I feel so good about this that I really want to dance in the street.
Readers' Favorite reviewed Radioactive they gave it 5 stars... So, Ive received two reviews from people who really liked the book. five stars.. Wow.
I have to say something. I’ve been trying to wrap my head around some things and just not getting there. First, we have a young man shooting people to death in a church. Nine people died because – in his words – he wanted to “shoot Black people” He told a black neighbor a week – before – he went to the church. He was quoted by the woman he did not shoot, “You rape our women and you're taking over our country. And you have to go.” Okay. It’s a tragedy and perhaps I have become inured, accustomed, to the tragedy. I don’t know. I’m not surprised that it happened. But, that’s not what has me wrapped around a tree.
What is bugging me is the back and forth and outrage over a flag. My jaw is bouncing off the table because of the vitriol, cruel and bitter criticism, of the “coverage” in the news. We don’t seem to be nearly as upset over the murders as we seem to be over the label applied to the wing-nut that killed nine human beings. We are not concerned about the number and use of guns, we are concerned arguing about a flag. We don’t seem to be worried about how to stop the loss of HUMAN life, instead we are concerned that a symbol is not symbolically lowered in mourning over that loss. I don’t understand.
Capitalist, Marxist, Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Anarchist, Conservative, and Socialist are all labels that have less and less utility as they are used more and more as derisive terms to define an imaginary difference between the people in this country. The labels provide an easy place to hang the fear our so-called leaders spew to control our actions. We are all frogs in the same pot. We croak at each other while the water is coming to a boil around us. We have the ability to get out of the pot, but no reason to when it is so much fun to croak nonsense at our neighbors.
Some people are happy where they are. Out of ignorance or selfishness, they don't care about anyone else. They especially don't care about their neighbors who are struggling to provide the physical needs of shelter, food, and safety for their families. The uncaring have accepted the idea that their position in life makes them better and more deserving than those who are struggling. Indeed, they are told by the media, their spiritual leaders and their leaders that the struggle, the deprivation, that their neighbors are going through is a "right of passage", a trial to determine worth. If they survive a period of difficulty then they are worthy to enter the club. What that attitude does not see is that the water is getting hotter for all of us. The struggle is harder for our children than it was for us. What kind of parents and neighbors are we?
A representative democratic republic, the definition of our country, is owned by the people who select representatives in the hope that their representatives will follow their mandate. That mandate is based on one person one vote. That system, the very basic structure of our government, was stolen by Citizens United vs F.E.C That US Supreme court decision allowed the wealthiest of us and their corporations to buy political zombies in place of the representatives we should have elected.
The zombies are so hungry for the money they need to keep themselves in power that they will do anything and say anything to get their hands on more.
If we want a government that represents and respects us then we must overturn that shortsighted decision made by the US Supreme Court. If we want our country to be a place where dreams are possible then we have to get out of the pot, stop croaking nonsense at each other, and help those that need our help.