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In order for a good basis for a fundamental philosophically themed argument, such as this, to be established; a few assumptions need to be made, but not just provided… explained and given.

First, the assumption about time. Since time is a unit of measurement that is intangible, but assumed by man, to make sense of things and keep track of cycles, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, millenniums… are all facts and items in our day to day vocabulary, but much like “run” in its noun form they don’t actually exist as a tangible object, but as a representation of a witnessed event that is obvious. “Run” is different in that it is executed by someone or something, and can be performed and stopped at will of what or who is in control of that action, as opposed to time, which simply is. In stating that, we can conclude that time isn’t an action or thing, nor does the word “time” itself actually represent a tangible, logical, item or action that can be imagined or pictured. But we, as humans, can logically determine, through the association of our understanding of time, that there is a past, there will be a future and the few seconds that our mind processes our short term memory could be presumably called the present. As a result, even though it is intangible, and the word itself carries very little meaning outside of the understanding of the English language, Time exists, in that we understand the concept of what it represents.

Second, an assumption about eternity. In order for us to understand what eternity and infinity actually are, we can look to the stars. Space is the only tangible form we have of infinity. Not that we can touch it, but that we are in it, and we can look up every day and night and see it. To analyze, briefly, the differences between eternity and infinity, infinity is a mathematical term used to represent eternity, wherein eternity is more for usage with the representation of time, and infinity would more or less be representative of space, for use within this article anyhow. Hence the interweaving of the two terms as though they are one in the same, when in fact they are merely synonymous, but only for what they represent. What do they represent? They represent the span of an item that is too vastly inconclusive for man’s primitive mind to fully understand, and is thus, never-ending, never beginning.

The third part, creation, and in no terms do I mean “Creation” where in there is going to be biblical fall-backs onto some story from Genesis, or other book of religious significance, that really holds no bearing over what is actual. Creation, in terms of how most people think of it, is making something, or someone, for the matter of this writing. In order to create an object, or even a person, something needs to be used as a material to first start, then other materials to then finish, whatever it is that is being created. Even if it is something such as nitrogen atom, energy needed to come together at some point to generate that core element, and a charge needed to be applied or triggered in order for it to properly become a nitrogen atom. Though this isn’t an assumption, as much as it is a derivative, something must be created from something else. For those religious fanatics that are out there - even you can agree that Adam was created from something else, its in the Bible, go look it up.

So we have time, eternity, and creation. The three things that make up existence. Time, in that we are here, now, and have been here then, and will be here later. Eternity, in that existence itself is the representation of what is, what was, and what will be. Creation in the representation of what has been here, what is here, and what will be here. What, how and when we got here can be derived from these three factors of existence as well.

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Creation; everything that is here today was and is begotten from one source prior. Be it, energy, proteins, spare parts, or raw materials. In that regard, all things here have been here for all time, and thus, are simply compiled at this moment to exist as they are now, and later will be something else again at a later point in time for all of eternity. We do not know how we came to be, but we can attempt to explain it via stories, assumptions and research. When all we are searching for is the details for the obvious, which is, we are, and we started from everything that is… There will be a time in the future when we are not here, and we do not exist, but the components of what make us are will be, and will continue on after. In that, you can think about where energy comes from, and where it goes once you are no more… and start to derive what you might think I’d say about afterlife.

enrique
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Tonight I went to a bar in downtown, it was late, Wednesday, and the place was packed full of random people, as expected… after all, it is the Gaslamp, San Diego, the spring time… and I ended up having a conversation with the praised “Mystery”, author of “The Mystery Method”, recently featured on Conan O’Brien talking about his book and the art of getting gorgeous women into bed.

First let me tell you about Erik, stage named Mystery. He’s a tall lengthy liberated guy, black nail polished, pretty outrageously outfitted lengthy ‘bro’ with a knack for talk and definitely large following. He gets paid, apparently, to hold seminars for guys, wherein he teaches them (much like Hitch) how to pick up on women in a club/bar/wherever setting, and then they all go out and try their hand at simply getting laid, or hooking up… whatever.

Now, in the brief 30 minutes that I talked with this guy, I didn’t say too much… Something I learned a long time ago is to let the charismatic dig themselves into a trench so you can fill in the hole they’ve dug with a few small scoops. Oh! I’ve let on to my conclusion; I’m trying to remain unbiased, until I drop the hammer on this cat. Anyhow, he spoke for the majority, and of course the conversation was randomly interrupted every few minutes or so when he got distracted by a set of tits, or some random 2 through 9 scaled bar skeeze. During this time, he explained to me the meaning of life, which of course is “to procreate”, not in his quote, but in mine – I think he said “spread your seed” or “make babies” something to that shallow effect. It was pretty simple and quick to see that Erik appeals to the masses by over generalization, and associating to the common low-life. Before I start to gun this fool down; he made some interesting points about the primitive tell tale signs from a woman when you’re coming onto her… and he put it in terms of ape-like grooming; interesting analogy, but the hair flipping example was quite convincing… Not sure if I’d compare women to primates just yet, I mean, I’ve said my pieces about how shallow I think we’ve all become in our shop-til-you-drop society, but I’m not sure I’ve gone so far as to say we haven’t evolved from monkeys enough just yet to not act like them when we’re in a social environment.

So we were outside talking it up, and he tried to get me to go inside with him on the prowl, pick up a few “targets” and try my hand at his methods, I just looked at him. “You gotta be kidding”, I said.

“Oh c’mon man, this is why we’re all here. We go out to places like this to meet women, socialize, and put ourselves out there, using that inner pick up artist we all have inside of us…”, Erik replied.

I shifted myself from leaning against the railing with my left elbow, to my right, “Not all of us.”

“Why are you here?”, he looked perplexed, like it was the first time he ever came across a guy that was more complicated than a simple caveman out in the “field” looking to score a piece of ass from some shallow whore at a club on a weekday.

I leaned forward, “Simply to be here… home was boring”.

Now, I’m not sure exactly what this guy was thinking at this point. I mean, I wasn’t all that puzzled by why I would be at a bar in downtown, hell that’s where I go, I hang out from time to time at VIP spots, just to get a decent drink and talk it up with friends. Sue me. It’s like going to a coffee shop and talking philosophy with the people you’re with to have a good time. What fun is it going out with goals and agendas? That’s what work is for. So off he scampered, and he got about 10 feet into the door when he stopped at these two skirts, started to strike up some horrible conversation. “What nationality are you?” I looked at my friend and just laughed. Sorry, but unless you’re from San Diego, you might not get it. San Diego is the Mecca for all those “not from here”, and that’s the lowest level conversation starter you can pick. Maybe that was the idea, perhaps he so coy that he doesn’t need to try anymore, sure. It gets better.

So he comes back, 15… maybe 20 minutes later. I’m still standing outside, perched against the railing, leaning on my left elbow. I did what I normally do to people that lose my interest, I ignored him. For those of you that are reading this that have had the pleasure of losing my interest, you know exactly how that works. After a few minutes, I look over at his conversation with a girl from Guam, I know this because he used the same line on her as he did the other dame. And he brushes her off, to lean into conversation to me about the three stages of a pick-up.

I called bullshit in my head the second I heard him say it; but then again, the caliber of women he’s using his shit against aren’t exactly college level graduates, and if they are, they’re simply too stupid to realize what’s going on, and even more so, aren’t worth much if they fall for it. Maybe I’m too picky, perhaps my superiority complex is a little over the top, and then he asked me, pointing to my friend who was with me, “How long you two been hanging out?”

I look at my buddy, “Ten years?”

My friend replies to him, “Ten, maybe eleven years.”

“So is he your wing man? You guys go out and score often?” Erik pried.

My friend just looked at him and said, “No. We get women by talking to them like people”.

I’m not even sure the guy stuck around long enough to hear the entire sentence, but Erik’s friend (we’ll just call him Whoeverthefuck) caught it, and he was fucking boggled. “So… which one of you guys usually goes in for the kill?”

You gotta be fucking kidding me. Thank god I wasn’t in the mood to talk to this freak, or I would have had a field day, so my friend replied, “Neither of us, man, we just dominate.”

“Oh really?”, Whoeverthefuck said.

I just laughed and turned my back to the guy. My friend says, “Yep!”

Anyhow, a little side story narrative of my evening with Erik Von Markovik, the author of “The Mystery Method”. Just by meeting this guy, I’d say, if you’re into shallow whores without the ability to formulate their own opinions; who are codependent; and who are grotesquely predictable to the point of being compared to with apes… Get the book, its available on Amazon. I won’t be buying it, I believe in treating people like people with respect until proven worthy of otherwise; and I require substance in the relationships I build with others, not some formulated systematic three step process that’ll allow me to go plug holes in drunk chicks all night with my man-hammer.

Cheers, “Mystery”. You got my vote for one of the smartest idiots I’ve ever met. Congratulations on your successes.

enrique
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The state of the States… Where the hell do I start? We have the worst president in US history in office, the most corrupt politicians we’ve ever seen currently in office, and the most unimportant war we’ve ever seen as Americans going on right now. Shit makes me embarrassed to say I used to vote Republican, now I’m glad to say I only vote local, and never for people, just for propositions.

Oh no! I don’t vote, I don’t have the right to complain. How about this? Give me someONE worth voting for, and I’ll think about changing my mind on the matter. Right now, I believe firmly, that no vote counts just as much as a vote; think about it like this, if California’s voting turn out was 3.2 million people, and only 7 people voted for a person, everyone else voted for issues and propositions, I think that message would be pretty damn clear. I simply refuse to vote for the lesser of the evils.

Here’s an even greater idea. Allow us to vote against someone, as opposed to simply for someone. There’s a dynamic addition for you. You don’t have to vote on someone, but you can damn well make sure that the person you don’t want to see in office the most can have negative points added to the count… Not that actual counted public votes matter; thanks to the electoral college, but hey, whatever. It’d be nice to be able to “deny vote” someone out of office, and at least be able to say “hey… its not my fault, I cast a a deny vote against that fucktard”. Oh, I can hear the political crybabies winding up already about this one; “Just vote for the other guy if you don’t want blah blah” or “you don’t know etc etc because of X”. Here’s an earful you can take with you (eyeful really); I believe people are accountable for their actions, and if I’m willing to put someone in office that I don’t think is 100% qualified, they’re simply “more” qualified than asshat #2? I’m doing a greater injustice to this great nation by feeding into this plagued system.

Here, in not so common terms:

The System is flawed, fundamentally, on all levels, from the core, outward. The System itself is self-defeating, in that, all you have to do to ensure stability in a state of problematic upheaval is simply disallow qualified entities to enter The System, and keep the bar at or near the medium/average of where it has been or has been projectively headed toward. The factors involved in the current state of the States are the people, the media, the lobbyists, the politicians, the policies and the judiciary.

The Media
Viacom: This mass media mogul is the cornerstone of nearly everything you see in media and advertising everyday. They own MTV, MTV2, mtvU, Nickelodeon, BET, Nick at Nite, TV Land, NOGGIN, VH1, Spike TV, CMT, Comedy Central, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix, Sundance Channel, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, CBS, UPN, Infinity Broadcasting, Simon & Schuster, Blockbuster, Paramount Parks, Famous Players Theater, United Cinemas International, Famous Music.

Time/Warner: I love [/sarcasm] these guys… They’re allowing me to post to WordPress at this very moment. They own CNN (all of it), HBO, Court TV, Time Warner Cable services, Road Runner interactive services, New York 1, Warner Bros. (studios, film production and distrbution,) WB Television Network, Hanna Barbera Cartoons, Telepictures Production, Witt - Thomas Productions, Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Warner Bros pay TV, Warner Bros Theaters, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner South, Cartoon Network (3 channels), Turner Classic Movies, TNT, New Line Cinema, Fine Line Features, Turner Original Productions, Time Warner Music, Atlantic Records, Rhino, Elektra, and 49 other music production companies, CompuServe Interactive, AOL and subsidiaries, The Knot Inc, MapQuest.com, Spinner.com, Winamp, DrKoop.com, Legend, Amazon.com, MovieFone, and the fucking Atlanta Braves.

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What’s my point? Simple. Money. We’re not a democracy, we’re a consumerocracy. Money runs this nation… One nation, under Washington, Lincoln, Jackson and Grant. Control the media, control the advertising, control the people in it; or at least the politicians that “run” it, because you control the money. This isn’t conspiracy theory, its a fact. Want to destroy this nation? Bring the NYSE to it’s knees; doesn’t take planes or bombs, just takes cash, credit, shares, stocks and bonds. Every facet of everyday life in the United States revolves around the economy; that’s all there really is to worry about, no matter how you look at it, no matter what angle you choose, you’re either directly effecting or 1 degree of separation away from the cash flow of this great country. Even this post on this site is surely generating some type of marketing statistic that will in turn be leveraged to turn a buck. That’s just how thing’s work; and whoever controls the direction of the flow of consumer economy, can effectively control the consumer, and thus steer everyone in whatever direction they want us to be in.

What’s so wrong with this? Ever watch “reality” television? How about the news? Perhaps you’ve caught up on some sitcoms or drama on television. Ever see Heroes? 24? Grey’s Anatomy? These shows are all simply formulated to get you to do one thing; stop thinking, or start thinking about the wrong things. They’re obvious products of a system that keeps people inside of it looking outward, never questioning, never wondering, constantly living in fear of terrorist attacks, constantly voting for their favorite idol, and constantly forgetting and turning a blind eye to what the problems of this nation truly are. The media is the opium the government needs to keep everyone sitting on their asses, eating fast foods, and buying into their system, to ensure it stays stable. After all, any type of shake up would probably cause for some type of failure of the system, and god forbid we find out we NEED a new way to do things.

Imagine what would happen if everyone shut off their televisions and turned off their radios. Think the media doesn’t understand how important they are to the nation? Lets take the web for example. How many problems has this unregulated name-space been for media monsters? How many lawsuits have you seen? How many ads do you see? How much is Google worth? … and why? Google’s great, they have everything… $500billion worth of everything. Why they’re so rich is easy to explain. They’re vapor. They provide companies with a reliable resource on the web to market to their demographic and track it in pretty charts… That’s not literally tangible by any means, in fact, the Internet, pre-online advertising, was actually not a bad place to be. Wasn’t all that informative, it wasn’t all that pretty, but it allowed people to share thoughts and documents online simply enough… and here we have Google, they make some neat shit, I’ll give them that, they’re a great place to work, that’s another feat. But they’re the Viacom/Time Warner of the web world. They make money from force feeding you advertising all day, everyday.

Advertising isn’t bad. Really. But have you ever thought why you see things so often? Why you’re subjected to Nissan, Wendy’s, McDonalds, GM, Washington Mutual, Well’s Fargo and Apple so often? Honestly, who the fuck hasn’t heard of an iPod? Oh! The ominous “They” needs to make sure EVERYONE on Earth gets a chance to see the commercials? See the ads? … Its a proven method! Keep giving the public what you want them to see, and the sheep will herd up and go to the stores. Pathetic. We’re controlled, and we’re controlled by the media, and as a result, our country’s run like a giant Wal*Mart, lots of shit everywhere to buy, lots of akward fat asses walking around, and tons upon tons of bureaucratic deals and problems going on behind the walls and register that no one is concerned with because cheese is half off.

I’m sure it doesn’t hurt Viacom or Time/Warner at all to score a few hundred thousand bucks every time one of these companies wants to try to get your attention too. This isn’t just about television, because if they can’t get to you there, they’ll get to you on the way to work via billboards and radio ads. Even clothing, your cellphone, and schools; they’re all inundated with this highly important factor in this nation’s government; marketing, advertising, and the plague of things you need, the things you want, the things They wants you to want.

I’m using They in a singular sense, since They is a unit of the corporate owners of this nation. George Carlin once went off on this same topic, to an extent, but only grazed the surface, and he was 100% right, but at the same time, he was giving that speech on HBO… Thankfully you can probably find it on YouTube.

The Lobbyist
Ever hear of an activist group? A really rich one? Here’s one; I define an activist group as any group of people or corporations that involve themselves in anything that prompts the opinion of the masses. For example. PETA, NRA, NAACP, KKK, Green Peace, Phillip Morris, H & K, Chevrolet, and Exxon. Yes, I just grouped PETA and Exxon in the same category. Why not? They’re all one in the same. It was said best in “Thank You for Smoking” when the main character, Nick Naylor, on the talk show basically said that activists want people to die from lung cancer, because if they don’t? They have no case. I’m deliberately leveraging the fact that this movie was about Big Tobacco and lobbyists, namely one; but also included firearms, alcohol, and briefly energy lobbyists.

But the funny thing about this movie is the skewed perception it has on what’s actually bad for America. Granted it wasn’t a movie about the fundamental flaws in this nation, well… directly anyway. Back to point, every facet of this nation is so beyond help, that even the non-profit good-doers are feeding into it and simply fueling the fire. There isn’t a single thing, any one group, or group of groups could ever do in today’s world to actually make a standing, long-term, much needed difference that will ensure this country advances, positively. Their problem resides in the one crack in their foundation. Its based on a system that is no longer capable of supporting any great change or advancement in the right direction that will move our government away from the corruption and utterly culture-less society they’re governing.

I should continue; but actually, there’s no point. Its simply the same point over and over and over again. The organizations that exist are greed filled. They’re relentlessly, and hopelessly flawed on all levels, even to the point where philanthropy is simply seen as a nice gesture, but will never even make a difference, or a dent for that matter…

The Problems

• Marketing & Advertising
• All Political Parties
• The Mass Media
• Corporate America
• The Fast Food Industry
• Tobacco Industry
• Firearms Industry
• Health Care Industry
• Fossil Fuel-based Energy Companies
• The Weapons Industry
• Cable Television
• Organized Religions… all of them
• Non-Profit Organizations with Lobbyists
• For-Profit Organization with Lobbyists
• Corporate Law Firms
• Consumer Level Recruiting Agencies
• Trade Schools
• Automotive Manufacturers
• Tire Manufacturers
• Petroleum-based Companies (plastics, etc)
• Housing Developers contributing to Suburbs and their expansion
• Real Estate Agencies and Mortgage Lenders in inflated markets

Agree with me or not; up to you… people lie to themselves constantly everyday, when they say that “their job is great” and “they’re happy working as a nobody at some X company” … why? Because the pay is good? The people you work for are neat? The benefits are good? Shallow dreams yield shallow goals in life that’s for damn sure. That’s what’s wrong with not only the US, but the world. Every facet of every part of these organizations and institutions have one way or another stripped out all the hope and character in humanity, by labeling it, defining it, drilling into it, and expecting to strike it rich by taking advantage of everyone that’s subjected to it. They’ve torn out the soul of our nation and expect us to seek it out in music They have formulated for us to listen to. Creativity is praised for the few who have it, and people like me are seen as complainers who don’t do anything about it…

Revolutionary actions aren’t possible if people don’t get out of the box long enough to think for themselves. Unfuck The System.

enrique
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