Thankful for the internet.

I had a wonderful evening with my family, celebrating this fine early-Thanksgiving with Turkey, pumpkin pie, and high quality beverages.

For every Thanksgiving, my dad likes to do this thing where he has everyone go around the table and talk about something we’re thankful for. He always announces this ritual with an underlying joking flavor to get past the resistance of those who dread doing it.  I’m one of those who dread doing it. So I took the less emotionally-forced route this year and declared that I was thankful for the internet.

While that may seem nerdy and boring to some people, think about what you’ve accomplished with the internet. Most likely, not as much as you should have, and maybe it’s turned you into quite an addict. Well, one can get addicted to something SO easy on the internet these days. I mean, EASY (echo).

But if you want an answer to a question, any question you have, you can use the internet to find it, or something that will lead you to a solution elsewhere, etc.

But, my friends, there is an elite few who speak of regulating the internet. That is, the content we view online would be limited to what the corporations want us to see. That means, no more blogs,  no more blogs, no more personal newsfeeds, no more blogs, or anything from real human beings. Only websites that serve the corporate agenda to censor everything and to make you buy more stuff you don’t need, driving the masses further into a conforming, docile, sheep-state of mind.

And what do these elite “Internet 2″ promoters promise in return?

A faster connection. That’s it.

They already regulate the internet in other countries, like China. The government doesn’t want infinite information exposed to their population.

That’s because what you can find online may point to what will liberate you. Honest, free information might even motivate some people to start a revolution.

I am Thankful for the internet, for it shall be a catalyst to free our minds.

Or… we can continue to visit facebook, myspace (R.I.P.), play video games, and/or watch porn.

All we need to do is pay attention to when we are consuming, versus when we are inspiring ourselves… and find the most preferred balance.

Maybe that’s just one of my addictions. Getting “inspired”…and preaching about it.

But you have to preach sometimes, because T.V., radio, magazines, billboards, teachers, parents, politicians have been preaching to you all your life.

And, thank the lord of Thanksgiving, because we can use the internet to say what’s on our minds without getting imprisoned, Chinese-water-tortured, etc.