Last Thursday, on November 15, Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. I must say, my first thought was, isn’t this over and done with? How many other names have surfaced and faded since the BALCO fiasco?

Now Bonds could go to prison facing five years for perjury and ten years for obstruction of justice.  This indictment follows a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes. The same doggone day Barry was indicted, Greg Anderson, his personal trainer, was ordered released after spending most of the past year in prison for refusing to testify against his longtime friend.

In Washington, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said, "the president is very disappointed to hear this. As this case is now in the criminal justice system, we will refrain from any further specific comments about it. But clearly this is a sad day for baseball."

WOW! A White House spokesman feels the Barry Bonds BALCO fiasco is important enough to comment on! This is really amazing, given all the important issues facing the U.S. and world today, that a Whitehouse official would find the time to comment about Barry.

I truly believe that the one thing BIG Brother wants is an unconscious, thoughtless, uninformed public. They (the media) seem to have an agenda to keep us distracted by irrelevant news, divided by racial issues and confused by religious inconsistencies that never provide us with an example needed to unite people of diverse backgrounds.

If we as people stay dazed by irrelevant news, like Barry Bonds or Paris Hilton, divided by racially biased media reporting that creates fear and anger and results in division, we will never see the real issues and enemies facing our country. The powerful elite, which is bipartisan, oppresses regardless of race. Its one goal is to keep the masses preoccupied with nonsense while more civil liberties are taken and more power is assumed by the elite.

Barry Bonds is irrelevant, and I am sure the Justice Department feels the same way. But nevertheless they decided to use your taxpayer money to bring down one individual who incites the right negative emotions (anger, jealousy, resentment) after four years of investigations. Basically, Barry’s the perfect distraction.

We, the people, have a few Issues affecting our country that need to be addressed. So since a White House spokesman found it so important to make a statement about Barry, I figured we, the people, should come up with a few questions and/or statements of our own.

Iraq War: Over three trillion dollars is missing from the U.S. budget, all as a result of the D.O.D. (Department of Defense). How many people could we educate and motivate with that chump change? Is the media willing to do its job and hold our officials and representatives accountable? And let’s talk about the 80 percent Army desertion increase since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. Is the media willing to ask the government to address the growing sentiment against the war by our own troops? Whether you’re for or against the war, these questions need to be answered.

Blackwater Worldwide – The definition of a mercenary is a person or party who takes part in an armed conflict (war) for the desire of private gain, be it monetarily, politically or otherwise. Backwater Worldwide is a private military firm formed by former Navy Seal, Erik Prince, that has close to 40,000 privately trained mercenaries, some U.S. citizens and others foreign nationals, at its disposal. Blackwater Worldwide is under contract right now with the U.S. Department of Defense. Blackwater has recently come under investigation by the FBI for smuggling weapons into Iraq and firing on unarmed Iraqi civilians. An anonymous U.S. military official was quoted as saying that Blackwater's guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force. The U.S. D.O.D. has paid some fifteen billion dollars to companies such as these. This is big business. Will the media do its job as the constitution instructs us to and ask the questions that need to be asked? We, the people, want to know.

North American Union – This is a plan that will ultimately undermine the U.S. constitution and our civil liberties. Basically, this includes uniting Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to what would be called the North American Union. This includes a highway from Mexico through Texas to Canada, one currency, and modern day slavery – just say CHEAP LABOR, which is the Mexican people. Lou Dobbs of CNN is the only mainstream media person that seems to be concerned. Oh, and one last thing, the removal of our Constitution, which is what makes America the land of opportunity. Will the media do its job? We, the people, want to know.

Katrina Survivors – Still a mess… need I say more? Who will be the voice? We, the people, need a voice.

These are just a few issues I know of that our more important than Mr. Bonds, who I seem to grow more impatient with as he is just one of the many media topics they use to keep us distracted and uniformed.

Regardless of our background, we must come together in love to save the impoverished, cultivate the youth and fight against the evil that seeks to destroy us. 

“The only thing necessary for the triumph [of evil] is for good men to do nothing” – Anonymous

Until next time, don’t stop the swagger!