renewed distrubance
So, here's the real entry I promised (now that I'm at work and have lots of time on my hands :D ).
To sin by Silence
when we should protest
makes cowards out of men.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I spent a large majority of yesterday afternoon watching an amazing movie called "JFK" directed by Oliver Stone. I would encourage all of you to see it. However it raised some huge questions in my head, and renewed my passion for being perturbed, and loudly so, at the American government. Basically this movie tells the story of the DA of New Orleans, who was the only person to bring a trial about the murder of JFK, and how he put together the evidence against the person he believed to be behind the assassination. I think at this day in age, it is pretty much obvious, and agreed upon by those who would question their government in the slightest, that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was not as simple as the government would have us believe and in fact, had some sort of conspiracy behind it. The magnitude of that consipracy , if large at all, cannot be known, however, the fact that there was a conspiracy at all, that could've involved our own government, is a thought unplesant to hold. I'm not one to trot out my patriotism, few would say I have any in the conventional sense at least. But I do like to believe, at least a little, in the constitutional freedoms and orders of our society. That at least OUR country would be above a coup de' tat of our own president (even though we insist on partaking in others).
The movie raised other questions as well, that dealt with WHY Kennedy would be "overthrown" (if, in fact, that is what happened). Most of them regarded war, and its place as a big money-making business in our society. On top of that, the fact that not a few members of federal governing body (both then, and as well all know, now) stand to make that money from the business of war. Kennedy in his few years as president had made a peace agreement with the Russians, thus setting about to end the Cold War. Had done much for the civil rights movement, thus taking what seemed to be large steps towards ending the racial upheaval. Thirdly, he had a written document that was about to be placed into affect that would've effectively ended our involvement in the conflict in Vietnam. In fact, this document had the first troops returning home in December of '63, less than a month after Kennedy's assassination. These latter three steps, would've ended all current US conflict, and thus stamped out the then $80 billion business that was War.
It also touched on the government's wish to keep its people in FEAR. If the people are fearful, they do not question, they only wish to follow and be saved.
All of these accusations, as moving and disturbing as they were in the movie, hit even harder when I realized that all these things are occuring right now. George W. Bush is waging war in Iraq, and Afghanistan. He's now begun hinting at Iran. He keeps the people in FEAR, constantly reminding us of Sept. 11, of how the terrorists could attack us at any time, of any number of things that really aren't the threats he says they are. And who is benefitting from these costly wars? Certainly not the American people. Their sons and daughters are dying daily. Their hard earned tax dollars are funding their sons and daughters deaths, not paying for their schooling, or reviving their economically stricken hometowns. However, Dick Cheney and Halliburton are making tons of money with the oil contracts from Iraqi oil fields. Bush, himself is an oil man. Other government officials have their hands in companies that are making billions off of the equipment (as shabby as we're hearing it is) that goes into fighting a war......
............I don't know exactly the point I'm trying to make here. All I do know, is that "JFK" made me think, and I will be thinking for weeks to come. It saddens me down in the pit of my heart. And I, as Jim Garrison did, desperately want the truth and for the life of my cannot understand how everyone can be so complacent.
To sin by Silence
when we should protest
makes cowards out of men.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I spent a large majority of yesterday afternoon watching an amazing movie called "JFK" directed by Oliver Stone. I would encourage all of you to see it. However it raised some huge questions in my head, and renewed my passion for being perturbed, and loudly so, at the American government. Basically this movie tells the story of the DA of New Orleans, who was the only person to bring a trial about the murder of JFK, and how he put together the evidence against the person he believed to be behind the assassination. I think at this day in age, it is pretty much obvious, and agreed upon by those who would question their government in the slightest, that the assassination of John F. Kennedy was not as simple as the government would have us believe and in fact, had some sort of conspiracy behind it. The magnitude of that consipracy , if large at all, cannot be known, however, the fact that there was a conspiracy at all, that could've involved our own government, is a thought unplesant to hold. I'm not one to trot out my patriotism, few would say I have any in the conventional sense at least. But I do like to believe, at least a little, in the constitutional freedoms and orders of our society. That at least OUR country would be above a coup de' tat of our own president (even though we insist on partaking in others).
The movie raised other questions as well, that dealt with WHY Kennedy would be "overthrown" (if, in fact, that is what happened). Most of them regarded war, and its place as a big money-making business in our society. On top of that, the fact that not a few members of federal governing body (both then, and as well all know, now) stand to make that money from the business of war. Kennedy in his few years as president had made a peace agreement with the Russians, thus setting about to end the Cold War. Had done much for the civil rights movement, thus taking what seemed to be large steps towards ending the racial upheaval. Thirdly, he had a written document that was about to be placed into affect that would've effectively ended our involvement in the conflict in Vietnam. In fact, this document had the first troops returning home in December of '63, less than a month after Kennedy's assassination. These latter three steps, would've ended all current US conflict, and thus stamped out the then $80 billion business that was War.
It also touched on the government's wish to keep its people in FEAR. If the people are fearful, they do not question, they only wish to follow and be saved.
All of these accusations, as moving and disturbing as they were in the movie, hit even harder when I realized that all these things are occuring right now. George W. Bush is waging war in Iraq, and Afghanistan. He's now begun hinting at Iran. He keeps the people in FEAR, constantly reminding us of Sept. 11, of how the terrorists could attack us at any time, of any number of things that really aren't the threats he says they are. And who is benefitting from these costly wars? Certainly not the American people. Their sons and daughters are dying daily. Their hard earned tax dollars are funding their sons and daughters deaths, not paying for their schooling, or reviving their economically stricken hometowns. However, Dick Cheney and Halliburton are making tons of money with the oil contracts from Iraqi oil fields. Bush, himself is an oil man. Other government officials have their hands in companies that are making billions off of the equipment (as shabby as we're hearing it is) that goes into fighting a war......
............I don't know exactly the point I'm trying to make here. All I do know, is that "JFK" made me think, and I will be thinking for weeks to come. It saddens me down in the pit of my heart. And I, as Jim Garrison did, desperately want the truth and for the life of my cannot understand how everyone can be so complacent.