Wednesday, February 17, 2010

A revolution is in order, please do not let my bold language to get in the way of you taking me seriously. This is not an emotional plea, but something I have felt strongly about for years. It is difficult for me to properly articulate what needs to be done, because there is so much, and I have so many things to say, and so many messages to relay, but I still feel like I am at a standstill, I feel alone in my endeavors. Perhaps that is more unfortunate than the need to revolt, the fact that no one else seems to be jumping on board. Why wouldn't we want to change the world for the better? Seems like a silly question, but here we are, in the midst of this nonsense, accepting it.

Before I even get into politics or anything heavy like that, we need to address ourselves. First of all we have to quit blaming our problems on everybody else. Quit bitching about the government, the school system, the neighbor, and look at yourself. Nobody can solve you. Nobody can snap their fingers and make your life better. Only we can make our own lives better. Today I was at the store with a friend. I had one item to pay for, she had one item to pay for. Common courtesy states that you let a person with one item step ahead of you in line if you have multiple items. No one did this for us. Then when another register opened up, "I can take who's next." The people in the back of the line hurried over there, when clearly my friend and I were next in line. Next does not mean Last, last time I checked. People do not even know how to be courteous to one another anymore, yet they are going to bitch. Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.

I will bitch about our government, because I am a decent peron, therefore I have the right to bitch. I am a courteous person. I do know the proper protocol for day to day life. I know about common courtesy and decency. I'm not making this world a sadder, ruder, dumber and fatter place, therefore I feel that I am in a position to start speaking up. I want to lead by example.

Please do not misconstrue the following. Help for Haiti. Of course I have compassion for others. What happened is tragic, and everyone should do what they can to help, but why is it that we are so quick to help others on the outside, but not to help us on the inside. If we banned together the way we did for Haiti, think of the tremendous change that could have been made. If we all threw money into an American kitty, perhaps all of our problems could be solved. If every American donated money to America, we could begin to fix our economic problems. We must first help ourselves and stabilize before we can truly be of help to others, otherwise it seems to be only a half assed attempt. We should be banning together, but instead everyone seems to be flying solo.

I am so sick and tired of businesses shutting down left and right. Businesses that have been open for years. I am sick of E-Commerce getting in the way of actual business. My video store in my neighborhood is closing, thanks NETFLIX. Seriously everyone loves living their lives on the internet so much that it puts real places out of business. Pretty soon we will have nowhere to go but our computer desks. I should not have to rent my movies online, and have to wait for them in the mail if I don't want to. I should be able to get in my car, drive to the video store, browse, and be on my way. Now I can't even do that. Why do people try so hard to not leave their homes? Why do we not support local businesses? Why don't businesses help each other instead of putting each other out? It's gross. People are gross, business has become gross. Screw you Wal-Mart, screw you Bank of America, though I suppose I have an account there because they took over one of the banks I use. See what I mean, I just have to accept that? No way, I don't accept things that I deem bullshit, and the problem is, is that most people do accept it whether they believe it to be right or not. We will never get anywhere with that kind of attitude. We need to start making changes, start within yourself and work your way out.

To be continued