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Good evening everyone!
   No, not Alfred Hitchcock here, just me, kennyGene. You are seeing the beginnings of my blog. I started this past November just to see what all the fuss was about. Let's just say one word...P - L - E - N - T -Y...!
   Let me share with you what I consider the parameters of this blog, or for that matter, any blog: 1.) No subject is forbidden here. We have enough censure in this country as it is. While I do not condone hatred and prejudice, I do respect the rights to think and say what you will. I've said it in earlier posts on FB, "it's your right to say and think these things, but it is NOT your right to make anyone believe them". So, say what you want and watch the fireworks begin.
   2.) Responsibility - here is where the catch is for that 'freedom of speech'...at least, as far as I am concerned. You can criticize as much as you want about the status quo. In turn, all I ask is that you offer your way as a better, viable option. Otherwise, to bitch to bitch is meaningless. Get the point - speak your mind, defend it and give us a choice. Like our speech, certain parties feel 'their way is the only way'. Nada!!!
  3.) Respect - Many people in our world today get bent out of shape over the silliest of things. I do NOT, repeat, do NOT advocate the demeaning of ANYONE! However, throught the ages, in the arts and literatures, caricatures emerge and become stereotype. In my humor, I use this to make a point. I have only two biases that I openly tell everyone: I have absolutely no use of prejudice of ANY kind. Sex, race, class, orientation, disability...run the gamit. I accept everyone on the face value that they are a decnt, caring human being. Only until their actions prove otherwise will I change by opinion. My other fatal flaw is I haven't a place for slackers in the world. Yes, it is our right to breathe the air but it not our right to refuse to give it back in return. Greed on the corporate level is bad enough, but to think my peer would fleece the social programs because it's an easy way out. DON'T GO THERE. I adamantly believe that we all can do great things, we simply have to do them. If that means pushing a broom while reading the want ads for a better position, so be it.
   4.) Freedom - Freedom isn't free. No more needs to be said. Patriotism like deomcracy takes on many forms. Just because you are opposed to the administration doesn't make you less of patriot then I am. I can remember when we protested a major roofing manufacturer in high school. The teacher took us kids that were in the environmental club and picketed their corporate headquarters on the main drag of town. It made all the local TV stations and the daily papers in the area. While the corporation didn't agree with us, they DID allow us our right to express our view. And we all lived to tell about it and still live in this country.
   I've rattled on far longer than I inteneded. The point of all this and my humor is the same. Be mindful of who you are and what you read and hear. Don't be quick to judge until you know the WHOLE story. If you turn a little squeamish of things that challenge you, don't ridicule them and debunk them for treason or not being wholesome. Just look at it as another point of view. It's like the press, the TV or the internet. No one makes you read the paper. No one makes you turn on that dial and no one makes you sit at your desk and read this.
   For now, I'm outta' here, living the dream, the American dream. And so should you! kG