I was brought up in Washington D.C. San Diego California, Kepflavic, Iceland, Albuquerque New Mexico, and I ended up Here...Austin, Texas. I got lucky and was able to travel when I was a kid being a military brat. My dad worked for N.A.T.O. and my best friends were Norwegian, Icelandic, and German when I was 10-12. I had trouble talking to them at first, but you know kids. When there's time to play, there's always a way!
I remember the other kids would make fun of us cause we only knew English,. They knew English and at least one other language. I remember them making fun of me speaking German once when I farted outloud! I asked my friend Walter and he told me they called me a Butt Bomber! I called them Dumb heads. Dumb heads..fail.
The one thing they all seemed fascinated about was us, I mean the U.S. They would ask us about Marshals and Deputies, and Judges. Oh, and the Six Million Dollarman. But , what they always wanted to talk about going to the United States. They always asked us boneheads about the Declaration of Independence.
We longed for the States too. There was not much to do in the dark days of Winter. We read the Encyclopedia for fun, no internet, no X-Box.
One thing the other kids from Iceland, Germany, Norway, always asked was why everyone in the United States was always arguing, arguing with the government, arguing with each other, why didn't people just do what the government prescribed? I asked them why any people would just do what the government wanted.
Then i asked them why Farting was so hilarious in Europe?
We blow a lot of Hot air at each other! We DO fart and argue constantly, it gets intense the debate continues on and on! But wait! We debate! We don't just remove a president when he becomes unpopular! We Are Americans! We VOTE him out! or the Supreme court fails to recount!
There are a lot of dissenters,and there always should be , who have every right to question the system - because that is how the system is designed-It doesn't work! Well guess what you're right but it works well enough for you to be able to say it doesn't and not get shot! Not to say you won't be watched. Or remembered by someone that disagrees
Yes in states like Texas People like Rick Perry and David Dewhust they have skewed the system by redrawing district lines in the favor of the rich, the corporate, and used the heartfelt sympathies of a working public to inadvertently back their schemes by tacking on words like -abortion -to legislation. But even those folks won't be blind forever. People like Rick Perry are the dark side of the coin. You know they are everywhere. The asshole boss that fires everyone takes away your insurance but pays you just enough to hang on yet threatening to fire you every day. Giving speeches about how others who are really desperate are taking advantage then going home to a luxurious lakeside town home paid for by YOU!
These folks claim high morals above us all. So they can appear to be looking out for us. They often the high ground by burning down everything and everyone underfoot. They are not Secular or interested in the rule of law. they are interested in the law of their self interest. They can have really nice hair. They eventually act out the lies until even they are confused.
The United States isn't just about a bunch of nebulous morals passed down from some old white guys in wigs . It's always been imperfect, but has always had the courage to turn around and face the mistakes we have made and try to avoid them again. Our Country is full of fucked up shit, but our people have also helped more people through out the world and have been there when Earth shattering disasters occur. Our People are what make us not Great like a force to be reckoned with but great like a hand to the desperate, a flower to the forlorn, or a kind word to a child. We can save this planet we have corrupted worse than our own government. We can save our souls as well. Not so we can go to some fairytale place called heaven. Not even because it's right. But because we, the poor, the lost, the unaligned, maligned, the "Unruly Mobs", and the ridiculous, know what suffering is like. We don't turn away from it we turn to face it! We don't hide our feelings we CHOOSE to feel them. No not everyone needs a gun but if folks gotta have them, then lets make them safe so only the owner can fire them, so our kids are safe. Lets Face our Mental health Disaster and deal with it! No not everyone smokes Pot but a lot of innocent people go to jail over something that isn't any more powerful than a couple a couple of still drinks, hardly ever precludes violence, and many suffering from cancer need better access without persecution! Science is a wonderful thing and genetic modification can eventually help us solve our food supply problems, but no one company and no products should be favored by the government, or put on the market until fully tested and approved by the people. No one wants abortions to happen but they do.They always have, they always will. We can keep living in an dark age where people deny the truth or we can take control, limit how late but make it safe, protect women and their children from the meandering legislation that has actually done more to take away benefits and harm the healthcare of the very women it purports to protect! Lets not force any woman to submit to any procedure she did not think of herself! Lets stop treating the Working Poor and Women in general like criminals! Let's stop pretending that we're talking about Human life, and talk about the Human lives that have names ,and a homes and Mothers that work!! Stand up for the poor Children already born who are being denied healthcare!Remember this phrase- We The People?
I remember reading it that Encyclopedia a long time ago with the wind pulling at the windows I was all alone. It made me feel something. Something like connected to you. and You..well you very likely piss me off. I'm sure I don't agree with you, maybe not on anything. So we argue? NO we debate! We use our brains, back it up with our hearts and we talk and talk and protest ! We may feel strong emotions but file motions we do not murder each other!
We do not agree, but we can agree, we CHOOSE to agree, that all men, all Humans, are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator-Universe with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.....
and the right to fart without ridicule. We are Weirdos of this Sandbox! We argue because we care, we dare to not destroy each other in favor of the something that others see as weak. Consideration Compassion and Compromise. We seek Happiness for all. Not just the Rich, but the Poorest of us as well. There is not Red there is no Blue, there is Me and You.
And WE are Americans ! Lets do this together!
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