The Modern American State

I dug up this paper I wrote a few years ago. It's only a initial write but I re-read it and thought it had some merit. My writing style has changed some and I think probably matured so it probably has some points which may be skewed; feel free to point them out.

The Modern American State

This nation America has reached a destitute state. Over the years we have lost the values the nation’s creators held. And today we have reached an absolute bottom of liberal society. If we are to stave of the fall of this nation into the abyss of fascism we must change our ways and means. The path we seek now leads nowhere but destruction of our rights and the domination of our minds. Without a radical mental revolution in this nation we will perish as a bastion of freedom and true democracy.

The Constitution should be seen as a building block with which to construct a deeper sense of liberty and freedom. In modern society it has become for some nothing but a tool for the enforcement of National Security and personal agendas. A tool which can be disregarded at will. And for others it has become an absolute truth, absolutely unalterable. I assert that neither of these is right.

The constitution was created by a group of men who were deeply in love with the principles of liberty. And with passion they wrote our Constitution. It established unprecedented freedoms for the citizenry of this nation and a building block with which to extend those freedoms. However, the representation and the citizenry of this potentially great nation have not realized the potential of the Constitution except in minority. With the extreme right trying to mitigate the Constitution to a rag and the extreme left trying to enshrine it we can make no progress as a nation. The Constitution should be versatile and agile, ready to change in a changing world but not to give up any of the protections for its citizenry.

Throughout the history of the United States there has always been someone who served as a bastion for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the creators and their Constitution. Those select few who understood when no one else would, that to alter the rights and freedoms guaranteed this Nation is to cede victory to our enemies and surrender everything dear to this nation. Such men as John Marshall, Earl Warren, Ron Paul, and William Fallon have defended their own beliefs and those of the creators. However, the unfortunate aspect of being a minority in the right is that no matter how right you are you will rarely win.

Popular opinion has become a tool of the Government. How can we claim that the people are properly represented when the people are so poorly educated? The people have become tools to the government because of fascist education systems, popularized hate mongering, and the spread of ignorance and simplification through the use of the television and other means. The government controls everything because they control nothing.

There has not been establishment of proper public education in this nation. Socialized education is a failure not because of socialism but because of the American mindset. We cannot succeed in any form of socialism because everything about capitalism thrives on greed. The school systems are concerned with nothing but funding. Standardized tests and student ratios determine that funding and therefore they concern themselves with those. The reason democratic principles and liberal values are not understood by vast numbers of people is because the education system does not teach anything beyond the realm of historical fact.

The ignorance established by these failed education systems has infested this nation. Ignorance of the liberties which were so valued by the creators has become prominent throughout the new conservative movement in the nation. That conservative movement has utilized the constitution to justify their destruction of liberty in this nation. The evangelicals want to indoctrinate their so-called Christian values into every aspect of national society. The Neo-Cons want to dismantle the American State so as to build a nation of war and hate. In the words of that great American Dwight Eisenhower:”Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” And yet time and time again, the conservatives have won the vote when the people become weary of those whining Democrats and otherwise liberal minded representatives who have a proven record of fighting for the people, no matter how small.

I call them so-called Christian values because I do not believe there are more than a handful of true Christian values held by the conservative Christian movement. A group of war and hate mongers who have banded together under a cross do not necessarily constitute a Christian Church. With few true Christian values being spoken from the churches, the congregations have come to accept the hate mongering and fear spreading that spews from the pulpits of the religious right. And from those pulpits disseminates a message of persecutionary defense in a nation of liberal leftists who control the government in the majority and serve only to undermine conservative Christian values. The religious right does not understand that the liberal leftists they so despise protect their freedoms on a daily basis by keeping them out of the government. With a secular government we have no state established religion and no discriminatory policies, this is imperative to a true democracy. We do not live in a Christian nation, though we may live in a nation of Christians.


In the words of the great conservative Joseph Goebbels: "...Effective propaganda must limit its points to a few and these points must be repeated until even the last member of the audience understands what is meant by them." Such is the religious right, and the non-religious right, and even some of my beloved lefties. They repeat themselves over and over again and in their self-righteous crusade they become, in their own minds, more and more right with every repetition. This is particularly shocking when the message they preach is not love but hate.

Such beloved evangelist as John Hagee, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson exemplify these statements in almost every statement they make. They do not preach the love of thy neighbor or the turn of thy cheek; however, they preach the utter destruction of all enemies of their God and the desecration of liberty in pursuit of “national security”, forced Christian will, and the integration of Old Testament principles.

They enforce the interests of Israel onto our nation as if it was one. And with no anti-Semitic values I assert that we should give what is the Jew’s to the Jews and give what is God’s to God. The Jews can defend themselves and it is not our place to do that for them. With impartial mediation we should defend the interests of world-liberty and human rights but that has never been the case and it will not be as long as a United States’ President keeps his personal council in the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives with such figures as that renowned Homophobe and Fagot Ted Haggard.

This America is not the America of our ancestors, grandfathers, or even fathers. This America is the America of ignorance, hatred, and spite. The people will be made responsible for their actions in one way or the other. The American State will come to be ruled by a fascist administration under the pretense of democracy, or it will perish through internal disintegration, or it will cede to the constant waves of external attack either literal or figurative. This can be averted; and this can be stopped; and this can be reversed; but not if the people of the United States of America do not change their ways.

Without a revolution of thought in America there will be no progress. We will continue down the road towards self-destruction, and we will continue on the path to failure. And in the words of a truly great conservative Dwight Eisenhower: “It is nowhere written that the American empire goes on forever.”

The Christian Right

Today I find myself exiled by choice from that group of people who deem themselves Christians. I came to a realization of that when I read an article today on theamericanview.com titled Rush Limbaugh A Modern “Mr. Worldly Wiseman” And Bush/GOP Cheerleader On Murderous Iraq War by John Lofton. I saw at the top of the page God * Family * Republic and Psalm 127:1 "Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." I immediatly suspected the article of a Far Right bias or at least a out-of-touch Christian view. However, upon reading I found that, though the author might have some of those Christian views, the article was sound and reasonable. But I have found that it is a closer walk with The Lord Our God to be segregated from the modern Christian Church.

I recoiled in surprise. A Christian group that speaks reason! Quite unheard of. I must have thought myself the only reasonable Christian on the planet I suppose. But in actuality I believed that the overwhelming majority of Christians were just weak and did not have the stamina to maintain intellectual views of such things as national policy and ethics. An example for support of this belief I find from my Grandmother who said many a time when I was haranguing her with my voracious appetite for devouring the actions of the U.S. Government domestically and abroad: " We have a limited quota of worry!"

Her point was that she has houses to build, renters to collect from, a grown daughter to take care of, and myself, and she did not want to add to this list issues of foreign and domestic policy. I saw this attitude present in many members of my family who did not have the stamina to take up the flag and defend it from those who would trample it. Of course that is but a metaphor, they did not realize that it was being trampled and in fact they probably elected some of those who were doing the trampling. However, their lack of stamina is in relation to their ability to think intellectually. All of them are well educated to some extent. My mother graduated from Mercer University summa cum laude, and yet she reverted to a certain ignorance of world politics when she began dating her current husband. They, like many Christians, did not maintain the stamina to keep an open mind and think intellectually about issues around them.

And so over the years I began to develop a burning hatred in my heart for the far right. I myself probably hold some views that are in line with the conservative movement but I do not agree with the Christian Right's actions over the past few decades. They have a overwhelming wish to instill their religious beliefs in national policy. Their support base is made up of a group of people who cannot think for themselves in many cases or simply do not have much capacity for the action at all. The Christian Conservative Movement does not have the right to instill their religious views in the governing of this nation. They do not have the right to dictate to those who believe something other than they do as to what to believe. And yet they have made instatiable efforts to do these things.

I attended, for most of my childhood, a relatively large church in Warner Robins, GA. Central Baptist Church was the church my family attended since my grandparents moved to Warner Robins in the mid-70s. And it was at Central Baptist Church that my hatred for the conservative movement grew. They practiced a certain type of Christianity which at times I do not believe to be Christianity at all. The pastor: Owen Boseman, like the congregation and most of the nation, got caught up in the lunacy of the first Bush term. He talked about the coming war in Iraq and asked the question was Saddam Hussein the great evil which the Bible spoke of at the end times. He spoke of war but I don't think he knew what it entailed.

When you brake down the word Christianity you find that its root is Christ. Those who are Christians are followers of Christ. Can you call Pat Robertson, John Hagee, Jerry Falwell, or even Owen Boseman followers of Christ. I say you cannot. It is a path open to them, certainly. But the path of Christ is not one of ignorance, bigotry, or lack of stamina. The path of Christ certainly is not the path for warmongers. And yet how many claim to be on that path who fit into one of those categories.

The problem is simple. The Christian Right wants to pursue their conservative goals and in a self righteous way they justify their actions with the Bible. They do the work of the Devil in disguise. Indeed they quote the scripture as the best of men and yet it is their intentions that define them. Those who call for assassination like Pat Robertson, those who pray for rain at the Democratic National Convention such as Stuard Shepard of Focus on The Family, those who say that Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment of America for harboring the gays, pagans, etc.. such as John Hagee. They call themselves Christians. And yet their path is not His path.

Those who know the word of Christ best should know what is beyond the word. Beyond the word their is the attitude and mindset which is that of Christ. To take His word and apply it best you can to your actions is the path of Christ. But they do not do so. They spew forth from their pulpits ignorance and bigotry. And they package it all in a five-point sermon that Grandma Judy and the whole gang can take notes on. Because they don't have the stamina to think for themselves and they only have a "limited quota of worry." Did Jesus have a limited quota of worry? I think not.

For that is the path of destruction, murder, and sin. Their's is the path towards our demise and the downfall of America. And they will be called saviors of man whilst they lead this nation to world destruction and draconian times.

My Email to Parker Griffith on the Climate Crisis

Senator Griffith,

I applaud your nomination for the open 5^th Congressional District seat, and with the ensuing victory I am sure will come I hope you have a career in the U.S. Congress as prosperous as our beloved Representative Cramer. I am writing to present some possibly new and enlightening information to you and your staff; and, hopefully, to make an impact on your time in the Congress.

I am writing about the outlook of the Congress in regards to the climate crisis and to some extent about improving the economy. The climate crisis is a real and deadly threat to humanity, and it is one which has, for a very long time, been at the bottom of the Congresses priority list. We, the United States People, have the capability to solve the climate crisis and in doing so bolster the economy with massive new job markets and industries. One such plan to do so is the Apollo Alliance’s which would lead to over 3 million new green-collar jobs, stimulate $1.4 trillion in new GDP, add billions in personal income and retail sales, and produce $284 billion in net energy savings – all while generating sufficient returns to the U.S. treasury to pay for itself over ten years.

Electricity generated in Switzerland is 53% from hydroelectricity and 42% from nuclear power, with 5% of the electricity generated from conventional power sources, resulting in a nearly CO2-free electricity-generating network. Switzerland is a much smaller nation than the United States and, though they have a much smaller power need, they have significantly less availability of natural power sources such as for hydroelectricity. Also, they do not have available the massive GDP which the United States does to spend on alternative energies or Nuclear power. But in spite of all these things they maintain, as stated above, a nearly CO2-free electricity-generating network while producing ample power for its citizenry.

This is the type of change that the United States desperately needs. Respect cannot be justifiably demanded from the world when we in the United States make no concise effort to solve our own energy woes.

You will have my vote whether or not you choose to fight for the future of humanity and the well-being of my children. Again, I wish you a swift victory in the coming election and a productive career in the Congress.

With Respect,

Tim S. Spires

My Email to Local Editors on Energy Change

Last week, the U.S. Congress left Washington and left the energy crisis, rising gas prices, and solutions to the climate crisis unaddressed. Switzerland generates roughly half of its electricity from Nuclear energy and half from Hydroelectric sources. The United States also has the capability to generate 100% of its electricity from clean and environmentally friendly sources and it can be done within a decade. It can be accomplished but only if the people of the United States make a stand and demand that their leadership take steps to make it happen. Thank you for your time, Tim Spires

Further on "It Is The Soldier"

I must say that this is a highly offensive quote. I do not dishonor the service of your husband nor that of the many who have served. But this quote reflects the dangerous state of the nation and its relationship with the military. The military is a tool of the government and whether or not it is defending the freedom of the nation is determined by the actions of that government. To blindly praise the servicemen as the giver of all freedoms is to follow a path which leads to a very dark world and to dishonor the sacrifice of the lawyers who were this nations founding fathers, the journalists who fought for freedom from the oppressions which have threatened the nation over the centuries, and the student protesters who died at the hands of the United States Military in countless protests. This quote does not reflect the spirit of sacrifice which members of the armed forces should keep in their hearts. And its wide use tells the story of a nation who would revere them above all else even while they were but tools of a greater force.

Also I have recieved some conflicting information as to whether this quote is from Father O'Brien as stated below or by Charles M. Province. I am as yet unsure.

With Respect,
Tim Spires

I discovered the quote which I heard at the Air show was this by Father Dennis O'Brien Sergeant USMC.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

I must assert that it does lack humility for a member of the armed forces to ladle such praise upon the armed forces. A large portion of that which I hear comes from service members and their families. That does not reflect the spirit of sacrifice which should be the reason of serving ones nation.