As of July 4, 2010, America is 234 years.
We have some problems that must be dealt with. But that doesn't mean our country should fall in our lifetime. Not at all. France is about 1400 years old, and they've experienced worse then we have, as a country. If we count from the time the Zhou dynasty rose, China is 3055 years old. They've experienced much worse than we have, too.
We're bound to experience great troubles in our country, too. Starvation, civil war, insurgency, poverty, political/economical corruption, political revolution, and/or natural disasters/catastrophes have been in our past and present. They lie farther up the road, too.
We will get past them as we will get past our current problems. We're still very young.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
(I would like to say that my first couple of blog posts aren't going to be as good as they should; I am used to writing one large piece every couple of weeks, not small ones every couple of days.)
"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said about US leaders. Funny, I thought, how a foreign president is more in touch with the majority of Americans' feelings than the actual American government.
I am not a fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is a terrible leader for not granting the freedom his people so desire, and deserve. But leaders all around witness the ill, bloated green-eyed giant our government is.
The November elections are close. They'll be here in less than thirty days, in fact. With each day, the mudslinging becomes more and more intense, and our cries become more and more deafened. We have long ago relinquished our control of government to the men and women with deep pockets and egotistical intentions. We no longer grant power to the United States of America; they grant us the power. They are each a tyrant in their own, playing games with our lifestyles. And they never, ever do their job. It's a miracle anything gets done, because it seems as if things have stopped to a standstill.
They divide us. We no longer see each other as fellow countrymen; we see each other as liberal, conservative, socialist, fascist, racist, pro-White, pro-Black . . . the list goes on. In the last fifteen minutes, just by browsing internet forums, I have seen conservatives labeled stupid, retarded, bible-thumps, Jesus-fuckers, racists, and obsolete. I have also seen liberals labeled socialists, marxists, dumbasscrats, faggots . . . the list goes on.
They are dividing us, and we let them. Why? Because we buy into partisanship. The main power players of the day are the Democratic and Republican parties. They constantly fight for control of the nation. To win, they need the most support, the most voters. To win voters, they must spit out half-truths and whole-lies. The party followers, in the guise of being lead by leaders who share their same concerns and beliefs, swallow all the propaganda they possibly could and become agents of false fronts. The media doesn't help with this – they use the same devices, only this time they want viewers, not voters. Although, government and media must have a symbiotic relationship.
Power-play exists everywhere, I know. But it's hit very high levels.
Words of Spencer Ackerman.
Words of George Washington, from his Farewell Address.
We have strayed far from his advice, and we are seeing the results. We've dug our own grave. Is it too late to turn back?
"May the undertaker bury you, your table and your body, which has soiled the world," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said about US leaders. Funny, I thought, how a foreign president is more in touch with the majority of Americans' feelings than the actual American government.
I am not a fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is a terrible leader for not granting the freedom his people so desire, and deserve. But leaders all around witness the ill, bloated green-eyed giant our government is.
The November elections are close. They'll be here in less than thirty days, in fact. With each day, the mudslinging becomes more and more intense, and our cries become more and more deafened. We have long ago relinquished our control of government to the men and women with deep pockets and egotistical intentions. We no longer grant power to the United States of America; they grant us the power. They are each a tyrant in their own, playing games with our lifestyles. And they never, ever do their job. It's a miracle anything gets done, because it seems as if things have stopped to a standstill.
They divide us. We no longer see each other as fellow countrymen; we see each other as liberal, conservative, socialist, fascist, racist, pro-White, pro-Black . . . the list goes on. In the last fifteen minutes, just by browsing internet forums, I have seen conservatives labeled stupid, retarded, bible-thumps, Jesus-fuckers, racists, and obsolete. I have also seen liberals labeled socialists, marxists, dumbasscrats, faggots . . . the list goes on.
They are dividing us, and we let them. Why? Because we buy into partisanship. The main power players of the day are the Democratic and Republican parties. They constantly fight for control of the nation. To win, they need the most support, the most voters. To win voters, they must spit out half-truths and whole-lies. The party followers, in the guise of being lead by leaders who share their same concerns and beliefs, swallow all the propaganda they possibly could and become agents of false fronts. The media doesn't help with this – they use the same devices, only this time they want viewers, not voters. Although, government and media must have a symbiotic relationship.
Power-play exists everywhere, I know. But it's hit very high levels.
“I do not endorse a Popular Front, nor do I think you need to. It’s not necessary to jump to Wright-qua-Wright’s defense. What is necessary is to raise the cost on the right of going after the left. In other words, find a rightwinger’s [sic] and smash it through a plate-glass window. Take a snapshot of the bleeding mess and send it out in a Christmas card to let the right know that it needs to live in a state of constant fear. Obviously I mean this rhetorically.
And I think this threads the needle. If the right forces us all to either defend Wright or tear him down, no matter what we choose, we lose the game they’ve put upon us. Instead, take one of them — Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists. Ask: why do they have such a deep-seated problem with a black politician who unites the country? What lurks behind those problems? This makes *them* sputter with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction.”
Words of Spencer Ackerman.
I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight,) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the Government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in Governments of a Monarchical cast, Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind, (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight,) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.
It serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.
There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the Government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty. This within certain limits is probably true; and in Governments of a Monarchical cast, Patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in Governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency, it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose. And, there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Words of George Washington, from his Farewell Address.
We have strayed far from his advice, and we are seeing the results. We've dug our own grave. Is it too late to turn back?
Saturday, October 2, 2010
What this is
Here, one could find writings on modern American life from the perspective of one who considers himself a true Independent. Occasionally, I will have a guest author write a post.
I am not an independent in the usual sense; I simply do not share the views of most political parties. The values of partisanship disgust me.
I wish to conceal my identity. I have spoken in many other public forums with positive feedback and results, but I cannot deal with the threats against my life, and the lives of my loved ones. I know there is no merit behind them, but they really agitate me, and ruin my day.
More to come . . . .
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell
I am not an independent in the usual sense; I simply do not share the views of most political parties. The values of partisanship disgust me.
I wish to conceal my identity. I have spoken in many other public forums with positive feedback and results, but I cannot deal with the threats against my life, and the lives of my loved ones. I know there is no merit behind them, but they really agitate me, and ruin my day.
More to come . . . .
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."
- George Orwell
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