Ethan, George, & Me. God Bless The USA!
Below is a video of this little baby laughing. Its one of the greatest things I’ve seen in a while. I can remember playing like this with my sisters kids and someday soon my daughter will be old enough to have fun like this. Watch this before you read further.
Its weird though. Not to be morose…But I couldn’t help but wonder as I watched this how it fits into my thoughts and world intake. I mean prior to seeing this on a web page I was reading in the news about all these people being killed by my government. I see footage of Iraq and Afghanistan being ripped apart by bombs which my tax dollars have paid for. I think of these homes being blown up and I see the rubble on my TV and in Time magazine. NEARLY 100,000 DEAD IN IRAQ. And the FACT. THE FRICKIN FACT is that inside these homes which we are destroying are little babies just like this little American baby Ethan. Laughing. Giggling. Parents playing. Joy and total bliss. And then …its all gone. GONE. Forever.
Crash. Silence. Rubble. …But hey its not our kids. Nope. Our kids are clothed in clean footie pajamas and well fed and laughing and going to school. So don’t worry about it. Its not you. Its them. But wait. Wait! It IS our kids. Remember? There are more than 3,500 parents in this country who have now lost a child in this horrible war. A child that once laughed like little Ethan. But hey man, Don’t question it. Don’t question our leaders. Don’t question the generals. Ugh. I need to scream. I hate this place. I love life too much to not hate what my country is doing. I love little babies laughing like this too much to not raise my voice for the ones overseas. I love my country too much to not hate what its doing. And if you are out there reading this and perhaps you came here because you saw my show “Dirt” I implore you to think deeply on these matters. I try not to be heavy handed and preachy with my show and I try to explore the roots and feelings behind drug use and abuse. But I ask you to think about what is going on in this world right now. I know its sad. I know it can make you want to escape. Dude, I know. But getting high and doing nothing while this crap is going on in this world is the equivalent of playing the fiddle while Rome burns man.
Shame on the President. Shame on the politicians. Shame on the Democrats for having no stones. Shame on any church or religion that supports and justifies this war and killing. And shame on me for voting for the idiot murdering criminal Bush in 2000.
So anyway uhmm. That video is the BEST. Its charming and warms my heart. It makes me smile. And yes it reminds me of what I fight for every day when I go to a school or speak my mind.
