meandering and mumbling in the morning

As a boy, I loved going to the movies and watching the Gunslingers in
the Wild West, going about providing Law and Order among the ruffians
who frequented the saloons and brothels of those exciting Frontier
Days.
The fact that those Gun Slinging Days never existed did not stop the
imagination of this small boy. As I walked alone to my Grade School,
fearful of the Barnes Brothers, and other Bully Boys lurking in wait
for the likes of me, I dreamed of swaggering into their midst with my
six shooter blazing and my iron fists slamming their ugly faces into
pulp.
Millions of little boys and girls grew up on a steady diet of this,
"Might Makes Right" crap. So, how's that working out, after years of
growing violence in our efforts to bring Law and Order and democracy
to the World? Can we take a step back for a moment and ask ourselves
why we have become so disorganized? Could our love of violence in our
entertainment have an impact on our entire approach to Life? Is road
rage, gang violence, school bullies, womanizers, and angry shoppers
shoving grocery carts up our backsides just a result of over
population? Or can it be a conditioning that has been building since
our brave forefathers scalped their first Indian? Have we simply
given over to our love of the Western Gunslinger Mentality?
To my way of thinking, the people we "vote" into office simply reflect
the sort of people who are in the majority...or can seize the
election. Rather than Gunslingers, these modern "Cowboys" are
Mudslingers. And they have honed their skill down to a point that
they can immobilize the entire nation. That is, they immobilize the
nation's People, while leaving the doors open to the Super Rich to
enter our Treasury without confrontation.
And all the while, we working folks are being fed a steady diet of
lies. What was it that old Adolph Hitler said? "If you tell a big
enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
Dear friends, I believe that we are now in the Age of the Big Lies.
That mud being slung by our elected officials is actually Quick Sand,
and we're being sucked in.
Once we understand that violence and anger and hatred are not making
our lives safer or better, we can take steps to begin replacing Hatred
and Contempt with Love and Understanding. Of course this will be a
long, rough road to travel. All efforts will be made to keep us
stirred up and hating one another. As long as we turn upon our fellow
workers, we are easy to control.
If I could wave a magic wand, the first thing I would do would be to
remove the majority of ,our "elected" officials, hold open public
elections in which All citizens could participate, and send
representatives who embrace our new approach to making life livable
for all. The second wave of my wand would be to return to the working
people the dollars stolen from them by the Super Rich. No one has the
Right to steal from the sweat of another man's brow.
My third wave would establish the Rights of security, health care,
free education, and respect.
My fourth wave of my magic wand would be to send out armies of men and
women trained to teach the workers of the world how to take control
over their lives.
My final wave would dissolve those fake boundaries that artificially
divide us into nations, and create a new "nation" of all people
living in harmony with all Earth' life.
...Oh Oh. I just woke up! Drat! Once again I'm back in the New Fake
World According to Donald Trump.

Carl Jarvis