My One Percent Theory

Major Characteristics of the 1%:
1. Consistently use common sense—the mentality of the 1%
2. Seeks or needs order, is organized—for order is reasonable—the mode of the 1%
3. Participates in divine activity—or consistently has creative outlets
4. Thinks outside the box, especially beyond linear thinking—the strength of the 1%
5. Takes the initiative—the instinct of the 1%
6. Is virtuous, esp: diligence, courage, courteous, and discipline
7. Is optimistic (thus many think 1% is too high of a percentage)—power of the 1%
8. Does not need physical rewards—though we are not stupid to turn such away
9. Seeks to be with or is attracted to other 1%ers—magnetic personality
10. Faith: recognizes not perfect, but strives for excellence, the greatest good—while we all seek the good, the 1% seek the greatest good—ultimately that being for 99% of us the divine, God.

The burden that all 1%ers must bear is the frustration of carrying the weight of the 99%. The struggle for the 1% are the 2-3%ers who are so close but yet so far from the 1%--and they are twice and thrice as large as the 1%!

Fundamental Principles of the 1%:
1. Individuality—promotes, defends, and encourages personal liberties and self preservation—this is not individualism
2. Faith—promotes, defends and encourages freedom for religion—there should be an intentional change of “freedom of religion” to “freedom for religion” to assist the 99% who have been misguided by the 2%ers’ distortion of the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution.
3. Subsidiarity—the needs of the most local community are best meet by that local community—should be placed in the 1% of the local community

The major characteristic of the 2% = pride; power of the 2% is apathy; lying is their mode.
The major characteristic of the 3% = envy; power of the 3% is pessimism; inconsistency is their mode.

I challenge the following to be true if tested: 99% would agree that only 1% consistently use common sense; the 1% that would disagree are the 2% who think everybody uses their common sense for they think to say otherwise would be “mean.”

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Civilization Lost

Observation: Society is a mechanism not a civilization.
Conclusion: Civilization has been lost.

Mech-a-nism: a process, technique, or system for achieving a result.
Civ-i-li-za-tion: refinement of thought, manners, or taste

Certainly my observation is shared by the common person. You need not be an "intellectual" to posit such a revelatory explanation on the plight of the human condition. Am I being pessimistic in my inference? Have I jumped to quickly to my conclusion? If I am correct in my final analysis is this the final word on the human condition?

Since I am not a pessimist, I believe that civilization is lost for good. We suffer from a severe illness that is corroding the soul of humanity. The late great Pope John Paul II, Servant of God, spoke of the "culture of death." Thus perhaps civilization has been lost, for now. Yet humanity is not gone. We must reclaim what has been redeemed. Our pursuit must not be to return to "civilization" but the goal is to become "sanctuary."

Would you be interested in reading more? Let me know if this is a topic worth writing a book about that you would be in turn interested in reading.

What do I write about?

The focus on my writing shall be anything that I deem interesting and hope you do too. My writings include observations seen through the eyes of this Roman Catholic Generation X male.

I've always enjoyed conversing about religion and politics, the two great taboos of conversation! However what I find ironic is that religion and politics, just happen to be the two most important topics. Everything (literally) stems from our view of life and religion and politics are the two lens from which we see with depth. Unfortunately these terms "religion" and "politics" have been tainted by "the masses." Consequently I have two choices, keep using the term or find alternative words that speak to the point still the same. So I choose the later...

Religion is not some out-dated institutional hierarchy of ancient precepts. But because "religion" is tainted as such, I must find a new word that means what "religion" is truly about. That meaning will be a subject of a future blog. My alternative is "the soul." Perhaps a bit intimidating, but weighty enough to bear the significance of it meaning.

Politics is not opinionated and contradictory rhetoric by some over-zealous and selfish opportunist who is typically a lawyer. But because "politics" is thus tainted, I must again find a new word that means what "politics" is truly about. Its meaning will also be a subject of a future blog. My alternative is "the body." Perhaps too enigmatic, but again I do believe in time it will become acceptable.

So my final analysis is that the person is both body and soul; and thus must and always in fact speaks of both politics and religion in every conversation. We just are ashamed to admit it. And with what we done to the meaning of these words, it is no surprise that we continue to lie to ourselves. Thus I tell the truth, as I see it.

Purpose for this blog

I have three main reasons for starting this blog:

1. Practice makes perfect: My need to enhance my writing skills is first and foremost my main reason. So yes this is my laboratory and you are my guinea pigs . I shall be in a continual practice/experimentation mode.

2. Save us time and money: I have a desire to write in order to publish (publish beyond a blog). So I thought why not pitch my ideas and observations so that people can tell me whether they would actually be interested in reading more, or not. I see this to be a win-win.

3. Egotistic tendencies: Let's be honest we all have them; it goes with the whole fallen, sinful nature. You need just see all of the texting, social networking, blogging, blah blah going on. So me too.