To quote Neil Diamond...

I understand the need to jump into a fire to put it out, but I cannot imagine needing to actually physically light myself on fire literally and non-metaphorically to make a point. I suppose it is because I need to live to keep fighting. If you, a reader, ever feels the need to light yourself on fire, just think about that for a moment. Could you do more good if you stayed alive to keep fighting? This world is a frustrating place, but can you change it? Can you live and fight?

I could see myself with the audacity to stand in front of a tank, though... not that the military and I would ever have a showdown. I am such a pacifist, a(e)theist, hippie nerd that I wonder so often why such diverse people like me so much. (*giggle*) Maybe I glow with divine light or something. To quote Neil Diamond, "Gonna make our own lightning."

In that spirit, never let an oppressive government stop you from spreading the truth. It is when we are oppressed that we need the truth most. So, my beautiful world, keep the war on libel and oppression waging. Force the government to be held accountable by telling the truth. To quote Neil Diamond yet again, "Money talks. But it don't sing and dance, and it don't walk." We are so close. There are things money cannot buy, and the truth is one of them. Love is one of them. I am another. What about you?

Personally, I would just collect the evidence and turn in the people trying to bribe me into lying. If you enter a contract to do something illegal, you are both guilty. Oh, and always insist on getting your bribe money and instructions in writing up front. These people are so far from trustworthy; they would convince you to commit the crime, tell you that you did it wrong, and then refuse to pay you. Always get it in writing. Always take the money up front. Oh, and if you were me, you would also always refuse to become a criminal and just turn them in instead. That is, if the FBI is doing its job, yet. If they have ever needed help with any of this, all they have ever had to do was ask me.

As for the US and China, let they without planks in their eyes cast the first stone. Who the hell cares what Obama's views of human rights are? I would be surprised if Obama could even pronounce "the Bill of Rights" least of all acknowledge he is supposed to be upholding it. Yes, I, a US citizen with no human rights inside US jurisdiction, is casting a stone. "I am, I said, and no one else."... to quote Neil Diamond.  China is no one for Obama to criticize or even speak to on terms of human rights violations while he is still persecuting me and oppressing all of America.

Oh, UN, you should not have made him fight. You would have a lot more to gain from a complacent Iran than an angry one. Ahmadinejad even knows and understands the limits of nuclear weapons, particularly while I am around, and he is still pushing forward just to spite you. UN, you are creating problems instead of fixing them... then again, that is probably your twisted agenda... to created a ruined world. We all know you should have made me complacent, but you only want me persecuted. You want a ruined world.

Human expression, ah, human expression. Do not forget that in the US, you cannot constitutionally be censored until AFTER you speak. Go create art, people! Speak! and Sing! and Dance! and Paint! and Write! and Do! and Make! and Play! This is the human experience, my beautiful world! We are nothing without it. Just remember the only rules. No lying about people. No stealing your human expression from other people. Respect each other's privacy.

I am now on twitter! If you need to see my random thought for the moment, you can find me here: http://twitter.com/friscosquid. It satisfies my need for immediate communication. I have no smartphone, though, so the tweeting happens in spurts while I sit here at this computer. To quote Neil Diamond, "Can't sit still while the music is playing." My mind is an active thing and prone to vomiting random ideas.

And as a final note to Sweetness, as I am prone to always adding, "Rock me gently. Rock me slowly. Take it easy; don't you know that I have never been loved like this before." -- Neil Diamond