Day309 Monday 07/04/11

ran 1.4 miles
Happy Fourth of July!

Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In 1776, our founding fathers came together, despite numerous fears and differences, and forged the document that has guided our nation to the freedoms and opportunities we all experience 235 years later.

There are many interesting details and stories surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but these are a couple of lesser known facts you may not realize. For one thing, when those men decided to sign that document they made a decision that would have had them shot or hung if they were unable to win the Revolutionary War they were currently fighting. It was a gamble and, while the odds were not on their side, providence and destiny were.

Ask yourself if you would have done it. Would you have signed a document that utterly defied the King of what was arguably the world power at the time? Could you have placed such a wager on your own head, on your family, on your fellow men and women, to risk everything for an idea you passionately believed in?

The men who signed the Declaration of Independence figuratively signed their names in blood, and if America had not won the Revolutionary War then the signers of that monumental document would have been hunted down and made examples of.

But we did win, with all odds against us, and I firmly believe it was providence and not chance.

One other interesting piece of history surrounding the Declaration of Independence is the final days surrounding the lives of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. It was on this day in 1826, the fourth of July, the anniversary of the day both of these men had signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, that they both died within five hours of one another.

Jefferson and Adams were the final surviving members of the original American revolutionaries who signed the Declaration of Independence. They shared a common cause in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; however, as time went on they differed more and more on how to achieve the American vision. Both men having served as presidents, Adams believed in a strong centralized government and Jefferson believed in a weaker federal government with more rights deferred to individual states.

Through years of heated arguments and differences, an animosity that had led to years of silence between the two ex-presidents, John Adams made the decision to contact Thomas Jefferson in 1812, wishing him many happy years to come. Thomas Jefferson responded with kind words and the two founding fathers looked past their differences and rekindled the friendship they had once had.

On July 4, 1826, at the age of 90, John Adams died. His last words were “Thomas Jefferson still survives”. But he was mistaken. Jefferson had died five hours before in Monticello at the age of 82.

1,165.6 miles to go.

Day308 Sunday 07/03/11

ran 2.5 miles
Today ends week forty-four of running against Obama. I ran 23.2 miles this week, averaging 3.31 miles per day.

In an article by Peter Wehner, “Obama Cannot Escape Bitter Fruits of His Policies”, Wehner (not to be confused with Weiner) points out the ineffectual rhetoric Obama continues to spew during these weeks leading up to the monumental decision of what to do about our debt.

Barack Obama mentioned eliminating a tax loophole for corporate jets six separate times in a press conference last week as though a nearly insignificant act like that would save student loans, food safety, weather services, and hundreds of other threatened programs. And it is worth mentioning that in Obama’s stimulus package, there was a tax break that encouraged corporations to purchase private jets.

Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post looked into Obama’s claims and discovered that in the realm of a $4 trillion goal, the revenue that would be raised with Obama’s corporate jet plan would be $3 billion over ten years while student loans in 2011, alone, cost roughly $42 billlion.

Kessler findings, “So the corporate jet loophole — which involves the fact that such assets can be depreciated over five years, rather than the seven for commercial jets — just is not going to raise a lot of money. It certainly wouldn’t save many student loans.”

Barack Obama’s idea to end a tax break for corporate jet owners would gather less than one-tenth of one percent of what he is aiming for to reduce the federal deficit.

Wehner ended the article by stating that Obama’s most memorable theme in his press conference last week, ending a tax break for commercial jet owners, was “comparable to trying to dig a tunnel with a teaspoon”.

1,167.0 miles to go.

Day307 Saturday 07/02/11

ran 3.1 miles
No media sources on this thought. This is just my opinion, a frustrated American citizen like you. My interpretation of the stalemate on so many different issues that are throbbing like a bleeding artery in America (raising the debt ceiling or lowering the debt floor, creating jobs or not creating jobs, proving Obama’s health care plan unconstitutional or proclaiming it justified, Libya, Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, raising taxes, slashing spending, a possible national default on debt, and many other issues) is that both sides are doing nothing more than posturing, or sitting idly by and waiting to see if our current president is going to get a second term or not. Upon officially reelecting Barack Obama or swearing in a new president, it is then that drastic changes from one side or the other will fully begin to define the long-term direction of our nation. Obama will take America in one direction and Someone Else will take it 180 degrees in the opposite direction. It falls upon us to choose as an immensely collective deciding factor to opt for a hard left or a hard right at the American intersection we have all arrived at.

Shame on both sides right now, though, for letting our country arrive at this dismal point over the course of numerous decades, from both Republicans and Democrats from then and now. And shame on us, the people, for allowing these politicians to arrive at the crises we currently face.

On November 6, 2012, there will be a critical decision to be made concerning the near and distant future of America. There will be no “let’s give this person a chance and see what happens” or “maybe if we vote for him or her then this or that will change” or “perhaps she or he will meet us all in the middle”. This upcoming presidential election has no room for chance, there is no maybe this or maybe that, and there is no fence, or middle ground, to sit on.

All of these stalls and deviations from productivity in our federal government are tactics to wait out the 2012 election and to make decisions as slowly and with as little assertion as possible. After the Presidential, Senatorial, House and Gubernatorial races are all determined in November of 2012, there are going to be some brisk, abrasive, and swift decisions made regarding the future path of America, and it is going to be either one direction or the other. It is our responsibility to pick the right one.

1,169.5 miles to go.

Day306 Friday 07/01/11

ran 3.4 miles
Crazy day. It’s been non-stop since I woke up late this morning and it’s not letting up yet. I’m only going to post some stats and polls today, which reflect a plummeting Barack Obama, at least for now. As an aside, what about Strauss-Kahn? Somebody set him up and it could be anybody; any country. I don’t know much about this guy but someone are some group of people certainly do not want him to be the leader of France.

Anyway, here are some stats and polls from Rasmussen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 21% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 39% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of –18.

• Overall, 47% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Barack Obama’s performance and 52% disapprove.

• Among American voters 46% currently believe America’s best days have come and gone while 37% believe they are still to come.

• Generic Republican candidate is 46%, Obama 42%.

• Regarding a candidate’s religion, 10% of American voters would base their vote on that candidate’s spiritual beliefs.

1,172.6 miles to go.

Day305 Thursday 06/30/11

10 months!!!

ran 3.5 miles
Today ends the tenth month of running against Obama. Unfortunately, last night Google Blogger was down and I was unable to get Day304’s post up until this morning. Yesterday I broke the 900-mile mark and was excited to click the “publish post” icon when an error window came up.

So here we are and on this final day of running against Obama for the tenth month, Barack Obama has once again given us his reliable daily dose of subject matter to drop our jaws at, scratch our heads with, and too wonder about.

Obama intends to sit down and talk with the Muslim Brotherhood in the capacity that it appears the organization will likely be taking power in Egypt after the fall of President Hosni Mubarak. The Muslim Brotherhood does not recognize Israel, and this is their motto:

"Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."

The Muslim Brotherhood touts that it renounces violence.

Check out Day260 and Day261 for more information on the Muslim Brotherhood and how compromising our president sitting at a table with them can potentially be.

It seemingly requires so little common sense to make Barack Obama a one-term president as, day after day, he offers up so much material that questions his leadership from so many different angles. Yet it will somehow be a challenge to get him out in 2012.

Here are some stories in today’s news:

Geithner, who oversaw the largest debt increase of any Treasury Secretary in history, wants to step down. $3.7 trillion increase in the national debt ($3,723,575,990,130.10, to be exact, from January 26, 2009 until June 30, 2011---the debt Geithner oversaw is greater than all federal debt accrued in the first 204 years of America’s history).

Mark Halperin of MSNBC called Obama “a dick” on live TV, referring to his speech last night regarding the debt limit crisis America is currently enduring.

The GOP requested a sit-down with Obama and he declined. The White House responded by saying it was “not a conversation worth having”.

Greenspan: Fed’s massive stimulus package had little impact on economy.

Oil prices are back on the rise a mere week after the futile release of strategic oil reserves.

Golf anyone?

1,176.0 miles to go.

Day304 Wednesday 06/29/11

900 miles!!!

ran 3.2 miles
I broke 900 miles tonight and I could not be more excited to have surpassed the final century-mark before reaching one thousand miles---all out of concentrated passion to contribute what little I can to turn America around and to emphasize the importance of denying Barack Obama a second term.

Coincidentally, tomorrow will end the tenth month of running against Obama and, after 304 days of running, I can say it has not been easy but the frustration and disappointment Barack Obama’s ideas and policies have weighed us down with is what keeps me going. Daily, I draw inspiration from the words that come out of his mouth to continue putting one foot in front of the other to silence him on November 6, 2012.

To sum up the past 900 miles and 304 days, around 300 miles into running against Obama my left leg, over a matter of days, became almost useless. I limped when I walked and I was unable to continue running for eleven, or maybe thirteen days. Unaware that the soles of running shoes literally expire in what seems like overnight after 250 to 300 miles, resulting in general pain ranging from your toes all the way up your leg, I finally purchased two new pairs of shoes that I have been alternating for the past 600 miles. Right on schedule, now my right leg is hurting from top to bottom and I need new shoes again. The consistency is right on, every 300 miles. Then a couple months ago I got sick and sat out for five or six days. For any runners out there I thought that might be interesting, how long shoes last, and it varies with body weight and other subtle variations in body types and running tendencies.

The couple times I had to sit out were disheartening but it’s simply part of being human. If anything, my desire to demonstrate, through a peaceful and healthy method of protesting our president’s actions, was increased by wanting to not only catch up on the days I had lost but to surpass the goal I had initially set for myself.

The distance from the city I live in, Lafayette, Louisiana, to Washington D.C. and back is 2,080 miles and that was the distance I had set for myself to run between August 30, 2010 and November 6, 2012. That averages out to roughly 2.62 miles per day. My average right now is 2.96 miles per day and I am 104 miles ahead of schedule.

Thanks for keeping up with the blog and I hope you keep reading. Check out my facebook page to and give it a “like” if you want to follow.

1,179.5 miles to go.

Day303 Tuesday 06/28/11

ran 3.1 miles
Here is something we have not been hearing much chatter about as November 2012 slowly begins to materialize on the American horizon. What about the Senate and House races? What about the Gubernatorial races? How many seats are at play in Congress and how many Governorships are at stake? In the unfortunate event that Barack Obama does finagle a second term, will his agenda and his direction serve any real purpose if Republicans continue their majority in the House and claim a majority in the Senate?

In the Senate, 33 of the 100 seats are at play. Democrats are projected to have 21 seats up for election, 2 Independents hold seats up for election, and Republicans are expected to have 10 seats up for election. Currently, there are 51 Democrats, 2 Independents, and 47 Republicans in the Senate.

In the House, this will be the first congressional election using the new districts reapportioned by the population numbers collected from the 2010 Census. Elections will be held for all 435 seats in the House.

Eleven of the fifty governorships and territorial governorships of American Samoa and Puerto Rico will be in the 2012 race. Among those, only two serving governors will be term-limited out of office.

There will be a lot to think about on that not so distant Tuesday night of November 2012. And, based on the numbers above, any of these sets of races could slightly bend or aggressively veer in either direction.

1,182.7 miles to go.

Day302 Monday 06/27/11

ran 4.4 miles
In an article from TheBlaze.com, Rush Limbaugh defended 2012 GOP candidate Herman Cain today in the wake of recently being attacked and mocked by Jon Stewart on Comedy Central Network. Stewart took a jab at Cain’s message that Congressional bills should be significantly shorter and easier to read, suggesting that Herman Cain may have trouble reading or does not like to read.

All is fair, or at least almost everything, when it comes to comedy, as proven by shameless political skits on SNL, but Rush Limbaugh saw an opportunity here to defend and expound on Herman Cain’s good character and the hope he represents for Conservative ideas. Limbaugh argues that Cain represents everything the media says “does not exist” within the character of a black conservative.

“You identify yourself as a black conservative and you may as well be admitting that you’re a whore, or a prostitute, an Uncle Tom, you’ve been bought off, whatever, you’re not real. It’s not possible for a black person to be conservative. The way the media and the left look at this country, a black person who is conservative is a black person who would agree with the whole notion of slavery and would want to be a slave owner. That’s how bad it is. That is how devoid and distanced from reality that they are.”

1,185.8 miles to go.

Day301 Sunday 06/26/11

ran 2.7 miles

Today ends week forty-three of running against Obama. I ran 24.8 miles this week, averaging 3.54 miles per day.

My favorite past time has always been the game of soccer. To only slightly exaggerate how much I loved playing the game growing up all the way through my twenties, I would only be embellishing the truth a little to say that when I was born my dad may or may not have tossed a soccer ball at me in the delivery room as I was crowning and I might or might not have taken my first breath of life doing a bicycle kick out of my mother’s womb. I loved soccer that much.

So, when I read an article this morning about the Gold Cup Final at the Rose Bowl between the U.S. and Mexico, which America lost yesterday four to two, I was not surprised to read that the U.S. soccer team was booed from one corner of the stadium to the other for the entire game, starting with the National Anthem.

Why? Because Latinos filled three quarters of the stadium. I’m sure they were not checking for Green cards at the gate but, regardless of whether these fans were Latino-Americans or illegal aliens, their actions distinctly encapsulate so many things that are backwards in this country---so many things that have been leading us to a self-destructive path for decades.

This sums it up.

In what other country than America do the visitors have the home-field advantage?

Nowhere! Name one other country. You can’t because no other nation on the face of this Earth is as incomprehensibly backwards, constantly shuffling the most menial of priorities and paying so little attention to the issues that are really important, as America.

Mexico had the home-field advantage in America!

It’s not just at soccer games either. Look around. I did a post last Tuesday, Day296, which puts into perspective how the Caucasian population has been performing a slow suicide on itself in America for decades now. Yesterday’s Gold Cup Final was a testimony to this fact.

“When historians examine all these statistics in the future, they will surely ask why the Caucasian population extinguished itself: How did a race that created the finest republic in the history of the world eventually find itself in the minority of that very republic?”---Grace Vuoto

I would say our government is 100% to blame for letting our borders get so out of control and leading us to this point where American-Latinos actually boo America and cheer for Mexico. Something that has always irked every fiber of my being is the fact that Mexican-Americans (it is absolutely ridiculous that I even have to specify between a Mexican-American or an African-American or a German-American, instead of just saying we are all American) constantly wave their Mexican flags around with such little regard for the fact that they are in America and that they are Americans.

Ever done any research on Mexico? It’s not a great place to live. By all means, be proud of your roots and the nation you were born in or were descended from, but when you crossed that border and became an American, legally or not, you stepped into an insurmountable realm of opportunity that Mexico will not be providing for its people any time soon. That ought to be respected and praised, and it definitely should not be insulted or taken for granted by waving the flag of a country so many desperately chose to escape by any means they could scratch together.

Here is the article about last night’s final at the Rose Bowl.

"I love this country, it has given me everything that I have, and I'm proud to be part of it," said Victor Sanchez, a 37-year-old Monrovia resident wearing a Mexico jersey. "But yet, I didn't have a choice to come here, I was born in Mexico, and that is where my heart will always be."

When the final whistle blew, the Mexican fans, 80,000 of an estimated 94,000 total fans, remained in the stadium until the awards ceremony. As the U.S. team was awarded their second place trophy the stadium once again fired a resounding boo.

Only in America.

1,190.2 miles to go.

Day300 Saturday 06/25/11

300 Days!!!

ran 3.2 miles
Obama claims to be committed for compromise among Congress to find a solution to our nation’s debt, but he claims the focus cannot be on spending cuts.

"Of course, there's been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I'm committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt," Obama said in his weekly radio address. "But we can't simply cut our way to prosperity," he added.

“But we can’t simply cut our way to prosperity?”

Yes we can. But it’s all about hope and change that nearly, if not more, than half of America is begging for right now in the shape of a new president. Obama’s alternative to cutting spending is to tax, tax, tax. For every dollar the government cuts, one thousand more would predictably be spent on waste.

Pull up Google and type in Keynesian economics. It is a liberal favorite out of their playbook to demonstrate how to waste as many tax dollars as possible while convincing you otherwise. The concept is a proven failure and it is what our current president is advocating right now, on the heels of a failed, nearly trillion dollar stimulus package. The thing about Keynesian economists is that when their plans fail, their excuse is that they did not spend enough to begin with. Following that misconstrued logic, they encourage even more spending. And it doesn’t stop until enough time and ruin has passed that the pieces are too crumbled apart to put back together.

Can we cut our way to prosperity? Yes we can.

1,192.9 miles to go.

Day299 Friday 06/24/11

ran 3.3 miles
One day away. I’m pretty excited about hitting 300 days. It is getting close to a year now that I have been running against the President of the United States of America. That seems like a questionable thing to do on the surface but our Constitution allows every man and woman the right to speak out when they feel America, a nation that was intended to be governed by the people and represented by elected officials, is being led down an unconstitutional path. Our president’s approval rating is a reflection of just how dissatisfied America is, and Congress’ approval numbers are fighting for breath somewhere around 20%. The government is ruling and the people are going unheard.

June 30 will open up my eleventh month. This thing started out as an idea in a notebook, involving a lot of rambling and frustration that led me to acknowledge for the first time in my life that I firmly believe in the Declaration of Independence and everything this country has fought for since it was written.

When I look at the regressions Progressivism, or Liberalism, are forging an unnatural path toward, and the unexplainable trailblazing they are making, the only solace I can find at the end of the day is the meaningless ability to be able to say, “I told you so” once it is too late. But it will be too late. My ultimate opinion of Barack Obama at this point is that he will either earn the title-belt of worst president since Jimmy Carter or he will somehow win a second term and America, as we know it, will end. America will continue but it will be over as we once knew it.

As I said, this thing started out in a notebook. Day after day, speaking with different people and hearing others express the same frustrations I had felt with the direction America was heading, which all had led to the same thing---overwhelming disappointment and no action---inspired me to do something, regardless of how few listened, something, instead of just throwing my hands up in the air and feeling helpless.

In this notebook I began jotting down ideas and thinking about the American history that has led us to this point. I discovered the strongest sense of pride and appreciation I had ever felt for all of the men and women who have given their lives or sacrificed above their means to fight for rights we take for granted like voting, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, just to name a few.

So, one day while sitting in traffic in Lafayette, Louisiana, I turned to my wife and told her that I would like to run against Obama every single day until November 6, 2012. I proposed my idea to her, which is this blog and the miles I run everyday, and she supported me. For that, among an infinite number of other reasons, I love her. She has sacrificed a lot of patience and time for me to pursue this goal I’ve set for myself and as this first year is nearing an end I am truly realizing how fortunate I am to have such an amazing wife. And my ultimate goal with this blog and running all of these miles is to be able to share the life my wife and I want to have together and to be able to raise our children in the America that we want them to experience.

It is not Barack Obama’s America.

1,196.1 miles to go.

Day298 Thursday 06/23/11

ran 3.1 miles
Some stats and polls from Rasmusen Reports:

• Barack Obama’s presidential index rating shows that 23% of American voters strongly approve of his performance while 38% strongly disapprove, giving Obama a presidential index rating of -15.

• Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of Barack Obama’s performance and 53% disapprove.

• Only 8% of American voters give Congress good or excellent marks, and only 26% believe our nation is generally heading in the right direction.

• For the fourth week in a row, a generic Republican candidate holds a slight advantage over Obama in a potential 2012 match-up. The unnamed Republican candidate earns 45% while Obama earns 43%.

• The latest poll taken by likely GOP Primary voters shows that Mitt Romney is in the lead with 33%, Michele Bachmann is in second with 19%, and Herman Cain is in third with 10% of the vote.

• Only 26% of Investors think the economy is getting better.

• Just 47% see buying a home as a family’s best investment.

Michelle Obama, when asked about the foods she likes most, during a function in South Africa, was thinking way too out loud, as she started a long ramble ending with something to the effect of, “I can’t stop eating French fries. But eat your vegetables…”

I find as little humor in that as when her husband said something to the effect of, “Shovel-ready jobs weren't as shovel-ready as we thought,” and then chuckled about the comment afterward. This is what we are up against---not the Obama’s, themselves, so much as the large portion of the American population who finds the Obama’s jokes as funny as they do.

Regarding Congress and our situation in Libya, Hillary Clinton is asking a rhetorical “Whose side are you on”. There will be a big vote on Libya this Friday.

America is projected to fall to third place in trade soon, after India.

More joblessness this week.

1,199.4 miles to go.

Day297 Wednesday 06/22/11

ran 3.9 miles

Chapter 13

The moon hung swallowed in darkness unadorned by stars. Like a lone pearl lazily strung on a frail thread the night sky seemed determined to part with its one dim speck of light. Silence as vast as the darkness engulfed the hour.

Two figures stood under a flickering streetlight. They were identical in their shadowy appearances. The edges of their trench coats rustled against their knees in an eerily gentle gust. The moon surrendered to black and the air suddenly stood still, like prey frozen in fear, as one of the figures leaned into the other and spoke.

“Your associate failed to complete his mission. He had succeeded in infiltrating the rebel group but was unable to complete the end task. What we know is that Jonas Cassidy is currently in the presence of who we think is the leader of the rebels. Her underground name is Erica Darco. She is with two other men whom we do not know the identities of. They are inconsequential. The objective remains the same except for one thing. We now want Jonas alive.”

A cricket chirped a rusted tune as a dark cloud formed above. Tides rose and children fell asleep. Men thought of plans and women worried. Teenagers walked the streets of their night world with blind rage and visible disbelief. News was the same old news and on the face of every Ex-American was the same old, lost American face. The chirping stopped as the second figure spoke.

“Regardless of how futile their ideas and resources are they continue to be a step ahead of us. We need to take a different approach.”

There was a pause like the space between a bad joke and a fake laugh. It had seemed only a moment for one but an eternity for the other.

He continued, “I understand what these people are after. I used to be like them. Jonas Martin Cassidy is a trumped up bluff. I don’t think he even fully understands what he is doing, why he is there or where he plans on going. He has no direction and yet he is driven. Insanity is his only motive…none of his decisions make any sense.”

The other man laughed quietly and employed sarcasm.

“Yet United North America with all of its government resources cannot apprehend or figure out this troublesome man? Insanity seems to be on his side. You are telling me, Mr. Corso, that ‘insanity’ is the best scapegoat you have to resort to as an excuse? I would like to believe that you could do better than that. This national continent is the strongest government in world history and you have the audacity to tell me that ‘insanity’ is our largest obstacle in apprehending one man? One man, Mr. Corso, is all we ask of you…and your deceased associate. Can you do what we are asking?

Mr. Corso was shaken. He was curious about the awry fate of his associate and he was fearful of the ultimatum just placed on his head. His lone ally on this cold, dark night was stolid and stern. He spoke in a tone of voice that demanded full attention.

“Let me explain something to you, Mr. Corso. It’s very simple. You are completely missing the larger picture with all of your words and ideas. I don’t want to hear words. I want to see Jonas Martin Cassidy in our custody. There is nothing more or less that you can do for me. And I don’t care if you think you know Jonas or if you used to be like him. You’re not him. You are not nearly as dedicated or focused, or as ‘insane’ as he is.

Listen. Let me explain something to you. There is a common fabric uniting all causes and actions. No cause lacks importance and no action goes unnoticed. The common fabric is selfishness. Nothing is done to any end without some kind of self-gratification. Actions take on importance and notice only because people want to be important and noticed. They are selfish. In Jonas’ case he feels guilty and obligated to atone for something; which in essence is a selfishness to fulfill one’s own needs. What he feels guilty about is what we need to find out. Every man has a corner deep in his mind and soul that orders his being and decides his actions regardless of what he thinks is right or wrong. Some men or motivated by irrepressible guilt and others are moved by sheer power. Jonas is not after power. He would rather die an unknown soldier than indulge in fame. We need to find what it is that Jonas Martin Cassidy is so willing to sacrifice everything for. What is it that he is so willing to die for?”

The streetlight above stopped flickering suddenly as though someone had a point to make. It did not beam on high power or cut out completely. It hummed a continuous, low voltage hint of light respective to the moon above it.

“The world, Mr. Corso, is a slippery chessboard with contracting and expanding boundaries. Rows after endless rolling rows of pawns mill away their time in tiny squares performing tasks and doing random things that not even they fully understand. Often curious what their purposes are and why it is they continue their questionable routines each day, they assign value to their actions and pride to their beliefs. This is what makes them human even though they constantly sacrifice and give their lives for Kings and Queens, often, whether they choose to or not. However, it is actually the knights, bishops and rooks that weave the world’s fabric.

You are a knight, bishop or a rook. You can choose. You are a play to ensure the survival of your King. We need you to capture an pawn. You need to understand how important this is.

Kings and Queens, Presidents, Czars, Prime Ministers, Shahs and Emperors possess no power without knights, bishops and rooks. Similarly, pawns have no voice or direction without the guidance or deceit of knights, bishops and rooks. Pawns are like ants that swarm and make a big fuss for a mere three or four minutes when a foot kicks their hill, only to pick up the pieces and to forget about it. And as it is the foot of the King or Queen, hung from puppet strings, that keeps kicking their anthill, it is the knights, bishops and rooks grinning in the shadows.

Knights, bishops and rooks are the weavers of everything that has led to our continental union. They are manufacturers of disillusion for the greater cause and freewill for the lesser few who understand the shackles of freedom.

To not accept the human element, the historically provable fact that we are by nature often selfish and destructive, that our good intentions rarely ever tip a scale of altruistic worth, and that we are completely unpredictable from one decade to another from one country to another is suicidal to human progress.

Knights, bishops and rooks…they are the only pieces of the world game that do not need to follow the rules of kings or queens and most certainly do not need to listen to millions of pawns. People like you, Mr. Corso, are certainly a convenience but do not overlook how dispensable and replaceable you are. We want Jonas alive and we want him now.”

1,202.5 miles to go.

Day296 Tuesday 06/21/11

ran 4.3 miles
“When historians examine all these statistics in the future, they will surely ask why the Caucasian population extinguished itself: How did a race that created the finest republic in the history of the world eventually find itself in the minority of that very republic?”

Sometimes swallowing a truth can be much like swallowing an abrasive and oddly shaped stone. Although there is actually nothing in your throat sometimes you hear an unexpected fact and instinctively gulp it down as though a porous lava rock were in your mouth.

In an article by Grace Vuoto, “Bye bye white (and black) America: Make way for Latinos, Asians”, Vuoto puts into perspective exactly where population numbers are heading in America and she offers some theories to explain the long path that has led to our very near future.

The first sentence in the article states that the white American population is “moribund”. This term means “nearly dead”, “having lost all sense of purpose or vitality”, or “becoming obsolete”. Figures from the 2010 census back this term up.

By 2041 minorities will be the new majority. One out of every six Americans is currently Latino and the Asian population has increased 43%(!) since 2000, going from 10.2 million in 2000 to 14.7 million in 2010.

By 2015 there will be more minorities under the age of 18 than whites.

This means that the future of America is now indisputably in the hands of non-whites.

As an aside, I mean no negative sentiments to any ethnicity living in America, whether legally or illegally, but this is a factual projection for the near future of America, which will be a real game-changer in the history of America. If you are from Mexico and I suddenly informed you that Caucasians would be the overwhelming majority in your country in the very near future, or if you are from Vietnam and I suddenly informed you that whites would be ruling your country soon---you would have to admit that you would be at least somewhat surprised and concerned. My interpretation of these Census facts is irrelevant. I am just stating the irreversible direction America is heading in.

Blacks also, America’s previous largest minority, have already been surpassed by Latinos. Latinos have been the largest minority since 2003. In more than half of America’s largest cities, Latinos outnumber blacks.

Why?

“When historians examine all these statistics in the future, they will surely ask why the Caucasian population extinguished itself: How did a race that created the finest republic in the history of the world eventually find itself in the minority of that very republic?”

Read the whole article here for more explanation and the staggering numbers that prove it. And as you do, take a look around and look at the things that are going on in Washington. Ask yourself why, when so little makes sense in this country, things are the way they are. It’s not an innocent game to see how effectively our nation’s leaders can confuse and frustrate so many American’s for reasons we cannot understand. Everything is deliberate and has an important reason regardless of how ridiculous particular actions and decisions our government makes may seem. Perhaps they are planning for the future without stating what exactly that future is.

1,206.4 miles to go.