World of idiots

We live in a world of fools. I believe we call the modern idiot a terrorist. Their cause at times may be just, but their actions clearly are not. As the song says,

Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees(serves) the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He dreams of days that he can still remember...now.

Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never...more.

The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to) Drive them away
Drive them away.

Mojique buys his equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices through the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing...by.

Mojique smells the wind that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind beside(around) him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him...on.

The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
The dust in my head
The dust in my head
The wind in my heart
The wind in my heart
(Come to) Drive them away
Drive them away.

Listening Wind, Talking Heads

Darn, I’m off topic!

Something about idiots and terrorist. Apparently, because as an American I’m not safe enough, Homeland Security Secretary has announced a new level of security screening. This because of the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day, you know the winnie bomber (friggen idiot). To keep me safe this new system will use “fragmentary information” that might include travel itinerary, age, partial passport information and a partial name. Great! Maybe then we’ll have more cases like Mikey Hicks an 8-year-old Boy Scout. Mikey gets stopped by airport security, for free back rubs, I mean pat-downs when he travels. I know, I get ‘em too! Mmmm free pat-downs mmmm.
As tragic and senseless as it was on June 10, 2009 at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot by the idiot James Wenneker von Brunn. Having been to the USHMM to do research the previous March and again this March, I can say nothing perceptually has changed. You still go through a security scan, you still may get patted-down. I do because of my suspenders, and in the interest of security you still have to remove electronics such as laptops cameras and cell phones, so these can be scanned. The cellphone, laptop, camera thing one could write a book on, but suffice it to say any security checkpoint in the world is not doing what is required to stop an idiot attack. I degrees, I must now ask, did these precautions stop the idiot-butt head James Wenneker von Brunn from murdering an innocent man? Rather than feeling safer with all of these inconveniences—We should feel violated.
My point in all of this is—is my right to privacy worth the stupid intrusions that, others and I are willing to submit to? One such infringement is, full body scans. Do we want to cede what most Americans consider a direct violation of privacy for safety’s sake? Do we really want some dough-head to take a full body scan of us? I believe the modern idiot is a terrorist—but just whom is the terrorist and why is there fear mongering? For me the “Only Thing We Have to Fear, Is Fear Itself” maybe the right solution and attitude in these times of the idiot.

Citations

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/15/earlyshow/main6100536.shtml

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/archive/Who-is-James-Wenneker-von-Brunn.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-kleiman/full-body-scans-are-a-fem_b_487860.html

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/