and so it begins

organized revolution is what they use to trick people into thinking things will change. the organizers have to organize, changing the message to one of obedience and conformity, but they will use freedom as the rallying call, like they always do. okay young people, prove me wrong this time. don't fall into the same trap that caught all the previous generations before you. the future is yours. take it. do something good with it.

he said, "everyone has a price"

how much is your soul
worth to you?
set a price so high
not even the devil
is willing to pay

if god were a mother

if god were a mother...

there would be plenty of room
in her heart for all of her children
she wouldn't need to play favorites
because love doesn't work that way

(silly rabbit, control freaky head games are for humans)

but wait! there's more...

doesn't jesus love everyone?
like, no matter what?
then how can there be a chosen people?

...and if there is no chosen people
placed by god's authority above the rest
then what?

...then what?
then jesus isn't the chosen one
(but we already knew that
because the prophecy said
the messiah brings peace)
and if jesus isn't the chosen one
where does that leave us?

...anyway
if we aren't chosen,
that means we get to choose.
i think that deserves to be pondered upon,
you know, if thinking were allowed



on this day three years ago on facebook

a poem called february (February 7, 2014)

February 7, 2014 ·

a poem called february

so long ago
pain called
the angels
came and
addiction
to vision
ensued
then...

healing happened
anyway regardless
awareness that
the same abuse
drove them away
in the first place

break the chain

denial rules the world

new age brainwash
forgiveness and light
the torture never ends
good positive thinking
and blame the victim
you know, for good measure

trolls (reruns remix)

for clarification: there are different kinds of trolls. but the uber-indoctrinated and the paid misinformants do have a common goal, to derail any rational discourse that might be happening. they give themselves away by the methods they use to achieve this goal.

do you repeat platitudes and share memes without putting any thought into what it is you are saying?  you might be a troll.  do you prefer your news emotionally charged? do you self identify as a member of a certain group?  do you get upset when the doctrine of said group is questioned?  you might be a troll.  do you only recognize arguments that either appeal to emotion or appeal to authority, rather than reason?  you might be a troll.  are you being paid to forcefeed the public a certain perspective or opinion?  do you hide under bridges and only come out to attack?  you most definitely are a troll.  and it really makes no difference which kind you are, when the end result is always the same.

question

if you remove all the fallacies from the news, if you remove the divisive rhetoric and the emotional triggers, and the attempts to tell people what to think, is there anything left?

propaganda 101

when it's about divisive rhetoric it's not about facts,
it's about emotional manipulation.
it's about creating an image of the bad guys
to scare us into joining the group to fight the evil.
it's about twisting the facts and presenting them in such a way
that truth and knowledge is no longer a part of the equation.
it's about stirring the shit and keeping us fighting each other
instead of working together to solve the problems.
don't call it facts.
if any of it were truly factual
they wouldn't be telling us what to think,
they wouldn't be hiding information
that might lead some to disagree
with what they want us to think.
if it were true, they wouldn't be so afraid
of anyone doing any thinking for themselves.

note to self

try something different
learn something new
figure it out

corporate dominance and aggression

we shouldn't have to opt out
the lack of a "no" isn't consent
to assume that yes is implied
is what makes this a rape culture

February

a black door --

like charcoal

darkest black

burning or burned

not sure.

don't touch!

hidden back

the deepest

darkest corner

(of my mind)

and the sign

on the door 

said "february"

(november, 2013)

merry-go-round

revolution is just spin.  it isn't about people changing the system, it's about convincing the people that the very same system would somehow be better if different thugs were in charge.

question authority!

if you never question authority
how would you know if they're shooting you straight?

and if they were shooting you straight
why would they mind being questioned?

emotional triggers

...dialectic and the illusion of choice
and the manufacture of fear and lies
blame game, self destruct
what they do isn't up to you

lipstick on a pig while the war rages on

neither of them can change a damn thing because of the presidential directives bush passed into law that says new administration is not allowed to disagree with previous admin's policies. so it's just four more years of bush and cheney since nobody is willing to go against the patriot act and other associated bad laws.

...so if none of the candidates will be allowed to end the war(s) started by bush, why should i vote for any of them? war is against everything i believe in.

who gets to decide?

"the common good" refers to that which is good for the state (as per plato's republic). the state is that which governs. but to be governed is the opposite of freedom. is that good?

who gets to decide?

questions

why don't they just outlaw the manufacture of assault rifles?
does anybody really need a gun designed for war?
(our grease-palmed lawmakers are too afraid to go there)
why do we tolerate these cowards and murderous thugs?
did that lone shooter kill all those people with a semi-automatic?
with a fifteen-round clip? how many reloads would that mean?
or was he using something deadlier, something already illegal?
do the existing laws comfort the dead, dying, and grieving?
would it be insensitive to point out we've heard this song before?
is anybody listening? or just singing along with the crowd?
if you sing long enough and loud enough will you believe it too?

we can't afford politicians anymore. they're too expensive

voting is like...
it's like
flipping a coin
a nickel, say
and hoping
it comes up
a quarter
(april, 2013)

voting never did much of anything but convince the public that we might actually have some say in what the government does in our name.

(they don't know they're like that)

empowering those who have historically been oppressed isn't a threat to anything but your status as Superior to them. get off yer high horse and practice some humanity, for a change.

what are you so afraid of?

hypocrisy

i'm not sure i follow
how you think it's okay
to berate people for buying
the wrong strawberries
on your child slavery iphone
wearing your sweatshop clothes