  Each day I drive to work I have about a 45 minute drive to and fro, which gives me quite a lot of time to think about things. Things like life, love, government, movies, music, politics, family, and everything else under the sun. On this particular morning I am thinking about the world and where it is. What is happening here? Each day we turn on the news and we see death, destruction, and the proliferation of the destruction of the world. And it saddens me. In these times I often wonder if the world is worth saving. Not that I am any kind of saviour or anything, but I'd like to think that if I try hard enough I could have some influence over change.
After watching things like Bowling for Columbine , Life and Debt , and a few other documentaries that show us how crazy this world is getting it makes me wonder aloud: Is it worth it? With the powers that be in this country, who are obviously war mongers, constantly striving to cause conflicts that put money in their pockets, where are we headed? When it seems that our 'fearless leaders' think that a war is just good business, and is good for the economy, just ask yourself. Do I matter in this "Land of the Free? " 'We the People' have become this era's plague of locusts. Ravenous consumers that devour all of the things around us. Now I know how hypocritical this is of me to be ranting on consumerism as I type on my Compaq laptop and wear clothes with a company label on them, but hear me out. We are raised on media hype. homogenized news, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and high-fructose corn syrup. We are bred to find the latest trend, eat it up, and spit it out onto the continuing compost heap in our own backyards.
Could we be saved? Are we headed the way of the dinosaurs so soon? They say evolution is telescoping so that in just a few generations you will be able to see evolutionary change in a single lifetime. Perhaps our destruction is just as telescopic. Maybe our time on this planet is up, and we spent it on the wrong path. Just like the dinosaurs a meteor is coming for us, only our meteor is a made up lies, deceit, war, nuclear weapons, disease, consumerism, and religious fanatacism.
It's going to hit soon unless we try and stop it. Perhaps it is our time however. Has the whole world gone mad? It amazes me this political system we work with in this country. Anyone that pays attention knows that our electorial system is bullshit, the last election proved that. It proved that as long as your daddy has enough money and you've got a brother in charge of a key state, you can buy yourself and election. It's all bullshit. Everything Yosemite Bush has he owes to his daddy and his money. Daddy bought his way into college, daddy bought his way into a baseball club, daddy bought his way into the oil industry (which helped support the families of our 'enemies'), and for the ultimate gift, daddy bought him a presidency. Thanks dad! And to think all I got was a little bit of money for my b-day. What we need in this country is some radical change.
Is it possible? Can it happen in our lifetime? The first change that needs to happen is we need to get rid of this bullshit two-party political system. In reality it seems like we have more of a one party system, where each 'side' takes it turn scratching each other's backs.
I call them the RepubliCrats, because that is what they really are. All of them in the Senate and House pass bullshit bills into laws, and ones that really matter like the Amber Alert thing (which was way over do) get riders attatched to them that have nothing to do with the bill at all. That's bullshit! And usually said rider is either a tax increase or a pay raise for those in office. Gee, that seems fair. Finally these days we are starting to see some guys from the more left side of things get a little bit of respect (Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky, etc. ), but they are still looked at as radicals. Any time someone from the green party, or the more liberal side of things starts to speak up they get slapped back down or are laughed at for not being "of the big two.
" Are we honestly to believe that there are really only two schools of thought that each and every person is supposed to subscribe to? Yup, that's it little Johnny, it's either A or B. You've got to choose either the elephant's pile of shit, or the donkey's. Sounds like a plan Sam!! God forbid there should ever be a woman or a black man in office, that would just be ludacris.
Look at how big a deal they made over Lieberman being Jewish. Not that I agree with his politics, but his faith seems to be a bigger deal than the man himself. Get past the flesh people! Why is this country so afraid of change? At least at the top they seem to be. Wasn't this country built on change? If it wasn't for some "radicals" that didn't want to be presecuted for religious reasons we wouldn't be here. Well we would but we'd all have bad teeth, bad B.O., and answer to a limey, a cocksmoker (not that there is anything wrong with that), and Yoda, Queen of England. So, they decided to high tail to a new land and create a country of their own. Radical thought and action led to a new beginning. Sure they made mistakes but great men like Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Locke, and Sam Adams (plus I love his beer) tried their hardest to make this a country and government of, for, and by the people.
I feel we've lost that. We are no longer have a government "of" the people, but one "of some of" the people. I think one of the biggest reasons for this is because our leaders no longer respect the Constitution, a truly beautiful document if you've ever read the whole thing. This is why I think that the Constitution is such an amazing document made by amazing men (whom I'm sure were backed by amazing women. ) The Constitution is the "Supreme Law of the Land" written to state our way of life in this country, and how we should run it. The beautiful thing about it is that it isn't perfect, and the men who wrote it knew this, because they knew that they weren't perfect. That is why they made it possible to be amended, or changed, and we have done so. The first ten amendments, our "Bill of Rights," is a testament to this statement of change and this recognition of imperfection.
Why then, have we stopped at 28 (I think, correct me if I am wrong)? Times have changed, and so should we. Actually not change so much, as we should grow. I think that our leaders have turned their backs on a nation that is meant to grow and evolve in lieu of lining their pockets with money.
So what are we really to do these days? Try to fight those in charge? Strive for change that may never come to pass? Or just consume like the rest of the world and live fast, make money, and die hard. Do we let them sit there and control us with fear? That's what they do with all of this filtered and bought news. They cull us all with fear. We are most certainly a nation led by fear. How do you herd sheep? You get a big dog that has a lot of bark to scare the herd in the direction you need them to go. You fear them into listening. That's what they do to the masses in this country, they fear you with tales of nuclear war, the bogeyman, and fear you into thinking that you will not be 'cool' unless you have the latest Prada/Gucci/Tommy/Dolce And Gabana/Diesel/Etc.
clothes. They've done this to us for years (ever seen the Reefer Madness movie? ) and they show no signs of slowing because the rowers keep on rowing. Our only ammo against this, is well, to stop being afraid. We need to stop being afraid of the machine and start rising against the ones that want to keep us down. By no means do I mean we do this in any violent way, I mean the way those in the past have inspired change, through art.
Create amazing music, wonderful paintings, beautiful poems, essays, stories, articles, limericks, anything that goes against the status quo and challenges the mind with free thought and action. Rally the mind, rally the soul, and you rally the body into action. Do not be led by fear. Challenge yourself. Challenge your mind. And never forget that we are all amazing and beautiful people that all deserve a say so in this crazy world we live in. And hey, if all else fails I hear Austrailia is great!! Whew! That sure was a mouthful wasn't it. I'm not sure where all thay came from but there it is, take it or leave. Good night kids, tune in tomorrow for some news, screws, and the hidden clues. 
