As I was working at the shop ( my friend Jim's "A Life Full of Books") where I work on the weekend, I was helping a mother and her son look at some of the antiques Jim also has for sale. They were looking at metal rod that looked like a spear with a globe on it. The bottom had a type of stand with a heavy braided copper wire coming from it. I asked the son if he knew what it was. He did not and his mother and I explained what it was and how it worked. I then asked him if he knew who invented it. He did not. I told him "Benjamin Franklin". He had never heard of him. I said " You have never heard of Benjamin Franklin?" to which his mother promptly replied that they don't teach that stuff anymore. A grade school child not knowing who invented the lightingrod or our modern postal service is a child that is missing out on something. Having been out of the school system for a couple decades I must confess I have no clue what they are teaching kids these days. I know my daughter is getting a great education, being homeschooled. Next time I get to visit her I will ask her if she knows who Benjamin Franklin is (was).

This list is for our future survival.
1)If you have children or grandchildren or friends who have children get involved and find out what is being taught in school these days.
2)Talk to those children and gain their trust.
3)Make sure you teach them what you want them to know that is not being taught.
4)Teach the children to learn because they want to.
5)Teach the children to question what they are learning.

Our future is in their hands;make those hands the best you can. Do not let media and a school board decide what is best for your child. If they do not teach history (from different perspectives) we are all doomed to repeat it.

Michael J. Kaer, President of Kaer Enterprises (.com),www.mikesworms.com, www.mjk-pivate-income.com and www.onthespotmassage.biz

After going through a frustrating night of trying to add a couple of images to my webpage at www.MJK-Private-Income.com I found out the images hade been given a large type .JPG filename rather than a .jpg ,so it was not loading properly. Here is my list for this post.

1)Always check the details!
2)Don't give up.
3)If you do not find the solution right away, sleep on it. A fresh start sometimes does aworld of good.

Here is something I wrote last week when I was at work and did not have access to the internet to upload it.

25 years and counting

I recently saw a Reader’s Digest article where a self-taught man in France made his own electricity and fuel to run his car and hot water to heat his home all from the same huge compost pile. Once the pile totally fermented and gave up all it’s heat, the compost was then spread on his land to create a wonderful garden.

I know it is not feasible for everyone, especially city dwellers to have a huge compost heap heat the house and make electricity or run the car BUT this information came out in the 1981 edition, 25 years ago. I have never heard of this person, “The King of Green Gold” Jean Pain.

I do not remember being taught about people like Nickola Tesla growing up as well. It has been said we have only been taught one side of the story and purposely not taught the other side. Why? My guess is money. How can they sell the lies they are handing out as truth unless the real truth has been suppressed. How can a utility survive and the government make tax money off you the consumer, if you don’t need their services? Jean did not need a special education to achieve what he did, nor did he need special equipment. He made due with recycled materials. How are the big oil companies going to charge large amounts of money for their dirty energy solution when you can create your own clean, cheap and sustainable energy solution? The answer is to suppress the knowledge that any other option is available.

That is the end of my rant for this post.

Michael J. Kaer, President of Kaer Enterprises (.com), www.mikesworms.com , www.mjk-private-income.com and www.onthespotmassage.biz