jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
Boring thoughts.....be warned.
I spend 2+ hrs a day in the car....so I have lots of time to think. I do not use my phone unless I need to.....love/hate relationship with it like most here.
So I tend to read a bit in my downtime and I have gone to a lot of places so I was thinking this morning (in the snow) about Stonewall Jackson, yeah, that one & when we visited Jackson tomb with the kids 20 yrs ago .....and my own reading, I found that he was basically, a hypochondriac. He was under 40 years old yet had 12 different "issues" including cold feet and anxiety along with dyspepsia(upset tummy), rheumatism(joint issues) & others. If we focus on just those....what picture of the man emerges? Not very strong in character, right? Now transpose this with the story of how he came famous "for sitting astride his horse like a stonewall while facing overwhelming odds". That's the gist of the story....hang on to this for a sec.
Now let me switch subjects before I tie them together.
In life, there are do'ers and watchers. Have someone drop with a heart attack in a crowd of strangers and you'll see the difference. Have a thief run off with a purse at a grocery store and you'll see the difference. 99% of people by my own estimate, are watchers unless it's a close family member. It's no ones fault....most folks simply freeze, even if they want to do something, they cannot. I don't know why......I've never figured it out, but take it as pretty factual (not sure it would pass Mythbusters though)
Now let's bring this all together and see if I'm truly off my rocker, or it starts to make sense.
I propose that Jackson didn't sit because he was fearless at all......all his maladies to me, points to him being a "fraidy cat"....basically being forced into a terrifying situation and he did the only thing he could, he froze not as inspiration but because he was in shock!
So to me, he was not who history says he was, not by a long shot.....I recognize the type. LOL
I am open to what I don't know so if I've gotten horribly bad info, I'll own it.....but I don't mind challenging what we all "know" every once in a while.
The smart one, was the guy that pointed at his puzzy-butt and said, "look how brave he is" and rallied his friends!!! THAT guy was smart! LOL
This is what happens when you think too much....or the circuits aren't connected....but I'll go with the former....
Still trying to think up how to get sea water to power the world though....been working on that one for 30 yrs....it's tough! Stanley Meyers comes to mind right?....hmmmm, what do I know about dear ole Stanley??? LOL Him, Tesla, Steinmetz and others......all smarter than I am by a wide delta, thought it would work too, somehow!
I spend 2+ hrs a day in the car....so I have lots of time to think. I do not use my phone unless I need to.....love/hate relationship with it like most here.
So I tend to read a bit in my downtime and I have gone to a lot of places so I was thinking this morning (in the snow) about Stonewall Jackson, yeah, that one & when we visited Jackson tomb with the kids 20 yrs ago .....and my own reading, I found that he was basically, a hypochondriac. He was under 40 years old yet had 12 different "issues" including cold feet and anxiety along with dyspepsia(upset tummy), rheumatism(joint issues) & others. If we focus on just those....what picture of the man emerges? Not very strong in character, right? Now transpose this with the story of how he came famous "for sitting astride his horse like a stonewall while facing overwhelming odds". That's the gist of the story....hang on to this for a sec.
Now let me switch subjects before I tie them together.
In life, there are do'ers and watchers. Have someone drop with a heart attack in a crowd of strangers and you'll see the difference. Have a thief run off with a purse at a grocery store and you'll see the difference. 99% of people by my own estimate, are watchers unless it's a close family member. It's no ones fault....most folks simply freeze, even if they want to do something, they cannot. I don't know why......I've never figured it out, but take it as pretty factual (not sure it would pass Mythbusters though)
Now let's bring this all together and see if I'm truly off my rocker, or it starts to make sense.
I propose that Jackson didn't sit because he was fearless at all......all his maladies to me, points to him being a "fraidy cat"....basically being forced into a terrifying situation and he did the only thing he could, he froze not as inspiration but because he was in shock!
So to me, he was not who history says he was, not by a long shot.....I recognize the type. LOL
I am open to what I don't know so if I've gotten horribly bad info, I'll own it.....but I don't mind challenging what we all "know" every once in a while.
The smart one, was the guy that pointed at his puzzy-butt and said, "look how brave he is" and rallied his friends!!! THAT guy was smart! LOL
This is what happens when you think too much....or the circuits aren't connected....but I'll go with the former....
Still trying to think up how to get sea water to power the world though....been working on that one for 30 yrs....it's tough! Stanley Meyers comes to mind right?....hmmmm, what do I know about dear ole Stanley??? LOL Him, Tesla, Steinmetz and others......all smarter than I am by a wide delta, thought it would work too, somehow!