Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

I was two years old when it happened. Too young to remember the shock and sadness felt around the world. Many hopes and dreams where dashed. Many lives were changed. In that time, that moment, all our futures took a new direction. Powerful forces conspired to rule our lives. Corporations flushed with profits, crime lords with egos of fear and worst of all government officials and agencies so perverted by politics, money and power …their sense of reality was only their own. They sold us a dream so they could divide the classes. False friends giving us hope for a future of peace, prosperity and harmony but clinging to power by any means at all. Patriotism was paramount and we headed for war. It was the beginning of the end.

John F. Kennedy was no saintly leader. He was born and raised in a family of privilege. Privilege acquired by crime and collusion but he connected with the people. The common man and a younger generation that represented a new age. His connection was based on the hope of equality and the prayer for peace. He was charismatic, approachable and exuded the confidence the nation needed in a cold war setting and a time of social injustice. Dark forces were at play at home and abroad. The people needed change.

From the beginning President Kennedy made changes. Bold moves bound to shake the tree of elitism. Corporations wanted their wars, spies wanted their intrigue, thugs wanted their castles and bigots wanted their delusions …all just good old boys maintaining the status quo. Fear pervaded. They all felt something must be done. Kennedy had begun troop reductions in Vietnam. He had fired many CIA operatives who were totally incompetent in international affairs. Under the direction of his brother Bobby he began an aggressive anti organized crime campaign and he began to set the stage for equality of the masses. Something must be done they agreed. Action must be taken …and it was. Ethics was a fizzy concept in the 60’s. Law enforcement and mobsters were often two sides of the same coin. Bankers, corporations and the military-elite were co-dependent and the twisted plots and subversion's of the spies, bigots and revenge seekers was so tangled we find ourselves a half century later still trying to unravel this web. With idealized cooperation and blind allegiances, the trap was set. A spider’s nest of greed, corruption and hate. Everything really did change that day. The spider ate its meal and we were all sucked in.

Today our leaders are the remnants’ of past cooperation’s. They all know the lie but will never speak of it. Media knows the lie but will never report it. They cannot. Their very existence is a result of the lie. The lie that is our truth. We are not living in a true democracy. That is the real truth, not the lie. Many are coming to this realization today, slowly and sometimes reluctantly. Our leader’s are picked and groomed to appeal to us, irresistible and charismatic, but aligned to elitist forces like colorful puppets on a string. Still free choice. Yes, but backup plans from years of experience are in place to guide us all in the direction of ‘choice’. The outcome is not in doubt.

President Obama was the perfect choice. Offering hope and change he inspired us all in his vision of the future for both the country and for ourselves. A handsome man with a beautiful family, appealing to the common man and to a younger generation. We will all begin a new age of peace and harmony with the world and ourselves. A great man and leader his stage was set in our minds …long ago. He will bring change. He will bring hope. He will bring us back from the abyss of war, corporate corruption and greed. Social injustice will be a thing of the past. Camelot? …If only our minds were true. Obama was chosen as a leader many years ago. Groomed and positioned carefully he was one of a select group ‘qualified’ to take office in an evolving plan to satisfy and pacify you …you the voter. You who votes to maintain the status quo. Every time. Without doubt. Gone now are the ideas and ideals an optimistic election time. The president is in office. Now torture practices and accountability must be suppressed. Quantamino trials will continue in kangaroo courts. Iraq will be controlled by America until the oil runs out. Spy agencies will profile and segregate you on a whim. Poverty is sad you’re told but get used to it and don’t ask for too much or you will lose what little you have. SWAT police and the IRS rule your life more than ever. You must have a permit for this and a license for that, not to make fees as much to know what is going on. Control. Your free speech is to your friends, not to the government. Is this too much too soon? If so, expect an offer of hollow gay rights, underpaid migrant worker healthcare, shallow African American awards and hope for the middle class that hard times are about to change. You will be soothed. There is no doubt.

As you find yourself falling ever deeper into dept …credit cards or ARM mortgages. Student loans or payments on a car. Loss of a job or energy costs that cannot be paid. Environmental damage. Healthcare or retirement. Only your problems, the common man, the voter. And as this police state created by you continues to unfold into fascism and you seek family and friends to help mend your shattered dreams and share your doubts …ask yourself …and your family …If President Obama happened by you in your personal dark alley, away from the spotlight of media illusion, and you asked him for a dime, some hope, …what would he say? ….he would say sorry, I have no change at all.