I'm a Political Prisoner

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

I have been tortured, terrorized, and traumatized. My rights have been violated. My income is far below the poverty level and my rights are aren't worth the time for an attorney worth their salt to represent me.
Here on DU no matter how many times I bring this up, you pass. You pass the same way my Congresswoman passes. My posts go directly into the bowels of this site. They (the government) will not be happy until their abuse and direct actions, by intimidation and terror kill me. This is no joke. I have been denied basic inalienable rights like the pursuit of happiness.
Many people know about this and either because their intimidation by govt. or just a lack of caring allow this to continue. I am talking about people that have the power to change this, they do nothing. The stress I have been living with is unimaginable.
I read posts here from people talking about "our" rights being taken from us. How many of you are Directly affected by the loss of these rights? I live each day as if my senses are in a war zone. Because my income is so low I have none of the luxuries many have, like a car. Because I've been driven nearly insane by actions taken by "our" government, I've lost all friends and what family I have want little to do with me. I am a prisoner in my own home without access to even the grocery store. I pay someone in my building $10.00 to drive me 2 miles to the store. Don't pity me. I am not looking for your pity. I am wondering if anyone here cares enough about your own rights, about the Constitution, about justice, to get outraged about a citizen who has done nothing wrong, who deserves not a bit of this horror, demand that this does not continue.
I live in Toledo OHIO.

[primative1]

1. Nope ...

That doesnt make you a political prisoner. That makes you a citizen of a country many think of as being a prison. So welcome to the political. The most you can hope for is to find just one injustice, pick your favorite, and try to effect it. Its all any of us can hope to accomplish.

[Jim Sagle]

2. What the fuck are you talking about anyway?

[Uben]

3. You are not alone

There are many in your shoes. What is your age? Do you work? Are you able to relocate? There are jobs here in Texas, and the cost of living is much lower. Even the illegals here seem to make out pretty good. The pursuit of happiness includes you actually persuing it, as opposed to it finding you. Be proactive. Act on your environment, lest it will act on you! Do not give in, get up and get going!

Sounds like you have already given up. FIGHT! Nothing will change with inaction. You will wither away unnoticed.

[gratuitous]

4. No details

No outrage.

Unless you're seven years old, you should know how things work by now. If you are seven years old, then eat your vegetables, do your homework, and go to bed when your parents tell you to.

[Warpy]

5. I left my last job to care for a dying mother

and when I got back, my eyesight had gone beyond the point I could do much of anything. I spent the next 3 years living on $800/month, when the mortgage took the first $560. I haven't had health insurance in 20 years, now, the irony there being I was an RN. I have a chronic illness that should have been better taken care of and I'm now paying the price. Forget disability, when the GOP is in charge you can't get it unless you've got multiple amputations or a high level spinal cord injury. They've robbed me all my life, simple as that.

Just know that there are people out here who know exactly what you're going through. It may be too painful for many to reply.

[iamahaingttta]

6. I don't know how else to say this...

...or even if I should... but, you sound like a crazy person.

Sorry...

The Constitution guarantees the right to the PURSUIT of happiness. It does not guarantee happiness. Not everyone is going to be happy. Some people just end up miserable. You may one of those people.

Sorry...

It's not the government's fault if you are miserable. It's just one of those things. Honestly, I came up with some pretty good numbers in life's lottery, four out six winning numbers. I make the most of it. Maybe you got one out of six. It's not your fault or anyone else's fault. It's the luck of the draw. But you gotta do the most with what you've got. That's all there is to it. You give no clue as to how you've been "tortured, terrorized, and traumatized. My rights have been violated..." but I suspect that it's similar to what most of the rest of us have experienced. We just all handle it differently. You may not be handling it very well. Again, I have no idea. And frankly... here's the tough part... I got my own damn problems, so I don't really care.

Sorry...

You might want to rethink things. You're still allowed to do that in this country. That's the good news!

[primative1]

10. Hmm ...

Here is where it gets interesting.
The constitution guarantees one the right to pursue happiness. Correct.
So isnt it also implied that this same decree should PROHIBIT others from directly making that pursuit futile? Government policies aid and abet IMO the entire notion that pursuit of happiness is futile. Life shouldnt be a crapshoot but can anyone truly deny it is?
I once had the pleasure of working with a guy who emigrated from Greece. He summarized his impresion of life in America as this ...
We are mice living in a big cage and the powers that be are amusing themselves by dangling a block of cheese attached to a string in front of us. Everytime we make a move for the cheese they pull it further away. We move they pull, on and on ... and thus we spend our lives chasing the block of cheese we will never get. Such fun.
Profound in a way, no?

[iamahaingttta]

14. Check out Sees Clearly's DU journal.

A little insight into the orginal post.

It appears as though she either has or thinks she has been implanted with a microchip.

[primative1]

15. Hmm ...

Now that would involve a whole 'nother topic.

[Straight Shooter]

7. I remember a post of yours, recently. I just didn't know what to say.

Please do not feel that because a post sinks, it has not merited some attention. Posts with a "Look, something shiny!" subject matter often rise faster and stay up longer because it's easier to reply to them. Other posts tend to leave people with not much to say, either because of the gravity of the situation, or because the reason for the post is not clearly understood.

Sometimes people don't post because simply saying, "Gawd, I'm sorry," doesn't seem like an appropriate response to such misery.

Sometimes people are empathetic because of their own situation, but do not wish to put their personal situation on a public forum.

All kinds of reasons. Please don't take it so hard.

[salin]

8. I am not familiar with your particular situation,

if you have written about it before, could you point me to it?

[Marrah_G]

9. How are you posting

How are you posting on a message board if you are a Political Prisoner? I would be willing to bet your posts drop off because you are not being clear about your situation.

[jarab]

11. Just keep plugging along, Sees Clearly ...

Some of the "unsolicited" advice is good.

Post a story about a forty-pound rabbit, drink five gallons of water in one sitting, have your estate overtaken by rampaging kudzu, or become so financially impotent so as to solicit the Admins for a fund raiser; notice will come.

In all seriousness, I hear you. Many of us aren't brave enough to post our pains to their actual extent. Kudos to you!

...O...

[LeftishBrit]

12. I am sorry about what you are going through

I am sorry to have to ask blunt/personal questions here, but it is hard to know what you should do without more details. Is the problem that you are deprived of a lot because of your low income, and is that because of low wages/ not getting benefits that you need? Or do you feel that you are being mistreated/ kept in poverty for some reason that has to do with your political views?

Either way, perhaps you could get some help in improving your situation. I am not American so don't know exactly what services are available, but isn't there any form of legal aid for people who don't have the money to hire a lawyer? I know medical care isn't free in the USA but I would advise consulting a doctor as you are obviously under a great deal of stress that could be affecting your health.

Best of luck - I hope your problems get sorted out.

[cosmik debris]

13. Pursuit of happiness is not a constitutional right

It is an ideal set forth in the Declaration of Independence. It is not a law or a provision of the constitution.

Perhaps if you would explain exactly which rights have been violated and how and by who then you could get some help.

On the other hand, if you just want to rant, and if that makes you feel better, go ahead.