Hear I am in the last number of posts bemoaning the state of the Motorcycle rights movement in this country. Well, hell not just the MC rights movement, but the average American's apathy towards freedom in general, when I check responses on the previous posts I find a post by a "Biby Cletus", ostensibly from India. There is also a website connected to the post that can be accessed here. Don't let the what looks like a Nazi swastika on the page fool ya (hmmm you may not see it since it was on the address page).In fact the Swastika (right handed version) is one of the oldest sacred symbols known to man, having been used by many ancient cultures, including early Christians. In many cultures it simply stood for "a wheel of life", but had various meanings among various cultures (including the Hopi Indians) and didn't take on an evil connotation until Hitler developed the "left hand version".
Because of the negative connotation attributed to the swastika by the Nazis, it's use by Christian organizations has been abandoned and is frowned upon (though some secret orders still use it). But I digress. A quick scan of the dudes blog convinced me that a quick scan was going to demand time for a more thorough examination. As it is my contention that until we become intimately acquainted with different cultures and all things historical we are doomed to make needless mistakes over and over again. In fact, it is what I believe is currently happening in the the world of Motorcycle rights, individual freedoms and the rights of man in general. "If you keep doing what you have always done you will keep getting what you have always got" (primarily electronic responses from your legislators thanking you for taking the time to send them a note that they have absolutely no intention of of doing anything about other than hitting the "delete" button).
A point of relevance. Water Boarding was a torture technique developed during the Spanish inquisition. Now, it is considered a useful intelligence gathering tool by Bush and his cronies.
Before a bunch of folk jump up with their panties in a wad I would only refer you to Sen. John McCains words (who if anybody has a right to speak on torture it is him, unless of course you yourself have been tortured then feel free to weigh in) when he asked, is that where America wants to go, back to the days of the Spanish Inquisition (MSNBC last night). I'm sorry but when it comes to issues of this nature I will defer to McCain over Bush and Cronies whose wartime experience consist of shooting lawyers in the face while hunting and being stationed sometime, somewhere, doing something, with records to prove it (but no records to prove warrior status). I truly hope our next commander in chief has studied a little about war. It's obvious our current commander in chief, if he has read about Vietnam, has not learned the lessons (as apparently the leaders of our SMRO's have not either).
Which, if following the right handed cross is applicable, brings me back to the beginning.
A dude from India has stumbled across a blog having to do with Motorcycle rights and Freedoms and apparently liked it (unless of course their is a hidden agenda which is why the "third eye" should always remain open). Now I'm thinking (yepper, we, or at least I, am in trouble now) that it is to our own shame that individuals from foreign countries take a greater interest in our concerns re FREEDOM than we do (ok I do admit we pay lip service to it, and then immediately go out and try to shove our concept of freedom down another's throat).
But then some folk in other countries are just now getting a taste of freedom and have not yet become fat, lazy and complacent about it. Some, actually want it bad enough to work for it, fight for it and die for it. We (which does not include the members of armed services who despite the misguided directives of the powers to be, bravely serve with dignity and honor) on the other hand will sit back in our lazy boy loungers, in our air conditioned homes, with a cold beer in one hand and the remote in the other believing everything Bill O'Reilly (I hope I mispelled his name so he can have someone else to threaten to sue) says without question. While talking with our "Bros" on our cell phones about not knowing if we can make the local "Hooters" (someone, somewhere send me something to prove that Hooters of Tallahassee has, to date, publicly given one nickel to the fight for bikers rights, and I will print it here with a big "mea culpa" and stand on a table at the next bike night offering my apologies) bike night cause we ain't had a chance to shine the chrome on the Gods we have come to worship, with no concern, or at least action demonstrating concern for brothers and sisters who die daily.
P.S. I have a couple Freedom Fighter patches available for those that wish to play cowboys and Indians.....................Aw damn, did I get cynical again? rc
