Just writing to myself...about USA...about Politics...About Whites...rant heavy....

The comments I am seeing around the internet; hearing from people in business and on the street...it makes me feel want to become selfish. It makes me want to separate myself from the rest of humanity. I just want to watch as the strong eat the weak and the poor. I just want to watch as the stupid & ignorant run themselves into the ground on pointless morality that makes them sheep. I want to watc

h because I'm beginning to realize that no matter how much I try, I fail to make a difference. People think thoughts based on thinking and the thoughts of others but get nowhere fast and abandon that train of...thought. I just want to be an observer. I might be in the moment of an emotion but all I want to do is lift weights, eat food, travel and be human. I don't want to argue with lazy people who think poor people are lazy and not just oppressed. I'm poor. I'm lazy. I'm rich. I work hard. All of that is true. But one thing I'm not is ignorant. I don't roll around defining folk all willy nilly. I ask questions. Is it so hard to ask questions just to hear what people say? Everybody is so fouled up from what they think life is about. Buying big shiny things because they feel compelled to invest in immediate gratification. That worked out horribly for me. And I don't try to stop people before they jump into it. All I say is, are you sure you want to do that? I ain't nobody daddy. I ain't never had no kids. But it feels like I'm playing to somebody else drumset. I can only play to mine.

I love how, America is only now burning to the ground when we have a Mixed race President. But with W in office everything was all hunky dory. But when these same folks swearing Obama is this or that, voted Bush into office again, we ain't said nothing. BUT NOW THAT WE DEFEND OUR CHOICE TO SAY "NO MORE" do we get told to chill out and work together. NO. FREAK THAT. Get your mind off that malarkey.

 This narrow minded, ignorant Republican contingent of the nation needs to be put in their place. They think they are above us. They think we are some fraction because we aren't white men. We are all 1 human being. NO MORE. NO LESS. See it as race baiting. See it however you like but y'all need to stand your ground because too many people think that the way the country was being run was okay. They were complicit in accepting discrimination against their fellow countryman as long as it didn't harm them directly. I am an anti-discrimination person. I don't walk away from a person based on what color they are, how they smell, what they look life. I walk away from people based on the overwhelming closed minded ignorance. These people are our bosses, business owners and so on. And these laws prohibit businesses and protect the interest of the class that has already invested in business. This only makes the old adage truer that a "Black man has to work twice as hard as a White man." Plenty may not believe it because there are examples to go by where it this wasn't applicable or where somebody got to avoid it or had Whites to stand up for them. That's cool but this is a SYSTEM WIDE....NATION WIDE issue. It is unfathomable that we get to 2012 and people still cannot determine whether their actions are discrimination or pure chance. There is a lot of pure chance but that almost couldn't be more irrelevant when there is such a prevalent amount of discrimination that people feel comfortable cursing out the president and they aren't publicly reprimanded. The world will continue to turn and humans will be born and die but what I believe can be stopped is this unrelenting urge toward ignorance. I know it won't. Social science taught me that.

This was sent to me in response to my telling this White associate to get his friends under control

Jerome as I've stated a hundred times, I don't give a damn about the color of your skin, or mine. I don't hold anyone to be lesser than me, men or women, or any other color. There are people I think are lazy, whiney, self entitled pricks, and it doesn't matter whats between your legs or the pigment of your skin skin. 

I've been just as broke as anyone, living off of 50-100 bucks a week playing music, and doing what ever I could on the side to support myself. I STILL didn't take any government hand outs. No food stamps, welfare, unemployment, or anything. So as you went on a tangent about a short time ago towards me, I've been in the same spots as you, and I'm a white boy.

I work hard to help my family and those I love, I don't like the amount of taxes that I pay, or that guys like you throw money in my face because you believe I'm in it for the money, and not my family. I detest the way this country has been ran for the last 12 years. I wish PEOPLE were more independant. The self entitled "redistribute" the wealth garbage pisses me off to no end.

Looking forward.....forward to what? This idea that "progress" is running our country bankrupt, into the ground, taking away our unalienable rights, and turning us into a police state and a bunch of people dependant on government? All that leads towards us being subjects, not free men and women. That isn't progress, it's retrogression.

We are seeing nations start to collapse who have done the same thing we are doing right now, Greece is a prime example and its starting to happen all over europe.

We can debate, argue, all day over this Jerome. I don't hate you, I'm not even angry at you, I just refuse to get dooped into some race based arguement because quite frankly, I'm not the one that cares about such things. You are.

I work with people from all over this planet on a daily basis. Arabs, africans, asians, the list goes on. You can harbor what ever opinions you'd like about my views, and think I'm short sighted. Fact of the matter is that it has absolutely no bearing on me. Because ultimately regardless of my personal opinion about what the president is going to do and where he is going to put us, I actually hope I'm wrong. 

History is a guide, it's guide on how to do things right, and not what to do as well. It also has a tendency to repeat itself. Ever notice through out history how most great civilizations only remain great for around 200 years and how wealth historically moves west? I find it interesting that it's holding true even now. And the reasons that happens, in large parts, are still the same. Just because something is new, doesn't mean it's improved.

Cheers


My response was "Interesting"
But what do y'all think?

I'm Glad Mitt Romney Cried

What touched me more, about this Presidential election cycle than anything else, was how Mitt Romney made a business career on Leveraged buy-outs of much smaller companies and then selling them for a profit. Especially, given that these were American owned companies that he ruthlessly gutted and exploited. I cannot see that as patriotism. I cannot see that as anything other than corporate greed. His entire business career cannot be separated from his willingness to perform such a atrocious practice is borderline mendacious simply because the legality has very little to do with the morality.
I could not respect his morals. I could not respect the fact that he let the families of those removed from the workforce by his relentless practices cry, bleed and die while he sat by unaffected in any which way.

Given that, I am ecstatic to see this man had something he cared so strongly for; felt so close to achieving; tried so incredibly hard to maintain...I am overjoyed to see this man cry, he who brought about so much deeply heart felt and hard emotions to others. He was the impetus of destruction to so many who were helpless to his father's ability to provide resources to his son. A son who disrespects the very same system that was the reason for his father's success. Without it, things may have ended up verily different.

Anyhow, I do not want to drone any longer. This way, I am purely proud of Americans for making this candidate cry. He deserved every ounce of agony squeezed into those tears.

BREAK DOWN

Time set into the erosion of vitality. Told to look at the numbers and realize that the path to the casket is a shorter one than it may seem. Told to appreciate all times, not merely the good times; for the pain will make for grand memories.

Following the trail of divine spark...given enough time...everything breaks. Down.

And for that, cooperation is the key element to survival.

Another Political Argument

If you've read this blog once, then you've more than likely taken note of my liberal position regarding humanity and my conservative perspective on legality and freedoms. While there are things that are more universal as per the experiences of a citizen; the most essential is the ability to avoid a life of unavoidable enslavement. But even by that measure corporations(including Banks) have the ability to use the law as a weapon. They enforce unreasonable fees on individuals simply because the law is written in a way that allows them such utility(in addition to the ability to employ a full-time lawyer). Individuals barely stand a chance. But this topic is actually about an argument I had with an older gent about the role of government in society.

Back a few days, I happened across an irresponsible post on Facebook. To my surprise, I felt the urge to comment. After I commented, my comment was targeted by a Libertarian. This man argued about the families of yesteryear and how the community was much more responsible during those times. He responded to me with respect despite my childish digs at his perspectives. I undermined the dialog at every turn with snide remarks and cheap shots. No reason to justify my positioning. No explanation is sufficient. Throughout the entire exchange, he held his cool and communicated adeptly. I respect that man. I deeply reflected on what he said to me. I realized that our arguments were literally the same. The difference came with our expectations. The major differences were our fears.

At the end of every thought he proposed and suggested, there was a gentle yet persistently lingering scent of fear. Despite the sharpness of my delivery, I shared with him that I respected his maturity. My message was one that I chock full of understanding and acceptance. Well, his was too.

Basically, he felt that businesses needed their requirements met and felt like government had little to no role in businesses business. I do not disagree. However, the laws that govern people should not allow the impartial to be swayed by the apparent or abundance of resources. This is where corporations lose my protective thoughts(think prisons; yes, that is a business). These systems aren't set up for due process or to serve the many. It actually takes from the many and serves the few. People should get paid for work they do. People should not be taken advantage of because they don't already have the knowledge or resources to legally stand up and defend themselves.

Beyond the amount of bias and arrogance thrown at the people who struggle from month to month, there is that ever constant reminder that there is somebody, somewhere, that does nothing but sit in a room and plays on a computer while making an absurd amount of money. If many people can do that job, then the pay shouldn't be exclusive. This is why  I believe government is an integral part of life as we know it. Is the military part of government? Yes. Is the court a part of government? Yes. Is law enforcement a part of government? Yes. Somehow, though, the financial resources are what allows you to overcome the law that the individuals are being held to that allows the corporations(such as banks) to require and damage individuals. If corporations are to be held as individuals, then they should be treated equally and not above any other person. That is why President Barack Obama is in office. He is the man most suited for making that disparity between individuals and corporations a little less overwhelming. And that is why I argued.

Romney-hood

Check the arguments a person uses to counter an (Idea/Public-Person/Goal). If the primary source of argument is an insult(negative view with only opinion as support), then the person should be ignored until they can produce something to substantiate the opposition. It really is rather simple but too many people have no problem overlooking the obvious lack for selfish reasons; Appealing to their self interest. Mitt Romney is not viable. The same way that Ron Paul was not viable. The same way that John McCain was not viable. I was mad that W was in office; that he stole away with the election in 2000. Infuriated, I knew things wouldn't end well. They did not. It's a crying shame. But even if Mitt Romney got elected, I would still accept that he was President. I'm not going to run around and ask for his birth certificate, taxes or anything else because that is a waste of time. And as a country we NEED to move forward. But there were plenty of ignorant, bigoted cowards that, instead of saying what they truly felt, used far reaching speculation to somehow avoid fealty to the Office of the POTUS. It was too late. It didn't matter. And those who did such only showed what would lead to our demise. There should not be an equal measure of voting when some people know how it effects them and others do not. However, that system would be far to complicated to implement with the current citizens that spent three years in confusion about whether the elected official was viable for election. If you apply for it and get beyond that measure, then there is an infinitesimal possibility that the governing council would see anything to correct. But these idiots....smgdh. I may not have a job....may not be able to provide for my loved ones but I know the choice before me is the right choice. We have idiots that argue against the elected officials but have yet to realize the official only does(to a certain extent) what the people want. Y'all just don't realize how many people want what we all get. And that is the biggest misstep in that thinking. Obviously, the country that we live in is not nearly as coherent as we assume it is. Such a pitiable thing.

Laughing at Their Tears pt 1

All the political rhetoric being in full swing, the country seems to have forgotten what led to the U.S.of A. being on a downward path. I encounter an endless barrage of hateful & slanderous lies about President Barack Obama. Most speak to a level of presumption and speculation that is literally unreal.
Maybe, it is true that the college educated are somehow "dumber" than all the people that simply went to working. That logic simply doesn't add up. As I know it, more important than anything you learn in school is the foundation of interpreting information and desire to grow. Without a healthy set, no matter how far you go in school; how high you rise on the corporate ladder, there will always be a lacking in your logic. This is self-evident in every person I have ever seen. These things don't make you a good or a bad person. It does illustrate the simple fact that you are human; raised by humans; taught by humans; surrounded by humans. All of this fear of Socialism and it is merely the idea that we come together as all to provide common, basic services. The military, police, post office, IRS, FBI, etc...these examples and many more fit under the description of Socialism.
I'll leave this saying that maturity isn't something that happens without effort. You don't simply grow into being a better person. There must be the application of effort.
When I come across these statements that throw insults and slander at the President, I remember who I was when I was mad at President W. These same people weren't outraged before. These same whiny people who aren't afraid to be hypocrites. These same whiny people who claim everybody else is always so whiny. When I see it, I find so much delight. Not in their supposed suffering but in the folly that leads them to believe they are "Correct, Proper & True". However, I am also greatly saddened by the burden of their mental ineptitude. We can argue against the system but it isn't simply the system being Dem or Rep. That's silly as an argument. Our country cannot support a different system. My skin color is still an issue. C'mon.