The heart and spirit of America has been co-opted re-packaged and re-wired. Some would have you believe that the spirit of America lives within the military industrial complex. Some insist that it is fostered amidst the political system. Some truly misguided folk maintain the marrow of America is alive and well in the form of organized sport. All these people are fools. They have bought the vicious horrible lie that propagates itself and nothing more. The truth of matter is that what little spirit is left in this malign country of ours has been pushed to the margins of society and in some cases killed, stamped out or pushed to suicide. However, the margins are precisely where America’s heart has always been and always should be. Down to its very quintessence America is a land of tragic rejects. We should take pride in our inability to fit in any where. Unfortunately, the bulk of American society has joined in the race to homogenous safety. Where are our true American heroes? Where are our horrible forsaken gods? Men and woman who understand and embody the inherent truth of what it means to be an American. To kick the king in the nuts, declaring whatever arborous behavior we should desire to take part in is our inalienable right.  To be American is not defined by what you buy, rather what you refuse to buy… The bullshit.

Paris Hilton is not an American.

 Paris Hilton is a vapid whore with a bottomless bank account.

George Bush is not an American.

George Bush is a mindless frat house narcissist with death wish and a god complex.

Barry Bonds is not an American.

Barry Bonds is an overpaid under worked science experiment.

This is not my America. It never has been. That America is sick and not in the magical glorious way that it ought to be.  

From an early age I was able to see America for what it was and what it should and could be. Brian Wilson is a true American. Paranoid and prophetic. As was Phillip K Dick and Hunter Thompson. That’s the kind of sick I can get behind. These men were mad and self destructive. It’s the “self” part that makes them true Americans. As an American it is you’re right to destroy yourself in any way you see fit.

Destroy for yourself and create for your community. Not the other way around.