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A Bullet for your Thoughts
There is no more contemptible sound
than a gunshot.
the cackle of a jackal pales.
A gunshot is worse
because it’s followed by
screams of sorrow
or painful moans.
If laughter is the music of life
then screams are the horror.
The gun is the new Frankenstein monster.
Who is more evil: the monster
or the creator?
Man created guns.
And now. That monster. Kills
men, women, and children.
Did God create man?
or the Devil?
They are both guilty by association.
The Poems of Unsound Men
than a gunshot.
the cackle of a jackal pales.
A gunshot is worse
because it’s followed by
screams of sorrow
or painful moans.
If laughter is the music of life
then screams are the horror.
The gun is the new Frankenstein monster.
Who is more evil: the monster
or the creator?
Man created guns.
And now. That monster. Kills
men, women, and children.
Did God create man?
or the Devil?
They are both guilty by association.
The Poems of Unsound Men
Blind Spots
After terrorist attacks, Liberals spend more time defending Muslims than they do condemning the attacks. Sorta like Conservatives defending guns after mass shootings. Both extreme ends of spectrums have blind spots.
Liberals and Conservatives subscribe to a deeply rooted set of beliefs so firmly entrenched the ideologies fester unquestioned. Unexamined. So sure of oneself is a symptom of delusion.
So polar opposites bark at each other in a continuous carousel of delusion, never pausing to examine the truth or to solve problems.
Subscribing to either ideology leaves a person backpedaling more than Joe Haden on a fade route. Constantly on defense. It must be exhausting to always defend a line of irrational thinking. Futility is toeing the party line, an Independent mind tries to understand the world, and progress.
Just because we live in a global community shouldn't deaden our vitality, our Enlightenment, our Freedom of Speech.
Freedom works both ways: Freedom to worship. And the Freedom to criticize Religion. Especially a violent religion.
Liberals on the Social Media warpath excel in groupthink: anyone criticizing islam is guilty of Fear and Ignorance. That's kinda bogus when you think about it:
Fear is not being able to say the words "Radical Muslim"...which is shameful for a country like the USA that prides itself on free speech.
and
Ignorance is what people pray to. Religion.
"Religion is in the hands of some crazy-ass people"
-Jimmy Buffett
How can Liberals call people who fear Terrorism ignorant, but not the people who prostrate themselves five times per day praising a fictitious deity?
Most of these Libs parrot memes or something someone already said with nary an original idea or thought. Here's an original thought: al qaeda, isis are different names of snakes coming from the same theological hole.
Sometime next decade there will be another nefarious name causing terror under the auspices of Muhammad. Paris was just the latest example.
It should be noted that every 4 days in America we have the same gun-induced body count as the Paris terrorist attacks...only our body count is induced by domestic terrorists supported by the NRA
My point:
Not all Americans are deranged killers shooting guns, but I think we can all agree that we have a gun problem in America. And not all Muslims are terrorists, but I think we can all agree that there is something amiss with Islam.
Liberals and Conservatives subscribe to a deeply rooted set of beliefs so firmly entrenched the ideologies fester unquestioned. Unexamined. So sure of oneself is a symptom of delusion.
So polar opposites bark at each other in a continuous carousel of delusion, never pausing to examine the truth or to solve problems.
Subscribing to either ideology leaves a person backpedaling more than Joe Haden on a fade route. Constantly on defense. It must be exhausting to always defend a line of irrational thinking. Futility is toeing the party line, an Independent mind tries to understand the world, and progress.
Just because we live in a global community shouldn't deaden our vitality, our Enlightenment, our Freedom of Speech.
Freedom works both ways: Freedom to worship. And the Freedom to criticize Religion. Especially a violent religion.
Liberals on the Social Media warpath excel in groupthink: anyone criticizing islam is guilty of Fear and Ignorance. That's kinda bogus when you think about it:
Fear is not being able to say the words "Radical Muslim"...which is shameful for a country like the USA that prides itself on free speech.
and
Ignorance is what people pray to. Religion.
"Religion is in the hands of some crazy-ass people"
-Jimmy Buffett
How can Liberals call people who fear Terrorism ignorant, but not the people who prostrate themselves five times per day praising a fictitious deity?
Most of these Libs parrot memes or something someone already said with nary an original idea or thought. Here's an original thought: al qaeda, isis are different names of snakes coming from the same theological hole.
Sometime next decade there will be another nefarious name causing terror under the auspices of Muhammad. Paris was just the latest example.
It should be noted that every 4 days in America we have the same gun-induced body count as the Paris terrorist attacks...only our body count is induced by domestic terrorists supported by the NRA
My point:
Not all Americans are deranged killers shooting guns, but I think we can all agree that we have a gun problem in America. And not all Muslims are terrorists, but I think we can all agree that there is something amiss with Islam.
Out of Touch Oscar Weiners
The Oscars haven't been culturally relevant for the past decade, but now some people want to complain about them because they weren't nominated.
There. That one sentence could accurately sum up the nonsense noise cascading through social media, and the news.
Instead of complaining about real issues (the Flint Water crisis, climate change, gun violence, etc.) these 1% nimrods have their silk panties in a twist over a celebrated circle jerk.
Will Smith wasn't nominated so he's taking his football and going home to eat sour grapes. Smith earns millions of dollars making movies, but he's still not happy with the unjust society that loves him.
Tyrese made a public plea to Chris Rock not to host. Yeah, that makes zero sense. Why wouldn't you want a black host? Tyrese makes Fast & Furious movies, and was in Ride Along 2. And he wonders why those movies weren't nominated? Dude has a Benihana in his backyard yet he's outraged over the Oscars. Miss me with that noise.
These people are so out of touch with reality. They make more money in one movie than most Americans make in a decade. Plus, they're tone deaf to real issues that matter. Not even a week after a tearful Obama conducted a news conference calling for gun control, Ride Along 2 commercials aired with the Ice Cube punchline to Kevin Hart "I'll shoot you in the face if you call me your brother-in-law again." That movie was #1 at the box office opening week, which is a moral indictment against our braindead culture. If anything, people should be boycotting that shitty movie!
George Clooney had the nerve to chime in, yet how many black people are in Hail, Caesar? Better yet, how many black actors are in the movies he directs? Hypocrisy disguised as concern.
I understand Spike Lee: he's employing the carnival barker strategy to raise awareness for his latest movie. But don't buy into his bullshit and cry for him, because he'll be courtside surrounded by other 1%ers watching a dreadful Knicks game Oscar night. My only problem with Spike is that he basically stated white people have no flavor, which is sort of a racist statement if you think about it.
I don't give a shit about the Oscars, but this "controversy" just feeds into the fiction of White Privilege. This so-called privilege has eluded me thus far, but there have been Bigfoot-like sightings of it on Twitter. Just once I would like to experience it. My Mom busted her ass for over 30 years as a postal carrier so she could provide for her family and afford a home. And had the Privilege to endure 2 hip replacement surgeries as a result of the physical demands of her job.
And now I'm busting my ass just to make a short movie. Nobody's giving me anything, I'm working to raise the money. Yet these Hollywood people who make millions and have successful careers are whining, and social media is in an uproar about White Privilege. I remember having the Privilege of my film school professor hate on me because of my gender and race. If this is white privilege then I want no part of it.
Rich Privilege does exist. It is the privilege to complain about irrelevant award shows instead of real issues. Both black and white people are suffering in Flint, Michigan. Both black and white people suffer from gun violence everyday in America. Dividing the races with White Privilege mythology, and sham Oscar boycotts, only strengthens one group of people: the rich 1% who run this country.
Making movies seems insignificant compared to the real issues affecting millions of Americans every day. I only have one question for the Hollywood whiners: do you make movies for the Oscars, or do you make movies because you love it?
Making movies should be its own reward.
There. That one sentence could accurately sum up the nonsense noise cascading through social media, and the news.
Instead of complaining about real issues (the Flint Water crisis, climate change, gun violence, etc.) these 1% nimrods have their silk panties in a twist over a celebrated circle jerk.
Will Smith wasn't nominated so he's taking his football and going home to eat sour grapes. Smith earns millions of dollars making movies, but he's still not happy with the unjust society that loves him.
Tyrese made a public plea to Chris Rock not to host. Yeah, that makes zero sense. Why wouldn't you want a black host? Tyrese makes Fast & Furious movies, and was in Ride Along 2. And he wonders why those movies weren't nominated? Dude has a Benihana in his backyard yet he's outraged over the Oscars. Miss me with that noise.
These people are so out of touch with reality. They make more money in one movie than most Americans make in a decade. Plus, they're tone deaf to real issues that matter. Not even a week after a tearful Obama conducted a news conference calling for gun control, Ride Along 2 commercials aired with the Ice Cube punchline to Kevin Hart "I'll shoot you in the face if you call me your brother-in-law again." That movie was #1 at the box office opening week, which is a moral indictment against our braindead culture. If anything, people should be boycotting that shitty movie!
George Clooney had the nerve to chime in, yet how many black people are in Hail, Caesar? Better yet, how many black actors are in the movies he directs? Hypocrisy disguised as concern.
I understand Spike Lee: he's employing the carnival barker strategy to raise awareness for his latest movie. But don't buy into his bullshit and cry for him, because he'll be courtside surrounded by other 1%ers watching a dreadful Knicks game Oscar night. My only problem with Spike is that he basically stated white people have no flavor, which is sort of a racist statement if you think about it.
I don't give a shit about the Oscars, but this "controversy" just feeds into the fiction of White Privilege. This so-called privilege has eluded me thus far, but there have been Bigfoot-like sightings of it on Twitter. Just once I would like to experience it. My Mom busted her ass for over 30 years as a postal carrier so she could provide for her family and afford a home. And had the Privilege to endure 2 hip replacement surgeries as a result of the physical demands of her job.
And now I'm busting my ass just to make a short movie. Nobody's giving me anything, I'm working to raise the money. Yet these Hollywood people who make millions and have successful careers are whining, and social media is in an uproar about White Privilege. I remember having the Privilege of my film school professor hate on me because of my gender and race. If this is white privilege then I want no part of it.
Rich Privilege does exist. It is the privilege to complain about irrelevant award shows instead of real issues. Both black and white people are suffering in Flint, Michigan. Both black and white people suffer from gun violence everyday in America. Dividing the races with White Privilege mythology, and sham Oscar boycotts, only strengthens one group of people: the rich 1% who run this country.
Making movies seems insignificant compared to the real issues affecting millions of Americans every day. I only have one question for the Hollywood whiners: do you make movies for the Oscars, or do you make movies because you love it?
Making movies should be its own reward.
Compreapprehension
Too many superstitions, too much trouble
No bubble for the common man
Natural Selection
has become a C-section
A's and B's are rare,
Mutated beliefs ping-ponging at a rapid pace
creating a rabid base
of people.
we are sick & twisted
around gauges, and gears,
and grease, and hair-trigger tempers
Semper Fi
is no different than allah akbar to the NRA
so long as they both die
by guns.
We will never become one
people
so long as we cater to evil.
Evil is that
envy, jealousy,
bigotry,
religious zealotry.
We are all one
nation under the sun
The only day
we're different is when
we pray
on Sunday
No bubble for the common man
Natural Selection
has become a C-section
A's and B's are rare,
Mutated beliefs ping-ponging at a rapid pace
creating a rabid base
of people.
we are sick & twisted
around gauges, and gears,
and grease, and hair-trigger tempers
Semper Fi
is no different than allah akbar to the NRA
so long as they both die
by guns.
We will never become one
people
so long as we cater to evil.
Evil is that
envy, jealousy,
bigotry,
religious zealotry.
We are all one
nation under the sun
The only day
we're different is when
we pray
on Sunday
Politicks As Usual
The disappointing 2016 presidential election is between a corrupt DNC and a rich blowhard with mothballs for brains. Clinton vs Trump. Dynasty vs Duck Dynasty.
Our Aristocratic Democracy is a Monarchy. Vote for your favorite Big Money honey. Pay the ticket, and get rode.
I'll think I'll pass. Better yet, I'll "write-in" Bernie Sanders or vote for Jill Stein. People tell me that's a vote for Trump. So be it. I'm done voting for the crooks in the 2 major parties. Sometimes the only way to fix something is to break it. And the 2 party system needs to be broken.
If Trump wins, which is a possibility that the Democrats deserve, then he will be such a colossal failure that changes will be made. Or maybe not, according to Ralph Nader acolytes. But I never had an input in the Primary election process because the Dems rigged it for Hillary. And that is why they won't be getting my vote this November.
If the Dems didn't want Trump to win, then they shouldn't have shafted their liberal progressive base. Hillary's VP choice is a big middle finger to progressives. Well, let's see them win the election without us.
We never had a choice to begin with. How is that a real democracy? It isn't. It needs to be created out of the ashes of the Trump hellfire burn of the Republican party, which has gone so far right that the Democratic Party has taken its place, leaving a void for Progressives.
How can Progressives (especially NV Progressives) vote for Clinton with a clear conscience? After Warren Buffett bought Nevada Energy he swayed the utility regulators to increase rates for solar customers. Then this past Monday, Buffett appears at a Hillary Clinton rally. How can I vote for her? I won't.
There should be an anti-trust suit filed against the Republicans and Democrats for abuse of monopoly power. They pick the shitty candidates that we have to vote for. Not us. So why vote for them? That just encourages bad behavior. The Dems deserve to lose, and the Republicans deserve to fade into Whig Party irrelevancy.
The last two elections I voted with a clear conscience for Obama. But his candidacy was born out of the mire Bush jr created. Maybe a Trump presidency would result in a 2020 multi-party presidential race that best reflects what Americans want.
Sure, some people want Trump, and they will vote for him. Others don't want Trump, and they will vote for Hillary. And yet, a small but powerful minority possessing integrity and foresight will vote their conscience, and choose the candidate that best reflects their values.
Values are something one holds dear, not a commodity to be sold.
Our Aristocratic Democracy is a Monarchy. Vote for your favorite Big Money honey. Pay the ticket, and get rode.
I'll think I'll pass. Better yet, I'll "write-in" Bernie Sanders or vote for Jill Stein. People tell me that's a vote for Trump. So be it. I'm done voting for the crooks in the 2 major parties. Sometimes the only way to fix something is to break it. And the 2 party system needs to be broken.
If Trump wins, which is a possibility that the Democrats deserve, then he will be such a colossal failure that changes will be made. Or maybe not, according to Ralph Nader acolytes. But I never had an input in the Primary election process because the Dems rigged it for Hillary. And that is why they won't be getting my vote this November.
If the Dems didn't want Trump to win, then they shouldn't have shafted their liberal progressive base. Hillary's VP choice is a big middle finger to progressives. Well, let's see them win the election without us.
We never had a choice to begin with. How is that a real democracy? It isn't. It needs to be created out of the ashes of the Trump hellfire burn of the Republican party, which has gone so far right that the Democratic Party has taken its place, leaving a void for Progressives.
How can Progressives (especially NV Progressives) vote for Clinton with a clear conscience? After Warren Buffett bought Nevada Energy he swayed the utility regulators to increase rates for solar customers. Then this past Monday, Buffett appears at a Hillary Clinton rally. How can I vote for her? I won't.
There should be an anti-trust suit filed against the Republicans and Democrats for abuse of monopoly power. They pick the shitty candidates that we have to vote for. Not us. So why vote for them? That just encourages bad behavior. The Dems deserve to lose, and the Republicans deserve to fade into Whig Party irrelevancy.
The last two elections I voted with a clear conscience for Obama. But his candidacy was born out of the mire Bush jr created. Maybe a Trump presidency would result in a 2020 multi-party presidential race that best reflects what Americans want.
Sure, some people want Trump, and they will vote for him. Others don't want Trump, and they will vote for Hillary. And yet, a small but powerful minority possessing integrity and foresight will vote their conscience, and choose the candidate that best reflects their values.
Values are something one holds dear, not a commodity to be sold.
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