by James Gatz

Created on: July 13, 2008   Last Updated: June 26, 2009

The Individuals and groups that determine what they think is "best" for me and what is "right" for me continually amaze me. Little by little, step by step, inch by inch our individual freedoms' of choice and privacy are being corrupted, eroded, and all together destroyed. I feel as though I'm in a nightmare where the walls, ceiling, and floors close in all about me. The misinformation coming out of the White House and Pentagon, right wing groups forcing there philosophy on the rest of society, and the no-child-left behind farce are just three examples of our lessoned freedoms'.

Galileo as an example declared, through scientific research, that we revolved around the sun, that in all essence we were not the center of the world. Because of this statement he was poisoned and laid to die. The church did this because they said they were protecting the people, when they were simply protecting themselves from losing power knowing that if their congregation knew they were not the center of the universe they are no longer God's chosen people, but just one planet among billions.

In 1971, from January 31-February 2 one-hundred and nine Vietnam Veterans and sixteen civilians discussed war crimes they had either commited or witnessed. It was made into a documentary called, "Winter Soldier" yet recieved very little airtime. It wasn't until September 2005, that it was re-released across the U.S. in small theatres.

A more modern example is our current war. Our government has decided to not let the public see the body bags that are returning to our country with our fallen soldiers. "They're doing this to protect the privacy of the families and to not horrify the public." Or they just don't want us to see how many are dieing for a cause that was never really specific in the beginning.

As a citizen, please choose one of the following reasons for invading Iraq:

A) Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction.

B) Regime Change.

C) Liberation.

D) "Darn it! Lora locked me out. I gotta' invade something"

E) Iraq, Iran, we got the last letter confused. Oops! Sorry about all your dead sons and daughters.

F) None of the above.

G) All of the above.

H) I'll take one from column A and Column B.

I) True or False.

J) I preferred Downy to Snuggle.

K) I trust the Bush's because they would never lie to me.

L) I'm for the war because Rumsfield is a hotty.

M) M stands for Many Republican Senators and Representatives who have been indicted for bribery

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