...Here you will find the truth. The ugly, gray-skied, simple, black and white truth. If you are currently on a steady diet of the blue pills, read on with caution. For once you consume the red pill, these is no going back to the comfort of the matrix. You must be careful and avoid even smelling or licking the red pill. It is potent. It is permanent knowledge that the deepest sleep or overdose of blue pills can not undue. One can not unsee the seen. Beware, you were warned.

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• American Patriot - are you a patriot? are you sure?
• Let's Get This (Political) Party Started - the two party system is dead. may it rest in pieces.
• The Sarah Palin Mystique - why is she so loved, and hated?
• Illegal Immigrants Rights - those they should and do have, and those they don't.
• Social Networking Sites:  The Pros and Cons - are you the user or the used?
• The Electoral Albatross - it's time to revive the one person, one vote mandate. (News Flash!: California, 9 states begin process)
• Does the U.S. Owe Japan an Apology for WWII Bombing?

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What does boo-yah mean? It doesn't mean anything because it means everything. It's a composite of many different sayings rolled into one. But these sayings are thematic in nature.. Basic more generic meanings might include in your face, or hell yeah. But when a U.S. Military person says boo-yah it has even more meaning because the sentiment has a more profound implication like freedom isn't free so here's my payment,  live free or die hard, or a strong man stands up for himself but a stronger man stands up for others. See, they understand the only thing necessary for the spread of evil is for good men to do nothing. And for them, that is simply not an option. They are willing to risk it all to stand up to the bullies of the world and fight - especially for others. In fact they relish the opportunity to fight that fight. That does not make them or their civilian supporters war mongers; it makes them honorable men among men, liberators, the ultimate freedom fighters. So they fight. They fight for America. They fight because it's right.
But is America right to fight so often? What an incredibly broad question, by intent. I pose it for simplicity because the answer is as simple as the question. Trying desperately not to sound too arrogant or vain I offer the answer: yes. Always? No. But with such regularity as to boggle the imagination. Oh, there are clearly defined reasons which I will exacerbate on below. But let's first review.
America was right to expand in its infancy, despite the hardships it brought to our own indigenous peoples. To be a powerful enough beacon of light and truth and justice in an dark and unjust world, America needed to be of sufficient size to have an impact beyond its own borders, to effect and affect those outside our bubble. America is free, has been a land of free peoples since it was old enough to crawl out of the slime which was the world at its inception. We fought our own brothers in a great civil war to bring that freedom to those we had ourselves earlier enslaved. We fought our own people in the civil rights movement to finally bring that freedom in more practical and applicable form to more of our people against even the overwhelming wishes of localized communities. We fought around the globe to bring that priceless freedom to our European, southeast and northeast Asian, Pacific Islander, and Mideast brothers of all nationalities, cultures, colors, and religions in not one but two great wars in the twentieth century. We fought with the Russians and Chinese as they fought against their oppressors, then against them as they sought to enslave their neighbors. We fought against the cruel Japanese empire of the mid twentieth century as they sought to enslave all of Asia. And we were right to do so.
We fought against peoples of our own skin color and religion in eastern Europe to bring freedom to Muslims. We fought against peoples of our own skin color to bring freedom to Muslims in the middle east despite their embracing of the fascist regime that threatened to devour them. And now we fight against them collectively in that region as they seek to devour those who dare attend a church different than their own. And again we are right to do so.
Why? We are one of the very few peoples on this planet who have been free since our birth, and we deeply understand the value of that freedom. Real freedom is not free; indeed, it carries a very high price. And we send the very best of our best, over and over again to the four corners of the earth in an effort to bring that freedom to all who dwell on this planet. Why? Because only through real and engulfing freedom can this world even be what it should be, ever achieve what the human race is capable of.

I'm one of you

Hey, ease up there fella. I'm one of you, my brotha from anotha mutha. Muslim? Me too! Shoot yeah. Oops, poor choice of words. I meant heck yeah. Which way is east salap salay um shalom, or however the rant, er I mean slogan, goes. Damn those infidels, one and all. Long live the infitada. Allah is great! It's all the Jews and Americans fault anyway.
Oh, you said you were Christian. My bad. Obviously that last part was just appeasement. See, I'm making that little chest-crossing sign thing right now. Damn those Arabs and Muslims, er I mean terrorists. And Lord please help those Jews and pagan Indians see the light so they face not damnation. God bless us one and all.
Oh, you're not Christian? Don't worry; I have my index cards here somewhere. Yes, here we go. What I of course meant to say is I am a Hindu Buddhist Shinto Swahili Islamic Farsi Christian Atheist Scientologist Creationist Monotheistic Pagan Skinhead Darwinist. And not only is my religion the best in the whole wide world, it is the only correct and valid religion. And all members of any other are fools and must be recruited or wiped off the face of the earth...in God's name. Of course.
There. Does that cover it? Has everyone picked out their niblet of info they can quote and take away from here to use and misuse for their own agenda? Am I safe now? Exempt from forced assimilation, violence, and death? Are we friends now? Now that we kill for the same God, am I free to pass down or cross your , er I mean our special path now? Great! You scared me for a minute there. You thinking I was one of them and all.
When really, I'm one of you.

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About the Author

...Who am I? I am a bleeding heart liberal leftist to the point of anarchist revolutionist but prefer the label "reformist" with strong patriotic beliefs. So strong in fact that many republicans often mistake me for one of their own until prolonged discussion reveals otherwise (the beginning of this prose). I agree with the republican stance of a strong military and the concept of peace through strength, but disagree venomously with their anti-choice policies toward abortion and marriage, and their laissez faire (leave it alone, a.k.a. non-regulatory) approach toward big business and its abuses of the consumer public and the working poorer classes (or caste) - of which I am a member. So, virtually my entire life I have labeled myself as a Democrat, not so much by choice of platform, but more by rejection of platform. Always the lesser-of-two-evils voter. I grow tired, weary of the inadequate choices of my party, in either candidate or timing of candidate. The party of which I have been accused of defecting. When in reality it is I that have been deserted by my party. The party that has supplanted character with rhyming chorus, vision with smoke screens, substance with style, straight talk with turnspeak (spin). The party that would have you believe a true patriot and undeniable hero by even the most strict of definitions is in fact not. The party that when it can't build up it's own empty advocate tries to tear down a simply better man with raw lies. A party of newfound shame. In general I used to see the republican party as the party of "the haves" and the democrats as the party of "the have nots." The democrats tend to be more reformist in nature, and I tend to agree more with their generic platform in general, but they are really just the lesser of two evils who often pose the right questions but seldom offer workable solutions. They also tend to be isolationists in foreign affairs, and that's not going to work in the new world order where one lone extremist can kill potentially millions with a device that will fit in the trunk of a car. It is not I but my former party that has transformed from blue collar America to the elitist millionaire club. From main street to media stream. The party that won an election based on the current hourly stock market price of soy beans or oranges, or companies that manufacture nothing, and profit by shipping our jobs abroad where slave labor is still king. The have nots now have. All of my government is filthy rich now. I know because their pockets are lined with my hard earned money. How can any of them pose to represent me when not one of them knows what it's like to ponder the source of their next meal, their next paycheck? The answer is they can't. And the more they pretend the more ridiculous they appear. For the first time since my awakening I wish I could go back in time and take the blue pill. I don't want to see the real world anymore. It is far too ugly out there. Many youths have already abandoned any hopes of success in the current system. And those that are still virgin enough to espouse to the hopes once instilled in them are so uneducated and ignorant of the ways and dangers of the world they are easily duped. And their impending demise will be the catalyst for the demise of our nation as a whole. The American dream is fast becoming just that - a dream...

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Nov, 2008 (Presidential Election, er, the second appointment) - prelude here (new window)
...Well the littlest emperor, appointed by the supreme court along partisan lines, has been deposed. Our Caesar was so unpopular that the powers that be are not yet powerful enough to kill off the constitutional mandate of a free election. Unfortunately, the dog and pony show that is American politics has placed the blue ribbon on the most untested, unknown, silver-spoon-in-mouth dung slinger (lawyer) in game-show American Idol - style over substance exhibition in the history of this once great land. The new emperor whom I shall label Morpheus, for his political stances (hard to call them stands since they varied from audience to audience and across time), was created by a media machine free from governmental control, but very much a pundit of the dollar king (advertising, ratings). He was then intravenously fed night after night, hour after hour, into the jelly-soft brain of the ignorant masses, particularly our youngest, most naive, and most ignorant citizens, dead and alive, with such vigor and blatant endorsement and support, until his appointment was secure. But that was yesterday. Today the free world has a new leader. But who is he?
...Is he the radical that he has been proved to be associated with, the completely inexperienced newbie that professes, no preaches change? Or the long-established model, polished politician who can shape shift himself to fit the moment and mood of a growingly shallow and unknowing populous? Will he be a world leader or a leader of one nation? Or the mouthpiece for one party? That at least would effect some change. After almost falling off the right side, a hard steering to the left for the next four years would do this country a lot of good.
Will this second emperor, the great chanting orator, gain enough power to finally set aside an open (relatively free) press, or that nagging document that we have butchered forty-something times thus far, and abolish the little man's say to the point elections are reduced to the media-supported endorsement circuses controlled by the rich and powerful elite (corporate sponsors) like the ones in other supposed and so-called democracies?
There are so many questions as to what next they can hardly be addressed here in anything short of novel form. So I jump straight to the near future, when the masses wake up to the reality they have been duped, fed cake when they needed meat and potatoes, and ask them as the ship America drifts further towards the edge of the world: Feel stupid yet? If not, wait for it; it's coming. But don't worry; it's not important. Only today forward matters. And I am fearful of tomorrow. Fearful of the effects of the impending depression and the growing strength of our enemies, sure. And more fearful of our own collective national inability to recognize or address these facts. But fearful most that the man that is supposed to lead us through these treacherous times is nothing more than a young, inexperienced, untested elitist lawyer whose only established modus is his inability at personal character judgment over long periods of time. Jeeze. Now that's scary.
Let's all pray (while it's still allowed) I'm wrong. I have been before. Let's hope this political pundit, this front man for his party, can grow into the role, and be what he has convinced so many he already is, and not be the man he has thus far proven he is. -was? Let's all hope our collective judgment of character is better, was better, than his has been for the past twenty years. I have never wanted to be wrong more in my life. For if this man deserts out allies, and cloaks America in an isolationist veil as our enemies abroad gain strength (more on this), our Rome shall too burn. Does Obama play the heart?

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Most people have not read the collective works of the included and omitted parts of the Bible from cover to cover, or read all of Shakespeare's, Socrates', or Plato's works, and for similar reasons. They are so dated the language is hard to follow, and the symbolism so intense the storyline is often hard to understand. And it is such a shame for all are remarkable reading. But most persons have read or heard Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, or Abraham Lincoln's inspiring Gettysburg Address - two of the greatest prose of individual modern men. But there is another document, collectively written, that was meant to change the world. The greatest story ever told. It is a tale of what the future should be...
Our founding fathers were truly remarkable men, by any standard. Drunkards and Creationists one and all, still they left individual religious beliefs and practices open for personal selection. They created an amazing document that spelled out privileges, rights, and even god-given guarantees of protection to some ideas and ideals that were generations ahead of their time. In this document the rights of the one versus, with, and relative to others' are spelled out in such detail and with such clarity as to distinguish this document from all others, past and present.
And yet we, the American people and government, have found the need to butcher it time and time again - forty something times. We have stripped away, piece by piece, the intent and meaning and protections so many fought and died to preserve for reasons we justified as modern improvements. Changes to reflect generational alterations in beliefs that often changes back and had to be amended then re-amended.
The constitution guarantees a freedom of religious beliefs and practices. Nowhere in the document does it say "unless such beliefs and practices differ from local or national standards."
The constitution guarantees the right of free assembly and protest. Nowhere in the document does it say "unless a peaceful protest interferes with a business' right to make money" or "but only if you have a permit issued by the local governmental body."
The constitution guarantees the freedom of the press. Nowhere in the document does it say "unless those in power do not like what is printed or said," as many now pose with a "truth in reporting" - meaning their truth.
The constitution guarantees the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. Nowhere in the document does it say "with the approval of the local government" or "with an approved permit" or "but only with arms the government approves of." On this point it goes to the extreme even allowing for the people to bring arms against the government itself should that government fail in its duty to protect and preserve the rights set forth in the constitution. And it does not specify "unless the acting government labels such actions as treason."
The constitution guarantees protection for its citizenry from moneylenders, not allowing them to commit usury (charging more than 25% on a loan). Nowhere in the document does it allow moneylenders to circumvent this protection with compounded annual interest payments that triple or quadruple the total cost of a loan. Nor does it provide for lawmakers to pass special laws that allow moneylenders to charge up to 300% interest for loans to the neediest of borrowers as with the car title for money lenders.
The constitution guarantees protection for its citizenry from unreasonable search and seizure. Nowhere in the document does it say "unless the man with the badge and gun says differently," or "unless the ones to be searched do not know and fully understand their constitutional rights."
And the constitution guarantees the right of citizens to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And again nowhere in the document does it say "unless you want to marry or have sex with those your neighbor doesn't want you too," or "unless your peaceful non hurtful pursuit of happiness is in disagreement with your neighbors or local governmental accepted standards of normalcy or morality."
And yet all these slashes, these butchers' swipes have occurred, and will continue to occur. And they have changed this once magnificent document into a plastic covered museum piece of what this country could have been. Let's just make the final cut. Cut open this long forgotten document from its laminated constraints, lay it on the floor of congress and take a collective piss on it - once and for all.

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