I wish I had a passion that could be more productive. Complaining of injustice, especially in a state like New Jersey that is run by the rich and the unions, doesn't get me very far. I wish I had gone into composing where, if you had a modicum of talent, you would be appreciated; or, at the very least, calm your own soul.

In this country, people, unless they are carrying automatic weapons in the Army and have been trained to obey blindly, will never fight a good fight. Against injustice all will rely on politicians to fix what's wrong. The people of my country are lazy and fearful of authority. Give them entertainment and inebriation and they are good to waste their lives away while hardly ever lifting a finger to help even their own progeny against future oppression. Are the genes of our founding fathers so damn rare? I mean--for God's sake--they were being overcharged on tea and they rose up in arms and said, "Not without representation, you don't." Today, ironically, we are given "representation" up our wazoos and that's where it ends up staying. Sure, we eliminate it every few years but, oh boy! While it's up there, what terrible gases!

The reason I don't fit in is not because I answer to a greater authority or that I think I'm better than the rest of Americans. That's not it. My problem is that I do not, for whatever nature/nurture reason you may choose to use, like to suck up to people. I've done it occasionally and it never works for me. There are too many sacrifices when personal principles are compromised.

There is a lot of talk about our nation of laws. Put me in charge, I'm ready to be the next Solomon. And before you think I have a large head, you just haven't looked too hard at the present laws and how they benefit only certain groups. Obama. I can only think that power corrupts absolutely or that, he is subject to political forces that would get him assassinated if he didn't play the game just right. Take, for instance, the hiring of more police. The only good I can see in that, if you can call it "good," is that the Government would have another source to tap when they ran out of enlistees for the next war. Yes, I like the sound of it. But, unlike the young Black or Latino, they have unions that simply wouldn't stand for it. It's just as well, you really don't want cops with post traumatic distress syndrome on the force, but what we do have are cops whose future salaries are put on the backs of municipal taxpapers. Obama hires for a year and the people pay for decades. Real smart!

Obama, the newbie, says that this is proof that his stimulus package can put people to work. Yea, but wouldn't you really want another teacher or graffiti eraser or, God forbid (I can hear them say), how about a town/state/federal ombudsman? Why did Ombudsmen fall out of favor? Who put the last nail in their coffin? It must have been the government bureaucrats that were falling behind in their work as a result of those nasty troublemakers. Getting back to the police, why do you hire people whose sole purpose in life is to oppress. Hey, if there is a guy going berserk and killing people, someone should restrain him. But, give me non-lethal tools and I'll volunteer to do so--for free. You don't need henchmen to keep people in check unless you fear a revolution. Come to think of it, what intelligent politician or rich man isn't aware of injustice and is ready to defend it against attack. An attack against injustice is an attack against the establishment (remember that one, boomers? Establishment? It didn't stick because the establishment was and is so much bigger than flowers. It refused to be named in any indictment by the people).

I can only hope that, through education, man is properly taught to stand up for his rights. Until then, my public lobbyist website will not see the light of day; rather, just its own reflection in my eyes. [oddly, I recently learned that the Republicans had set up a web site wherein the public can vote for spending cuts and the most popular ones are put up for voting by the House. A cool idea but guess who's not voting for most of the proposed cuts? The Dems are voting 'No' pretty much as one block. That is why any such web site should be independent of Congress. The Republicans had a good idea but they named it "RepublicanWhip." I guess their true aim was to show, rightly or not, that it's the Democrats who refuse to cut spending. the Democrats are falling into their trap by voting as a block without, I am sure, not even looking over the proposals with a critical eye.]