Hello ya sick, twisted freaks... Ok, I swiped the pick from Glenn Beck's site. I admit it. He's the last conservative talk show I'll listen to. The reason I bring Mr Beck up, is that he started a project called the 9/12 Project (). As it says in the site introduction:
The 9/12 Project is designed to bring us all back to where we were on September 12, 2001. The day after America was attacked, we were not obsessed with Red states, Blue states or political parties. We were united as Americans, standing together to protect the values and principles of the greatest nation ever created.
Somewhere, we've lost something valuable and precious. In her own way, my good friend Pandora has complained about this many times. And she's right. We stand up for what is quick. What is expedient. What is in our personal best interests. No more. The line in the sand must be drawn somewhere.
Newly elected officials tout their victories as mandates from the people. I put to you that 99.99% of elected officials, top to bottom, wouldn't know a true mandate from the people, if it swam up and bit them on the ass. My elected representatives need to be exactly that. Representative. I didn't vote for them to go to Washington DC or to Des Moines and vote THEIR conscience. I want them voting MY conscience. That's what a representative does.
So what does this have to do with the 9/12 Project? America was born of a Revolution. We fought for our freedoms and for what we believe in. Those freedoms are being whittled away. It's been happening for years and we did nothing but stand around the watercooler and bitch about it. Our basic beliefs are becaoming buried in bullshit. Twisted to serve the ends of others.
It is time for another Revolution. Not one involving armies and guns and bloodshed, but a revolution where the American people discover, again, that they are strong. That they have a voice. That the government cannot simply ignore us. Should not the various bailout bills have gone for a vote by we, the people? A shit ton of our money is being spent. My good friend Betony, who is a mathmatician, says that the average human mind cannot comprehend much more than a thousand of anything. And we are talking about spending trillions of dollars. Do you even know what a trillion looks like? it's a million million. $1,000,000,000,000. Pocket calculators don't even go up that high, and we're letting Washington spend a bunch of those trillions of dollars. At my current wage, it would take me, personally, almost 1,000,000 years to pay off one trillion. That scare you? It did me.
The 9/12 Project calls us back to the values of our forefathers. It calls us back to a tiime of personal responsibility, thinking for yourself, and making yourself heard. The tea parties springing up around the country sprang from this site. They represent the opening shots of a new, peaceful revolution. And I hope the powers that be are listening. (Cause I don't wanna work for a million years...)
So check it out. It's worth the look
1 comment:
While I agree with the concept of having your voice heard, the manner in which many of the organizers of the "tea parties" went about it is useless. It is one more pointless bitchfest if you ask me. While I agree we need to raise our voices and be heard about our current fiscal and social situation, that needs to take place at the ballot box. If you don't like what your leaders are doing...STOP VOTING THEM BACK IN! Some of the people in the US Congress have been there for years. Isn't the definition of stupid doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result? So as a society - we must be pretty damn stupid to continue to put these same selfish, self-centered morons in office who continue to support the same programs and raises for themselves. Perhaps my view is a little skewed by the fact I live in Hell...aka Texas where our governor is a complete moron who wants to talk about secession from the union. To me, with all the bloodshed that has already gone on in the previous bid for secession this seems to be reckless and clueless. So I will continue to take my tea unsweet and served over ice thank you very much.
Post a Comment