Equality finally begins to understand the way his society works after his invention of electricity was threatened to be destroyed. Equality was never the guy to always follow the rules of his society but he really didn’t think his invention of electricity would be as big of a deal as it was. In fact he was more thinking upon the lines that the scholars would go with it due to its extreme power and how it could work to the advantage of the people. He found out the reason for which the frog’s leg started to jerk after he cut into it with a knife. His specific find was that “The frog had been hanging on a wire of copper; and it had been the metal of our knife which had sent a strange power (electricity) to the copper through the brine of the frog’s body.” Knowing the way that his invention was created helps to reform his view of his society in a negative way.

Equality thinks that his society is more focused on keeping technological advancements to a minimum so there is a very limited possibility that people will form feelings and opinions. Equality feels like people need their own opinions and own abilities to do as they please bypassing the whole set of laws that the council has set for them. The way he can see that the scholars are somewhat brainwashed by the council is by the way they are responding to his invention proposal. They are saying things like “What is not thought by all men cannot be true” and “What is not done collectively cannot be good”. These comments show that the society, in which Equality lives in, is not made for the thoughts of a single person but for the thoughts of all people collectively. They point out the want for a “We” nation instead of a multitude of “I’s.” This can cause many problems within a society due to the fact nobody has the ability to think for themselves and not for all. This all explains what he thinks of his society before his invention was threatened.

After Equality submits his invention to the scholars who were the people he felt like would help him perfect this for the better good of all mankind. He was stunned when he heard such responses as “If this should lighten the toil of men, then it is a great evil, for men have no cause to exist save in toiling for other men”. Other things that began to form his greater understanding of how his society works were when the whole table of scholars conjoined in saying “It must be destroyed!” This just puts the icing on the cake for his displeasure of the world he lives in. This proves to be his turning point in the story because he becomes so passionate about his personal ideas and feelings. He also seems to care more about making the society into something he feels is right and best for everybody most of his attention goes to a girl he met at the “Palace of Mating” the name he gave her is “The Golden One” due to how he feels about her. From now to the end of the book becomes his plan to reform and fix the government so it works for the best of the people not the other way around.

In conclusion, we can see that equality himself felt the government should try to help and work upon the matter of personal feelings and personal needs. The overlook of Equality’s society would work on these ideas “For the Freedom of man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.” The society he wants shows that he is for individual happiness for everybody because he sees that people need and deserve it.

The way Equality feels about his society is that they are more focused on keeping technological advancements to a minimum so there is limited possibilities that the people will form feeling and opinions.

Equality thinks that his society is more focused on keeping technological advancements to a minimum so there is a very limited possibility that people will form feelings and opinions.

I look at older married couples and wonder how did they stay together for 20,30+ years. It seems so rare to see a couple last longer than a year or so. Which brings me to my first question…Why has chivalry died? Is it because marriage is not viewed and honored sacritly by most? Maybe it’s because single mothers have become the head of household? Have we forgotten how we all entered this world? Woman are designed and built to carry life and to endure pain to find paradise. The pains of labor is awful,yet most woman feel a bond of unconditional love at the same time.

In today’s society all relationships are not made up of man/woman,some are man/man or woman/woman.In my mind that doesn’t really matter, there’s still usaually a dominant spouse in each equation. In my younger years I would watch these princess movies, and like most children I wanted my very own knight in armor. It may have taken me a decade or two but I learned I’m no princess..and no one was coming to sweep me off my feet. That was when I had a life change and went from a dreamy little girl to a self proclaimed business woman.

Doing things on my own was so fulfilling and reassring for me…I forgot about my knight. Once I accomplished my goal of becoming independent I starting feeling lonely. When your stable and looking for love you may find more than what you bargained for.When I dated someone who was my financial equal,we didn’t seem to have anything in common but capitol.I watch so many celebs.. marry for money and then I watch them divorce for infidelities. They cheat because they were never in love,they were in an arrangement. Which to me is just painting the wrong picture of love for the youth and a mockery of family values. The lessoned I learned then was that money really can’t buy you love.

With my new lesson in mind I started opening myself of to ppl who seemed to have some of the same interest as I do. I thought if I had a mate that shared my pleasurable past-times,I would feel completed. The relationship started out great..until I started to notice that my partner had champagne taste…with beer money. There was also the issue with changing all of my shopping habits and the self splurging I had become accustomed to. It really made me feel guilty when I bought myself exspensive gifts, only because I knew he wanted to do those things for me. In my defense I would wait for months while he tried to save his money to buy a item for me that I could have purchased six times over.Eventually I started to feel like his loan shark and he felt co-depenant. The relationship ened horribly and I felt awful.Was my ego the biggest issue in our downfall or was it his pride?

Now I am in limbo..asking myself what ever happened to 50/50? If one party carries the bulk of a load it’s not a partnership. Couples are suppose to complete eachother. This is why I believe everyone has a soulmate/twin flame, finding them is the problem.In ancient times ppl believed that most soulmates don’t even walk the earth at the same time. Very few of us have met our equal and if you have,treasure them always. Not much in life is fare,yet I still feel some things should atleat be made equal. We fought for civil rights,womans’ rights, and many other issues. It is time to fight again…this time fight for your families,your children, equality, and most of all LOVE.With out love we are doomed as a whole, without family values are children and the next generation are oblivious to what love is. How do you know if what you feel is a healthy love if you have never been exposed to it? It’s like being a jack of all trades : yet a master at none

Who am I? I’ll tell u who I am, I’m that guy who came from a community that was filled with crime… a community that OTHERS looked down upon.  A community that was afraid to reach for their goals because others had denied them and ridiculed them! But you see, I wasn’t afraid… I was man enough to brush off the ridicule and continue my struggle to achieve my goals. I’m the man who became a published author to the dismay of many! Every obstacle that was put in my way, I quickly overcame! I’m that guy who paved the way for others in my community to stand tall and embrace their goals! I’m that guy who paved the way for future authors and writers to emerge from our society and prove to the world, that Alicians are just as great as anyone else! I am the founder and creator of the Vanity Nationalist Party and founder of Vanity Nationalism! I am that guy who will bring upon a united community and continue to fight to make our community a more respected, highly looked upon and prosperous city! Together we can all take a stand and unite as one… and wipe away the sins currently plaguing our community! I was brave enough to follow my dreams… and my goals… And now… I ask each and every single one of you people here in attendance to follow your dreams as well! Stand beside me… and help me prove to the world… that our city is a great city!! Embrace the Vanity Nationalist Party for a better future for all! Vanity Nationalism is the future… and it will continue to build for our future!

Who am I? I am the author of “The Spellbound Heart” and Leader and Speaker of the House of Vanity Shades~ Oscar Trejo Jr!

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So my question to you is, how can America truly be the land of opportunity and equality if people are still discriminating on the basis of color. The only difference between this case and prior ones is that the white man is being attacked instead of the other way around.

For the last twenty years there seems to have been a phenomenon of people “Coming out” and revealing their homosexuality – Why?

Surely a person’s private life is just that, private.

I have never understood the need to make it known ones sexuality. As a straight bloke, I don’t need to express my sexuality or for that matter care what other people believe my sexuality to be. It is not important is it?

Gay and lesbians will do say it is to express themselves or be true to themselves. Maybe it is because I live in the UK, but nobody really cares what you are as long as you don’t meddle with kids or are French.

Also is there a real need to “Come Out”? If a Gay man or a Lesbian reveals to their friends or parents of their sexuality don’t said friends and parent already know? After spending a lifetime with your parents, won’t they already know and more importantly do they care?

It is a myth that revealing your sexuality is empowering…. I hate that word. A myth that is cultivated by the Gay and Lesbian rights movement. The Gay and Lesbian rights movement is its own biggest enemy in attaining full and equal rights.

When promoting “Brand Gay” the Gay rights movement has made the classic mistake of the using the sex sells approach rather than the we are all equal message. This is evident from the view of the religious groups in their condemnation of homosexuality. If the message of we are all equal had been more promoted, then the church would have very little ammunition to use against Gay and Lesbian people and their lifestyle. But equality isn’t attention grabbing is it?

The majority of people couldn’t care less with regard to sexuality – I don’t. Maybe when the ones who run the Gay rights and the Church realise this they will shut up and let the world just get on with it

Taking a look back, I wonder if it has all been worth it.  Has it been worth being out there away from home, family and our personal obligations?  What have we gained by the action we have taken?  Is our government really listening to the voice of the “people,” we the people that make up the voting populous of America and in other places around the world who are also protesting the economic and social conditions found in today’s society?  It is a question we will not have a real answer to until some future date.  Despite our outcries, we still have to sit and wait and watch.

The Occupy protest began  as a protest movement by the general populous called the 99% as a protest against the high unemployment and the greed, corruption and the undue influences of large corporations on our government and the social and economic inequality in the United States between the wealthiest 1% of the U.S. population and the other 99% being pushed down and smothered by these powers and their influences on our governing bodies establishing an unfair global economy that is literally foreclosing on our future as businesses downsize and have major layoffs because they can’t afford to keep everyone employed or they are forced into bankruptcy and close their doors.  The general public loses their income and in the process their homes and livelihood while taxes, medical expenses, insurance, the cost of food and basic necessities have doubled and are crushing the life right out of the 99% represented in these protest movements that began on September 17, 2011 at Liberty Square in New York City’s Wall Street financial district and fanned protest all across the United States and around the world as the populous of nations banned together in protest against corrosive leadership in both government and big business. 

The economic and social conditions need to be re-evaluated to reflect equality for all 100% not just the elite few and not allow our rights to become tarnished or infringed upon by others through unfair laws, regulations and business practices.  No one is or was asking for a handout; just a hand up out of the mess the 1% has made and we allowed to happen by not speaking up sooner.  These protesters were asking the 1% to play fair and do their share.  The majority of Americans are willing to work for a living, pay their fair share of taxes to keep our Nation strong and running but things have got so far out of balance the “people” (that 99%) finally have had to say enough. 

We need to re-evaluate and repair the condition our condition is in and do it in a way that is fair to everyone.  You cannot get out of debt by borrowing more money or foreclosing on the 99% who are trying to do their fair share.  We can’t keep our own Nation strong and competitive when we give it away to other Nations or we become an aristocracy or socialist republic.  History has already proven that over and over again.  The only thing that works is when people pull together as a united front and do not succumb to the dictations of one or the few.    

We all want change and we all have our personal and community reasons for desiring change but change only comes if we make it happen and to make it happen we have to begin on a personal level.  The change has to begin at home and with each of us personally.  We need to ask our self what we can do to make things better for our self.  What can I personally do, change about my own circumstances that will in some way improve the situation I am in. 

Life isn’t always fair or easy.  There will always be someone who has more.  There will always be those who others consider to be poor.  There will always be those who will cheat and lie and scam and con to get what they want to fill their own pocket of greed.  There will always be users and abusers and some will actually get away with it for a time.

From Occupy Wall Street to all the other such places including Washington DC the voice of the people has spoken.  They original intent was good and meaningful but as I have looked back I think the whole Occupy thing got out of hand and not everybody was there for the right reasons.  Too many got caught up in the excitement, came for all the wrong reasons and crimes were committed on both sides and the whole thing seemed to go a little crazy. 

Instead of forming a truly united front, too many personal agendas, gripes and disagreements came to the surface and it has all ended with too much shouting and too many loud and angry voices screaming for their “rights” so that even if some who could make a real difference, were trying to listen, they couldn’t hear the words above the roar.  

On the surface it seems that all it has really amounted to is a lot more “sensationalism” in the news headlines with little to no real accomplishments achieved.  We are left right where we were when it all began, to sit and watch and wait to see what our government will really do.  Maybe some heard.  Maybe they can convince others to see the error of our way.  Time will tell.  For now we wait, we hope and we can all begin to make the changes this Country needs by beginning with our self and better governing our own personal behavior, and our attitude toward others.  

Mirrors are designed to show what comes in front of them, as they are, unless they are made to be a concave or convex mirror to get the desired images. By being selfless and speaking from heart, one would gain lots of respect from others.

2. No Hidden Intentions:

Most people speak what they think others want to listen from them and do not speak what is there in their minds, thereby hiding their true intentions. While it is okay for some professions such as customer care, where one has to conceal their sadness and come out with a smile while serving, it is not good when the intentions that are pushed under the rugs are malicious.

3. Reflect Life:

Mirrors reflect what life offers to them, which could be anything from dirt that settles on them to the huge buildings and trees that are in front of them. However, they do not analyze what the contents are, which is good in terms of going to meet a person or a new arena with an open mind which does not carry any prejudice.

4. Self-Defects:

The person who has a cracked mirror would know that they would not get a proper image out of it. While they realize that it is the mirror’s fault and not the image’s, it is necessary to understand that most of our perceptions are a result of our preconceived notions and not what others do! How can a person be calm if being scolded for coming late by the boss and yell back if their spouse tells them that they are late!

5. Never Carry Junk:

The mirrors show the images of the objects, until they are in front of them. Once the object goes out of sight, the mirror would focus on reflecting the next object. Similarly, the persons should focus on the current affairs and should never carry their pains or agonies from their dark past.

6. Move On:

Once the objects moves out of the line of sight of the mirror, the mirror is busy in reflecting the next scene. Similarly, it is necessary that the person moves on in their lives, without worrying about the past or future!

7. Everybody’s Welcome:

Only a very few objects and persons are able to be warm to everyone and comfortable with everybody without any partiality and mirrors would top that list. While it is important to reflect to others’ thoughts, one has to be nice and wise in putting across their opinions.

8. Background is Important:

Without the mercury surface on the backside of the mirror, the reflections would not be possible. Therefore, even though one races into the future, it is necessary to respect their roots, be it mother tongue, nationality or even their faith systems. It is good to appreciate other elements in society without putting down their own!

9. Shatter, Still Perform:

Break a mirror into 100 tiny pieces and each one would reflect what they can. Similarly, life may come hard into us, but it is crucial to make sure to do what it takes and go that extra mile to help others.

10. Sand Grains to Smooth Glass:

Walk on the beach with bare feed and the grains of sand would cause itching and are very coarse. They even enter into the toe nails to cause irritation to septic infections. However, with the right processes, the same sand grains would become smooth glass materials and therefore it is necessary that the person is flexible to undergo through the tough times of life, with the belief that they are meant to make their life shining and smooth in future.

With some lessons learnt and many more that are hidden under the surface of the mirrors, one can have better quality of life.

            When our country was first founded it was built on the principle and idea of freedom. The government was built “by the people and for the people.” Our idea was a simple one. Our idea was that the government was going to do what was best for the country and its people, but now a days this is not true. The system is failing and we are being misguided.

            I have not seen or heard any news about this and I am curious as to why. It is a huge violation of the U.S.A’s idea. In these modern times the congress, the president, and the media are all about money. There is not a single congress man or woman that went in an average citizen and has come out the same. They are not doing whatever they can for the people. They are doing everything they can to make their specific political party stronger.

            The people are doing it too. No one considers another parties ideas because they want one side to be stronger than the other. For this reason not only has the government failed but the citizens have too. People are no longer voting for a candidate because they agree with what they stand for. People are now voting for their favorite candidate because they are in the same group. This is the ignorance that has led our country into a hole.

            No one is doing anything for the right reasons. Election times are consumed with the powerful people on one party “teaming up” with with their competition. There is a huge and constant battle. Democrats vs. Republicans and they are fighting for power over one and other, and paying no attention to us. The workforce, the backbone, the people.

We need to act. We need to get attention from the political parties and tell them to pay attention to what we want them to do. Not what is best for the party but what is best for the people. We need to do research on who we will be voting for and make educated decision. We need to change our selves and not let anyone do it for us. It is the peoples problem and the people need to fix it. You can’t expect people to work for you well without you putting a little work in yourself.

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            This is the one and only way to get the U.S back on track. We need to take control and not let anyone do things for us. I’m sure that you have stood around and dusscused your political views with a few of your buddies. So why not take that to a larger scale.Everyone needs to become educated and responsible citizens. We can’t just lay around and expect things to change around us when we are unwilling to change ourselves. Our government was started by the people and it should stay that way.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 

These words held out a moral imperative for the nation: to end legalized segregation, to offer equal opportunity for all Americans and to eradicate racial prejudice in America and around the globe forever. America has come a long way since the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. It took his untimely and tragic death by assassination to bring many of the legislative changes into reality, and the moral compass of our nation still points to ways that we must reduce prejudice, increase economic and social justice, and make our nation a beacon of hope for all humanity. Many observers around the world saw the election of Barack Obama, America’s first African-American president, as another step towards the fulfillment of King’s dream.

There are many phrases and passages of King’s seminal speech that we often don’t get to hear on the holiday created to remember and celebrate his legacy. These often-forgotten passages help give context to his words, and they help students of social and political history understand the progress America has made since the days of the civil rights marches that Dr. King organized and led.

King opened his speech with these words:

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation

 He was speaking 100 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, a document that began the march towards equality for African-Americans by setting free those slaves held in states in rebellion against the Union during the Civil War. He chose his setting well: he stood before the statue of “the Great Emancipator,” Abraham Lincoln, a symbol of freedom and equality for all.

King had critics in the African-American community who were calling for more direct, sometimes violent action to end segregation and discrimination. One of these critics was Malcolm X, who eventually reconciled with King before he himself was assassinated in 1965. Malcolm X and others felt that King was an advocate of “gradualism,” or a “go slow” approach to civil rights. King addressed his critics in both the black and white communities:

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy.

Above all, Dr. King was a Baptist minister who believed in the importance of peaceful, non-violent civil disobedience, modeled earlier in the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi in India, to test unjust laws and actions of the government. He admonished his followers to embrace their goals and their enemies with the love that Jesus Christ commanded and demonstrated in his own ministry. He was very direct in calling for African-Americans to release themselves from violence and hatred:

We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all White people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. 

Still, King had strong words for those forces in the South that held on to the old hatred and prejudices left over after the Civil War. In this passage, he calls out Alabama Governor George Wallace for “interposition,” placing himself in the doorway of the University of Alabama to prevent black students from entering, and “nullification,” a term that indicates Wallace was determined to “nullify,” or refuse to follow, federal laws calling for the integration of public schools and universities. King spoke,”

I have a dream today.  I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

There are many other fascinating and beautiful phrases in King’s speech that sound and read like some of the most beautiful poetry ever to appear in American oratorical history. His speech is still a model for the way America must face its own internal struggles. In fact, the words below appear on the new Martin Luther Ling, Jr. Memorial dedicated this past year on the National Mall in Washington, DC. King speaks to us today in saying,”

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. (Emphasis mine. These are the words that inspired the design of the King Memorial).

On this Martin Luther King Day, the nation can best remember his legacy by performing some act of service to the community. By reading or hearing the entire “I Have a Dream” speech, we can gain a better understanding of the challenges Dr. King faced, and through the years of history, he continues to communicate to us today how we can make our nation and our world a more loving place to live.

The entire “I Have a Dream” Speech is available on Youtube.com at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8AxgXxmgFM

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While I have found my trip to LA to be great the one thing I did notice was the vast amount of homeless on the street. Talking with our unofficial tour guide I found that he used to care for a man who lost both of his legs in Korea. It saddens me to know that this man put his life on the line and lost both legs, yet was left to fend for himself here in the country he was defending.

I have done some research, because I have even notice myself that a great number of homeless people are veterans, I have discovered that this is very true. The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans say that “VA estimates that 107,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. Over the course of a year, approximately twice that many experience homelessness. Only eight percent of the general population can claim veteran status, but nearly one-fifth of the homeless population are veterans.” They also say, “The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) states the nation’s homeless veterans are predominantly male, with roughly five percent being female. The majority of them are single; come from urban areas; and suffer from mental illness, alcohol and/or substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders. About one-third of the adult homeless population are veterans.About 1.5 million other veterans, meanwhile, are considered at risk of homelessness due to poverty, lack of support networks, and dismal living conditions in overcrowded or substandard housing.” (1)

Also I read from USA Today that, “Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11% of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday. And homelessness is not just a problem among middle-age and elderly veterans. Younger veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into shelters and soup kitchens seeking services, treatment or help with finding a job.The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 1,500 homeless veterans from the current wars and says 400 of them have participated in its programs specifically targeting homelessness.The National Alliance to End Homelessness, a public education non-profit, based the findings of its report on numbers from Veterans Affairs and the Census Bureau. 2005 data estimated that 194,254 homeless people out of 744,313 on any given night were veterans.In comparison, the VA says that 20 years ago, the estimated number of veterans who were homeless on any given night was 250,000.” (2)

Last the National Coalition the Homeless even has input on this subject saying that, “Far too many veterans are homeless in America—between 130,000 and 200,000 on any given night—representing between one fourth and one-fifth of all homeless people. Three times that many veterans are struggling with excessive rent burdens and thus at increased risk of homelessness.
Further, there is concern about the future. Women veterans and those with disabilities including post traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury are more likely to become homeless, and a higher percentage of veterans returning from the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have these characteristics.The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 131,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. And approximately twice that many experience homelessness over the course of a year. Conservatively, one out of every three homeless men who is sleeping in a doorway, alley or box in our cities and rural communities has put on a uniform and served this country.” (3)

So now I find myself asking, why is it that so many men and women who served our country so bravely laying in the streets. Chances are that just about everyone knows someone who has served in the arm forces, or is currently serving. These people are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents as well, and chances are that one of these people you know will be homeless sleeping in a box on the street. They are not only are family and friends, but the protectors and defenders to everything we hold dear, SO why are we letting this tragedy happen right before our very eyes? We walk right past someone almost everyday who has put their life on the line for our country, and most act as though they are not even there.

I feel we should all ask our selves where would this country be if these men and women didn’t put their life on the line for our freedom. And I find myself to a very simple answer, “What freedom?” because without these veterans risking everything we would not have freedom. So maybe we should consider this the next time we pass one of them laying on the street homeless. Maybe we should start to do more to help them, because without them we might not even be here. And if we do not start to help them that will be our fate as a country, and then what will the real tragedy be then?

(1) National Coalition for Homeless Veterans http://www.nchv.org/background.cfm

(2) USA Today “Veterans make up 1 in 4 homeless” http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-07-homeless-veterans_N.htm

(3) National Coalition for the Homeless “Homeless Veterans” http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/veterans.html