11.08.2004
Bye-Bye Miss American Pie: Dubya's Dystopian Wet Dreams
In the aftermath of perhaps the most vivid election in recent memory, I feel like a member of the home team crowd at a sporting event; suddenly hushed by a well-executed play by the visitors. In a hotly contested race such as this, there are always penalties and prices to be paid. The democratic process cannot be a spectator sport, but it is never kind to those who choose to participate, even by those who feel they were rightfully vindicated by it.
The steam of pent-up emotions run high as the boiler churns. The insults, speculations, debates, desires, arguments, truths, falsehoods, promises, and results all push the gauge beyond its limits, and there is nothing that can stop the explosion. There is no relief valve in a binary system such as ours; only “on” and “off.” Whether our recent election results bring elation or disillusionment, the resulting release is one of relief that the pressure has escaped its containment.
My metaphoric sojourn is one that does bear the scars of bitter defeat. While my many opponents may gloat in what I deem a puric victory, I must scratch my head and wonder how such a thing could happen. How could the power of ignorance triumph so greatly at a cost that is likely to be paid by the entire world, as it will by the American people? How could so many be deceived? Is this truly the will of the people, or is it the will of the elite? The answers are no doubt there for those who wish to question them, but there seems little interest. The specter and spectacle of the 2000 Presidential Election hangs over our nation like a shroud. It whispers for us to accept what is and never question what we don’t need to know. There is no push to peel back the surface of this election for fear that it might tear the delicate fabric of our nation. Behind the scenes of our nation, the minions of “George W(inston Smith) Bush” clones are quietly revising our past so we are not tempted to question the present, or the future. New enemies will threaten us from without and within, and we must be ready to defeat them.
I cannot help the visions and nightmares that cloud my thinking. I am drawn to the writings of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury; (great writers who warned of the possibility of a Dystopia, or Negative Utopia), and Adolf Hitler; (who showed the world how easily it could come true). The world of free ideas has been thwarted in favor of the mindless slogans of propaganda and the fears of the masses being controlled, coordinated, and contained. To speak against the leader is to speak treason. To think thoughts of dissention is to invite acts of terrorism. We should conform, we should obey, and we should confess our sins only as prescribed by the high priests of government, whose benevolent rule is for our own good. Our rights are those we are given by their grace, and our joyful obligation to them for this boon is clear. We are the many workers whose sole purpose is the support of the elite. We are the serfs who owe our very lives to the lords. Their decisions are our decisions, their desires are our desires. There is no deviation from the plan; there is nothing outside the precisely measured world in which they define for us by way of media control, mouthpieces, and propaganda.
We have become the inhabitants of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. We no longer see the chains holding us fast, instead we believe ourselves to be free. We are fed a constant stream of images, thoughts, emotions, and fears, yet we think them to be our own. When one of us manages to break free from the chains and tells us of the “real world” outside, we mock and ridicule them. We consider them heretics, fools, and traitors. We pity them, and force them to be “re-educated” until they willingly sit down as the chains are clapped on them and all thought of the “nonsense” they spoke before is excised from their minds.
Let us Review for those who have just joined us.
In our nation, intelligence has been made synonymous with radical liberalism, which in turn has been made synonymous with all ills of society, such as: socialism, communism, and evil plots to undermine “Traditional American (Bullshit) Values.” Our universities and colleges are breeding grounds for these “immoral radical leftists” who want to wipe out Christianity, think gays should be able to get married, want to legalize drugs, support genetic research, and think any attempt to ban abortion is wrong.
Part of the long term plan to undermine American liberalism was outlined by Lewis F. Powell in a confidential memorandum date August 23, 1971, a mere two months prior to his nomination to the United States Supreme Court. The (totally non-political tax-free church) Right has mobilized its forces in a desperate crusade to combat these immoral influences, and a major victory was won last Tuesday when (nobody questioned) Bush (mandate from the heavens) was reaffirmed by (God), the Electoral College, and the Popular Vote; along with Fair and Balanced reporting (Pro-Bush News-Speak) disseminated by the (Karl Rove Ministry of Propaganda) News Media, which made it all possible.
Just like Adolf Hitler, these people who are now in charge have provided us with their plans from the start. They never hid anything from those who wanted to take the time to find out. They even have a website where anyone can see what they are all about. It demonstrates clearly that so often, the easiest method for getting away with anything is to do it in plain sight. Whenever necessary, media misdirection can be employed as well.
Is nobody the least bit suspicious about the “sudden” invasion of Falluga, Iraq? For months it seemed our political leaders were content to contain the insurgents of this city, now “...all peaceful avenues have been exhausted.” Could it be that someone (Bush) was lying when they said they weren’t playing politics with our service members lives? Could it be that more of our mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins are destined to come home anonymously hidden from view in flag-draped coffins? Apparently the majority of Americans don’t give a damn, because they voted to let it all happen. Bye-Bye Miss American Pie.
©2004, J.S.Brown
American Idiot
By Green Day
Don't want to be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new media.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
Don't want to be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's going out to idiot America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
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The steam of pent-up emotions run high as the boiler churns. The insults, speculations, debates, desires, arguments, truths, falsehoods, promises, and results all push the gauge beyond its limits, and there is nothing that can stop the explosion. There is no relief valve in a binary system such as ours; only “on” and “off.” Whether our recent election results bring elation or disillusionment, the resulting release is one of relief that the pressure has escaped its containment.
My metaphoric sojourn is one that does bear the scars of bitter defeat. While my many opponents may gloat in what I deem a puric victory, I must scratch my head and wonder how such a thing could happen. How could the power of ignorance triumph so greatly at a cost that is likely to be paid by the entire world, as it will by the American people? How could so many be deceived? Is this truly the will of the people, or is it the will of the elite? The answers are no doubt there for those who wish to question them, but there seems little interest. The specter and spectacle of the 2000 Presidential Election hangs over our nation like a shroud. It whispers for us to accept what is and never question what we don’t need to know. There is no push to peel back the surface of this election for fear that it might tear the delicate fabric of our nation. Behind the scenes of our nation, the minions of “George W(inston Smith) Bush” clones are quietly revising our past so we are not tempted to question the present, or the future. New enemies will threaten us from without and within, and we must be ready to defeat them.
I cannot help the visions and nightmares that cloud my thinking. I am drawn to the writings of George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury; (great writers who warned of the possibility of a Dystopia, or Negative Utopia), and Adolf Hitler; (who showed the world how easily it could come true). The world of free ideas has been thwarted in favor of the mindless slogans of propaganda and the fears of the masses being controlled, coordinated, and contained. To speak against the leader is to speak treason. To think thoughts of dissention is to invite acts of terrorism. We should conform, we should obey, and we should confess our sins only as prescribed by the high priests of government, whose benevolent rule is for our own good. Our rights are those we are given by their grace, and our joyful obligation to them for this boon is clear. We are the many workers whose sole purpose is the support of the elite. We are the serfs who owe our very lives to the lords. Their decisions are our decisions, their desires are our desires. There is no deviation from the plan; there is nothing outside the precisely measured world in which they define for us by way of media control, mouthpieces, and propaganda.
We have become the inhabitants of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. We no longer see the chains holding us fast, instead we believe ourselves to be free. We are fed a constant stream of images, thoughts, emotions, and fears, yet we think them to be our own. When one of us manages to break free from the chains and tells us of the “real world” outside, we mock and ridicule them. We consider them heretics, fools, and traitors. We pity them, and force them to be “re-educated” until they willingly sit down as the chains are clapped on them and all thought of the “nonsense” they spoke before is excised from their minds.
Let us Review for those who have just joined us.
In our nation, intelligence has been made synonymous with radical liberalism, which in turn has been made synonymous with all ills of society, such as: socialism, communism, and evil plots to undermine “Traditional American (Bullshit) Values.” Our universities and colleges are breeding grounds for these “immoral radical leftists” who want to wipe out Christianity, think gays should be able to get married, want to legalize drugs, support genetic research, and think any attempt to ban abortion is wrong.
Part of the long term plan to undermine American liberalism was outlined by Lewis F. Powell in a confidential memorandum date August 23, 1971, a mere two months prior to his nomination to the United States Supreme Court. The (totally non-political tax-free church) Right has mobilized its forces in a desperate crusade to combat these immoral influences, and a major victory was won last Tuesday when (nobody questioned) Bush (mandate from the heavens) was reaffirmed by (God), the Electoral College, and the Popular Vote; along with Fair and Balanced reporting (Pro-Bush News-Speak) disseminated by the (Karl Rove Ministry of Propaganda) News Media, which made it all possible.
Just like Adolf Hitler, these people who are now in charge have provided us with their plans from the start. They never hid anything from those who wanted to take the time to find out. They even have a website where anyone can see what they are all about. It demonstrates clearly that so often, the easiest method for getting away with anything is to do it in plain sight. Whenever necessary, media misdirection can be employed as well.
Is nobody the least bit suspicious about the “sudden” invasion of Falluga, Iraq? For months it seemed our political leaders were content to contain the insurgents of this city, now “...all peaceful avenues have been exhausted.” Could it be that someone (Bush) was lying when they said they weren’t playing politics with our service members lives? Could it be that more of our mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins are destined to come home anonymously hidden from view in flag-draped coffins? Apparently the majority of Americans don’t give a damn, because they voted to let it all happen. Bye-Bye Miss American Pie.
TANSTAAFL!
©2004, J.S.Brown
American Idiot
By Green Day
Don't want to be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new media.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
Don't want to be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's going out to idiot America.
Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the idiot nation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
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