The Balance of Power

There is no reason for hate. There is no reason for pain, or suffering, or evil, or greed. They are evolutionarily harmful. They do not benefit the species, that one percent of the population could have 98 percent of the power and wealth. This is not helpful. They use the rest of us as stepping stones, as rungs on the latter to immortality. Nothing more and nothing less. And what's worse is that we continue to let them do this. We continue to remain satisfied with the tablescraps we are fed, with the oozing cesspool they call water that trickles down from on high to satisfy our thirst just enough to keep us subservient, just enough to keep us complacent.

Who amongst this one percent goes without food? Who amongst them goes without shelter? Or healthcare? Or education? Or legal representation? Who amongst them does not get today all that the forefathers of this nation promised over 200 years ago?

And then there are the rest. 99 percent of the population is controlled by the whims and desires of the 1 percent holding power and wealth in this nation. They decide for us what we're going to wear, what we're going to see on television, what we're going to eat, and how much we're going to pay for services. They decide if we are going to get healthcare. They decide if we're going to get a decent education. They decide how we live.

In this, we have war. We have hunger. We have sickness. And we have pain. We don't what they get. We get only what they need to give us so that we will continue to keep them head and shoulders above us all. We are the drowning foundation of an empire allowed only periodic breaths of air because an hour in fresh air and freedom equates to a desire for more and that leads to not wanting to decend back beneath the murky waters to continue to hold them up for no true benefit of our own.

Why do pain and suffering exist? Why does greed exist? Does evolution seriously suggest survival not only of the fittest, but survival of the most self-centered? Some would look at the world and say yes, but I look at what we've become during these years of corporate control and Big Business lobbying, of Constitutional jurymandering and rendition, and I see a world in revolt. Like an immune system trying to purge the body of an infection, the puss swells around the Bush Administration and others who have so served themselves from public coffers and in time it will be rooted out entirely.

Nature tends towards homeostais, towards balance, and the scales have been tipped in one direction for a very long time. Not too far into the future, the balance will tip back again, and WE THE PEOPLE will mean something again, not as subserviant captives of a self-serving select few, but of the ideas of every human for each other and peace for all. See us not for our differences but for our sames as human beings and bring forth from our toils benefits for all of society, and not just tablescraps and trickling waters. I want a seat at the table. And I want the thirsts of humankind to be quenched. As the seesaw tilts back our way, justice will be had and evolution will thank us.

Rantings of a Mad Man Part XVIII: The Political Edition

It's been a while since I've just sat down and wrote, without some sort of plan, and came up with something. That's how I started and getting back to one's roots is always important from time to time. SO here goes...

Hillary Clinton is done for and she knows it. But, she'll go down swinging... mud slinging I mean. So much for her past decrying of Republican fear-mongering. Now she's doing it with her 3AM call campaign bull crap. If you elect Obama what will happen if a 3AM phone call comes in?? What will happen?? Clearly a secretary would answer the phone, that the White House switchboard would direct the call away from the Lincoln bedroom. Clearly. Or am I off base?

Then we have good ole Ralph Nader. The man who regardless of his views, couldn't pick a worse time to do anything than if he had been a starting a fire in a waistcoat factory. But the joke may be on him after all as he may not be able to run after all. See there's this funny little thing where if you want to run for president that you have to pay off your debts incurred in the application process last time before they will front you cash for another. Who'd've thunk it.

And of course, last and certainly least, we have John McCain, the man who can't find a position that he likes on anything. Was he for the war before he was against it? No actually, in fact, it could be the other way around. What difference does it make? The chances of him living long enough to take the oath, never mind fuck up our nation, seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer, regardless of his 92 year old mother or not. He is nothing more than a tired old fart with tired old views and tired old solutions. His administration would be B@$h Co. Part 2, and frankly, our country barely has a Constitution left to manhandle. Of course, campaign finance reform may also play a big factor in the general election. You see, he applied for economic assistance for his campaign back in the early days of his campaign and has to continue to accept it, per a rule he used to support. Therefore he is capped in his fundraising capacity at 20 million from the moment he becomes the Republican candidate, the night of the RNC, until the election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Of course, with Obama possibly raising as much as 50 million in January and Hillary having raised 36 million herself, 20 million over three months will be interesting to say the least.

Well then about my picks... I say Obama wins the general election by a landslide with John Edwards as his VP. McCain will show how much of an incompetent and shortsighted tired old coot he is. And Hillary will fall into line behind Obama and then fall into the shadows for everyone except N.O.W. who will in all likelihood dedicate a statue to her by the end of next year.

So, that's all for now, more to come soon... of course.

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