Manns Medium

I find myself somewhat tickled when I hear people say that the way this country is not what was intended by the founding fathers.  It’s funny to me how anyone who have taken a few minutes to be truly objective about our history fails to see that this is exactly what the so called founding fathers intended even though they may be credited with penning the Constitution.  It is written, that they left Europe with the intent to create a nation free of oppression and so that they could practice their religion without persecution.  Yet these same founding father brought with them a system of suppression copied after the Kings, queens, lords and barons of Europe.  They brought with them a class of people who would be their servants after claiming that they were no longer wishing to live under those same rules.  Maybe they meant that they themselves were tired of being someone else’s slave so set out to find a place where they can now be slave masters. They cam...

Many people take pride in a label or tag for different reasons but one of the constant reasoning is the belief that if you own a label or tag, you then remove the control it has over you and recover that control over it.  Now while I can see some truth in this, there are still words that I personally would never seek to take ownership of the number one word for me is Niger.  It started out as learning about the origin behind this label and the results of usage of this term.  The pain, suffering and deaths that are associated with this word made me decide early in the game never to accept it as part of my character, my definition or my reason.  I saw the nooses and even felt the pulling of one around my own neck once so trying to tell me that it was okay for anyone of any color to use the word as if only a selected few had the right to use it only made me see them as nothing more than ignorant of this origin and these results.  The more I thought about it, t...

As God stood upon on high, looking over all that he had created, he had a burning desire to do more so he embarked upon a journey to create heaven and earth in the form of not just one planet but billions.  Upon these billions of planets he would create beings made in his image who would occupy and care for his creations.  He would create animals, plants, insects and birds that would also bring beauty to his creation and provide the beings all that would be necessary to sustain them.  He would equip each creation with its own defense mechanism as well as provide them with the intelligence to create useful tools or evolve to suit the ever changing climate.  This was and will always be a great accomplishment and one of which he should always be proud of.  This remained the case until he decided to present his idea to those most closely to him. In a meeting with all of the top angels of that time he made his presentation.  Many there were amazed and suppo...

I have been accused of many things, some of which I am completely guilty of and others that was just accusations from those that were frighten of or by me.   One of the most likable terms used to describe me was “simplistic” and while it may be offensive to others it is a nice title to me.   Having said all that, here is some other things that has occurred to me in my simplistic little mind lately that I would like to share. What if I told you that Christopher Columbus did not discover the New World?   What if I told you that Amerigo Vespucci stumbled upon the new world while out trying to make a name for himself.    I say he stumbled upon the New World made it back as far as England and since he could not draw maps, he enlisted the aid of mapmakers who either was Columbus or someone close to him.   Those maps or ideas of maps were then presented to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella by Columbus because of his ties to them.   They leaped at the c...