Xanga Archive

No comments on last night’s post.  That’s ok.  On I go anyway.

Before I get into this, there is something which I think it is important to be explained, because while it SHOULD be common knowledge, I don’t think that it is.  Talking to someone on the phone yesterday, it was mentioned that it is important to be able to read a book and not automatically accept what it says as truth.  You should be able to read 2 totally opposing views and take away from it your own opinion, and not just come away horribly confused.  This also applies to reading the news, listening to the radio, watching tv, etc.  Just because you saw it on CNN doesn’t mean that it’s true.  Just because you read it in your newspaper doesn’t mean it’s true.  By the same token, just because you read it in independent Media, or GNN, or other such things also does not mean that it is true.

I think that we have a perverted sense of Patriotism in modern America.  It is in a state that one who questions the integrity of America in general is seen as an enemy of patriotism.  Just yesterday I read a website where someone said they are very much against a lot of what America is doing.  A lot of that was referring to pop culture, etc.  The response?  Several people came back saying that that person should be grateful to live in America, and how much better off America is then other countries, etc, etc.  The general idea expressed was: America is well off, therefore America is right and you should not question it.

You CANNOT say that because in America we have a high quality of life that America is right.  The two things are completely unrelated.  The fact is, there IS government corruption.  There IS corporate corruption.  There is a LOT that is wrong with America, and I am against ALL of those things.

I do not consider myself unpatriotic, but I do not consider myself patriotic by today’s apparent standards either.

That being said, I do not post this link, which will lead you to other links, to be anti-patriotism or anti-american or anything like that.  I do it to get you to think.  Media does shape your opinion.  If you think the government can’t use media to shape public opinion, then you are naive.  I do not agree with those that say the events of 9/11 were in fact enacted by the government.  I do not believe they had anything to gain by doing so.  If they wanted a war there are better ways of instigating one.  I DO believe that once they had it as an excuse, they used it fully.

Anyway, read this.  You will learn things.  Decide what you think.  This is the view that you don’t see on tv every night.

(click the images and stuff on this page, most every image leads to a different page)

Oh, and read the lyrics below this… sorry they’re all caps, the place I copied them from had them like that… and I don’t have time to correct them right now.

http://www.truthlessheroes.com/911/911.html

Godspeed.

-Jason

“THE ONLY THING I RECALL IS
THOSE SHADOWS COMING MY WAY
CONFORTING ME WITH THEIR SEARCHLIGHTS
TO GUIDE ME HOME AGAIN
“WE WILL TAKE
WE WILL TAKE
THAT WRETCHED HEART AWAY
AND WHEN YOU COME TO
YOU’LL THANK US
FOR THE NEW YOU WE’VE MADE!”

SO NOW I’M LEFT HERE FADING AWAY
FAR AWAY
FAR AWAY
SO NOW I’M LEFT HERE FADING AWAY
FAR AWAY
FAR AWAY
FROM ME

SO NOW I WAIT AS THEY MAKE ME
INTO SOMEONE ELSE
IF I BELIEVE WHAT THEY TELL ME
I’M TIRED OF BEING MYSELF
‘CAUSE THEY TAKE AND THEY TAKE
A PIECE OF ME EVERY DAY:
“AND WE WILL HELP YOU BELONG HERE
WITH THIS NEW YOU WE’VE MADE”

IF YOU CAN AMPUTATE MY HEART
THEN I WILL LEARN TO SMILE AND THEN
YOU CAN REPLACE ME WITH YOURSELF
AND I’LL BECOME THE MODEL CITIZEN
AND I WILL TELL THEM ALL
THAT I HAD THIS BREAKTHROUGH SURGERY
THEY GIVE YOU A PILL
THEN REMOVE YOUR HEART
AND REPLACE IT WITH A BATTERY”

-“Soma,” by Project 86