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		<title>Large BP Tar Balls Spotted on Florida Beach</title>
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		<title>Identifying Sheeple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone who is unaware or uneducated on the intricacies of Globalism, Central Banking, and the NWO, is necessarily “sheeple”. All of us, at one time or another, were nearly clueless as to the real workings of our government and our economy behind the proverbial curtain. I have found that many people are quite open [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Not everyone who is unaware or uneducated on the intricacies of  Globalism, Central Banking, and the NWO, is necessarily “sheeple”.  All  of us, at one time or another, were nearly clueless as to the real  workings of our government and our economy behind the proverbial  curtain.  I have found that many people are quite open to the  information I make available as long as I make it available in a way  that is not immediately overwhelming for them, and as long as I present  solid evidence to back every claim that I relate.  It is very important  to be able to make the distinction between those who are brazenly  dim-witted, and those who simply have not been adequately exposed to the  facts.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Below, I will list my observations on the various ‘types’ of sheeple,  and how to recognize them.  Keep in mind some people might fall into  more than one category.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ Sheeple</span>:  Also known as the “Yuppie”.   Life is a party for these folks.  As long as they are not affected by  the immediate circumstances of the troubles surrounding them, they  couldn’t care less about politics, economics, war, or governmental  deceit.  They may even be aware of the terrible facts behind a certain  issue, but as long as the routine of their mundane existence remains  intact, they will have little motivation to effect changes in their  thinking or their world.  In fact, some ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ Sheeple ENJOY a  random catastrophe or two, because it gives them conversational fodder  for the small-talk around the water cooler that they love so much. Their  primary drives are unchecked consumerism (the accumulation of useless  things), and emotionally empty sexual exchanges (the accumulation of  false self-confidence).  Most of what they know about the world they  derive from watching fifteen minutes of mainstream television news a  day.  They often parrot talking points they overheard on MSNBC or CNN,  and rarely have an original thought.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have found that these men and women are normally from upper  middle-class, white collar families.  They have likely been coddled and  sheltered from the suffering that goes on outside of the affluent bubble  they were born into, and have probably never had to truly struggle for  anything in their lives, giving them an audacious sense of entitlement.   Plenty of these people break out of this one track thinking pattern on  their own.  I have known quite a few.  But others will refuse to see the  obvious unless confronted with the prospect that they personally might  lose something if they do not take action.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The ‘Quasi-Intellectual’ Sheeple</span>:  My favorite kind of  sheeple.  These people hold themselves in very high esteem.  Some even  see themselves as part of the elite (though most of them are not).   Normally from the “professional class”, they often hold positions as  Doctors, Lawyers, Bankers, Investors, Professors, Scientists, etc,  though some have not yet left the university setting, and are simply  getting a head start on their superiority complex.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Quasi-Intellectual Sheeple believe in the world of academia as  unerring, as opposed to true scholars, who always have the wisdom to  question the conclusions of academia.  To me, an Ivy League degree is  little more than a $100,000 piece of paper; it tells me nothing of the  true intelligence of the person holding it.  One need only look at the  thousands of mainstream “professional” financial analysts who blindly  supported Keynesian economics and refused to acknowledge the bubbles  being facilitated by the private Federal Reserve’s artificially low  interest rates and free money mentality.  Their expensive education  counted for nothing, and the economy is now on a ruinous downward slide.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At bottom, most “higher education” is really indoctrination.  People  attaining degrees in economics learn what the financial establishment  WANTS them to learn, and nothing more.  The same goes for any other  field of study in which information is extremely centralized and  filtered.  Yet, Quasi-Intellectual Sheeple have such misplaced faith in  the ivory tower that they assume through the system they have reached  the pinnacle of knowledge.  Those who have not assimilated themselves  into this system as the Quasi-Intellectual has are to be ignored or  ridiculed when presenting an opposing view.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This type of sheeple is driven by the desire for respect, power, and  sometimes sycophantic admiration.  Actually being intelligent is less  important to them than having others believe they are intelligent  without question.  When asked to prove their intelligence, they often  respond with indignance.  They rarely if ever consider the possibility  that they may be wrong on any subject, especially if it’s a subject they  received a degree in.  When they find themselves facing someone who has  a better grasp of an issue than they do, they will not relent.   Instead, they will turn towards subversive debate tactics to confuse the  discussion, go off on tangents to avoid direct confrontation, and when  he is really cornered, he will throw out barrages of obscure vocabulary  in an attempt to impress others and distract them from the fact that he  has no idea what he is talking about.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Quasi-Intellectual Sheeple are easy to identify by their arrogant  demeanor.  They tend to distance themselves from FOX and CNN and read  periodicals like Forbes and Foreign Affairs, which are still propaganda,  just of a more complex nature.  They respond to most arguments with a  smile, due to overconfidence, until they realize they are being soundly  outmatched, and then they tend to lose composure.  It takes a lot of  public embarrassment before they will mend their ways.<br />
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The ‘Working-Class Idiot’ Sheeple</span>:  Otherwise known as “the good  ole’ boy”.  (Special Note:  I came from a parallel background, and am  highly familiar with these sheeple.)  You would think that people who  fancy themselves as hardcore conservatives would be aware of the push  towards global government and the fact that groups like Al-Qaeda are a  fairytale distraction away from the real threat: Socio-Corporate Elitism  and overgrown Federal bureaucracy.  Apparently, they would ‘love’ to  hear about it, but the football game is on and their wife is in their  ear and the rugrats won’t stop eating all the damn frosted flakes.  Such  is the life of men without valid priorities.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">These folks are usually Neo-Conservative lapdogs, an ideology  suspiciously identical to Socialism with a corporate twist.  Mussolini  had a name for this combination, though the term escapes me…</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Its not that they LIKE big government, Socialism, and the loss of  liberties, it’s just that they are too ignorant to realize that that’s  what they are supporting when they support the current Republican Party.   These sheeple are very competitive.  Sadly, however, they are often  not accomplished in much of anything, which forces them to live  vicariously through the exploits of others; like sports teams, political  figures, and soldiers sent to third world hell-holes to blow up “bad  guys”.  Winning, regardless of whether or not the fight is legitimate or  justified, is at the top of the Working Class Idiot’s list.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">They like to believe that they have a deep relationship with their  conscience, which adds pain when attempting to explain anything to them.   These men are vindicated in their own minds by a set of logical  fallacies that would boggle the likes of Freud.  Being rational is not  important to those who are vehemently self righteous.  They ARE the  “good guys”, anyone who disagrees is a “bad guy”, and that is that.   This mindset makes them very easy to dupe, and very easy to lead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Working Class Idiot worships television.  More than a couple of  days without it and he shivers like a starving drug addict.  He watches  FOX religiously, and not intelligent commentators like Andrew  Napolitano.  He’s a much bigger fan of frothing psychotics such as Bill  O’ Reilly, spewing baseless nonsense like a third grader’s baking soda  volcano spews foam.  When cornered in an argument, this type of sheeple  will try every trick he knows to degrade or intimidate his opponent.   When that does not work, he has no problem resorting to violence.  How  to get through to this sheeple?  Find a sports figure, prominent  Republican, or military man who talks openly about the NWO (there are  some out there).  Only then will he take the blinders off.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The ’New Age’ Sheeple</span>:  Otherwise known as “unabashed  collectivists”.  Not to be confused with people who do legitimate study  into mythology, spiritualism, and the teachings of the ancient past.   These are the folks who read Oprah throwaway books like “The Secret”,  and think they have actually learned a secret.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">You don’t have to walk on egg shells with New Age Sheeple when it  comes to the NWO.  They are just as likely to approach you about it.   The problem is, they think it’s the best thing since patchouli sticks!   Why?  Because their vision of a one world order comes from an  overexposure to Gene Rodenberry-esque fantasy and a subversive form of  propaganda I like to call “Positivism”.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Most ‘New Agers’ are people who have at one point or another in their  lives met with serious struggle, unlike the ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ sheeple.   However, instead of holding steady through this struggle, they gave up,  curling into a ball never to put any real effort into anything  substantial again.  They often make elaborate excuses for themselves,  and adopt Eastern philosophical concepts they don’t really understand.   Zen becomes an excuse to ignore the rest of the world and focus on  something pointless like underwater basket weaving.  Karma becomes an  excuse and vindication for any unfortunate event.  Self awareness gets  confused with self-centeredness.  While Happy-Go-Lucky sheeple focus  superficially on the outside world, New Agers focus superficially on  their inner world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">New Age Sheeple do not set out to actively and physically fix  problems.  They follow the Positivist view, which is to ignore bad  things and hope they go away, or make them go away “with their minds”.   No, I am not joking.  Every New Ager I have ever met holds stubbornly to  the belief that if they think happy thoughts and wish hard enough,  their invisible “mental energy” will change their surroundings for them.   “If only everyone was blindly optimistic about everything,” they think  to themselves, “our society would be perfect…”  I hate to break it to  them, but no amount of ‘happy vibes’ will stop an inflationary dollar  implosion, or stop people who have deliberately chosen to ignore their  consciences from doing terrible things.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have spent over two decades in the martial arts, so I am well aware  of the mental and spiritual energy idea.  However, in the martial arts,  you are taught (rightly I think) that priming ones inner focus only  prepares you for struggle, it does not make struggle disappear.  What  the New Age really boils down to is an attempt to cut corners and slap  together easy answers for the very complex and intricate problems of  life.  It is a lazy man’s methodology of denial in which there is no  concrete reality, only “point of view”.  This breeds hive-mindedness,  because the search for individualism is in itself an exhausting  marathon, one they would rather not undertake.  Overt collectivism is  much easier.  All you have to do is follow the swarm.  And because New  Agers force themselves to become so mutable, over the years they will  mindlessly adapt to any horrifying circumstance.  If reality is only a  “point of view”, then why not rationalize wars and holocausts as  illusory blips in time?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The only way to get through to New Age Sheeple that I have found is  to show them succinctly that the New World Order the Global Elites are  constructing is not the same as the one they like to imagine.  Making  them read through UN white papers on global governance and federal  documents like PDD 51 and the Civilian Inmate Labor Program can help.   They will still probably think a one world government is a good idea,  but at least they won’t support the Elite’s version.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The ‘Quasi-Activist’ Sheeple</span>:  Also known as “the rebel with  too many causes and not enough knowledge”.  At least these sheeple are  willing to leave their houses and fight for something, even if they know  little to nothing about what they are fighting for or over.  The  problem is that their lack of insight and in-depth understanding on most  issues makes them highly susceptible to manipulation.  These are the  “useful idiots” we hear so much about; the people who support Anarchist  groups that promote Socialist ideals (uh, Socialism is contrary to the  tenets of real Anarchism, guys…), the people who believe everything they  are told by the CRU on global warming even though the CRU has never  released original source data proving that anything they say is true,  the people who blame Capitalism and free markets for the economic  collapse even though we haven’t had legitimate Capitalism and free  markets in over a century.  Without knowing the facts behind these  issues, how can one effectively involve himself in them?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Quasi-Activist Sheeple protest not so much to change the world, but  to FEEL like they are changing the world.  Being a part of something  greater, even if it’s a sham, is a major motivator.  These people are  under the impression that they have an inside track on the workings of  politics and culture, but the information sources they use are  ultimately narrow and biased.  NPR for example is not a reliable news  source, and just because they speak in a monotone voice with a British  accent does not mean they are educated on social undercurrents or that  they are objective.  Most “progressive” journalism is merely the leftist  equivalent of FOX; highly saturated with disinformation and emotional  button pushing.  This helps to create a subculture that sees itself as  “alternative”, when it is actually the flipside of the same old false  paradigm coin.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The advantage of dealing with Quasi-Activists is that they do realize  something is very wrong with the world.  This is more than most other  sheeple accomplish in an entire lifetime.  The key is showing them the  inaccuracy of the information sources they are too dependent on, and  breaking them out of the fake left/right mental trap.  As long as they  continue to blame all the problems of the planet on “the right”, as long  as they continue to blame generalized and fictitious opponents that  were designed for them by the media, they will never understand why  America continues on its self-destructive path despite all their civil  discourse.</p>
<p><a href="http://neithercorp.us/npress/?p=287" target="_blank">http://neithercorp.us/npress/?p=287</a></p>
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		<title>Is Tar &amp; Feathers Punishment of Congress Considered Terrorism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, in this great American land of freedom and morality, if an elected politician or appointed office blatantly misrepresented his constituents, he would be publicly tarred and feathered. It&#8217;s a shame this public display of disgrace and truth is no longer practiced. But I&#8217;m sure that the public tar &#38; feathering of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_186" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://worldvisionportal.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tarfeathers.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-186" title="tarfeathers" src="http://worldvisionportal.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tarfeathers.jpg" alt="Colonial American Justice" width="400" height="600" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Colonial American Justice</p></div>
<p>Once upon a time, in this great American land of freedom and morality, if an elected politician or appointed office blatantly misrepresented his constituents, he would be publicly tarred and feathered. It&#8217;s a shame this public display of disgrace and truth is no longer practiced.</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m sure that the public tar &amp; feathering of a thief or liar would now be considered &#8216;domestic terrorism&#8217;.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s bring back tar &amp; feather public justice for those who fail to represent the people who elected them to office&#8230; and for any politician who is immoral and a liar. What better way could there possibly be to cull the Congress of its miscreants?</p>
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		<title>The Collapse on Our Doorstep</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are 21 reasons &#8211; a blackjack winning hand &#8211; evidencing why we are not in an economic depression nor a recession any longer. We have now entered a financial collapse brought about by derivative gambling debt&#8230; and it&#8217;s sitting right in plain sight on our doorstep. Federal Budget Deficit. The Federal debt limit was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Here are 21 reasons &#8211; a blackjack winning hand &#8211; evidencing why we are <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> in an economic depression nor a recession any longer.</h2>
<h2>We have now entered a financial <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><em>collapse</em></strong></span> brought about by derivative gambling debt&#8230; and it&#8217;s sitting right in plain sight on our doorstep.</h2>
<p><strong>Federal Budget Deficit.</strong> The Federal debt limit was just  raised almost 100% to $14.3 trillion. It was nearly half that amount ($7.8  trillion) in 2005. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The U.S. debt at 84% of the Gross Domestic Product is about to  pass the 90% trigger point</span>.</p>
<p><strong>U.S. Foreign Trade Deficit.</strong> The total continues climbing as $400 billion is added each year. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Foreigners now own $2.5 trillion of the U.S.</span></p>
<p><strong>Plummeting U.S. World Trade Dollar.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The dollar has <em>already</em> fallen</span> and is continuing on a steady downhill slide. The main index measuring dollar strength as a foreign reserve and trade currency has gone from 120 at the Clinton-to-Bush handoff to below 80 today.</p>
<p><strong>Credit Ratings Down, Rates Up.</strong> Economists at S&amp;P, Fitch and Moody&#8217;s were (and still are) guilty co-conspirators with the Banksters by misleading &#8211; and flat-out lying &#8211; to investors before the onset of the meltdown that still conti9nues. What&#8217;s coming next? <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Rising debt, lowered credit ratings, and soaring interest rates&#8230; not to mention hyper-inflation <em>a la </em>Argentinian style</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Global Real Estate Disaster.</strong> The new Dubai Tower, the  world&#8217;s tallest building, is empty. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The U.S. commercial  real estate bubble is now $1.7 trillion</span>, a &#8220;ticking time bomb&#8221; that already accounts for  25% of bank balance sheets.</p>
<p><strong>Oil and the Population Explosion.</strong> The United Nations estimates the world  population exploding 50% &#8211; from 6 billion to 9 billion &#8211; by 2050. That&#8217;s <span style="text-decoration: underline;">three  billion more humans not just demanding more automobiles, but exhausting more  resources</span> to feed their version of the Detroit gas-guzzler&#8230; not to mention food needed to feed their own hungry mouths.</p>
<p><strong>Social Security Collapse.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">There are only two choices: Cut benefits or raise taxes</span>. Politicians hate  both, so they&#8217;ll do nothing. Delays worsen solutions. Without action, by  2035 Social Security and Medicare benefits will eat up the entire  federal budget other than defense.</p>
<p><strong>Medicare Collapse.</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">This failing social welfare program is going broke faster  than Social Security</span>.  In five years, cost estimates are expected to be over $60  trillion (more than double the 2009 expenditures).</p>
<p><strong>Health-care Insurance Scam.</strong> The payment burden is shifting to employee paycheck deductions faster than a speeding bullet. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The realistic costs of health care are rising much faster than inflation</span>.</p>
<p><strong>State and Local Government Deficits.</strong> With estimated deficits of $110 billion in 2010 (in reality, double this figure due to &#8220;creative accounting&#8221; techniques used by most government corporations), $178 billion in 2011 (again, a realistic and practical amount is double the &#8220;official&#8221; estimate), plus <span style="text-decoration: underline;">more  than $450 billion of currently under-funded / un-funded state and municipal employee pension  funds</span>. Just wait until April when we get a more accurate peak at the pension fund collapses.</p>
<p><strong>Under-funded Corporate Pensions.</strong> Corporate pension funds have quickly become technically bankrupt. They had a $60  billion surplus in 2007. In just two short years, that surplus became a $409 billion <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>deficit</em></span> in 2009. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">92% of corporate pension plans are now underfunded</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Consumer Debt.</strong> U.S. Citizens are still living  beyond their means. Even with a downturn, consumer debt rose from about  $2.3 to $2.5 trillion. Fat Cat Bankers love it &#8212; yes love making  matters worse by gouging cardholders and mortgagees, blocking help in  foreclosures and bankruptcies.</p>
<p><strong>Personal Savings.</strong> Before the 2008 meltdown, the  savings rate dropped from about 10% (in the early 1980&#8242;s) to <em>below</em> zero.  Now, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">the personal savings rate is steadily increasing</span>. This is slowing any hopes of a retail sales recovery. In contrast, Federal and State governments have become non-savers and are spending what they don&#8217;t have.</p>
<p><strong>Military Defense Deficits.</strong> The &#8220;official&#8221; costs of  the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are $200+ billion annually. In all reality, the figure is closer to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">$3 trillion when taking into consideration the massive long-term costs for veteran medical care,  equipment renewal, and recruitment</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Homeland Insecurity Fiasco. </strong>An outrageous cost for<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> alleged &#8220;security programs&#8221; against purported &#8220;terrorists&#8221;</span> at airports,  seaports, borders, chemical plants, refineries, etc.</p>
<p><strong>Fed/Treasury Bailout Lies.</strong> Tax credits, loans,  cash and the purchase of toxic assets (OTC derivatives) from Wall Street banksters and their corrupt banks. The cost (so far) to the U.S. Taxpayer is estimated at <span style="text-decoration: underline;"> $23.7 trillion</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Washington Bankster Power.</strong> Through  lobbyists and former employees working inside the DC corporation,  Paulson,  Goldman, Geithner, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, <em>ad nauseaum</em>, now have absolute power  over DC corporate-government spending. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">This is called corporate-socialism</span>. Let&#8217;s not forget the U.S. Supreme Court giving them the OK to fund their political puppets without monetary restriction.</p>
<p><strong>The Derivatives A-bomb.</strong> Wall  Street wants no regulation of this <span style="text-decoration: underline;">$670 trillion</span>, high-risk, Over-the-counter (unregulated), out-of-control gambling casino operation. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Unregulated OTC derivatives destroyed  global economies in 2008-09 and will collapse them by 2012</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Dysfunctional Two-Party Politics.</strong> This is the greatest confidence game ever created. Daily, both Republicans and Democrats outwardly demonstrate <span style="text-decoration: underline;">absolutely no desire to cooperate with each other for the benefit of those who voted them into office</span>. Their only goal is to keep making Americans believe that they&#8217;re really not sleeping with each other.</p>
<p><strong>WTSHTF &#8220;Tea Party&#8221; Escalations.</strong> These days, nobody  trusts anyone who has any authority&#8230; and for good reason. For Wall Street and DC (two birds from the same nest), doing what&#8217;s right and moral for the American people is just empty political rhetoric. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The sleeping sheeple have noticed are are beginning to wipe their eyes, which is why the peaceful tea parties may end up yielding to angry crowds who have no more patience</span>.</p>
<p><strong>Food Shortage Reality. </strong>Has anyone bothered to look at the actual food production figures? Are the silos full, half full, or nearly empty? Extreme weather has wiped out crops in all 50 States to the point that silos are half full for winter and spring food needs. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">There will be more demand than supply simply because crop production was less than what&#8217;s needed to break even</span>.<strong><br />
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		<title>The Vast Frontiers of Our Destinies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone can Achieve Unlimited Heights And who we are is Surely Pre-determined. But the Narrow Path we Follow Is Always of our Own Choosing. We can Never Allow our own Fears, Or the Expectations of Others, To Dictate the Vast Frontiers of Our Destinies. My Destiny Cannot be Changed, And Neither Can Yours, But all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Everyone can Achieve Unlimited Heights</strong></p>
<p><strong>And who we are is Surely Pre-determined.</strong></p>
<p><strong>But the Narrow Path we Follow</strong></p>
<p><strong>Is Always of our Own Choosing.</strong></p>
<p><strong>We can Never Allow our own Fears,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Or the Expectations of Others,</strong></p>
<p><strong>To Dictate the Vast Frontiers of Our Destinies.</strong></p>
<p><strong>My Destiny Cannot be Changed,</strong></p>
<p><strong>And Neither Can Yours,</strong></p>
<p><strong>But all Destinies Must be Challenged.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Each and Every Man &amp; Woman is Born of Many,</strong></p>
<p><strong>And Each dies as a Single&#8230; but Never Alone.</strong></p>
<p><strong>To my Fellow Veterans, both Here and There&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>May Peace and Joy Overcome us All,</strong></p>
<p><strong>And may Light fill our Wounded Hearts.</strong></p>
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