BK: Kerry was never going to win, ever. Bushmerica has too much invested in the Christian King and his reign will not end until they can no longer profit from it, or something larger takes their interest.
RP: very well said
BK:Why thank you. The hopelessness I've felt since 9/11 has never abated, and I don't know if it will, in all honesty, in my lifetime. Whoever put Bush into office has thoroughly taken everything pure and right about this country, carefully bent it over a ledge, and has fucked it bloody. The sad thing is--there's no going back.
BK: So, y'know, if you ever wanted to live in the 1950's, now's your chance.
RP: hey did u notice in that map of the US showing the Red States and Blue States, did you notice that the color Red is now a good color in a majority of the peoples eyes, when only 50 years ago, Red was a menace, and also did you notice, the progressive Blue states are all along water, open ocean, while the Red states are near no open water, except for Illinois, which is on a lake. Hmmmmmmmmm
BK: The progressive states being along the water, I attribute to those states being historically shipping-based, which led to those states having a more cosmopolitan populace, and diverse--we needed slaves and cheap labor. Now, it's where all the international airports are, and where commerce centers tend to be. Hence, a smarter, more sophisticated, and diverse, populace.
RP: very good answer
BK: Didn't notice the red thing. But that's okay--we're being run single-minded communist-esque fuckos anyway.
BK: Tips for the future: keep your head down, keep your mouth shut, and make popular entertainment with a message-the only thing they can't (and don't want to) stop
BK: Anything blatant doesn't work anymore.
RP: this all might be great for art in general. it is during times of repression that great art shines because its the only way to express the truth without being blatant.
BK: Right. It'll be interesting at the very least. I thought Team America was goddamned brilliant AND goddamned blatant
RP: it might also be great for the horror genre, where so much metaphor lives
BK: Horror is HUGE right now
BK: Everytime they put out a horror movie it does well
BK: The biggest things going right now are horror and family films. Coincidence?
RP: LOL, wow
each piece she's torn from the whole she gathers up to organize in a way that makes sense... A discussion point where ideas, articles, and stories that contain much of what you want and need to become aware of the existing corrupt reality we are experiencing and of ways to solve them...
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Worth Repeating Again, Out On A Really Long Limb
Kerry by A Landslide!!!!!!
I dare say, I do. Republicans voting for Kerry. No way. But in a way, yes. By not voting. So many Republicans support the party, but not the man. An embarrassing President. A man who should be equally as smart as the rest of us, if not more so, but is not. Between the large numbers of new Democratic registrations and those Republicans who in incredible excess will not vote at all, we will have a Kerry landslide. Be that as it may, The Boston Red Sox have won The World Series, The New England Patriots are on record roll and all good things happen in threes, and you can't count on the Celtics this year, no Kennedy in the running... but there's Kerry.
I dare say, I do. Republicans voting for Kerry. No way. But in a way, yes. By not voting. So many Republicans support the party, but not the man. An embarrassing President. A man who should be equally as smart as the rest of us, if not more so, but is not. Between the large numbers of new Democratic registrations and those Republicans who in incredible excess will not vote at all, we will have a Kerry landslide. Be that as it may, The Boston Red Sox have won The World Series, The New England Patriots are on record roll and all good things happen in threes, and you can't count on the Celtics this year, no Kennedy in the running... but there's Kerry.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Like the hands of a clock, reality reels around the face of history, inevitably coming 'round to the same hour, bound to repeat.
Herman Goering -
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
Gustave Gilbert -
"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
Herman Goering -
"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
Gustave Gilbert -
"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
Herman Goering -
"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
Bullshit
I am sure of this.
No one is ever as confident as they seem, or as they perceive themselves to be.
We all have flaws known & unknown.
We all have hopes & goals left unfullfilled.
We all have fears & doubts that have as much if not more to do with how we govern our lives than we believe.
No one is ever as confident as they seem, or as they perceive themselves to be.
We all have flaws known & unknown.
We all have hopes & goals left unfullfilled.
We all have fears & doubts that have as much if not more to do with how we govern our lives than we believe.
Order of Things In Chaos
So many of us are afraid to questîon those in charge especially when their authority is questionable & without right, when it is we who put them there. Imagine how much more placid & persuaded we would be if the danger of unquestioned authority were not so evident. It can be so easy. One in authority need not round up the populace to prevent dissent. We lock ourselves in our homes with obese inducing foods & inane television entertainment that works just as well to keep us in our place. Our jail keepers are television channels & networks of moribund entertainment, these modern subversive, subconscience icons of misinformation & passive entertainment give us what we want most, to be comforted like children, to be coddled & quelled, a stacis that so conveniently, whether deliberate or not, keeps us from thinking for ourselves, & questioning those in control.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004
Out on A Limb
Kerry by A Landslide!!!!!!
I dare say, I do. Republicans voting for Kerry. No way. But in a way, yes. By not voting. So many Republicans support the party, but not the man. An embarrassing President. A man who should be equally as smart as the rest of us, if not more so, but is not. Between the large numbers of new Democratic registrations and those Republicans who in incredible excess will not vote at all, we will have a Kerry landslide. Some say they're not voting for a President, but for the Presidents Cabinet. Yeah, really, I've heard that. Does that make any sense? Vote not for The President, but for his subordinates? I don't think so.
I dare say, I do. Republicans voting for Kerry. No way. But in a way, yes. By not voting. So many Republicans support the party, but not the man. An embarrassing President. A man who should be equally as smart as the rest of us, if not more so, but is not. Between the large numbers of new Democratic registrations and those Republicans who in incredible excess will not vote at all, we will have a Kerry landslide. Some say they're not voting for a President, but for the Presidents Cabinet. Yeah, really, I've heard that. Does that make any sense? Vote not for The President, but for his subordinates? I don't think so.
Welcome to The Slaughterhouse
each day passes as the last
and the next.
a sea of bobbing heads hobble forward,
sure of purpose,
unaware of the doubt that guides them,
the cement of perceived sanity they walk on.
forever on a quest for reason and truth of purpose,
a path strewn with the waste of past,
lost dreams spent,
run over by reality and left like roadkill,
to dry in the sun.
rhythm, sound, light and motion,
permeate blankets of warm metaphor,
that which we accept to be reality.
we stride forward in kind,
step by step,
whittled down to a single file,
toward a black hole of expectation,
hope and desire,
the hammer of reality awaits
to crash down upon us and reveal our innermost,
crimson bright and chunky,
spilt out on the slaughterhouse floor.
and the next.
a sea of bobbing heads hobble forward,
sure of purpose,
unaware of the doubt that guides them,
the cement of perceived sanity they walk on.
forever on a quest for reason and truth of purpose,
a path strewn with the waste of past,
lost dreams spent,
run over by reality and left like roadkill,
to dry in the sun.
rhythm, sound, light and motion,
permeate blankets of warm metaphor,
that which we accept to be reality.
we stride forward in kind,
step by step,
whittled down to a single file,
toward a black hole of expectation,
hope and desire,
the hammer of reality awaits
to crash down upon us and reveal our innermost,
crimson bright and chunky,
spilt out on the slaughterhouse floor.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
What Really Happened
A great website...
"A New York Times article said, "Some estimates put the total debt owed by the poorest countries at around $200 billion."
"$200 billion a year is what it costs to fill out tax forms every year."
"That coincidentally, is the very amount Bush has spent so far on invading Iraq (not to mention the cost in lives). Instead of invading Iraq, Bush could have paid off the ENTIRE debt of some 30+ Third World countries, given countless nations a radical chance at improving their economic livelihood, created tremendous good will for the US, encouraged them (through incentives) to embrace democracy and economic reform (which would be far harder for governments to avoid with the huge opportunity this would have provided) and in the end helped turn impoverished nations into vibrant nations and -- hey, it's good for the US economy -- growing markets for our goods and services."
"A New York Times article said, "Some estimates put the total debt owed by the poorest countries at around $200 billion."
"$200 billion a year is what it costs to fill out tax forms every year."
"That coincidentally, is the very amount Bush has spent so far on invading Iraq (not to mention the cost in lives). Instead of invading Iraq, Bush could have paid off the ENTIRE debt of some 30+ Third World countries, given countless nations a radical chance at improving their economic livelihood, created tremendous good will for the US, encouraged them (through incentives) to embrace democracy and economic reform (which would be far harder for governments to avoid with the huge opportunity this would have provided) and in the end helped turn impoverished nations into vibrant nations and -- hey, it's good for the US economy -- growing markets for our goods and services."
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