Well I hope that drink wasn't to strong because I have another for ya. So from part 1 it is quite clear that the very foundations of this country we call the land of the free and home of the brave is seriously compromised. How can we as a country who has as its foundation deception, genocide, theft, oh and I forgot slavery preach to any other country how to conduct their affairs without first getting ours in order.
This poses a serious problem for America, because the majority of us are living in a state of denial. This isn't all the peoples fault we have a sorry excuse of what we call an educational system. Our educational institutions really encourage regurgitation of facts and the production of corporate drones instead of intelligent questioning citizens. The results of such a system is the creation of the type of society that we have today. Materialistic, selfish, and short sighted oh what a wonderful world.
Try imagining if our schools taught the facts, not the sanitized version we teach today. In our current system of education intelligent questioning is treated with a less than favorable response. Why? because when people are confronted with a intelligent inquiry into uncomfortable issues the powers that be react by attacking the inquirer. Why are are wanting to cause trouble? they are ask, don't you know this line of inquiry can be damaging to your future. These intelligent people are told in no uncertain terms this is not how the game is played and their future depends upon playing the game, don't ask questions. I know this is what I was told. Fortunately I had a teacher who had the courage to tell the truth. He an encouraged his students not to plat the game, to explore and investigate everything we are told. Thanks Mr. Walker you were truly an inspiration.
Now that being said because I believe in the inherent good of most people I think we would find ourselves in a much different country in fact a much different world we are in today if we encouraged such inquiry. The problem is though this type of inquiry eventually leads to the truth and like that famous quote from jack "you want the truth you can't handle the truth"! Well folks you better start handling the truth.
In part 1 of this blog I just scratched the surface of the injustices our government has committed against the native people of this land. I didn't go into the fact that despite that freedom of religion is explicatedly protected in the first amendment of our hallowed Constitution this for some reason didn't apply to the native people. No, these people were forbidden to worship in their traditional manner. People this is the first amendment for Christ sake and our government just in violated it. I got news for y'all they (the government) do it all the time. I hate to say it but our Constitution is a fraud a carefully constructed farce to give the American people the illusion of freedom and justice. Sorry, but that's the truth can you handle it?
So confronted with facts like this why should we expect our present government to act in a more moral manner? Well we shouldn't and it hasn't. From the invasion of sovereign nations to violations of citizen civil rights our present government (and when I say present I mean the past 30 years) has conducted itself in an reprehensible manner. It doesn't matter which party happens to be in power because the real power lies behind the curtain. The corporate curtain of corruption. Our politicians are bought and sold our system of government is morally and financially bankrupt. Its not that America that is broken beyond repair it is our government and as Thomas Jefferson so eloquently said “ I am not an advocate of frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and constitutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, and as new discoveries made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change so must laws and constitutions adjust. With the change of circumstances institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fit him as a boy as require a civilized society to remain under the regime of their barbarous ancestors". I didn't say that my fellow Americans homas Jefferson did. I don't know about you but I think we have out grown this coat they have us wearing and its time for a new one, one based on the principles of true freedom and justice. Think about that, until next time when as always the drinks on me.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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