Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Only the Shadow Knows

The title to this post comes from an old time, 1930’s, radio show.  Though the show aired quite some time before my time, it’s a well known line.

I utilized the title because it is the first thought that came to my mind after reading this.

The young woman went to doctors to have them probe her brain, to root out where her seizures came from. But unexpectedly, their investigations and the procedure they performed led her to experience the creepy illusion of a person standing behind her, where nobody was actually present.

The patient described the illusory person as young and of indeterminate sex, a “shadow” who did not speak or move. “He is behind me, almost at my body, but I do not feel it,” she reported.

I just thought it was interesting.

If you’re interested, the article which the above quote is taken from is titled Brain stimulation creates a ‘shadow person’

Posted by John Venlet on 09/20 at 07:05 PM
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Poseur Alert

Yesterday evening, as I reclined, half dozing after a couple of vodkas, in a hotel room in Gaylord, Michigan, I happened to click the teevee to CSPAN.  I very rarely view CSPAN, as I only receive five teevee channels in my home, because I do not subscribe to cable or satellite teevee.  Anyway, when I clicked the teevee over to CSPAN, it just happened that Representative Scott Garrett (R-NJ) had the floor.

I would have clicked right through CSPAN, to some other channel, but I did not because I heard these words issue from Mr. Garrett’s mouth.

Unfortunately, for most Americans, the Constitution is nothing more than a historical document, really, too often cited, and cited inaccurately, and nearly always greatly misunderstood.

When I heard Mr. Garrett speak these words, I set the clicker aside, because I thought, possibly, he might elucidate something of importance regarding the Constitution and the abuses said document receives at the hands of Mr. Garrett and his associates in the House and the Senate.

Alas, it was not so.  Mr. Garrett was simply mouthing platitudes to Constitution Day,

So as we celebrate the anniversary of our signing of our Nation’s most significant legal document, let us each and every one of us try to better familiarize ourselves with it. Highlighting and understanding what the Constitution actually says; what the intent of the authors actually was, and how it is now interpreted, stretched, or ignored will empower the public, like our forefathers once did, to stand up for their innate rights and to resist the growth of government at every level.

and attempting to encourage all his fellow professional job seekers to pass another needless piece of legislation.

And so I conclude as I had once before on this floor, to encourage this House to adopt legislation that is pending right now called the AMERICA Act, which is simply asking every Member of this body to on a yearly basis to simply read the Constitution, and their staffs as well. Let us start in this body to have an understanding of the Constitution and to share that belief with the American public as well.

Garrett’s entire little speech can be read here.

Poseur.

Posted by John Venlet on 09/20 at 06:30 PM
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