David Bottomley's Blog

"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help me God."  These are the words you state when making a sworn testimony in a court of law, but the sentiment should not be limited to the courtroom.  I believe we should all conduct ourselves in such a manner that we are committed to always being honest and truthful, at all times.  That includes not spreading rumors or gossip that you don't know, based on the evidence, to be true.  "Do not spread false reports" Exodus 23:1 In today's world, we are inundated  with information: news, reports, stories, videos, images and more.  Clifford Stoll stated that " Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom."   Information is a good thing, but it must be distilled, verified, and validated before it graduates to become knowledge.  With such vast information comes an individual responsibility to research and vali

To the "elites" in the political and financial classes of the world, there is nothing more important than ensuring that they have power over the political and financial systems that dominate the globe, so that they may continue to maintain their elite status by perpetuating their power, influence, and economic superiority over the rest of us.  History is replete with deceit and backroom deals made in the halls of power to that end.   In the nineteenth century, those halls were primarily within  the world's largest superpower, the British Empire.  There were, however, upstarts in Russia, Germany, and America that endangered that dominance, and so the elites were involved in affairs around the world, but particularly in those growing powers that threatened the dominance of the British Empire.  It made sense for them to hedge their bets, so they were not caught without a chair when the music stopped. Ultimately, in the twentieth century, power began to shift as Germany ch