Yup. Minimalistic editing. 26 October 2023 [12/11/2023] [12/22/2023]
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[Emotion: whatever comes up!
[Old proverb: "If you want to make God laugh, then tell Him your plans!" Right now, half of the Host of Heaven must be absolutely hysterical... :) ]
If I ever, for some phantasmagorical reason, become president -- then two (2) people who I would want as advisors are Donald Trump and Edward Snowden.
Of course, in my defense, I could always plead insanity. :)
Put down your torches and pitchforks! Hear me out, please!
1: "Pardons" are not for the innocent. They're for the guilty.
2: Being humbled presents a good way to learn wisdom.
3: I would want advisors who are:
A) willing and able to disagree with me,
B) don't think like me,
And C) have experience and skills that could prove useful for increasing national security while balancing it with civil liberties.
4: One of the severest penalties that any society can dole out is exile.
The term "exile" may appropriately describe what has happened to Edward Snowden -- and what might soon happen to Donald Trump.
Wait and see, I suppose. A warning, though:
Vengeance belongs to God. It is justice that is the purview of kings and queens.
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Ancient proverb: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."
Reference: Remember "Operation Paperclip?"
If not, then look it up, please.
My point is that the USA is facing many challenges.
{Personally, I consider the matter of upgrading, and "hardening," our electrical power grid a matter of national security -- both economically and militarily so.
{Moreover, other nations -- our allies and enemies alike -- also need to take protecting their own electrical power grids seriously for their own safety and security.
{I am speaking as a former electrician and graduate of Naval Nuclear Power School.}
[Legal notice: according to my military debriefing over 30 years ago, the penalty for me using the fact that I was in in the Navy Nuclear Power Program in a business deal is as follows:
[A: Ten (10) years in prison, and B: a fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
[Actually, I was dropped from both the nuclear program and the submarine program -- on the same day -- with neither a captain's mast nor a court-martial. Yup. You're correct . . . that was unusual.
[So, yes, I was a squid who lost his squid lips. And never got them back. Oh, the indignity. (I mean, have you ever tried to wear squid dentures?!)
[On the bright side, now you know why I'm trying for third significant time to conceptualize a safe and efficient nuclear fusion power plant. That might be able to power a Permit-class nuclear-powered submarine -- which are now officially extinct.]
{-talk about a ghost hunt, but at least I'm hunting my own ghost-}
Oh. And tell Carlos Slim, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates I said hi [sic]
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Look. I was diagnosed with "autism spectrum disorder" likely over 2 decades after my honorable discharge. And I can tell you things about "psychosis" and "bipolar" that you may not want to know! I have stared into the abyss only to have it stare back!
After my brief submarine service, I worked as an assistant repairman, basically. I was assigned to the Repair Department of a submarine tender in 3 shops: Rubber And Plastics, Electrical Repair, and finally Radiological Control.
I still do not declare that I served with honor and distinction. And probably never will.
But I served. And, right now, my country needs a hug. And THAT I can do with honor and distinction!
That, too, is service, so...
President Trump? Petty Officer Raymondovich, reporting for duty, sir!
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The United States is not only "in a pickle," we're in a whole barrel of pickles! We are not a young nation anymore; it is past time for the USA to grow up. We have work to do. And only a short time in which any one mortal can be of direct assistance.
Sure, we can have fun together! That makes life so much more bearable! Yet, every now and then, playtime is over!
5: If I were president, I would want both a butler and a yeoman. How to afford them, you ask?
A) Give each of them 40% of what any other president would be paid.
B) That would leave 20% for me. Meaning my "personal servants" would be paid twice as much as me. Snowden and Trump spring to mind as potential candidates for butler and yeoman.
Just as long as both they and I each understand three (3) things:
A servant is no greater than their master.
Everybody answers to somebody, including a president.
And whoever aspires to lead must first aspire to serve.
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STOP
Like Americans would ever elect a crazy person as President... That'll never happen... Nope... Not a chance... And they certainly would never elect a "constipated Chihuahua"... That's just crazy talk... Do what you do best, man...
Excuse me: I hear a nonexistent nuclear fusion power plant calling my name.
Hmm.
How to layer multiple, dynamic, magnetic containment fields with, um, different "phase velocities??"
Note to self: Explore more various options for using antimatter -- specifically positrons -- to assist in achieving "practical" nuclear fusion.
(the problem with being a veteran is that I see too many military applications / i wonder...)
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A man can dream many things, but it is God Who decrees each step.
Every journey into that undiscovered country called "destiny" begins with a single stumble.
For now, I am simply a mad scientist and a sci-fi writer, and occasionally a poet. That seems to be a good stumble. But right now [sic] we all need somebody to lean on.
If you have no one else, then lean on me. And we'll take that next stumble together, Ok? :)
-p.s. my friend, has anybody told you today that you are precious, priceless, and irreplaceable?-
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