People often ask me why I hold the views, beliefs, and opinions that I do. Simply because I come from a household of FBI agents. That's right my dad and step-mom were both FBI agents. My parents never pushed their views or opinions on me. I was always free to decide for myself what to believe and not to believe. My parents did their service for the government and I applaud them for that. I've heard cool stories and some not so cool stories. I had the chance to work as a clerk at my dad's office when I was 16 which was pretty cool.
I would say a big influence on my thought process was listening to Pink Floyd and watching The Wall. I also listened to a lot of Rage Against The Machine as well. At the time I didn't really look to deep into their lyrics and didn't realize that they were such a "poltical" band. The more and more I listened the more I understood what they were talking about. There was something far deeper going on in our world than most of us would even dare think about.
As I mentioned in a previous blog, All Things Tool, I was turned onto them by a friend. So you pair Pink Floyd, Rage Against the Machine, and Tool together and hear what they have to say it made start to question everything. Their music led me to do my own research and branch out to things that normally I would of never known. I like to call it "Thinking Man's" music. Listening to their music relentlesly and reading Noam Chomsky opened my eyes to a whole new world.
Let's fast forward to George W. Bush running for President. I knew the history of his father and did not like one thing he did so I was a bit scared as to what the "new" Bush would do. Also knowing that he would surround himself with a lot of his father's people. Bush wins the election and I had no idea the things his administration would be cable of. Then 9/11 happens... This is what truly sent me over the edge. Although not like a lot of Americans. Was I saddened by what I watched live on TV that day? Absolutely! Those images will never escape me nor will the escape the rest of the world.
After 9/11, I began to do extensive readings from publications around the world. I watched all the news programs "religiously". The "official" story just didn't add up to me. There was something there that I could not wrap my head around. Someone was not (and still isn't) telling the truth of what REALLY happened that day.
A friend asked me if I was surprised by the "so-called" attacks on our country. My reply was (and this is before I began to seek out information) "Honestly, I am not surprised one bit. I am surprised it hasn't happened sooner." I then asked my friend, "Why do you think the rest of the world hates us?" (A question that still should be asked but one that will never be answered.)
To Be Continued.....
Spiral Out
-The Bell News-
11 years ago
2 Your Thoughts:
Hey Chad. I just got home and was reading my blog and noticed you made a return trip. P)
I leave the anonymous on cause some people find it easier to leave a comment, usually it's the hate mongers that don't leave their name. Or some don't have a blog or login.
I was just reading your next entry it's interesting. I have always considered myself a Constituionalist(wow spelling sucks lol) Some people call me a libertarian, conservative. In my earlier blogs I mention I believe that any president that fails to enforce the borders, should be impeached. That is because every president takes an oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Under the Constitution the federal Government is put upon to defend the borders of the United States. To be honest they should all be impeached for not living up to their oaths.
I have a friend who is a Bosnian Muslium. He grew up in Communist Yugoslavia. We have had many talks about Communism, Socialism and Islam. The more I talked with him the more I fact checked to verify or disprove his points. Alot of the reason I started my Blog was because of my talks with him. In the next few days I will be posting something that I have been working on for awhile. It all started when I was talking to my friend. I can't say if the Government knew about things ahead of time, we will never know. But why people hate us, I think that question may be answered after I post.
Hey I may not agree with everything you say, but I would die to defend your right to say it.
talk to you later...P)
Chad, If you want a little more traffic for your blog, I accidentally dicovered a little trick. (maybe you know it already.) Plus it's kinda fun.
If you goto www.foxnews.com
Then goto the political section and find the Blogspot link. Click it and find the most recent or most active post and post comments. Before they let you post you have to have your name(nickname really, no one ever uses their real name.) Your e-mail that they never show. Then it says website. Add your blog site to that. So everytime you make a comment on their blog your name will show up in blue. So when ever someone clicks on your name on your comment it goes to your website. It works better the more comments you make and or the more freinds you make on the blog. Some people will just sit there and have a conversation on the postings. So let me know what you think if you try it.
Off to more work I go..... I am going to try to post that story tonight, if there is not limit to how many words I can do in one posting....this is gonna be long....lol
See yea
Patch
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