timmyjo's profile

In college I went with a journalism major. I always liked to write. It was a way to vent. I really used it when I was angry, sad or experiencing a fear. I could express my negative emotions onto a sheet of paper lickety-split. And I do mean in no time flat. I knew why I was mad and I knew what made me sad. When I wrote in a journal it was all about the  projection of fear. And fear is no stranger to journalism. It breeds fear. Looking back, my decision to study reporting completely made...

Tell us lies. Lie to us and tell us that the war on terror was not waged for the benefit of the oil companies. Tell all Americans that the government does not use fear tactics to erode away at our constitutional rights. Let all citizens be relieved when they hear that weapons of mass destruction were indeed found and Iraq was invaded for national security reasons. Remind us that the Patriot Act was made to protect us and not to expand executive powers. Keep taking our moms, dads, husbands, w...

Happiness. Eluding us, as we search believing it can be found somewhere out there. Sometimes we look for it in a job. Other times we seem to think it is found in someone else. Happiness somewhere out there. We put stipulations on it, as we change our path searching for it in a new house, partner, power and approval. Sometimes we really think we have found it. Fooling ourselves sometimes for years, as we live believing our happiness is based on what we see around us. Until the day we no longe...

Tell us lies. Lie to us and tell us that the war on terror was not waged for the benefit of the oil companies. Tell all Americans that the government does not use fear tactics to erode away at our constitutional rights. Let all citizens be relieved when they hear that weapons of mass destruction were indeed found and Iraq was invaded for national security reasons. Remind us that the Patriot Act was made to protect us and not to expand executive powers. Keep taking our moms, dads, husbands, w...