2.16.2003
here's the thing. I don't even know where to start. First of all my veiws on the world differ so much from my leaders and most of my fellow citizens, that its hard to explain myself without coming across as a loonie.
I believe every human being knows the difference between right and wrong. There is some sort of trigger in all of us that is activated when we witness something truly horrendous. Jeff you ask for facts, but no one i know has any real facts. i have plenty of rumors. I have a general distrust for the rulers of this nation. you know the people i'm talking about. the select group of people that own and operate the government/media. in my opinion we have never lived in a democracy. we've ALWAYS been just a sugar coated aristocracy. looking back through history, (SEE Peoples History of the United States, Howard Zinn), its obvious to me that our imperialism has hardly been contested for many generations.
im·pe·ri·al·ism
2 : the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas;
its not a stretch to me to also conclude that the rulers that have control will not hesitate to lie, manipulate, and kill to stay in their position.
We have troops alreay 'invested' overseas... so they say war is inevitable. It would look foolish and wimpy to pull back now i suppose. You better not risk jeopardizing re-election, even if it is the right thing to do. Even if hundreds of thousands of your citizens are demonstrating in the cold. Even if millions around the WORLD are speaking out against you. It was the biggest demonstration EVER held in Britain.
Besides the politics of war though, the things that scares me the most is information control. i hate being treated like a 12 year old by network (corporate) news. its like mind control. We live in Orwellian times. The most lethal killing machines on the planet are referred to as "peacekeeping forces".
I turn on FoxNews and theres some guy talking about how 'we HAVE to go to war'... all the while theres a little floating avatar next to his head that says Common Sense. Just today I saw the stories about the UN twisted. On friday (2.14.03) the UN security council met. Blix said Iraq was coming around. The UN EXPLICTELY instructed the US not to act militarily without UN approval. The foreign minister of france said some controversial 'anti-US' words. The gallery erupted in applause. Bush, Powell speak.... silence.
That alone should say something.
So FOXnews today. They have dubbed Russia and France "the axis of weasel". They also said the french guys words were considered by many to be "offensive and pretentious"... they showed a quick clip of the UN clapping but made sure to note that it was just the "gallery" that was supporting the french speaker... not the world delagates.
Fox touts the "fair and balanced" phrase everywhere they go, but its obvious to me that they're just an outlet for the powers that be. There was periodic protest coverage today, but every 30 seconds they had to remind everyone about that poll they took that said 69% support war. They even had someone from the IAC (Iraq Action Coalition) on to speak about the reasons for marching. Of course the lady for the IAC was on the street where she should be. The fair and balanced conservative counterpart lady was nice and warm in the studio. The conservative lady spoke first, AND last. Her mic was noticeably louder than the IAC spokesperson. She alleged that since the IAC doesn't highlight Saddams wrongdoings, they are probably FUNDED by him. Because the IAC spokesperson is pro-Palistine she called her anti-semetic. This conservative lady would not stop calling the protesters 'pathetic' and 'unemployed' etc... The IAC lady simply said "I think a war will only increase terrorism"... while the conservative lady did nothing but personally attack and name call. it was a extremely unprofessional.
The WAR ON TERROR itself is a bogus term. You can't have a war on terror. Its even more absurd than the laughable war on drugs. How do you win a war on terror? I quote david cross:
"its like having a war on jealousy... at no point in time EVER are we going to go, 'phew! got em all everybody loves us again'... all we're doing is making more terrorists... everyday we make new terrorists around the world"
Sadly, terrorism is becoming associated with Islam... actually i'd bet that most Americans would associate any arabic people as a threat. We're just becoming conditioned that way. I warn you now... the next enemy is free-thinkers.
You have to examine the motives. Our country is REALLY not that dangerous of a place. When the general population is fearful, they will give up their rights, and support the largest and most powerful military in the world. If we're so peaceful, and FREE... why do we need the most WOD?
George Carlin summed it up best... he said that the middle class pays all of the taxes and does all of the work. The upper class (ruling class) pays very little tax and does very little work. The lower class is just there to scare the fuck out of the middle class. Keep them showing up to those 'jobs'.
Socialist overtones... yes... but so be it.
I'm so tired of the rhetoric "they can't stand our freedom"... of course we're the most righteous country... god bless the USA etc.
but with the money that we spend on defense we could feed and cloth the world many times over... theres something wrong.
War makes money though.
Through war we gain economic 'legs up'... we call it 'free trade'... (chuckle). Not to mention the government contracted companies that profit in the billions from wars. Lockhead Martin is the largest defense contractor in the world. You didn't hear it from me that the Bush family have a few shares.
To me thats called a "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"
Like in court... if your lawyer/judge/juror realizes that he or she has a conflict of interest (example: the judge is your cousin)
... they are forbidden to be involved with the 'justice' process.
I move that we impeach Dubya.
He has demonstrated an obvious conflict of interest.
What are we doing wrong? almost everything
What should we do?
pull out of every country. even the ones that request our assistance... bring Americans back home. EDUCATE the ignorant masses. REALIZE that maybe, just maybe... the world doesn't appriciate the American brand lifestyle. Admit that we really don't know whats best for other countries. We have enough problems to work out here first. FUCK.
I believe every human being knows the difference between right and wrong. There is some sort of trigger in all of us that is activated when we witness something truly horrendous. Jeff you ask for facts, but no one i know has any real facts. i have plenty of rumors. I have a general distrust for the rulers of this nation. you know the people i'm talking about. the select group of people that own and operate the government/media. in my opinion we have never lived in a democracy. we've ALWAYS been just a sugar coated aristocracy. looking back through history, (SEE Peoples History of the United States, Howard Zinn), its obvious to me that our imperialism has hardly been contested for many generations.
im·pe·ri·al·ism
2 : the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas;
its not a stretch to me to also conclude that the rulers that have control will not hesitate to lie, manipulate, and kill to stay in their position.
We have troops alreay 'invested' overseas... so they say war is inevitable. It would look foolish and wimpy to pull back now i suppose. You better not risk jeopardizing re-election, even if it is the right thing to do. Even if hundreds of thousands of your citizens are demonstrating in the cold. Even if millions around the WORLD are speaking out against you. It was the biggest demonstration EVER held in Britain.
Besides the politics of war though, the things that scares me the most is information control. i hate being treated like a 12 year old by network (corporate) news. its like mind control. We live in Orwellian times. The most lethal killing machines on the planet are referred to as "peacekeeping forces".
I turn on FoxNews and theres some guy talking about how 'we HAVE to go to war'... all the while theres a little floating avatar next to his head that says Common Sense. Just today I saw the stories about the UN twisted. On friday (2.14.03) the UN security council met. Blix said Iraq was coming around. The UN EXPLICTELY instructed the US not to act militarily without UN approval. The foreign minister of france said some controversial 'anti-US' words. The gallery erupted in applause. Bush, Powell speak.... silence.
That alone should say something.
So FOXnews today. They have dubbed Russia and France "the axis of weasel". They also said the french guys words were considered by many to be "offensive and pretentious"... they showed a quick clip of the UN clapping but made sure to note that it was just the "gallery" that was supporting the french speaker... not the world delagates.
Fox touts the "fair and balanced" phrase everywhere they go, but its obvious to me that they're just an outlet for the powers that be. There was periodic protest coverage today, but every 30 seconds they had to remind everyone about that poll they took that said 69% support war. They even had someone from the IAC (Iraq Action Coalition) on to speak about the reasons for marching. Of course the lady for the IAC was on the street where she should be. The fair and balanced conservative counterpart lady was nice and warm in the studio. The conservative lady spoke first, AND last. Her mic was noticeably louder than the IAC spokesperson. She alleged that since the IAC doesn't highlight Saddams wrongdoings, they are probably FUNDED by him. Because the IAC spokesperson is pro-Palistine she called her anti-semetic. This conservative lady would not stop calling the protesters 'pathetic' and 'unemployed' etc... The IAC lady simply said "I think a war will only increase terrorism"... while the conservative lady did nothing but personally attack and name call. it was a extremely unprofessional.
The WAR ON TERROR itself is a bogus term. You can't have a war on terror. Its even more absurd than the laughable war on drugs. How do you win a war on terror? I quote david cross:
"its like having a war on jealousy... at no point in time EVER are we going to go, 'phew! got em all everybody loves us again'... all we're doing is making more terrorists... everyday we make new terrorists around the world"
Sadly, terrorism is becoming associated with Islam... actually i'd bet that most Americans would associate any arabic people as a threat. We're just becoming conditioned that way. I warn you now... the next enemy is free-thinkers.
You have to examine the motives. Our country is REALLY not that dangerous of a place. When the general population is fearful, they will give up their rights, and support the largest and most powerful military in the world. If we're so peaceful, and FREE... why do we need the most WOD?
George Carlin summed it up best... he said that the middle class pays all of the taxes and does all of the work. The upper class (ruling class) pays very little tax and does very little work. The lower class is just there to scare the fuck out of the middle class. Keep them showing up to those 'jobs'.
Socialist overtones... yes... but so be it.
I'm so tired of the rhetoric "they can't stand our freedom"... of course we're the most righteous country... god bless the USA etc.
but with the money that we spend on defense we could feed and cloth the world many times over... theres something wrong.
War makes money though.
Through war we gain economic 'legs up'... we call it 'free trade'... (chuckle). Not to mention the government contracted companies that profit in the billions from wars. Lockhead Martin is the largest defense contractor in the world. You didn't hear it from me that the Bush family have a few shares.
To me thats called a "CONFLICT OF INTEREST"
Like in court... if your lawyer/judge/juror realizes that he or she has a conflict of interest (example: the judge is your cousin)
... they are forbidden to be involved with the 'justice' process.
I move that we impeach Dubya.
He has demonstrated an obvious conflict of interest.
What are we doing wrong? almost everything
What should we do?
pull out of every country. even the ones that request our assistance... bring Americans back home. EDUCATE the ignorant masses. REALIZE that maybe, just maybe... the world doesn't appriciate the American brand lifestyle. Admit that we really don't know whats best for other countries. We have enough problems to work out here first. FUCK.
< 05:40 >< /~ chad >
