That quote

Y'all have heard that quote about they came for Jewish people, it was not me so I said nothing...and it goes on and on ending with; when they came for me nobody was left to speak for me. I need to look that up, it's a powerful piece of prose. Over the past years, in our own country so many people have struggled, just trying to survive. It is in times such as these when people start looking out for themselves. The conspirator in me ponders are those in power  dragging their heels. Like the song says; "United we stand divided we fall." is it possible that our House and Senate, or whomever pulls the president's puppet strings, is it possible "they" want to divide us? In splintering us "they" can better control us. In the mandatory crisis management/physical containment class we are mandated to take, (by we I mean those of us who work with populations who may become violent.) in this class they repeatedly tell us when there is a fight identify the aggressor and contain him/her first. So I ask myself, "self, are "they" wanting to dig a canal between the have's and have nots?" Homo-sapiens are after all animals. Pushed into a corner it is flight or fight. When we reach the hanging by a thread place - we will do one or the other. Looking up from the bottom of a sewer, well that is just no place any person should be. I should have been born in another era. Back when folks looked out for one another. Back when people fought for equality. Back to a time when faith, family, and country were what people stood for. In the book, Shock and Awe or The Shock Doctrine; Friedmen, the author hypothesizes the government uses natural disasters, wartime, or 09/11 to pull a bait and switch on the American people. During such crisis, "they" pass laws that reduce our freedom. We willingly go along because we are in shock. It is not until much later we realize we'd been duped. So, by this theory the government is attempting to bypass both the Constitution and The Bill of Rights. "They" are in fact looking to divide us in order to control us. (no wonder I always get the x-ray machine and a TSA note, informing me my baggage had been searched.) In dividing the citizens of the U.S., racism, bigotory, biases come back - front center. For the life of me I don't understand why, but I believe it could be true. Lyrics from another song just popped into my head: "You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." during this recession illegal immigrants have endured much hate. Why those illegals are taking jobs legal citizens could do. Really, then why are the jobs available? You know, we must think about the consequences of our choices. We must think about who we are, who we want to be - When you look in the mirror who do you see? Has the person looking back at you a person you like. During this election time there is so much BS. It seems no one can be trusted.  It is all just so much rhetoric. I don't know what to believe. Who can we trust? Is our government working for us or against us?  Scary isn't it! Who will speak for you?