Hello, America! I hope this finds you doing well! As I sit here to write, thinking of what message I want get across to you, I first think of why we’re here doing and organizing POPs. But, what I think is even more appropriate is how I got here in the first place. A long, long time ago, in a place far far away…. no, seriously; even though I can say that in the grand scheme of things if was probably on 25 years ago, not sure anymore but that’s close enough. I was a lot younger and an older gentleman who I respected said, ” if you are going to do well, you MUST become a student of life”.
Well, that struck me as profound. What was “life”? A student, I hated primary school! One thing that was true about me was that I relish learning. Autodidactic was my original name, but then my mother changed it to Greg, which is much more congenial. (I’ll let you look that up if the meaning escapes you, I did) In any case, I’ve always been this way, I built this website just to learn how to do it. I read for entertainment about every five years when a friend recommends a good book and usually only if it is historical in nature. Otherwise I read to learn, I’ve taken the student of life bit literally. I’m a voracious researcher looking for as much understanding as I can find. The internet was made for me. This time was made for me. So as I write this today, I’m telling you that this puppy is going to grow up a student of life and run over some big dogs who need it. I don’t know how exactly, but one foot in front of the other and soon I’ll be walkin’ out the door. That’s usually how it all gets started.
My first step is this: I commit to you that here on this website, through the network, or any other place you engage me I will do my damnedest to be open, honest, forthright and truthful with care, regard, respect, understanding, facts and truthfulness. Way back in the dark ages before the internet we had a thing called the encyclopedia, a humongous set of very large books. A set of about 30 each the size of a ream of printer paper with the thinnest of pages. If you wanted to know something about almost anything you went and looked it up in one of these books. In that writing of that topic, a critical thing that was always done was to cite credit for the information. Basically, a testimony about where you could go and find the same information if you were of a mind. Of course some of it was bad science or information but that’s how it goes when you get people involved. But, these people were dedicated to honest factual presentation of the data. That’s who we seek to be here! The encyclopedia people. Not just some emotionally ranting bobble head, but calm rational people presenting sound facts and ideas for mature discussion. Join me, let’s make a loud voice of reason that we may preserve the greatest civilization that has ever existed in the entire human history! Go to our Connect page click on the Vision link and see what is out there to be a part of our great journey to grow this underdog puppy into the biggest, baddest, benevolent dog on the block!
Have a great day and live your life to its fullest!
Greg