linecrosser's Blog

       Did you ever witness a brazen crime, committed in broad day light? Property or personal. Or maybe, even in the cover of darkness, driving down the road,  leaving a late movie, restaurant, play, or sporting event? Maybe you work second or third shift, or go to school at night studying for personal advancement or just pure pleasure? How did you react, how did you feel? Were you alone or with someone you love? Did you change your patterns, schedules or beliefs? I'm not talking about on the news from some fussing security camera or a reality weekly TV show, no movie plot where the central character is motivated to right the wrongs done and cure the evil root of the problem, as to prevent more victims. 


       The answer is yes, to all the above, except the main character saving the day. How can I say that, most will say no, I've never seen anything that comes close to a real life crime being committed. I say yes you have, because of the definition of brazen. Brazen: bold and without shame. You may not even be aware of the crime but you've seen it. And you've changed in ways your not even aware of. As a very young child my parents took me to the cheap baby sitter know as the movie theater downtown. For the price of a movie ticket they had two to three hours of peace. One particular, movie that had a immediate effect on me as a child was OLIVER TWIST , a quick check of the IMDB makes me wonder which version I saw, but it doesn't matter, it was the story, Oliver, is befriended by the Artful Dodger and learns how to become a pickpocket, now that's a brazen crime. Bold in the real danger of being caught, and without shame because, it was done for basic survival. I was so fascinated with the ideal that somebody could pick somebody's pocket and get away with it , that with in a week nobody on the playground was safe. Bump into some kid a get his 5 cent unbreakable comb, or mechanical pencil. Reach around the seat on the bus and get a girls pocket mirror or hair tie. The weird thing is I never keep anything, I got my biggest satisfaction being the nice guy returning the items claiming I had picked them up when they were accidently dropped by the unsuspecting victim. 

        I'm not claiming that the country is overrun with pickpockets and we should all put our wallets in our front pockets (which I do) or women should only carry purses with the strap over their neck and a snapping flap that covers the zippered inside pockets (a good ideal) or use the child seat belt in the grocery cart to secure not only the child but the purse as well. I remember standing in the store security office watching, my mothers purse disappear under a mans jacket as she reach into a frozen food cooler, she didn't even realize it was missing until she went to check out. The thief was taped casually walking out without a care knowing the camera angle never showed his face. Sorry I'm rambling.


       Small brazen crimes have a effect on everyone, most people recover from property crimes in a short amount of time, and even most recover from physical violent crimes to some extent, just to life with the mental aspect. some never completely recover from either. Across the street is a woman who literally  became a recluse when a boyfriend broke her heart and cleaned out her bank account. She recovered financially, but died inside. 

       This insidious type of crime is happening to all of us right now, 24/7/365. The country we love has just been using us, we're in denial, and it is crippling. The corruption, in industry, business, and government has reached a point where, I am absolutely dumb founded when I'm referred to as a conspiracy nut. 

       Bank failures couldn't happen without the assistance of the government. Imagine, if a bank were run like a regular business.  The management would be held accountable. Today we see the, MSM placing the blame on markets gone crazy, bubbles bursting, Well I thing the bubble blowers should be held responsible. Not the tax payers. Oh sure the individual depositors should have some insurance that they won't lose everything, the FDIC will take care of that, which is kind of strange since the government has to insure the money when they don't really have control of it. Just like anyone involved in a criminal activity stands to lose everything or a small business owner puts his assets on the line, so should bank presidents and board members. Not the tellers, not the security guards or janitors or maintenance people. but the ones that are in charge. The Federal Reserve should have to forfeit all of managements personal assets. That's right, just like the government confiscates the personal property of drug dealers, their cars, houses, boats, jewelry, expensive wines, and art. Everything goes to government auction to recoup some of the loses that our being covered by the FDIC. The politicians, who should have been protecting the citizens from banking practices such as what has been permitted to go on, should also lose everything also, for they are at least guilty of conspiracy, by passing laws that permitted the current situation. Personal responsibility, is a concept that should cover everyone, 

       Coldwell/Banker was running a ad on TV, you might have seen, the two oil paintings talking to each other. I haven't seen it for a couple of weeks and think it might been pulled, maybe not, I just haven't seen it in a while. Anyway the two portraits are talking about how smart they are, and how secure they still are, one says to the other it's like deja vu, we've seen it all before. Not only have they seen it before they've caused it before. Not just this one bank but all of them. They conspire, in private with the help of corporate, government and world leaders on ways to pick the pockets of the average citizen like you and I. 

      What we need to realize, is "the whole world is a stage" and we are the main character in our own story, and it is time to write the parts that not only right the wrongs but get to the root of the problem. It is time for a revolution, do something, do anything, except sit there and take it, or I should say sit there and give it up.