Pimpin Turtle Rant...



Firstly I would like to apologize for the structure of this informal rant, but I just had to get this out of my head:

On the verge of the 2008 Presidential election the prospects for America's future seem ever more dismal. Both candidates for President offer no real solutions to the actual problems destroying our once great nation. The two contenders seem more concerned with small personal issues launched in "attack ads" rather than addressing the real issues in the back of many Americans minds. On the rare occasion that they do offer their opinion on these key issues, the answers that they provide never seem to be adequate solutions. However, this does not prevent the pacified supporters of these candidates from applauding loudly, regardless of what the answer is. 

The mainstream media is, of course, always there to fan the flames of these intellectually draining issues and to distract the masses with mundane dualistic concepts, such as "left wing" and "right wing", "good" and "evil"..... 

These observations and many more things make me feel as if the U.S. is teetering on the brink of collapse, politically, economically and even mentally. This is not a new thought however, I have thought this for at least the past year. 

On another note...

Our incredibly vast overseas expenditures and tangling alliances have systemically destroyed our dollar and turned America from a beacon of hope into a lonely and bruised giant. It's not surprising that the world won't take us seriously when you have an executive branch that independently decides to invade two countries, threatens to invade others, but then wags their finger at any other country that considers doing the same. It is utter hyprocrisy! 

Do we even remember why we are still at war? George Bush himself said Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11! Nowadays it seems as if being a traitor is equated with being an advocate for peace....

At home our civil liberties are constantly under attack by ironically named bills such as "The Patriot Act". The founding fathers of this nation are surely rolling in their graves. We have come so far from the original vision of the founders that I dare say we are on the brink of fascism. 

With no end in sight to the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and with new conflicts always brewing on the horizon, the only CHANGE that seems to be occurring is not a positive one. 

So what is a PIMPIN TURTLE to do? Stay in America and ride out the collapse? Move to another country...but where? Where is safe in this world?

I'll end this rant for now, because after reading it over I now realize that it only scratches the surface of the problems and does not accurately convey how genuinely frustrated I am with EVERYTHING. 

For now my solution is to maintain inner peace and clarity of mind. This is the only freedom that I cannot be deprived of, regardless of the political circumstances of my country.


-PIMPIN TURTLE

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  • 8/27/2008 2:18 AM Mr. E wrote:
    Hell yes... keep da rantin' goin' mon.... speak de truth... oooh yeah oooh yeah... keep da rantin' goin' mon.... speak de truth...

    .... Ill rhymes being thunk up as we speak mon'....

    don't even know mon'.... keep up da rantin'...
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