"Those who flee oppression oft' flee to oppression of their own" should come to mind as America celebrates Independence Day .
Happy July 4th to all of our American friends!
It may be time for celebration, but it is also time for thoughtful reflection. How and why was America built? Everybody knows that America the Beautiful was founded by people seeking Independence; people fleeing oppression from European political systems, repressive taxation, stifling political dogma characterized by an agenda driven by monarchies and the self-entitled, the rich, the devious, and the corrupt.
It is little surprise that American leaders, movers and shakers, the self-entitled, the Power, the glorious rich and the deviously corrupt are building the same empires in the "new world", the "thirteen struggling Colonies" now come the most powerful nation in the world. As they do so, the subtle, at times blatant removal of rights from individuals is always justified by those doing so with the "best of intentions".
Since 9/11 one of the issues seemingly becoming more prevalent and a bone of contention is that rights and freedoms have been reduced under the guise of "security" and protection" .
The growing spectre of leadership paranoia is displayed with increasing levels of surveillance, paranoia expressed loudly with "Eye in the sky", street cams, and the use of electronic technology capable of monitoring hundreds of millions of electronic transmissions simultaneously. Millions of telephone calls can be monitored without law, without permission, and without reason; the whereabouts of anyone on earth can literally be determined with electronic monitoring, face-identification technology and Google Earth. If no "boogie-man" exists, create one. Any excuse to garner power.
The far-reaching tentacles of paranoia extend even to individual key-strokes carefully applied on keyboards; senior citizens exploring the world and sending Email to their grandchildren at the blazing rate of 15 words per minute are worthy of watching.
Are such evil keystrokes perceived to be a serious threat to the official status quo of the rich and powerful and their dogma of corrupt power and corporate greed? Let's figure that one out somehow, because I think it approaches the realm of the sublime.
What does this trend say about "freedom" in North America? The noose is tightening on the expression of freedom world-wide. There is no place left to run to. NO place remains on earth that one may flee to in a bid to escape oppression.
Should the population of the United States of America remain silent as babies and grandmothers alike are "patted down" in airports ? Should the population of ANY country remain apathetic and silent until all backs are against the wall and there is nothing left available BUT to fight savagely with tooth and nail ?
At the infamous G20 Summit in Canada, demonstrators were "kettled",--- meaning locked up en masse and detained without cause, without being charged with any crime, -- simply because the "Riot-equipped" police force present COULD use that UGLY method to inspire FEAR in the hearts of demonstrators, trouble-inciters and innocent alike.
The message was "We can take away your freedom arbitrarily, if WE decide to do so".
Is that process acceptable? NO. It is a direct affront on the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens. It is government gone mad, far exceeding any mandate to govern.
What has "civilization" in North America become ? A police state? Riot police willfully doing as they wish simply because the "government" allows, even encourages them to do so? Shall we control the masses with fear? What is YOUR government doing?
Excuse us, but freedom-loving people have no intention of accepting that kind of arbitrary treatment with silence or open arms; thinking people will not accept any arbitrary reduction of rights and freedoms or abuse of power.
At Incoming Bytes we encourage freedom-loving people everywhere to be aware of the direction your leadership is taking and speak up. Freedom is under attack --and there is no longer any place to run. Apathy is not an option. Think about it as you celebrate your Happy Independence Day !
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
Showing posts with label apathy. Show all posts
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The "Silence Experiment"
Having unintentionally fabricated my own version of a "Silence Experiment" following my last post " The Greater the Event, the Less we Hear", and not making any noise about any world events for a couple of weeks, our dear readers may have come to the conclusion that Uno Eventus Gigantus was taking place, ergo the Total Silence in this blog, "the less we hear" and all that.
That assumption would be wrong, since everybody has to take time off to plant their garden, cut the grass, attend graduation ceremonies, take care of business, and think up new stuff to analyze, comment upon and even complain about. That's what I did, and surprise, surprise, the world carried right on doing stupid stuff -all by itself.
Isn't that helpful?
There is never a dearth of foolishness out there; there is never a lack of warfare, evil lawyer tricks being conducted, outrageous CEO bonuses, and / or repressive government policy, wasteful spending, and excessive taxation to comment about.
While I was off raking mulch, planting winter cabbage and repairing my lawnmower, the war raged on in Libya, volcanoes erupted, earthquakes shook New Zealand again, and Manitoba and Quebec continue to suffer from " excessive" water, while Alberta is suffering from forest fires, drought, with nary a drop of water to be had.
With a majority government in Canada, somewhat starchy and pretty bossy at best, and a failing economy in the US led by the close- to- silent GOP, there is plenty to worry about. A major recession is already upon the U.S., gold is over $1500.00/oz, which means the dollar has been seriously devalued, but the "people" continue to shop and watch television. They BBQ big fat steaks out in the admittedly cold weather, and have seemingly 'forgotten' Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, radioactive food, earthquakes and tsunamis and Avian flu, and other incidental delights. It's more important to live for the day--apparently the future doesn't count.
Where does our excessive contemporary apathy come from? Sedation? What are we collectively "on" ?
Is all food being drugged by Corporate North America, or is the average Joe just brainwashed into total apathy, the "not being able to do anything about it anyway, so why bother" syndrome?
Do we shut our brains down in self-defense from information overload? One of my astute readers here at Incoming Bytes suggested that possibility.
Meantime, the greedy keep getting greedier, Corporate North America is running the show, and politicians continue to do as they will, a.k.a. do NOTHING about it because it's too much fun being in power.
Outrage should be the norm, but it is not. In the old West, such rats, cads, and crooked do-nothings would be strung out to dry in the desert sun. In old Europe, even one better, they would be drawn, quartered, and hung, put up for display on a pike-pole to act as a deterrent and warning to other such persons of ill repute.
Our civilized society "allows" such abuse of power in silence. We happily vote political offenders back in office, to do the same kinds of things all over again, again and again.
Why is that? Do we ever learn? Apparently not.
Where is our leadership? We don't have to ask where Prime Minister Harper was, he was flying off to a NHL Stanley Cup hockey game via very expensive tax-payer funded jet...$11,000.00 an hour or something equally outrageous as that--- to see a NHL hockey game. --when people in this country are homeless and unemployed and seniors live in poverty. How lovely. How TOTALLY predictable.
If life is going to treat the Elite so wonderfully, would it actually be better to be out in the garden, totally uninformed, totally ignore the news, and just walk around in serendipity with a warm fog surrounding the garden, home, pups and peace?
Shall we all participate in total silence and refuse to pay Corporate North America and the political machine that drains us dry, but does nothing for us? By being silent, can we create ever larger events? I have to wonder.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
That assumption would be wrong, since everybody has to take time off to plant their garden, cut the grass, attend graduation ceremonies, take care of business, and think up new stuff to analyze, comment upon and even complain about. That's what I did, and surprise, surprise, the world carried right on doing stupid stuff -all by itself.
Isn't that helpful?
There is never a dearth of foolishness out there; there is never a lack of warfare, evil lawyer tricks being conducted, outrageous CEO bonuses, and / or repressive government policy, wasteful spending, and excessive taxation to comment about.
While I was off raking mulch, planting winter cabbage and repairing my lawnmower, the war raged on in Libya, volcanoes erupted, earthquakes shook New Zealand again, and Manitoba and Quebec continue to suffer from " excessive" water, while Alberta is suffering from forest fires, drought, with nary a drop of water to be had.
With a majority government in Canada, somewhat starchy and pretty bossy at best, and a failing economy in the US led by the close- to- silent GOP, there is plenty to worry about. A major recession is already upon the U.S., gold is over $1500.00/oz, which means the dollar has been seriously devalued, but the "people" continue to shop and watch television. They BBQ big fat steaks out in the admittedly cold weather, and have seemingly 'forgotten' Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, radioactive food, earthquakes and tsunamis and Avian flu, and other incidental delights. It's more important to live for the day--apparently the future doesn't count.
Where does our excessive contemporary apathy come from? Sedation? What are we collectively "on" ?
Is all food being drugged by Corporate North America, or is the average Joe just brainwashed into total apathy, the "not being able to do anything about it anyway, so why bother" syndrome?
Do we shut our brains down in self-defense from information overload? One of my astute readers here at Incoming Bytes suggested that possibility.
Meantime, the greedy keep getting greedier, Corporate North America is running the show, and politicians continue to do as they will, a.k.a. do NOTHING about it because it's too much fun being in power.
Outrage should be the norm, but it is not. In the old West, such rats, cads, and crooked do-nothings would be strung out to dry in the desert sun. In old Europe, even one better, they would be drawn, quartered, and hung, put up for display on a pike-pole to act as a deterrent and warning to other such persons of ill repute.
Our civilized society "allows" such abuse of power in silence. We happily vote political offenders back in office, to do the same kinds of things all over again, again and again.
Why is that? Do we ever learn? Apparently not.
Where is our leadership? We don't have to ask where Prime Minister Harper was, he was flying off to a NHL Stanley Cup hockey game via very expensive tax-payer funded jet...$11,000.00 an hour or something equally outrageous as that--- to see a NHL hockey game. --when people in this country are homeless and unemployed and seniors live in poverty. How lovely. How TOTALLY predictable.
If life is going to treat the Elite so wonderfully, would it actually be better to be out in the garden, totally uninformed, totally ignore the news, and just walk around in serendipity with a warm fog surrounding the garden, home, pups and peace?
Shall we all participate in total silence and refuse to pay Corporate North America and the political machine that drains us dry, but does nothing for us? By being silent, can we create ever larger events? I have to wonder.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
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