RAY THOMA$ 101

Welcome

Geo Cities closing: So we're moving to Yahyoo. The only difference in the URL is thew removal of Geo Cities from it. The new URL is http://www.raythomas101.com and will take you to the new site.

This is my personal web site. This is where you will be able to access my other web sites as well as be able to learn more about me (if you're interested) Most people (my son included) don't pay much attention to politics. They're too busy with their own daily pursuits. They think politics won't pay attention to them, but it will. In time, it will become more obvious. This site is one place where I "take a stand" against collectivism and the subjective philosophy that allows people to make things as they wish they were, not as they are. Ronald Reagan said: "If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last." I think that's one of his most profound statements.

Another thing that puts things into perspective is this, from George Orwell's "1984:"

PROTECTIVE STUPIDITY: "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc (English Socialism there, or simply what the government wants you to think) and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a 'heretical' direction. Crimestop means, in short, protective stupidity." If you're one who would dismiss what I say, I ask only one thing: read what I say first and do your own research. Don't dismiss what I say through lack of information. And if you can prove that a single thing I say is untrue, I'd be grateful.

Back in the sixties, I was a "rabid right-wing extremist" who thought we only had about fifteen years left as a free nation. I had bought into all the "conspiracy theory" stuff and really thought it was all a single conspiracy. That "they" were just about to "take over." I wrote and published many pamphlets (Which was no easy task back then because photo offset printing had just been invented. I could print anything I wanted, but typesetting was so expensive as to be out of reach. So I relied on my typewriter and photostats to get my pamphlets into print.). In one case, I even resorted to handwriting the original (fortunately, being a sign painter, I had good handwriting). I still have copies of that pamphlet, called: "Remember Pearl Harbor?" which equated many of the things that were happening then to what happened just before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. I still have some copies left of the original pamphlet. If you'd like to see it, send me a first class stamp and your address.

I was really afraid for the future of this country. I buttonholed everybody I could think of and tried to tell them about the coming "takeover." Some responded, but way too many said: "yeah, yeah," and then went to a movie. Soon I was "burned out," and because of the massive apathy I saw, I decided there was nothing I could do and was so angry I decided to just ignore politics and "do my thing" as long as I could.

I went off in another direction entirely. I had found out in my sales operations that 80% of my sales were made by 20% of my people. That the majority of the sales made by that 20% were made by 25% of them (5% of the total), that nothing I did seemed to be able to change that. As I increased my sales until I was leading the nation in sales with my company, that percentage remained the same. That was when I discovered the field of "personal motivation." I studied that field for almost five years intensely and I'm still studying it. I wrote many monographs and conducted seminars for not only my own salespeople, but for other groups, too. I found out why those figures were true, but I also learned that I still couldn't change them. But I could make sure there were more "Five Percenters" in my organization than in anybody else's. It must have worked. My organization sold more of my company's products in 1969 than anyone else in the country, and led the world in sales the next year.

But I still had many questions about politics even though I was avoiding paying attention to current events. One of the things I had always wondered is why people like Rockefeller promoted Socialism even though under Socialism he would lose his fortune. In my quest to find the answer to this and other questions, I discovered Objectivism with the help of my brothers Bob and Rick.

When I began to study Objectivism I found the answer to this question: It was the power. Rockefeller had never had to worry about where his next dollar was coming from. He had always had more money than he could have spent in several lifetimes. There were no more worlds for him to conquer . . . except for the ability to control others.

One of the most powerful motivators (for some people) is the power to control what other people may or may not do. To have "life or death" power: the power to make others kowtow to you and seek your favor. Ayn Rand called people who wanted this power "The Second-Handers." People who lived for the approval of others, even if that approval was forced. I call them "power seekers." the people who seek power over others in order to be fulfilled.

I also learned, as I studied Objectivism, that there could not be a single conspiracy to take over this country. It would fail by the very fact of its size. There were many conspiracies, all fueled by the same philosophy: collectivism. What makes it appear to be a single conspiracy is the way so many people and groups all seem to work together so seamlessly to gain the same kinds of ends. But it doesn't really make any difference whether there is one conspiracy or hundreds. The answer in both cases is the same: investigation and exposure. Massive single conspiracy or many, they can't survive if their plans are exposed to the light of day. Conspiracies to take over governments are as old as government itself. This very country was born out of one. So for people to deny the very idea of conspiracies today just because this is America is folly. Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy explains why there are many conspiracies, and why they are the deadliest threat we face today.

Many people criticize Ayn Rand and ignore the tremendous impact of the philosophy she espoused because she had made a subjective decision that her philosophy left no room for religion. But to deny the reality of her philosophy of Objectivism because she was human and made the mistake of denying the existence of a supreme being that ordered this universe is a tragedy. I am a student of Objectivist philosophy and religion is where I part company with her. I believe there is a "supreme being" who orders this universe. But my view of him (her? it?) may not be the same as anyone else's. I listen to Rush Limbaugh too. But I don't agree with everything he says, either. I don't agree with his every opinion, but I've never caught him in a lie.

As a matter of fact, it was listening to Rush Limbaugh while sitting on my brother Bob's porch on one of my visits to Indianapolis that convinced me to stop ignoring politics and take an active role in helping to "wake people up" to the danger they face. I felt that if he could become so successful talking to people like me, there might be some hope for America.

I am an individual and, as an individual, I make my own decisions about all things after due research. Those decisions are based on reality, not on somebody else's dogma that has been "force-fed" to me. As such, I have made Objectivist philosophy my life's guide. Not because I have "bought" someone's dogma but because I have found it to be a philosophy I can live by after many years of study and practice. I cannot claim to be an "Objectivist," even though I use this philosophy to guide my life. I am a "rational individualist." If I am any kind of Objectivist I'm a "Kelley Objectivist." Ayn Rand's original organization and the [people who run it think Objectivism is just fine as it is, with no changes allowed. David Kelley thinks Objectivism is NOT a "closed loop" and that time will force some changes in this philosophy, although nothing major. The "Ayn Rand Institute" will "run you out of town" if you express doubt about any part of her "wisdom." Davis Kelley's "Objectivist Center" will not.

Objectivism has made clear to me the reasons why the power seekers use "forced altruism" as a tool to create a dependency class they can control. Who have used the promise of "bread and circuses" to cause people to keep voting to keep them in power to keep the goodies flowing.

The "Child Protection Scam"

One of the power seeker scams that is growing day by day is their effort to take over control of what is taught to your children in school without your interference, by destroying the rights of the parents and the family unit itself. To do so, they have made the child protection services their tool to destroy the family. To learn more about that, and to protect your own children, click the link below for the "Child Protector Watch" web site and read the information that is there. There are also many links to other sites that can help you not only to learn about it, but also to help you when they come for you.

And don't think they never will because you don't abuse your children. That has never made a difference. Even if you have no children of your own, they can still "get you" at will if they want to because in their courts, proof is not a requirement. Don't believe it? Go to the web site, read the reports there, and be afraid...be very afraid. But also be comforted that if you know about their scams and schemes, you can win against them as my son and I did. We beat them so badly it cost them $50,000 MORE than they collected from the federal government for stealing and attempting to adopt out his two boys that they now have him marked "hands off."

My Web Sites

The New THOMA$ REPORT: A "secondary news source" where we search the Internet for news stories the mainstream media would rather you didn't see. Stories that disagree with their "spin" on things. Spin that upholds the power seekers in our government and keeps you ignorant of what they are doing to you. Stories that are often treated as "local stories" so you won't tumble to the fact that some things are widespread. We bring these stories to your attention, usually on a daily basis We give you a short synopsis on what the story covers, along with a URL to allow you to go directly to the story, wherever it is. We try and post every day, and sometimes several times a day. Put it in your "Favorites" or "Bookmarks so you can go there easily. Check it out often and be better informed.

The "Child Protector Watch": Learn about the power seekers' scheme to control what is taught to your children without your interference. They know that in order to have an easy time of it in controlling others later, they need to teach this nation's children that collectivism is the way to go -- now. Hitler knew it and Stalin knew it. Today's power seekers have learned from them and are working like beavers to destroy parental authority over their children by false accusations of child abuse and treating every accusation, no matter how far-fetched, as if it were true, then using the courts to violate parent's civil rights. They put innocent parents in prison on a regular basis to accomplish these aims. The information on this site is documented. Read it and be warned. The "Child Protector Watch" tells you everything I learned when they stole my own two boys more than thirty years ago and what I learned while my son and I beat them so badly when they came after his two boys that they marked him "hands off" because it cost them $50,000 MORE than they got in federal fees for keeping them for three years before we prevailed. There is also The "Child Protector Racket.": This blog keeps you up to date on what they're doing every day, with references to the local news stories so you can read them for yourself and they can't keep these stories as "local stories" to hide from you the fact that their atrocities are widespread. Updated sometimes every day or more than once a day, you should keep this URL in your "Bookmarks or "Favorites and go there regularly.

The Bull Cutter: This is where I give my opinion on the events of the day and where you are able to respond, in "real time," just by sending me an e-mail. Your posts will be signed by whatever name you use to sign your e-mail. I recommend a descriptive "handle." Sometimes there will be a URL where you can go to the original news item to which I refer, sometimes not. This is my opinion.

Personal Defense Consultants The government will not allow us to carry and use the means for our own self defense so battered women and anybody who might be mugged on the street is "set up" to be victimized. The orientals invented unarmed combat for this same reason, and on this web site, we have come up with the modern answer. Stun guns disguised as cell phones and pagers; pepper sprays similarly disguised as pagers, lipsticks, pens, and other items. If you want to "BE PREPARED WHEN DANGER STRIKES, go here and obtain "the difference."

Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil: One of the major problems we have today is our dependence on foreign oil. this site shows you how we can help significantly reduce this country's dependence on foreign oil and even make some money doing it. The government has "bent over and grabbed ankles" to the environmental extremists to the extent where it will not allow us to drill for oil anywhere in the United States. Nor will they allow us to build refineries for anything but Ethanol. So we have to go in another direction, and that direction is to get as many people in America using synthetic oil. That would "put the fear of God into OPEC" and their prices would come down quickly.

Links to Other Information Sources

We will be adding helpful links all the time as we go. Watch this space. These are the sources I use all the time.

Important Articles

Some of these articles are new. Others were written some time ago. All are about important points you need to know.

AREN'T INTERESTED IN POLITICS? You'd better be. Even if you aren't interested in politics, politics is interested in you. Especially if you don't pay attention to politics, what politics is doing to the American people (moving us ever closer to socialism) wlll affect you. One of their most important scams is to convince you that you can't do anything about it, so why "pay attention?" But if you do "pay attention," and become an "obstacle" to their designs on your money and your freedom, maybe it can be avoided, if enough other people do likewise.

COMMON SENSE -- UPDATED: Early on in the "unrest" that led to the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called, "Common Sense," which, after being published, led to the prosecution of that war, which resulted in a stupendous victory and the creation of the United States of America. This report is what I hope is a "successor" to that pamphlet, and I hope it will be as successful in "waking people up" to what their government is doing to them. Not that I want to ignite a war, I just want to wake people up so they can become "obstacles" to what the looters want to do and help return this country to the "republican form of government" its Founders intended, rather than the socialist nation the looters envision.

The "EVITA FACTOR: Evita Peron destroyed Argentina's thriving economy by introducing, and pushing socialism. Hillary Clinton, now hoping to succeed her husband as president as Evita did, is trying to do the same to the American economy.

FORCED ALTRUISM: The liberals like to accuse those who object to their thievery from the "producers" of "not being altruistic." But what they are actually pushing is "forced altruism," where the government (aka: "looters") take money from them in the form of taxes and gives it to those who did not earn it, calling it "altruism." But it's not. It is patent thievery and "redistribution of wealth," a socialist notion.

THE GLOBAL WARMING SCAM: Global warming is a scam to allow liberals to take more and more control into their hands, and to collect more and more money from gullible people who believe that "science" can be "a consensus." It cannot. A thing is a thing. Whether or not many scientists agree doesn't alter that. "The global warming scare has enabled environmental advocacy groups to raise billions of dollars in contributions and government grants. It has given politicians (from Al Gore down) opportunities to pose as prophets of doom and slayers of evil corporations. And it has given bureaucrats at all levels of government, from the United Nations to city councils, powers that threaten our jobs and individual liberty. It is time for common sense to return to the debate over protecting the environment. An excellent first step would be to end the 'global warming' scam." This article details eight reasons why we should ignore these "prophets of doom," including, and especially AlGore, who has been telling us for more than FIFTEEN YEARS that we have only TEN YEARS left if we don't "do something" about global warming. The fact that if he is right we should have all been dead these last ten years hasn't occurred to him (or he hopes we don't notice). The fact that warming and cooling is cyclical and has been happening for millions of years doesn't seem to matter to them.

I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT: This is to announce that I am officially running for president on the "rational individualist" ticket. It's not a big party, since I'm it. Do I think I can win? Nope. But I figure everybody else is running, so why not me? By my own definition, I'm the only candidate who should be elected. I figure any candidate who wants the job should be barred from winning.

IS COMMUNISM REALLY DEAD? One of the things everyone seems to be convinced of these days, since the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the supposed collapse of communism in Russia and her satellites is that communism is dead. But is it? Has no one noticed that almost all of the positions of power in the "former" Soviet Union and its satellites are filled by communists who profess to be "former communists?" The same people who ruled these countries when they were known as communist states?

THE MIND ON STRIKE: Power seekers claim that the rich, the owners of factories and large businesses are "riding the backs" of the workers and that "the workers" are every bit as important to their success as they are, if not more important. This article debunks that notion completely. It "blasts it completely out of the water" by showing that without the creative and original ideas of those people and their superior management skills, there would be no factory for the "workers" to work in, thus, no jobs for them to be "exploited" by. This is basic. A "must read."

MYTHS ABOUT SYNTHETIC OIL: These are the ten best-known lies told about synthetic lubricants by fossil oil companies that can "see the handwriting on the wall" in this "breakthrough product." In the sixties, I led the nation in sales of such a product, one that eventually made carbon paper obsolete. I love marketing such products because I like to see the panic in the eyes of those whose entire career is invested in marketing a product that is soon to be obsolete. I imagine you could see the same look in the eyes of buggy whip manufacturers on the invention of the "horseless carriage," otherwise known as the automobile. I imagine similar lies were told about the automobile by buggy whip makers, in an attempt to salvage their businesses from progress.

A SELF-CREATED PROBLEM: Should we "shy away" from nuclear power as a means toward "clean energy?" Not according to those who study this phenomena. According to the experts, we are exposed to more radiation using "coal-fired" power production than from nuclear power production. Environmentalists have made much about "Three-Mile Island" and "Chernobyl," but the truth is, there has been NO "nuclear accident" in THIS COUNTRY that has injured or killed a single soul. anf that includes "Three-Mile Island.".

THE 3,000 MILE MYTH: Do you change your oil every 3,000 miles? It's not really necessary, you know. It's a "myth" designed to get you to buy more oil than you would otherwise. This article, by a thirty-plus year veteran of the "oil wars," tells you why you can go 25,000 miles before you change your oil with nothing bad happening to your engine.

TIMES A CHANGIN' In 1974, AmsOil was only two years old, and destined to shake up the oil industry like never before. It was hard to market synthetic oils. "Fossil oil" manufacturers laughed at them and their contention that synthetic oil was a "breakthrough" that would eventually obsolete fossil oils. These manufacturers spread lies about synthetic oils, while feverishly trying to copy AmsOil's success in the marketplace. AmsOil used "person-to-person" marketing similar to that used by the most successful marketing company in the nation, Amway. They ignored the "person-to-person" aspect of Al's marketing scheme and tried to sell it by mass marketing through their usual outlets, gas stations and parts houses, simply putting it on the shelves and not explaining why $5 a quart, against $1 a quart or less for fossil oil was less expensive in the long run. They couldn't figure out, and thus couldn't explain why a customer should look at the MILEAGE cost, not the cost per quart. Four or five quarts over 25,000 miles versus 40 quarts required to replace the oil every 3,000 miles, plus eight oil filters would cost the customer significantly MORE over 25,000 miles while making the engine last longer. Then there is all that lost time while waiting for someone to change your oil or the time it takes to do it yourself every 3,000 miles. Is your time worth money? All this oil changing costs the customer more than $250 over 25,000 miles, PLUS the time it takes to change oil over and over eight times.

WHAT'S BEHIND MASS SHOOTINGS? Some blame the easy availability of guns. That's silly. If guns were not available, they'd use swords; or knives; or baseball bats; or anything else that would kill. The availability of the means to kill has nothing to do with the motiviation to klll. What's behind these mass killings is the "shielding" of our children from failure, which does not allow them to learn how to deal with failure and they blame others for it. The urge to kill those they blame is not far away.

WHEN IS A RIGHT NOT A RIGHT?? There are several ways to create a right beyond reading and adhering to the Constitution. One is for a Supreme Court Justice to "read into" the Constitution a right that was not there, as in the "Roe v. Wade" decision that legalized the murder of millions of defenseless unborn children. Another way is to "pass a law," in spite of that law being unconstitutional. But the most often-used method is detailed in this article.

WORDS MEAN THINGS: When reading a publication such as this it is important that you understand the exact meaning of words as we use them, not as the liberals do. They routinely distort the meaning of words to confuse you. We use words as they were meant to be used and the exact meaning of many words might surprise you. This is a glossary of words as we use them, with reference to how liberals and other subjectivists do. Some will "tickle your funny bone" while others will open your eyes to things you never knew.

HELP: I've thought long and hard about this. I don't like soliciting money for doing what I'm doing. But if I had money to replace my job, I could spend more time doing this work, rather than spend eight hours a day doing something "mindless" in order to be able to eat. I spend an average of six hours a day (or more) reading, researching, and writing what goes into this, and my other web sites. I get an average of 200 to 300 or more e-mails a day, all of which I must spend time dealing with. Even while at work I'm thinking about what I do here and I'm constantly writing little notes to myself about the ideas I have every day.

This work is very important to me and I will continue until I can no longer do it whether or not anybody sends money. But it would help me to be able to spend more time on it if people sent something to help with it. According to the government, you can make a gift of up to $9,999 a year without it being counted as income for either of us. That's kind of a "poor man's 501 (c)(3)," which I do not have, and don't intend to try for because that gives them a measure of control over what I write. I'm not suggesting you send that much. Anything you can spare will help, even a few dollars. And it is not charity. I am performing a needed service. If you feel that you and others are getting some good out of what I do, please help. If not, don't. I will not engage in the kind of "guilt-trip" building in which the looters engage, and I will have no hard feelings for those who don't help. This is something I must do, with or without help. My postal address is: P. O. Box 16247, Denver, CO 80216-0247.

Email: Send e-mail to raythomas101@yahoo.com

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