“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” I am a history geek. I love knowledge, it is an intrinsic good. The future will never be, the present is instantaneous, and the past is gone. I don’t understand the physical laws governing time, not do I pretend to, but I wish to endeavor myself in the near future. I once heard that time is simultaneously, the future is already written, that as we see past events, we are reliving them, and that the future is just for our conscious self to experience. Similar to observing the stars, we see them as they were hundreds of millions of years ago, but to us they seem to at a present time.
If time is simultaneous then how can we alter our future, if it has already happened? Are we powerless in an internal struggle between nature and deity, or the concept is just beyond our understanding? I choose none. I believe that we are the master of our own domain. We choose how we wish to live, we are free. Being free implies responsibility, responsibility leads to morality, and when morals are in action then we can love without any regret.
This brings me to the DREAM Act, and its current situation. We dreamers are in limbo, between reality and dreams. As of now, we are a political afterthought. After, screaming so loudly, we have nothing to say, we as silent as the darkness October night. All we have is our pride intact. We left it all out for the Defense Authorization Bill Cloture vote. The sleepless nights, the tireless hours of work, all for nothing, all those planning to be left in the same place where we were a year ago?
Barak Obama isn’t considering the DREAM Act as top priority for the lame duck session, the latest news from the white house. I still never then Presidential hopeful Barak Obama promising DREAM nation the passage of said bill in his first 100 days.
So what now? A slight possibility still exists in the lame duck session. Three democratic senate seats will change the political landscape, this upcoming midterm election. The truth is the DREAM Act depends on public opinion; we don’t have the financial means to back up us, nor the political muscle to pass a bill. The passage of the DREAM Act rests on the will of the people, as the founders intended. “The people should not be afraid of their governments, the government should be afraid of its people,” V for Vendetta.
This is the difference between the DREAM Act and other legislation; the dream as some now refer to it, is as pure as it can be in Washington politics. It’s a noble cause, a bill based in fairness, emphasizes in justice. What is for fair than to allow a human being to prove himself, to pursue his dreams? What is more just than to enable a human being to be free? We dreamers are not free; we are chained down by a 9 digit number, by a society that sympathizes with us, yet have no knowledge of our struggle. Ignore our plight for freedom. Yes, we are fighting for freedom in the 21st century in the United States of America, as insane as it sounds.
We dreamers are a prideful bunch. We don’t succumb to the opposition tactics; we are moral beings (as for the dreamers I know). Pride is essential to one’s understanding self worth. We are humble, we are not modest, or shy, or timid for that matter. We are courageous beings who will not give up. We have and will continue to stand after we are thrown to the ground, now we have to get up one more time.
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