Not a Radical

I discovered something the other day. I was referred to as a radical.
Let me explain why I'm not a radical, I just believe that things are fucked up and they need to change.

Supporting a whistle blower is not being a radical.

Supporting someone who said the government isn't representing your best interests abroad doesn't make me a radical, it makes me someone who believes our government doesn't have my best interests in mind when they're starting wars for false reasons.

Supporting someone who told the American people and the world that the government is breaking the fourth amendment on a daily basis doesn't make me a radical, it makes me a concerned citizen and someone who doesn't believe the bullshit the government shoves down my throat through mainstream media outlets.

I think my children should attend decent schools and be taught by teachers who know what they're talking about and not have religion shoved down their throats at a "Public" school paid with my tax money.

My daughter if she's raped shouldn't be told, "You can't do that here."  is she chooses to abort the fetus caused by the rape because a Senator or Congressman has issues with women based on a God and a book that I don't believe in.

I think my children should have healthcare paid by the government, not because I'm a liberal or because I want a welfare state, but because if you're really doing what your God says, you've read the wrong bible.

I believe anyone who bases their prejudices on a book that is thousands of years old needs to reevaluate their reading material, it's 2013!

Not letting someone marry another human they're in love with isn't based on a book, it's based on prejudices that you've carried because your grandparents talked down about gays the way their grandparents talked down about African-Americans. It's not doing what God wants, it's what you want because you're a bigot.

Wanting poor people and the mentally ill to be taken care of doesn't make me a radical it makes me compassionate.

Wanting my government to treat everyone equally, and not base that equality on how much money is in my bank account, the color of my skin, my sexual preference or disability.

Is it really radical to want the troops who've fought in wars which were fought on bullshit pretenses to be taken care of. Whether they have PTSD, been mangled by IED's or have another ailment that should be taken care of by the country they've served valiantly and without complaints. Does that really make me a radical?

If you still believe I'm a radical for all of the reason I've listed, fine, I'm a radical, but you're a sheep.

Edward Snowden, the Cold War Generation and the Post-Cold War Generation

When we see things like Edward Snowden, is it right to think that one generation thinks of as a bad thing another generation sees as a good thing?

One generation sees Snowden as a traitor, why?

Well, let's give some reasons.

Most of the generation that has this belief was raised during the cold war and were told, "Your government is here to protect you from the Russians and Communism."

The other generation has never had anything like that, sure there's terrorism, but that's something different than the big bad Russians.

Terrorism can't launch missiles at you when something doesn't go there way, at least not in The States, not yet. 

During the Cold War Americans were told their government was the good guy, that they were doing things to help them, not to harm them and they went along with it.

The Generation of the Cold War listens and obeys its government because, it's been told that so many times that it believes that whatever it does is for the good of the people, but what if that's not true anymore?

Two Generations

The CWG (Cold War Generation)

There are two generations in The States, The Cold War Generation and The Post-Cold War Generation, both of them love their country, but one of them loves it for different reasons than the other.

The CWG (Cold War Generation) loves it because it was told the Russians has missiles aimed at it and that any moment they would be obliterated in a flash of light, I've heard this statement from CWG's.

The PCWG (Post-Cold War Generation) has heard the stories from relatives about the Cuban Missile Crisis and living in fear of being annihilated at any moment, but they never lived through that, sure 9/11 made them think about it, but to compare 9/11 to the Cold War is off base.

9/11 was something that we couldn't plan for--unless you believe the conspiracy theorists--it was an event that changed the country, and it could have been for the good, but it wasn't, this where the PCWG comes in.

The PCWG

The Post-Cold War Generation knows about the Cold War through text books, movies and stories from their elders, and most likely they may share some of the beliefs of their elders.

Though they may share their beliefs, they are finding themselves troubled by recent revelations about the governments activities, namely the leaks from Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden.

The two things changed the beliefs of this group, they most likely have seen first hand what the government has done, either through the bailout of the banks, the handouts to Big Oil, Big Pharma and Agri-Business.

They've seen the country in dark nights--9/11--and wonderful mornings--DOMAStruck Down. They are more likely not to care about ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion.

They want their government to help them, not to control what they can and can't do.

For PCWG they've heard how great their government is, but all they've seen is wars, poor, loss of jobs, handouts to banks and a Legislative and Executive branch of government that care only for its own interests and not those of the people they represent. They've never seen this wonderful government their parents, grandparents or others have told them about.

They've never felt their government was helping, only hurting their citizens.

There are two Generations in America, which are you?

The Marching Bureaucracy

Marching as they're charging and letting the lives be changed.
Adjusted, falsified, rancid and resting.
Ignorance and indifference are the new thug life.
Who cares about the world, let the fucker burn.
The soiled and rotten run through the jungles of bureaucracy bringing their guns, money and false hopes of the poor with them.
What are the dreams, hopes and cares but another lie they say is within reach.
Ignore what you're told. Find your own truth. 

The Election Showed Republicans A Changed America.

The country has changed, that's what the election told us. Whites are no longer a majority of the population and nowhere was this more evident than the reactions the right had to President Obama's Reelection.

The Republican party ran their race as if the demographics in the country were the same as twenty years ago, they're not. They thought they could win by alienating the fastest growing population in the electorate, Latinos.

When the dust settled on Tuesday night, they discovered the country had changed, and changed while they were arguing over abortion, gay marriage and tax increases for the wealthy, while polls showed the majority of Americans believe abortion should be left alone, gay marriage isn't a big deal and the wealthy should pay more taxes.

While conservatives believed they'd won the election, Karl Rove's meltdown on Fox News was a sure sign of that. They are failing in the aftermath to understand why. They're only pointing fingers and calling names, they're not thinking about the future, if they were, they wouldn't want to us the tax plan of the losing candidate as a guide.

The Republican party lost the election because America is no longer the country they believe it is. They believe it's a Christian country, polling says more Americans are losing faith in religion and are becoming atheists.

The Republican party is behind the thoughts of the rest of America. The election showed them a new America, one they weren't ready to deal with and one they're scared of. If they weren't scared of it there wouldn't have been so many Republicans decrying the election as a sham and rumors of vote rigging.

America has changed and the Republican party has to change or it faces the possibility of being non-existent in future elections.