Remember 9/11?

Yes. I remember 9/11. I'll never forget the lives that were lost. I'll never forget my shock and sadness and outrage. But there are other things that I remember too. Maybe you do too. I'm 68 and I may remember further back than you do but I know there are things we all remember that we no longer enjoy. Remember civil liberties? Remember privacy? Remember thinking the government would be there for you in case of a disaster? Remember when elections were free and legal? Remember thinking that torture was something that evil little puppet governments in miserable little countries run by dictators practiced and that we were above that? Remember the theory of checks and balances when special interest groups didn't own our legislators and the courts served justice and the People rather than being the mouthpiece of the Executive Branch of the government? Remember when the rest of the world didn't despise Americans and we were heroes? Remember when our tax money went to pay for the peoples needs? Remember green woodlands providing habitat for animals and birds? Remember clean oceans and lakes and streams? Remember clean air? Remember when most people you knew had a reasonable chance of owning their own home one day? Remember when you could afford to buy a car, let alone a gallon or two of gas? Remember when you could go grocery shopping once a week, filling your cart and have money left over from your pay check? Remember when you knew your doctor and went for regular check-ups and could afford to pay the bill? Remember thinking that sick people couldn't be refused medical treatment? Remember when doctors weren't referred to as vendors by giant insurance companies? Remember when almost all kids graduated from high school? Remember when hardly anyone you knew was divorced or had parents who were divorced? Remember when hardly anyone you knew was on anti-depressants and when school kids paid attention because the teachers and parents encouraged them to? Remember when it seemed as though there was a major difference between the Republicans and the Democrats? Remember news reporters who reported the news instead of making it up or reading it from a script? Remember 3 cent postage stamps, 5 cent loaves of bread, 27 cents agallon for gas, $7,000 for a three bedroom farm house, $3,600 for a brand new car right off the showroom floor? Remember when one person worked outside the home and one person worked in the home and children didn't come home from school to empty houses? Remember red barns and blue silos and black and white cows dotting the countryside as far as the eye could see? Remember always eating fresh foods, unadulterated by additives, hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, colorants and artificial things you can't pronounce and shouldn't ingest? Remember when family meals started with a prayer instead of pulling up to the drive-through speaker? Remember saving up to buy things instead of saving up to make a payment on a credit card balance that never goes down? Remember a time when you weren't hooked up to some electronic device for at least part of every single day? Remember how nice it was when you got a letter in the mail that someone you knew and liked had written by hand? Remember neighborhood corner grocery stores and cash registers with bells? Remember filling stations where you couldnt buy milk but they pumped your gas, cleaned your windows and said thank you without charging extra? Remember when all soda pop came in returnable bottles and how cold it was? Im sure we can all remember good things that are gone, that have been gobbled up in the name of progress but have really disappeared because of greed and the lust for power. We have been falsely frightened into making changes we do not really want and we have been falsely seduced into thinking more is better at any cost. We have been sold many lies that weaken us and separate us. We have traded treasures beyond price for lies and corruption and death. So, if you are in a mood to remember something, Remember this: We are thePeople. We can make life good again if we remember to trust our instincts and we remember to honor each other and our beautiful planet not only on 9/11 because the news media mouthpieces of a rogue government say we must remember a horrid day of deceit and violence but every day. Remember liberty and justice for all.

Remember, it is your life that is being manipulated by a system without morals and a conciousness. To take your life back, there may be some things that are truly NOT needed and there are places we need NOT move to becuase of whatever reason. Chose to be free and happy, not chained to a false have-to life. I have and it was easy to do, even with a young family.