Somewhere... Over the Rainbow!

Welcome back, friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers. Let's jump right into this short blog about rainbows.

 

As a younger man, my parents would take me on road trips across the country and I have been to Mexico, Canada, and nearly all of the 48 continental United States. Today I am here to say, sadly, that the end of the rainbow does NOT end in a pot of gold, but a mobile home park. 

Now I can imagine some of my readers thinking this is quite preposterous and that I've gone and done it: I've gone buck-nutty, totally bonkers, mad as a hatter. This may be true, but let's not focus on that for the moment.

Clear as day I can remember being a young man on vacation seeing many rainbows at various times and I do not believe that ALL rainbows end in the same spot, especially considering it is a playful trick on the light spectrum from the moisture in the air after or during a rain storm... however, for my story, it DID in fact land in a mobile home park as my brother and I discovered as young men. It started out like any other ordinary family vacation day. Nothing really of consequence besides and early afternoon rain shower. And then it happened. From the once cloudy sky emerged a glorious rainbow in it's full majesty and color spectrum. If you don't remember first grade, I'm gonna tell you the spectrum again:Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet or roygbiv. 

At the time we were camping at the KOA campgrounds, which YES, were attached to a mobile home/RV park. My brother and I ventured out into the day to discover that the rainbow did indeed have an end to all it's glory. I saw with mine very own eyes that the rainbow dead-ended at the top of a trailer house. The occupants were simple, blessed people even though they may not have known it at the time. Some people in society may think that the people must be poor, lazy, or somehow otherwise socially unacceptable because of the owners living in that trailer park... but that day, the heavens were shining down upon them. 

Why did I bring this up? Only to illustrate one point. The measure of a person is not by his/her social status. Happiness is not one of materialism and selfishness... and even the most monetarily poor person could be the richest man in Babylon among us. One man's trash is another's treasure. One man's hell is another man's heaven. One man's nightmare is another man's dream. Life is ALL about perspective. For WHATEVER reason, the light shone upon that man that day... perhaps the light will shine on YOU another day. The rainbow doesn't have to end in a pot of gold because inside us all is the ONLY true value in the universe: the soul, greater than ALL the riches of the misers of men, greater than all the gold, silver and gemstones, which are mere trinkets compared to the vast richness of the enduring flame of the soul, the TRUE fifth element.

Ladies and gentlemen, this has been your blog host, the Quiet Mouse.

Peace. Love. Happiness. Truth. Compassion. Wisdom. LIFE.

I would love for the rainbow to end at In-N-Out burger joint!

Merry... Day-After Christmas!!

Namaste and welcome back my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another exciting edition of Quiet Mouse Strikes Back!

 

So as you all know yesterday was the amalgamated tradition/holiday known as Christmas, rampant with gluttony, overspending, fatigue, and mainstream mindless zombie consumerism. Something tells me that Pepto and Tums are doing GREAT business this time of year... just a thought...

Basically my thoughts on the day after Christmas pretty much go like this: today seems to me almost as bad as "black Friday" where the malls and shopping stores are SUPER BUSY with after-holiday sale sale sale, but NOT for the exact reason the retailers would like it to be. Nope, most of the people are there doing one of two things... either returning items that were bought frivolously without much forethought of the recipient (so the person can exchange it for what they REALLY wanted) OR people are out spending their gift certificates and gift cards like it's burning an angry hole in his/her pocket. This leads me to the inevitable question of gifts and re-gifting... WHY oh WHY do we end up the holiday with so much junk? Why do we insist on having relatives who we barely see and who hardly know us buy us crap we don't want or don't really need? Now don't get me wrong, I, like most people DO enjoy receiving gifts, although I DO prefer something more practical than something that is wasteful or unnecessary. For example, I LOVE to cook, so my girlfriend bought me a VERY nice stainless steel Calphalon cooking pan... very shibby!! I will use this very often and am planning on making her some great meals with this. The point that I'm trying to make is that it was a well thought out gift from someone who actually took the time to THINK about and CONSCIOUSLY decide what to get me rather than shopping on blind impulse or "price range", as if the holiday season were a contest to see who can get the BIGGEST, MOST-EXPENSIVE gifts... no, no, no, silly... The Christmas season is supposed to be about FAMILY, LOVE, and TOGETHERNESS... right??

In addition to what I've already written above, today is Monday :( and people end up having to go back to work possibly hung over from holiday spiked eggnog and the ever present alcohol gift exchanging, PLUS there is the tryptophan hang over from eating too much turkey and lapsing into the holiday dinner COMA. 

On another less happy note... my LEAST favorite part of the holiday is the Christmas tree. I truly DO understand the significance and importance of the holiday tradition surrounding this, I DO... however, WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO KILL A LIVING TREE??? EVERY SINGLE YEAR??? Now as the holiday season winds down to a close people are busy throwing out these trees like they are trash when we COULD have left them in the ground to battle against the carbon emissions that everyone seems so worried about!! Now our trees go to fill up the garbage can or create more work for the waste disposal people, ending up in a landfill rather than growing mature. I personally would love to see MORE trees left ALIVE and INTACT to add to the beauty of the natural landscape than to wind up on the curb to die. 

"Quiet Mouse you sound like one of those tree-hugging hippies right now!" The peanut gallery comments...

Maybe that's because I AM! Why is that comment always said like it's a bad thing? Is the option really as simple as being a mindless baffoon that doesn't care about plants and animals versus someone who actually DOES care about the environment? Well, for all the Christians and other religious fanatics out there... WHY DON'T YOU CARE? There is only 1 Earth. We ALL have to live here TOGETHER. We ALL have to SHARE the FINITE resources... and ME personally, I would rather live in a forest than a cesspool filled toxic waste dump full of timber cutting, strip mining, and pollution that the Republicans have planned for our natural wilderness areas. 

So... I'm sure I will go off on that again in another blog. I will lay that to rest for the moment. To end this blog I want to say that it IS important to reduce, re-use, and recycle, especially in this holiday season of waste. Recycle that holiday paper instead of throwing it in the trash. Compost your tree needles and use the wood for a fire to keep your family warm during the winter if NOTHING else. And remember... it does NOT take a holiday for you and I to be good to one another. We should be good to one another EVERY DAY, NOT just holidays. If you need a new year's resolution, perhaps it should be THAT! To be good to other human beings EVERY DAY; pay it forward and good karma will come back to you.

This has been the Quiet Mouse.

Peace. Love. Respect. Family. KARMA. 

White Kids Like to METH Around!!

Namaste and welcome back my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another edition of the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back!! I am your host and blog master, Quiet Mouse.

This isn't gonna be a huge blog but today I just want to talk about a social nuisance and health risk known as METH.

I can tell my readers from first hand experience the ills of doing this toilet chemical drug because I had an 18 month binge of this shit and eventually nailed that demon in a smoke proof coffin with my cigarette addiction. Now when I say addiction, I don't say it lightly. this shit is HIGH-ly addictive, VERY potent, and EXTREMELY dangerous. When people talk about DRUGS: I don't think of cannabis, hahahaha... I DON'T think of magic mushrooms... I think of heroin, crack, and METH.

Meth heads will steal from you, they will fight you, and they might even KILL you for the money, goods, or whatever it takes to get MORE meth from the DEALER (who is generally a pretty shady dude).

Meth WILL steal away your money, your friends, your family and loved ones, and pretty much your whole life in general.

"Well then Mouse, why do people use this foul shit?" I can hear you asking.

Thanks for the question :)

Honestly it DOES make you feel like Superman for a short period of time leaving the addict feeling INVINCIBLE and 10 feet tall. It makes your sex-drive go hyper-active, along with your over-stressed heart as well (which can seriously lead to FATAL heart attacks), and then there is the oh so attractive weight loss.

When I was doing this drug I lost about 30 pounds and looked like a sack of bones... NOT very attractive. 

Then on top of that there is the SCARS, woo hoo! Some TWEAKERS like to pick at their skin because of the hallucinations and paranoia that meth causes causing lesions OR some tweakers like to melt the meth down in a needle and shoot it into their arm intravenously leaving those oh so wonderful TRACK MARKS, yipee.

Of course I AM being sarcastic. There is NO redeeming quality for meth and I too have seen many people RUIN their lives on this bullshit, losing all their money, family, home, friends, and ending up being pimped out for a hit. Now a tweaker might think that this is a normal sort of thing, but the irrational change in mind of a meth head is pretty much par for the course. Paranioa is pretty common as the tweaker is peeking constantly out the curtains alerting conscious neighbors and friends that often get the police called and these lovely members of our society get to go to JAIL, NO PASS GO, NO $200, straight to prison. Plus, these assholes like to fuck it up for the rest of us too. Behind cigarettes (which tweakers will spend endless dollars to chain smoke while they are high), meth is one of the MOST ADDICTIVE drugs on the planet and it is VERY hard to quit. Quitting requires about 72 hours of HELL where your body rejects the sobriety and CRAVES the meth. Your blood itches and you can't scratch that out, no matter how hard you try. 

To ANYONE who desires to TRY this shit... if you love yourself, your friends, and/or your family... DON'T!!!

As I said before, there is NO redeeming qualities of this DRUG. Smoke a doobie and chill out or have a couple beers if you want a mood adjustment.

I am gonna end this blog with some disturbing picture so my readers can truly see the ills of this toilet chemical garbage and the damage and destruction it causes. This has been the Quiet Mouse.

Peace. Love. Respect. Truth.

Happy Holidays??

Namaste and welcome back my friends, this is the one and ONLY Quiet Mouse. Today I just want to share a quick thought and it basically goes like this:

       (that's what THEY want... NOT me!!)  

What kind of asshole company is gonna fire someone 6 days before Christmas? This happened to someone very close to me today and I feel a little irritated about it. I realize that in the grand scheme of things that it is probably for the best and it wouldn't have worked out long term anyway... BUT... to fire someone so close to Christmas is just RUDE and quite frankly a dick move.

This however only proves the point in my mind that people with money don't really care about the holidays when it is SUPPOSED to be a season of giving (NOT RECEIVING), family, community, and togetherness.

It's NOT supposed to be about the corporate world being run by scrupulous, vile little trolls we like to call BEAN COUNTERS that are so hell bent on PROFITS that they have completely FORGOTTEN about the humanity of the holiday season. I'm NOT even bringing Jesus into this argument for Christ's sake, especially since MANY of the wealthiest in this nation are ATHEIST... AND the Yule holiday was celebrated long before Jesus walked the Earth.

This is NOT a blog to hate on hallowed traditions and family celebrations... no, no, no... I only wanted to call out this corporation for being a douche. MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS DOUCHE-BAGS!!

For all those people who still have their jobs and income source: be thankful and count your blessings. Please try to keep the holiday about friends, family, and love rather than money, greed, and lies. 

If I get 0 presents under the tree, I will still be one of the most blessed people I know because I have unconditional love... YOU CANNOT BUY THAT AT WAL-MART or THE MALL!!

Ladies and gentlemen... This has been the Quiet Mouse. Thank you for your blog views, stay tuned for the up-and-coming 100th blog post in a couple days. Keep peace and love in your hearts this holiday season and remember: IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE!!

Peace. Love. Honesty. Respect. Hope. Change.

I Don't Want To Grow Up!

No I'm not a Toys R' Us kid. I'm a 32 year old white American man who is continually disgusted by the acts of people who call themselves adults.
I don't want to grow up if that means becoming a grouchy old war-mongering asshole!! FUCK THAT!!
I don't want to grow up if that means losing my open-mindedness, humanity, and love of the Earth to become a Republican!! FUCK THAT!!
I don't want to grow up if that means I have to work like a slave to some corporation that is hell bent on profits over people as they continue to CUT benefits, vacation days, and pay!! FUCK THAT!!
I don't want to grow up if that means I have to stop watching cartoons with my kids, or getting down on the floor and playing with action figures, Barbies, or LEGO'S! FUCK THAT!!
I don't want to grow up if that means I have to stop playing video games, especially the ones like Little Big Planet, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, Super Mario, and the Legend of Zelda! FUCK THAT!!!
I don't want to grow up if it means I have to take a shit ton of pills with side effects that are worse than the original malady! FUCK THAT!!
But I especially don't want to grow up if YOU think I should conform to an unrealistic expectation set up by the morality police who cannot even run their own lives but want to tell EVERYONE else how to live theirs! MAJORLY FUCK THAT!!
If growing up means losing EVERYTHING that once brought you happiness and joy as a young person, then there really is NO point to it all. Keeping traditions and ideas in your mind that at least remind you of your youth IS what keeps the soul young and immortal. It is only when we give up all these things that we begin to age and our bodies give way to disease, old age, and deterioration. I don't know about my readers but I plan to live forever. Even if THIS body gives way and nature WILL take it back eventually, but my SOUL will continue to live on. Until then I will continue to walk barefoot in the grass, play my games, watch my cartoons, crawl on my hands and knees, smoke my cannabis, use my God-given imagination, create worlds with my mind, and LOVE unconditionally with ALL my heart. You go ahead and "grow up" and ACT like an "adult"... whatever that means. You keep your noose of a neck-tie that shows your voluntary slavery to the system that HATES you and seeks to take AWAY your happiness.

Ladies and gentlemen... This IS the Quiet Mouse. Keep YOUTH alive. Keep LOVE alive. Keep FREEDOM alive. Let your inner light shine so brightly that NO ONE will EVER be able to extinguish your light!!! You may get older, but you DON'T have to grow up!!!
Peace. Love. Hope. Faith. Respect. 

Say It Aint So...

Hello and welcome back my friends and fellow knowledge seekers to my blog: the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. I am your blog host the one and only Quiet Mouse. 

thank you thank you thank you.

Let's jump right in and get started. I'm sure that you are quizzically looking at the title of the blog and wondering what kind of antics I am gonna rant and rave on today... well, here goes.

Today I want to basically joke about dudes again, cause let's be honest, we are and can indeed be very humorous to one another and indeed frustrating to the opposite gender, women.

So I just have to call it out like I see it... cause that's what I do. 

What is up with dudes who talk themselves OUT of getting some pussy???

I happen to know several dudes who are genuinely VERY nice guys, but they don't seem to be able to seal the deal when it comes to the end of the date night. 

So basically I have narrowed it down to two types of men that cannot seal this deal with women. But first I just want to say that with the arrogance and stupidity of some men (often over obsessed with violence and ignorant behavior), it is a wonder we have propagated as a species to this point. I mean seriously... 

Okay so the two types are this. 1) they talk too much  OR 2) they don't talk enough

Before I go into specifics, I want to say this about women... if a woman is unwilling to talk about herself, RUN!!! BE SCARED!! She is probably hiding some HUGE skeletons in her closet. Hey the same could be said about men too. Point being is that EVERYONE has some kind of demons in the past they would rather not talk about or outright forget. We all know this to be true, despite how we chose to deny or ignore the truth.

Now for these dudes who talk too much. Some are intelligent, articulate individuals.... but then again some are fucking idiots to be quite frank. If you either positively or negatively talk yourself OUT of getting some pussy... perhaps you should brush up on your communication techniques?

On the flip side of the coin of course are the people who don't talk enough or at all. They sit there like a zombie with rigor mortis petrified of the thought of getting some pussy OR they genuinely are so boring as a person that they truly do not have anything to say... or often when they DO say something it is generally inappropriate, crude, or vulgar.

NO ONE WANTS TO GO OUT WITH A TOTAL POTTY MOUTH!! I'd say pretty surely that is MOST men's problem: they feel the need to somehow "prove" their manhood, so they act like an ass, showing off their "brains" or other skills like the helicopter dick. 

And if your best moves are in the range of POINT AND THRUST... well then you are really fucked son.

"Well Quiet Mouse, what do you suggest then?" The peanut gallery asks.

Quite simply put, I think a lot of these issues could be solved with a couple quick solutions.

1) Hang your guns up at the door. Don't let past disappointments cloud your judgement. Each new person has a different personality and interests. ACT ACCORDINGLY!

2) Get over your EGO! Yes I said it and I'm gonna say it again... GET OVER YOUR EGO!! I don't care how big of a stud you THINK you are... that bullshit does NOT impress MOST women. It might have impressed your Jr. High or High School girl friend, but real WOMEN are NOT impressed by a dude acting like an egotistical douche. 

3) Take everything with a grain of salt. The woman sitting across from you is probably equally (if not more) obsessed and insecure with her looks, perfume, make-up, etc. The point is that confidence is sexy, your bathroom vending machine cologne that makes you smell like a Turkish outhouse is NOT sexy!!

4) Find commonality. If you have NOTHING in common with the other person... why are you trying to fuck them?? Sex is SO MUCH BETTER when you are with someone that you enjoy being around and DON'T have to get drunk or mickie with some date rape drug (unfortunately this STILL happens) and this brings me to another point.

5) There are SO MANY women out there in the world that if you CAN'T find someone to fuck you... DAMN you must be a LOSER. Sorry for being so blunt, but fellas, get some skills. Read a book or magazine. I know you think it is cliche cause it's a woman's magazine, but get a damn Cosmopolitan. There are all kinds of tips in there for BOTH men and women to have a better sex life TOGETHER.

Well, I don't think much else needs to be said. I'll just end this with a quote from the lovable Forrest Gump

"Stupid is as stupid does."

No wonder so many women are turning into lesbians... have you seen the low standards of these wanna-be chumps out there. Sad and pathetic. People just need to have higher standards for themselves in general. Show yourself some more respect or no one else will. I've said this before and I'm gonna say it again. If you treat yourself like a whore (men and women)... that is EXACTLY how you will be treated in return. And for the love of God... if you aren't planning on having kids: WEAR A CONDOM or 2 since some dudes just can't keep their dicks in the pants and just have to fuck someone they KNOW they will regret in the morning.

This has been the Quiet Mouse. Have some self respect, confidence, and respect for others as well. Men need women and women need men. So let's be good to one another please. Hang up the ego and drama from the past. Be the MAN today by actually LISTENING instead of running your head like you have diarrhea of the mouth, unconscious of your verbal idiocy.

Peace. Love. Truth. Respect. 

WE THE PEOPLE

Aloha and welcome back my friends and fellow  knowledge seekers, this is the Quiet Mouse.
Today I want to talk about a document known as the Constitution of the United States of America. I wrote about in my last blog how freedom is NOT freely given, how it must be fought to preserve.
Too many Americans are willing to not only lose their own rights but are in favor of us going halfway around the world to take away other's rights as well... ALL based on fear, deception, and lies. And for what do we get from the sacrifice of our freedoms? An oppressive government state of tyrannical policement, merciless civilian beat-downs, pepper spray to the face for peaceful protesting against these atrocities.
I won't say that it is the singular cause because I think GREED is really high up there too, but the Supreme court judges that were bought out and allowed law to be passed granting corporations the same rights as citizens, in my opinion, was the beginning of the end for this once great nation. But then again, it could be that the CIA has violently upheaved freely elected governments in foreign lands. It could be that the media is controlled and sponsored by this kleptocracy that we live in. It could be that every day more and more law abiding, tax-paying citizens are being called out and treated like "terrorists" for a growing list of impossible offenses like storing food pantries and farming their own food in gardens, collecting rain water, and believing in constitutional rights and collective bargaining.
For those who may just not know or for those who have forgotten, I am about to relay the important message of this nation's forefathers, but first I want to say one thing very clearly:
A corporation is NOT a person, should NOT have the same rights... however, since they DO want to be labeled as people, then I say this: our judicial system NEEDS to start putting these CEO's that have destroyed the economy and environment (companies like Halliburton and Monsanto) on DEATH ROW for their crimes. If a few corporate CEO's were given the DEATH PENALTY in Texas, I bet these crimes against the American people would slow down or STOP entirely. Corporations should NOT be allowed to shell out millions in campaign contributions, bribing and paying off politicians as "people" in order to get lax tax laws, legal loopholes, and outright preference to Washington D.C. whose officials have SWORN to uphold the Constitution FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, SO HELP THEM GOD!!!
For now, we are gonna leave religion out of this, since this is NOT a Christian nation, but rather a melting pot of various cultural ideas and traditions. Also, I want to point out that compared to the rest of the world, at our piss-ass 250-ish years as a nation, we are the BABY on the block and have absolutely ZERO business bullying smaller nations with a lower GDP around. Remember, please, that it is the DIVERSITY among us as humans that makes us STRONGER, NOT WEAKER...
Now on to the Constitution (which I am cutting and pasting onto my page from the official Library of Congress webpage):
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


I realize that this may be difficult for some to grasp, but it does NOT say anything about corporations in this preamble. I also realize that it doesn't say anything about slaves or women, who were both persecuted until much later on in our nation's history. Moving on...

Article. I.

Section. 1.

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section. 2.

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

Section. 3.

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.

Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.

No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.

The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.

Section. 4.

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.

Section. 5.

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.

Section. 6.

The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Section. 7.

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.

Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.

Section. 8.

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;

To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;

To establish Post Offices and post Roads;

To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;

To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;

To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;

To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

To provide and maintain a Navy;

To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;

To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And

To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Section. 9.

The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.

No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another; nor shall Vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay Duties in another.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

Section. 10.

No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.

No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Article. II.

Section. 1.

The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.

Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Section. 2.

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

Section. 3.

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.

Section. 4.

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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Article III.

Section. 1.

The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

Section. 2.

The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;-- between a State and Citizens of another State,--between Citizens of different States,--between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.

Section. 3.

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

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Article. IV.

Section. 1.

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Section. 2.

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

Section. 3.

New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

Section. 4.

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.

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Article. V.

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.

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Article. VI.

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

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Article. VII.

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

The Word, "the," being interlined between the seventh and eighth Lines of the first Page, the Word "Thirty" being partly written on an Erazure in the fifteenth Line of the first Page, The Words "is tried" being interlined between the thirty second and thirty third Lines of the first Page and the Word "the" being interlined between the forty third and forty fourth Lines of the second Page.

Attest William Jackson Secretary

done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,

G°. Washington
Presidt and deputy from Virginia

Delaware
Geo: Read
Gunning Bedford jun
John Dickinson
Richard Bassett
Jaco: Broom

Maryland
James McHenry
Dan of St Thos. Jenifer
Danl. Carroll

Virginia
John Blair
James Madison Jr.

North Carolina
Wm. Blount
Richd. Dobbs Spaight
Hu Williamson

South Carolina
J. Rutledge
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
Pierce Butler

Georgia
William Few
Abr Baldwin

New Hampshire
John Langdon
Nicholas Gilman

Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorham
Rufus King

Connecticut
Wm. Saml. Johnson
Roger Sherman

New York
Alexander Hamilton

New Jersey
Wil: Livingston
David Brearley
Wm. Paterson
Jona: Dayton

Pennsylvania
B Franklin
Thomas Mifflin
Robt. Morris
Geo. Clymer
Thos. FitzSimons
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouv Morris

NOW, the BILL OF RIGHTS:

Article 1

Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition 
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Article 2

Right to keep and bear arms 
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Article 3

Conditions for quarters of soldiers 
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Article 4

Right of search and seizure regulated 
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Article 5

Provisons concerning prosecution 
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

Article 6

Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, etc. 
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Article 7

Right to a trial by jury 
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Article 8
Excessive bail, cruel punishment 
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.


Article 9
Rule of construction of Constitution 
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


Article 10
Rights of the States under Constitution 
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


I am not going to spend forever telling YOU what your rights are. I have a small statement about a few of the articles that I want to say. Keep following me, we'll be done soon.
First, I want people to KNOW and UNDERSTAND their rights. If you do NOT know or understand your rights, it makes them that much EASIER for them to be TAKEN AWAY by those who seek to destroy your freedoms and liberties... for what? A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY!!
The founding fathers of this nation would be ASHAMED to see how this has turned out. Especially now that average citizens are being targeted by the government and it's alphabet agencies as suspected "terrorists". This is nothing new to this nation. In World War II, the gov't sponsored the rounding up of Japanese Americans and put them into concentration camps. Now these camps are being rebuilt and revamped by FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security.


Now for the Constitutional Bill of Rights I want to hightlight a few of the Articles for your thought process, specifically ones that have been erased, destroyed, or forgotten by the over-sized and over-powered GREEDY toads up on Capitol Hill.
Article 1: Our freedom of speech and freedom to publicly assemble has been thrown out. Now those in charge will not allow people to peacefully protest without tactically armed SOLDIERS being present OR not even being allowed to converge as a public group except in certain "zones"... remind you of anyone yet? Nazi Germany, perhaps??
Article 2: President Obama, among other politicians seek to take away the American citizen's right to bear arms. I blogged about this before, so refer back to that blog for further info. This cannot be allowed to happen for the militias and individuals that carry fire arms are all that separates the citizens from full blown martial law.
Article 4,5,6,7 and 8: The National Defense Authorization Act would erase pretty much the entire bill of rights, but for this blog I want to bring it up here because it would allow them to arrest you without proper procedure or miranda rights. It would allow the gov't to strip away your constitutional rights, detain you indefinitely WITHOUT a trial, and even torture, humiliate, and murder you in cold blood either here on American soil or in a hellhole like Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where we keep the rest of the "terrorists", but now YOU are considered to be just like them according to this new legislation. 


PRAY that Obama has some sense of humanity that his corporate masters have not yet sucked out of him, because if this Anti-American, anti-human legislation is passed, there goes our way of life and any hope for a safe and secure future. I want to state again, that I served in the U.S. Navy and I am a proud veteran, patriot, and lover of this country.
I am NOT condoning a course of action for Americans to incite violence or "terror" against the government. Please do NOT do this... it will ONLY play into their hands and further allow them to initiate their own terror against US, the citizens of the United States. All I am suggesting is to be informed, participate, and open your hearts and minds to LOVE, UNITY, and a RENEWED SENSE OF COMMUNITY rather than continuing to squabble and fight amongst ourselves while those greedy toads at the top of the socio-political-economic ladder pick us apart with their Nazi like divide and conquer tactics. Again, violence begets MORE violence. Please do not go out and attack the cops who are "just doing their job". If you want to instill real change, work on freeing yourself and this nation from foreign petroleum dependence. Seek out alternative energies. Plant your own food and gardens! This is NOT a terrorist action to take care of your family! Keep and maintain your right to bear arms and the right to protect your home from ALL invaders, both foreign AND domestic. Say NO when asked if you will commit crimes and atrocities against fellow Americans. UNITED WE STAND... DIVIDED WE WILL FALL.
This has been the Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Respect. Honor. Truth. Compassion.