Get Off That Breadline, Mr. Iconoclast!

Welcome to my blog! I haven't really decided what this blog should be focused on, but perhaps in creating the title I have created the subject matter for this blog. An iconoclast, in the classic term, is a person who tears down and destroys religious icons, usually during a tumultuous time of religious reform or turmoil. In this day and age, when religion in Western society has been pushed to the backburner, alas, there is little for an iconoclast to do, and he would be relegated to the unemployment lines that crisscross America with his hands spread apart craving his part of the bailout money.

But wait! There is hope for the iconoclast yet! There are plenty of symbols to tear down in this modern 21st century world. They may not be religious, but there seem to be flocks of sheeple crawling on their hands and knees to worship America's two most sacred animals: The Donkey and the Elephant. Long have we cried out for salvation from these two competing forces of animal nature, to save us from the horrors of the world. To represent us in times of need! Every year, we run to the polls and cry out, "Please help us! Please bring justice and prosperity to myself and my family and my friends."

And each year, as a few lucky people are elevated to the highest halls of power by our electorate, they turn back to us and answer our pleas, not with gratitude manifesting itself as a job well done. No. They respond with slaps to our faces as they race to pursue their own agendas and struggle for power amongst themselves, each hoping to gain more influence and more wealth, and therefore more power over the lives of every man, woman, and child.

So, Mr. Iconoclast, leave your unemployment line. Those Elephants and Donkeys need to be torn down and only you and others like you can do it. There will be other symbols you shall encounter, some carrying an even more religious connotation than others. Lying silent behind those white halls of incredible power lies the greatest symbol of all: A Temple that hides not the corruption of elected politicians, but the deviltry associated with our unelected class of priests. There lies the Eccles Building, home of the Federal Reserve, and orchestrator of most of this countries most heinous crimes against society.

Now, I may be a little dramatic here, but the actions of this institution needs to be looked at closer. And maybe, once everyone who once turned a blind eye at this institution begins to examine it with a more critical eye, we can decide what to do with it. Hopefully it will be to abolish it, set restriction upon it, or just flat out destroy it.

Now I leave you with a quote from one of my favorite movies that seems to illustrate this point very well: V for Vendetta.

"A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world. "