Freedom Delusion

Okay, this will be yet another area where I may rub someone's rhubarbs the wrong way... cannot be help, it's me. This country, one of the youngest on the globe (in terms of being established) has this mentality that really escapes me. Especially in 2007. Freedom? What freedoms do we truly have in this country? We are dependent upon other nations for virtually everything that we produced from generations ago (and probably were dependent then as well). The wealthiest of this nation have more say over the mass everyday/middle and lower class. That's not to say that other nations do not have these class distinctions as well, they just don't seem to exude them so much as we do. 'Bigger is better', 'More is better'. Where the hell did we come up with this crap? I just read this morning that the 'Big 3 - automakers' are taking some major sales drops. While automobiles produced outside this country are showing vast boosts in their share of the market here. Our healthcare in this nation is not even close to being the best for it's citizens. Even though we are supposedly one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Politicians and lobbyists are more concerned with their personal gain that they dismiss the black and white in front of them for the greenbacks and dollar signs ringing in their bank accounts. Don't get me wrong. I want a secure and safe life for myself. The difference is that want that for EVERY single person (not just the ones who can afford it). Money rules and when it speaks, we all lose. I'm angry at the system that create class distinction. Which is to say, america is not at fault. It's simply a by-product of an earlier design. Everything this nation has came from some other place of origin. Humanity stop being creative long before this century. We've simply re-invented 'the wheel' over and over to the point that we've convinced ourselves that we're superior to every other species in the planet. Meanwhile, as we make our 'improvements' we massacre, destroy and sacrifice every other living organism for our own selfish gain. And finally, habeas corpus... in one fell swoop our 'free nation' has been stripped of these principles that every citizen is entitled to by one person who has done so much damage to our perception in the rest of the world's eye that cannot even pull our self-centered ass' up for a breath to realize that our 'freedom' has ultimately be stripped away by the very elements that we claim as a nation to be in opposition to: corruption, greed, death and destruction (our own). All we can do on this day of our independence is shoot pretty fireworks up into the sky. 'What 'god' wants, 'god' gets, 'god' help us all' -- Roger Waters, 'Amused to Death', CD 1992. 'God' is another entirely different subject that I shall address on another occasion. All I will say at this point is religion has caused more death and destruction. Hence, my being a devout atheist. Read Richard Dawkin's 'The God Delusion' and take a look at his website: richarddawkins.net. Habeas Corpus 1215-2006, rest in peace.