Solomon's Private File #285
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 28 in this story, in the Summer of 2054.
Solomon's Private File #285 "Conservatives in Flux"
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A Republican Senator asked me to see him. After friendly greetings,
he said, "I've been told some unbelievable things." I said, "You're a
Mormon. Talk to your President. Believe him?" He stared at me. I said,
"If you try to move your eyes, they might come unstuck." I said, "Oh!
At least you can blink. Maybe you can answer a question. Why is it you
Conservatives go so out of your way to not believe the truth that's
right in front of you? Some kind of group insanity?" He said, "Are you
trying to insult me?" I said, "No, I'm trying to HELP you. Did you hear
me tell you to talk to your LDS President?" He said, "I heard." I said,
"Are you incapable of dialing?" He said, "Get out!" His phone rang. I
said, "Pick it up. HE knows how to use a phone." In a daze, he did
that, and was VERY surprised. Then he put it down. I said, "Well?" He
said, "He told me to take what you say as truth." I said, "And you
didn't before. That's what GOD said! Remember about what I said about
you not believing the truth? What is more true than God Himself? Was I
wrong? Why do you have to deny God?"
He said, "I do not deny God!" I said, "There you go again. And a
double lie. You wouldn't believe that I speak the truth, and you just
did it again. God said I speak for Him, and that I speak the truth. In
denying that, you deny God. Are you too mentally incompetent to
understand that?" He said, "I don't know what to think!" I said, "Try
reality. Your problem is your big fat ego. You don't WANT to believe.
Simple as that. Do NOT say you are a Mormon, until you can actually
believe in God and what He says, and the wisdom of your President and
Apostles." He said, "You brainwashed them!" I said, "That's really
stupid! If I could want to do that to anybody, wouldn't I have already
done that to you?" He thought that over. I said, "How did your
President know to call you?" He said, "Oh! You really can be in more
than one place at a time." I said, "That's true, but I didn't have to
be there to tell him. There are many other ways. God told us, your past
and current President and I, that He liked that were friends. Surprised
all of us, actually." He had to smile a little.
I said, "God told you what to believe. Do it. One more thing. You are
aware that your President and Apostles have God's Grace?" He said, "I
am." I said, "I'll give you a little hint. I was there when it
happened. Same for a lot of other religious leaders. What you think is
unbelievable about me, is true, and so much more, it would blow your
mind. Not now, though. I don't need that kind of mess." He had to
chuckle a little. I said, "I have never lied in this life. I can't.
Neither can the other graduates of my school. Now, did you want to
speak with me about something useful?" He said, "Is what I was told,
true?" I said, "Aren't you assuming that I know what you were told?" He
said, "Do you?" I said, "Yes, actually. True. A good thing, too.
Anybody who lies about what I say, is NOT going to like it." He had to
chuckle. I said, "All that stuff isn't important. Doing your JOB, is,
and doing it well, for your country and its future. Remember, I could
have taken this directly to the people. And then you would be out. I'm
actually trying to HELP you." He said, "I think I understand that. I
thought you were against us." I said, "I'm against bad and harmful
things, and selfish stupidity. Don't do that, and I'm not against you.
Simple!" He said, "It's really that simple?"
I said, "Are you doubting my word again?" He said, "Oh!" I said,
"It's some kind of defensive reflex, isn't it?" He said, "It seems so.
You mentioned ego." I said, "I sure did! Hmm, do you know how many
doctorates I have in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience? And all
earned." He said, "I should have remembered that. They say you are THE
expert on the mind and brain." I said, "And that was when I actually
needed one. Now I have the world in my mind, and I see all, know all,
in it. That includes every word in every book, and every thought that
is in every brain. Oh, and every piece of rotten garbage, too." He had
to smile. I said, "It's REALLY not what I want in my mind, but what is,
is what is. You have some thinking to do. I'll leave you to it. I offer
my personal love." He was very shy, but we hugged. I helped him to sit,
and shifted out.
I said to the LDS President, who had seen it all, "So, what do you
think?" He said, "It's worse than I thought. Are there a lot of us like
that?" I said, "Sorry, but yes. Your religious attitude stresses
independence. Some take that so far, they are independent of rational
thought at times. Encouraging a belief system, causes it to invade the
rest of the person's mind. Many other things are treated in the same
way. That's why the Conservatives have and religiously maintain
political positions that have no real evidence for them in reality, and
are actually harmful. Just like religions. They can't seem to separate
those parts of their beings. Most Liberals can, even though they can be
just as devout. They care about what works. Conservatives care about
personal view preservation, even though that view isn't founded in
reality, and doesn't actually work. Conservatives are fanatical about
convincing other people to believe and ACT as they do, or want to
believe they do. Call it evangelical politics, if you will. Liberals
view that as propagandism, which it does look like. Liberals value
diversity, an anathema to Conservatives. Look at how they view one of
them who goes against the party lines. They ostracize him, as their
least attack. Then they'll do their best to ruin him. Liberals actually
expect disagreements, and try to work with them. Who looks more
rational to you?"
He said, "I see something of what you mean. Basically, as illustrated
in your discussion just past, Liberals are open to reason, and
Conservatives don't believe anybody else can do that." I said, "In
general, that's what it looks like. But in politics, those states of
mind play out in different ways. Conservatives have a pack mentality.
They can get things done, when in power. Usually something bad, because
they don't accept any kind of criticism, no matter how beneficial.
Liberals take a lot longer, building a consensus, tweaking it almost to
death with apposing minutia, trying to make perfect what can never be,
and then run out of motivation, and pass a hodgepodge of inane
nonsense. But at least they mean well." He had to laugh. I said,
"Liberals are about personal freedoms and equality, even forced
equality, and restricting business. Conservatives are for business
freedoms, and taking away personal freedoms while they are saying they
aren't, except for the ability to kill people, which they love.
Conservatives love discrimination. Liberals don't like that. Disagree,
look at the voting regulations, and who promotes what. Conservatives in
power grab all the power they can get, and then when Liberals are in
power, they complain bitterly when the Liberals use that very power the
Conservatives so short sightedly put in place, and what's worse, for
what the Conservatives would actually use it for. Conservatives pass
legislation that they love, and when the Liberals copy them, then they
hate it." He said, "Oh! I remember that!"
I said, "They can't be for anything, unless they can be against
something. They actually thrive on being hostile, which they view as a
virtue. They could teach a two year old how to use 'no', better." He
had to chuckle. I said, "Liberals have empathy. A heart. Conservatives
might have, but they show little evidence of that, and often act
totally against that, until they have a family member in a category
they are supposed to be against. Some call that a change of heart. Some
call it actually getting one. Conservatives call it being a traitor,
and act on that basis to that person, all that showing their pack
mentality, where total loyalty is required. They view being open
minded, being nice, being willing to compromise, as vile weaknesses,
and and in their arrogant belief that they are being strong in their
intransigence, they deride those people who exhibit those positive
human qualities. Conservatives say they value their religions, and to
such an extreme that they want to force everybody to follow their
religious laws, at the same time they themselves are doing the
opposite. They lie. Isn't there a Commandment against that? And very
strangely, they believe their opponents are always lying, most so when
they aren't."
I said, "Conservatives spend money like there is no tomorrow, but
only when they want to, which they think will support their reelection,
and which will kill people, and then leave it up to the Liberals to
balance the deficit budget they cause, that they actually blame the
Liberals for. Both sides lie, but the Conservatives do it more, and
much more outrageously, because they actually believe their own er,
crap, no matter how much it smells of rotten manipulative deceit.
Liberals get their news and information from a variety of sources, and
balance one against the other to discern the truth. Conservatives only
listen to each other, and more to the loudest and most ignorant, and so
are seriously misinformed, even of the people they work with, and the
issues they have to make decisions on, and they attack the other side
with personal inconsequentials, because they can't admit that they
don't understand the issues, after showing the world that. And that's
on a good day. But in real emergencies, Liberals shine, with well
thought out things that can work. Conservatives panic and bomb
indiscriminately, figuratively, and sometimes literally, when they
aren't ignoring the whole thing." He grinned, and said, "I've seen
that." I said, "All those descriptions are generalized. Individuals
vary, and often partake of both extremes at times, and on different
issues."
He said, "You should say this on air." I said, "Here. If you want it,
YOU put it on. Why should I say it twice? Oh, interesting feelings
you're pushing at me. Hmm, my monitors are discussing possible bets."
He had to chuckle. I said, "Who values the truth more, LDS, or the
Vatican?" He said, "Oh, that's not nice." I grinned and said, "I know."
He chuckled. I said, "I'll let you alone to decide." We hugged.
Mom said, "That was NOT nice." Galya said, "Yes, great." Chuckles. I
said, "Hard choices teach us who we are, as opposed to who we think we
are." They nodded in agreement.
Three days later, he called me to help with some editing. I did, and
he released it to CNN, as a private conversation that I authorized to
be released. They asked me to comment. I said, "Comment on my comments?
Are you nuts? Oh, there goes Hawk." Laughter. Then the Senate Minority
leader, and the other Senator, the Mormon I had confronted, wanted to
release some of my comments too, so we edited those, and they did it.
Both of those things went off like bombs in a shipping crate of rats.
Conservatives scurried all over, madly, trying to poke holes in what I
said. They couldn't, as CNN showed. Everybody expected Fox to jump on
me, but they spent most of the time laughing at the whole thing.
They asked the President his opinion, often. He said in an announced
televised news conference, "Solomon is showing us all how we can
improve ourselves, and how we can serve our country better. Arguing
about it, denying it, doesn't and can't make it go away. We go forward.
We improve. We owe it to ourselves, our country, our world. We need to
work for the future, NOW, if we want to have a good one. It won't come
to us without effort and sacrifice, but we owe it to our children to do
it. Solomon has said that God has a plan for us, that we will advance
to go to the stars and help THEM to advance. To be the REAL leaders of
the future for the whole galaxy! Who wouldn't want that for our
children, their children, and for the thousands of years to come? We
are special to God, but only if we work to EARN that exalted status.
I'm willing. I want to work for it. What about you?"
He was asked, "Did Solomon help you write that?" He said, "Not only
didn't Solomon help me to write that, we didn't even discuss me doing
this. Those are MY words, from MY heart, by MY decision to share them
with you. I hope they can make a difference." One said, "Will Congress
go along with your plans?" He said, "I won't know what Congress will
do, until they do it, but I hope they will come to share my vision, and
help us to succeed in it." One said, "Do you think it will hurt the
reelections of your party members?" He said, "There are consequences
for every action. Only time will tell if they are personally positive
or negative. If doing the right thing for our future causes any of us
to lose an election, then so be it. To serve is a privilege, NOT a
right. We swore an oath. We WILL keep it, and serve WELL." He made that
the end. I was waiting for him in his office. We hugged.
He said, "Thank you!" I said, "Hey, I was going to say the same
thing!" Chuckles. I said, "Heads of State are commenting. None against.
In fact, Israel is loving you again." He said, "Wow!" I said, "Going to
take a lot of work. Got some proposals here. Make a future team up, and
have them eyeball it. Include DOT." I told him about two others. I
said, "I'll be available for consultation, and if it's something I
like, a little butt kicking, too. Er, metaphorically." Chuckles. I
said, "I'm being asked to comment on your speech. I'm saying, 'The
President made a great speech. Short and to the point well made. I
couldn't have done better. He did very well on the questions, too. Now
there is some work to do. He can't do it alone. Help him. Help your
country. Help the world. Do that, and you help yourselves, and all to
come. And you earn more of God's respect and love. And mine.' That's
it. Alright with you?" He said, "Oh yes!" More hugs.
I shifted to meet with the president of Fox News. I said, "You were
expected to support the Conservatives against me. What happened?" He
chuckled and said, "I didn't give them any directions. They thought it
was hilarious. You skewered them but good. Hard to condemn what you're
laughing at. And it was true. Hard to go against that, with some of our
own people doing what you spoke against." I said, "I was very aware of
that." He said, "Might have been some fear about that, if we had, and
you really pointed to specifics." I said, "Maybe I shouldn't tell you I
was hoping to do that." He said, "Right. You shouldn't tell me." We
chuckled, and hugged with love.
The President's oldest son wanted to see me. He said, "I was worried.
He was all worked up about making a difference, and hit a brick wall.
You knocked it down, and for HIM, when you could have gone past him to
the public, and made him a loser one termer. THANK YOU!" He hugged and
kissed me. I said, "Er, you're welcome. What would your husband think
of this?" He grinned and said, "He loves you, too. Practically all my
generation does. We who grew up with you, consider you our champion." I
said, "Er, wow?" Chuckles. I said, "I wonder what the next generation
will think." He said, "The same. We, my group, have been watching you.
You help children personally, and very often, when you don't need to.
They all love you! And it's only for who you are as a person, not the
other things." I said, "All in my group are and were odd children. We
KNOW how it is to be different. Weird, and worse. We never forget that.
And we love. Anybody who has real love, has to love children the most.
They deserve it the most, too. Until they grow up to be Conservatives."
Chuckles. He said, "It wasn't just what you said about them, but how
you said it. Made them boil over, and the rest of us nod, saying how
true. Well, trying to between laughs. Comparing them to two year olds!"
I said, "I have to admit I was amused also, and so were my group, and
loudly!" Chuckles. We hugged with love.
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