Manipulating Science -

Commentators way wiser than I are proclaiming the slight decrease in the unemployment rate signals a turn-around for the American economy. Let me state my less wise view:

In the Midst of President Obama being scolded by his disillusioned supporters and cajoled by the faithful ones, he is appointing more and more czars and seems to be feeding a system that would eventually make his job even less capable of making any change.

I've included this Congressional testimony from 2009. The pointy hat is just symbolic of central planning, bureaucratic pencil pushers...

• Constitutional
• Societal

The first attempt at change and transparency was flight data...

ACLU Report Hails Michigan As Model For Reducing Prison Populations -

Lowering Incarceration Rates Makes Fiscal Sense Without Jeopardizing Public Safety

Although...

this may seem mean spirited, it is not intended to be. My intention with this illustration is to put a mirror on humanity. While the controversy of Helen Keller being played by a sighted and hearing actress on Broadway was discussed in the news, for some reason, I pondered the shape of the music industry and how the pirating of digital media has affected it's stability.

and One View of a Wall

"My daughter's hamster (a pet white mouse) has food, water, shelter and even medical care, and a cage full of fun curly tubes. The hamster responds by constantly trying to chew his way to freedom. I think we all understand what freedom is, and it is not a gilded cage."

The above is from the posted article which is one view. The sometimes grinding Treadmiil we call life can create confining prisons on both sides of the ideological wall especially when it isn't greased properly.

Over the years the War on Drugs has had it's share of collateral damage...

in terms of life, liberty and loss and in it's wake many debates have ensued, yet none have been successful in stopping it from being waged. Many tax dollars have been funneled and it has affected personal and states rights along with foreign affairs with friendly and not so friendly countries.