Those drums

Those drums! They drive me mad!

Don’t you hear them, see them!? Feel them…..Don’t you smell them!?

Those drums ah they hurt! They break my bones and bow my back…. Oh those drums!

They used to only play occasionally…they used to far…yes far away where I couldn’t be hurt where they couldn’t touch me.

Those drums yes oh yes those drums.

When I was a child those blue skies, those soft pastures….no drums touched me no, no they didn’t.

But then slowly oh so slowly that sound, that desperate, methodical sound crept into my heart! It had always been rooted in my mind! But now it marches through my heart!

I hear them now leading me, that doll drum that they send forth, that echoes in my mind! That locks my heart into that deep bass rhythm!

In everything I do they are there now! I thought I would escape them when I heard them coming. No said I! Not the drums in my heart, not the drums pounding in my brains!

When I work it’s not for me! It’s not for her or them! Its for those drums. Those drums make me do it not him, those drums make me do it not I. That rhythm, that captivating, fate binding, poverty soaked drums! They bend my back, without need, without my want! They just do….to that rhythm hey keep bellowing out every morn I go in, every punch I make on that time card those drums!

Those drums, oh my those drums. Hahaha oh how those composers, those instructors and professors play them so sweetly! They make soft little tunes on those drums, I almost fell asleep to them….Oh God I almost fell asleep to them!

Dum, de, tee,dum

She doesn’t pound those drums, oh no she doesn’t. Do they!? But she doesn’t, my brena, she muffles those sounds by those around her they pound those drums. Those rhythms that expect me to jump like this and jump when told! Ha! Those drums are almost ridiculous, almost not worth hearing but then you realize your ears are bleeding.

Dum,de,tee,dum,doolllll

Why do I hear you know drums in every way I turn?

Oh now its these drums, those drums that play that man…sams the man….his tune, his rhythm, those war drums. The rhythm of the war drums! These drums I mock! These drums I know how to fight! These drums are what I was born to destroy…before they destroy me? These drums ask me to throw away my life, they try to break my bones, they try to reason with that sweet sickening rhythm of the war drums. See I know the secret to these black drums that white piano la la lalala laaa la la la. It clears the noise of the rhythm of the war drums.

Those Goddamn drums!

Dum,de,tee,dum,dool,de,dum,tee,doll,te,te,dom dollll. I wish I knew how to get rid of all these drums,to be able to play my fiddle. Dum,de,tee,dool,tee,te,te she has those drums playing too! De dum. Does she know the way? Dom dun,te dummm, dollll or is she just like me? Dom de till te dom I think dum de so. 

Johnny

Johnny wake your eyes to the bright light of the world, for this is the day you are born.

Johnny wake your ears to the toll of the church bells. Hear you will be told how to live, and God will instruct you in what to believe. For he gives you breath.

“Johnny! Guard your mind!” said the preacher. “Do not have acceptance for these neighbors of yours that spew forth false prophecies! For they are wrong and we are right! Judgment will be upon them!”

Johnny wake your eyes to the first day of school. Here your education will begin. Absorb what we will tell you.

“Johnny! Guard your mind!” said the teacher. “Those lies you argue are from nations that want to tear down our great land. Patriotism is your gift granted by God. This country you live in you owe everything to! For this country allows you to breathe!”

Johnny wake your eyes to the end of your eyes to the start of your military service. You are a child of this God blessed country.  Don’t worry you will be fine, and in turn for you patriotism we are kind enough to grant you funding for education, and 3 meals a day!

“Johnny! Cool your heart!” Said the leader “That man over there, wants to harm your country, destroy your very right to breathe! God has blessed our country be his tool of judgment! Pull the trigger.” Johnny pulled the trigger.

 Johnny wake your eyes to a new day, one filled with riches from your college education!

“Johnny buy that sports car!”, said the sales man, “It’s not greed, you deserve this God has given you this money! Those who starve on the streets had the same opportunities that you have had!”

Johnny wake your eyes to this gray day. Your life is near its end. All those holidays spent working alone, thus a life time alone, all those independent thoughts and actions you never fulfilled. In place you killed for your country, justified your greed and murder through your God. Now you can go and meet him. As we reveal the truth to you now. Johnny pulled the trigger…

When Johnny awoke in a place of light and life he saw no greed. No one went hungry on these streets. Johnny wandered all across the world saw no war. No one lost their life to another man. Johnny saw no monuments to Gods or places of worship. For a second he thought maybe God was absent from this world, after all no one was killing false prophets, everyone seemed equally blessed. Yet somehow he felt as if God was closer than ever before. Then Johnny wondered why he and his fellow men hadn’t made the choice for this life all those years ago….

Ethic checks and balances

Since Barrack Obama’s election in 2008 the United States of America has become dangerously polarized. Signs of this before 2008 were apparent but now more than ever it’s clear the country is largely divided into two camps. One camp with a right wing, conservative agenda the other a camp with a more progressive liberal agenda. The irony is the needs of both these groups are the same. It’s how they think they can obtain it that divides them. But why is America so dangerously and heavily divided now more than ever?

               The phrase “it takes all kinds” is something one must always remember when looking at how civilization advances. Civilization has generally had two base thought processes that define how it moves and how societies will develop, one a conservative force.  Conservative forces in America generally have a religious base that is tight on government spending and size. This is undoubtedly one reason why the new found “Tea Party” movement has taken the up its self-entitled name.  Conservative Ideals justified by histories example of giant socialist empires, tyrant kings and bankrupt nations. The liberal force in America is a different beast. One formed primarily with ideals of the modern age verses monarchical opposition. Formed of human rights campaigns, loose spending, and government sponsored programs. The liberal force doesn’t come without justification. Longer life spans by rival countries far superior government sponsored health care and welfare program. Fascist governments where supersession of belief and orientation have stifled not only happiness but progress providing the foundations of the liberal base.

               It only takes a moderate minded sensible person to realize both of these groups are a necessity for civilization to progress due to the liberals, and progress and a safe moderate speed due to the conservatives.  But right now we see both camps totally opposed to working together. With many of the right wing 2010 elects vowing to repeal Obama’s health care reform and the left wing not wanting to back down on spending. Why are these groups so totally opposite and stone cold against each other?

               In 1981 conservatives won a huge battle. Ronald Regan came into the presidency and with his party not only enacted many conservative based laws and bills but rearranged government spending in accordance with a conservative ideology. Reganomics.  America’s primary agenda since them has been one largely conservative. While the democrats did win in 1993, Bill Clinton’s one and only big progressive act was shot down. It was health care reform. Regan along with the following administrations threw out the ideals of clean, renewable energy that President Jimmy Carter had started in 1977. Now in 2010 we are faced with issues like gay rights such as don’t ask don’t tell.

               Lets look at how the liberal agenda was spread out and how it was denied:

·        In 1977 Jimmy Carter elected, installs solar panels on the white house, and drastically cuts America’s dependency on foreign fuels. Ronald Regan refuses to continue this trend, takes down the solar panels and dependency on foreign fuels dramatically increases until present day.

·        In 1993 Bill Clinton is elected, proposes Health Care reform that will include health care parts sponsored by the government. Conservative America shoots down any hopes of reform happening

·        In 2010, The gay rights issues has come to a boiling point with the likes of proposition 8 and the repeal of don’t ask don’t tell. Again because of the conservative movement

·        In 2008 Barrack Obama is elected who vows to focus on clean renewable energy, repeal don’t ask don’t tell and pass health care reform. Effectively promising to do 38 years of progressive policies in one term.

 A.I.E.R as of 2006

For 38 years one could argue America has not moved forward in social policy. It’s not a coincidence that America has one of the lowest health care ratings among developed counties. It’s why America is totally dependent on other countries for energy. Its why despite being “the land of the free” abominations like don’t ask don’t tell still exist.  Plain and simple the conservative force in America did not uphold its responsibility. Being conservative does not mean shooting down every progressive movement that the liberals ask for. Conservatism is a vital necessity in not only America but civilization, but one must not forget it takes all kinds and that liberalism is just as important.

So why are we polarized? Well America needs the past 38 years of Liberal agenda now. Movements that have been shot down and as a result crippled us as a world power are needed by the American people. Because the liberal agenda has largely been stalled for 38 years in order to get all this now it must be dumped on the country at a ridiculously fast rate in large volume.  This of course makes conservatives unhappy. It’s too much all at once, and to some degree.. They’re correct. Progressing this much at once has a degree of danger with it, normally it would be absurd. But we as a country are not under normal circumstances.

W.O.H as of 2000.

               For 38 years the country has been at a standstill and suffered. Because the conservative force was not conservative, it was focused on being totally anti-progress.  A country’s health comes from both liberals and conservatives working together. A country’s safety and security comes largely from the conservative ideals of spending and defense. A country’s quality of life comes from the liberal programs of health care, and social security. All of this is necessary and as  Americans none of us can afford to forget our ethic system of checks and balances. The balance between both mind sets that balances a nation.