Response to a Comment

Sorry it has taken me so long to write another entry, but i have been thinking about what i am writing today over and over, trying to decide if i really wanted to do it or not. I came to the point that if I don't deal with it now I will have to at some point, so if you will bear with me and read the entire post we can get it out of the way now.

Do I believe Bush knew about the aircraft attacks on 11 Sept? No i don't, he just honestly wasn't that smart. Did the Government know about the attacks? Yes. But that is not the question you should ask. Did the Government UNDERSTAND what it knew? Of course not. The Government was no smarter than Bush. Where the conspiracy comes in is after. They are smart enough to 'take advantage of a crisis or event and turn it to their favor'. And i think that is what the Government did.

There are the certain groups out there, running around saying that Bush planned it, organized it, and jumped from one of the planes at the last minute to take America by the hand and say I will fix it. And these people will not be happy unless I say the same thing. Do not just dismiss them, they are only half wrong and misguided, but maybe some can be shown the right path. Let me explain.

In my opinion, which is worth what you are paying for it, here is where we are. The Gov't has been wandering away from the people they govern since the early 60's, and if you have been around that long, and you can think back clearly enough, you will remember a slow divide forming between the people and the gov't from the federal and state levels. Now history will tell you, as it did told them, that when the people are unhappy enough with their rulers, the people will remove them. By force if needed. Our country was born from this anger at the Government of England and the King. Once again, Washington is smart enough to know this.

So they want to ensure that when the people reach the 5th level of pissed off they can't or won't do anything about it. Gun control, more and more general laws, very specific regulations to limit your land and home use, very invasive information gathering of you income and spending habits, a form full of non-related information gathering questions before you can do very basic things with your property, and the banking laws that flew through the congress and Clinton signed. Now if you sell a nice car and put more then $10,000.00 in the bank they notify the Gov't.

These laws and regulations started out as "the war on drugs". We need to stop these terrible drug dealers and suppliers, and we will do whatever it takes to get that done. Well here we are and drugs are at the same levels that they were when we started. So what is different? New more restrictive laws on your money, travel, seizure of property laws, surveillance of 'suspect' people, and one of my favorites, the invention of the 'person of interest', who can be detained without cause, so they can talk to them about something they want to know. Does that sound like the Gov't has gained a lot more oppressive power, under the cover of protecting the people, then they really should have? I think so. That is an example of them taking advantage of a crisis or event and growing their control over the people.

Now the country has been attacked. They now see another chance to make great strides toward complete control of the people. The war on terror begins. Not just overseas, but here as well. Have you ever thought that all the training to take out 'terror cells' in the U.S. allows the Gov't to get in great practice and education on urban combat in American cities and suburbs? Consider this, when I was very young I learned how to change the spark plugs on a 1965 ford truck. Now since then, I have used that same exact knowledge to change the plugs on every vehicle I have owned. Knowledge is knowledge. The main thing I am trying to teach you here is to take what you learn for one application whether I teach it to you or someone else does and use it everywhere you can in all ways and areas it can be applicable. The Government is 'concerned' with foreign people coming here and committing violent acts, they are ' wet their pants scared' of the American people taking up arms against its own government. So through laws, regulations, limits, intimidation, and frankly anything else they can think of, the people in charge will try to prevent that from happening. And any event or concern that the people have, i.e. drugs, terrorists, that can be used as the excuse for a stronger hold on the people will be exploited to the extremist level the people will allow.

Now you think I sound like a nut. It is simple self preservation. The same thing you are here to learn. The Government, as an entity, must survive. It doesn't matter if there are no people left to govern, the position must remain. I am sure you are well aware of numerous bunkers around the country that officials can run to in case of an attack on this country. Much news has been made of it over the years, some have even been portrayed in movies, but has anyone ever thought to ask why it will only be the governing class that will be allowed in them? Why should your governor have a safe place to go and not you? Is your congressman worth more than you are and just has to survive or all is lost? It is an interesting question, and one that is never posed to an elected official. It is the idea that "the government" must survive or the country will be lost. Well, the country was here before we had a government, but i guess over the years even the very dirt under your feet has also become dependent on the elected officials for its existence.

I really didn't want this to be a big rant, I just wanted to point out that there are a lot bigger concerns out there then the ones being talked about. Again, don't look at the obvious reason you are being told, look at the side effects that can be put in to play because of it. As i said earlier, the certain extremist groups are not completely 100% wrong, and there may come a time they may be needed. Directed in the right way to allow us to have true freedom again. But keep in mind just as we can direct them towards our goals, so can the Gov't direct them towards theirs. Emotion clouds their reasoned thinking and they don't take anything to the next step. We will try to help direct them in the proper way here as we go along and make sure that the people as a whole are all on the same page and headed toward the same goal of freedom and less oppressive control of our lives. However as I also said earlier, you can only do that if you live to make it happen. So rash actions are not the way to accomplish this end and may only help the other side.

I hope I didn't turn you off or annoy anyone too much with this post. It is my thoughts put you, make of them what you will. If you made it this far, do think about what I have said, try to reason them out in your head and see if they make any sense to you at all, and feel free to comment back to me on them. I am very interested in everyone's opinions, mine have changed over the years with the finding of new information and facts, and I am not afraid to change it again if the situation warrants.

Thank you for this indulgence, and more will follow.