Where Is my voice when It wants to be heard? Lost in a sea of red tape. Minors cannot vote, although we are sentient. Adults can vote, yet their votes, their opinions, their knowledge of their own country's history and their notions of current affairs are all manipulated by talking heads. The message is the same - things are bad everywhere. They will get worse unless you cooperate. If you do what we say, we will take away the scary things and everything will be okay again. There is no escape from this cycle.

Our government controls the way we think, the way we work, the foods and chemicals we put into our bodies, and even the way we can express love. (laws governing gay marriage, sexual relations, etc.) Our medicines are poisons, our homes are forms of debt, and our entertainments are forms of slavery and mind control. The most popular songs today. Reality T.V. shows - Jersey Shore, The Fairy Jobmother, Weeds, 24, House, Hung. Our freedoms of speech, press, religion, and assembly have been systematically repressed. Our other rights are being infringed on and marginalized into obscurity. Our right to bear arms. The protections against unlawful search and seizure. The right to due process of law. The right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State in ALL criminal prosecutions. The prohibition against excessive bails and cruel and unusual punishments. The powers of the states and the people. What it all boils down to is this: we are not free.

Very soon there is going to be a reckoning. A group of people will realize these injustices and fight against them. They will succeed, but the struggle will be long. There will be much bloodshed, many tears, and many mothers will have lost their sons. At the end of this struggle, there may or may not be a United States of America. For my part, I hope there is. Whatever happens, we must be ready. We must know who our friends are and what our rights are. We must not become immoral people, and we must not give up hope no matter how bleak the future seems.

Be ready.