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Give me liberty or give me death. I choose liberty. You see, when it comes to my daily drinking(and by drinking I mean non-alcoholic) habits, I tend to do things that would get me killed. Diet Pepsi for example. I know that when I drink it I’m playing Russian Roulette each and every day(errr, night rather).

As of late, well .. to be honest since I’ve been single for the past seven months, I’ve been sucking on a bottle of Diet Pepsi. Much like a drunk clings to his bottle of Southern Comfort. Of course, I’ve had my moments sucking on my bottle of vodka, but for the most part it’s been me and my addiction, Diet Pepsi.

Each night, I empty the six slot chamber, fill it with a single bullet and for the past few months nothing.

Until last night. I woke up hurling myself off a bar stool 6 feet in the air, only to realize that the landing of my bed was misjudged. My dream that I was acting out was of me and WWF, Nacho Libre Style.

I can’t believe I would do these things in my right mind. I could have broken a few ribs easily but hey, it’s life.

It got me thinking about how hypocritical I am about alot of things in my life. Here I am, I take a chance day in and day out, even if it is something as simple as my beverage of choice, and yet I know the consequences. I know that I have a pretty rare sleeping disorder and that I do crazy things in my dreams, actually acting them out. I take that chance day in and day out. Yet when I do something that requires a little chance, a little risk I can’t do it.

Pretty Lame if you ask me.

So, I had another epiphany today. I was walking to the lightrail and I saw this guy approach a few police offers on a bicycle. Now, normally there would be no problem however bikes are not allowed on the 16th Street Mall. As he approached the cops he dismounted, and of course the cops heckled him because he knew he was in the wrong. They then proceeded to grab his wrists because he smelled like pot. Of course he denied it … and of course I felt the cops were in the wrong, but I digress.

It got me thinking about how in 2006 the President signed the Military Commissions Act 2006. At the time it didn’t really hit me like it hit others. However, at that very moment, seeing that kid get padded down without anything more than probable cause, it made me realize just how screwed up a society that we live in. It got me thinking how if the cops wanted to they could throw me in jail, and if for some reason the smell of pot, or riding a bicycle in the wrong “area” could be considered a terrorist act I could have the right of Habeas Corpus. It got me thinking that without this simple liberty that we all take for granted, all of our other liberties seem petty and useless. What good is the right to bear arms, or free speach, if your rotting in jail forever. What good is it to have any of our freedoms, if they are removed never to be seen by a judge. Curious I went through YouTube and found a few videos. Some on the subject, and some not on the subject. I came across this one [ youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=VDPMOo9vSHw]  video, and at the end he pretty much said, who cares what you and I think what’s right or wrong. That’s what the courts are for, lets let the judges and juror’s decide. Right on the money.

The whole kid and the cop thing was to illustrate, the fact that one would think being heckled by these cops, then being immediately padded down with just a smell of probable cause. Of course, I would have done the same thing, but that’s why we have rules and civil rights. If we can’t trust our public officials, what makes you think we can trust a president? Any president for that matter. It’s a sad fact, but at the end of the day I’m not sure that any political party is really “for the people”. I can only hope there is a side that they have their ears opened to listen to us …

I’m just so mad. I can’t believe he would sign such a right revoking document. After I cooled off a bit, I browsed more videos, and I did find quite a few people who felt the same way. Keith Olberman for example, great journalist.If you get a chance, watch his interview. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who’s worried about our basic rights as United States citizens and where we stand today as a nation.

“And if you somehow think Habeas Corpus has not been suspended for American citizens but only for everybody else, ask yourself this: If you are pulled off the street tomorrow, and they call you an alien or an undocumented immigrant or an “unlawful enemy combatant” — exactly how are you going to convince them to give you a court hearing to prove you are not? Do you think this Attorney General is going to help you?

This President now has his blank check.

He lied to get it.

He lied as he received it.

Is there any reason to even hope, he has not lied about how he intends to use it, nor who he intends to use it against?”

That’s why I’ve gone and done it. I’ve never done it, nor have I ever thought in any of my days I would have done this, but I did. I matched a donation today at barackobama.com. Although it was only 5$. I can finally say that I am now part of a movement to change America. No longer will I be quiet and watch the world dissolve around me. With my lousy 5$ I am part of a movement, and with my own financial support I can now shout my voice from the highest rooftops and mountain tops for whomever will hear me. It is my hope that with my lousy 5$ it would encourage anybody to do what they feel is right. Red or Blue, liberal, independent or conservative, whether I think it’s right or wrong, good or bad for America. The fact that you have an opinion is respectable, it’s the people who do not have an opinion are the ones that concern me.

If your not pissed off, your not paying attention.

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