THE SLICK WILLY STAIN (Nafta Revisited)

  and now the end is near,(the king, thanks). AND AWAY WE GO GO GO !!Up up and away in my beautiful balloon,(5th Dimension, yeah baby yeah!). Rock-n-roll sweetheart and it swings ! Well, infidels, this is the one you DO NOT want to see. The one the meek did not want to see the light of day. But, this is America, and the idea of free expression is one that shall never die. You can't touch this ! For I, yes I FW, am on the side of the angels !! Try me ! I double dare you !  What, are you yella ?  
   The one we been workin' on for these lo many years ! Lo, yes lo. when the last time you used lo in a sentence? try it, i think you may have fun with it. me thinks i have never, ever used lo in a sentence. but i digress. Why Delila, why why why Delila? (Tom Jones, thanx, as the ladies throw panties! 

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SPEAKING OF PANTIES ;

 This is what we scribes refer to as a segue. Just in case you were wondering what the hell we are all doing here. A segue like no other. The ability to keep using words and not really saying anything, a gift. AKA, SLICK WILLY, the master orator. Yes, Bill Clinton, his bad self. To a much lesser degree, our fearless leader, Prez "O". No where near the elocutionist of the slick one, but he tries. Which is all any of can do. (elocutionist, give it to me baby!)
  Albeit(phew), I digress(yeowza), cuz reader, I am so very humble. And I can prove it(what the . . it will come to you). COME ON ! try dammit, with all your hidden reserves of strenght, hope, experience, try to knock this Eveready battery off my shoulder! I dare you to infinity ! Come With Me PLEASE, PLEASE ME(beatles !), cuz I NEED YOU READER @ YOU NEED ME ! That's the fact jack ! 

   MOMMY, help me ! my brain receptors-synapses do not connect. Firing as THE 4th of JULY ! Aimlessly, without remorse. I go off on tangents, and CANNOT EVER STOP ! Mommy, make the bad man stop ! MOMMMA, it's me Jahopo. Ya see? Catching my drift? and if you do, may God have mercy on your soul ! 
   I'm ok ! Got thru another battle of good v evil. Back in the light. Out of the abyss. Fresh as daisy, I am. A breath of fresh air, some would say. Sweet as a lolli-pop, papa would say,(anybody see that asshole?). 

OH SHUT THE HELL UP !! FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! sorry, sorry, sanity, aauugghh. and the colored girls go do da do do do do-(Lou Reed). 

Sanity, so fleeting. 

   NO NO NO you got it all wrong, ye see? Pay attention or you may miss something. Yes, that Slick Willy, the one and only, Mr. Hillary Clinton, the 1st 1st Man of the USA ! Don't fear progs, HC gonna win. The Don, don't see it. nor did i see Trump gettin' the Rep nomination either, so what the hell do I know? Nevertheless,  I may very well be the 1st scribbler to use 1st back to back, so now i got that going for me, it's all coming together, we just got to get ourselves out of the way, which for me is impossible. 
  
THE STAIN;
   NO, not the stain(literally) from the Monica Lewinsky affair. Reader, I hope you realize the pains I am going thru to insure that this chapter is done tastefully. Cuz this one, can go in direction, quickly, and in a downward spiral. Gettin' the willy's just thinkin 'bout it ! Yes, gimme some ! The medical profession would refer to this phenomena as THE "HEEBEEGEEBEES" (sex at the work place, disgusting. lucky bastard) !
  Alas, i digress. 
  You feelin' me? 
Never fear, not the Monica Lewinsky"DRESS", thank you. The 21 year old staffer the "slick one" was having a smokin' affair with. I can't stop myself. It will come to you. as I stated, tastefully. Not goin' in the gutter here, no no, albeit, i could, quickly and effectively, but i will not. For you reader, all for you.   
   Not going into the gutter as Ken Starr and his team of monkeys did, utter morons ! The Republican Party's great disgrace. They lost all credibility on this one, and still, to this very day, 'bout 20 years hence, have not recovered. 

                                $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

"THOSE WHO SEEK THE TRUTH AND FIND IT, SHALL HEAR MY VOICE" 

Quoting JC himself. Straight from THE MAN Hisself, His bad self, baby! 
This is why we do what we do here at LBOH hq, a place not for the timid fragile weak cowards. For here, we is stoned, immaculate(the doors, weeee) ! 

  Let's get on to a real issue. One that is on the streets where you live, in everyday reality. People loath reality, truth, but alas, not I. No, not FW, cuz here in LBOHland. we seek truth, justice, and the American way ! We do not avoid, we jump in, head 1st. The other way is for cowards, who are not allowed in LBOHland. We are completely anti-coward. Please, all cowards, kill yourself. Jump into the nearest river, hole, what have you. The real world has no place for you, it's embarrassing. This place has no room for the meek, the biased, the liar, and why? you scream. Why, FW, why ? Cuz infidel, "those that seek the truth and find it, shall hear my voice". 

THAT'S WHY. 

NAFTA- Revisited; 
Now, this is something I can sink my teeth into. Not the Lewinky chick. Ok ok, reader, tastefully. I will try(not easy, i hope you realize). 

   20+ years later, the effect of illegal drug trafficking into the USA from Mexico, increase in supply, increase in profits, increase in demand has been enormous, staggering. The increase in in taxpayer dollars into the DEA budget, massive and wasted. BILLIONS of $$ spent fighting a war on drugs that is lost. MONEY MONEY MONEY !!! A fantastic example of the absolute futility of big government bureacracy. All the while the middle class gets squeezed into less and less buying power. Our parents generation, one generation removed, had double, minimum double buying power. BUT, WHO GIVES A RAT'S ASS ABOUT THAT? HOW 'BOUT YOU "O"? 

 PUHLEEZE !

  The Cartels have taken over Mexico with an iron fist. Unlimited power, money, @ military might. Get in their way, anybody, they kill you, your family, blow up your house. Mexico, a dangerous place, I will not be visiting anytime soon. Too bad, been to Mexico several times and thoroughly enjoyed the country and it's people. NOT NO MORE, thank you very much. 
   Law enforcement, DEA, prisons, guards, legal profession, legal system, hi-tech military might, BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of $$$ spent uselessly. Thousands upon thousands of jobs created in fighting this war, uselessly. All in vain. BUT GOTTA SAVE THOSE JOBS, RIGHT?  Where would all those jobs go without illegal drugs swarming our streets? Legalize drugs ? Never, never, ever happen. Put too many people out of work. 

THIS CASH COW MUST CONTINUE ! GOD BLESS THE USA and BIG GOVERNMENT ! THE PARTY NEVER STOPS BABY ! WEEEEE !!!  

AMERICAN GANGSTER, the movie. Starring Russell Crowe @ Denzel Washington, outthe frigginpark ! Richie Roberts - "Nobody wants to stop illegal drugs. Stop illegal narcotics and tomorrow 100,000 out of work". 
   Richie Roberts, part of  the 1st federal DEA in New Jersey, implemented in 1970 by the Dick Nixon administration. You believe that shit, progs ? Tricky Dick organizing the 1st DEA, (Dick Nixon, my all-time favorite American politician, psychopath that he was !). YOU LIKE APPLES ? HOW 'BOUT THEM APPLES !  

   There is way too much money on both sides. Illegal drugs, heroin, cocaine, pot, whatever,  will ALWAYS be on our streets. Ready @ available to any @ all  14 years who ready to destroy themselves, much like myself. 

                  $$$$$$$$$$ TOO MUCH FUCKING MONEY $$$$$$$$$$$$

   The $$$ spent on illegal narcotics @ the $$$ spent combating drugs, the numbers are beyond comprehension. No matter what good people do, the evil powers at be will ensure that drugs continue flooding our streets. THE SHIT KEEPS POURING IN !!! 

   This epitomizes why I am here, in case you were wondering what the hell we are doing here. Stay with me reader, I NEED YOU. I need to know you are with me. Awright ? Get off the schnide already !    OK  OK ! goin' back in.

JC - Matthew 7;27 - "the floods came, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall".  

   "The house" can be a human being destroyed by drug addiction or alcoholism. A child, a teenager, as i was, my life altered forever. I am one of the lucky ones, blessed, I got out alive. So many, so very fucking many, do not. Or, a family whose home is being ripped apart by this disease. 
   Sad, the tragedy of of drug abuse. Awful to see anyone ruin their life in the name of this awful menace. For each of us is a child of God. We are all brothers @ sisters. God plays no favorites, He loves all human beings equally. Believing in any other type of god is ridiculous. 

   And the flipside, i gotta give credit where credit is due. Addiction has no favorites, no matter the flavor. The disease welcomes everybody. No prejudice here, no no. This evil entity wants all people. Be it white suburbanite, young/old, rich/poor, men/women, every nation, religion, creed, atheist, agnostic, Christian, Jew, Islam, Muslim, Buddhist, Native American, heathen, infidel. Affirmative action, civil rights, NAACP, boy scouts/girl scouts, smart/stupid, ALL ARE WELCOME. Open-minded to differing cultures. Truly progressive. Gotta give credit where credit is due ! 
  The record on racial equality is 2nd to none. Quite the example for any community to emulate. Gender equality, sexual preference, education, income bracket, skin color, epitomizing democracy ! The Church should be so broadminded, no ? This MFer wants to destroy the human race ! 

   And so it seems, the powers at be, past, present, and future, are going to let it happen. 
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MATTHEW 7;15 - "Beware false prophets, which come in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves". 

TRAFFIC - the film directed by Steven Soderbergh, a great motion picture. The information on the drug trade from Mexico into the USA, the consequences of NAFTA, is truly frightening. No matter the size of the fight in stopping illegal narcotics, this market never closes. A "Bull" market 24/7/365 ! Capitalism at it's finest ! 
   The Cartels are fantastic at what they do. A true success story in regards to free trade. No matter what the U.S. government/DEA do, THE PUSHER MAN is always 1,2,3 steps ahead. 
   Any community college business teacher, small businessman, hell, big business should use the Cartels as models for success. A blueprint of success for any student or businessman. Their business strategy should be taught at every level of education.  They are good, genius even. Fantastic role models for any true capitalist. 
  And the US gov/DEA stand on the sidelines with their tales between their legs. 
  The Mexican Cartels rule. As previously mentioned, get in their way, they kill you, your dog, and your grand ma. They will not be denied. Thank God Mexico is predominately Catholic. So at least we got that going for us.  SARCASM- BITING SARCASM !  

Bill Clinton @ NAFTA;

   The consequences - the aftermath, yeah baby ! Slick Willy, his bad self. Can't touch ! NAFTA, his baby ! So how is all this workin out for ya? 20+ years later. Now we got Mrs. Slick Willy running for prez. The wheel turns, nothing is new. Nothing changes, the hits just keep on keepin on ! Can't stop this train, no way, no how. Like trying to tackle Earl Cambell of the now defunct Houston Oilers. 
                                             
                                                   BRIEF INTERMISSION

   Houston Oilers ! Houston Oilers ! Everybody sing ! Come on ! EC in his prime, Jesus this guy. Sorry Da Bear fans, EC better than Wally World, god rest his soul. Do youself a favor @ download Earl Cambell highlights. Like tackling a train and fast ! The price this man's body paid for his running style tho was awful. His body got destroyed. So very sad. Yes, football is dangerous. Always was, always will be. God how I love this game of football ! 

                                                Ok, sorry, I'm back.

Where was we? NAFTA;

  The border became wide open and the increase in the amount of drugs pouring into the USA was and remains, immense. A gigantic assembly line, relentless tidal wave and tsunami-like, it never stops. We, the good people of the USA, are powerless against this onslaught of narcotics, violence, death, addiction, crime. Families lay in ruin, kids lost/dead, futures obliterated. 
   In my hood, business as usual. What you need? We got it all. The laws of supply @ demand at their finest. Adam Smith baby, yeah ! 
   Mexico, the cartels, the supply @ demand, unlimited. Unlimited $$$, firepower, nobody gets in their way. Government officials, police, military ruled by Beelzebub himself. Extremely dangerous and how they love the good ole USA ! How they love profiting billions at the expense of countless American lives lost. Ruined by the products they provide. Yes, they love seeing us destroy ourselves

                                                       NAFTA RULES !!

DEMAND;
   Addiction is everywhere. As is crime, insanity, @ violence. Big cities/small, white suburbs/ghetto, rural areas, we are powerless. The DEA against these guys is the varsity playing the freshmen. 
   THE WAR ON DRUGS IS OVER. Too much $$$. Too much greed. Too many jobs. It will never stop. 
                            
                                           ALICE IN WONDERLAND !
THE USA; 
   Everything is upside down. More $$$ spent on drugs than ever. More drugs than ever. More $$$ spent to stop drugs than ever. The laws of unintended consequences, yeah baby yeah ! The cartels shit on our military might. I actually feel sorry for the police. Prisons overloaded with addicts. Sick people while violent offenders are dancing on our streets free. Laughing all the way to their next victim. 
   Our prison system needs to be blown up, it does not work. What team of monkeys invented this system anyway? In Cook County Il. the progs rule, always have, always will. Yes, give them all a prize. The system is broken and nobody, nobody nobody gives a shit ! 

PREZ "O" - Has this man made our streets any safer?  Hell no ! This plague is worse than ever. Am I the last sane person on the planet? 
PREZ "O" - on gun violence in The Windy City. BANG BANG BANG ! Colossal failure. Epidemic, out of control.
PREZ "O" @ his buddy MAYOR RAHM - on the Chicago Public Schools ?

                           AAAAAAUUUUURRRRRGGGGGHHHHH !!! 
From my view point, the only thing "O" has saved is his families financial future for the rest of their lives. This guy gonna be a cash cow when he leaves office. You feelin' me Goldman Sachs? Rainmaker, politics at its finest. Blago should have paid closer attention to this man. He could have learned a thing or two and not have ended up in prison. "O", the perfect role model on how to play politics and the media.  CHA-CHING ! 

   I've lived in and around the Windy City 54 years(shhh, don't tell) and how is the current state of the CPS? I've looked at the the CPS my whole life and the CPS is producing sub-par students(many not being able to read, write, nor do math) who are thrust into the real world totally unprepared for the real world. The adult world eat these people alive. Year after year, the school board, administrators, and politicians sit back, collect, and watch this system fail, decade after decade. This is criminal. Windy City politics at its finest, ruled by the Democratic left, This is their show and "O" @ Rahm walk on water right? 
   Are we this lame? Is it possible to look at the reality of this situation, at all ?

                                     NO WE CANNOT-WE MUST NOT-DO NOT
Of course not. Why let a little thing like the reality of a situation influence our opinions? We believe what we choose to believe. Regardless of the truth.
   So, ok, schools, guns, drugs, prison system, just to name a few, WE DON'T GO THERE ! NOOOO ! shout the "O" supporters. 

                                              YES - ALICE IN WONDERLAND ! 

BUT NOT ME ! 
   I must seek truth. Why, FW, why for god's sake, why ? Am I alone on this one? Again, "those who seek the truth and find it, shall hear my voice". Which very well might make me the last sane man in America. Someone, dammit, has to fight the good fight. Expose the assholes for the assholes they truly are. As kids in our very own community fall by the wayside. And who gives a rat's ass anyway ?
  The cornerstone of Mayor Rahm's record is keeping his nose clean, finding fall guys, and raising fees @ taxes. A cash cow this mayor is. Rich get richer, poor get poorer. Criticize this guy @ Rahm says "go fuck yourself". Can't touch this. And the schools, guns, drugs, prisons . . ? the city is rotting. 

  Let's not forget about our Republican counterpart, Senator Kirk. This man just lost his next election. The Republican Party is a disaster !   A disgrace really. This guy is bashing the republican nominee for prez and backing the Democratic nominee, Mrs. Slick Willy ! Alice rules ! Well, senator, hope you got plans for your next career cuz, baby, your days as senator from the great sate of Illinois are over. See ya ! You are done, stick a fork in you, well done.  

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ? 
   Can we make it better? Can illegal narcotics be taken off of our streets? No, never. Drugs are here to stay. I would eliminate the DEA, saving billions of the good tax payer's money. Cuz, this way is an enormous waste. The pusherman wins easy. Save billions $$$, put the money into better schools, better teachers. Into infrastructure creating jobs. Ease the burden of the tax payer. 
   And then, I wake up. Alice is here to stay. A nice dream tho, was it not ? 

   Or, legalize everything ! The cartels would shit ! As would everyone working in illegal drug enforcement. Hundreds of thousands of jobs. This useless bureaucracy is huge. What a beautiful world this could be. Does this not make more sense than the insanity, chaos, violence, corruption now in play? 

                                            BUT ALICE WILL NOT GO AWAY !
                                                       Sadly, i wake up. 
  All addicts in prison would be treated as sick people with a disease, not as criminals. And the jagoff violent offender would never see the light of day again. Ever, as it should be. A safer world, streets, community for all ! Kinder, gentler, compassionate, good, and right ! We could have more peaceful and loving planet for the kids and grand ma too ! 

   But NOOOO ! scream the corrupt, we would lose our jobs ! Our useless bureaucracy be gone ! The cash cow must continue ! and the violence, crime, and death never stops. And I wake. AAAAUUUURRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!

                                                         ALICE STILL RULES !
  WOW ! Such a nice dream I had. Sadly, I go back into the real world.

ALICE IN CHAINS;
 This works for me too ! What a great band they were ! So talented, great vocals, and rocking as good as the 90's and the Seattle sound got. Awesome, really. But, they are no more. For their beautifully voiced lead singer, Layne Staley is dead. YES, JOHNNY ! Layne tragically died of a heroin overdose a  ways back. So sadly did this man isolate from the world and friends, his body was not found for 3 weeks. Jesus Christ, I still have not recovered from this death. I was, and still am a huge fan.  Yes, Alice in Wonderland - In Chains, we are. The ironies, the sadness, Layne's death was an enormous loss not just to the rock-n-roll world, but to the world at large. A great victory for those that keep drug addiction alive and well in this country. 

  Outside - yes, upside down, probably forever. 
   But not me, not in my house, not my life ! Today, I tell my disease to go fuck yourself !!

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  I volunteer at the VA Hospital rehab unit every Saturday night. My God, these men @ women serving our nation are a mess. They are me. The facility does wonderful work for these so very sick people. And I would know for as stated, I am them, they are me. They keep me sober, they keep me alive. No matter how long I stay sober(19 years), I need to be in that room as much as they, maybe more. Once an addict, always an addict. 
  We try to reach them by explaining how good being clean @ sober can be. How awesomely great just not wanting to drink is. How beautiful life can be. 

                                                   How so ugly my life was. 

  The rewards of sobriety are limitless. Stuff money could never buy. Tho, since sober, I do seem to have a little more cash, usually. LOVE-REAL FRIENDS-GOOD RELATIONS-COMFORT-INNER PEACE-NO LEGAL TROUBLE-REAL FUN-GOOD HEALTH ! To name just a few of these wonderful benefits. All the little things that so easily can be taken for granted every second of everyday. But without, they mean everything. 
  God given - A breath of fresh air, a smile, a laugh, fun ! Rock-n-roll !! I do so dig it !! Sober sex rules in case you were wondering. Watch your kids grow up. My mother saw me get sober ! Sweet Jesus, how good life can be. My worst day sober, better than my best day drunk !

I drank because I am an alcoholic.
I do not drink any longer because I am an alcoholic. 
 THE IRONY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE !  Only a loving god could create such wonderfully simplistic ways of this world. GOD ROCKS ! And JESUS CHRIST IS MOST CERTAINLY A ROCKSTAR !! I do love the ironies of this planet, as created by our loving god, spiritual ironies that is. What are those, FW, please tell us, please ! Awright, awright, hold onto to your swartzenegger ! 

                                                         SPIRITUAL IRONIES
                                                  I WANT LOVE - BE LOVING
                                                  I WANT FRIENDS - BE A FRIEND
                                                  I WANT PEACE - BE PEACEFUL
                                                  I WANT SOBRIETY - GIVE IT AWAY !
                                                I need to be forgiven, I need to forgive. 

   Only God could create such a world.  "I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"! 
Who needs booze @ dope when thru God/JC , the way-the path-the light, life can be amazingly beautiful-joyful-content-peaceful-loving- ROCKING !!!
  I am so blessed, I got out of that world alive. Thru some wonderful friends, angels really, who saved me. And of course, thru the good lord above, for without, I am not here. I do my best to never, ever, take that for granted. 
   God loves me, for I am a child of God. I am worthy-important-a valuable human being, to a lot of people. Because of this, I deserve a fantastically abundant life. 
  And to that asshole satan, YOU SUCK ! Evil cannot touch me. The battle of good v evil is being fought one life at a time. Not sure if I believe in the devil, but I certainly believe in good v evil. But, just in case, YOU are nothing, you are a coward, YOU ARE A LIAR !  You cannot touch me ! For I am a child of GOD ! And Jesus is with me always ! I am never, ever alone! The kingdom of Heaven is found within me and all around me. 
MY LIFE CAN BE SO VERY BEAUTIFUL. 

   And no drug can do this. Believe me for I tried them all ! 

   SORRY ALICE, NOT ME, NOT TODAY ! I WIN !!

LAST-BEST-ONLY-HOPE, With the Heart of a Child !
LAST-BEST-ONLY-HOPE, GOD  IS AWESOME @ JESUS IS A ROCKSTAR !!!

7-4-16, God bless to all the men @ women in the military serving our nation.

                                                               Peace @ Love always,
                                                                                                             FW Roman

CHAPTER THEME SONG;

WHITE RABBIT   by The Jefferson Airplane
  - from the LP - Surrealistic Pillow  -  released in 1967

A top 10 single on my all-time list. way way way ahead of it's time. the song is reference to Alice in Wonderland, tripping on psychedelic mushrooms. the charging pounding bass @ drums is relentless. The vocals of Grace Slick mesmerizing. A masterpiece of American rock-n-roll. Proudly, I was groovin to this at the age of 5 ! 
  Go to YouTube @ check this out on a clip from American Bandstand, 1967. Dick Clark is diggin' this one ! Dick Clark looks like a square, albeit, a rock-n-roller thru @ thru. Just about the coolest dude ever. I want his job ! ROCK !