Sunday, July 31, 2016

Can People Handle the Whole Truth?

     Can People Handle the Whole Truth?


     My answer to that is no. I don’t believe people can take it, on a psychological basis. How would you feel to find out that God really does exist and as an atheist you would be wrong? How would you handle the truth about finding out that you were wrong about following a faith that has been passed down to you for generations was in fact, wrong? How would live, knowing that entire being and belief in the way you have lived is wrong?

      No, people can’t handle it. To grow up believing and being convinced of something. Spending your entire lives defending it, just to find out that you are were wrong; that would require a very open minded and strong person. It is said that the truth will set you free. In most cases I would agree with that. In those cases however the truth that is being referred to is the a person just being honest with themselves. This does not include the unadulterated truth of everything in existence.

      What if science come out with the entire truth, that God does exist and all they have done up to this point was figure out how God manipulated the world around us to get us what we have today? I am a firm believer that scientist have been trying to prove that God doesn’t exist for over 100 years. I argue they only figured out how he did it, not that he doesn’t exist.

      What if I a parent was to find out that the child he thought was his for 50, turns out to be somebody else’s? Or that voting a particular political party was absolutely wrong? Would one except it and feel like the fool or justify their decision with something else to avoid that feeling? It takes a very strong person to admit that they are fools and their self esteem will not allow this. So, I would say, most all of the people in this world would deny the truth to protect their self esteem.
How do you know, you are not that person now? How do you know you are right on what you believe? The strong wise man will always search out the truth in most everything they believe and will accept is as it comes. When Jesus was hanging on the cross and the Pharisees told him to take himself off of the cross if he was truly the son of God. That would not of mattered; even if Jesus did take himself off of that cross, the Pharisees would not of accepted it as proof, just like they didn’t accept the raising of Lazarus and other numerous miracles as proof.

      No, people can’t handle the truth. If you found out that by eating the foods you do, costs the lives of poor people in another country, how would you feel? If you found out that for years, you swimming in your swimming pool killed young children in China because of the vibrations of the water through the earth. How would you feel? I am not suggesting that is true by any means, it is just an example. But I am suggesting that if the truth revealed so much guilt within you, that you would either take your own life to escape it, pray constantly for forgiveness the rest of your life or go crazy dealing with it.

      Have you ever had somebody say "To tell you the truth" and then finish their sentence. If you do this or know somebody who does this all of the time. Try to refrain from it and change the wording. When you hear this, that means that the person saying it lies on a regular basis. They are just announcing that this time, it is not a lie. And sometimes even after saying this, they are lying. I had somebody say this once and I interrupted them and said "Please, tell me the truth kind sir, because normally I like being lied to like a cheap prom date." It was funny for both of us, but at the same time, it sent a message.

      I don't doubt people want the truth for the most part and don't like being lied too. This does not mean that they can handle all truth in life around them.
This is just my take on it and I am just sharing a thought.

Matt McKeon 7/31/16

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Are You a Victim of Liberal Indoctrination?


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Are You a Victim of the Liberal Indoctrination Machine?

How do you take a young mind and mold it to think like a liberal? First you take a teacher in an elementary school and tell a child that corporations are bad because the people in corporations put money and greed over trees, life and environment. Not explaining that trees are needed to build anything out of wood including their own homes and fences. Then you are shown movies like Dr Seuss’s The Lorax which makes all manufacturing is evil. Push the documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth or The World of Stuff to the point of no other options to believe. If that narrative is continually pushed through out educational life, one would believe nothing else but what they where indoctrinated with.
Step two: Utilize text books only written and approved by people like the unrepentant domestic terrorist, Bill Ayers; whom bombed Police, bank and Pentagon Headquarters. It was at Bill Ayers house that launched Barry Soetoro’s political carrier (Ben Smith, 2008). Barry is also known as President Obama today.
Step three: Get college professors that have the same mind set and oppose any other teachings that may differ from what they were taught.
Now you have a person who can only align with one mind set of thinking and will vote for only one political party and to change that way of thinking would be admitting that their entire belief and schooling was misguided or in vain to say the least. It takes a strong person to open up to that degree. Those people are not easy to find. I consider myself one of the lucky ones.
Info for Liberal Indoctrination
Conspiracy Theory is the term that was invented and put into wide circulation by the CIA to smear and defame people questioning the JFK assassination!
The CIA’s campaign to popularize the term ‘conspiracy theory’ and make conspiracy belief a target of ridicule and hostility must be credited, unfortunately, with being one of the most successful propaganda initiatives of all time.”
Today, the CIA-designed propaganda seems to be wearing off “… those who do not believe government accounts of such events as 9/11 and the JFK assassination outnumber believers by more than two to one.”
KB/HSN
Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror. Dr. Barrett has appeared many times on Fox, CNN, PBS and other broadcast outlets, and has inspired feature stories and op-eds in the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Chicago Tribune, and other leading publications. Dr. Barrett has taught at colleges and universities in San Francisco, Paris, and Wisconsin, where he ran for Congress in 2008.

Robert Zajonc’s (1968) mere exposure research is so simple that we might debate whether it is a model, just as the debate continues whether Pluto should be reinstated as a planet. The principle behind it is a straightforward idea: Repeated exposure to a stimulus results in more favorable evaluation of that stimulus. In other words, the more we are exposed to something, the more we are likely to be favorable toward it. (Larson, 2013)-Chapter 4 In same cases it is lies. Lie to the people long enough and defame any opposition to it and that lie will be believed.

And Barack Obama was seen as someone who could save the world from a global depression. And maybe he did—we were on the edge of one when he followed through on George W. Bush’s TARP program of financial bailouts for various companies like the auto industry and the banking and financial communities as a whole.

This whole Paragraph is to persuade a student how evil the GOP was/is. “Presence of a Conspiracy Another cultural premise is the belief that when we face enormous, almost overwhelming problems, the only plausible explanation is that a powerful and conspiratorial group must be behind them. This pattern is called the paranoid style and is defined as using conspiracies as explanations for otherwise unanswerable dilemmas (Hofstadter, 1963). Probably the best examples are the various conspiracy theories concerning the assassination of John F. Kennedy, which are said to have been hatched in a variety of possible places depending on who is making the argument (e.g., the mob or the CIA). Many other conspiracy arguments have recurred throughout our recent history, such as those about the Masons and Knights Templar, conspiracies that lent credence to the recent novel and film, The Da Vinci Code, and other papal conspiracy theories. Most recently, the conspiracy argument was used to explain the 9/11 bombing and the Jihadist terrorism of our times. Some people believe that Muslim groups are presently conspiring to overthrow governments in the Middle East and build nuclear weapons. Some feel that the Iranian government is already in the hands of international conspirators including radical fundamentalist Muslim leaders and Russian co-conspirators. A conspiracy theory regarding terrorism apparently prompted the Bush administration to illegally wiretap phone calls to American citizens without obtaining warrants, even when such warrants are granted as a matter of course. This in turn led to a conspiracy theory about the administration’s disregard of constitutional rights.” (Larson, 2013)- (See how he is trying to make the words “Conspiracy Theory” into a negative. This is how the Liberals work. They put a negative mind set or a negative connotation on something that could hurt their agenda. Like “The Truth!”) Bush did sign in the Patriot Act- This was legislation that violates the civil rights of all American. What Larson doesn’t tell you is that Obama, extended that same legislation when it was time to do for it to expire. The term Conspiracy Theory was created by the CIA to place doubtful concern on those who had questions concerning the Assassination of Kennedy. This way the public would disregard those pesky individuals that ask too many questions and pass them on as kooks. Is it a conspiracy if it is true?
In the paragraph The coming of a Messiah “And Barack Obama was seen as someone who could save the world from a global depression. And maybe he did—we were on the edge of one when he followed through on George W. Bush’s TARP program of financial bailouts for various companies like the auto industry and the banking and financial communities as a whole.” (Larson, 2013) – Here, Larson referred to Obama as a world savior following Bush’s Tarp Program. –Talk about trying color a rose a different color. All Obama did was make the elitist more elite and the rest of us took a financial hit. I don’t see the mentioning of the 16 Trillion dollar debt we occurred and how our grandchildren’s futures will suffer for. It would have been better to allow the crisis to happen and then deal with it. All Obama did was kick the same can down the road. We are still going to financially collapse. That is a mathematical certainty.

Here is a small part of a paragraph written by Larson, the subject was Rotten at the Top, examples. “We saw it in Watergate during the 1970s with the scandal reaching to the highest levels of government, in Bill Clinton’s sex scandals in the 1990s, the fiscal scandals in corporate America, and the financial scandals associated with military cost overruns and over-charging in Iraq in the new millennium. And you can bet that we will soon be uncovering the misdeeds of those in charge in the first decade of the new millennium, as has already happened in Illinois, where the governor apparently tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he became president. The enormous amounts of money spent “off budget” on the two longest wars in U.S. history would have been too tempting for the “greedy guts” in government during those years. Put that together with the outlandish freedom given to banks and other financial institutions during those years and you have to know that the “thieves” were in charge. We often hear that big business has exploited the common man, and we still see Wall Street scandals based on insider trading by “stock market jackals” and “corporate barracudas.” All of these are examples of rot at the top. The lesson of this myth is simple: Power corrupts; privilege perverts.” Notice how Obama is not shown in a bad light anywhere in here. Neither is Hillary Clinton. The Tarp bailouts that Obama pushed through to save the so called economy. Well, NAFTA is the main ingredient with the legislation signed in my Bill Clinton, forcing banks to loan money to people who could not afford it. The “stock market jackals” as Larson puts it was the same group of jackals the Obama bailed out by giving money too. Instead he mentions 7 ½ minutes of tapes being erased during the Nixon administration.

Lets look at this: IMAGE AS A CULTURAL PREMISE

Sometimes persuaders are successful because of their image or charisma. Somehow they seem to have a special presence, and they command the public’s attention. We believe them because their presentations are convincing and dynamic, or because they have a reputation for being truthful or knowledgeable. Barack Obama seemed to have this kind of charisma during the 2008 primary campaigns but lost some of it when Democrats lost the House in 2010.- Larson blames the lost of charisma on the Democrats losing the house. Even here he can’t come to blaming the President’s bad decisions on the President. Why? – So far I come to the conclusion that Larson see’s Obama as his messiah.
Here again, Larsen trying to push he agenda by always comparing negative aspects to Republican leaders and ignoring the Democrat leaders. He does this push his Liberal agenda and teach a lesson as the same time. “The speaker was introduced to some of the groups as the surgeon general while to others the speaker was introduced as a college senior. The listeners found the “expert” much more credible than the non-expert. This same kind of respect and credibility applies to a person’s media literacy as seen in Box 9.2. When President Bush said that a person could look for maps on “The Google” during a 2007 CNBC news interview, he betrayed his lack of media literacy by putting the word “the” in front of “Google” and thus embarrassed himself and members of his staff and probably lost some credibility as well.” Pg 274. Not one mention of the numerous things said by Obama, Like referring to American as having 57 states, or Obama calls Navy Corpsman (pr. core-man) “corpse-man”, or On Memorial Day Obama said, “I see many of the fallen heroes in the audience here today as we celebrate Memorial Day”. …. This book should be banned from college shelves. This indoctrination is so obvious, it hurts.
This chart Fig.8.3 in Chapter 8 … 


This chart is very deceiving but the author does not care. He purposely left out Obama’s part in this. Larson uses it so young people unaware of how economics works in the country will be deceived. This chart is to make a young mind believe that compared to the GOP, it is the Democrats that look good, yet once again. The details missing are how Regan got us out of a recession that Carter put us in. It takes years for any economic development. I argue that Clinton was on the receiving end of the benefits and successes of Regan. When Clinton took office the economy was a good recovery from Regan’s efforts and in 1996 when Clinton signed in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) that is our first step to our economic downfall. We were warned against such a policy by Ross Perot. People thought Ross was crazy, but it turns out that he was dead on. Then during Clinton’s term in office; Clinton signed in a policy that forced banks to give loans to people who would not normally be able to get loan. This forced a lot of bad decisions and loans to be given to people who could not pay them back. In 2008, the housing bubble that was created bursts from this practice. Bush got all of the blame for that; when in fact, Clinton is the one to blame. To make matters worse, in 2003, Bush actually tried to get that reversed and failed. Bush tried to get rid of the bad practices and warned of its affects. So now here we are today, 19 Trillion in debt and barely being able to make the interest payments on our loans thanks to Obama wanting the kick the can down the road. People today still think we are on the upswing because that is what they are being told via the mass media and the Liberals blinders of deception. You won’t see the 19 trillion dollar debt on that chart, but you will hear how it was all Bush’s fault; Even after 8 years of Obama promising to fix the economy. Total denial on the liberal indoctrination machines part.
So based on all that I have proven and all that I have shown you, do you believe that you are being indoctrinated. This is just one text book, if you look at all of the text books from your past, you will find the same thing. Do you believe that you have been on the indoctrination path since childhood through the schools and media? Are you the victim of Liberal Indoctrination? I was until I opened my eyes and searched out the truth for myself. Ask yourself that question…..”Am I the victim of Indoctrination?” Then once you allow your eyes to open, you can then search your own path and tell the machine to kiss your open eyed butt. You will not take it anymore.”

Good Luck and Blessings,
Matthew McKeon
Electrical Distribution Designer
Communication Major



References

Persuasion: Reception and Responsibility
THIRTEENTH EDITION 2007
CHARLES U. LARSON
Northern Illinois University, Emeritus

 The Politico, LLC

volkalize, 2015
Started by Crystal @crystalclanton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVP4--PJKa0

 DuckDuckGo.com

images.duckduckgo.com 


Thursday, July 7, 2016

Why Buy LED Lighting



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Picture from Home Depot T8
I.                   Introduction-The LED Light
A.    LED is an acronym for light emitting diode.
B.     The light emitted from an LED is a white light.
C.     The average 10 watt LED will produce as much light as a 60watt incandescent light.
D.    LED lighting comes in various forms. Standard light bulb, ribbon strip lighting, automobile headlamps, streetlights, flash lights, electronic controlling systems, Christmas lighting, shop lighting and even outdoor portable area lighting

      II.                Energy Savings
A.    The LED light uses up to 90% less energy than the standard incandescent light bulbs.  
B.     LED lights emit little heat, so 30% of the energy produced isn’t lost due to heat buildup.
C.     Not very tolerant of high heat environments. For example in a kitchen oven.
D.    Contains no mercury Compared to the CFL (Compact Florescent Light)
E.     LED does not need special disposal process as compared to the CFL (Compact Florescent Light)
F.      LED uses up to 50% less energy than the CFL lights
III Breaking down the number
A.    If the average electric bill is $100.00 dollars a month and 25% of that is lighting. Then $25.00 dollars every month is for lighting the home. Mulitply that $25.00 by 12 months and the lighting costs for a year is $300.00
B.     The cost of LED light bulbs at Meijer Thrifty Ares (Chain Store in Michigan) is 4 light bulbs for $14.00 dollars, to replace 24 light bulbs; the cost would be $84.00 dollars.
C.     The cost for 24 incandescent light bulbs is $35.00 at the same store.
D.     Based on the usage charts from Design Recycleinc.Com I would have to by 41.667 incandescent light bulbs to equal one LED light bulb with the same wattage output.  
E.      One 60 watt, incandescent light bulb costs $1.25 each, multiply that by 41.667 and the cost for lights bulbs for that one socket is $52.08 based on today’s prices.
F.       For 24 separate light sockets, the cost of light bulbs in a home is $1,250.01 to get 50,000 hours of light.  Compare that to $84.00 dollars for LED light to obtain the same amount of lights for the same amount of time.
G.     Final calculation is combining the savings of electricity used and the costs of replacing the bulbs for a standard home is incandescent light bulbs $1250.00,  adding energy costs saved for 20 years is $5,400.
H.     Final calculation of total savings is $5,400. (All calculations based on today’s prices of materials.)
In concluding the energy savings can save the average family thousands of dollars. This depends mostly on how much of their home is converted to LED lighting.
The benefits of LED are they are environmentally safe, contain no mercury, less energy used, a huge cost savings for any use.  
The costs up front is a little more for lighting investment, but the return will be seen after the first year of electricity usage, as well as the costs savings from replacing light bulbs.




Comparison Chart
 LED Lights vs. Incandescent Light Bulbs vs. CFLs

Energy Efficiency
& Energy Costs

Light Emitting Diode Buulb
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Incandescent bulb
Incandescent
Light Bulbs

Compact Fluorescent
Compact Fluorescents (CFLs)
Life Span (average)
 50,000 hours
 1,200 hours
8,000 hours
Watts of electricity used
(equivalent to 60 watt bulb). 

LEDs use less power (watts) per unit of light generated (lumens).  LEDs help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and lower electric bills
6 - 8 watts
60 watts
13-15 watts
Kilo-watts of Electricity used
(30 Incandescent Bulbs per year equivalent) 
329 KWh/yr.
3285 KWh/yr.
767 KWh/yr.
Annual Operating Cost
(30 Incandescent Bulbs per year equivalent) 
$32.85/year
$328.59/year
$76.65/year

Environmental 
Impact
Light Emitting Diode Buulb
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Incandescent bulb
Incandescent
Light Bulbs

compact fluorescent bulb
Compact Fluorescents (CFLs)
Contains the TOXIC Mercury 
No
No
Yes - Mercury is very toxic to your health and the environment
RoHS Compliant
Yes
Yes
No - contains 1mg-5mg of Mercury and is a major risk to the environment
Carbon Dioxide Emissions  
(30 bulbs per year)

Lower energy consumption decreases: CO2 emissions, sulfur oxide, and high-level nuclear waste. 
451 pounds/year
4500 pounds/year
1051 pounds/year






References

Shenzhen Huerler Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd

Home Depot, Inc.
2000-2016 Homer TLC, Inc HOME DEPOT,
CREE, INC.
http://www.cree.com/


Consumers Energy
http:/wwwcomsumersenergy.com

US Department of Energy
http://energy.gov/articles/top-8-things-you-didn-t-know-about-leds

Pegasus Lighing
https://www.pegasuslighting.com/led-light-bulbs/15w-25w-replacement-flashable-led-light-bulb-a19-litetronics.html