When I grow up...
"I want to be an astronaut when I grow up"
"I want to be a police man when I grow up"
"I want to be a fire-fighter when I grow up"
"I want to be a junkie when I grow up"
"I want to be a political activist when I grow up"
One of these doesn't sound right. I find it odd that out of the above
choices I chose the last. Especially given my upbringing. My whole life I
was told "Be no part of the world" just like Jesus was no part of the
world. That makes no sense to me now because when you actually sit and
think about it Jesus was a huge part of the world. He's a huge part of the
world now. You can't walk three steps without running into some Jesus
freak with a fish on their car, a bible, a cross or something Jesus
related. Jesus said he was no part of the world in his time but he spoke
out against the scribes and pharisees, he went into public places and
overturned tables, he spoke out against the Romans. Jesus was a political
activist, he just geared it toward the Bible. Now I feel I'm a political
activist, the more stuff I read the more I think "How can I not get
involved?" How can I just sit back and let someone else decide my future?
The most important thing I think I can do right now is get Bush out of
office. All you have to do is read, or see Farenheit 9/11, or get Rock
Against Bush compilation to realize something is incredibly wrong here.
Some of the facts about Bush:
The Day Bush took office he asked how could he invade Iraq.
The week after war was declared in Iraq, Bush set up a meeting between his
campaign contributors and companies he worked for to sell contracts to the
oil in Iraq.
The 15% of newly created jobs Bush is always talking about is due to the
Bush administration classifying Fast Food Workers as Manufacturing
positions.
Bush has already drawn up and presented a bill that would re-instate the
Draft.
The companies who funded the Bush campaign are also the companies that own
the media, hence why you rarely see anit-Bush anything on TV.
Despite making anti-terror his main priority in America Bush cut the
anti-terror budget for the FBI by 2/3rds.
More troops per capita have died in the Iraq war than did in Vietnam.
The Iraq war is not a "smart war" where only the enemy is killed, Bush
recently authorized the use of cluster bombs(the world's biggest
non-nuclear bomb) and the innocent civilians death toll has raised to
10,000. Almost as many as the death toll for American soldiers. With the
media spinning the War in Bush's favor imagine what that number really is.
Bush is right now assembling his picks for the Supreme Court with the
express purpose of taking away a woman's right to choose abortion. What
about all the unwanted Babies, well Bush has it handled he's slashed
welfare and cut the amount of funding to Orphaniges.
The country was not in a recession when Bush took office, The last time
this country was in a recession was when Bush's father was in office, which
turned into the largest economic boom in the Country's history, America is
now in a recession.
Bush has made it illegal to create new stem cells for stem cell research
which was making progress in Cancer, AIDS and paralysis.
There are more too, tons more. How could I honestly just sit by while one
man can destroy my life, if I get cancer I might not have a cure due to a
moral decision Bush has made political all based on his Fundy Christian
background. I could be forced into a war I don't believe in. It's
terrible and there's only one thing I can do to fix it: Vote!
I usually would Vote Nader just because he's the alternative choice for
everything, but the stakes are too high. We all know there are two
seperate political parties and only one canidate from one of those two
parties can win.
"I want to be a police man when I grow up"
"I want to be a fire-fighter when I grow up"
"I want to be a junkie when I grow up"
"I want to be a political activist when I grow up"
One of these doesn't sound right. I find it odd that out of the above
choices I chose the last. Especially given my upbringing. My whole life I
was told "Be no part of the world" just like Jesus was no part of the
world. That makes no sense to me now because when you actually sit and
think about it Jesus was a huge part of the world. He's a huge part of the
world now. You can't walk three steps without running into some Jesus
freak with a fish on their car, a bible, a cross or something Jesus
related. Jesus said he was no part of the world in his time but he spoke
out against the scribes and pharisees, he went into public places and
overturned tables, he spoke out against the Romans. Jesus was a political
activist, he just geared it toward the Bible. Now I feel I'm a political
activist, the more stuff I read the more I think "How can I not get
involved?" How can I just sit back and let someone else decide my future?
The most important thing I think I can do right now is get Bush out of
office. All you have to do is read, or see Farenheit 9/11, or get Rock
Against Bush compilation to realize something is incredibly wrong here.
Some of the facts about Bush:
The Day Bush took office he asked how could he invade Iraq.
The week after war was declared in Iraq, Bush set up a meeting between his
campaign contributors and companies he worked for to sell contracts to the
oil in Iraq.
The 15% of newly created jobs Bush is always talking about is due to the
Bush administration classifying Fast Food Workers as Manufacturing
positions.
Bush has already drawn up and presented a bill that would re-instate the
Draft.
The companies who funded the Bush campaign are also the companies that own
the media, hence why you rarely see anit-Bush anything on TV.
Despite making anti-terror his main priority in America Bush cut the
anti-terror budget for the FBI by 2/3rds.
More troops per capita have died in the Iraq war than did in Vietnam.
The Iraq war is not a "smart war" where only the enemy is killed, Bush
recently authorized the use of cluster bombs(the world's biggest
non-nuclear bomb) and the innocent civilians death toll has raised to
10,000. Almost as many as the death toll for American soldiers. With the
media spinning the War in Bush's favor imagine what that number really is.
Bush is right now assembling his picks for the Supreme Court with the
express purpose of taking away a woman's right to choose abortion. What
about all the unwanted Babies, well Bush has it handled he's slashed
welfare and cut the amount of funding to Orphaniges.
The country was not in a recession when Bush took office, The last time
this country was in a recession was when Bush's father was in office, which
turned into the largest economic boom in the Country's history, America is
now in a recession.
Bush has made it illegal to create new stem cells for stem cell research
which was making progress in Cancer, AIDS and paralysis.
There are more too, tons more. How could I honestly just sit by while one
man can destroy my life, if I get cancer I might not have a cure due to a
moral decision Bush has made political all based on his Fundy Christian
background. I could be forced into a war I don't believe in. It's
terrible and there's only one thing I can do to fix it: Vote!
I usually would Vote Nader just because he's the alternative choice for
everything, but the stakes are too high. We all know there are two
seperate political parties and only one canidate from one of those two
parties can win.