The Cry Of The Have-nots Has Never

If You Push A Negative Hard Enough, It Will Push Through And Become A Positive.

We Must Face The Bitter Fact That We Have Forsaken Our Great Dream Of A Life Of, For, And By The People; That The Burning Passions And Ideals Of The American Dream Lie Congealed By Cold Cynicism. Great Parts Of The Masses Of Our People No Longer Believe That They Have A Voice Or A Hand In Shaping The Destiny Of This Nation. They Have Not Forsaken Democracy Because Of Any Desire Or Positive Action Of Their Own; They Have Been Driven Down Into The Depths Of A Great Despair Born Of Frustration, Hopelessness, And Apathy. A Democracy Lacking In Popular Participation Dies Of Paralysis.

Lest We Forget At Least An Over The Shoulder Acknowledgment To The Very First Radical: From All Our Legends, Mythology And History (and Who Is To Know Where Mythology Leaves Off And History Begins - Or Which Is Which), The Very First Radical Known To Man Who Rebelled Against The Establishment And Did It So Effectively That He At Least Won His Own Kingdom - Lucifer.

Curiosity And Irreverence Go Together. Curiosity Cannot Exist Without The Other. Curiosity Asks, "is This True?" "just Because This Has Always Been The Way, Is The Best Or Right Way Of Life, The Best Or Right Religion, Political Or Economic Value, Morality?" To The Questioner, Nothing Is Sacred. He Detests Dogma, Defies Any Finite Definition Of Morality, Rebels Against Any Repression Of A Free, Open Search Of Ideas No Matter Where They May Lead. He Is Challenging, Insulting, Agitating, Discrediting. He Stirs Unrest.

Life Is An Adventure Of Passion, Risk, Danger, Laughter, Beauty, Love; A Burning Curiosity To Go With The Action To See What It Is All About, To Go Search For A Pattern Of Meaning, To Burn One's Bridges Because You're Never Going To Go Back Anyway, And To Live To The End.