Ranting because I can.

   The 'OCCUPY' movements seem to be heating up, starting with 'Occupy Wall Street' and growing from there around the world . Of course, if you think about it, we probably have the 'Arab Spring', Wikileaks, the Anonymous movement, the unease in the European Union and the riots in London earlier this year to thank for it as well.
  Feelings of dissatisfaction have been growing, the world is no longer a small place, everything is inter-related, perhaps more than many of us are comfortable with.
  Like it or not, things are changing and if we do not get a handle on it, we could find it spiraling away from us to become an even more unpleasant place than it currently is.
   But I digress...
  The 'OCCUPY' movements are drawing attention and criticism more and more as they grow, people are disillusioned with the status quo, we in the Untied States are doubting our 'Democracy' (How many of you actually recall that 'murica is  not supposed to be a Democracy?    http://thisnation.com/question/011.html ) and it's corporate masters.
  We make money, which isn't a bad thing, that is unless it is the means and the end.  We take money and use it to make more money, we use that money to buy political influence so we can do what? Make even more money...Sure, there are exceptions, but they seem to be becoming few and far between...I'm ranting now, drifting further from my point, as I am wont to do.
  The question is, can all of this brouhahaha with 'OCCUPY' bring about real change, are we too far down the path to pull back from the abyss with some protests, I don't know. I kind of hope we can fix it, but do enough of us want it fixed? Remember : "...Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying it's foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide for new guards for their future security..."
Here be a little light reading to think on:


http://agamsterdam.wordpress.com/teksten/how-nonviolence-protects-the-state/
 (The above link is one that you cannot post on facebook, go ahead, try to post it on facebook and see if it's still deemed 'Offensive'.)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10489

I wonder if I can end up on some government watch list, that would be fun, wouldn't it?
 Anyway, I apologize again for the disjointed nature of my thoughts, but hells, I have no idea what to blog about, so whatever comes to mind is what you will see.

A blog...Why in the nine hells would I want to write a blog?

  I was talking with a dear friend today, bitching and moaning about my general unemployability and other (ir)relevant topics.
  Miss Smartypants (Not her real name.) suggested I start a blog, even mentioning that a friend of mine just recently started one (http://jag-three.blogspot.com/2011/10/wow-im-blogger-now.html  ,feel free to check it out, not much there, yet, but he is yet another dear friend and quite the talented artist.), so I said to myself, "Well, hells bells, if he can do a blog, why not me?".
  So, I started thinking a bit.What does one write about? Am I vain enough to think that what rattles around inside my head is noteworthy enough to post online? (It would seem I am, eh?) Would I be able to attract more than sympathy views from my friends? What do I hope to gain from this endeavour(Also, why do I seem to enjoy sometimes using British spellings of words instead of the Americanized versions?)? Do I really want my thoughts and feelings out there for all to see? How much should I let out and how much should I hold back? Should I use a pseudonymous identity to insulate myself?( Those who know me already know the answer to that.)Will I actually keep up with it or would it be something that I would start and promptly give up on as a bad idea?
 Only time will tell, I suppose...