So this little cult of personality is called for the death of the artists who create South Park. Well, as an atheist who sees their psychotic religious fervor as dangerous and ignorant, I call for their death. Not at the hand of intelligent folks, but rather by slip and fall injury. I will fervently hope and throw salt over my shoulder in hopes that this ridiculous group slips and falls and dies, all in tandem.
Watching the fox news ‘interview’ with Barack Obama was a strange experience. I wonder sometimes why people choose to play along with steaming piles of bullshit that pretend to be important. The communication level and intelligence level being put forth by this network toward (at) the president is akin to a child hurling babyish insults at a wise elder [who patiently lets the child run his mouth before moving forward with information]. What bothers me about this more than the waste of time… more than the smarmy arrogant nothings that spew from this ex-high-school prom-king ken-doll that plays like he’s a news guy: what bothers me more than all that, is that life is real. Life is it. We have a time-frame on earth in which to live, to love, to enjoy; and then it’s over. So while people are each running their time down, and it seems that most of them are being affected negatively by all this non-conversation about real items and mortal and quality-of-life issues, we are treated to this shitty little man yapping at the ankles of a wise man.
aka celebrity:
Always throws me for a loop when otherwise ‘normal’ people freak out at the death of a washed-up famous-for-what person. Take for example the recent death of a teeny bopper idol from the mid-80s. Why would people be crushed by this? I wonder at the depth of thought that goes into this ‘sadness’. Why not disgust? Why not say, this person had every opportunity to turn his/her fortune into something helpful and/or wonderful? Did he/she donate time or money to make things wonderful, or did they sit home eating valium in a mental-masturbatory mind-melt?
I’ve long called Amy Goodman the meat and potatoes (in quotes, being a vegetarian), and Jon Stewart the dessert. This is how I watch my news; the serious and then the fun, though Stewart certainly covers serious issues too.
Ok so listen to this. The same laws that govern our paint, so that it doesn’t have lead in it. Those same laws are the ones that should govern our money. We don’t want to buy paint with lead in it. We know why we don’t want to. But some people would buy the paint if it had lead in it. And some companies would sell paint with lead in it if We let them. So We don’t let them. And they don’t buy it. And We are all the better for it. That’s a socialized law. We socially decide that the best thing is not to have lead based paint. So We don’t let anyone have it. It is socially beneficial. Money is our paint. Money can be good for anyone or bad for everyone. If we allow people to have money and be responsible with it, if we prevent them from hurting themselves and others with it, money is good paint. Let the people paint. But if we allow bad companies to sell bad money to good people, of course someone will buy it. Someone will always want more money for him or herself, so they’ll place the responsibility solely on the consumer, and abdicate their own. And they will get richer and the buyer will get sick. It’s a reverse funnel. Moving money upwards. Moving money downwards is considered socialism. But we are socialized. We socialized the risk, and privatized and protected the gains. And now that money’s gone. It was circulating amongst us and now it’s gone. It didn’t go nowhere, it just went to a few people. That’s not democratic. That’s greed. That’s not America. America, like any country, will turn into that if allowed. We Must have rules to regulate greed when using the public money.
Spending time with young people rejuvenates my imagination and enlivens a place in my ears; life continually amazes me with the slightly offset facing mirrors, offering a minute glimpse forward and backward, offset only slightly so just a sliver is ever available to see. Ancient and brand-new are right next to each other.
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