May 6, 2009
He doesn’t think much about watching or listening to politics. This DemoCat would rather enjoy life and not be herded into some Range of Fear like most humans are these days. He likes to hunt. He was born to hunt, and every once in a while he catches a mouse or lizard. That makes his day.
What good are the talking heads these days, anyway? Blah, blah blah and nothing ever improves, it only gets worse. People get stressed out and afraid, they all (most) sell their stocks and the market crashes. The country goes into a recession/depression, and for what? Nothing has really changed. Fear and greed did this. Maybe the people who totally ignore politics are smart. They get to live with less stress, happier and just sit back and laugh at those of us who pay attention.
If you pay no attention, surely when something grave hits the fan, you’ll know. And when and if “they” go over the line, we’ll deal with it then. Oh, bullets are illegal now? When did they do that, I don’t remember voting on that. But guess what? They pass thousands of laws all the time without putting it to a vote, so what’s new?
We are just all in this together, you fellow Democats and I; Libertarian constitutionalists at heart, but lacking the resources to make a difference in such a messed up society. We didn’t do it; alas, the slide away from freedom started way before we were even born! Look back, there has always been a class of self-defined ‘elite’ who knew better, who pushed and pushed until they got their way. It’s happening even now, and who would even want to join in and fight the evil bastards? They are sick to want to control so many others, and we are sick of them. So it might be a mutual agreement for all of us to just become isolationists or run away to some corner of the planet where such insane controversy doesn’t exist.
DemoCats are smart. We feed them and spoil their narrow little butts.
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August 13, 2008
Someday there will be a great leader. He will have an enemy. A nation with a flag will have problems. Something will explode. A tall building will catch fire, causing someone or multiple people to be burned. In the West, a musician will be born. His name will start with the letter “B” and he will be a tall person. A hospital will close. A large aircraft will crash, causing a great scandal for some. The temperature of Earth shall rise and fall, making it possible for some politicians to use fear on ignorant people who are easily frightened.
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Half man, half bear, and half pig.
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August 4, 2008
Hurricane Katrina was so convenient…
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July 23, 2008
- From Michael Crichton’s “State of Fear:” <snip> Has it ever occurred to you how astonishing the culture of Western society really is? Industrialized nations provide their citizens with unprecedented safety, health, and comfort. Average life spans increased fifty percent in the last century. Yet modern people live in abject fear. They are afraid of strangers, of disease, of crime, of the environment. they are afraid of the homes they live in, the food they eat, the technology that surrounds them. They are in a particular panic over things they can’t even see — germs, chemicals additives, pollutants. They are timid, nervous, fretful, and depressed. And even more amazingly, they are convinced that the environment of theentire planet is being destroyed around them. Remarkable!
["I should have accepted that Mr. Rogers gig when I had a chance."]
The military-industrial complex is no longer the primary driver of society. In reality, for the last fifteen years we have been under the control of an entirely new complex, far more powerful and far more pervasive. I call it the politico-legal-media complex. The PLM. And it is dedicated to promoting fear in the population — under the guise of promoting safety. Politicians need fears to control the population. Lawyers need dangers to litigate, and make money. The media need scare stories to capture an audience. Together, these three estates are so compelling that they can go about their business even if the scare is totally groundless. <snip>
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February 4, 2008
- Relax
- Get a student loan
- Complete a Political Science degree
- Minor in Sales & Marketing
- Run for city or county public office
- Delegate all of your work to others
- Run for senate
- Relax
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Political Detox is a process for the elimination of negative effects that accumulate during periods of vulnerability. For example, being lulled into a hypnotic state by a speech on TV and then waking up after the post-event analysis in which they told you what you just heard. The brain has absorbed a number of conflicting message units. One hour of PdX is prescribed.
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