Do You Sense the General Feeling of Dissatisfaction in the Air?

I'm sorry guys. I'm not here to give you a rosey wonderful view of life filled with trips to theme filled wonderlands, where the fun never ends and we are all young and beautiful forever. I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

Do you feel the general air of dissatisfaction everywhere? I first noticed it around late 2001, when some of us could visibly see or sense that our rights were being slowly taken away. Out of fear, most of us didn't say a peep, but some of us were crying loud and long about the infringment of our rights and the authority figures being out of touch and indifferent to our basic human rights.

I don't really incorporate an "us" against "them" attitude because I don't really know who is "us" and who is "them" and I don't want to accidently wake up and find that I was on the wrong side all along. There are so many informants who would sell a body out. But I applaud any kind of genuine activism that I see, people in the front line so to say, visible and mad as hell. When any rights our taken away and people fight back those that represent the status quo, on any level, whether it be by writing or picketing or speaking on The Late Show, I want to be there with them adding my futile two cents!

Speaking of picketing, did you hear about the Writers Guild Strike going on right now? I find it fascinating that these writers's waited twenty years to do that again (also when a repub is in office)--I know the writers are always the first to get screwed in Hollywood. But then, everything depends on the high (?) quality of writing that attracts viewers. Why mess with the base that all the movies, TV shows and DVD sales depend on? The directors and producers are greedy people who only care about the next blockbuster. They see most actors as willing prostitutes in their game of Making More Money. It seems to me that the writers should at least be getting paid as much as the directors and producers. It's only fair. See http://www.writerswrite.com/writersstrike/ for more relevent info.

Activism is tangible in the air now. The fuels are right for revolution and it's a palpable, physical thing, almost human that is everywhere. Rights all over the world are being trampled on by the rich, wealthy, and corrupt. And its up to the people, the God-Fearing people to change all that. I applaud all of you who have the courage to do this and I am with you in spirit and when possible, in person.