Warrior Rant

In the Shambhala tradition of Tibetan

Buddhism, the word "Pawo" means

"warrior, or, literally, "one who is brave."

A brave person is not just some one

who enters combat fearlessly. A brave

person, particularly these days, in the

context of Western society and American

culture specifically, is one who tells the truth.

It has become not only commonplace, but

standard operating procedure, for the US

government to lie to its citizens. The laundry

list of lies...and, let's just start with Vietnam,

"my" war, is astoundingly long, and covers

most major historic events from then until now.

Details here are not necessary to the purpose

of this rant: if you are an American and don't 

realize the truth of what i'm pointing to, you 

might as well pull up the covers now and go

back to sleep. America was never the image

of the happy daddy family, driving down vast

highways with gleaming smiles. Read 

"Manufacturing Consent", for just one book.

"Keeping up with the Joneses" was a common

meme in the Fifties, and it meant that most

Americans were trying to outdo each other in

an imposed consumer conformity. Think: 

"consumer fascism", as an alternative meme.

This engineered American dream is not just

showing rust at the edges. It is on the brink of

falling completely apart. People, (not politicians),

Like Trump and Sanders are vilified by a media

that is part and parcel of the dream machine. The

only way to find the truth is to sift through the 

internet, which has both truth and lies in 

abundance. That's why the government wants

control of the internet. And the government wants 

to take away guns, in case enough people wake

up to what's really going on. Japan, America Corp's

clone, has already passed laws prohibiting criticism

of the government. The Japanese citizenry doesn't

possess many guns. This is not a coincidence.

I'm just another loyal American citizen, living in a 

foreign country because I cannot afford to retire in 

my own. And, the government wants to take

Social Security, which I paid for, away too. Do I

think this next election will affect change in America?

Possibly, but not likely. Poor Bernie and Donald...

walking around with smart bombs likely already 

pointed at them. They are the only two people (not

politicians!) That seems to be brave enough to tell

the truth, or, at least, what they actually think! There

are many people that see things as I do...from the

militia in Oregon, to Anonymous, the whistle blowers...

even many military people!  I don't know if there's

still time for Americans to wake up. This is not the

Fifties. This is not the America I grew up in.