It
truly is a complicated America in which we live. There is no question there is violence around us. In particular dwelling in a military
community is a very different experience than say living in a college
town. When first experiencing a
college town it is quite the surprise.
Small cafes, nightclubs, and shops are prevalent catering to the
students. There is art, intellect,
and camaraderie. Traditionally in
decades past there was a similar brotherhood amongst service men and
women. American government used
patriotism to create this mainstream.
Despite the inescapable responsibilities of impending war, military
personal shared a hearty kinship. Today
American government pays soldiers more money to justify their premature deaths
in the Middle East. It is a
different animal. The dynamic of
living in a military community drastically has changed as has America. The mainstream has been lost, and as in
real life many of the tenants of culture have been replaced with sheer
denial. Why has this
occurred? If one peruses the
American landscape things have changed.
We no longer are a holistic, natural, spiritual country. Instead we have been turned away from
the very elements that attracted immigrants to America in the first place. Conspicuously our industrial base has
shrunk, our factories have closed or moved, and again with the emergence of
skyscrapers in Manhattan we as Americans are looking up to see who is
controlling the purse strings. Who
are these people? Before that
question should be answered it is more important to examine social issues that
affect the American people. We have
heard enough about Wall Street, Washington, and the Middle East. How about what’s happening with
Americans? Firstly why are mass
shooting increasing? There must be
a concrete reason why citizens are committing mass murder. What could be the stimulus motivating
young people to arm themselves as commandoes and blindly murder dozens of
innocent school children? Could it
be President Obama’s newly expanded and reinforced Paramilitary? We all ready have seen the negative
repercussions of hiring private security firms to try to implement policies
overseas. Blackwater among others
have proven they like European governments do not possess the ethical or moral
qualifications necessary to implement a Christian or Islamic doctrine. Relying upon a relatively new, covert,
and inexperienced nonmilitary body to fight terrorism is a stretch. With military spending solely having
created America’s trillion dollars plus deficit, why is the President expanding
this particular agency? We all
ready have the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation both laden with acts of inappropriate sexual misconduct. Is the President attempting to sidestep
the nation’s tradition governmental infrastructure and implement his own
personal agenda unbeknownst to the American people. With his forthright unwillingness to divulge more pertinent information
on his drone policy, it is becoming clear that something is happening with
the President that must be discovered.
While the elimination of Osama Bin Laden was monumental as was the
downfall of Moammar Gadhafi’s political regime, wartime executive powers cannot
and should not define the role of America’s president. He like everyone else on this planet
must adhere to and abide by the same set of rules for man. Muslim extremists also wanted to
sidestep this human responsibility choosing to rape, murder, and pillage women
rather than learning to deal with them as people. Was it easier to wait for virgins in heaven than to do what every
other man on earth must do? These
shortcuts are a sign of the weak, because it means one is not willing to take
the time to deal with humanity.
There can be no shortcuts spiritually, politically, or
economically. President Obama must
operate in the traditional construct of the American Presidency and not abuse
war time granted executive powers.
All ready we have seen the most destructive and unconstitutional
legislation created in America’s history degrade the fundamental and founding principals
of the American Republic. Daily
and with complete deliberation
government and its protective wing of media continue to do this. Rarely do you hear President Obama
speak of past presidents and their policies showing his knowledge of the history of America. How can one
aspire to be a truly great president with no evident role models? The term anti-trust jumps to mind. With the systematic rebuilding of
America’s dangerous trusts, loopholes have been created that severely undermine
the American economy. If the most
powerful and affluent corporations in America earning a majority of their
revenue via American commerce, how is it that income is immune from the
American income tax? How can poor
Americans inexplicably be expected to pay down a national debt so large it
usurps the GDP of many nations? It
is absurd, and the idea that General Electric is exempt from its responsibility
to subsidize the American government visibly and with oversight is an atrocity. We already know the covert money, the money that is off the
table and out of sight of the American people is what is driving policy. It always has. These things we know. What we don’t know is why innocent people
are being murdered. Sigmund Freud
if he were alive could be of service.
Yes, we are getting the shaft but not just economically. Our environment, once an inviting and
nurturing place for human existence and growth has become polluted with the
tenants of war. As living in a
military town with little to no patriotic sentiment, the construction and
implementation of violence can be overwhelming. When one is exposed to on a daily basis the tenants of war,
how is one not to realize these mechanisms easily could turn against us? With one evil dictator and a
subversive, unproductive, and recalcitrant Congress it is plausible to the
American people we should be worried.
After all the idea of a drone raining down on you incomprehensibly at a
street corner in mainstream America is of concern. It should be. I
listen to a drone above my head daily that I wonder what its mission is. Is it to protect? Is it to serve? How are we to know when our President
will not be forthcoming with his covert terror-fighting force. If these policies are going to seep to
American soil we as a populace have the right to understand new procedures. For those with rational minds still the
job of remaining optimistic is daunting.
With the recent passing of 2012, still we are not sure of the lineage of
events outlined in the Book of Revelations. How many of the foreshadowing occurrences have passed? Keeping the American people in good
spirits is in no way the intent of our current federal government. They have not proven it. We must assume the American people have
been put out to pasture to feast on unhealthy fast food. We are not literate enough. We are not savvy enough to
understand. We do not care. When mass shootings continue to emerge,
a look must be taken into their causes.
Being at war does not set a good example for young people. Warmongering is a trite, cheap, and
ineffective long term investment in the world’s economy. Art would be a better choice. The heating of our planet with
invisible electromagnetic waves of all frequencies is not prudent. In addition they have been proven
unequivocally to cause cancer in the human body. Still mass wireless telecommunications become a major component
of our economy. When people resort
to violence, usually it is an act of impatience. One has been taxed to the limit, and they decide the current
state of affairs is not worth tolerating.
They would rather die, and for some reason decide to take others with
them. If we want the violence to
stop, then policy changes in our governmental system need to occur. A whole new philosophy of existence must
be entertained, contemplated, and implemented. Maybe it is by God only this process is possible. Let’s hope the puny existence of man
will endure a few more years.