fuck this job.com

You could always be an economic hit-man or jackal, oh wait, the world's getting fed up with our Empire-building bullshit that's leaving them poorer than when they started... >:( Besides, China's becoming better at that game than even we were, thanks gigantic trade imbalance... Speak of that devil, you should read John Perkins's two books: Confessions of an Economic Hitman and Secrets of the American Empire. Then again, you've probably seen enough of this sadistic financial faggotry disguised as bringing democracy and modernization to the world to last you a lifetime. I may not have a college degree yet, but it doesn't mean I don't do my homework. Keep it evil.

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, these men of power
Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is a land of confusion

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago

I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is a land of confusion?

Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to

(Disturbed: Land of Confusion)

So, I was just looking through your blog, and I think you're fabulous. I really think you should write a book. I don't know if you've been trained as a writer or if you just have a natural gift-but you clearly have a talent for language.
As I'm sure you know, the whole power of the American capitalist machine lies in making people think that everything is fine, and that if they feel otherwise it's because THEY have a problem. If you're poor you don't work hard enough, if you experience prejudice it's your own fault, blah blah blah. And what choice do you have? What chance do you have of bucking the system, when one of the main goals of the system is to keep you from recognizing it? Most people are thrown into the work force very young and don't have the time to sit around staring at their navels as they try and figure out what's really going on/what they really want. So they work like dogs running a race for someone else's profit until they finally plop down from exhaustion and basically never get up again.
As someone who really desires change in America, I think what you said about liberals above is really interesting. When someone blames you for going to Iraq they are not actually advocating a liberal platform, exactly (as I realize you realize). They are reacting to that American indoctrinization that tells you that everyone chooses their fate. They do not recognize the financial imperative that caused you to go out there. They're also distancing themselves from the issue at hand. They don't like the war in Iraq, so instead of being humbled and trying to change something they act like they're not responsible when we all are-so YOU chose to go there, not them, they would never do that, because it's not THEIR war. This is bullshit-because they are aiding the problem w/ their blind ignorance. And hell, it's everyone's war because we all pay for it.
Why is their so much prejudice against soldiers? Because they do our dirty work, and we don't like to recognize that. Nobody doesn't "support our troops" in theory-they just don't SEE them. All those Republicans w/ their "Support the troops" stickers-really? Does Bush support you? So you are a black hole not because employers are against soldiers per se...but because when they look in your face they see their own shame reflected back at them.
Again, you probably know all this. People who have actually been involved w/ the military tend to have a very firm grasp of what is going on. Which is why I think you should write a book. Not because you owe anyone any enlightenment, but because I would like to read it and recommend it to people. I think you are extemely intelligent and have a way w/ words, as I said above.
Best of luck to you!!!!!! I wish I could meet you someday, I'm such a big fan.