I too had the audacity to dream....

I once had a dream.

I
once dreamed that it was the norm for every citizen to receive enough of a
proper education to be truly educated about their constitutional rights, and
the rights of all their fellow citizens.

I dreamed each citizen would demand
that the FCC revoke the broadcast license of any television stations that did
not report daily, in detail, what our lawmakers were trying to enact, and
whether or not such efforts were being unfairly influenced by private
interests.

I dreamed that all citizens would be attentive enough to know when
certain corporations were trying to monopolize a certain industry, and to
effectively demand that their government make sure that it did not happen;
especially in regard to the industries related to news information and food
production.

I dreamed that each
citizen was properly informed about the actuality of their monetary system,
which would prevent a private cartel known as the Federal Reserve, from legally controlling our nation's
money supply and its valuation. I dreamed that such a cartel and their strong-arm collection agency known as the IRS, would have been driven out to sea by the progeny of those
who had done the same hundreds of years earlier in an epic battle for Freedom
from all tyranny.

I dreamed that the citizens would effectively demand of their representatives
that the "Supreme Law" of the land be the guide and guardrail of all
legislation. For whether it be in regard to religion, taxation, due process of
law, ownership of land and or other tangible items, forced medication,
corporate fascism, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to healthy food
and clean air and water, personal relationships, etc... such citizens and their
elected representatives would be consciously aware of the fact that governments
derive their just powers from the consent of the governed; and they would all
make it their daily business to be involved in the decisions that would surely
affect them and their children.

I dreamed that.

I dreamed that each
citizen was acting in positive accordance with the farewell address of a former
President and decorated General, who warned of the dangers of the military
industrial complex; and so the budget for the department of defense was meager
in comparison to the budgets for education, infrastructure and unbiased medical
research.

I dreamed that technologies whose discovery was enabled by way of
public funding would not ever be transferred to private companies who would
then profit from the public that had already paid for it.

I dreamed that by their fourteenth birthday, each citizen had the ability to read and comprehend newspaper
articles that were written on an eighth grade reading level, and that all
adults were more interested in conversing about the details and ramifications
of a new bill being passed in congress, than they were in talking about the
score of a recent sporting event, or which new style of hat or sneaker they
thought might best represent them. I dreamed that.

I dreamed that the
voices of dedicated patriots whose constant vigilance resulted in timely,
informed warnings regarding any infringement of our rights were revered and
eagerly awaited, by even greater numbers of people than that of an "A list"
movie star or music icons and athletes.

I dreamed that the concepts of self-sufficiency and community were not viewed as mutually exclusive, but rather as respected,
complimentary ideals toward which all citizens aspired.

I dreamed that such
educated citizens would always favor and demand government actions which were
based upon the concept of sustainability, rather than instant gratification.

I
dreamed all of this and much, much more, in like kind.

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