I have needed to establish a timeline of the events in the socio-political development of Tir Na Nua.  I continue to do research to aid me in creating a world that is both interesting and informative.  By interesting I probably mean entertaining and enjoyable.  By informative I mean that it should seem realistic, internally consistent, in the world of Tir Na Nua, and should echo names and themes from Earth’s Celtic History.

In order to accomplish that, I have been digging onto a little bit of History.  I’ve been searching for names and stories that I find interesting.  If the interest that brought you to my site is Celtic legends, lore, or history you might like this site: Ireland’s History in Maps.  I’ve taken note when something of interest comes up that seems to bear on this subject. 

An example of something I’d put into the “something of interest” category might be a book like Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.  It has been awhile since I read this book, but if I remember right, the main idea was basically that societies grow and advance based on the resources that they have available, initially the type of food plants and animals and later mineral and other advantages.  Anyway, part of the fascination I have with imagining a technology loss and imagining how a society might begin again with what they have at hand comes from thinking about this book.  At least it was informed by it.

Recently I heard about another concept that I’d like to incorporate.  The book is The Fourth Turning by Neil Howe and William Strauss.  Sadly, I had to return the copy I borrowed from the library, but my initial perusal built on an interview I heard on Coast to Coast AM.  

The subtitle of the book is “an American Prophecy”  because the authors lay out their belief that we are on the verge of potentially catastrophic events that will be dealt with by a heroic generation of people who will be forced to more or less recreate our society in response to the challenges of this catastrophe. 

They base this expectation on the fact that there have been seven such heroic remakings beginning in the late Middle Ages that shaped America.  This is an idea that Greeks and Etruscans and Romans all recognized, this rhythm in history.  The rhythm is close to a century, but is actually tied to the length of a long human life. 

In this approximately 100 years, there are 4 generations.  Each of these generations seem be typified or led by four archetypes that Howe and Strauss called Heroes, Artists, Prophets, and Nomads.

Paraphrasing and laying it out hot from my fevered memory, the hero generation comes of age at this fourth turning, when there is a sense of unease and then WHAM! the catastrophe hits.  These children of a Nomad generation tend to be pampered and valued maybe as a reaction to the abandonment the Nomads received at the hands of their Prophet parents. These Prophet generation people were too busy righting “wrongs” and rejecting the previous social order to take care of the next generation.

That leaves only the Artist generation to speak about.  The Artists are the refiners of what the hero generation hath wrot.  That is to say that after the crisis is averted (or perhaps not) this follow on generation, children of the Heroes refine and systematize things to an increasing degree that eventually seems to make people so crazy that when they are done polishing their father’s edifices there follows Prophets who will oppose and reject what has been made to the degree that the seeds will be laid for the next horrendous catastrophe, perhaps because the Prophets neglect their children.

I suspect that I’m getting some of this wrong so I really need to get that book reserved again, but you get the jest of it.  Four archetypes moving through the seasons of life that seem to cycle through a series of transitions that usually leads to a big war if there isn’t another disaster to occupy the heroes.  Neat!

So it is definitely a Big Picture sort of thing.  I found it intriguing.  I plan to find some way to weave it into Tir na Nua, probably in the Background.

LSO

Last night I listened to a program on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. A word about me, I’m often up until well after 2. Coast can be a very entertaining way to spend the late night hours. I recommend it.

So I was listening to Coast and the topic of immunizations was the focus of the night. Several guests spoke about different aspects of what I think is a growing problem. A bit more about me, I have two children diagnosed as being on the Autism spectrum of learning disability and I think immunizations have something to do with it.

Two of the guests in particular grabbed my attention and I’d like to talk about what they had to say. One was Dr. Andrew Moulden, and the other was Jane Burgermeister.

Once again I’m ahead of myself. I haven’t yet had the chance to look over the Dr. Moulden’s work, but here is a link to his website, http://brainguardmd.com/.

If I recall the conversation correctly, Dr. Moulden believes that immunizations are causing brain damage and that the exponential growth in the number of these vaccinations has lead to an exponential growth in problems stemming from this brain damage.

It is probably more correct to say that the Doctor believes that our body’s immune response is causing the damage and that the cumulative effects of so many vaccinations  and the body’s over reaction to each in the developmental years is causing mini strokes that he can show in brain scans and even diagnose or rather observe from before and after pictures of people.

The Doctor thinks that much dementia is caused by this too. Again, though people have asserted that additives or preservatives in vaccines have caused problems Dr. Moulden is saying that the vaccination process is causing the human immune system to damage us and in fact that the immunization is simply reducing the effects that a disease might cause our body to do to itself in a small percentage of people. Clear? No? Well again, we both probably need to read this.

Jane Burgermeister has filed criminal charges against Baxter, an Austrian pharma company notable for two things: 1. Trying to drum up business by afflicting the world with bird flu mixed in with other vaccine and 2. being the company that our country is buying a crap load of vaccine and unapproved adjuvant material, squalene, for still more vaccines. Notably Baxter’s oil and water squalene adjuvants have remained unapproved by the FDA for over 50 years, it is still not approved, but they are going to use it anyway.

Perhaps you should ask your legislators why they want to exempt vaccine providers from liability in the most recent health-care and homeland security measures. Yell at your Rep here

Socialized medicine anybody? Yes, you can trust your government to look out for your best interests, they are on top of it. Further bad news is that plans for health crises future (like the one we are still in with the swine flu declaration they haven’t repealed) allows our diligent civil servants to FORCE US TO BE IMMUNIZED. I don’t know about you, but Austrian roulette has even less appeal to me than the Russian variety. Don’t believe me? read this http://birdflu666.wordpress.com/.

Jane Burgermeister has filed criminal charges both in Austria where she lives and with the F.B.I. here in the United States. Will officials investigate? I don’t know, this seems to smack too much of conspiracy theorizing to me…

…but if you find yourself in a line of citizens, guarded by military (perhaps in blue helmets and speak’n Canadian, eh?), qued up for your most likely effective, but maybe lethal, yet still manditory flu vaccination, remind yourself firmly “this is not happening.”

Feel better?

Now I know this is frightening stuff. If you LIKE frightening stuff and want more then go here. Let me know what you think. I can’t read any of this: Alex’s really scary stuff.

To sum up. It could be that every time you get a vaccination you get dumber and dumber. Dr. Moulden likened it to getting punched in the head. Total up all those immunizations and…. ummm… go get your flu shot. Jane Burgermeister thinks that Baxter tried to kill some of us. Ooopsie, and our government just bought a bunch of vaccine and other stuff from them.

To sum up summing up. If you look at all the pros and cons of vaccination and you decide that for the greater good of humanity you need to do your part and make sure you don’t pass anything along to your neighbors, family, and friends, go ahead and get in line. There may be armed military helpers to direct you where to go. But if you do, you’ll be stuck with it.

Good Luck

LSO