25 January 2008
Prevent more stripping of Civil Rights
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Loss of Freedom
3.15 pm
As I gaze out the window in awe of the white powder that glistens in the rays of a sun that has been hidden by several days of clouds, wind and snow, I think of how pure and clean it looks in all its freshness. And then I realise that my innocence has vanished. The innocent view of the world I held before I began delving into the credibility of our primary candidates has been shattered as truths were revealed of which previously I had no knowledge.
Last night, as I lay under the warmth of the duvet and a multitude of blankets, reflecting on everything I have learned over the past few weeks, I felt scared. For the first time in my life, as an American citizen, on American soil, I felt scared. Scared that I will now have to live my life always looking over my shoulder, monitoring every word I say. Scared that I may not be able to find work when I need it, that I will end up on the streets or maybe even in a concentration camp for my political beliefs. Scared that my life will no longer count to the upper echelon. I thought, 'So this is what it might have felt like to be Jewish when their rights started being taken away by Hilter. So this is what it might have felt like to live in Soviet Russia or an Eastern Bloc country.'
And then I cried. I cried for the freedoms we no longer have and don't even realise that we no longer have them. I cried because I couldn't believe we're gradually being led into a system where only the elite will be treated as human beings. I cried for the loss of trust I had blindly placed in my elected officials, naively believing they have the best interests of our country at heart. My world has changed overnight. Every action has taken on greater meaning. I ask myself how much longer I will be able to act as a free person.
Our government is doing to us exactly what the British did to the Irish. They slowly took away their land, their jobs, their language, their rights. We are rapidly losing our jobs and our rights. Next it will be our homes. The government doesn't speak the same language we do even though it's called English.
8.50 pm
While looking up some information on Ed Schafer, nominated for Secretary of Agriculture (if anyone has any information about him I would appreciate it), I came across this quote by our 'illustrious' leader (he is answering a question posed to him about how people are making comparisons between Viet Nam and Iraq): 'Look, this is hard work. It's hard to advance freedom in a country that has been strangled by tyranny. And, yet, we must stay the course, because the end result is in our nation's interest.' (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040413-20.html). He ought to know about strangling a country by tyranny. I beg your pardon, whose interest? How is killing innocent people, Iraqis and Americans, in our nation's interest? What he really meant to say is that the end result is in his interest and the interest of the elite few.
At 9.05 pm I learned that Dennis Kucinich has dropped out of the presidential primaries. I am extremely saddened by this because I believe Mr. Kucinich truly cares about this country and ordinary citizens. Will we take a stand and write in a vote for him to show this country that we're tired of being told who we will vote for? Where is that American spirit that threw off the domination of England? Let's throw off the domination of the corporations and those in office who aren't true public servants, which means just about all of them. That reminds me, our elected officials are public servants. They are supposed to be acting in service to the public. That's me and you. When did we and they lose sight of this?
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