The biggest hollow rabbit of all to me is the American people.

[Karmadillo]

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july172009/easter_disappointment_vp_7-17-09.php

'Biting The Rabbit'
Op-Ed by Vic Pittman for Salem-News.com
Fighting for freedom does not mean bombing peasants in another country or napalming civilians.

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About a week later my mother and I went to The Big Store and I pointed it out to her. She gave no indication that I could one day own that rabbit. Easter 1962 arrived and with it....the chocolate rabbit! I was ecstatic!

But when I opened the box, something did not seem right. The weight did not match the size, and when I bit into the ear the awful truth hit me like a framing hammer....the rabbit was hollow!

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Now it is not the Communists but our own government that seeks our slavery, spies on us and gives us less and less while taking more and more. The biggest hollow rabbit of all to me is the American people. We are lazy, scared and apathetic. We want someone else to fix things for us, someone else to be the ones that might get arrested, someone else to be the ones that go to prison. We want change, but are unwilling to fight for it and demand it.

The mantra of the warlovers is "Freedom Isn't Free"... how ironic that those who willingly choose slavery should adopt that slogan. Freedom is not free... if you get lazy and uninformed and apathetic, you lose it.

Fighting for freedom does not mean bombing peasants in another country or napalming civilians. It means that here in America we should be willing to fight for the ideals we supposedly embrace. If we care about America, we should be willing to go to prison or even die to reclaim our country from the industrialists, the self-serving politicians,the dual-loyalists and the money-grubbing weapon manufacturers.

If we cared about our children, our grandchildren and their children, we would be in the streets demanding change. The last election was won on a platform of change, but we are not getting it, and we wont. No one fears the wrath of the people because there is none... at least not enough to be a threat to the powers that be.

That to me, is the hollowest rabbit of all... the American people. We wring our hands and complain to one another about the state of our country and our "rule the world" foreign policy, but we want the kind of freedom that is free, and requires no sacrifice or risk. And we are getting just that... a big hollow rabbit, empty promises, politicians who promise change then once elected continue with business as usual.

In America alone, the people outnumber the elitists about a million to one.....why are WE the scared ones? THEY should be the ones afraid to leave their gated compounds, THEY should be the ones who fear for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Only then will we have a chance of the American Dream...the solid chocolate rabbit.

[Xipe Totec]

1. This is the first thing that came to my mind...

[Karmadillo]

6. Yikes! That will be in my head for awhile.

nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. I've got a bigger hollow rabbit than that ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2PdyxMtiYM

"Un lapin de bois!"

[stray cat]

2. I actually think slaves had it worse than most Americans - but everyone is welcome to a pity party

[Laelth]

3. "If we cared about our children, our grandchildren and their children, we would be ..."

... moving to another country. I do, and we might be.

I am very saddened by this.

:dem:

-Laelth

[masuki bance]

4. All that war protesting stuff is so 2008. nt

[RandomThoughts]

5. You make some good points about looking at one self first.

And I agree with much of what you said, we have to keep within ourselves the principles we want others to have to avoid hypocrisy. The wrath of the people as you call it, at least on health care is there, but many believe the reform will get things done correct. So they are giving them that opportunity. People are watching and paying attention, but they are giving the system a chance to do real reform.

My belief is that the 'few' should not fear for their lives, but all people should think about their souls.

And any violence or causing someone fear is not the best way. It would be better to show them love while at the same time rationally, and with feeling, explaining why certain things are important.

And honestly, many people high up in systems of control are really good people, but they are also flawed people and sometimes they justify some actions with personal biases for self. But they are not all bad, and many are really good.

I believe to do good, and to make society better, is to not use the methods of fear or destruction, but instead shine a light so people can be seen, and hopefully also see themselves. If you are not spending as much time thinking on yourself, as you are thinking on other people, you may not see your own biases. As you speak about when you talk about America acting around the world, while not looking at what they actually do at home.

Its nice to have nice things, and many people want those things for people they love also, but when the pursuit of material things outweighs the better things of the love of sharing them, suddenly it is not about helping or loving others, but is an obsession that is not healthy.

I often think the challenge to make money is a great joy for many people, and in that it is a good thing, but the hording of that wealth while many suffer is not needed for someone to find the joy of the challenge of being successful. Nor is how some, and only some, do much bad to acquire that money or status.

Its not a comparison of what a person has in my view, it is how they act, and how they enjoy how they act, is it something a person is comfortable with? or something that tugs on their heart trying to help them see how freeing love can be?