Zealotry

Zealotry is nothing more than a mental addiction to close-minded ness.

New American Fascist

In the early 20th century, fascists marched down streets in their austerely colored shirts with grimaced faces, shiny leather boots, and weapons in hand. They waved their flags with a sense of unabashed superiority in their hearts while carefully manufactured songs of righteous nationalism trumpeted out loudspeakers for everyone to hear. They forced their propaganda into the news, and they plastered their symbols and images on any and every surface available. And while millions knew that what was happening was wrong at its foundation many still followed out of fear, but far too many others followed out of ignorance and agreement. Those who resisted were labeled traitors and summarily dealt with. 
In contemporary America it seems that a new fascism is showing itself, but this time it is creeping into our culture. The new fascists wear businees suits and are elected to office. They attend churches, wear smiles, and carry Bibles. But they still spread their propaganda, they still play their music, they plaster their images on everything possible from bumper stickers to billboards, and they still hold a sense of unabashed superiority in their hearts. And once again, too many follow out of fear, and far too many for follow out of ignorance or agreement. And I fear that those of us who do not conform to their madness will once again be summarily dealt with.
We can see that they have already begun scapegoating immigrants, the poor, and the LGBT community. They have scapegoated minorities and liberals as being anti-American. They have gone after the unions to weaken any sort of unified voice, and now they are going after the teachers.
If any of this sounds vaguely familiar from an historical standpoint, it should.    

Painting ideas

Bienvenidos a tijuandiego
Conservatives: putting a happy face on oppressive white guys

Aquí y Allá

Yo me encuentro entre aquí y allá

Libraries

I would rather be a heathen who builds up libraries than a despot who burns them down.

Note to self:

Stop having conversations with people when I've been drinking for more than four hours. I might think I sound intelligent, but I'm probably spewing gibberish.

Take credit

Dare to be strong enough to take credit for what you accomplish. Those who do not need to be accepted and loved by imaginary things are people who have real strength and power. People have the tendency to thank god when things go well, but blame themselves when they go bad. Maybe we should flip that and blame god for doing nothing when something needs to be dine and then thank ourselves for having the strength and fortitude to get through it. Or maybe we should just forget about the deity factor altogether and simply take responsibility for all of our actions, and hold other accountable for theirs as well.