Fly Fishing In Yellowstone National Park: Fed Up

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Fed Up

WHY THE HARANGUE ?

Are You Surprised ?

cheats are normal

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

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.. It's -23°F and rising rapidly to an anticipated high temperature of +8°F.
.. We had a mid life morning and quickly turned on the tube in the hopes of it pushing us back into the world of slumber.
.. The bombast from the screen was stifling and repetitive. Can we become inured to the illegal conduct of humans in high places?
.. Should we be surprised that our elected officials are crooked? Why should we expect legal behavior from the rich and famous in the business world?
.. Is the public service sector more closely scrutinized than the business world. Damn right it is! And it should be!

THE CLASSIC

.. This is a world where cheating your neighbor and your customer and your partner is de rigueur in business. This is the standard model of business in an entrepreneurial society. If you have never been in business you are out of the loop.
.. The only reason that laws exist is that people are prone to behaving in the illegal and proscribed behavior.
.. Enacted laws are the imposition of idealized cultural standards on behaviors of the populace, (religious, psychological, philosophical, etc.)
.. Are there laws against bestiality? Of course there are. Why? Because people are prone to do it.

THE EMULATOR

.. Are there laws against theft? Of course there are. Why? Because people are prone to do it.
.. Are there laws against fraud? Of course there are. Why? Because people are prone to do it.
.. We should not be surprised that the standard business model should have been transposed to the current administration.
.. We should not be surprised that a large segment of the American public believes that business is a good thing. They are prone to the standard business behaviors.

THE HEIR

.. We should not be surprised that the "real business model" is running our culture and our politics. [[LINK-1]]
.. Avarice and the concept of 'success' is basic to both Homo Sapiens and the business model. It is, in fact, basic to scientific models of evolution.
.. Success in the evolution of our species is recorded in only a few factors.
1) Us against them,
2) Making more babies than them,
3) Hoarding more resources and wealth than them,
4) Using nepotism and other tools to give us advantage over them,
5) Survive by winning at all costs against them.

REAL SUCCESS

.. In fact these are the secrets to evolutionary success for all species.
.. Boiled down, below the scientific verbiage and all the academic and cultural hocus pocus, it is really "ALL ABOUT ME." [[ LINK-2]]

.. We are experiencing the catharsis of a society that is confronting it's base values and behaviors: there seems to be some outrage. What to do?
.. This is not just in politics. It is in journalism, education, recreation, business, sports, agriculture, fly fishing, religion, etc. It's not a pretty model of the success of our species.

THE ENFORCER

.. There is a big difference between being human and exhibiting humanity.
>> Being human is what biological Homo Sapiens do.
>> Exhibiting humanity is behaving according to the idealized societal and cultural behavior that our gray matter puts forth.
.. Police and law enforcement are a couple of the means that we use in our attempt to achieve humanity. (There are even 'fashion' and 'casting' police.)
.. Today, WORLD WIDE, success depends on employing base human traits rather than embracing humanity.
.. The subtle tyranny of words embodied in language reveals the truth of the matter: 'she's only human,' 'we're only human,' 'he's only human,' 'it's the human thing to do.'[[LINK-3]]
.. Yes indeedie, we are all human and should not be surprised about it. We could exhibit a bit more humanity.[[LINK-4]]

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.. It is obviously, (to us,) way to cold to challenge pea brained aquatic creatures. It's too cold to enjoy the challenge of frozen guides. It's too early for lunch and too late for breakfast.
.. There are some old friends that need some love and attending to. We can handle this in front of the fire.