"The Johnson family formulates a Manichean position where good and evil are in conflict and the outcome is at this point uncertain. It is not an eternal conflict since one or the other must win a final victory." 
                                        -William S. Burroughs

7-7-06

I stand at the dawn of a new age of discontent, waiting for the hammer of nuclear war to fall over North Korea's most recent missile activity, amidst the fallout of Muslim fascist insurgencies that the taming of the Afghani Taliban and the victorious second major Iraqi conflict in the last twenty years has stirred up, amidst the gearing up of Israel's defensive mechanism over Gaza in its preparation for an Iranian war, amidst the constant failure of UN diplomacy caused by the default settings of bureaucrats the world over, amidst the crippled US worker held in check by credit card interest rates which seems to have become the newest tax levied by China as it slowly harnesses the energy of our markets to jump start its failing communistic regime, amidst defacto socialismo's constant downward spiral to a worldwide network of enslaved souls on a path to an indefineable greater good with no attention being paid to the fact that 50% taxation in the USA in ANY form or combination is the goal of those who seek a one world government and is the end of freedom the world over, amidst the constant creation of situational PC laws whose devastating premises guarantee the disillusionment of the citizenry with whichever veil the spindoctors wish to wed their devils, amidst the poisoning effect of an accusatory media circus driven by party line soundbites which confidently answer every question except Why? in an attempt to undermine reason and silence individual freedom in favor of hope and protection - and all under the assumption that bullies can be satisfied while turning a blind eye to the age old adage that power corrupts, not facing the fact that bully power and its natural path is one of insatiability...

The bully is the being that can be corrupted absolutely. The bully is the reason diplomacy is an impotent tool when dealing with aggression. The bully is only sympathized with by other bullies and is only negotiated with by the fearful, which should make US citizens think twice about the media's bluster and Clinton's follies. The bully is a coward with perceived strength and terror on his side. The bully will only back down when his target stands up and says "No" and is willing to back it with his fist, his knife, his gun, and his life.

I stand at the dawn of this new age of discontent, a Judge.

Judgement is only possible for those who understand that History is a study in ethics rather than politics. Judgement is only possible for those who understand that answering "Why?" in terms of history is the only means by which the limits of one's knowledge can be found on any particular subject, today.

Conflicts of any type, from trivial familial bickerings to pandemic thermonuclear world wars, are each due, ultimately, to a breakdown in communication. Breakdowns in communication occur when two or more parties reach the limits of their knowledge on the subject at hand and fall upon a contending course of actions or choices or failsafes charged by a multiplicative spectrum of less than perfect reason to absolute unreason.

We are trained in our youth to believe that judgement is not a luxury to which we are permitted. The reason we are not permitted to assess as judges is because motive and intent are only given over to the modern US priesthood hierarchy made up of judges, media moguls, and teachers. Therefore, motive and intent are tainted in concept and are only utilized and analyzed when assessing blame in a trial by jury in matters of law or when casting doubt in a trial by fire in the presses in matters of spinsmear or when advancing the rumors of a quasi-socialistic union-driven bandwagon in classrooms on matters of brainwashing.

Five years has passed since the terror attacks of 9/11 and in that time the United States of America has fallen to the status of an Accusatory State due to the media's ability to hit niche target markets with two second statements of opinion that sound like fact due to the delivery and the repetition of the concept spouted. Remnants of Stalin and Marx float about our fundamental foundations in ethics, allowing for the eradication of the concept of innocent until proven guilty in our politics, leaving the backdoor wide open, inviting a police state to saunter in and clamp its fist whenever it becomes more convenient for the government to enslave a workforce into collectives rather than continuing to posture in its half-hearted attempts to empower the people. The belief that all men are created equal overrides reason in a time when a New Jersey Governor can actually hold a state workforce hostage while it bullies a higher sales tax from the citizenry. A 16% increase in taxes is never the right answer in a country that used to focus on cutting budgets and increasing business incentives to cover spending and to draw consumers, owners and tourists to the land rather than focusing on the piracy of the Trump.

Teachers hear my elemental prayer...

Let us not fail to learn the lessons history has to offer.
Let us not fail to judge in this Age of the Bully.
Let us not fail to realize that inequality is the reality of this world in which scarcity exists, and when need as a concept trumps scarcity in both ethics and government then the stage is set for the entrance of the bully.
Let us not fail to understand that peace on earth is only possible when history is seen as a study in ethics by all cultures and when individuals the world over are deemed worthy to judge.
Let us not fail to stand with our President and say "NO!" to the bullies rising around the world and within our ranks.
May Time's ticking tumblers be with us as we stand United against the Bully in this (our) age of discontent.