The End as We Know It

I've been mulling something over for days.

I've been reading a great deal of Naomi Wolf's work in the last few weeks. If you haven't read her, I encourage you to do so. That being said, I keep wondering about what she says.

How this fits in with me, and why now, have I discovered her work?

My mind is running circles.

If what she says is true, that there really are 10 steps for closing down an open society, and these things are happening, right here, in our nation, in America, by simply reading her work, and becoming aware of the problem, what does that mean for me, and for my family?

Lets just pretend, that we are deep into the close down, and the media has become controlled by the government.

That really, blogging is the purest form of free speech, and that I have her work, I have many various texts, and I have the ability to teach and distribute this information.

What do I do? How many of us out there, can really take this all in, analyze it begin a plan of action? It's so scary. I wish I didn't believe what is going on. I wish I could be one of the people who can happily dig their head into the sand and pretend that we are not headed for great trouble as a nation, but I cannot.

The Bush Administration has done so much damage to the basic fiber of America.

The checks and balances that were set up by our forefathers have been dismantled.

I can't help but think they are rolling over in their graves watching what is going on right now.

These checks and balances are what has allowed us to remain a democracy. Without them, we are on the slide toward a dictatorship.

I know there are issues people care about, and may not want to vote one way or the other because that is a deal breaker, for me, the deal breaker has always been, is my candidate pro-choice?

That is one thing I could never let slide, not pro-choice, you are not getting my vote.

Now, I really feel like these issues, whatever they may be for people, are so incidental to what is really going on, that they don't matter. The checks and balances are gone. Do people not realize that under presidential orders by way of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that torture has now been legalized? It also protects George Bush and his cronies from being prosecuted for warm crimes.

President Bush has also made use of "signing statements", documents that can change or modify the meaning of laws. This undermines the very Constitution of the United States. I'm adding a small excerpt from Ms. Wolfs book End of America, Letters to a Young Patriot. In this book, Ms. Wolf writes that President Bush has used more signing statements than any other previous President.

By doing this, he has in fact relegated "Congress to an advisory role. This Abuse lets the President choose what laws he wishes to enforce or not, overruling Congress and the People. So Americans are living under laws their representatives never passed. Signing statements put the President above the law."




I almost feel like I need to get every bit of information I can, and hold on to it tight, that later, it may be hard to find.

I sound crazy, even to myself, but so much has happened, and could happen. I keep chiding myself, trust your gut. Listen to your gut. You know something is wrong, and at least by understanding this, I am more prepared for the possible fall out.

Does peace exist with all the political angst that is going on right now? I wonder, is peace just the great illusion of our time?

I know I'm not the only one out there worried about the state we are in. I know this, but this is troubling me, so deeply. When things trouble me like this is, I have to listen to my inner voice.

So many people are not listening to their inner voices right now.

This is definitely a time of transition. We as humans must deal with our own shit, literally. Our world, our country is in a mess. This is the time, more so than ever before that we have to do something.

Do something?

Do something?

I am echoing something a very old soul has been preaching to me for more than 20 years. Pick up your own crap, pick up the crap everyone else has left on the ground. I'm finally listening.

I know I have talked much about becoming a mom. This is something so intrinsic to who I am, but here is the thing. I am not sure I really cared about much before I became a mom. That is not to say, that others don't care, but it was this event in my life, that really made me open my eyes.

I did care, don't get me wrong. I cared, I voted my conscience, but I also didn't do much in an action sort of way. I was content to let others do it. Now, not so much. Now I see that if I don't get off my ass, and do something, not only my children will suffer, but so will every other child. I can't do much, that is a given. I am one person, and not a very influential one at that, but I can do MY part, MY piece. I can take care of MY bit of the universe. I can teach MY children to become self aware, socially compassionate and open minded people.

Every day that goes by, I feel stronger, and I feel weaker. I feel determined and scared. I want to do the right thing and I'm frightened because I don't know how.

I owe it to my own soul, self and heart to make my life now about moving forward, and holding my head up. About seeing the wrongs that are being done, and if nothing else trying to chronicle it to the best of my ability.

So much is at stake.

It's late now, and I'm tired. If you made it this far, cookies for you.

Peace,

OC