I believe I am called a traitor and asked to leave my birth nation because I oppose torture and illegal wars. I believe I may be called a terror ist for opposing terror. If I am a pacifist, will it land me in own government's gulag some day? I am alp concerned the huge deficit will have to be paid on my children's backs. Bit by bit, by bit, by bit, my country is being sold to multi-national corporations whose shareholders don't care about my children. They care about "profit" and "power." They use the threat of war to keep those who might complain in fear and silence them speaking about the parceling up of America today. "Shock and Awe" doesn't sound like something I would want visited on 80% of the casualties of war...women, children, and suckling babes. The women and children of other nations have to pay the majority of the costs of wars in other nations with their lives but with the highest deficit America has ever had, women and children of America will soon have to pay and pay and pay for allowing boy generals, led by chicken hawks to go and play po-lice man and soldier in their "pre-emptive wars." All the while, our voting boothes are rigged to vote for whomever the multi-national corporations decide. We as America say we want Democracy in other nations but with rigged voting boothes, there is no Democracy in our own nation. In other countries they riot in the streets when the votes are fixed. In America we turn to "reality" tee vee and forget things like the Rule of Law, Democracy, and liberty. Where would I go if I were to leave? I have been to other countries and everywhere I go, people love Americans but they don't love my multi-national corporation controlled, "shock and awe," voter fraud run government.

I can change at least one part of my "fixed vote" nation for sure. I can change me. I can say I oppose spending my children's future for illegal wars. I can oppose torture. Torture and illegal war a just plain ole' UnAmerican to me and congress refused to vote for wars and has given their authority to one corporate figurehead. But, does that mean the next figurehead of that same multi-national corporation's choice for us will be any better?

I once held my tounge and then it happened. We entered into World War III and now young people, our children, will have to pay. Oh, it may not be with their life today, but depleted uranium has a half-life of several million years. That is long time to pay for "shock & awe." Perhaps, one day, I will not be allowed to say what I say today. It will be on that day that "shock and awe" won the hearts and minds of America... I hope by standing up for the Constitution and Bill of Rights today may change my nation but I don't know if that will work if the figurehead for the corporations says it's just a "G^% %#$ pece of paper"? I will just have to say what I have to say today, and hope standing against torture, illegal wars, depleted uranium munitions, runaway deficits, and standing up for voting rights, the Constitution & the Bill of Rights, is "American" and then I am going to let the cards fall where they may. I may be called a traitor today but here in America is where I stay.