Someone just sent a comment saying I am a hypocrite because I drive on roads and protest personal income tax and out of control spending.

Do the understand how roads get paid for under what budgets and what taxes are used (local and state taxes, gas, tolls, etc)?

Probably not. Just an ignorant remark, hiding behind a 'no-name' face.

Ok... so not really a five alarm situation. Just some of my favorite friends over for a party I hosted. Here, Samantha and Lauren get things sizzling hot with their performance.

I am sitting here now at the Continental Bar on 3rd Avenue and St. Marks in Manhattan, sucking down shots of Makers Mark, eating free pizza and surfing the 'net...fiddling while Rome burns.

I read a recent email from CampaignForLiberty.com talking about my home state of Michigan and the opportunity to be a delegate at the state GOP conventions and to influence the future direction of our country.

I never thought of myself as being a democrat or a republican. However, after the 2008 primaries and learning about Ron Paul, I realized a couple things. One is that our country is Constitutional Republic, not a democracy. Also, I began to think about what that means... what the Constitution represents...which is to be the guiding document and rule of law which limits the government as to how it operates.

Our current political paradigm caters only to the two party system. Independents and progressives have very little impact, get no press and even less vote. At this stage, you have to pick one side to play on in order to engage the system. Since we are a Republic and given that the word "democracy" doesn't even appear in our founding documents, it seems that the Grand Old Party is the one of choice if we are to jump into the fray.

So... the reason I write this short note is to wake myself up to the possibility of a higher responsibility. We think voting every 4 years somehow magically makes things happen. When, in my opinion and possibly in fact, the leaders are already hand picked for us as part of an illusion of choice. A huge game of good cop/bad cop. How easy is it for a "democrat" to be elected after 8 years of the Bush fiasco? Anything is better than Bush, right? Democrats will save us from the evil republicans, right?

Is Obama the "One"? Will he be our savior and fix it all? In my humble opinion, no. He won't. In fact, after limited research into his rhetoric vs. his voting record and his cabinet appointments and affiliations, one can easily see he is marching to the beat of the bankers, the elite and their goal towards a one world government...a New World Order as they call it.

I could quote and site examples, but the only way for you to realize this is to open your mind and do your own research. I can't do it for you. Nobody can. You can either watch CNN, suck at the teets of big government/big brother, hoping for change, chanting "yes we can!" or you can wake up to the Truth and start to take action. My form of action is education, information spreading and trying to provoke thought. My methods may be a little rough, but my intent is True.

So, Rome is burning. I am fiddling, getting drunk. I should be in Michigan. I should be at conventions talking about our ideals, our beliefs in a country that allows individual freedoms, has a sound monetary practices (NO FED! NO CENTRAL BANK!) and a humble non-interventionist foreign policy.

I am frustrated. It feels at times like there is nothing I can do. But I won't stop thinking about it, reading and researching, talking to fellow citizens and striving to keep our country free from a global government that would have us submit to a single authority.

Our Founding Fathers knew what they were doing. They knew that Britain was building and empire. They designed a framework for us to follow that would keep us free. It has been perverted. We most protect and defend it! That is my oath! As an American, it is should be yours as well. Together, we can restore this Republic and begin to rebuild our country again.

From Joe Che's Flickr set.

Some people have asked me what it's like to be "homeless". That makes me wonder.... what is "home"? Is your house your home? Is a home a physical place? Is home a state of mind or a sense of well being? Is home where your Heart is?

One thing I've said about my recently radical mobile living experiment is that "when your truck is your bedroom, the rest of the world is your living room." As such, I tend to feel at home just about everywhere I roam.

My choice to live sans rent/mortgage as a sort of zero sum urban survival game is certainly exhilarating at a purely sport level. You learn more about yourself when you are not caught up in the engines of commerce, capitalism and commercialism. Giving my time to a job to pay rent is easily achievable. Not working and keeping time free for experience, observation, awareness, and reflection...that takes some real effort. But the rewards come in measures other than material wealth or disposable income.   They appear in the apprecation for the little things, as they say.  They come from the forming and furthering of new friendships that might not have happended if I was head down in an office creating more efficent ecommerce engines as in previous lives.

Yet, even when I lived a traditional life, there was a longing....a desire to reunite...to go Home. That's why I don't feel that home is a physical space. It's a mental plane. It's a platitude of existence within your mind that allows you to be content and at peace. The Now that is around you happens only once, and if you are too distracted by the demands of this society to pay attention, you might just miss it all.

I get the notion that there are many "lost" and wandering souls in this time on this planet. That we are all feeling, to some extent, disconnected from our true source of origin more so than ever before in human history.

We occupy the space of our lives with many "things", people, activities and experiences, but to what avail? Sure, we can find fulfillment for the senses, but where is the deeper meaning?

This is not to say that I (or we) don't have moments of "aha" where things align perfectly. When the sun creates a glistening eye, the flower bows gently to the breeze, and a peace settles in to the Now to remind us of the profound connectedness that we share to all of it.

In our separateness, in our ego's desire to be distinct and unique...we see one another, but lose sight of who we all are collectively. Perhaps striking a balance between polishing your own facet of the whole, while appreciating the grand beauty of the diamond of our combined lives allows the proper perspective to be maintained. 

Yet, I return to the wanderer in me, the traveler that, although loves this planet and feels comfortable on it, still wonders if he is really Home.  Will we be Home when we are finally reunited beyond physical space and time? Is this dimension only a stopping ground, a leaping pad to a higher vibrational existence that is yet to come?

Back to Earth.  

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE to have my own place... a space to host my friends, entertaining and making them feel adored and appreciated. I do miss that and will likely return to that existence when the time and proper opportunity presents itself.

Until then, I keep driving... searching, looking for the answers, seeking the Truth... longing for our Home.   Feel free to hop in for the ride, there's room on board.