- Dear Non-Pod People of America:
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- The cult film; Invasion of the Body Snatchers, is indicative
to me of today's mostly apathetic--passive--indifferent--conditioned--programmed--conditioned--hopeless--fearful
sheep; existing not living, in a zombified shuffling state of nothingness.
That is, all but the few, who have not "gone to sleep".
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- Across the nation, mills are shuttered and silent. as
mostly befuddled town officials seek to attract upscale businesses to turn
them into malls--upscale condominiums--or art enclaves. Talk a few years
back, in our locale, was how to attract the Silicon informational technology
field. Well, that's bit the dust as millions of these well paying jobs
are being shipped to Russia, China, India, Ireland, Jamaica and the Philippines.
Remember the days when parents were encouraged to have their children computer
literate and educated?
- If one's job isn't outsourced (sent abroad) chances
are IT workers will find themselves replaced with workers from abroad supplied
with guest visas (thanks to your concerned politicians taking care of their
industry buddies). In many instances, American workers are made ( under
threat of no severance package) to train their foreign replacements. Slam
bam, you're gone. One day working, feeding your family, the next morning;
a three minute goodbye," See ya later Charlie!" Gone your livelihood,
your medical coverage, your children's education, and you out in the job
market at age fifty with your degrees competing with college kids and guest
workers!
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- Safety Net? Well maybe if you're a CEO with a golden
parachute, such as Dick Cheney etc., or a politician, eligible for a life
long lucrative pension, after only serving five years, with a yearly cost
of living adjustment. Then there's that cushy lobbyist job waiting, so
no worries for them. No worry of medical coverage, as they have five different
plans to choose from, covering such incidentals as prescriptions--dental--and
eyeglasses. We pick up 72% of their costs. And you wonder at the disconnect
between elected officials and their constituents? Off-time has them on
exotic vacations, at taxpayers expense, under the guise of fact-finding
missions.
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- While we have been dutifully distracted with fluff and
nutter, TV infotainment, disguised as news, the real stories of America,
the less sensational, of joblessness, homelessness, and food lines is not
shown. Ever seen an investigative story on guest workers coming here to
work for a third of an American's salary (living in group homes), taking
an American's job? I think not. Ever see a story on the veterans from WWII,
Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War (sham) I, living and dying under bridges, in abandoned
cars, plastic tents? I think not. Not good for enlistment. Ever see a story
of the elderly found frozen to death in their apartments, cutting their
medications in half, or unable to secure any at all, due to rising rents,
rising taxes, rising fuel and food costs? Not on your life.
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- Meanwhile, the pigs at the trough, across the nation,
are having a pig-a-thon, plundering, looting, scamming and robbing communities
and the nation blind in their orgy of insatiable, "gimmie more-slurp"
greed. Be it billions upon billions in bailouts for the S&L heist,
the electric utility stranded cost pilfering, Legions of lobbyists and
corporate soulless attorney's, along with politicians and regulatory-drone-bureaucrats;
see to this largesse and corporate welfare/subsidizes, under the guise
of the new lingo called public-private partnerships. There is no partnering
about it. It's they play we pay--plain and simple. Privatization, whether
in secular society and now the military, is about plunder and profit, and
the people/soldiers be damned. Wonder why our soldiers in 120 degree heat
are allotted only 1 liter of water per day and MRE sawdust food? Ask Senator
Kerry, he'll tell you, that it's because private corporations, handling
all of this now are not delivering, because their insurance companies won't
cover them! Read Corporate Warrior by P.W.Singer for some insight, you
WON'T see it on infotainment; car chases, drunken brides, semen stained
dresses, dope dealing rappers or sport star rapists. War Is A Racket by
Major General Smedley Butler, is another eye opener, that you won't see
given out by recruiters.
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- With this quagmire of Iraq, and our soldiers much like
ducks in a shooting gallery, we hear, "Bring'em On..We will endure
any hardship." Hmm...easy enough said, when one is riding the range
in an air conditioned truck, lounging around eating pretzels in an air
conditioned ranch house, and glad handing it, chomping down Texas prime-cut
porterhouse steak, at fund raising barbecues, with the money boys out slumming
for the day. No MREs, gnats, fleas, disease, open latrines, booby trapped
roads here. Right, "Bring'em On". Water...hell, with water let's
toast the war with scotch.
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- War protests, saw people from all walks of life, and
all ages out parading, marching, singing, drumming and pleading for another
way, any way but war. They were aware of our first Gulf War I veterans,
suffering from Gulf War Illness, and the thousands who have died since
returning home. They were aware that reservists returning home had to go
on welfare to secure medical care. They were aware of the vaccinations
of untested anthrax, the depleted uranium(radiation) now used in weaponry,
because it cuts through metal like butter; the Daisy Cutters, incendiary
nightmares, the napalm and the cluster bombs shredding the limbs from children
as they slept. They were aware that Walter Reed (as shown on 60min) issued
the cheapest of prosthesis for missing, shattered limbs, supposedly (sit
down) to "save tax payer dollars". These, the people crying peace,
were the true supporters of the troops, unimpressed with the public relations
marketed propaganda. They were and are still awake, not part of the Pod
population. "Don't go to sleep".
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- While many marched--held signs--went off to gatherings
and returned home; others, chose to use their talents of poetry--artistry
and writing, to reach the multitudes. To pull aside the curtain and show
the Wizard for what he is, a withered--wrinkled imposter. No--there are
no paychecks, no royalty checks or dividend checks arriving in the mail.
My friend John in Florida is such a man, as is the wonderful awesome artist/writer
Jim below. Would that I could but I'm impoverished as him, (artists usually
are), I would take him under my wing. Please go to Jim's site below and
see what I mean as you click on to a majestic trip of talent. Then read
of his hardship and see what you can do. There is no safety-net. If we
don't support one another, to whom shall we turn? Not everybody is the
poet--artist-writer-musician, and so it should be. Everyone though, has
his/her part. Some may be great organizers--others able to assist at soup
kitchens in their area--and still others have the means to support those
sounding the trumpet. Each must ask themselves, "What part am I in
bringing peace and love to broken humanity". Someday your child may
ask, "What did you do to make a difference to stop this?" See
below:
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