"Arrested".wmv
Channel: bangintech419
Date: 2011-08-08

This is a song I created for a CD that I made in tribute to Bill Hicks called Cognitive Dissonance.  Look him up if you have never heard of him.  Bring an open mind when viewing his comedy as well as his overall message as your opinions may be challenged.  Be prepared to question authority and that which you may have been led to believe was the truth.  

I believe America's war on drugs has led to the militarization of the police across the nation and the globe.  The powers that be justify this militarization by blaming the dangerous drug dealers that are only a bi-product of the prohibition of what have been termed "illicit" substances.  Time and time again it has been proven that treatment heals drug abusers and prisons only serve to exacerbate not only the drug problem, but also the drug trade while costing the general public a fortune that yields no benefit to society or the individual patient (inmate).  The statistics on nonviolent drug users and prison are staggering to say the very least.  If this is something of which you have not yet been informed I implore you to reference this site: http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/

Never forget that we not only pay for the prisons that are quickly encroaching on our very existence, but we also pay the salaries of those who would vote our unjust imprisonment into existence.  We have more than the right to question these actions, but also the explicit responsibility to do so.  We must stand in solidarity and declare that "freedom" means that you are actually free and not only free to do as "they" tell you... especially when it is "they" and their cohorts that are the true drug runners of the world.    

Please feel free to copy and use this music anywhere you like.