;'Together' Millenial's Check List for a Happy Life

 

emotional

physical

spiritual

gratitude

 

Millenial blogger (or slightly older)  who seems real happy with his life (JA)... notes the above four values as most important on this #memorialdayweekend

A computer science student who says it was a big mistake that he went to college because everything has changed so fast and what he learned in college is no longer effective. Much of what he learned he could have learned at a startup computer company..  A down to earth  guy who made millions early building websites, then blew it all,- a guy who's packed in a lot in a short time, mostly successful self proclaimed geek  today, doesn't take himself too seriously

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Angry Politics Mere Reflection of Culture

Donald Trump-king of the political soundbites and  noted twitter

       Love him or not, RUSH LIMBAUGH has been around awhile and makes some good, unbiased points that have little to do with taking sides. In trying to explain away what seems to be an especially hostile election atmosphere, Limbaugh drew a parallel to late night TV... He noted that the new Late Night with Steven Colbert show is having real ratings problems while Jimmy Fallon of the Tonight Show is doing well.
      
      It's not necessarily that the Fallon show is any better than Colbert - we, personally, never saw any extended humor or quality content in the former - and it has nothing to do do with the actual viewership of the show but, rather, how many tweets and/or likes that are generated. Fallon's show is set up on short bits, playing right into the hands of the Twitterers and Youtubers. 

        It's no wonder we don't see much in the way of extended interviews anymore. Everything's a 30-second soundbite with social media carrying it forth.  Johnny Carson  would never have good ratings today doing what his top-rated show did in the Seventies and Eighties. It's a different world, notes Limbaugh, and   one must adapt if one wants to have a successful show -ratings-wise that is - or win in politics. Fortunately, audiences that are tied into the latest trends, there's always cable with its 57 +channels and, yes, some good material, albeit not necessarily highly rated. But, again, to be successful, e.g. high ratings, one must follow the new line -whether you like (say, twitter) or not. 

       No longer are quality and content necessarily tied to success. And, when it comes to politics and the Presidential election it's not longer necessarily who's really the best qualified but who is best at generating the most  'soundbites,' i.e. social media. How else would a neophyte senator like Barack Obama beat out much more 'qualified'  people like John McCain, Mitt Romney or even Hillary Clinton for the Presidency?  How is a businessman with no political experience like Donald Trump continuing to lead the polls despite saying the most outlandish things? 

        Because they know how to get the media attention.  Even with 'high negatives' someone like Trump can out-poll a seemingly better, more qualified  candidate (on paper) like a Rubio or Cruz. The whole, mean-spirited nature of not only poliltics but culture, in general, probably goes back even before social media, perhaps even to the assassination of President Kennedy, but, no doubt social media has accelerated the angry culture.  Polite, upstanding citizens like a Ben Carson, qualified or not, don't have a chance today. Yes, it's a different world, politics or otherwise. Like it or not....

     

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Two Big Reasons Why Trump Is Running Away at Polls - GOP Mainstream Still Doesn't 'Get It'.

Ever wonder why almost all other candidates continue to rail against Trump as he only surges further ahead of them?  Sure, they want to see him slip up, but when it's obvious something about him is CONNECTING with the masses you'd think others might finally LEARN from him.


It's now become very clear that large segments of the U.S. population   are fed up with the current U.S. Administration, i.e. President Obama and his 'Merry Men.' Opposing candidates and the mainstream media have tried almost everything to derail Donald Trump but he only seems to get stronger. People complain about Trump's extreme stands and even abrasive nature but that's exactly what might be needed at this point.  Americans are tired of pussy-footing politicians. Only Trump, and perhaps Ted Cruz, have gone against the politically-correct grain and people love it. They're hungry for someone to finally go against the status quo.



We've 'told' our politicians in the last two mid-year elections that we're tired of the incumbent administration's ineptness, by  voting out so many of its leaders, yet even the Republican mainstream doesn't  'get it.'  You'd think the GOP opponents of Trump would finally realize that something he's saying is resonating with the people and start walking in his way, perhaps picking up some of his steam ala Ted Cruz - the one guy who is rising in the polls besides Trump.  



There's an old axiom in business bout not overtly criticizing your competition. You're giving 'free advertising' by bringing up their names and it can also make one look like a 'sore loser' - unless, of course, one is challenged by the opponent.



We see this in Trump's opponents continually taking jabs at Trump despite his followers' strong backing on even his most controversial stands, such as setting a moratorium on Muslim immigration.



A second example of  opposing candidates' narrow-mindedness are their  carefulness to pick and choose what TV and radio programs they will appear on, whereas Trump will go on virtually any and every show - even the liberal-leaning ones. The more the merrier. Why limit oneself to only a select number of publicity-generating media?  Doesn't make sense.. At this rate Trump will continue to run away with the numbers - all the way to the Presidency.



WHY IS REPUBLICAN MAINSTREAM SO INTRANSIGENT DESPITE TRUMP'S SUCCESS?

             Really hard to figure out the republican mainstream that would turn away from a very strong Presidential candidate that has the biggest slice  of the GOP voter pie in  his hands?  We can only believe it must come down to money and crony capitalism.  One such example might be seen in Republican candidate Marco Rubio and his strong connections to people like Larry Ellison of Oracle.   It may be true that Rubio and  others don't have the fortune of t deep pockets like Trump , but honesty should still win out over political expediency; Rubio and others will end up losers, anyway - and with what should be a bad conscious