The Bottom Of The Barrel

About the Book

You can see now beyond the immediate turmoil and grasp the big picture. Now you can see the other side of the curtain where the larger reality awaits.

The Author has accomplished the monumental task of translating the truth of a green uniform into black and white. Ask yourself, can letters and words on paper so deeply influence your consciousness that you are literally not the same person? YES! I truly believe from the bottom of my heart that when you read this book and are one who is thinking of sending your children into the military, or joining the military  yourself, it will vastly change your way of thinking and prepare you for the better.

The story is about boys that grow up together with high hopes and trying to make a good life. They find themselves becoming anti-social drug users at an early age. The high energy and high spirit is what keeps them going. Their hope for a better life is diminishing as they grow. At an early age they realize that trying to fit in is useless. They find that the ridicule and ostracism, is breaking their spirit. The humiliation that they go through is killing them on the inside. They are pushed to the point that they start to push back. They end up losing out on a good education. The school principle ridicules them. Their teachers talk to them, as though they were retarded. Eventually they all go into the military with hopes of cleaning up and staying straight. Were they in for a surprise finding that there were more drugs, violent, and racial tension than in the civilian world. These are actual events.  However, part of the book is fictional.

About the Author

The author has an accomplished base of experinences  in his life. He has been an  entrepreneur having owned to successful businesses: he has a varied number of career skills, such as martial arts instructor, commando train jungle expert, scuba diver, He has some college.  He study history, piano lesson and painting mostly liberal arts. However, he still feels disconnected towards accomplishing something for our country. These are material things that are not important to him. He wants to help heal our country in the wake of 9/11 to the racial tensions, and the injustice of unfair labor practice.

Arturo was born and raised in San Antonio Texas, comes from, a family of 3 brothers, 5 sisters. His father Mr. Arturo senior served during WW II returned wounded and was never recognized for his service. Work 35 years for Kelley Air Base and retired. Arturo’s uncle also, served during WWII and was never recognized for his service. The injustices that his uncle experienced were unjustified.

Arturo feels there are still to many affairs to be settled. Such as a few minor things like: drug addition, loneliness, illness, layoffs, poisoned lakes, executions, missile warfare, depression, religious feuding, stock market crashes, homicide, genocide, suicide, earthquakes, political payoffs, school shootings ethnic clashes, chemical warfare. starvation, hunger, abuse of power, ozone opening, heart attacks.