jobs to China and India, or the hypocrisy that comes out of Washington every single day? Where are those people? How are we ever going to save our children, their children, and their children if we don\u2019t even teach them that they need to be saved? Are we just leading them down the path to extinction? It sure seems like it. So, the number one item on ND\u2019s Pick Your Poison list is Education. Why? Because it\u2019s plain and simple; it all starts with Education! THINK ABOUT IT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pick Your Poison:<\/strong> The list of the most pressing issues facing our nation and the world today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1.\tEducation\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n51. Extremism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.\tGlobal Warming\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n52. Congressional Benefits\/Perks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.\tHunger\/Poverty\/Famine\t\t\t<\/td>\n53. Congressional Crimes and Policing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.\tCommunication\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n54. Term Limits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.\tFamily Values\/Single Parent Families\t<\/td>\n55. Campaign Finance Reform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.\tCost of College <\/td>\n56. Personal Responsibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.\tViolence\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n57. Privacy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.\tDomestic Violence\t\t\t<\/td>\n58. Censorship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.\tChild Sex Trade\/ \/Child Molestation\t<\/td>\n59. Media Responsibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.\tProstitution\/Rape\t\t\t<\/td>\n60. Economic Growth\/Economy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.\tGun Control\/The 2nd Amendment\t\t<\/td>\n61. Jobs\/Unemployment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.\tProtecting our Law Enforcement\t\t<\/td>\n62. Global Economy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.\tMilitary\/CIA\/FBI\/Policing our Police\t<\/td>\n63. Global Finance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.\tSafety in Schools\t\t\t<\/td>\n64. The FED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.\tAbortion\/Right to Life\/Right to Choose\t<\/td>\n65. Inflation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.\tRacism\/Discrimination\t\t\t<\/td>\n66. Outsourcing Jobs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.\tGay Marriage and Rights\t\t\t<\/td>\n67. Insourcing Manufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.\tOverpopulation\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n68. Loss and Decline of Manufacturing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.\tImmigration\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n69. Product Safety<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.\tThe Environment\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n70. Fair Trade\/NAFTA\/WTO\/Tariffs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.\tPollution\/Nuclear Waste\/Sanitation\t<\/td>\n71. Taxes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.\tClean Air and Water\t\t\t<\/td>\n72. The Deficit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.\tOil Independence\/Drilling\/Energy\t<\/td>\n73. Regulation\/Deregulation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.\tInfrastructure\/Bridges\/Roads\/Tunnels <\/td>\n74. Crime\/Cheating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.\tHealthcare\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n75. Law Enforcement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.\tAids\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n76. Wall Street Crime\/Respons.\/Greed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.\tCancer\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n77. Enforcement of Securities Laws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.\tDiabetes\/Obesity\t\t\t<\/td>\n78. Enforcement of White Collar Crime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.\tAlzheimer\u2019s\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n79. Prison Overcrowding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30.\tMental Illness\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n80. Rehab for Criminals\/Drug Addicts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31.\tCaring for our wounded veterans\t\t<\/td>\n81. The Death Penalty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32.\tAutism\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n82. \u201cToo Big To Fail\u201d Banks\/Companies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33.\tPrescription Medications\t\t<\/td>\n83. Big Business\/Lobbyists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34.\tMarijuana\/Narcotics\/Drug Wars\/Gangs\t<\/td>\n84. Bank Fees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35.\tDrunken Driving\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n85. Insider Trading and Information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36.\tCaring for our Senior Citizens\t\t<\/td>\n86. Computerized Trading\/Electronic Mkts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37.\tEuthanasia\/Right to Die\t\t\t<\/td>\n87. The Housing Crisis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38.\tSocial Security\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n88. Advancements in Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39.\tMedicare\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n89. Smart Phones\/Computers\/Robots<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40.\tFood Stamps\/Entitlement Programs\t<\/td>\n90. Social Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41.\tGenetic Engineering\t\t\t<\/td>\n91. Internet Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42.\tWar\/WMD\u2019s\/Genocide\t\t\t<\/td>\n92. Pornography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43.\tDictatorships\/Communism\t\t\t<\/td>\n93. New laws for new technologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44.\tIran\/North Korea\/Middle East\t\t<\/td>\n94. Policing technology laws<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45.\tHuman Rights\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n95. Homeland Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46.\tOur Habitats\/Species Extinction\t <\/td>\n96. The TSA\/Air Traffic Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47.\tStructure of our Government\t\t<\/td>\n97. Religion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48.\tPolitical Parties\t\t\t<\/td>\n98. Animal Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49.\tThe Supreme Court\t\t\t<\/td>\n99. Cheating in Sports\/PED\u2019s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50.\tThe Justice System\t\t <\/td>\n100. Concussions\/Sports Safety\/Crowd Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\n\nND doesn\u2019t make predictions, but since this is our first really big issue about the future, he has made some in a number of categories: Featured Article, ESPnd, NDPop, NDfn, and NDM. While many are certain to come true, others may actually take some special powers to happen:\n\nND PREDICTIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

DATE: Pegasus 27, 0011 ND:<\/strong> Snoop Dog runs for President of the United States. His Slogan; \u201cI\u2019m going to put some Pot in every Gun\u201d. He wins in a landslide and brings country together for first time in 12 years.<\/p>\n

DATE: Aquila 23, 0064 ND:<\/strong> North Korea drops a Nuclear Bomb on Seoul, South Korea. Over Three Million Female Professional Golfers die. Psy, the South Korean Weapon of Mass Destruction, amazingly survives to see another day and make another music video.<\/p>\n

DATE: Horologium 14, 0099 ND:<\/strong> Temperatures have risen so high that the entire population of the United States of America has moved north and the new land once known as Canada is now called \u201cUppa U.S.\u201d. The land once known as the United States of America is now called \u201cNew Mexico\u201d. <\/p>\n

DATE: Cetus 2, 0143 ND:<\/strong> An Earthquake of massive proportions (magnitude 9.5) ravages the former city of Los Angeles, now known as New Mexico City. 6,534,215 Landscapers die in this horrific tragedy.<\/p>\n

DATE: Triangulum 19, 0231 ND: <\/strong>The Supreme Court of Uppa U. S., made up of six women, an African American man, a Hispanic man, and Ted Nugent, decides historic case giving women the right to tell all men what to do with their bodies. The controversial case brought up by the \u201ccertifiably mentally ill\u201d Larry Pratt, and the historic decision voted in 8-1 (the lone Nay, Ted Nugent) calls for a mandate for men to have a \u201cRectumoptomy\u201d to remove their heads from their rectum as well as any bullets from their rectum, \u201cEven in Cases of Bullets Shot Up Their Ass by Extreme Liberals\u201d which the Supreme Court says is \u201cNot an Act of God\u201d.<\/p>\n

Song References: <\/strong>For those of you that are younger and didn\u2019t get the references in the opening story; “In A Gada Da Vida” is a classic song written and performed by Iron Butterfly. The original title was In The Garden of Eden, but they got wasted and came up with this classic. “Spirit in the Sky” was a hit song by Norman Greenbaum. “Devil with the Blue Dress On” was a big hit song by Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels. The Blue Dress refers to Monica Lewinsky\u2019s blue dress that famously got stained by Bill Clinton. <\/p>\n

From The Beginning: Emerson Lake and Palmer
\nIn A Gadda Da Vida: Iron Butterfly
\nSpirit in the Sky: Norman Greenbaum
\nTeach Your Children Well: Crosby, Stills and Nash
\nThe Pretender: Jackson Brown
\nDevil with the Blue Dress On: Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels<\/p>\n

Recommended Viewing:<\/strong> \u201cHitler\u2019s Pawn\u201d the HBO Documentary; \u201cAn Inconvenient Truth\u201d, the Academy Award Winning Documentary about Global Warming, \u201cEthel\u201d, the HBO Documentary about Ethel Kennedy\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Recommended Reading:<\/strong> \u201cScience Illustrated\u201d Jan\/Feb 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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