As I read some of the provocative Huxley book, The Brave New World, I wondered about what is now happening with America and 
where we are all going. When I read the Vanity Fair article about Edward Snowden and his escape as a hero or traitor from the NSA one begins to see the conflicts we are now having in a Free World which was set in motion, with words like, for the people, of the people and by the people. When Wiki Leaks and Julian Assange became the hot new headlines exposing the veiled canonized America we so believed in, we began to see a more permeable membrane that had and has been cloaked in a culture of secrecy, a kind of identity and a tarnished mask that we had in the past labeled. Often times we even pointed our fingers at them, shouted profanities and or in some cases, pointed a disdainful vertical finger in the air!
Be sure you monitor and or scale back your reactions in this legal war zone called America. According to……one in three Americans have a rap sheet and many more have no idea of how complex the laws are or sometimes referred to as the land mines. For example……Recently a man in Texas got fed up with a paid contractor who refused to finish his hard wood floor. He gave him one more chance and when the contractor came over with his wife and child, the home owner verbally threatened the man. There was no physical assault; no weapons were used or shown, just words. However, when the police came, they searched the home owner’s residence and found a shotgun. Now the Texas homeowner’s verbal threats carried enormous conviction blaming weight and he was handcuffed and put in jail with a court date that threatens life in prison for aggressive words or threats tied to a weapon against THREE parties. The Three parties were the contractor and his wife and child waiting in the car. One wonders if this is another form of gun control as one becomes paranoid of ownership. This might be a subtle reminder for all of you macho men, to please walk away from all verbal and or physical confrontations as your attorney may or may not know ALL of the laws.
And then we have The Los Angeles Clippers owner, Sterling, and his negative statements labeled as hate crimes and dysfunctional bigotry. The parasitic press clamored to the site of defecation and wallowed in the drama as “pure politically correct journalists” who cathartically pointed at the hating white man. Sterling’s very poor choices with his young girlfriend created more intrigue when you found out that his personal quarrels and discussions were being secretly taped by his trusted companion.
Kristen Meghan, another form of whistle blower who talks about Climate and or GEO Engineering and alleging the use of very toxic chemicals being purchased by the U.S. Air Force and being sprayed in the skies. She claims that at every airport she is taken into a private room and held for inspection predicated on her exposing this. She has been accused of not proving any facts of a real smoking gun so not sure of her “whistle blowing” but she does add drama or perhaps comedy. And then we have swirling around another whistle blower, Bradley Manning who exposed some cold-hearted facts of the war confused with truth and ironically or not, waiting for a sex change.
We have a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Barton Gellman, suggesting Americans may soon choose to only communicate with their own encrypted keys because posting like this column I wrote and the revealing and consistent time lines of such posts, are or will potentially place us in harm’s way in the future, with all of the surveillance and whistle blowers and lack of stability. So maybe we should limit our secrets to our fiends, like Monica Lewinsky did with Linda Trip. Of course Linda brought it to Mr Starr, the investigator and to the world and bruised Bill Clinton while she dealt the death blow to her friend. And lately you have the government’s BLM cases against ranchers over grazing rights and water rights and the legal liability of such. Wayne Hage is of course the most famous case and his Senator wife who have long passed away after fighting for 20 plus years to posthumously win a $23 Million law suit and then, just recently, have the courts over turn it and the Supreme Court says they will no longer hear the case, now, or in the future. Then you have Bank of America, manipulating and taking advantage of the politely labeled home and commercial loan business by riding the stocks up, and shorting them on the way down to make money on both sides of the equation. These same banks have now reduced their debt portfolio by making deals and funding groups that are buying distressed properties as if they are in a transparent business offering but are backed covertly by the banks. Many of these large Wall Street Banks are now buying up water and water rights. Agenda 21, has long been held as a conspiratorial encumbered word but is slowly evolving into truth with ugly tentacles. As the Snowden article in Vanity Fair stated, we know the so called “deep state”- a government within a government, organized around secrecy and surveillance- is not just the stuff of conspiracy theorists.
I could indulge you with a litany of materials. I could share with you some of my own personal experiences. I could expose some of my fellow American’s business practices to prove my points with more conviction but victimhood is not my style. My style may be a vestige of my 50s and 60s upbringing, a true anachronism. My style is to find solutions to problems and to hone the spindle of the compass so that north is truly 360 degrees, today and tomorrow.
Overtly compromising your values and integrity in a mercurial fashion depending on the instant gratification you might define as “warranted” has often become the American Way. Once you establish the price of being a whore, then there is a logical rationale. Lately it seems like the word transparency no longer fits, and that perhaps is the parallel theory of The Brave New World. That freedom and happiness are sacrificial items for stability. Some seem to be attempting to create a seamless, happy, superficial world where we are fed what makes us happy and it is the substitute for truth. Often truth has been deconstructed by the Jacque Derrida’s of the world but now, truth seems to be so dynamic, so mercurial, so predicated on timing and perspective that it is a moving chameleon. Girlfriends are reporting or secretly taping arguments; governments are sacrificing soldiers for political victories, surveillance is becoming palatable under “secret courts and laws” that were to be used for 3 months and turned into seven years. Families are reporting family members and the word “sting” seems to no longer be the proprietary term of the FBI.
The government of Brave New World retains control by making its citizens so happy and superficially fulfilled that they don’t care about their personal freedom. In Brave New World the consequences of state control are a loss of dignity, morals, values, and emotions—in short, a loss of humanity.
So America, who do you trust. Do you trust the enforcers of all of these complex laws who are the Police? Do you trust the attorneys who are conditioned to construct and de-construct lives and meanings? Do you trust the banks or the courts in our system? Do you trust the surveillance of the NSA and our drones or the new electromagnetic pulse weapons? Do you trust the pesticides and or Monsanto? Do you trust that the Pentagon is planning on implanting chips in Veterans brains to map the reactions and “help them with PTSD.” Imagine Nazi Germany and who reported whom or what your “chip” said about you? One might fear the time when trust is a vestige of old thinking, therefore, opening the floodgates for chaos.
The phased solution for me is to reduce my radius of focus and it may or may not work for and or with you. Labels, accusations, judgment, and all such verbiage huddled into a bacterial infested bag called truth will not work. It is time to walk the talk with a sanitized focus on self. It is time for us all to reflect on choices in this world of indulgence and see if they point north. It is time for all humans to make sure the spindle on our compass is honed to due North with zero standard deviation. My radius of focus shall be myself, and my immediate family. My radius of focus shall mean that I should reflect a model for my family and that time should honor such actions. The grey perceptions are troubling.
As I share some of these facts and concerns with you allow me digress for just a quick moment. I have enjoyed for multiple decades of being showered in some limited instances with truth and loyalty on a consistent basis. A long time ago, when I starred in a TV series for NBC called CHIPS, I met a fan . She was a quiet young girl with physical mannerism of stress and enormous anxiety. Her eyes darted from the tears mounting in them when I approached her and talked to her. Her sentences were disjointed and her angelic cheeks flushed. She stood there and I observed a girl visibly shaking. I tried to gently comfort her and assure her that Larry Wilcox was real and was caring. Over the next 30 years this fan and I began to exchange emails and I politely returned her communications. Over many years she began to do small things for me, here and there and at first I thought she was simply a fan and enjoyed giving. However, after literally decades of her setting up a radio interview for me, or building me a Fan site or building my company’s web site or offering insights, time, money, sensitivity from her East Coast home the mural of truth was seared in my soul. This young lady for decades has philanthropically given me her heart and her intellect and even some of her family secrets from time to time. No, we were never an item but we have always been mutually honored friends. Sue Walsh has been my dedicated assistant for many years and each time I would show any symptoms of doubt she would show truth. I want to thank Sue Walsh and her husband for humbly gifting me with the meaning of truth and loyalty during my life time.
May you all find truth, balance, integrity, and loyalty in your relationships? May you not pass judgment on people when the press feeds the instant gratification hate pill to you. May you understand that giving without strings creates light….and light geometrically perpetuates TRUTH. May you find Grace and be blessed with multiple truthful relationships. And to quote Snowden, code name “Vertax” Latin for “truth teller” in the Vanity Fair article…….he states on the nature of freedom……”It is the confidence of purpose that allows you to be truly free.”
Do you have that confidence?
Gratefully and Humbly,
Larry
Larry,
This was a powerful and thought-provoking article! My focus tends to be more on my immediate concerns, such as my family, but your article reminded me that I need to remain alert to what is going on in the bigger picture, as well. I hope that after I have finished with my school work and obtained my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees that I will be able to help maintain the clarity and true freedom that this country was intended to maintain and that our ancestors fought for.
Thank you again for such a powerful article, and I also think that Sue Walsh has given a lot to protect and assist you. I am glad she is your assistant as well as my friend!
Melanie Gladden
Thank you Melanie for reading the article. I wanted it to be provocative because it deserves OUR combined attention. Of course the landscape also has flowers, not just provocative weeds…and we must enjoy them all and form our own opinions and not put our heads in the romantic sand. Thanks to Sue I am able to indulge myself and to share some insights with my fans and friends. I may not be correct but I have fun sharing.
I read your article with interest, however being from Australia I find it difficult to relate, or perhaps I am blissfully unaware of what is going on around me. Perhaps my ignorance is part of the problem. However I choose to live my life through personal kindness and happiness, at this point in time can not take a stand on issues, some points you raised are so foreign to me wrapped warmly in my little Aussie cocoon.
However I do want to stress I loved reading of your affection for sue, how wonderful and special to have such a loyal and clever friend, and to publicly acknowledge that, and in your heart feel it is a very admirable thing to do.
Your a good woman sue.
Larry thankyou for being so real, I am sure you are aware of the impact you had on peoples lives and now just seeing a photo that sue puts up on Facebook can envoke in me all the feeling of being 15 again. The messy bedroom, the cassette player, the feelings of freedom and adored childhood, yes there was a little Larry crush but to be honest it’s all the other treasured memories that come flooding back,
This is one 46 year old whom adores and cherishes her Larry Wilcox time machine back to the 70s and 80s.
Love from Sydney Australia and sue I have a wonderful cottage on my property should you ever feel like a trip down
Under.
Dannielle, from down under, thank you. Probably more of this around you than you realize but thank you for indulging me. Yes Sue is wonderful and very kind and giving. I am flattered of course with your references and perhaps one day we can ride the time machine together. LOL….have a great day…..down under! Hugs.
wow, that was quite a read! It’s very discouraging to think about what has become important to us…everyone wants to be the one to “break open” the next big scandal, and get their 15 minutes of fame. I find myself hiding avoiding the news, newspapers, etc. Today I read that Facebook wants to start listening in on our conversations! It’s just too much! I do my best to concentrate on my own little world, and enjoy life with my family, friends, and church, and the small-town life that suits me so well.
Now about Sue…a little over a year ago, I found the Larry Wilcox fan page on Facebook, which led me to the weekly chat. Over this time, I have come to think of Sue and Mike as friends (along with several others in the group), and it is my hope that I will be able to meet them in person soon. Sue is such a caring, funny, and trustworthy person, and we are all blessed to know her!
Shawnette – thank you for reading that long article. LOL….and glad you have found friends at the fan site….where we are ALL the same….simply people. God Bless.
Larry
Larry,
Very insightful and a bit disturbing column. I too have been following the news stories. Watched the interview with Snowden the other night and still don’t know what to think of him. So many people getting their names in the public eye for all the wrong reasons. What about those that do good everyday that we don’t know about, the unsung heroes. I don’t know what to think about Kristin Meagen. Only time will tell if the things she says are true. The older I get the more I realize that the world is getting scarier each and ever day but I do not hide. I stay close to home with family and friends and just watch what is going on everywhere else. Also thanks for praising Sue because she does so much. She was shy when I met her the first time too at the 10-4 parade, but I am now glad to call her a friend.
Dear Larry,
As your anxiety toward your country, we are confronting the hardship to keep our country in safe due to the emerging of the power which has not been controled by the citizen, politician. Their propaganda is so misery and we should appeal to the world that there is no historical background. We have been fed up with the fabricated information, but with their aggressive attitude, we might need to prepare for the time as a reserve.
Sue, you are so generous and the best supporter of Larry (I might have seen you in September last year for the Ride). I am very proud of you for your effort to transmit the informaton of Larry to the whole world.
I hope to see both of you in the very near future.
Takeshi Norimatsu
Nancy
As always….thank you again. Tell your husband I said hello and hope you guys are doing well. Listen to music, smell the roses, and Squirt!
Larry
Dear Mr. Wilcox,
I want to say thank you. Thanks for showing a young impressionable child-” Who watched EVERY episode ” Some ethical behavior and professionalism in society. I’m sure the writers had a lot to do with scripts, but I’d like to think you had final say. I loved Chips, grew up to be a Veteran and contributing member of society.
So thanks again,
Sincerely,
Jack Pitre
Thank you Jack for watching all those years and employing me. Have a good one and make sure you squirt once in a while with our products on Nutrisquirt.com
Larry Wilcox
Dear Mr Wilcox,
I just came across your website and the article. WOW, you see wisely for sure. Thank you very much!
Your character in CHiPs and you have been like heros to me for a long time! (I was in my 20’s and overseas when I first watched you.)
God bless you and your family and friends and God please help our country!
Jacque
Dear Mr. Wilcox,
I’ve been a fan for a few years, I can’t say many years because I haven’t been alive that long. Lol. I’ve always been interested in movies from my parents’ era. And CHiPs was one of my Mom’s favorite when she was a kid.
I ran across this website by accident. I read your article above. And I agree wholeheartedly. America is in trouble. I loved the passage about the things people sacrifice for security because it’s something my Dad has always instilled in us not to do. After all, Thomas Jefferson once said, “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” America has enslaved itself and the people have given up their God given rights just to have their “security.” Our government was built to be ruled by the people but instead the government has grown so that now the government rules the people. There’s something wrong with that.
Thank you for a good read, it kept me thinking. I don’t think my brain will be turned to mush before school starts this year. Lol. 🙂
I do have a question for you. I’ve seen you mention God and you’ve said “God bless” a few times. I was just wondering if you were religious. Are you perhaps a Christian? And if so, how did u get to that point in your life?
Sincerely,
Kyndle L. Kirby
I think “Ray” would be proud of your descriptive writing and presence of clarity in your thought process Mr Wilcox, Larry if I may?. You are now the Teacher, the Mentor,and the Wise One. You “Carry the Fire” Larry, of both memory and truth, each of which are Radiant and Immutable as Floyd RedCrow Westerman would agree. I
knew when when I returned from Desert Shield and Storm in 1991 after being OverSeas 2yrs back to back ,that something
very sinister and wrong had taken a firm
grip on this country and eventually the
The World. Perhaps it was always there
waiting for chance to move the Agenda forward. Thank you for being a positive influence on both myself, and millions of others around this Small planet. May God continue to Bless You, and your family.
Thank You for your service ” Semper Fidelis”
The light of Truth , shines unusually bright, when one’s surrounding’s grow increasingly Dark.
Regards and Respect. Sean Hall
I really liked the show because you and Pinch made a good team.
I never understood why all the hype around Eric Astrada.I always thought you and your character were much better.
Your article hits true,too many people walk around with a ME attitude,common courtesy has gone out the window.Only we as Americans can take back our country,it will be difficult amid all of the propaganda designed to shade us from truth,But truth will always rear it’s head and overshadow the lie,it’s just a matter of getting people to look outside their me world to hear.
Take care.
Craig,
Today some gangster with his RED LA cap on backwards stepped in front of me and he was all about his macho self and his bad karma. In today’s life of violence, anger, and corruption it is ugly and all are in part a result of the ME, ME, ME syndrome. I was in Texas recently and people were still opening doors, saying yes Ma am and Yes Sir. Where or where is AMERICA going with all of this apathy and corruption? Thank you for reading my column Craig. Gratefully, Larry
Once again, Larry, you have me floored. Excellent and provocative insight. As one who learned her way of seeing the world and addressing social and political hypocrisies from great minds like George Carlin and Richard Pryor, I find myself inadvertently starting more and more trouble just asking the tough questions. Even amongst my own friends and family, I’m finding it much harder to know what I can and cannot say in conversation or my social media postings without being told that I’m insensitive. At the same time, I’m expected to just except that the people who should know what to expect from me have new expectations that I have to adapt to without compromise. When you’re raised to be honest and speak from your heart, these are difficult changes to make. Wouldn’t you agree?
I have always stubbornly refused to accept this new world growing up around us. I call myself a Federalist as I still firmly believe in the principles that founded this country. Personal freedom is a right and not a privilege. Yes, with rights come responsibilities and THAT is where we (our society) keep dropping the ball. If more of us accepted responsibility for our words and actions then we wouldn’t need to be told when we screwed up. We’d already know. Sadly, the tail end of my generation (X) and this Millennial generation aren’t being taught the necessary lessons in personal responsibility. Commonsense has been sacrificed in the interest of appeasing spoiled brats who can’t accept the “no” word.
Sheri-Lynn, Thank you for taking the time to indulge me with your reading and comments. I find these changes in life as probing. They probe you to look deeper into facts and to educate yourself about the “various perspectives” and to try and distill such information and then offer a balanced perspective from your viewpoint. I also find it LAZY to become laissez-faire about Politics and about Laws when that attitude or demeanor perpetuates the illness that society accepts. I am careful to offer a lot of my “opinions” but I do like to ask tough questions to enlighten myself and at times politely enlighten others perhaps. Anyway….I am a student for Life. Thank you Sheri-Lynn for reading. Funny….I think it is more fun to write these columns than to say 10-4 every fifth page on CHIPS. LOL…..but the pay is not the same. Onward….and good luck to you. Thanks again.
Just reading this post now in 2017. Amazing how you had this pegged so spot on at the time you composed it..
I own a construction company in WV. I grew up in WV and when i was a kid in the late 70s and 80s you were a big deal to me on “chips”..
I bet I watched every episode again on MeTV until it stopped running this past week.
So from a childhood hero, to now reading your thoughts, i am impressed, and find myself wanting to follow you again, now at age 40, married with a 3 year old and and infant, I’m looking to the insight you have on the country we’re living in and that I’m raising a family in.
GOD has blessed me beyond what I deserve, but he expects me to also do my due diligence..
So if you are still active and offering perspective, I’d love to tag along… please let me know where to follow your posts.
Thanks.
Charley