The Crashing Satellite Letter
Thank you for your appearance at the last bastion of Free Speech.
Recently, there has been a lot of hulla balloo about a crashing U.S. Satellite that is soon to enter the Earth's atmosphere. Apparently, based on news reports, this satellite will be shot down because some certain type of fuel, whose name ends in "zine", is poisonous. From what I gather, it is some modern, lower cost satellite, that is able to see through this (fog) and that (infrared).
Amazingly enough, this satellite is more popular in its demise than in its launching. But, that isn't really that amazing is it? The following link
(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23170000#23170000)
shows a four star General, Army I believe, discussing the issue.
There are two words I have to describe it. Those words are exhausted and rehearsed. Exhausted is displayed by the circles under the General's eyes. Rehearsed comes from the monosyllabic monotone.
It is my understanding that nearly 20,000 pieces of space junk have already reentered the Earth's atmosphere. Why is this one so special? If it is because of the risk of technological acquisition by foreign powers, as has been discussed then, somebody really f----d up.
The General's comments stating that if it was a missile that had been launched then; it would be much easier to calculate the trajectory thus making it more easy to hit with another missile was a major indication. That indication was that the U.S. has limited defense mechanisms against Space Launched attacks, perhaps by other countries satellites. So much for Reagan, Star Wars and the Just Say No program.
Upon reading this information, rather than adding it to their arsenal, the powers that be, based on my experiences, would prefer to destroy the source of education as soon as they would the satellite. This is what happens when you trade or sell out creativity for control. You end up with control over a morass of meaningless minutia.
The reality is that you can create Homeland Security and pass bills that allow phone companies to spy on their customers. It doesn't mean anything. Either you have the best and the brightest or you don't. If you don't or you try to restrict the ones that are then; you lose.
When you have a country that is young and hungry then you seek out that creative edge. When malaise, unaccounted for billions, greed and personal agendas set in then you get the finality of the Greek and Roman empires. Furthermore, when there is an agenda, be it control and/or manipulation of your national population, torture or domestic spying you will generate a compulsion by the general population of disenfranchisement. That is the reason that Communism and Fascism never work.
I once asked a soldier, "How come there are no more Patriots?. I already knew the answer. He said, "They are all dead".
Get your act together America. Be a leader in Democracy, Emancipation and Universal Suffrage. Let our country be last place in Fear, Torture, Harassment, Murder and general Reprehensibility. History always repeats itself so let us not be a victim. As inspiring as these words are; I will probably be dead, not tomorrow, but in five years for speaking them. When we get to that point, where freedom of speech or checking out certain library books is cause for investigation, it means not that our Constitution has failed. It means that we have failed our Constitution. Really, that is what it is all about. The Constitution of The United States of America. Unfortunately, to many who call the shots; it is wasted paper. It is a paper secondary to Special Interests.
These times were predicted by Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and many more. All of whom were Patriots and all of whom are dead. So, to the powers that be who are currently dictating this countries path; get your act together. Stop worrying about monitoring the phone calls and activities of America's citizens and start worrying about wasting billions of space dollars. That way, as the Japanese say, we don't lose face by criticizing a foreign government about shooting down satellites and then have to do the same thing later.
Aloha from Maui,
Jonas Holmes III.
Ps: Hillary Clinton will be the next president of this Electrifying madness. Frankly, that's just a guess. :)