Keep on truckin', Tom Or as my grandpa was fond of saying, " never mind the conductor's blind, keep on shoveling coal"
ad On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 8:42 PM Tom Martin < dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com> wrote: > hello Folks.. > > since my release from Hospital and short stay in skilled nusing home > after march 4/// > Ive been watching thenews and crazy politics andworld events. > > > From my poll I've seen everybody is scared. > When I have asked people in all sectors of life how they feel the world > is going well agreed I've never seen anything crazy in politics or the > weather or mankind in Madison in business now the recent event has been > the artificial intelligence yeah today today Paul McCartney announced > that they were going to do a new Beatles song utilizing John Lennon's > early recordings that were never finished any used artificial > intelligence to network it into the recording > Ironically Yoko Ono on my Facebook and asked me to direct message her > but I'm not even sure it was really her or a robot that you asked me is > the scams on the Internet and become so complex that even when people > call you on the phone you don't know if you're really speaking to a real > human or a phony commercial sales person that's trying to sell you > or scam you if you call any of the computer people are service people > they are so frustrated because they're being attacked by cyber from many > different areas it's almost hysterically funny because the scammers are > attacking the scammers > if you don't believe who is the supreme being I pretty much think > humanity is it the brink of the end which if you read the Bible Christ > told us that this would all happen however most people do not really > take it literally is they think it's a comic book because they use their > learned logic to try to solve these things I am either right on the > money or a babbling fool which is point of the game I don't mind being a > babbling fool because it's a sort of protection against reality is > reality isn't very pretty right now is it that's why I feel God allowed > me to see what's going on because my 46 years sign pop-culture I realize > that we were educated to racism and hate and anger through the medium of > movies and books and music is almost all art was created by what we > would call outrageous people usually of the mental state of questionable > mental abilities most of the people I've met in my life in the arts and > movies and music were considered outsiders inside outside the box that's > exactly why they were popular if you look at people like Marilyn Monroe > and James Dean and Humphrey Bogart they did not fit into society but > that's why they were so popular because they had unique charm or dialect > or mannerisms that made them special and unique I don't think there's > any formula for what makes a person popular when you consider art in > general look at who is the popular artists word Salvador Dali Pablo > Picasso Andy Warhol even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were > considered add people I was watching PBS when they announce that > Leonardo da Vinci who is the son of unwed mother I was on unbelievably > awestruck because I am the son of unwed mother and a low self-esteem > from a very early age and why are you going to show business was I > wanted to be appreciated for something recently while I was in a Kroger > store shopping a man approached me he was impressed that I was getting > all my items in a wheelchair and use one arm to roll myself around and > he announced that he was the son of Johnny Ginger Johnny was in the > movie the outlaws is coming with Adam west as they hired children's show > hosts to be in the movie as different characters and in the 70s I > represented Johnny when I was a booking agent and so I knew his story he > was the friends with Sammy Davis Junior and various other movie people > and yet here I run across his son in a Kroger's who announced to me that > he was autistic and he could remember numbers and names and all kinds of > things and I said wow I do that to perhaps I am autistic or Asperger's > syndrome when I googled what people have autism and Asperger's in the > list was like who's who of all the people I like inventors scientist > artists musicians and actors name they were all there and I thought wow > even Elon musk is considered Asperger's > I've sterilized for years the people with ADD HD and what's considered > mental illness are actually just very sensitive like to VU meters on a > recorder they pick up little details that the general public misses > that's why they're able to interpret into art forms I found out that > Steven Spielberg one of my favorite directors was diagnosed as being > dyslexic > I'm sure you all know many people if you're in the business that are > also considered out of the box just like look who's running in the world > right now Bill Gates who is my age Jeff Bezos from Amazon Richard > Branson who also had learning disabilities the list goes on for infinity > tomorrow did I look research tomorrow I found that most of the people in > history were considered crazy and the ones that were not our seldom > recorded in history as being of any importance > The philosophers all seem to agree the more that they knew the less that > they really knew who were dumbfounded by the world itself I'm talking > about Play-Doh Socrates and all of them a few of the psycho analysis > people like Freud and Nietzsche came up with your own theories which > don't get me going on psychoanalysis I think it's as simple as some > people have six souls and some people get cured by getting in touch with > their soul in their mind and with God > We can be persuaded by many things in life most people are persuaded by > the power of money and greed obtaining miss material things > However some apparently mostly Buddhist monks turn to poverty is a form > of personal redemption > When I consider everything I realize I really know nothing and that my > only hope is that was the purpose of this life that will help God and > his plan of his will > When people tell me it's all gonna get better I said based on what what > we're seeing right now? As I have never seen so much confusion in > society think about it a minute they just raise the debt ceiling because > our own government is essentially broke and overspent from what I see > it's on monopoly money and they can keep creating a bigger debt load > however if you were I went to the bank and asked for a loan if we were > in debt for even $100,000 they would say Mr. Martin your debt to income > ratio is too broad we cannot give you a loan based on that unless you > have enough collateral to pay for the loan what what's the collateral US > government is offering to people just threats that if they don't raise > it everything would come tumbling down and that's true it probably would > because it's a big domino effect that we set up through miss management > of spending three years and years of political leaders and those in > Converse leading us in the wrong path at the same time the division > between the politicians is so perverse because as my grandmother used to > say two wrongs don't make a right and from what I can see the hell > dissension is works destroyer all kinds of relationships most of the USA > has investors from other countries anyways including China and I'm sure > Germany Russia Italy France anybody with any money across the globe > including the middle east has invested in to USA companies and products > or based solely on many of the company for instance let's take the > automobile industry we all know that Toyota basically is the best > selling cars in the US however they do make some domestically but > there's also Mercedes we make jeeps in Toledo however last I heard it > was owned by an Italian company I believe fiat > S the message I would say is don't be in fear because if it's true what > Christ promised us everything's gonna be fine it's just gonna be rough > getting thereo when you guys all figure this out get back to me I'm just > gonna keep praying to God that his plan come to fruition > > Well keep eating your popcorn and watch your movies to occupy your time > while you're waiting for things to get better as it does seem that > people are still spending money like crazy for pieces of paper of movie > images > God bless you all and your families and I hope all the people can unite > and help the poor and those that are suffering from mental illness and > the like > After my son took some of my memorabilia I realize that he wanted to > keep a part of me and that's why he was taking my personal belongings > and so I just forgave him and thought it isn't about the stuff it was > about my relationship with my son that was my favorite part of life was > having a sign for 36 years it's been I told him eventually you will get > all my items I just liked being able to look back at my memories going > back to childhood end of working with Adam West and such it was really > thrilling I'm not gonna leave here with a U-Haul truck behind hers so he > will get it eventually or he can solid and whatever he wants to do with > that nobody really gets to keep it that's why can you king tuts personal > stash is still floating around > Jesus told us to store our treasures in heaven not on earth and so many > memories of my family and my friends like the fellow Moto people that > have passed away are the memories and treasures I will take with me when > it's my time to go meanwhile of Jesus and God decided that they want me > to continue selling posters and such I will do my best to do that and > help as many people as I can as I've received so much help from are you > folks on the News list thank you so much > Tom > Hollywood dream factory® > since may 1977 > > I can do all things by Christ 1 > Who strengthens me > > > ---- > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.