Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to everyone out there! Almost each and every one of us can think of a close friend or family member that is either currently fighting, has fought, or has even died battling in the name of America.

It is no secret that I do not agree with the wars and the fighting. I do not think that we are fighting any current wars in the name of self-defense, exactly, but people are out there on behalf of America, killing, fighting, and sometimes even protecting this country (or at least its best interests, as directed by our government and key big ballers). People I know are fighting right now, and I hope they make it back home before they are also killed, fighting and killing people. I have also lost people that were dear to me, fighting and killing people in the government’s war.

I feel really bad for the people of the armed services, sometimes. I feel like at some point on the ground or maybe even after retirement that the brainwashing starts to reverse and they begin to realize that they are fighting for big business and government, and not the people. It has to be heart wrenching to know that you have killed another human being and realize that you do not even believe in a cause that killed them.

But you can’t deny the beauty and the honor of the sacrifice of perfect strangers willing to defend our country and freedom at the expense of their very lives.

May God rest the souls of all the innocent victims on all sides of the war and the souls of the troops that gave the ultimate sacrifice on all sides of the war. May the people of this planet one day realize that we must coexist and stop destroying the peace, taking from our neighbors, and killing our neighbors.

Happy Memorial Day to all!

War Is Not The Answer

I really don’t understand war at all. It’s not even the people of the countries involved in the war that are fighting the war, it’s the government and the armies that are fighting – literally fighting, bombing, shooting, and killing.

The people suffer. The people on both sides want nothing to do with the war; they want the killing to end, they want their fighting family members to come home; they want the economic crisis of their country to not be further complicated by funding a war that they don’t even care about or believe in anymore.

We need to get rid of the corruption in our governments and downsize them tremendously. We need smaller governments that help keep countries united, that keep the world working together in harmony. We need small governments that support small, local economic growth and not huge corporations.

To thrive into the future, we have to make changes today that support our local communities, our cities, our states, our country, and our standing on this planet, which is shared by all.

War is not the answer.