Mini Rant ,Corporate WWII,and Gun Control

"A mini rant".. (haha , indulge me ) I don't see the revolutionary scenario to be far fetched . Part of the the original intent of the the right to own weapons,as opposed to bearing arms against fellow citizens ,may well have been in remembrance of the tyranny imposed on the colonies by England.Before the Constitution or the second amendment were invented,the Declaration of Independence, in the early sentences established, "..endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness." It would seem that this early statement tried to provide and establish another check to whatever government was to come about in post revolutionary America.Historically,revolutions can come from both the left or the right ( and even the top about 3200 years ago )but a prerequisite these days is having munitions and the willingness to counter those forces, police or military who are enforcing the oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler or ruling party. If our democracy is compromised , if the corporates really have created a plutocracy, and our votes have no meaning , then revolution will be put on the table. A new "Constitutional Convention" might be a start but recognizing the problem is the first step in any delusional or physical addiction.Going to war ,policing the world ,waving the flag , and supporting government policies that do not represent the people of America is not the resolution but a group of diversions. Currently, as an example of what may not be the will of the citizenry or really enacted in the protection of our citizens, I would like to point out that the current "SOPA Bill" will be exercising a new form of censorship on the our Internet in the guise of combating supposed "Piracy'. This bill is primary endorsed by corporate strength and could be compared to what happened last year in Egypt when their Internet was actually shut down during their revolution by an American company.China's censorship of their Internet is also analogous. Corporate WWII Corporations ,as a community put Americans to work in the WWII effort but were financed by the US Government.It was not a donation by those corporations who sometimes,like Ford Motors, sold to the Germans as well. The United States corporations also provided arms, locomotives, trucks, boots and many other items to its allies throughout the war under Lend-Lease. A total of $50.1 billion was spent: $31.4 billion to Britain, $11.3 billion to the Soviet Union, $3.2 billion to Free France and $1.6 billion to China.The defeat of Japan began demobilization and the return of the U. S. people and economy to civilian production. However, substantial military production continued for the "Cold War" between the U. S. and Russia following WWII. Our country came out of the depression after the war swinging .The industries that made the tanks , planes , and war supplies provided the American wealth that supported Europe and helped to rebuild the war torn world. Without reiterating the obvious list of military involvements since WWII ..In the Reagan administration the US went from the largest creditor nation to the largest debtor nation. The enormous corporations have survived and thrived and now have succeeded in controlling policies of our government which have included the bank and industry bail outs of the last four years and the compromising of our democracy.Corporate interest are communicated to congressmen by lobbyist and backed up by campaign support in the millions of dollars.Congressmen are supposed to be our representatives ,our elected lobbyist ,representing their individual state's constituents. The current conservative Supreme Court has recognized corporate campaign financing as a right ,similar to the individual rights of American citizens but no American citizen donates money to finance even two minutes of political ads for their candidates on television.The decision of January 2010 was in favor of corporate interest and not the interest of the American individual.It has insured plutocracy and compromised the "one man ,one vote" system that was the promise of our representative democracy. The only way to overturn this bad decision is for congress to create a new law but there is no Bill on the table and won't be in this election year.It may never be anything other than a campaign promise like the promise of term limits which comes up every once in a while but goes nowhere. Gun Control Issues and Texas These three very informative articles on the subject and your area reveal some of the problems of becoming a cowboy. Gun ownership is an American deal as are the questions of legislating regulations governing our rights.Americans own an estimated 270 million firearms – approximately 90 guns for every 100 people.The low ranking of Texas laws in comparison to other States might have a lot to do with the lack of age restrictions.There is a lot going on down there including Mexican Cartels and the open prairie kind of paranoia.The thing is police everywhere won't help you till after you are shot ,stabbed ,or robbed and then it is too late. http://www.lcav.org/statistics-polling/gun_violence_statistics.asp Carrying a gun increases risk of getting shot and killed http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17922-carrying-a-gun-increases-risk-of-getting-shot-and-killed.html Gun violence and gun control in Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_and_gun_control_in_Texas

There Is No Democracy

The last time I had this much trouble voting I coincidentally moved out of that county.This time I am very close to not voting in the general election. I don't think I have ever felt this abandoned by this country ever before . Even when Nixon was President I felt some hope that there might be a better time ahead . Carter came out of the woodwork and I had never heard of him ,Clinton was the same , and now Obama.I have come to a place where it doesn't matter to me anymore .The only thing I am doing is voting against the other party. My party doesn't represent me . I don't know who they represent but it sure doesn't seem to be the constituency.



I have no idea why the medical bill has been more important than the aesthetic value of or at least the illusion of democracy in America.There is no more illusion for me. It is over. All I can do is watch the concept fail as the people are urged to wave their flags and go to war.It is analogous to Communism in Russia. The idea seemed good on paper but the practice came down as a totalitarian regime.Many times it looked like the totalitarians had a leg up on democracies because they didn't have to answer to the people . Now American democracy doesn't answer to the people.



I didn't vote today though I went to two different polling centers. At the first I had a good conversation with an older man working the polls for the Democrats. While we were speaking a woman came up and complained about the new redistricting which she didn't know about,something about Van Holland's district being changed . I went in to vote and found that I couldn't vote at that particular place. I went to the out of the way place designated for my neighborhood and gave my address,full name,repeated my name several times, having to spell my last name again and again , then was asked to reiterate my age to them.At this point I was tired of playing this game . I suppose they might have given me a blood test but it was all a ridiculous charade conducted by petty authoritative little people. Who would impersonate me ? Drive to the out of the way polling place,give my address,spell my name several times .. I mean , to add to the supercilious , there is this bureaucratic nonsense. Intrinsically ,I already was questioning the reasoning of voting in the primary for a candidate who has spent too much money on the expensive paper in my mailbox and the intrusive phone calls to warrant the position they are running to control.I didn't really want to endorse any of the candidates.The only ones I knew anything about I didn't like anyway.I did walk out , to hell with it !



If the charade is exposed to light , the parade is off . Yes, the last time I had so much trouble was in 2002 and I voted for Johnson in Prince Georges County who was indited and sent to jail this year (ten years later),his wife soon following after. His campaign was about cleaning up the PG County Police force. That didn't work but at least I moved to another county but we are all in the same county , the same state , the same country , and the same world . Everybody wants to get in our boat and our boat is taking on water.



There is no more democracy. Somebody should have warned the Egyptians ,the Iraqi, and even the Libyans. I wonder who would warn them ? Could we count on Halliburton or the big oil companies ? Gee, what a great example of a rhetorical question !