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That is hilarious, because I have lived in Bellevue, Nebraska for the last 12 years. HAHAHAHA! That’s way too funny. No, Bellevue has more trees than Yakima ever will. Oh wait, they have the rattlesnake barron mountains. The only beauty in that volano pit, was the backdrop of Mt. Ranier, and the orchards, which are practically non existant. Where are all of our apples coming from, if not apple valley?

By: kewlsurf27

By Adam Faigen

Introduction

As I write these first words, this desktop computer’s clock says 10:53 p.m. January 20, 2009. Perceiving the world the way I do, and after witnessing today’s events; I felt that it was time to put some of the thoughts that have been lingering in my head for a long time on to “paper.”

I am not a popular man, I am not an elected official, a celebrity, or even paparazzi [though some day this book may actually be considered much like a news report of current (but mostly past) events]. I am just a citizen expressing his gratitude to Mr. Obama for starting to relieve the stranglehold of our current system.

It goes without saying that today was and forever will be an important day for the U.S. Our new president will be remembered forever; regardless of what actually occurs in the next 4 (or years. He has officially laid the foundation for the most important part of our country’s future.

There is a peaceful, dare I say utopian future —–which billions of people around the world are seeing in their minds (as I write this down tonight) —–that is for the first time a seemingly possible goal. The problem is this future we are yearning for won’t be (or be achieved in) the way we expect. For example, (the obvious way) the kind of change he’s talking about won’t happen overnight. Though it will, hopefully, be a reality within our grasp in the next decade or two. President Barack Obama has made that crucial first step that is necessary for this new future of ours to have a chance of occurring.

Now let me make it clear for those of you who do not yet know. Unfortunately if I am correct there is going to be a lot of impatience and contempt for this president in the years to come. It is very possible for his term in office to be considered an utter disappointment for most Americans. It won’t surprise me if he even makes life worse for some, which is possible in a number of ways, though I know it is not his intention to do so. He has promised huge, immensely difficult changes, but he only implied (and failed to clarify) that he will need all the help he can get from the general public; and that it is impossible for him to fix everything that is wrong with our country and everywhere across the world; especially not in only 4 (or years.

. However that doesn’t mean that his ideals and what he has accomplished by becoming president is not still extremely important for our future. The important thing is that he is a man who is trying to do the right thing by essentially giving people the energy to change/fix their government.

Mr. Obama has made two immensely important “first steps”. The he made today is the now common knowledge that he is the first African-American president. The second and immensely more important second “first step” is that in his speech today he was essentially telling our children’s children who will study this day in their history books; that we need to pay attention to some of the ideologies of our forefathers. One of the ways you could interpret the section in his address about returning to “old” ways is that Obama wants us to remember what kind of country our ancestors set out to make, and where we have faltered from their path. Specifically he is trying to say something straight from Benjamin Franklin and the Declaration of Independence:
“(That) whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness..”

Basically if there is a problem in the system (our government/big business), the people of our nation not only have the right to do something but the obligation to do something about it.

The other way you could interpret what Obama said about going back to the “old” ways is referring to our energy crisis. If we don’t stop/fix our oil consumption, we will literally have to return to the old ways soon. Many people may eventually have to live without a means of transportation and even worse without electricity until we can find an abundant (hopefully green) alternative. Considering the amount of people already struggling to get by; it shouldn’t be that much of a stretch to say that it could get worse before it gets better and we could end up with even less of the money we need to feed our families and put roofs over their heads.

After reading this book you may think I am a conspiracy theorist, I assure you I’m not. I am first and foremost an American citizen. I simply take this privilege to the next level by questioning my surroundings, and the validity of all the information I have heard and read. These “conspiracies” I will discuss are not theories; they are real issues and they are the biggest problems we should be facing ri
right now, whether the general public knows about them or not. It is these kinds of things that President Obama is trying to get rid of. Some of which he will not be able to do on his own, but he has begun to provide the American populous with the means to make and take the opportunities to look through the locked doors of the government and close (them for good) or open them as needed.

I would like to conclude the introduction with another speech by Benjamin Franklin, which I found at the following website.

http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives/constit_confed/federalist/ratification/franklin.htm

“Mr. President,
I confess, that I do not entirely approve of this Constitution at present; but, Sir, I am not sure I shall never approve it; for, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to
be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgement of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and wherever others differ from them, it is so far error. Steele, a Protestant, in a dedication, tells the Pope, that the only difference between our two churches in their opinions of the certainty of their doctrine, is, the Romish Church is infallible, and the Church of England is never in the wrong. But, though many private Persons think almost as highly of their own infallibility as of that of their Sect, few express it so naturally as a certain French Lady, who, in a little dispute with her sister, said, “But I meet with nobody but myself that is always in the right.” “Je ne trouve que moi qui aie toujours raison.” ”
My thoughts on this—-THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT THE AMERICAN MILITARY ATTEMPTS TO PROJECT!! It reminds me of this shirt my mother bought for me a few years ago; th
; the French lady he mentioned literally meant; “I’m (always) right, you’re wrong, any questions?” This was also exactly how the entirety of the American government acted as well until Obama’s address on 01/20/09 [specifically, the section when he mentioned figuring out what’s working (in our society/government) and what isn’t and getting rid of what isn’t working]—-
“In these moments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, — if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too, whether any other Convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it
does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our councils are confounded like those of the Builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another’s throats. Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and here shall they die. If every one of us, in returning to our Constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain Partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby lose all the salutary effects and great advantages resulting naturally in our favour among foreign nations, as well as among ourselves, from our real or apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficien
efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion, on the general opinion of the goodness of that government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and for the sake of our posterity, that we shall act heartlily and unanimously in recommending this Constitution, thoughts and endeavors to the means of having it well administered.
On the whole, Sir, I cannot help expressing a wish, that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it, would with me on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this Instrument.”’
-Benjamin Franklin’s speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of its Deliberations; September 17th, 1787

(a brief summary of)
Part 1
The Silent “Big Brother”
Section 1: Overseas and the Economy

-The Military!! What really happened on September 11th, and the real reason this war started. How the oil that we use (and the opium some use) each day is obtained. The reasons why we aren’t told about every action they take and each mission they go on. What is going to be written down in future (American) history books about these wars, and how do we expect the people of those countries to never talk to people from this country (as friends and equals) and tell us what really happened and what they KNOW about what the U.S. is doing (or did) on their soil.

-Opium in the middle east/ The Drug trade… specifically going into topics like why cigarettes and alcohol are legal (though with restrictions) and how marijuana is illegal, (supposed to be) all natural, and deffinately less dangerous than cigarettes or alcohol and all narcotics.

(a brief summary of)
Part 1
The Silent “Big Brother”

Section 2: Maximizing our stupidity

-Element
-Elementary, Middle, and High Schools and the lack of Financial Instruction having to do with investing a.k.a. what I call “every child left behind” (even when they get the right college degree(s) …

- Lack of Financial Instruction having to do with debt /The difference between a liability and a true asset.

-Credit cards are made into something desirable to teens and young adults, who don’t take the time to find out all the details.

-10:08pm (Jan. 20, 2008) on the CSPAN News T.V. Station: regarding a caller’s commenting on Obama message to terrorists during his inaugural address. “They (“the citizens of THEIR countries”) will judge you (the leaders of THEIR country) based on what you build not destroy;” The problems with the very smart Harvard University history teacher’s reply (or lack thereof) and why it is important (and a right as long as no one curses) to have the freedom of speech on T.V.

(a brief summary of) Part 2
A Real American Speaks

-My opinions o
on life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, etc, and which of these
-My opinions on religion (considering omitting for obvious reasons)
-My opinions on the good aspects of this country
-My message to other countries about the average (peace loving) American and the difference between us and the American people who are making the important decisions in their countries.
-What needs to change
1.Make organizations that monitor every aspect of our law and criminal systems, including organizations that follow the actions of the military (which I will have already mentioned), the FBI, CIA, DEA, etc.
2.Make organizations that monitor the new organizations, to make sure members aren’t bribed to keep any and/or all of the information from the public
3.Start broadcasting “Real News” on T.V., in newspapers, and on the Internet to make sure the general public knows everything they should about the government and current and past events.
4.Work harder on making a newer energy resource(s
with infinite supply that are not harmful in any way to our planet or the life on it.
5.Do everything we can to stop world hunger, poverty, disease, and war all over the world.

(end of rough draft)

Dates I have worked on this

10:53pm-4:49am 01/20/09-01/21/09
1:13pm-1:18pm 01/21/09
~10:05pm-11:58 pm 01/21/09
I am deeply considering sending this to President Obama with a request to work for and with him to make some of the changes that both of us are hoping to accomplish.

By: Adam F

So there is this girl named Katie.I’ve known her since 7th grade [i'm a sophomore now] and we use to be like bestfriends.We talked alot and hungout alot but then for some reason she stopped talking to me for a while,even though we were in the same choir class.She just ignored me.Then,after a while,we started talking again just out of random and she kept sayin how much she loved me [no homo] and wanted to hangout reallt soon again.I was like okay sure.But we never did.

I found out she was on drugs b/c she said it on her myspace,rumors all around school,and she looked/acted completely high at school one day.So I went to the office and told the principle b/c I was worried and concerned.My friend Angela who was friends w/ Katie too,came with me and we both told on her.They asked us alot of questions and then let us leave.It was supposed to be confidential.

A few weeks earlier a girl from our school got expelled for threatening my friend Angela and we told her about Katie being on drugs [she already knew b/c Katie asked her if she knew any dealers].So after being expelled,she hated me and Angela and WE THINK she sent Katie’s mom a letter saying she knew who told on Katie for doing drugs.It was us,she said.[we know they got a letter from someone tho b/c Katie's mom told us.She wouldn't say who sent it though].So my mom and Katie and her mom were at the school one day talking about it and arguing b/c Katie’s mom refused to believe her daughter was on drugs even though it was sooo obvious.

I wrote a letter to Katie’s mom stating my side of the story [my mom gave it to her] but she told my mom it didn’t change anything and that she knows I’m a nice girl,she just thinks that Angela is influencing me,changing me.Which is totally not true.She thinks I told on Katie b/c Angela wanted me too.She did want me too,but I wanted to,too.I didn’t do it b/c of her.

So this arguing and such went on for a long time.Katie’s mom called my house,mad at me and my mom,arguing with her over the phone.She said she was going to sue us for slander,how stupid.She said she would get Katie drug tested but never did.And if she did,the drugs would have been out of her system by the time she was going to have her take it.

She never sued us.And we never heard from her again after the last argument.But I still saw Katie every day at school.She just starred at me and gave me dirty looks all the time! She’s the one who lied and I got blamed for everything but my parents believed me,it just took ALOT of explaining and crying over it…

After a while again,Katie started randomly talking to me and saying we should hangout.I hated her for what she did but for some reason,I still wanted to be her friend and I still wanted her to like me.So we went trick or treating together.Our parents didn’t know b/c we went with other friends too.We had fun I guess but it was kind of awkward.We never talked about what happened.Until one day,she IMed me online saying she was sorry about everything,but she didn’t actually say “i’m sorry for lying.”

So we stopped talking,AGAIN.And that was it.That all happened Freshman year[last year] and now I dont rly see her at school.Only in the halls.She doesn’t have many friends and she was a huge **** last year,litterally.She tried to steal my bf and flirted with every guy.But she’s rly lonely and has some friends,but not many.I really really want to be her friend again but idk what will happen w/ our parents and such.

Plus,I cant get over what she did to me.What she put me through.
please please help me.

IK THAT WAS LONG.IT WOULD BE LONGER IS I TOLD U THE WHOOOLE STORY. =/

By: Bubbles