we call homer a myth because he based actions on gods;nwe look at al-qaeda like cretins because they kill for allah;nand we elect a president who invokes christ with a gun.nif hypocrisy is beliefs minus actions,nthen there are some long hard miles of answering to donand a ways to run on our hands back to zero.nnat home we extol the vote but stick a long bloody nose in elections around the worldnwhen things haven't gone our way.nhere comes hamas, there goes the NED.nthe lesson, as always, is who cares about putting our money where our mouths arenas long as our mouths are where the money is.nnit's a dog and pony show facilitated by an information gap;nthey're capitalizing on capitalism in a social climate dominated by trivial bullshit and celebrity gossip.nnall of this leaves us in a place where a political sleight of hand,nmanipulation of emotion created by some well-timed tears of a justice-to-be's wife,na color-coded system of controlled fear, a hostage, a gas spike, or a dead teenager from iowa,ncreates a smoke screen for human rights violations and moral atrocities.nnand the absolute worst part is that if you happen to have the wherewithal to look past it,nthe only thing you find is that every day, every minute, every second,nit's getting worse than the worst you've ever thought or screamed.nnto tell you the truth, these days, liberty is a luxury;ni've lowered the bar on battle cries:ngive me honesty or give me death.