The Media’s Moral Decay: “Living in the USA”

This evening (8/2/06), I was changing TV channels when I happened upon “Entertainment Tonight (ET).” They were just mentioning something about the late, great George Harrison’s ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ re-release album, so I had to sweat it out through all of the ‘media moral decay’ stories, such as, Courtney Cox being asked by ET’s Cojo how she felt about playing a woman who was, “Knocked up.” Ms. Cox laughingly repeated that term as easily as saying hello.
This was during ‘prime time,’ around 6:40 pm CDT when little children and young teens of impressible ages were no doubt tuning in, since one of America’s National diseases is found in ‘hero worshipping’ of these decadent, immoral ‘stars.’ One does not have to be outwardly critical of this subculture of the rich and famous to be judgmental and easily comprehend these atrocities being played out daily, nor is it below understanding where this short, yet winding road is leading our country down into a deep dark abyss of debauchery not seen since the Middle Ages.
The old adage that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” is exemplified daily in the mass-media, with the ‘power of celebrity’ spreading like the wild fires out west and exploding into a horrendous MORAL DECAY.
In addition, before you ask who am I to be critical of this blight of American society: I am an otherwise, unknown actor/singer-songwriter/novelist/poet and registered voter, which is to imply that although not as famous as Courtney Cox or Kid Rock; I don’t have to assume the role of a cohort or to condone their behavior out of concerns over reprisals in the form of being ostracized in this self-same business of entertainment. I would rather strive to set a more positive example to smaller groups of the public at present, given to the knowledge that I would not have corrupted the envious, brought to us by such programs as ET, or the seemingly endless ‘reality shows’ that exude the same premise: “You, too, can be a ‘star’ of 24 karat solid gold and thereby be given your ticket to corrupt the have-nots who live in zombie-like daydreams of being just like you: a major player in this game of Moral Decay.
But you must remember one awesome, shattering fact, should you fall victim to that parade: since you can’t take it with you when you go, you might as well take some others down with you, for misery does truly love company.
Although, you could listen closely for the sound of honor marching by or the act of decency coming true in your life and then you might possibly hear the righteous sound of just one hand clapping.
Sincerely—in truth,
Jason Greywolf Leigh

http://jasonleigh.org/moraldecay.htm

Secretary of State Rice’s recent covert visit to Beirut

* Submitted to various TV-News, Newspapers and talk radio websites July 26, 2006.

I am appalled and unreservedly embarrassed by Secretary of State Rice’s recent covert visit to Beirut. She sneaked into that war-torn country and then appeared at a large desk with the so-called leaders of Beirut with her sunglasses atop her head, wearing casual clothes, looking very much like a ‘tourist’ instead of a Head of State! She did not take questions in a press conference, nor did she even make a public speech unlike when she then arrived in Israel, where she was conversely seen in formal attire, with no sunglasses perched upon her head, giving a press conference and taking questions.
Was this a message to Lebanon and to the rest of the world by her obvious ‘body language’?
Who can say that she was unmindful of her clothing and just forgot to take her sunglasses down off her head?
State Officials are trained in how to appear in public for those who may come to her defense in this degrading issue of which, there is no excuse. She knew what she was doing. She has a Ph.D.
If Secretary Rice’s message to Lebanon was one of support for peace, she did not show it by exuding the respect that American Officials are known for.
That situation would be akin to President Bush showing up in Beirut wearing blue jeans and a ten-gallon hat: everyone there would have gotten the message, certainly when he would then arrive in Israel wearing his best dress suit.
If extending an olive branch was Secretary Rice’s alleged intent, it certainly turned out to have been a thorny rose branch instead.
Are we not against terrorists and not opposed to those who strive for a democracy?
Sincerely—in truth
Jason Greywolf Leigh

Terror: 9/11 2000 and 1

“On that morning”
And it was a beautiful morning—on that day—which will never go away—for there is much to say—and much to repay—in the mourning, for that morning.
Jason Leigh

I was working on trying to repair a computer crash—graciously given to me by someone who forwarded a ‘computer virus,’ the night before. I was awake all night long—trying to repair the unwarranted damage—by someone I do not know—by someone who only wanted to spread discontent—and to wreck my computer. Perhaps it was something I had written about on our web site—or on another web site. Perhaps it was something I had said on a radio talk show. I did not know the ‘whys’ and ‘wherefores’ . . .

I had the television turned on in the room, as I am an admitted ‘news junkie.’
Suddenly, the news reporters broke in with the live event of 9/11/01—New York City:
I saw the entire WTC attack unfold on ‘live TV.’
What a true ‘terror’ it was to have witnessed this tragedy unfold on live TV—as opposed to hearing about it on the radio—or by word-of-mouth.
I shuttered when I had the thought of being a person sitting at my desk—looking out of the window—and seeing a jet airliner zooming towards my building, and at me . . .
Now that—must have truly been the real ‘terror’ of this event, which most of us can only yet imagine . . .
To state what a senseless killing of thousands of lives seems to be rather shallow, once the two WTC buildings came crashing down to the ground, leaving in their wake—only the twisted steel frames of two very tall ‘skyscraper’ buildings: a landmark of World Trade and Commerce—now the rubbled, colossal grave site--of innocent lives.
If ‘terror’ was the intent—then ‘terror’ this action instilled.
Within about 25 minutes of the first attack: all air-flights within the United States of America were ‘grounded,’ something, which has never been done before in the history of American aviation.

Imagine beings from another world observing from above our world, what was taking place down below.
Imagine—these same ‘beings’ had visited this world before—and were keeping tabs upon our goings-on. What would they have thought about this sudden, unwarranted ‘attack?’

“What a strange world,” I can almost hear them saying.
Many people have lived in ‘terror’ of ‘Beings from another world’ landing upon the Earth—to possibly take over our freedoms, which we so often take for granted in the western world. They have had this fear for generations uncounted, since history has proven to us that visitors from ‘other worlds’ have been coming down here—watching us—abducting us—possibly, influencing the lives of some they have come in ‘contact’ with.
Thousands of years ago—cavemen painted images of UFOs upon their cave walls—along side of the animals they hunted: all mapping the history of the tribe. These facts are out there for those who do not believe it true; you just have to look for them.
Therefore, this ‘terror’ so many have feared from Aliens—is now
over-shadowed by the human terrorists, who have caused such damage and distress in our world.
I cannot live in fear of ANYTHING—most certainly of an advanced race of ‘beings’ from another world—as I do believe that their agenda would be one of peaceful intent.
I refuse to live in fear of human terrorists—fore there is nothing lower on the face of Mother Earth—than those who would kill innocent lives—to make a ‘political point’ to a ‘government,’ which just so happens to be of the same soil. Yes: this means I also condemn those countries in the otherwise, free world, which have caused the death of the self-same innocent.
The true ‘terror’ to fear does not lie beyond the stars above: but upon the face of this earth.
‘Live to be FREE: die to save LIBERTY and FREEDOM.’ (J.L.)

I wish you all peace of mind, body and spirit.
We have nothing to fear from ‘Alien Contact.’

Jason Greywolf Leigh
11/19/01
http://jasonleigh.org/terror.htm

State of the Union 2006

Astronaut Ed Mitchell says: "Jason: Have not seen you nor heard from you in a while. But this is magnificent writing, absolutely true, and should be a major concern for all, Edgar Mitchell.

“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their Constitutional Right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. If the founding fathers gave us anything, they gave us that.” Abraham Lincoln 1865

Honest Abe Lincoln’s profound statement from 1865 no longer holds true in this ‘future world’ of the 21st century, simply due to the fact that ‘the people’ are no longer on equal footing with their government as they were in 1865, 141 years ago.
Think about it: it is our government that holds the power of nuclear weapons, bulletproof body amour, automatic weapons, jet fighters and helicopters, DNA tracking and control, telephone surveillance systems and other such clandestine weapons that ‘we the people’ can barely guess or even speculate at, which can and certainly would be used against its citizens, since the government is sworn to protect and to defend the Constitution, but not necessarily the ‘people.’ The government also would not defend us against itself if its rulers are the source of corruption now, would it?
As Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the Constitution stated, "When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny."

Our ‘right’ to protest is dubiously limited to only what the status quos government will allow, or what it will tolerate. Nonetheless, our ‘freedom of speech’ is supposed to be the very backbone of the U.S. Constitution!
If our law enforcement and military are ordered to fire their weapons upon us and they should decline because one of the protestors is a family member, then that law person could be shot for disobeying orders!
Recall the shootings at Kent State University in the early 1970s. A group of protestors were fired upon that resulted in the deaths of students who were carrying signs and holding flowers, all of whom were legally protesting a war in which innocent people were allegedly being killed. Think about that irony for just a moment.
If we, as United States citizens are to survive and rise above the control through corruption of our prevailing government which does nothing to prevent the oil companies, power companies, and event yet banking institutions from taking advantage of us and most certainly the poor, then we will continue to exist under such tyranny as the Founding Fathers warned us of, like lambs being led to the slaughter!

Consider that banking interests continue to rise on loans that can be between 18 to 28% and more, while the interest on our savings accounts is at an all time low of below 2 cents! That’s 2%! Shouldn’t there be equal footing on these outrageous rates?
In the late 1970s, I recall my bank savings account was close to 18%. At present, it is 1.2%! After I complained in dismay, the bank officer told me that, “Most people nowadays just use our savings accounts to protect their money.”Banks get robbed. Corrupted C.E.O.s steal the funds of stockholders and even their own employees. The rich and famous hardly receive the same punishment as an unknown person for an identical crime, simply by virtue of their fame and fortune, coupled with their potential to contribute to politics. Think about that for a moment.

The American people have not been on equal footing with their government since the development of the Atomic bomb. Prior to that scourge of humankind, ‘we the people’ had the power of liberty of which Thomas Jefferson spoke of for nearly 176 years. Those years of liberty have sadly waned away into public apathy; the new National disease.
Unless and until multitudes of citizens band together in such great numbers so as to totally bewilder the mighty power of the prevailing governments, their strangle-hold upon us will only get worse, and the enslaving of the people who are pacified within the dreams of mass-entertainment will bloom into the truest form of evil this world has ever known: a nation of zombies; the living dead.
How much to do you care about your family, friends and fellow citizens?
Unless ‘we the people’ do something soon, we will live to see the horrors come true.
Researched and written by,

Jason Greywolf Leigh
(Native born 24th generation American, U.S. Disabled Veteran, Registered voter)
July 4, 2006 AD

SYNOPSIS:

I was asked by a Veterans Group that I belong to, if I would write and post a 'citizen's view' of the present government. Rather than making it a critique with Pros and Cons, I decided to write what I felt was a more compelling essay, as if I were addressing the People of America. Thus came 'The State of the Union,' which I wrote more as a speech than an essay, as you might gather in reading it. There are many things and conditions that are utterly wrong in America, too many to address in one writing of two pages or less, and it is too easy to criticize these injustices when one is far removed from the midst of the government, therefore, I wrote my address as an inspiration to and for those who may be in authority, but moreover, for those who can and should make a difference: the voters of The United States of America.

Best regards for a New USA,

JASON GREYWOLF LEIGH

http://jasonleigh.org/stateofunion.htm