Older Marine ‘Stuns Crowd’ at Georgia Tea Party Event

Thanks, Wendy.

I love each and every one of these quotes! 

I also had mixed emotions about the video, and hesitated to post a comment out of consideration for the folks that somehow took pride or found something more meaningful in it than I did.  I never understood the idea of a just war, or a war to create peace, or a Great War.  The concept falls apart even further when you consider the fact that most often, wars are fought for commercial or corporate interests, and not for ideals at all.  I wonder how many people would enlist in the military if they were really told why they were fighting.  ("We'll be going to Iraq so that we can control their oil", "You'll be giving your life in Afghanistan so that we can get their opium, and keep everyone thinking we're actually fighting some kind of "war on terror", and who knows what else")  Not so patriotic, or high minded at that point, eh?  I don't blame our guys in the military.  I believe they're being lied to, and perhaps if they wake up to the lies, it's too late for them to change course.  That makes me quite sad. 

I recently saw a picture of all the Supreme Court Justices gathered in their robes for a formal picture.  Doctored into the picture, someone added a bunch of corporate logos all over their robes, like Nascar drivers.  It was so true, but so sad.  I guess, for some stupid reason, I believed that the Supreme Court justices were beyond corruption, and really there to watch after the people, and the laws of the land. (Kathy rolls over to the sound of her alarm clock, and realizes that she can't hit snooze forever...)

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This is why I like what the Zeitgeist movement is doing.  They've focused on exposing the primary cause of this corruption, and the emotional manipulation of our best and most noble instincts, the monetary system which works most effectively, in its goal of accumulating those symbols of wealth we call money, by creating in us desire for things, and scarcity (or quick obsolescence) of those things at the same time.

Of course, we the peasants... oh, sorry... consumers, are never explicitly told that.  Instead we are, from childhood on, indoctrinated to believe that "this-is-just-the-way-it-is", "The invisible hand of the free marketplace is at work",  "survival-of-the-fittest", "you-too-can-become-a-millionaire", and so forth.

Our present social structure is been based on a pile of lies, over lies, on top of more lies.  Those fine expressions of humanity, reflecting our best emotions and ideals, are considered quaint and naive by those who see themselves as "masters of the world".  Good for us peasants but not for themselves.

However, Nature is making it more difficult to maintain the lie hidden.  As the financial, social, ecological, and political collapse keeps marching on, we the "peasants" are waking up to realize "we ain't go to work in Maggy's farm no more" and reclaim our energy to use for good purpose.

Pass the word... that is our job.

Namaste.

Stephen Decatur is credited with the saying "My country, right or wrong." But Carl Schurz, a German immigrant who later became a U.S. Senator, amended the statement to read: "My country right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."  

Few people quote Schurz's version. Conventional wisdom says you can't criticize America and still be a patriot, but that's exactly what our Founding Fathers intended us to do: to study our important documents so we could take corrective action when our nation was deviating from them. Don't let anyone take away your right to honor the idealism for which the flag stands or pervert its meaning. 

Peace and blessings,

Burt