I know as if I was to supplant a Pineapple in the window, to bring my friends and fellow travelers into my fold, next to the Joy rug and the roaring, but peaceful fire that I can only say that this is my story, and though it may not carry any particular weight in the consciousness of the gathering few, it is in all accounts what I grew up knowing. I was as many noticed not particularly one minded, except in my fervor to relate to the common good, and not to question anyone's interpretation at any given time, but to expel my nuances as I saw fit, like it or not, so as to give in it's own time, the glory it so richly deserved.
With that edifice in mind, do remember when there was a thing called the Middle Class, something that I swore was conjured up by Americans after World War II. It this perspective, I recall income equality created by local businesses to balance out the community populace in any given town, U.S.A.. The profits of any given business was shared with the neighborhood it so adorned with it's success, the workers that took part in the creation of whatever product was being produced and everyone was involved in giving back to the community by purchasing those products and giving of their time, either in strict donations, or of their time. This was what we all envisioned and hoped would occur.
I don't know from what time this dissipated into what we have today with this so called 1% and the 99%ers, but I do know this, this type of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual devolution has caused us to alienate numerous groups on numerous levels and caused the lack of simple human dignity, respect, work ethic and the greed that it all breeds when employed in such a way as the political foray representing itself as parties.
All of this has come down many times in the last 20 years in creating Prisons as profit making enterprises, distrust, ignorance and fear and intolerance for anyone who does not follow the same edict as another. Ferguson is just a manifestation of this, and it has nothing to do with the law, or justice, but a lot to do with letting the American Public decide for themselves what is really going on. It would have been prudent and wise to settle this in court, so we could all be the judge of character of the people in the play. To deny us again has caused a lot of upheaval and consternation in the way we view justice. I don't care who is right or wrong, I think we all need to know what we think is the truth, rather than just putting off a solution or giving everyone a chance to ignite their particular passion through the Court of Law. We are losing our sanity, our good names, our respect and trust in a system we created for all of those people who make up the United States of America. We are not the greatest, we are just what we are, and it behooves us all to reach out and touch one another and to refocus our energies to all the classes we seem to deem ourselves into. No legal terms, no prejudgements, just real people, real truths and justifications for whatever transpires right before our eyes. No good guys, no bad guys, just you and I, and we simply disagree.
I implore you to seek reality again, not punditry, because our way of life is dependent on it. It is the disenfranchisement of so many parts of our society that has led us to this crossroads, and for our survival we must equalize the income inequality in all it's myriad forms.....Lo, behold the glory and the sustenance of Life itself.
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