The Dogs of War

For decades the American Government has been in the back pocket of who ever has had the most money. E.P.A regulations that are supposed to keep us safe from toxic pollutants have been ignored and in some cases overturned. Our borders have been opened to let big business send American jobs out, but closed to letting people in. For years we have allowed this and other crimes against the American people to happen unchecked. Only recently has the sleeping giant awakened, and the powers that be are scared.

It is the fear of those in power that brings me to speak of a fear that has haunted me since I was a teenager. A fear that war will once again find itself on our shores. I'm not talking about terrorist attacks, I'm talking all out war. We've seen a taste of this possibility in NYC, Oakland and other cities during attacks on Occupy protesters. In these instances we saw in YouTube videos and camera phone pictures showing the use of pure brutality against peaceful protesters expressing their First Amendments rights. What might happen when the powers that be realize that we are not just going to go away; that we refuse to be silent again?

I would not put it past our corrupt, bought-and-paid-for-decades-ago government to continue to do the bidding of their corporate owners and use full-on military force to turn a nation built on freedom into a total police state. Just look at some of the bills being sent through Congress right now. Senate Bill 1867 (S. 1867) is a prime example of the lengths that the powers that be will go to to keep us in line if we try to exercise our rights. 

My fear is that if legislation like this passes and is put into law, the once sleeping giant that is the American people will fight back and another Civil War will once again tear this country apart. It is up to us, the American people, to shine the light of day on shady corrupt actions. We are the new media, we are the new watchdogs of democracy. It is up to us.

Yet, should this fear come true and war break out across the country, we will have a choice to make. Do we fight on the front lines or do we support those that do in anyway we can? Everyone must make their own decisions. Fore if we choose to allow such actions to go unchecked such as S.1867, war will be a very possible consequence.