Is Violence the Answer? NO. What IF Ukraine had Simply Surrendered on Day One of the War. No One would have Died. No Refugees. No Bombs. No Oil Fuel Depots on Fire!

OK, You Want to Draw a New Line on the Map? Fine... That's the Answer to Vlad "The Impaler" Putin.

They Could have All Held Hands and Chanted "OM" - Then Vlad "The Impaler" Putin would have drawn a New Line on the Map... Think about it for an Instant... Russia is Already the Largest Country in the World and Putin Wants to Make it Even Bigger... That's ABSURD! Remember: The Only Real Lines on the Map are Coastlines. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch v=qhpCyBSp4MA

LOVE - The Energy That Heals Us: Mini EFT Tapping Session by Sonya Sophia... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcIQWhGoKQY

on a different subject: I Tried Watching the New "West Side Story" Musical but Turned it off After the First Song. I found that I did not Like Juvenile Delinquents "The Jets" OR "The Sharks" and the Best Solution Would Be to Simply Lock 'em Up and Throw Away the Key... and the Regular People That Lived in That Neighborhood would be Grateful! Not really that interested in Interracial dating either... One Gang had ancestors from Poland and the Other Gang Came from Puerto Rico... Seems Like people ought to date whoever they want... Not much of a story there... no need for a lot of singing and dancing... maybe in the 1950s and early 1960s this was a big dead but... I looked at a Calendar and it's 2022... Maybe we should write some NEW STORIES! Maybe He could be a Member of QAnon and She Could be a High School Graduate? How would THOSE two Cultures Mix???

and then SE Said on FaceBORG:

My issue with the whole cancel culture thing is the fact that people always want to point the blame at liberals even though liberals aren't the ones making those decisions. I get really sick and tired of liberals being blamed for everything. Liberals didn't decide to stop publication of 6 Dr. Seuss books. The Dr. Seuss estate made that decision entirely on their own. But everyone is screaming at "the liberals" instead. Why? If you're so upset about those 6 Dr. Seuss books, why not direct your anger at the Dr. Seuss estate, since they made the decision to stop publishing those 6 books? Instead, I hear "The LIBERALS have CANCELED Dr. Seuss!" usually accompanied by a photo of Green Eggs and Ham or the Cat in the Hat, which are both still being published and have not been "canceled." Same thing with Mr. Potatohead. The Hasbro toy company made a decision - entirely on their own - to change the name of Mr. Potatohead. But sure, let's all turn our anger at "the liberals," who had nothing to do with Hasbro's decision to change the name of one of their toys. And Pepe Le Pew - nobody was even thinking about those old cartoons anymore, but sure, blame half the population for "canceling" those cartoons after Warner Brothers decided ON THEIR OWN that they're not going to show them anymore. I wonder what people would have said if it hadn't been mentioned in the news that those 6 Dr. Seuss books contained racist imagery. What if the story had simply said, "The Dr. Seuss estate has decided to stop publication of 6 lesser-known Seuss books for financial reasons"? I bet there would be no screaming at "the left" for "canceling" Dr. Seuss if that had been the way the story was presented. But because it was mentioned that those 6 books contained racist imagery, the right jumped on the bandwagon and started spreading lies that "the left" has demanded that all of Dr. Seuss's books be pulled from shelves, and it simply isn't true! None of it! But if the racist imagery had never been mentioned, I bet the right would not have even noticed that 6 lesser-known Seuss books are no longer being published.

Why are people so determined to blame the liberals for things which liberals had nothing to do with? I get that people absolutely DESPISE liberals and want to make the rest of the world view liberals as bad people. But come on. When private companies make a decision to change the marketing of a toy or to stop showing an 80-year-old cartoon, it's ridiculous to try to place the blame on people who had absolutely nothing to do with those decisions. If you're so upset about Pepe Le Pew, contact Warner Brothers! March around in front of their corporate offices with signs! Same with Mr. Potatohead. Why not stage a demonstration in front of Hasbro's corporate offices instead of turning your anger at "the liberals" who had no part in Hasbro's decision? But blaming half the population for something which they had nothing to do with is pointless. All it does is further divide us as a country. Why does the right want to blame the left for everything? Turn your anger at the people who made those decisions! Stop being angry at the wrong people!

and I Replied: Conservatives CANNOT Point to How Well they Ran the Country When they were in Power... Because they Failed at Everything... Except Trump's Tax Cuts for the Rich Law... So they Make up Lies about Imaginary Enemies and Blame Liberals for the Sins of Their Fantasy Creations... There is No Organization Called ANTIFA... Actual Arrests for Pedophiles WENT DOWN when Trump Was President... and they OPPOSE Teaching Accurate History in School because the College Level Class Called Critical Race Theory is a Convenient Way to Pretend That Racism is OK...

WHENEVER YOU SEE A tRUMP ADVERTISEMENT on FaceBooB... Report it as Hate Speech - Block All The Crazy Yadda Yadda - HELP CLEAN UP FaceBooB - Do It for the Children!

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and Now For Something Completely Different!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/09/global-climate-strike-920-worldwide-eco.html

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https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

Here is a Brief Chapter From My Life...

One peak experience in Los Gatos while I was in High school was attending "The Tower of Power" concert outdoors at the Chateau Liberte... In the Redwoods near Summit Road...  I remember going with my friend Rich Field  ( a trumpet player) to the Concert. We saw how "The Tower" achieved the flute to trumpet blending on the song "Diamonds Sparkling in the Sand". One man walked towards his microphone while the other walked away... both were playing the same note... This amazed Rich as he was a jazz band member at school and this effect was a mystery to him until we saw it done... I also remember that the Hell's Angels and The Gypsy Jokers Motorcycle clubs both arrived at the concert at the same time and I was concerned that there would be violence... so I walked to the other side of the concert as far as possible away from them.... Years later I learned that they OFTEN partied together at the Chateau and my fears were unjustified... and then I rode down the mountain in a convertible sports car... all while I was high on LSD, so every emotion had amplified significance... what a wonderful trip.

and then... 

I remember playing my harmonica at a school play with Barry Hill. It was called "Sneaky Fitch is Dead" and I had a great time performing... Every new scene had a song to listen to while the actors and stagehands got ready for the next scene... A segue...

We also performed "Hippie from Olema" by the Youngbloods at a talent show in the high school gym. Barry Hill, Rich Field and Nancy King and Rachael Ludlum were also in the band. Washtub Bass, Jug, Guitars. harmonica and Washboard...

In 1971, a friend of mine went to San Francisco and went to the Fillmore West and came back to our high school and said... LET"S BUILD OUR OWN using the old mill in the center of town. We formed an organization called "Youth Unlimited" and got the Town to Sponsor Us with $1 per year rent for Forbes Mill. 

That was the beginning of The Forbes Mill Teen Club in Los Gatos California... We had a light show and electric rock music every weekend... On Wednesday nights we performed folk music.  I was the head of security and did advertising posters. I used the mimeograph machine at the High School to print the posters for upcoming shows...

"Youth Unlimited" first held a concert in the Rec Room of the Presbyterian Church next to Old Town on University Ave. There was a live rock band that featured a saxophone player with an electric sax. We also formed a drum circle outside with me playing harmonica and a couple of guitar players. 

Since we had Town sponsorship of our "Teen Club" thru the organization Youth Unlimited, we had to make sure no laws were being broken at Forbes Mill or the police would shut us down. Certainly no drinking or illegal drug use or housing of runaways. My take on law enforcement was to direct potential lawbreakers to the nearby hole in the fence that lead to the wooded area next to the freeway.  I admit that a lot of laws were broken on State of California property, but that was NOT MY CONCERN. I was responsible for making sure that OUR property was crime free.

The light show was created by using four slide projectors and two spinning wheels with variable speed motors that blocked the light from reaching the white wall behind the bandstand. Each cardboard wheel had holes cut into it so that the slides would be projected in a stroboscopic manner.  Some slides were abstract art created by "crystal craze" paint and others were photographs.

We also owned a strobe light and I learned to not point it at the electric organ player because the blinking light made it impossible to see which keys were black and which were white...

"Youth Unlimited" also built a crisis center called Fre-Ba-ZAK House.  It was in an old wooden home on North Santa Cruz Ave. The idea was to have a place for runaways to have a safe location to negotiate with their parents. Kids that had nowhere else to go could go there ... My friend Richard Bergholdt worked there as a counselor. I used to go there because it was a fun place to go talk with other classmates... I remember drinking coffee and discussing weighty subjects late at night. One time I went there because I couldn't go home. I had gone to the Ike and Tina Turner concert at the San Jose Convention Center and took a Large Dose of LSD. I had to wait until my parents went to sleep before going home. It was a great concert and I remember that MANY of the students at LGHS went. I also remember listening to the FM radio there. Talks by Alan Watts about Buddhism... and the story "The Cave" by Plato. There were some totally free radio stations then. They had the freedom of selecting what to play and when to play it. I heard "Space Hymn" by Lothar and the Hand People at Fre-Ba-ZAK House.

In the 1960s I made tie dyed shirts using rubber bands and boiling the dye... one color... RIT brand named dye... Mom sewed a shirt with bell sleeves and a Nehru collar... I wore it with a bell around my neck. Like, totally "mod" like the fashion that was popular with the teenagers in England... 

Read More AT:

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

The Jeweled Lotus Flowering Song... Sung by Gregory Vanderlaan

https://youtu.be/2M5w_x90AkY

Om Mane Padme, Om Mane Padme, Om Mane Padme OM... 
The Jeweled Lotus is Flowering Deep Within My Soul.
The Jeweled Lotus Flowering is our highest goal.

I heard this song performed live by People at the California Rainbow Gathering... They had two guitar players and about 20 singers/dancers... It's a Chant... Repeat VERY OFTEN. 

a Rainbow Gathering Song... The Jeweled Lotus Flowering deep within our Soul. The Jeweled Lotus Flowering is our Highest Goal.

Translated, it means...
Om Mane Padme Om...

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Another GUN NUT commits mass murder in the USA. Why not make guns illegal? That would reduce the number of guns and decrease the quantity of Murder...

Texas Church killing, Las Vegas, Columbine... When will we wake up?

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