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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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