Pay Attention, You're Tripping Balls Right Now

I don't remember the first time I took acid, I guess that's the mind fuck of the whole thing.

The strangest thing about acid isn't when you eat it, but long after, when you think to yourself "what the Hell was that all about?"

In the midst of what strikes the brain as psychotic illusions, the mind feels satisfied and all knowing...even if you are laughing uncontrollably for what seems like weeks. The laughter and visual obsession with the weird distracts the brain from thinking to itself, "Christ, this is weird". Even if Christ did agree with you, he would only be adding to the problem by speaking up.

I never had a major gripe with LSD, but it's always important to keep an arm's length distance. A week long bender could quickly turn into decades being the strange old man on the bicycle. "Poor bastard" They'll say, "I wonder if he even remembers anything."

Colors never look the same again, but they don't hurt the eyes so much. Sometimes to smooth over the intense buzzing, you have to ignore flashes and the constantly changing spectrum, and actually think to yourself, "Is this real?". As always, a cigarette is necessary for this debate.

"Kill the bastards! I'm just kidding, none of this matters...Holy Shit, I'm hungry. Did they just hear me? Am I talking out loud? OHHH I'm in trouble."

It's best to have friends you trust the most around during an intense dive into psychedelics; you never know if you'll come out the same, and there's always a good chance you'll come down, not liking the person you just tripped with. If someone likes you less because of your actions on acid, screw em'.

It's been a while since I climbed out of the rabbit hole, and in hindsight, it was an interesting ride...not the kind to write home about, not the kind to hold proudly, but definitely the kind of ride to remember fondly. If anything, it's a ride that reminds us what it's like to know the thrill of feeling young at heart.

I'm not younger, I took the trip and it was fun for a while, but I won't ever feel a want or need to return, I paid enough attention the first time around to get what I needed from it. Not to mention, the embarrassment of reminiscing on fogged and unreasonable reason is never enjoyable. Nobody is comfortable looking back at themselves and realizing a dose made them slightly insane. "Man I had some crazy thoughts jumping around last night, that was trippy."

I could take a dose everyday, but it wouldn't get me anywhere, it would just keep me in awe of a forever spinning cycle that self-explains itself through reputation alone. Not a good daily routine for the eager mind. No, the eager mind pursues truth through the path of reality, and the truth is, sometimes drugs help you escape faster.

A word of advice, at some point, wander off the path, you might even like it in the grass. Just keep in mind the natural curiosity to move forward and look ahead.

The Rebel Within

Take a look at the big picture, be aware of the world around you, this is how we learn and grow as people. Be weary of loaded words, things are more complex than definition. Trust is reserved for family and friends, anyone else has an angle or agenda, and it's not always good. Every person makes a difference, your actions and relationships change and effect others. Start a revolution in your mind, be critical of yourself, how do you spend your time? What are you feeding your mind? Have you abandoned nature and true reality?

As you effect things, outside influence and events effect you. When we go to war it is family members, neighbors and friends putting their lives on the line. When taxes and expenses are passed down it is your hard work the government skims from, it's 25% of your livelihood. When media is suppressed your mind is robbed, when bailouts happen you are robbed. These things do effect you, they effect you every day. The writing is on the wall, History has brought us here, History reveals our mistakes and taunts us when they are repeated.

Start a revolution in your mind, because it does matter, you matter. Everything that has been created outside of nature was first an idea, a flash across the mind of a person just like you. We are the shepards of our own lives, our own realities. Picture the world you want to live in, think how we can get there. Look at the past, look at the present, where are we moving as a country, as a society, as a human race? Time slips through our fingers and brings us abruptly to the future, know it, experience it, change it for the better, because time will never cease.

We are on the edge of History, we are the generation bringing in a new millennium, technology is advancing faster than ever before. Question authority, question Science, questions technologies. Are we using them to benefit ourselves or dehumanize ourselves? Are we creating things that will push us forward or repress us in self-loathing and lethargy? It's through scrutiny that we learn truths and perfect our creations. Don't trust the word of someone you don't know on the picture box, investigate for yourself, there are agendas out there that do not care about your best interest or your family. Pat attention.

People can be simplistic, they hold onto fear, and have a tendency to be uncomfortable with anything different from the status quo. What if the status-quo is wrong? What then? As we get older we realize adults were wrong, we realize they are just as childish as we once were. They name-call to advance in an argument without sound reason, they sacrifice others for their own benefit, they hoard and lie. These are human imperfections, and every day we each battle them, every day we are given the opportunity to choose what we do, how we react, and what kind of person we want to be, these opportunities are ageless.

We are fragile yet powerful, through our advances as people we become immortal, but we all perish. Know you will someday die. Every day leading up to that end is yours, define yourself. Don't fear the inevitable, don't let fear control or change you, be selfish with the time you are given, the clock is always ticking. People will always use this fear against you, this is the world we live in, this is our reality. Fear is used to change the world and the futures we envision, the world we have always hoped to forge is twisted with every decision made in the shadow of fear. The government says it will protect you, but nothing can protect you from the ultimate end. In that end will you look back in regret? Will you be proud of standing up for yourself and your convictions, or will you reflect back on the wasted years of cowardly submission?

In History we see every government abuse it's power, strangle it's citizens and conduct unjust wars. It's very real, thousands of people die every day without you noticing, women and children are slaughtered. Do you care? Foreign lands aren't alien planets, they are filled with people just like you, imagine the terror, the pains of these people, and how lucky you were to not see these horrors. Don't take that for granted, because it can happen to you. Be grateful, not afraid. No government in History has ever deserved unwavering trust, every government grows and represses with growth. You are not your government, government is never to be feared or trusted, it's through fear and trust that government has executed the most horrific crimes against humanity.

Reality television, advertisements, cars and "things", they are all distractions. They distract you from the questions you should be asking. "Why am I here?" "What is life's purpose?" "What happens when I die?" "What is right?" These are the questions we are here to ask, these questions are complex, we are given a lifetime to figure them out. You are born and die naked, alone, with no car or home or bank account. What happens in between those two days is what you gain in life, it is what you do with that time that empowers and fulfills you. Never let someone else answer these questions for you.

This isn't a game, this isn't a talking point, it's your life. What will you do with it? Are you paying attention and looking to the future, or doing what your told, wasting away the years before your ultimate fate? Live, love, learn, and laugh, ask questions, stand up for yourself, be someone you can be proud of, be aware.

Government Definition of the Model American: A dumb cowardly submissive lazy fat diseased drunken fool obsessed with money and television...or a felon

Twenty-five percent of the world's prison population is in America. It's estimated one in four African Americans will be in the prison system at some point, and one in eleven American males. China, who our propaganda machine constantly attacks for being oppressive to their population, has 4x more people than we do, yet far-less prisoners, in what we see as an authoritarian communist government. (This is by no means support for communism or China, but our media portrays them as one large prison)


In a free country, we have a staggering amount of people with their freedom taken away. A lot of this stems from The War on Drugs, a war as impossible to win as the War on Terror. You can't wage war on a product with demand or an emotion and expect to win. The War on Drugs as exploded the prison population, sending NON-VIOLENT criminals to prison, our treatment programs are a joke, and have a high failure rate. Drugs addicts have become comparable to the mental patients of the past; nobody in government knows how to deal with them, so they are simply removed from sight.


You can lose your life in prison without taking the life of another person in this country. Many people begin selling drugs because they have no other way of making the large sums of cash, especially is poverty stricken neighborhoods. The federalized educational system fails and disenfranchises many of its youth, then turns around and puts them in prison for selling drugs. When they are arrested someone else steps in to sell the product, it will never end, the cycle has never come close to ending.


Mexico is absolute chaos right now, drug cartels are slaughtering people, and waging war on U.S. Border Patrol. Officials in Mexico claim "it means the war is working". When drugs still pour into the country as before, and violence has spiked. If drugs were decriminalized and sold by pharmacy's all of the money and power would be taken from these violent cartels...yet the "war" continues.


The U.S. Government has no real interest in ending the war on drugs. As a youth in a lower-class area of a lower class town I never remembered hearing people using heroin or talking about it being around town. Now, it's unbelievable how many people who take and become addicted to the drug whom I know personally and are not from broken homes. This happened of course during the War on Terror. Before the war, the Taliban had almost completely wiped out Poppy growth in Afghanistan. Prior to the regime, Afghanistan was the largest producer of Opium worldwide. After U.S. troops arrived, production is up 95% and the biggest export of the country. The media and mouthpieces claim "we have to support the opium trade to keep the farmers with jobs". Now our youth suffer from a growth in heroin, a spike the drug has not seen in decades. (pun intended) I wonder how Afghanistan finds the finances to ship the large quantities of heroin over the world.


If you think I am claiming the U.S. invaded Afghanistan for Opium, you are correct. In the late 80's something very similar happened. The Iran-Contra Affair. The CIA bought Cocaine and showed "Freeway Rick Ross" how to create crack (a more affordable modification of the drug) in L.A. Crack and Cocaine as we know exploded during the 70`s and 80`s. The U.S. Government profited directly from the sale of Cocaine and crack in America, and used the money to support a contra-war in Nicaragua to overthrow the Sandinistas, while also using the money to supply Iran with weapons (who at the time held U.S. hostages)Freeway Ricky Ross ended up in prison for a long time, everyone on the government side of the operation dodged any legal ramifications. Ross' supplier was a CIA agent, this is how his operation became so large, the government didn't touch him until the whole project went public.


So what does all of this mean? It shows the U.S. Government does not care about the people, it looks at us as pawns in the great scheme of global dominance. Our government will take the youth away of it's people and imprison non-violent drug offenders for using or exchanging drugs. This is while the government and CIA wages covert wars for these drugs for rights to distribute in mass quantities.


Private prisons are becoming quite the phenomenon is the U.S., people are making profit from the mistakes of others, they get large government tax breaks and it is IN THEIR INTEREST TO SEE PEOPLE INCARCERATED. There is a prison industry in America. Interesting once again in a "free" country.


During modernity there has been: a devastating fascist government massacring a population of people because of their religion. In our parents generation African Americans were treated as subhuman in so many ways and supported by laws. Europeans nearly erased the indigenous population from this land during it's conception, then humans were shipped to this country to become slaves, Japanese Americans were detained during World War II in America, two major genocides have occurred in the past decade in Africa, another in Bosnia, Japanese massacres in China during WWII, hundreds of thousands of political prisoners executed in Maoist China, hundreds of thousands killed in Stalinist Russia, racial and religious division in Israel.


Excuse me if my tendency is to always mistrust government, because History has shown government is a genocidal maniac. The media frenzy in recent years has directed itself towards people of Latin American heritage and Muslims. Around the world people are detained in prison without judge or jury, held as a terrorist, tortured and executed. Unfortunately for the internationally incarcerated, The Constitution does not expand beyond American borders. Al Qaeda attacked America, not a sovereign nation such as Afghanistan, Iran, or Iraq. Al Qaeda has an international force of...your ready for this? less than 200 people. We didn't find Osama Bin Laden, who is Saudi, just like most of the attackers on 9/11.


Our reason for war in Afghanistan was "terrorists operated from there" where the most extreme sect of Islam, Wahhabism is Saudi Arabia's official religion, an overwhelming majority of terrorist camps are Wahhabi, and financed directly by members of the Saudi Royal Family. Most of the hijackers as we know were Saudi. Whether you believe the mechanics of 9/11 or not, the motives, targets, outcomes and relationships are extremely questionable. It is hard for me to believe the CIA, FBI, President, Lawmakers and media are all so inherently unintelligent, that they could fuck up a global war so badly, where most of the connections point to our very own ally.


The restriction of free speech in this country and domestic spying has increased through expansion of federal power, while our military has expanded operations into the Middle East. A police state grows under our noses, and most people are either too shallow to care, or too afraid to say or do anything about it. The sheriff, city PD, INS, FBI, CIA, Dept of Homeland Security, the National Guard, Military police, State Troopers and many more could arrest anyone they wish, move them through the prison system either at home or internationally and make them vanish if they wanted to. Just so happens over 1 million people go missing in the U.S. every year, less than a thousand dead are found. I'm not making assumptions, but I find it overwhelming how many people disappear from this country, go to prison in this country, or die in an attack by this government when compared to other countries worldwide.


Every major country has at one time or another involved itself in war crimes, and this makes sense, due to how much of a crime war itself is against humanity. Brute force, intimidation, high tech weapons, compliance, fear-mongering is all used by this government both domestically and internationally to cause people to submit. Search police brutality, US war crimes, and the such, it happens every day. Look how violently suppressed protesters are in this day and age, it looks like Communist fucking Russia. The lethargic, pop-culture obsessed, fat, mentally dying U.S. public is the most depressed in the world clinically. Nobody wonders why, they just feed you more drugs, alter your mind, numb you.


Depression occurs because people hate themselves or their lives. Drugs aren't going to change you or your life, they alter senses. Just because a drug is legal and made by Pfizer doesn't mean its healthy or only has positive effects. It alters your mind, the chemical makeup of you. Here is an idea for depressed people, your job has you down? QUIT. Significant other making you miserable? GO GET SOMEONE ELSE. Hopelessly lost in debt? FUCK EM, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. Want to get away from your life? GO, RUN AWAY.


This generation is nothing more than a science experiment, people refuse to read, they believe whatever they see on television, though they remind themselves daily how reality can be changed with special effects. New drugs come out to make the imperfect (everyone) perfect. Hair removal, fat burners, wrinkle remover, penis enlargers, drugs to change eyelashes, skin, nails. Commercials pound these products into your head every day to make you feel imperfect. We are fed Cheetos, soda, candy, fast food, grease, all of the things guaranteed to kill. We are slowly becoming a diluted, processed, molded humanity.


One of my favorite lyrics says "There is a war going on for your mind, if you are thinking you are winning". I write these articles because I'm pissed off, I see through the bullshit the government and false speakers present. They prove themselves to be untrustworthy on a daily basis and people still trust them, or simply ignore the problems of our world. There is such a lack of pride or will to fight for good in this world, and I find it disgusting. We accept how dumbed down our population is, and find how blatantly the government keeps people from receiving quality education, or how media and teachers keep important information from people necessary to make an informed and proper decision.


Many are imprisoned in this country physically, but even more are imprisoned mentally. I'm asked so many times "What can I do about it?" "What are you going to do about it" when it comes to the issues I raise. I do my part, I read up on what goes on, I pay attention to what people on television are actually saying. I know what spin is, I know who pays who, who owns parts of what business, I know history, I find statistics, I seek the truth. I understand the motives of businessmen, congressmen, and others, and I realize too many coincidences mean there is no coincidence at all. I'm not special or made different than anyone else, I'm not privileged, I'm just paying attention, trying to find what's right in this world, and what is wrong with my country, if everyone did this everything would be right in this world and nothing would be wrong in the country. You only live once, put in some shred of effort to be the best possible you.


"Educate yourself, make your world view bigger, visualize wealth and put yourself in the picture" -KRS ONE

Tonight I Stand in The Face of History

Tonight may be the last election I witness in American history. People in this country are sick, tired, and poor. The people of this country proved to me tonight they are angry with something in government that cannot be defined by Democrat or Republican. They are angry with a broken system that has disenfranchised them.


I just witnessed national news call Idaho’s Governor race after one-hundred votes. The editors were quick to pull the number from the screen, replacing it with a checkmark graphic next to the projected winner. I saw South Carolina elect a Governor to run their state, with little over twenty-five percent of the population’s vote. My state of Ohio elected it’s Governor with around 30% of the population voting, this is a recurring theme in every state tonight.


Tonight I saw sixty congressional seats and House Majority go to the Republicans two short years after the media claimed the Republican Party died a horrible death, at the hands of a new Democratic wave led by Obama.


Two years after “change” swept the country, “change” has swept through once again.


George Bush exposed corruption in government through his incompetence. I thought to myself many times, “this guy can’t be in charge, someone else has to be making these decisions.” Because of this, I consider George W. Bush the best president of modern times because of his transparency. It didn’t show in policy, but it showed through his horribly written speeches, idiotic debates, and hesitance to respond to anything the American public told him. George W. Bush was incompetent and the worst actor in U.S. Presidential history, and because of this I beame more informed and involved in the way my country works. George Bush woke a sleeping giant with his blunders. This government has led us astray long before George W. Bush, but Bush made government corruption blatant, he brought it to the forefront of our minds.


It was clear after Iraq that Bush’s agenda was not an agenda of the people. It was obvious his agenda was not one of peace or prosperity. We destroyed a surplus and sunk our country through out of control spending led by Republicans. We went into two unjust and pre-emptive wars, incited by an isolated terror attack, and did so led by Republicans.


George Bush won his first presidency without the popular vote, and won a second term through roused patriotism found in wartime. During this time the First Amendment was weakened through the implementation of “Free Speech Zones” repressing the right of assembly. Personal freedoms were fringed upon through the “Patriot Act” as the public’s phones, computers, and privacy could be monitored by the government and police without a warrant. During this time “Habeas Corpus” was damaged by the exposing of water-boarding by the CIA and military.


Dress the facts up in any garb of nationalism you want, but our nation became one of pre-emptive war, where torture tactics became Standard Operating Procedure, and many people around the world were detained, and in some cases executed without any due process of law. We witnessed gay citizens denied their right to happiness and marriage because of religious beliefs that defined marriage, in a country where our forefathers stated a forced separation of church and state.


President George W. Bush’s approval average was forty-nine percent, the highest approval average of any president monitored was John F. Kennedy at seventy percent, who was assassinated. The highest approval point of Kennedy was 83%, Bush’s highest was 90% after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, pushing him into a second term. There is a large shroud of doubt surrounding Kennedy’s assassination, as well as there is surrounding the attacks of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”. Both times the term “conspiracy theory” is tossed around loosely at those who have legitimate questions about details, I believe politicians and “powers that be” change policy and focus on approval ratings more than the people do.


President Obama came into an America angered by politics, after being led by leaders into two blundered wars. John McCain held a lot of support as a moderate Republican who opposed Bush in many of his policies, he touted a respectable service record both in the military and in his public service. According to polls McCain and Obama were very close, until McCain chose the globally ignorant and unseasoned Sarah Palin as his running mate. I thought to myself, “there is no way he is making these campaign decisions" A feeling similar to the feelings I held of the Bush administration. McCain later confirmed Palin was not his decision, and neither were the uncharacteristically brutal and right-wing tactics of his campaign. The man running for president was told what to do by someone else, and it wrecked his campaign.


Obama won the presidency on campaign promises of “change”, the ending of Bush’s wars and the repealing of his policies. Patriot Act and Free Speech Zones were never touched. Troops pulled offensive operations from Iraq but still thousands of troops are in Iraq monitoring the country. The War in Afghanistan has escalated along with drone attacks inside Pakistan borders. Before Bush left office he pushed through a one-hundred and seventy billion dollar stimulus and the printing of more money which pushed inflation of U.S. currency. Obama’s bailout is said to possibly cost upward of three trillion dollars by it’s end. The bailout ensured the upholding of debts held by citizens after the banks proceeded with predatory lending and increases in interest rates of loans. Many have realized foreign policy and domestic policy lacks major change since Obama’s election. It almost seems as if once elected, someone else dictated to Obama what to do My guess is that before he ever sat in the oval office, a large stack of classified briefing papers waited on his desk. The same papers that await every U.S. president. I don’t know what they are or what they say, and that is why I don’t visually age a decade in less than four years.


Many believed if Obama was not elected and failed Bush policies continued under a Republican leader, that Liberals would revolt, weary of the election process and it’s fairness, the effectiveness of ballot counting machines, and the continuation of unpopular American policies.


In a short time President Obama dropped from the public’s choice for change to a forty-seven percent approval rating. Talks of tax increases on a strangling public proved to be the final straw, as Republicans won back a majority after all the damage the party and Bush caused. National unemployment is the highest since The Great Depression. After the housing bubble burst, people are not only losing their jobs, but they are losing their homes, all because of contracts being held over their heads by the very banks their tax-dollars helped bail out. The Democrats botched their chance to fix what ails the country. I wouldn’t expect anything else, as my time in politics has only taught me someone is always on a phone pulling strings, regardless of what party or how powerful the person.



Over the past thirty years we have watched our economic powerhouse collapse. While we continue to drive inflation, print money, and bail out predatory lenders, our factories and unionized jobs have been shipped overseas to underpaid serfs without unionization in countries that take advantage of unfair trade practices. Corporations in our country have effectively bankrupted our people and dissolved their livlihoods while simultaneously enslaving working populations of third world countries globally. Most goods purchased are not manufactured in America, and all goods only cost the producer a miniscule fraction of what they cost the customer. Our once proud economy has become a glorified pyramid scheme, where people like Bernie Madoff are simply a product of their environment. Cheap products sold by untrustworthy men, created to break so they are bought once again. Money decides our careers, our decisions, often our relationships, it also dictates American politics, and has done so well before George Bush took office.


I reflect on this all tonight after rich Republicans take power from rich Democrats in the legislature. The legislature has routinely failed the country and working-class for well over a decade, regardless of which party controlled the Presidency, Congress, or Senate. I look at a public, where the majority does not even take to the ballot. The voting population and minority swings itself on political talking points, repeated through the media and political commercials purchased by the rich politicians and parties.



During 2008 all I heard in any Democratic commercials was the word “change”, in 2010 all I have heard from Republicans was the word “spending”. Once again I did not hear one detailed plan of how anything will happen, why it will happen or when. I did not see one debate where two educated people identified problems and gave specifics to how they would solve them. I saw politics as usual, we turn one way to be let down, then turn the other way in desperation only to again be let down. We will see this trend again only a few short months into this Republican House majority. This is how an oligarchy that is out of touch with the public operates. It takes and absorbs without intentions of ever giving back.


In 2012 the voting minority will either be so tired of the Republican House that they will narrowly vote Obama in for a second term, or they will be so tired of Obama that he will lose the presidency to whatever choice the Republican Party brings forth. If Obama wins, the country will be even further divided and agitated by the end of his presidency. If the Republican Party wins the Presidency and holds on to a majority of the House the inevitable will happen, political chaos. I can’t claim to know when this will happen but I strongly believe it will happen in the next five years. This political unrest has already begun in countries all over the world such as Greece, and I believe the unrest will spread as does the failure of a global economy created and run by corporate leaders and politicians who can never gain enough money or power to satisfy their greed.



Most of the population recognizes early on they will never be President, but now a majority realizes they will never live as citizens respected by their elected officials in the nation their forefathers built. They have long been disenfranchised by two parties controlled by corporate donation money, but now people are losing their homes and their jobs. If these financial trends continue at the pace they have, and the political landscape does not change drastically in the next four years, there will be a revolt.


I fail to say revolution because I believe that would signify a unified and popular mass looking for major reforms to government and policy. I believe we will have a dumbed down and angry mob mentality sweeping the country that has been fueled by government and politics that has mutilated unity in this country through divide and conquer politics. The left and right are angry with government, but also hold a deep hatred for one another, orchestrated by divisive leaders who are not in touch with the American people and the social issues they want resolved. It is just a matter of time before the anger boils over against one another, or the public becomes angry at the same government at the same time.



Most people don’t want this to happen, I am one of those people. But then again, most people don’t vote, they don’t go to rally’s, they don’t scream and demean those with opposing political views. Most people in this country are tolerant of different races, religions, and personal choices, because they have more important things to do than point out others in hatred. The majority is controlled by the minority in elections, a one percent minority controls ninety-nine percent of the country’s wealth. Instead of pulling together for real change and solutions we eat each other while the elite sit back and watch, so high on the pyramid that it doesn’t matter who we elect in this country. They are global, powerful, and out of our political reach.


Tonight I look at a mess created by corrupt politicians on both sides who carelessly affect our everyday lives, running rampant with our finances, destroying our values as a nation. The government decides who can be married, the government OK’d domestic spying, the government OK’d pre-emptive wars and developed imperialism in a country built upon non-interventionist beliefs, the government printed tax dollars to hold its public in debt while destroying the value of the dollar, the government tells the people where to pray and where to protest while the media tells them what to think. After public is told what to think they vote, only to regret their vote once again a few short months.


Tonight I reflect on a broken system and the last peaceful American election I may witness. By 2012 I think the country will either be on the edge of increasing violence, or it will be recognized the election process is so corrupt and broken that I, along with a majority will fail to recognize it as an election at all. While I hope political violence does not spread across the country, I believe it is inevitable. I don’t believe this country will ever be the same again after tonight, I believe anger will hit levels never seen before in my times. It only takes thirty percent to control the other seventy, and it takes way less to cause disturbances or growing violence. Either the people will turn on each other, or the people will turn on their government, at which time the government will strike back hard and repressively. I believed this unrest would be subsided by Obama’s election. After Obama has gone into the midterm elections with such a low approval rating, I believe it’s only a matter of time before things erupt if the economy does not mend.

History has shown lethargy and gridlock in policy when a President’s party is opposite of the legislature’s policy. Based on this, the most hopeful we can be for the future is that things will stay exactly as they are, and I don’t believe most people find that status quo acceptable.


In that time I will keep my beliefs and hope for a better future.

The Definition of "Politician"

Effeminate middle aged men with faces like a planks of wood, always with a twisted grin.


They piss on your lawn, put a gun to your face, and ask for 25% of your money, then move on to the neighbor's.


All day they call the house to say "better me do this than someone else". They implement a new policy, ten television channels must be dedicated to them.


After a night of sleep, the pricks show up in the morning and steal your newspaper, leaving only advertisements.


One politician ask your daughter if she wants a job, making you think "Maybe he's not such a bad guy". Three months later she comes back broke and pregnant, but she refers to herself as an intern.


You get mad, want to kill the bastards, but when you go to confront the politicians one waves his hand and says "none of that happened".


He is a masterful orator, so you go home and forget about it.

The Noise

Six in the morning, deep into the REM stages of slumber.
Sixteen paws, each holding four pointed, thick nails loudly ticking and tacking against the constantly creaking wood floor directly above.


For dogs this is the best time to romp around. Wood antiques, loose window panes, and random metal trinkets hanging from rusted nails in drywall clamor loudly.
A screeching voice pierces the air every fifteen minutes, "STOP!"
What is with all the fucking noise? Too many goddamn dogs in the house.


Eight AM, the phone rings...ignore. The phone rings again...ignore. It rings once more, plastic cracks against a concrete basement wall then hits the floor.


Two PM, loud stomping shakes the ceiling, two voices speak for a few seconds then loudly scream at one another. The words are pointless, suffocated by the noise.
A car door shuts, peeling tires squeal.


Five PM, the door slams, a solo voice deeply growls into the phone. A grunting soliloquy of four-letter words shoots through bone then trails off. The door slams again.


How can anyone think with all the noise?


Seven PM, Outside for a cigarette to calm the nerves. The sunset is magnificent, deep red and blue skies greet sparkling darkness.
The scene is interrupted by a coach's whistle.


"Don't ever do that again!" He hollers to an eleven year old, plastic pads crash over and over.


Being told what to do loses effectiveness with age, but the noise will always strike a nerve. Ask the hypocrite middle-aged neighbor, calling the police on teens with a house to themselves on Friday night.


The noise destroys concentration, boils the blood, it can cause madness.
The only thing worse than the noise, is no noise at all.

Henry's Day

Henry’s alarm clock buzzed loudly, gradually increasing volume with every passing second, to remind him every minute asleep was a minute lost. He woke promptly, but only sensed darkness. The continued tradition of breakfast before dawn followed as his wife Maggie readied herself for work. For years during these times Henry mapped out the day; neighbors to visit, properties to fix, family members to check on. Well over a decade of retirement, and Henry refused to relax, life lacked lethargy and so did Henry.

“I’m off to the hospital” Maggie’s southern draw echoed, as she kissed Henry on the cheek.

Bells above jingled as she slammed the insulated door Henry built years before. Moments later, Henry heard the door of a new model SUV shut and drive off. Annoyed by the sudden silence, Henry guided himself to the small kitchen television, and turned to the news. He repeatedly dipped a cold spoon into a cereal bowl Maggie poured, then paused with the spoon mid-air.

“The DOW is down even further today, which make us wonder...when is this going to end?” The uppity newscaster announced.

Henry shook his head, a blurry sunrise rested in his left peripheral. He labored for decades as a carpenter and as manager of a lawn-mower company, only to see his life savings sucked dry from economic collapse and from the surgeries. At twelve he lost most sight in the left eye, and at seventy-five he lost all sight in the right. Expensive doctors told Henry he may see again, so every three months after the surgery he took the pricey injections, worked hard on rehab exercises, and stayed determined. The surgery, exercises, and determination never brought back clear vision. Henry muted the television.

Henry was never a man of prayer, he saw himself as a practical man. He became even more practical after witnessing the deterioration and death of his first wife...Schizophrenia. After her death, the lawn-mower company offered him a new position, one in South Carolina. The carpentry trade was too rugged for a man of his age, so he took the position. It was a chance to leave behind pains of loss, a way to keep working and living without distracting emotion. Henry’s son, Henry Jr. followed in Dad’s footsteps, and became a formidable carpenter back in his home state of Ohio through the years apart.

Henry thought about his son, both wives, and his four daughters over breakfast. Every few weeks he would call and ask how weather was up North (it tended to be warm in the Summer and cold in the Winter) The short period of reflection and stagnation turned to frustration, so Henry walked outside. The stroll became a struggle for Henry; down two flights of stairs, across a steep lawn, and to the dock, where a pontoon and speed boat rocked in crisp lake waves. Dry air told Henry the boats would soon need raised from the lake. For a few moments, Henry didn’t think about anything; wind played the water below, wood clanked against rock, and every few moments a Gar’s fin splashed in the air as it preyed on bluegill below. Soon the noises sounded too familiar, boring Henry into another task- retrieving the mail.

With his head cocked to the right Henry slowly shuffled away from the lake and to the front yard, bracing himself against every tree and landmark on the way. Dead pine needles cushioned thick crab grass and clay beneath him. Inside the old black mailbox a thick stack of magazines, letters, bills, and advertisements filled the space.

“Damnit” Henry spat allowed, pulling a toothpick from his pocket to chew on, a way to calm nerves after quitting chewing tobacco.

Henry forgot to bring outgoing mail, knowing he would later retrace his footsteps, only taking time away from the day’s other tasks. He closed the box and walked to the front door.Once inside, Henry passed a computer he never used and a keyboard he never played in a room he never occupied in route to the kitchen. He slapped the mail onto the kitchen table, then grabbed a pen, checkbook, and large magnifier from a miniature basket on the table. Reading every letter and paper received became the day’s most time consuming task. He wrote a check and set it aside for Maggie’s review, then continued until he came across a letter concerning his grandson.

“The amount below is delinquent” The letter read.

Henry shook his head in disgust. He never went to college, yet he owned two cars, a truck, a lake-house, three boats, a jet ski, an arsenal of guns, and four wheeler, all in cash, and all from hard work. Years before he co-signed a student loan for his grandson. Henry Jr. wanted to name the grandson Henry III, but Henry Jr.’s ex named him Dustin, citing Henry Jr.’s drug and physical abuse as reasons Henry didn’t deserve the freedom. Dustin was the first of his mother and father’s family to attend a big University, and now the bastard had trouble paying his debts.

Every few months a letter would arrive at Henry’s house in regards to the loan, but Dustin always gave excuses. He was living in a friend’s closet, couldn’t find a job, had been laid off, he simply couldn’t afford his school debt, which he compared to a mortgage. Henry never missed a payment on anything, and didn’t understand how anyone could. Dustin’s mother didn’t work for years as she raised Dustin’s brothers, Henry assumed the same lethargy moved to Dustin.

Henry hadn’t seen Dustin in years. Henry Jr. moved to South Carolina at one point, and Dustin lived back North with his other family. He visited every summer before college, sometimes staying for weeks, the two fished, drank beers, and worked alongside one another on Henry’s properties. In high school Dustin worked at Henry’s favorite local restaurant back in Ohio. Henry offered to pay for the business and franchising rights, so Dustin would run the business. The fifteen year old Dustin declined, saying he wanted to stay in school and with his brothers. Though he was often disappointed, Henry missed Dustin.

Henry guided himself along the kitchen table into the living room, where dusty pictures of a young, sixty-year old Henry sat atop a fireplace in the living room, below a large mouth bass mounted on the wall. Henry sat comfortably in his large recliner next to the phone, feeling his way around the wide key pad to call Dustin and remind him of his obligations. The phone rang, but Dustin never answered. It was eight in the morning, so Henry called again, hoping to wake Dustin up before work, or to simply wake him from unemployment, Henry never knew what Dustin was up to.

On the other side of the ringing Dustin looked at the incoming calls and ignored them. He was broke, homeless and far in debt from school, but knew none of this mattered to his grandfather, all that mattered was a payment which was late. Dustin remembered times when Henry called him every few weeks to ask about the weather or sent a birthday card which always arrived on the right day. Recently Dustin only received angry letters from Henry, or condescending phone messages about “all that education”. He once looked up to his grandfather, but now only wanted to be left alone. After years of a broken and awkward relationship with his father, Dustin only felt tied to the family through his grandfather, but he no longer felt that connection after the nasty called and letters.

“That makes me so damn hot in the collar” Henry shouted to himself, hanging up the phone.

He rested for a few moments in the recliner, seething from the lack of respect and gratefulness. In hopes to appease his feelings he called his son Henry Jr., only to hear more ringing with no answer. Henry Jr. lived in Ohio with his new wife but traveled the country, working on different building contracts from state to state. Henry again hung up the phone and shook his head. The morning heated as it neared noon. Henry sat in darkness, tired of the taunting nature of a blurred son in the corner of his eye.

A Pint of Humanity

Daggers of Sun attempted to pierce the thick fog, crashing into overbearing molecules. The mixture spread across open land in one cloud of dim light. Morning dew caused grass to glisten, illuminating the vast hillside region where pockets of men anxiously awaited battle in scattered troughs. The divided fractions of fragile creatures bickered and plotted without knowledge of simultaneous bickering and plotting among multiple other groups of hill folk, adding volume to buckets of plausible and possible outcomes.

Deep, hardened voices of un-worried warriors carried meters into the atmosphere, transforming into high pitched squeaks squelched by miles of mist. While separate but equal sized specks of humanity contemplated issues such as “victory” or “tactics”, moist air managed to easily evaporate without notice or resistance. Further in the distance condensation sat atop strawberry fields, which patiently anticipated a plucking.

Humid heat dominated the aging day as soldiers’ stomachs saturated pan fried breakfasts, unfamiliar aromas attracted the attention of nearby animals though unable to identify origins of the scents. Restless rallies of the random rowdies signified growing tension inside the battalions, leaders enticed followers who left behind the lethargic and marched up their respective hills.

The clans converged, carrying flags of different creatures and creative symbols. Up close, blood splattered, bodies mangled, and men turned into beasts; animals walked by nervously, aware of the unnatural culmination of confrontation between their masters. Far away, other events occurred and passed, ignorant of the brutal bravery and blatant savageness. The Sun rose alongside mounting violence, then fell as forces waned and lives vanished.

Only the most resilient of fighters survived in each army, but every weapon emptied of bullets. The remaining yelled in efforts to persuade one another. Eloquent presentations morphed into “hmms” and rabbling, clashing words created one Neanderthal poem.

“Abortion! Abortion! Proportion, extortion, divorcing and war, greedy and poor! Money money money, money. Money.....money! Prison, drugs, regulation, hugs, left right, in hindsight. Taxes and faxes, rackets then rockets, pickets and pockets, politician, superstition! Science! Gods! distribution of Ipods! Media, propaganda, conspiracy, Miranda. Arrest, detest, constitution, prostitution!”

Night expanded and stars flickered in the dark, worlds and realities drifted by, unaware of time or rhyme. Imaginative creatures collided and collapsed in formations while crickets tweeted and chirped. The crickets were war survivors forming federal government, figuring who founded and who would lead, who could stay and who must leave. The insignificants slept soundly, their dreams appraised significance of the day.

Just as the sun came and went, the men would gather and the men would split. A great flood came and washed away the SOB’s, just like something defeating disease. The scene faded and shrunk, smaller and smaller into the unknown. Giant stars and clusters of mass grouped into tiny molecules and waves. The waves fluidly passed through the mind of a man. To the clashing specks of different ideologies and arguments, the man was God. To God, he was but a man, washing away cluttered thoughts of the day, vicious debates over cities and states, drowned with a pint and some laughs with his mates.

Know Your True Enemy

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2010/08/15/nr.islamic.center.debate.cnn?hpt=Sbin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYvdBM3EHxk

These videos are more evidence of religious people and trained persuasive clowns pitting Americans against each other and attempting to rally others for what I think is their desire for one last ignorant religious or race battle. Using a Christian medium to interpret a different religion is almost as dangerous and isolating as formulating policy based on organized religious beliefs, especially those that parallel propaganda used for Christian Crusades in centuries past. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all have blood on their hands. That is the reality.

I`m not siding with any religion, as in many Muslim media outlets Muslim superiority is being preached along with the call for a battle with Christianity. All I have seen in the media is a reoccurring theme of using illegal immigration debate, religion, race, and and natural disasters to cloud foreign policy and domestic monetary issues which we the people have no control over, but actually affect our day to day lives.

Pay attention to what`s going on between Israel and Iran right now, as it won`t reach the public nerve until it`s too late. Pay attention to the fact that almost half of the banker bailout money was given to foreign banks that have no interest in the American people, the other half given to domestic ones which also care not about the American people, and would spend large portions of our taxes to give higher ups raises and expensive vacations.

Instead of these issues getting repetitive attention, the issue of a mosque in New York takes the country by storm. Controversies like this benefit those who wish to pass legislation under our noses.

The military industrial complex of the US is gaining enemies of all walks of life across the world, yet we focus on our boogieman "Islam". Sadly, after NAFTA, our main industry is military weapons, which depend on war to survive. The real enemy of the United States people is the federal government, and both political parties, who are sucking all people dry of financial stability while pushing forward policies that don`t reflect the non-interventionist history and beliefs of most American citizens.

They do all this, while aggressively spreading fear among the population and stealing constitutional rights from both the people and states. Politics has overtaken policy. Dividing ourselves based on self identified differences makes this task easier. The media puts up a smokescreen to help put a curtain over the real evil being done to the people. Divide and conquer, make the masses feel they are "other" from one another, so that the important debates on our future are held behind closed doors. To be explained by a White House spokesperson who only knows the phrase "next question".

Both parties are guilty since the 80`s of ripping out our heart and foundation (industry) then shipping it overseas to benefit the top 1% of the population, American born CEO`S that spend most of their lives vacationing on foreign beaches. Tax breaks hit top people in the companies, but nothing trickles down to Americans, nor does it trickle down to the underpaid foreigners working these labor jobs for dirt.

This is where our attention and energy should be focused. Instead, a decade after 9/11, the emotional nerve that day created for us all is constantly struck by politicians and the media. The striking of this nerve blinds us over and over again, paralyzing our ability to look at other problems. I`m not in New York or Arizona. My state`s day to day battle is to bring production jobs back to this country. I believe this to be the battle most towns and cities across the country face.

The American worker and student is becoming less valued. Our job security is constantly at risk, often we no longer have pride in our jobs, but contempt for them. Because of pay, because bosses are degrading, because many jobs are life consuming or dead end.

I do not fear terrorism, Islam, or Al-Qaeda, none hold the ability to ever threaten the sovereignty or infrastructure of America outside of planning cowardly attacks on innocent civilians, with the objective of spreading fear.

I fear those who everyday work to strip us of our constitutional rights in the name of the War on Terror. I fear those who make it their agenda to take the 2nd amendment rights from responsible gun owners who wish to protect their property, family and country. I fear those who believe it is OK to place cameras on street corners in order to increase revenue from fines, or those who cut deals with private phone companies in order to expand domestic espionage, or give government contracts to already large companies so they can continue to expand and dominate our market instead of letting competition play on an even field.

I fear any man in a suit who believes it is duty to tell me and the rest of my people "it`s for your own good" without in depth explanation or facts. I fear any straight-faced TV personality that sucks emotion from war and makes the debate matter of fact, with an objective and target. With no plan other than to beat the war drum which will benefit large corporations more than the foreign country planned to attack or the American people.

I fear a president who believes it is OK to give Congress a few short hours to read through legislation with over 1,000 pages that takes hundreds of billions of dollars from tax-payers to bail out banks, so that they may hold the already struggling working class responsible for debts, hidden charges, and interest rates they cannot cover. Now with higher taxes.

We are being robbed and destroyed by those who are supposed to serve our best interests. We are becoming enslaved to corruption. We are being pitted against one another by others that harness our anger, to string us along like puppets. All in the name of a currency.

Our products and service are cheapening while the price for them rises. Our economy is based on swindling one another then having a good lawyer, instead of fair competition flourishing based on price, quality, or pride in the product. Both the private and public sector do everything to drain as much money as possible from those who work hard for their checks. Stealing currency, that the higher ups already stripped of having any physical value to back up.

While you find it harder to afford to live a regular life, or afford to treat yourself against a medical condition, or afford to bury a loved one, or harder to find a fulfilling job, or nice home to raise a family in, others are sitting on fortunes you cannot begin to comprehend, and are doing so on your dime, hard work, and suffering.

While your right to privacy is stripped, and increasing debt has reduced you to a shallow human being who`s only goals and decisions in life revolve around money, debates about Mexicans or Mosques are being raised, to channel our anger toward a race of people or a religion. Turning us into nationalist monsters instead of effectively informed citizens.

The joke is on you America, you have been Punk`d. This message has been brought to you by McDonald`s, now hurry up, eat it, become lethargic, and die, so the board can go to The Caribbean, and politicians can continue harmful policies because your fat ass is too lazy to pay attention, or actually want to make a change. Oh, and 25% of your paycheck is going to us, because if it doesn`t, a terrorist from a global organization with less than 300 members is more than likely going to blow YOU up on the way to Mcdonald`s. Stop being afraid of the inevitable, death. Start living and dying for a better world.

Let's All Die!

If you aren't already aware, there is speculation that the world is going to end on December 21st 2012. So save your money, you are going to miss Christmas that year.

I remember the last time the world ended, it was New Years Day, at midnight, 2000. Since that catastrophe we as a people have been able to re-build our world in a very short time. Thank God for that quick rebound.

When I wake up on December 22nd and the world hasn't ended I am not going to be happy. After two "World Endings" in a short 24 year lifespan, I am fed up. I propose the first person who perpetuates the next world ending rumor, after this one is proven to be false, is to be castrated.

Maybe not castrated, but at least sterilized.

The crash and burn mentality of this world's people is going to cause the world to crash and burn. Things are getting unnatural.

People stock piling weapons, ready to kill other people as soon as shit hits the fan. Large underground concrete apartments for "post-apocalypse living". The continuous proliferation of nuclear weapons. Without even getting into environmental issues, it seems as if we are willing the destructive end to come...and soon rather than later.

Many religious folk call onto this apocalypse, and look forward to it. Because in every holy book, the only thing that hasn't happened yet is the end, so they have been waiting over a thousand years for the Apocalypse to validate their beliefs, so I guess they are getting impatient. That's understandable.

Katrina and the Gulf Oil Spill have exposed a large weakness of America, we have a difficult time recovering from disaster. Our response is slow, our people are unable to work together, and our federal government is severely flawed internally.

It would only take one nuke to throw us into complete self-destructive chaos. The panic would overtake reason, and we would become cannibals instead of working together in order to rebuild.

Anyone claiming they know when the end is coming is full of shit. Nobody will know it's arrived until the Grim Reaper smacks us in the face, that's part of the whole production. The end could come at any instant, whether it is on the individual or global level. Nukes, sting ray, car, snake, diabetes, cancer, poison ivy in the eyes, drug overdose, plane crash, heart attack, boat accident, fork-lift accident, heavy farm equipment accident, conveyor belt accident, pork chop accident, baby pool accident, fall asleep with cigarette in hand, trampled by elephants, eaten by sharks, attacked by bees and are allergic, asphyxiation, etc. Lets face it, the odds of survival are not in our favor.

Here is an open speech to our civilization:

Look, culture that is awkwardly obsessed with destruction and every thing's death. You only live once. Here's a beer, calm down, stop talking about nuclear fallout, and poison water and Satan walking around, and BIG ANGRY GOD, and people burning alive, and then in Hell eternally. Lot of fire, It sucks I know, but I don't really know how to prepare for something on that scale, so I will just worry about it when I am at that juncture.

So yeah prepare if you want, buy guns, non-perishable food items, things of that sort, no problems with that. Stay on top of the game general public, protect your families. But to the people who pray for it on Sunday, then go out and make multi-million dollar arms deals the next...what!? What are you doing?

I don't know when the end is coming, but if these bat-shit crazy, greedy, demonic, animals have their way...it is fast approaching.

I'll just do my part and not kill someone. I also will not be a stereotypical German scientist, and develop science that can destroy the planet in an instant, then sell it off to both the highest and lowest bidders. Can't forget those goddamn German Scientists, always pissing on, and pissing off nature.

The world just ended again...at least the one you were present in 20 minutes ago. Oh, it just ended again, well not that one, but a different one you were separately present in, at a different time, it's slightly different than this one.

You see? Worrying about the end of the world is pointless.

Ill Will Toward the Bill

In one week the government will come knocking on my door,
In two, the debtors will want even more.
I`ll drink away the rest of my pay,
Wrecking my liver before the debts are at bay,
Graverobbers will dig and try to invade,
They`ll find a grinning skeleton, middle finger and plague.

This is my story and though it sounds grim,
It`s the only way you can ever win,
So when they come knocking, you better make sure,
You are coughing and choking when you answer the door,
Smile and greet, with your hands dipped in lead
Cuz` the only good collector is one that is dead.

"Carrying the Torch"

United States foreign policy before WW1 defined non-interventionist belief, though we often found ourselves fighting wars at home to fend off European powers during and after our conception, whether it be France, Spain or England. (We as in people living on American soil, natives or colonists)

Many of the political beliefs in countries were shaped by the "British Empire", the blatant superpower in the world, through the strength of it`s Navy and industry.

While we formed better relations with England through the years after The Revolutionary War, other lands did not see them in such a kind light. Spain and France competed with Britain for international influence for years, Germany had the technology and financial power to be a force, but found itself disadvantaged by sharing The North Sea with the strongest naval power in the world (Britain). A growing naval force by the Germans could not go unnoticed by either France or England.

During popular imperialist thought through much of Europe for countless years, expansion was seen as vital. This way of the world later would become the foreign policy of Japan, thinking it necessary to compete militarily and globally for power in order to "protect its interests".

Before WW1 foreign powers began to form powerful pacts, as diplomacy between Russia and England grew alongside France, and German/Austrian relations also grew to neutralize relations between an expanding Yugoslavia/Russian relationship.

Serbian student kills Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, shit hits the fan.

Austria blames Serbia as a country (part of the growing Yugoslavia), though the act was carried out by a Blackhand member and college student (sounds like modern day terrorism) tensions are high, England tries to get peace talks done between the two nations.

Germany is itching for a fight, they have a growing military industry and economy, and believe England will not stay neutral, bringing them closer to Germany`s door. Russia mobilizes to its borders, ready to support Yugoslavia who is now under German threat. Germany sees this as an act of war on Russia's part, another clump hits the fan.

For some stupid military theory reason, Germans believed in order to win, they needed to invade France quickly to gain strength. First they have to get through Belgium. They end up being doing so, and France is attacked and mostly overrun by German so fast they never have a chance to get their military together.

Things already looked bad for Germany at this point, U.S. provided ammunition and products to European powers (gotta make that dollar in the Industrial Revolution times) Our official stance was neutrality and we warned of joining the war if Germany showed aggression. Germany attacked our supply ships, another dumb move.

The Ottoman Empire, is broken up and occupied by England after the war, Germany is reduced to nothing financially and militarily, Austria loses. France is restored. The first World War is complete, revolutionizing politics and warfare.

Germany finds the only way to rebuild is by restructuring military industry though the treaty states they are not to do so. European powers turn a blind eye. Now Japan, united for short time like Germany prior to WW1, begins to grow internationally through trade and expansion through imperialism, once again following tradition of taking a page from England in order to neutralize their power globally. Everyone is wanting to be numero uno, Britain is, so they decide to be un-original and use their foreign policy.

Through all kinds of interesting and frightening domestic politics too far deep in detail for me to want to get into, Hitler gains unprecedented power without a majority vote. While his brutal policies towards Jews goes years without being noticed, he also begins to build military strength, politically, German focus is on protection from Communism internally and externally.

Germany begins stating it will not longer follows stipulations in previous treaties, involving both military agreements, and land ownership agreements between countries after WW1. Germany wants to not only get its land back, but it wants to be a force again. Their economy is growing for the Germans, and so it Hitler`s support.

Japan begins to withdraw from previous treaties with nations, and revamps intense historical relations with China, joining in a pact with Germany to "defend from Communism" Russia and China are the focus.

Mussolini begins attempts to restore the Roman Empire, they lose in these attempts through economic sanctions brought by the League of Nations after invading Ethiopia. They give support to Franco in Spain alongside Germany, fueling the Spanish Civil War. Franco takes power. Italy joins the Anti-Cominterm Pact with Germany and Japan. Japan is in all out war with China at this time, furthering their military aggression.

Germany takes over Austria and without opposition by outside countries, completes a pact with Russia. Once attempting to implore these same tactics on Poland, new British leadership pushes back.

For purposes of disinterest in explaining pacts and strategies through WW2, the war happens, many international agreements come before, during, and after the war.

The imperial hopes of Germany, Italy and Japan end. Europe is destroyed economically, England can no longer finance their operations overseas as they need to focus finances on rebuilding home. Russia and America are the two countries with the largest oil reserves $$ in the world at this time. Though both suffered many casualties (Russia the highest total) neither country suffered massive internal destruction through war like countries such as France or England.

The new lines of the world would be drawn up by Allied powers and through Russian-American finances. Instead of taking the two previous wars as a lesson, Russian and U.S. mistrust begins almost immediately after WW2, and the nuclear bomb is introduced.

Russia frantically puts together funds and study in order to make a bomb, it becomes comparable to previoius naval forces in regards to military and political escalation.

So The Cold War begins, both countries realize the financial strength oil holds, and build arms threatened by one another. Communists hope to end Capitaist imperialism and vica versa through the world. The Russians and U.S. retain lands previously controlled by other nations in the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Germany, Yugoslavia, etc.

British and French Empires begins to crumble through Africa, but both focus on having influence in the former Ottoman Empire. Oil is the concern.

The Germans lost WW2 by failing to take over Russian oil fields, Japan attacked America after the U.S. cut off oil supply to Japan, The British front in the Middle East took the only supply left to Axis Powers. They ran out of gas.

Revolution through Africa ended European empires through the 50`s and 60`s, other countries in the world also changed, with funding and political influence from Russia and America, it became a game of Communism vs. Capitalism.

After Russia crumbled America has been left, occupying many lands watched over by Russia through the 80`s.

Military presence from the once non-interventionist America is now seen all over the world, taking over the politics and controlled areas of England in order to "keep out Russia" and similar policies on the Russian side throughout the Cold War.

So far no country has been able to afford serious global presence. The U.S. now has bases, missile programs, naval sites, intelligence centers all over the world. We are in the Middle East, Germany, Japan, the ex-Soviet Union, Africa, etc. It used to be "The sun never set on the British Empire".

Well I believe you can plug America into that saying now. Without total war with a superpower America is already proving we cannot finance these tactics. Through history we have seen the tactics of controlling foreign land does not work. Peace through war is not peace at all.

We are now no longer the holder of the world`s largest oil reserve. We are not as strong as we believe, unable to finance war in two comparably insignificant countries from a military perspective. Russia is constantly proving more oil field, building their finances through the resurgence of industrial strength and production.

Relations between China and Russia grow paralell to growing relations between Japan and America, all four countries have history of tension. All four have land disputes with one another, and have both different economic and political beliefs.

The U.S. and Russia have different military and political ties to countries opposite of one another in the event of war, much like in the past world wars. After the waves of globalization, America does not have the industrial strength it did in the past, most of our production is military based after the completion of "the war to end all wars".

It would crumble us at this point economically to live in a post-war community. We are in debt from our outstretched military, hunks of aid given to foreign countries to allow us to use their land and resources, and foreign wars.

The money does not add up, we only survived the economic problems from WW2 because of our status as the number 1 provider of oil and strong industry, now the oil is in the Middle East, and our industry has been exported to free trade zones so the rich can cut back on payroll, paying U.S. taxes, and following national environmental protection laws. This is a serious problem if someone were to test our strength.

We at this point are a mass of muscle tissue, stretched over the world, constantly flexing in order to keep possible enemies at bay. While our people are concerned with domestic politics they vote on, international politics ran without democratic processes are what are and will affect our livlihood and future.

These are day to day treaties, international business plans, military contracts, and policies that the people of America have no control over. These are the decisions that may affect if we are hit with nuclear weapons, or drug into another world war. These are trade meetings that effectively ship off jobs and money to foreign markets and rich Americans who do not bring the money back to trickle down.

These are the issues of today, these are the issues that have in the past caused war and will in the future.

We trust these decisions to the legislative and executive branches, who are influenced openly and often by large companies, by dollars they receive personally to continue their campaigns and power. Modern day payoffs that do not involve or benefit the people of America. These are details that should be open to the public and covered by the media constantly so voters may make informed decisions. These stories often go ignored. The average American is too busy working to have time to dig up finanical ties between politicians and companies, it is the responsibility of the media.

But Lindsay Lohan is a lesbian, Angelina Jolie is adopting kids, Sarah Palin`s daughter was pregnant out of wedlock, Joran Vandersloot has killed two people, Lawrence Taylor had sex with an underage prostitute. This is what you are forced to see day in and day out. Mistrusting neighbors because one might be a killer or on drugs or a whore.

Todays big stories on CNN "Governor calls most illegals drug mules" Is this racist?

"Senator Robert Byrd dies"

"Comedian slams Obama blunder"

Let me scroll down to the bottom of the page in the smallest square of news it is marked "international".

Oh, North Korea is claiming we brought heavy weapons into a demilitarized zone this weekend, they have refused to give up their nuclear program recently (again) and earlier this year sank a South Korean warship.

They have close ties to China, who has failed over and over to put sanctions or real pressure on the country for anything, from shooting missiles over Japan as a show of strength to building nukes.

Luckily Russian and Chinese relations build, as the two actually practiced military invasion tactics not long ago...why would they want to practice joint military invasion tactics? Why did nobody ask?

Oh Turkey, the largest military power in the Middle East outside of Israel has closed airspace to the country after violent raids by the Israeli military on humanitarian ships to Gaza. Israel has said they plan on continuing to fly as they always have. Thats exactly what the Middle East needs, further escalation. But hey, Joe Biden called an ice cream guy an "asshole" today, and that story is getting more press.

Maybe the guy was an asshole.

The world is an interesting and scary place, we are repeating history in regards to military pacts, the controlling of foreign land, and the contant fight for retaining the oil veins of the world.

Recent history has shown us the outcomes of these policies in less than a century, but still nothing changes. Our government and media let policy and events go by unnoticed by the general public. Either this stems from fear of us becoming educated and wanting to do something about it, or fear American people cannot comprehend these issues. Either way, you are the one disadvantaged.

Nobody can really know for sure where the events of today will take us tomorrow, but they say "History repeats itself" and if History has shown anything it is this truth. I see writing on the wall and warning signs of what may come in this generation or the next based on our foreign policy and the actions of others around the world to rival it.

Why We Are Fucked Reason #5 You Are Scared

On 9/11 around 3,222 innocent people died including passengers on planes. To date, 4,408 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and this does not include the countless innocents and insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over 500 billion dollars has been spent since on the war.

We have a serious problem with our economy, and our education system is failing. Since, "terror", "war", "casualties", "suicide bombing", and more "terror" have hijacked both our language and culture.

Al-Qaeda globally has only a few hundred members, yet every day for years, many in the public sit by waiting in fear of another attack, when the chances of their life being ended by a terrorist threat are extremely minimal.

On top of this, we never caught Bin Laden, and probably never will. Many believe he is being held inside Pakistan, and he is originally from (like most of the 9/11 hijackers) Saudi Arabia.

We give billions to the Saudi Royal Family, and millions if not more to Pakistan.

Dollar. Dollar. Bills. Ya`ll.

We let clandestine groups monitor our phones and computers, and let many laws get passed which limit our freedoms as a people.

I often hear the argument that this is to protect us from further attacks, and that the info is gathered not to spy on the general public.

OK, well if so, when is the expiration date on these laws? There is none, because you are a pussy and have no backbone like the majority of Americans. This country once stood for more than payback and pay-up, it had principles, documents created in order to guarantee if nothing, a free land for citizens. It takes little time to take freedom away, but can take centuries to get it back, if ever.

Read a history book, and see what government has and always will do...gets bigger. It only takes one lunatic to come in and abuse their powers to repress the people. Just think about how powers have changed in the past twenty years, and how much our federal government has expanded. There is a boogy man federal agency in every corner waiting to pounce on you for fucking up.

Federal laws on gay marriage or guns or taxes or anything. It isn't their job to meddle in any of these issues, there are 50 states that hold different people, histories, cultures, and ways of life in them...and most importantly, people who have the right to vote and affect their day to day lives.

You are scared of "terrorists", of course you are, the name has terror embedded in it. Are you scared of nuclear war? Perhaps you are scared of heart attack or being in a black neighborhood when the sun goes down? Regardless of your fear, I have some bad news for you...you are going to die, a lot sooner than you think. Everyone does. Not everyone can die peacefully, happily, and in their sleep, as a matter of fact, a pretty small percentage of people go out this way.

Man or woman up, pay attention to the fact that people are coming into this world and country after us, and the legacy we are leaving them right now is pathetic.

take a minute to reflect on these time periods and let words or stories of great people pop into your mind:

1700`s
1800`s
1900`s
2000`s

You know what popped in my head during the 2000`s?

Worthless pop culture, fat people, TV shows, NFL players breaking laws and getting away with it, and this war that has no clear definition of enemies or end. Congrats guys. Lets all read this post, then disagree, and move on to thinking when the next drink is going down, but watch out, your paper boy may be Osama Bin Laden, because he is coming for you, until he destroys you.

Or he just came for you once, because now all he has to do is sit back and watch you destroy yourselves.

President Obama: Where is My Fucking Change?

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You have not done anything.

We Are Fucked, Reason #4 Tommy Tough Nuts Syndrome

Our culture has recently been fixated on a particularly obscure group in the past...the tool. Now, I like violence just as much as the next person, often it`s humorous, and other times it`s just well, necessary.

I remember when college was supposed to be a place where people would come together in order to expand thoughts and ideas, but now it is becoming a place where brutal closeted bottoms, and two pump chumps take out their inner sexual frustration and addiction to sadism out on the general male public.

In a recent survey I just made up, 4 out of 10 males between the ages of 18-23 think they are MMA fighters. It`s one thing to enjoy MMA as a sport, but its another to go around mean mugging everyone at a bar because you are on roids and haven't been laid in a long time. And if you are training, feel free to keep it to yourself or at least structure the conversation in a way that isn`t trying to prove to me you are tough or intimidating.

So, stop wasting your money on Affliction and Tapout clothing, don`t wear Mohawks unless you do it for humor or punkish reasons, and understand that it doesn't matter how big you are, tight spandex shorts are always de-masculizing.

UFC used to be cool, when roughnecks with no weight classes beat the whiskey out of each other for numerous rounds, and won an open bar at the end of each tournament. Now it is a bunch of awkwardly tan people, who are for the most part angry that they suck at life.

Evel Knievel has a great quote that expresses my feelings on large people who walk around with the intentions of hurting others...

"God created all men.. and Winchester and Louisville Slugger made'em all equal"

So before you decide to use your "Human Weapon" on people, understand that a bullet to the forehead will still take you down, and the right lawyer will get the shooter off scott-free for self defense. That my friends is America.

Why We Are Fucked Reason #3, Attack of the Piture Box

This is a serious issue. People sit around all day and watch worthless tv shows. I`ll admit, I enjoy seeing my favorite cihldhood actors fight their drug binges on VH1 every now and then, but not enough to become a regular viewer.

MTV, AJ Hammer on CNN, VH1, E, and a mass of other channels make money from telling you about the lives of people who make more money than you. Why should anyone care about the personal life of actors? They are fake people, they put fake parts on themselves, and get paid millions to play pretend all day...and then do a shit ton of cocaine. Now that`s the American Dream.

You know what interesting people don`t do? Waste time in their lives monitoring interesting people on the T.V. They are too busy slaying super models, or riding in some distant country`s waters with beards, or jumping off cliffs with parachutes, and you thought gameshows were fun.

If the right person on a news station said "take the streets and start killing Mexicans" plenty of people would do it, and after the fad started blowing up, I bet you would too. Let us clarify, Mexicans are not all drug cartel, in fact...most of them are`nt even Mexicans.

Millions of people spend a chunk of time during the day swelling up, breaking belts, eating food that kills their bodies, and watching television that kills their brains.

Who the fuck wants to know about the world`s problems? They all just go away with the push of a button...OH damn, "True Life: I`m a Complete Teen Douchebag" is on, gotta run.

On Oil

Apart from my unending series "Why we are fucked" I will provide social commentary on other contemporary issues. Today I explore oil, it`s spilling, and the positive outcomes.

Nothing is more American than public outrage stemming from an accident where an obvious scapegoat is present. This is the perfect example, as the public and feds will attempt to financially bring down a company with probably just as much money as us, and more oil...which as a commodity is worth more than our money anyway. (see why we are fucked reason #2) This company of course, is BP.

What the college educated business savvy morons of today that control your retirment won`t tell you is that BP will not go bankrupt, and if they do, they will certainly not collapse as a corporation. They have the kind of money you can`t even comprehend.

As brokers scramble to be impatient and burn off BP stocks, the prices will drop substantially. (not oil, the stocks) Allowing a full blown meltdown on all of the news money shows. While this happens, rich people who can afford to invest in this "broken" company will buy up a shit ton of stocks, then in less than a year will return a ridiculous profit, adding to their unnecessary wealth... which they will spend in other third world countries instead of creating American jobs, pure "trickle on" economics. The upper middle class people who dump their stocks because its the "hip" thing to do will be left with shares of companies with much shorter shelf lives than BP. Have fun putting your trust fund on the shoulders of "Hot Topic".

Another thing I do not understand, the oil splooging from the depths is a tragedy, but why is the public trying to publically execute BP? The last time I checked there is a vortex of trash in the Pacific Ocean larger than the state of Texas...check out the Pacific Trash Gyre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLrVCI4N67M&feature=related

I don`t know about you, but I recover a lot faster from being covered in something bad for me as opposed to ingesting it. But hey, the Gyre is a problem generated from public irresponsibility and lack of federal action, so we can ignore it. It isnlt like BP was like "You know what would be good for business? Blowing up an oil rig, not being able to fix it, and dumping all sorts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico."

People are outraged by BP`s CEO saying publically he wishes his life could get back to normal. This guy was probably being rich, sexing up interns, driving boats, flying planes, golfing, and gambling all kinds of money on obscure things like "how many people do you think I can fire today". Sure, his comments look bad, but you can`t fault the guy for telling the truth. Now he has makeup obsessed news anchors, angry redneck fishermen, and emotionless government officials up his ass all day. I don`t feel bad for the guy, but he was in the middle of a high class parade none of us were invited to, one most of us can`t fathom...but regardless, his parade got shit on, and nobody enjoys that. I would probably wish my life was back to normal too. What is the incentive to tell the public the truth if you get burned at the stake for it?

Its nearing two months, and the hole is not plugged. There is sure to be ecological damage for years after this, I hope something is formulated to create jobs and develope an efficient clean up strategy.

On a lighter note this helps Bush`s image a bit in my mind. Katrina and The Oil Spill haved proven that we just are not able to quickly fix large environmental disasters. To be good at something you have to practice. I have only seen New Orleans get wiped out once in my life, and I have only seen the entire Gulf of Mexico covered in oil once in my life. At the end of the day, these are just people like me and you controlling this country, how do you expect them to fix atrocities their minds can not even dream up in a game of "worst case scenario". I can only imagine getting one of those phone calls:

"President Reynard, New Orleans is gone"

"Huh? What do you mean "gone", its a pretty big place, it can`t just be gone"

"No Mr. President, a hurricane and flood wiped it out"

"Oh...Wow. Call anyone you know that has ever had anything to do with helicopters, sandbags, shop vacs, bull-dozers, building plans, boats, Dizzy Gillespie, riot control, food, shelter....oh Jesus, I don`t know, get everyone down there. There are`nt a lot of people still there right? I mean we told them to evacuate, we said "Hey New Orleans, things might get real bad here soon, so leave for a few days" they listened did`nt they?"

"No sir, most of them stayed behind to weather the storm"

"UGHHH. Do we even have enough resources to stop the flooding and rescue all of these people by the end of today?"

"No. Not a chance in Hell, there was no way to prepare for this."

"Wow, the public is going to come down hard on me for this one. Thanks a lot God, shit on my parade...really wish things would just go back to normal.

Reason "We The People" are Fucked #2

The U.S. dollar is worth.....$1 Bob.



Our monetary system is backed by nothing. We have been off the gold standard for quite sometime, so if shit hits the fan in a global economy and people are looking after numero uno...game over, thank you for playing.

It is a promise that a piece of paper is worth something, but we print at will, borrow from wherever, and let every minute of our lives be dedicated to saving up this technically worthless bill.

You used to be able to trade money for gold or silver...now you can`t. Unless you are running one of those "Cash 4 Gold" huts. Why do you think these little toad-hole businesses have been popping up all over the place? Trade in your engagement ring for less than 15% of what you paid for it, and then it`s melted down into a chunk of profit that will always be valuable, no matter what happens with government, international relations...anything.

This just looks like a house of paper (not cards) ready to fall at some point.

Rowdy Roddy the Public Piper

This will become a daily event...

Americans are soft and lazy, this country turns into more of a joke every day because the average citizen is garbage, doing nothing to improve status quo. So I will now explain why I hate most public figures, and think we are all screwed.


Reason #1: Nobody has manned up and taken out Governor Rod Blagojevich.



Our court system is slower and slightly more efficient than our legislative branch. Rowdy Rod will get off with a slap on the hand (if that) and he knows it. He smiles into cameras and knows he is publically butt-fucking American laws and people. Instead of being killed, like he would in most great societies of history (via execution or angry knife wielding citizen)....he was put on a reality tv show.