Time is, or rather has, become a scares commodity.

It is 2012 and the elections are looming up ahead. Faster and faster they approach us, pondering massively towards they final day when we the people will chose who will be our next President. Or will we? Will we get the choices we desire? Will the candidate of our choice even make it to the ballot? Will you even vote I wonder. Do you feel that there has been in some way a fraud perpetrated upon the American citizen? What do you think should be done to correct this, if indeed it has occurred? What are you willing to do, risk or not to make your voice heard? Will you speak out against these wanton acts of treason? will you protest in a demonstration or march? Will you risk your job and financial security to make yourself heard? How many people do you know that will risk as much as you will, or more? Just how much are you willing to endure in losses of freedom to guaranty your security? Will you rat out good honest people to a fascist regime to keep your security? Will you bear false witness against your fellow man to retain some of that security and privilege? Will you kill an innocent person to stay safe if even for a moment? How low will you go to protect yourself, family and friends when the situation becomes so horribly distorted? What will it take for you to stand up and rise against tyranny in it's inglorious, twisted rise to total domination? Will the legacy that you leave for your children be a totalitarian regime that enslaves the minds and souls. Will you stand up this in July for a 1 week shutdown of this country, starting the 4th to express your dissatisfaction with the system? I will and most of my friends will? Stand beside us in solidarity, for a free United States of America.

"When in the life of men it become necessary to stand up and be noticed and make an accounting for the grievous deeds of their governments, I ask, will you stand?"

     At what point does it become necessary, no required, to stand up and demand that the Government be held accountable for their actions which have become treasonous? We have reached a point of great concern, contention and possibly conflict. The government has empowered itself in a manner that was not only forewarned by our founding fathers but designed against, in their construction of the core legislation that this great country was built upon. When in the fullness of time it becomes possible to see for yourself the staggering implications that the NDAA represent will you stand up and denounce it? Demand that it be struck down for the very evilness that it is? Of rather will you let it stand, an instrument of repression, out of fear or weakness on the basis that, "well, it doesn't affect me I am doing nothing wrong", or some other rationalized, gutless or traitorous and twisted "logic". Will thy have to come in the night and take your loved ones away as part of some plot to force some distant relative who spoke out against their tyranny? Where will you draw the line? Will the abuses have to escalate for you to stand up and if so then how high? How about the death of the people of another country? The non-combatants deaths are of no consequence to you? If you said that is where you would draw the line, well you're too late as this is already happening in the wars that the media tells us and other "black wars". Will you finally stand up when your parents are taken or haw about your children? Will you stand up and take control of the situation or will you allow yourself to be herded into a shower, one with no water?

The Culture of Consumption in Amerika

     What is advertising really? Is it enterprise informing the consumer on the inherent value of their products and/or services? Is it a truthful endeavor? Is it fundamentally flawed or evil? Perhaps it's "advertisings function is to convince you to obtain credit to purchase things you don't need or want and can't afford that are poorly made by workers that are mistreated, exploited or are functionally slaves"(1), what a mouthful.
     Consumption is not, of and by itself, bad or undesirable. In moderation almost anything can be a neutral or ever a good thing. Overconsumption, however, has a host of issues. At the extreme end of the scale, overconsumption can kill. You might ask, how is that possible? Energy will serve as an example in this case. If a country uses energy in a fashion that causes the cost of energy rise then the people at the bottom of the economic pyramid will be displaced as there are inadequate funds available to allow them to continue to consume at the rate they were. So in order to cover the rise in energy costs the amount of energy consumed must be reduced or expenses must be reduced somewhere else. If they are already marginalized then this translates to one thing, the sacrifice of some other essential item. Energy or food, energy or medicine, energy or transportation and so on.
     When a pattern of use includes trips in the Hummer of 2 blocks to purchase beer, moving further from work, heating the house to 75 in the winter of just leaving lights on unnecessarily keeps or increases the demand and therefor price. Since energy is a global resource this use takes directly from the marginalized peoples from everywhere in the world, possibly resulting in death. This applies to food, manufactured goods, fuel, electricity, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other items to a greater or lesser degree. So being fat and lazy will affect other people. You might ask how let's take a look. You're 300 lbs and you drive to BigBox Superstore, a half a mile in your '66 Big block truck that gets 12 miles to the gallon, to purchases beer, junk food, disposable dish ware and utensils and other disposable items for a barbecue. At your weight you must consume more calories to maintain weight, more food. You drive when you could've walked or rode a bike, that 2 issues, no exercise that increases potential health issues and energy use. Your food choices perpetuate you health risks. the disposable require Oil and Energy. So total up the damage to marginalized people if you lifestyle is consistent will lead to an increase in misery and death. Not factoring in the pollution, carbon footprint and I wonder if you have trouble sleeping? You should, because you can change your lifestyle to be more aware of the consequences of your actions. Not making change would be at best insensitive and at worst you contribute to the suffering of other human beings. There are over 7 billion of us on the planet and there is no room for gluttony, greed or ignorance.
     THINK - READ - THINK - ACT…….



     1. Joel C. Berry