This will be neither eloquent or erudite. Its a simple statment of fact. For those who believe that "this too shall pass" think again.
Hello, my name is Rafael R. Piñero Arrufat and I am an Enemy of the State. I am an Enemy of the State because:
I am a Puerto Rican, and I believe in freedom for all and independence for the nation that I love, Puerto Rico.
I am a firm believer in human rights and in the idea that all men, all people, everywhere are created equal.
I despise the Empire that is the United State of America and mourn the loss of the Republic. I don't want my people or anyone else to be dragged through the fires of the inevitable Imperial demise.
I have an Arab sounding last name and resent been stopped every time I check my bags at the airport. To be put under the of microscope of suspicion without proof or reason. I am proud of my name, it is part of who I am and I will not change it.
I can not and will not remain silent while the Constitution of the United States, one of the greatest documents ever written, is soiled by the actions of a mad king.
I am not afraid and I refuse to be afraid, of this government, of the terrorists, of the future.
I believe that the war in Iraq is not a noble experiment or some misguided attempt to do right, but a mad quest for Empire, at all cost.
I believe, as John Kerry once said, that no one, NO ONE, should be the last one to die for somebody else's mistake.
I believe in freedom, honesty, compassion and bravery, the things this government and its leaders are not and will never be.
My name is Rafael R. Piñero, and whether I like it or not, I am an Enemy of the State. Enemy to apathy, cowardice, tyranny and oppression. That is who I am. Nothing more and nothing less.