The cities are getting bad, even I'm thinking of leaving. We had one of those federal refugee centers here until the people got tired of it and it was thankfully shut down. The cartels followed the people here, and crimes skyrocketed in this once peaceful town.

The gunshots normally heard several times a week at night have receeded recently for some strange reason, but it's still too dangerous to go out at night. So I stay indoors and blog, safely above the madness.

In some ways its dangerous to be your own man, an original thinker. Whats that old saying in China? "The nail that sticks up, gets hammered."

In a world built for control, free opinions can be a dangerous thing.

It may just be wiser to be observant and keep your head down like the donkey in Animal Farm while plotting your escape from the chains that are slowly binding us.