21 Cynthia McKinney: The children honor that investment of their parents. C. Austin Fitts: Right. It’s wonderful to see that, and it’s rare that you see and feel the same kind of intergenerational love and support. Cynthia McKinney: The thing that is ex- tremely amazing to me is that I have about 15 young people between the ages of 20 and 25, and we have been all over this country. We have been on eight to ten excursions – long outings. C. Austin Fitts: Right. You’ve been to Nepal. Cynthia McKinney: We’ve been to all areas inside Bangladesh – Sundarbans, Cox’s Bazar. Sundarbans is a World Heritage site that has the world’s largest mangrove forest. Cox’s Bazar is the world’s longest ‘sea’ beach, and I guess it’s the world’s longest beach. We have been to the mountains, to the valleys, to the deltas. We have been there, and the re- markable impression is: No drugs, no cigarette smoking, no alcohol, and nothing except good, clean fun. C. Austin Fitts: These kids have more fun and they’re having very great fun. Cynthia McKinney: They’re having great fun, but it’s not augmented or whatever. C. Austin Fitts: It’s clean fun and they don’t need to come clean because they’ve always been clean. Cynthia McKinney: Yes. C. Austin Fitts: And they’ve always been clean and we need to come clean. Cynthia McKinney: You are right, America does. C. Austin Fitts: It’s interesting because I start- ed this trip in Australia, and there, wherever I went, the young people were very excited about the future. They were worried about the differ- ent things, but they are building the future. Hong Kong is a city that has always reinvented itself, but this time the young people were not excited about being part of that reinvention. The question is: What is going to happen? Here in Dhaka, the kids are wildly excited about the opportunity of their future. Cynthia McKinney: Yes. C. Austin Fitts: The reality is that freedom and entrepreneurial opportunity attract. Cynthia McKinney: Yes. C. Austin Fitts: When you get 7 billion people excited about their freedom and their entrepre- neurial opportunity, things start to percolate. Cynthia McKinney: This is very interesting, though, because the freedom and the entre- preneurial spirit are almost separated from the political system. This is something that resides within the people, which is why your ‘come clean’ is so important. It starts in the heart. C. Austin Fitts: I really believe that people have the power if they will embrace that. Before we go on and talk about the Constitu- tion, I want to bring up the fact that I watched you over your career challenge the official real- ity on 9/11 and challenge them on the missing money. In fact, no one would listen to me about the missing money until you confirmed that what I was saying was correct. You challenged them on the sex slave traffick- ing by government contractors and under the auspices of the Federal government. You have challenged them again and again on all of this, and you paid the ultimate price. I was amazed that you were re-elected considering the forces that were ready to throw you out of Congress. I will say this because you wouldn’t say it: You won the Senate primary, and then they rigged it and played a game on you. So you have gone up against the machine, and you have one of the best track records of beating the machine. They had to spend a lot of time and money getting rid of you. In my opinion, it is very important that people not say, “Well, why is no one doing anything?” Your career is proof that very talented, capable, successful people have been doing plenty all along. Cynthia McKinney: That’s right. I appreci- ate you reminding your audience about that because I understand so much. I raise my hand (in cyberspace) and say, “I was trying to do something about it.”