Just a quick rant about India’s long-range missile test, global nuclear weapons proliferation, and our impending doom.
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I just watched this interview of Peter Joseph, creator of the Zeitgeist film series, by Russia Today. Peter talks about the current socio-economic conditions, the inherent flaws in our monetary system, and possible solutions to save our sorry asses…
I was discussing the recent incident of the US Marines urinating on the dead Taliban fighters with Denice. The video was very shocking to her. The bad thing is that it should have been shocking to me, but it wasn’t. Unfortunately, my eyes have seen this and much, much worse. For the life of me, I don’t know why soldiers love to film their exploits. I’ve seen video of soldiers hurling puppies off of cliffs, shooting random pedestrians, sexually abusing prisoners of war, torturing, raping, and killing… all for simple amusement. The amazing thing is that most of these people started out as normal, well-adjusted individuals. It takes a lot of training to make a good soldier, but just one good taste of the horrors of war to turn that soldier into a sub-human killing machine. It is a hard thing indeed for a good person to hold on to their humanity when they are injected into a situation where they are forced to kill, and often kill on a regular basis.
At a point in the conversation we got to talking about the trouble that is brewing with Iran. I personally think it is only a matter of time before the U.S. ends up in a major conflict with Iran. A war with Iran would be bad, no so much because Iran is a capable military opponent, but more because it could end up dragging China, Russia, and Israel into the insanity. China and Russia are heavily dependent on Iran for oil, and Israel has been frothing at the mouth to get at Iran for a long time. The U.S., China, and Russia all have nuclear weapons technology. What I see forming is the perfect storm of human stupidity that could very well usher in a Mad Max, Hell on Earth apocalypse.
If the wort case scenarios come to fruition, it is a certainty that the U.S. government will re-institute the draft. Technically, I have exceeded draftable age, but I’m sure if things got bad enough that wouldn’t matter. If the proverbial ‘shit’ hits the proverbial ‘fan’ then I’m afraid anyone who can walk and pull a trigger would be fair game. I want to make my position known right now on this. I am not going to play this game, period. I am not going to go kill people to protect corporate interests, or to satisfy the egos of government and military douche bags. I am not a coward, and have no problem using deadly force to protect what I hold dear, but I do not believe that this is the case. When things are escalating out of control, someone has to draw a line in the sand. If enough of us refuse to become instruments of death… then the insanity will come to an end. Enough is enough. War ends with me!
I’ve been watching the backlash on Twitter from Gov. Rick Perry’s latest gay bashing political ad, ‘Strong.’ I only read a few hundred comments, but out of that I didn’t see a single positive one. the comments that I thought were really amusing were the ones that say something like, “Gov. Perry, I’m very disappointed in you. You are running for president, so you really need to get your act together.”
My friends, he’s a politician. What did you expect? He’s playing the numbers, and trying to gain support from his Evangelical Christian base. He will say anything to move himself closer to the end of getting elected. Most politicians are sociopaths. To expect them to be honest and moral is like expecting a gangbanger to start helping old ladies across the street.
Oh, and I just noticed that his ad now has nearly a half-million dislikes to just a few thousand likes on Youtube. I think that’s some kind of record.