By R25288 ( c ) 2006-2007
Chapter Thirty-One
Threats To Freedom
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! – I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
Patrick Henry, (1775)
All The Girls Love Alice
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Raised to be a lady by the golden rule
Alice was the spawn of a public school
With a double barrel name in the back of her brain
And a simple case of mummy-doesn’t-love-me blues
Reality it seems was just a dream
She couldn’t get it on with the boys on the scene
But what do you expect from a chick who’s just sixteen
And hey, hey, hey, you know what I mean
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice they say
Come over and see me
Come over and please me
Alice it’s my turn today
All the young girls love Alice
Tender young Alice they say
If I give you my number
Will you promise to call me
Wait till my husband’s away
Poor little darling with a chip out of her heart
It’s like acting in a movie when you got the wrong part
Getting your kicks in another girl’s bed
And it was only last Tuesday they found you in the subway dead
And who could you call your friends down in soho
One or two middle-aged dykes in a go-go
And what do you expect from a sixteen year old yo-yo
And hey, hey, hey, oh don’t you know
My dear gentle readers, why do we have have more African-Americans and Hispanics in prison cells than in college dorm rooms? Virginia, will you tell them please? “Systemic violence?” Yes, Virginia, thank you, you are my best student.
Virginia, African-Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic. They understand. And Hispanics and Asians are also beginning to understand better; last year they voted Democratically, by 69 percent and 62 percent respectively.
Having served on The Pinellas (FL) County Democratic Executive Committee in 2001, the Republicans have taken away my right to vote for 15 years since 2001. I depend on you Virginia, and my African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and GLBT friends to register and vote in this next election. Make no mistake, Virginia, the greatest threat to freedom in America today comes not from Iraq, Iran, China, Russia, Cuba, Syria, or any other entity; the greatest threat to freedom in America comes from the majority of American Republicans.
“According to (Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad), there are no homosexuals in Iran. I guess that explains the pathetic state of their musical theater.”
David Letterman, (Late Show host)
Notes from my journal of 11-24-04, Wednesday, 3:35pm:
Prison is my paradise. We got together again on Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 2:30. He came twice; it was nice. I filed a grievance over my DR-religious freedom-being denied access to the Chapel on Sunday, and health issues in the kitchen-over lack of gloves being used to serve food, and lack of soap to wash your hands with. Called Steve last night and he told me he had sent me money(God bless him). I asked for him and Ed to call or email the Warden over the retaliation(DR’s-disciplinary reports) I am receiving for filing grievances. Dr. Lewis gave me a copy of “Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment” by Thadeus Golas. I sent Sgt. Bory a request to transfer dorms, as Sgt. Right threatened to lock me up for my “alternate lifestyle”. Tomorrow will be my 4th Thanksgiving in prison-I’m a little tired of my paradise. J.D. and I walked this am before he went to work. I told him I’m trying to get transferred to afternoon kitchen detail, so we could work together.
“Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law…no court can save it…The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women.”
Learned Hand, (1944)
My dear gentle readers; yes, you too Virgina; I invite you to join me as a friend-it’s free-on www.myspace.com/r25288.
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