And what a journey it was, in more ways then one...
Well, I guess I am still totally exhausted in almost every way possible by the whole ordeal, especially with the move and all, and everything that transpired in-between, and since. It was a very difficult transition, in more ways then one, to begin with. The odds were (and still are for that matter), totally against me; that I would even make it this far. To be quite frank, how I survived up to this point in time, at least, I still do not know...
Not to even mention, that Maryland, like much of the East Coast was being pummeled by Hurricane Sandy in late Oct 2012, right during the time that I was in the process of moving! I was shittin' my pants and thought I was gonna die! And at the same time, I had to put most of my belongings in two different storage sheds in two different states! That was a total freakin' nightmare in itself...
But anyway, as one can see, something that I barely even touched upon in this video really, is that, Edward Snowden (who was also from Maryland), has absolutely nothing on me, as far as what I know, (and went through), from the things that I have seen and heard myself, with my own eyes and ears. (As I have also touched-upon in: "The Walkersville Sessions-Photo Blog" on my Facebook page, for instance). There is one big difference however, between myself and Edward Snowden, (besides the fact that I never worked for the NSA or CIA), is that, I did everything by the book, in trying to expose the real reasons as to why I was being targeted. (In other words, was part of it because of something I already knew? You bet). Remember, I did not initially (or necessarily) go after the bad guys, they came after me! (As paranoid and delusional as I realize how that can deliberately be interpreted). Much to my 'own' astonishment, mind you. And actually sought 'ME' out! That was another big difference between me and Snowden that made me realize that these guys were actually more afraid of me and what I may possibly know, (and that I was just smart enough to figure out), then they were of our own law enforcement! Why? (Must be a reason, right? It should be a no-brainer, as a matter of fact). With our own law enforcement pretty much leaving me as sort of like a sitting-duck. Wow! (Big eye opener in itself). And, I am not necessarily judging Snowden when I say this, but I never even hacked or illegally downloaded any kind of sensitive information to prove my point, or to supposedly expose the bad guys. (Which to be quite frank, he really didn't even do). And at the same time, I paid a very high price (almost at the loss of my own life and sanity) for being honest, and being smart.
With that said, however, do I understand what Snowden meant about why he deliberately did not go up the chain of command, because he felt that he could not trust his superiors, or 'most' anybody else for that matter in such a vulnerable situation? Absolutely. And it was an incredible eye opener (for me anyway) about (fallen) human nature, in itself...
It is a particularly profound eye opener, when you are a trusting person by nature, because you know yourself, and you know that you yourself can be trusted; and yet the reality hits you (especially when one is in such a very difficult and vulnerable situation), that not 'everyone' is like that. And, not only not like that, but some, to say the least, are even much worse. (Which I am not even going to get into here). And that's when I really, and I mean REALLY learned to trust my instincts and intuition. And, I always, and I mean ALWAYS (with 100 percent accuracy, no less), turned out to be right-on every single time. And it seems to me, that is what they actually feared. It's always the way. (But that is besides the point).
Maybe, that was even a part of the learning experience that I had to go through, I don't know. You know, the fine tuning of that part of myself, if you will? I don't know. But what I do know, is that I know allot. And it's enough to quite probably put away allot of very bad people for a long time.
(Although, I know, I really cannot do it alone).
And it was all learned legally, (and in most cases even inadvertently), and by the book. Gonna' leave it at that for now...