themarkvolta
I know I probably have not written a new blog in say over a month, but I have a good reason. I literally have nothing to write about. I am completely uninspired. I have been watching CNN, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, and even Fox News, simply trying to source a story that I could blog on. You know what I came up with? Bubkiss, nada, a goose egg, not a damn single thing worth spending any time writing about. Any topic that might have been considered worth blogging about at the end of the day boiled down to just another blog based on another set of recycled stories crying about the same old problems, we are in a recession, jobs are being lost, we are moving the war to Afgahnistan, the market is crashing, yadda yadda yadda. They have been blogged about over and over again. Even the things that have been really angering me lately like dumb Republican politicians not understanding, that even though it maybe their right as Americans to question our President, their whining, bitching, and moaning is perpuating the very apathy the spirit of our country is resorting to. Honestly, I am sick and tired of being sick and tired over President Obama’s bullshit Stimulus Package. Even Chris Dodd’s admission of having a role in AIG’s Executives receiving their American Citizen Tax Dollar-Sponsored Bonuses barely tickled my pickle. I bet President Obama is sitting in the Oval Office saying to himself, “Damn, I should have really let that old bastard win. Seriously, why did I want this job so bad? I can’t even remember!”
See even as I complain about there being nothing new to complain about, I still find myself complaining. People who know me personally are saying to themselves right now something to the effect of, “Umm but isn’t that Mark everyday?” Hahaha!!!! Very Funny!!! Now I want to you to take the notion of complaining about having nothing to really complain about and realize that this is not just a unique problem to me…This is now an unwritten law in which nearly all Americans live their lives now perpuated by a government who insists on ruling on the platform of “Fear” reported on by a truly insubordinate National Media that honestly has nothing else to report on, let alone actually try to find a real story. But you know what the really depressing part is? The depressing part is we are left with two groups of people in this country now: those who are so hell-bent on fixing this nightmare that they are overlooking simple honest solutions that invest in the notion that Americans will rebuild, reinvent, and thrive completely on their own with the only help provided by their government is that they stay out of the way and the other group of people, those who simply haven given up or are maybe too ill-equipped to survive or even worse are just sitting around waiting for someone else to get them out of this jobless funk they are in, and most of these people voted for our current President, go figure.
Now do not get me wrong, I am not an Obama-basher. You know how I know? Because I just watched Alexandra Pelosi’s (yes as in Nancy Pelosi’s daughter) documentary entitled: “Right America Feeling Wronged.” After watching this, it made me realize I forgot to include a 3rd group of people in my little list above. These are the people who forgot what ‘Country First’ really meant even though all they cared about was electing the very man who had the very same campaign slogan. I honestly could not believe my eyes and ears folks. Our country has pedalled backwards into time. We are Pilgrims and Puritans again, intolerant and unaccepting of anyone else’s point of view but our own. I say “we” because even though I do not subscribe to such treasonous and ignoranant behavior, these people are our neighbors, these are people in the streets I share the train with, you have to assume they are everywhere, because they assume the same about “us” and we are all united in this country no matter how you feel about anyone or anything. In my thirty years, I have never seen it this bad. Regular, honest, society-contributing, tax-paying Southern White men, women, and children (these are not rednecks and trailer trash here) admitting ridiculous notions like comparing Obama to Hitler, having images of the anti-Christ the first time they ever laid eyes on Obama, and the one I hate the most because everyone is so full of shit when they say that they will move to another Country, in this case, if Obama should win. Someone was asked how they viewed the future of this country if Obama should win, he literally could not answer because he was choking on his tears, a grown man choking on his tears at the idea of having someone who actually can put a sentence together at least without sounding like a baffoon might becoming our President makes me want to cry honestly. And this is where these idiots blow any chance of convincing anyone else in the world to agree with their perception of President Obama. Be critical of a man’s politics or decisions but do not make it personal with someone you do not even know for godsake and make outlandish claims that have no merit and that are simply based on a hunch, instinct, or the unfounded realization that you are a racist and sadly do not even know it. All you do is keep turning back the clock on a very ill and sick country that needs to get better through the means of rebellious and revolutionary concepts that this country was founded on. How could any of these people be making a cointribution? They sound like they just started walking up-right and discovered what fire is. Ugh I digress!
So how do you guys feel now having read this? Worse? Maybe even better because we might have pin-pointed the problem in these 3 groups of people that consistently make it worse but insist their way is the only way? Does anyone even agree? See I am done blaming things we cannot control or cannot fix. Things like blaming Bush, that’s a given people, time to move on! I am over Obama ever seeing the light about the right and wrong ways to spend/print money! I am done believing that banks and certain extremely large insurance companies really have the best interest of their customers at heart! I am over the volatility of the stock market and believing that it is really any indication of how bad things really are! These are specific circumstances that are managed by the wrong people who make wrong decisions and no matter how much I kick and scream over it, there really is nothing I can do, except vote, which in the passed 8 years has proven to be a useless privilege and it doesn’t seem to be looking any better. Now, my contribution to making my country what it once was is trying to get people to take the finger they are pointing towards the poor son of a bitch standing in the way of it and turning it around on themselves. Now I do not mean blame yourself for everything that has gone wrong in your life, even though it may very well be your fault, that is just a counter-productive emotion that gets nobody nowhere fast. I am saying from this day forward point the finger at yourself and take some accountability for the direction your life will travel in and do not let anyone or anything (or any government policy) interfere with that. These three groups of people mentioned above, all of us fit into one of these categories. And I believe our government has lost its way so much that I honestly think changing your own individual outlook on life and how you live it would be much easier than waiting for the government to make a decision that actually helps. Unfortunately it requires a real patience and effort which this fast-food, iPod-addicted, self-absored society may really not be cut out to do.
So why am I optimistically saying it is the end of world as we know it? Because there is no cure for ignorance, insolence, and impatience and it is time to move on from these primitive notions like the human spirit will prevail and accept the fate that we as a species have really fucked things up beyond all possible repair. You know this possibly could become a reality, not everything is fixable unfortunately. Brand new cars fresh of the lot get totalled in accidents in the same day all the time, cant-fail companies go out of business constantly, and terrorists fly jet planes into landmark buildings completely unexpectedly sometimes. Why do people think just because we have bailed ourselves out in past catastrophes, usually just by the skin of our teeth, that we can do it everytime. Maybe it is time to pass the torch to the next society that will take over long after our own demise and long after our Mother Earth heals herself, and do it right, do it the way it seemed like we were going to, but actually see it through and not get distracted with television and the convenience of technology.
But how can I be so pretentious to think that if America falls the world will, right? Well I will admit that is a bit presumptious, but I do not see anyone else really flourishing at this point in time do you? Well obviously China but do not worry their meal ticket which eventually run its course if they keep doing business the way they do. Africa is at the worst its ever been. India still has a chance but now terrorism has actually shifted in their direction more now than ever. Even Mexico has finally been exposed for the warzone it really is. Europe is in such bad shape because Putin is holding Europe’s oil hostage. Unfortunately Canada cannot really survive without the US. Antartica is looking pretty good right now, until it melts away due to death the human race serves its Mother Earth everyday in gratitude for all the gifts she has given to us.
Even if some how the world miraculously recovers from this cardiac arrest, how long before the next one, because they are only getting worse. What will we have learned from this? How to rely on others to fix our lives when they are broken? That isn’t natural. No single society can survive on that belief alone. I believe in simple concepts like do not bite the hand that feeds, never take anything for granted that can easily be taken away, only you are in control of what your potential in life is. I honestly have given up on the human race and if I were in Vegas right now I would bet every last cent I had on Mother Earth, Nature, God, and Armageddon kicking the ever-loving-shit out of the human race and soon. I would even double up on the prophecy of the Mayans claiming the end of the world occuring on December 21, 2012 actually happening. At this point, that date really seems quite practical. I mean come on people take a look around, since 9/11 has the world recovered and become a better place. I say no and I say the Mayans were right when they predicted the end of world would be triggered by one of the most heinous acts of war and violence soon after the turn of the millenium. I am optimistic because it is actually very calming to know the possibility of the world ending in my lifetime is quite feasible. There is freedom in knowing that there is something bigger than you turning your world on its head and getting ready for the next re-birth of civilization. But you know what, I could be totally wrong. We can possibly be in this horrible situation for the next thousand years and never see an actual end to the world. But my point is that we as a society forgot what humility is. We forgot nature will always out last man. And this is how we got where we are today and that is why I am not panicking anymore because anything we are experiencing now is exactly what we deserve.
In the end, it really isn’t too late. It is just going to take a universal act of God to get everyone on planet Earth to change their wicked ways at the turn of a dime. But people we have to, we need to, find the strength to do it on our own. Unfortunately, that is really our only hope. Or else, when the end finally does occur, assholes like Osama Bin-Laden will be right about who we are as a people and how we represent ourselves in the world. Osama Bin-Laden will have been victorious, fuck he already is in so many ways, it kills me to say it but it is true. I believe that Step 1 is, to turn off the television. After that its all up to you. Good luck!
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Stop the taxing and spending NOW!