When I was your LGBT Executive in Toronto-Danforth between 2004-2008, it was a very transformational time for me. Through working with you and being inspired by you, I learned that a person has power. Like you have shown us by your positive lifestyle, it only takes one individual to reach out to another to start a chain reaction of good in a world gone so wrong. You were and will continue to be an example of hope for a truly human society.

With love to You, Olivia, family, and friends.

Scott, Teacher (Thames Valley District School Board)
LGBT Executive (2004-2008), Toronto-Danforth NDP

(1) Be honest with your feelings and be willing to say “no” to forces that are not in your best interest.

(2) Tell them directly, intellectually and honestly.

(3) Repel those forces from your life.

Lie = “People in power never get together and conspire about things.”

For the past 6 months I’ve been busy with art, work, wrestling and of course sharing with my partner Tom.  However, during this time, I’ve also been experiencing a paradigm shift in my thinking about realities and power relationships at work in the world.  Part of this is a re-evaluation has come with the passage of time, but for the most part I think it has come from external forces and profound sense of feeling “duped” by geopolitical structures.

As a teacher, I find the pronouncement “think of the children” when it is used for political agendas and corporate marketing a vile practice.  Children are often used as pawns in adult misadventures as opposed to being nurtured and given the space to be self-realized.   With that said, this entry is for the children I work with.  For those who know me well, I am a positive person by nature  believing in possibility, the value of ideas and continuous potential for growth in all people.  When I work with children and get to know them on a personal level I find myself  contemplating what their future holds.  Increasingly, when I try to picture this in my mind’s eye, I see more and more limitations.  At one time I could see a clearer future for their generation and everyone else for that matter.  Now, the future seems questionable.  I’m simply being honest with how I feel.

During the last four years of my Toronto life, I was actively involved in politics within the community of Riverdale/Leslieville where I was the LGBT executive on the riding association for Toronto-Danforth NDP.   In working with Jack Layton, MPPs Marilyn Churley and Peter Tabuns,  and City Councilor Paula Fletcher, I was introduced to the complexity, formality and oddities of political culture.  For me being a New Democrat wasn’t about simply belonging to a political catergory, but rather it was about resisting the Canadian political duopoly which in my opinion isn’t really much better than a monopoly.  As Tommy Douglas once reminded us “we are mice governed by black cats and white cats”.  Of course, as the story goes, cats do what is best for cats.  This is how true power creates the world of the divide.  Where people are turned in on each other and there productive energies are used like a ping pong ball in a perpetual political game of table tennis.    Just stand back and observe.  The structure that controls political culture is absurd, destabilizing, and it doesn’t produce effective results like it should.  Even as a NDPer (a political party with the potential for creating a national transformation) I am becoming more skeptical about how governance operates.  Even if an NDP Government were to be elected, would they be taken to the woodshed and told what to do and how things really are done in  the globalist scheme of things?   As a politico, I don’t even want to vote anymore.  “Why feed the monster?” I often say to myself.  As an aside, I wonder how a truth seeker like NDP M.P.  Libby Davies feels about this deep down inside.

In the 1970’s I grew up being exposed, through popular culture, to a world that I’d describe as a New Futurism  (not to be mistaken for the Italian art movement of the early 20^th century). In this depiction of the 21^st century, people of diverse opinion, life interests, and identities thrived in a cooperative fashion while holding onto their distinct qualities and the FREEDOM OF THOUGHT.  This new century never appeared.  Instead we live in the world of the Schism. Where communities are intentionally divided, manipulated and controlled.  It’s  the power of the pyramid, where the few on top own everything and go to great lengths (often deadly) to steer the population in a direction that is best for them.  Secretaries, Prime Ministers, Presidents and Chancellors may be elected and selected, but the world appears to be constantly pushed into a precarious direction on so many fronts.  With some internal and external truth seeking , it is not hard to determine that a small number of political elites (im not referring to authentic/compassionate politicos) work for an unelected higher power comprised of a very few people.  Their possessive and territorial thinking is a waste of human potential by not seeing individuals as active participants in their own lives.  This small group of power people have no empathy because they believe they know what is best for the many.

Listen less to MSM and inquire more for yourself.  The information is there if you want to find it.  In fact, those closet to you and your connections around the world are  probably the best resources to have.  Whether its Fox News or MSNBC, CBC or CTV the constant stream of lies, omitted facts are obvious and tedious.  It’s no wonder they want to shut down the internet.  Masses of global citizens are no longer buying the crap they are selling and I’m proud to be one of them. If we had MSM journalists permitted to speak to us about the facts (and less of  a soap opera) we could have turned the world around along time ago.  I have a suspicion that Humans of ALL kinds would be a united force if they knew what was really going on.  Just follow the money from crisis, wars, and economic misadventure and you will keep coming across the same names.  Be sure to call them out when you find them.  Remember, power works best when it is hidden in the darkness.  300 blood line, intellectually average, global proprietors (who have been running the show for centuries) can be shown a better way by 300 smart global citizens.

Could it be more blatant regarding who’s in charge and who gives the orders in the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher.  BP and its fraternity of corporate friends who operate in secrecy and take on the role of legal enforcement.  This network and their real owners  (I’m not referring to everyday shareholders) has a stranglehold over so much of our daily lives. We are manipulated by these unelected forces who dictate to many of those in political power.  The fact that this group has their own military and  access to very advanced technology should raise the alarm (more on this in another entry).  Be on the lookout for those who benefit the most from this situation and consolidate power.

If you want to know the truth stop listening to beltway political insiders and the global elite and start watching what they do.  A perfect example of this two-tier world is the upcoming G20 summit in Toronto.  An event where the end result will be secrecy, lies and spin which will cost more than 1.2 billion of our tax dollars.  At the same time, the city will be transformed into a apartheid state of citizens barricaded from the elite.  This visual alone is the clearest example I can think of that demonstrates how the world really works.  We live in a system comprised of multiple levels of secrecy and lies. J. F. Kennedy once warned us that this was the case.  Have you ever had the feeling that we are living is such an inverse world that the feeling of disconnect between people is irreparable?  It is time to ask lots of questions to find our own answers.  People have great potential which can be realized by fighting the reductivism of truth and the growing isolationism between each other (even with all the social networking).  Collectively we have what it takes to break the spell, defeat the Schism, to be unique and yet strive to be connected to others at the same time. Perhaps by letting others live more and reject the notion that we all have to live the same way.  Diversity is good.  It’s not as hard as people think it is to turn the pyramid of power upside down and make it work for us!

A prototype of a zero point (free) energy device.

I think one of the most important issues of our time is energy and how its dissemination creates a precarious situation for humans.  Whether it be oil, coal, hydro electric, wind, solar, or nuclear power, energy comes from a source that we have no control over.  Being aware of the biosphere and our relationship to it is essential for our continuation as a species, but one also must consider how precarious our situation is.  A global or regional catastrophic event could bring down the world as we know it.  Everything just maintains itself in our society, and one break in the chain could be devastating.  No power means no money, no production, no water supply, no food supply, no communications (you won’t be texting and tweeting) and so goes the domino effect.  Moreover, in times of war and global upheaval the global elite could compromise our very existence with the flick of a switch.  A situation I think many of us are aware of this, but we go on living day to day putting our trust in the idea that the powers that be will look out for our well being.

What if you were in control of your own zero point energy source?  One that could power your home, your vehicle, create your own water supply and so on.  Our world would be completely transformed and the corporate/miltary complex that provides us with our resources (and also holds great influence in our governance) would be a reduced power in our lives.  A more self-determined and yet more cooperative economy could result.

Energy surrounds us.  The world is a rotating generator of magnetic fields and electricity.  For me personally, the idea of power being created in your immediate environment makes much more sense than importing energy derived from biosphere killing processes. This technology isn’t new and many believe military global elites have been sitting on the technology for quite some time.  This work can be found widely on the internet and seems to be gaining momentum in new media as the MSM seem to be losing audience very quickly due to a desire for new possibilities.  A new vision of the future is on the rise.  Here is a recent test of one of these freely working devices in Australia.  Launch the video here.

After the defeat of equal marriage legislation in the State of New York last week and the amount of disappointment felt by many progressive Americans I have witnessed on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter,  I wanted to share a story told by the Greatest Canadian – Tommy Douglas (Canada’s creator of Universal Healthcare) with my American friends.  As early as the 1940s, he travelled the province of Saskatchewan using the story of Mouseland to illustrate the problems with political duopoly between two old line parties that exist to compete against each other in an outdated system for power.  Most often at the expense of the average citizen.  I have posted a video from the CBC series “Prairie Giant” that shares this story with you.  It just might give you some inspiration and something to seriously consider in your sad state of political affairs.  Not that Canada’s is any better at the moment.

Tommy Douglas – The Story of Mouseland

It has been a while since I have posted anything on my website. The reason for this is that there has been so much going on globally, politically, economically and locally that I didn’t even know where to begin. However, I’ve just finished the first painting (Powder Out) in my new studio and I think the subject matter is perfect for the season and the current state of affairs in the world. At this time of economic crisis (and yes I think it is fair to refer to as just that), I want you all to take some time to “powder out”. For all of you non-pro wrestling enthusiasts out there, I need to explain what that means. In pro wrestling, “powder out” is derived from the show business concept of taking a powder – freshening up and restoring one’s composure. In wrestling it is taken one step further refering to when a wrestler bolts from the ring to slow the momentum when things aren’t working to his/her advantage. So how does this apply to you? In this period of time when friends are losing their jobs, parents are losing their life savings, people are overwhelmed by media imposed fear of the future, politicos have dropped the ball and greed has bitten itself in the ass – YOU need to take sometime out, regain your composure, share the best of who you are with others and things will work out in the long run. All the best this holiday season and please “POWDER OUT”.

Having served on the executive for the Toronto-Danforth NDP for 4 years, it goes without saying that I know Jack Layton and politics very well. Being the third party at the Federal level is never easy in a 19th century political culture that plagues Ottawa. The Conservative-Liberal duopoly is tiresome, but my political instincts are detecting in my home riding of London-Fanshawe, that the Liberal brand is on the way out just by the lack of interest in their campaign. The riding of London-Fanshawe is currently held by New Democrat Irene Mathyssen. The three ridings in London are the equivalent of what the state of Ohio is to American Federal politics. So goes London, so goes the country! The two other ridings are currently held by Liberals, but from the start the Conservatives seem very active in those ridings and are very visable. They intend to win. The Toronto Star even published an article this past Saturday about New Democrats and Liberals competing for the lead of the Official Opposition. I don’t pay so much attention to the polls, but rather to the trends they create. I am starting to think that the NDP will perhaps have their best showing since Ed Broadbent and at 23 % (as quoted from the Toronto Star poll) the Liberals may be heading for a melt down of Kim Campbell proportions. Remember that NDP vote is concentrated in certain areas throughout the country and is more efficient. Despite all the drama about Elizabeth May being in the debates, Jack has been hitting the right issues at the right time and seems much more confident and polished than previous elections. In this riding the issues of economic fairness and consumer protection (gouging gas prices) are at the forefront of peoples concerns. Third time strong? I’m starting to think so.

While following the election coverage in the U.S. through alternative media, I have heard the term “empty suit” being used to describe both John McCain and Barrack Obama. This term implies that the politician is a medium (an empty vessel) through which special interests and corporate power govern. When it comes to the current Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper is both an “empty suit” and an “empty person”. The funding cuts to Canadian cultural programs and projects abroad (not that there was much money there to begin with) speaks volumes about an individual who simply exists and does not live. For Stephen Harper, culture is simply a waste of money and a means of funding a progressive group of people (who aren’t part of his constituency). Jack Layton told me in a recent email that Harper “fears the fearless.” In the 21st century, culture is a massive contributor to the economy. In fact, the creative class grows with the increased access to technology by the average citizen. One should value Canadians who see the world as full of possibility and who project our culture outward to the rest of the world. Unfortunately as art critic Rene Ricard once said “you can never convince those who use their gifts to enslave that you have used your gifts to be free”.