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Why Am I Mad?

If for any length of time you get to know me -- the real me that is -- then you'll surely realize that I am more than slightly mad. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's the good kind of mad, the fun kind. But mad nonetheless. There are few things I enjoy more than expression. I enjoy expressing myself, in anger, in rage, in laughter, in a great deal of things. The key is to realize that I am in fact genuinely that expression. I am angry. Or rageful. Or humored. Or whatever else pops up that day. But it doesn't mean that I take it too seriously. I'm not going to dwell on bad things any more than the good. And, I'm not going follow through with many of my well-timed, and sometimes not well-timed, remarks. Well, at least for the most part. Sometimes I can't help myself.

And so long as you know that I am not kidding you should probably know why. Why do I take certain things very seriously and others humorously and still others rather lazily. It's because everything isn't the way it should be. We have hunger and war, famine and disease. We have injustice and bigotry. We have fear and shame. These, and countless others, are the defects of mankind.

I do not accept George Bush as president. I do not accept American politicking as set in stone. I don't accept hunger and ill-health. I don't accept bigotry and intolerance of other's views and beliefs. I don't accept that these things exist in a world where we could, if we wanted to, full well help each and every person who is trampled on by mankind. It is our fault. And I'm going to remind you of it. I'm going to scream at my TV and shout at my radio. I'm going to do it, not because I want to, but because I have to. I will not accept an imperfect world. I will not accept a flawed existence. And I will not rest so long as stupidity and greed run amok and astride the hopes and fears of the masses. We have to start somewhere and we have to start some time. Why not here and now? What could be more important?

And guess what. I'll be damned mad until I succeed.

I'll leave you with a link which seems to adequately describe the inner workings of my mind, just kidding... enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8mAaJuefOw

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