The anniversary of September the 11th has come and gone. There were memorials, public speeches, a few television shows and a mild coming together of the people. But where was the public outcry or the overwhelming feeling of patriotism as every house on every street proudly displayed an American flag? Is it just me or does America have a very short and distorted memory? Was September the 11th just another blip on the on the RADAR for the news media? Will it only be another talking point for the politicians to use during election time? Well I for one will not forget that day; it will be with me forever. It has changed many of my view about this world and the country we live in.
I have come to question many things that I once took for granted, my government for one. Never realizing how much corruption and greed there is running through our government, I am amazed that we are as strong as we are as a nation. Is it just luck that we are where we are right now? Is it that the greed and corruption hasn’t taken all that it will yet? I thought that maybe it was us, the American people that held this country together. But it’s not, we are mealy sheep kept in the dark and fed only enough to survive. We are told what to feel and how to live. We are handed shiny toys that keep us engaged while there is a world of troubles that we need to be addressing.
“The War on Terrorism.” Ah, a new shiny toy to keep us occupied. While America grits its teeth and wrings its hand while watching the evening news, we yet again miss the bigger picture. It’s not the terrorists that threaten our very freedom; it’s those that keep us in fear and vowel to protect us from it. “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Benjamin Franklin. In the last 10 years, there have been fewer than 5,000 American lives taken by terrorist acts. Fewer than 3000 lives were taken on September 11th 2001 alone. America was outraged. We stood united coast to coast with a voice as one that could be heard around the world. Yet every year 15 million children die of hunger, 5 million deaths are attributable to smoking annually and auto accidents kill another 1.2 million people worldwide each year. Where is the outcry for these people? Our government will convince you that our very freedom is on the line. That we need to give up our freedom to them so they can protect us from loosing it to the terrorists. Are we in danger? Yes, we are, but you have to look at it in terms of risk. Each year 440,000 Americans loose there lives to smoking (smokers and nonsmokers) yet over the last 10 years less than 5,000 Americans died at the hands of terrorists. This means you are 880 times more likely to die from smoking than in a terrorist attack. Yet we give our freedoms up for a “war on terrorism” a war that we chose to fight in Iraq while our borders are open to everyone. If our government truly had your safety and freedom at heart, the borders would be the first place that received attention. It would have then told it’s citizens to arm themselves and form neighborhood watch groups rooting out any terrorists within our borders. Then we could have gone and taken care of Iraq from the air. We do not need troops on the ground losing their lives when we have the time and the weapons to complete the job from afar.
It’s time to question; it’s time to take action.
I’ll post more when I have time, what are your thoughts?
I have come to question many things that I once took for granted, my government for one. Never realizing how much corruption and greed there is running through our government, I am amazed that we are as strong as we are as a nation. Is it just luck that we are where we are right now? Is it that the greed and corruption hasn’t taken all that it will yet? I thought that maybe it was us, the American people that held this country together. But it’s not, we are mealy sheep kept in the dark and fed only enough to survive. We are told what to feel and how to live. We are handed shiny toys that keep us engaged while there is a world of troubles that we need to be addressing.
“The War on Terrorism.” Ah, a new shiny toy to keep us occupied. While America grits its teeth and wrings its hand while watching the evening news, we yet again miss the bigger picture. It’s not the terrorists that threaten our very freedom; it’s those that keep us in fear and vowel to protect us from it. “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Benjamin Franklin. In the last 10 years, there have been fewer than 5,000 American lives taken by terrorist acts. Fewer than 3000 lives were taken on September 11th 2001 alone. America was outraged. We stood united coast to coast with a voice as one that could be heard around the world. Yet every year 15 million children die of hunger, 5 million deaths are attributable to smoking annually and auto accidents kill another 1.2 million people worldwide each year. Where is the outcry for these people? Our government will convince you that our very freedom is on the line. That we need to give up our freedom to them so they can protect us from loosing it to the terrorists. Are we in danger? Yes, we are, but you have to look at it in terms of risk. Each year 440,000 Americans loose there lives to smoking (smokers and nonsmokers) yet over the last 10 years less than 5,000 Americans died at the hands of terrorists. This means you are 880 times more likely to die from smoking than in a terrorist attack. Yet we give our freedoms up for a “war on terrorism” a war that we chose to fight in Iraq while our borders are open to everyone. If our government truly had your safety and freedom at heart, the borders would be the first place that received attention. It would have then told it’s citizens to arm themselves and form neighborhood watch groups rooting out any terrorists within our borders. Then we could have gone and taken care of Iraq from the air. We do not need troops on the ground losing their lives when we have the time and the weapons to complete the job from afar.
It’s time to question; it’s time to take action.
I’ll post more when I have time, what are your thoughts?
