A few minutes ago lightening struck very close to the house and a massive thunder clap shook the house. Within a second or two both of my dogs ran from elsewhere in the house and were in the bed cuddling with my wife. She didn't hear the thunder but the dogs certainly woke her up.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.