Subliminal's blog: "Subliminal Lies"

So, here we are, once again upon the proverbial 'silly season', and things are just as silly as ever. From the personal aspects of life, with one thing and another, it is what it is, and from the outside world. It's getting stranger than ever. It's been getting that way for awhile now, for the last, oh, i don't know, thirty years or more. Hell, since the beginning of the big bang, maybe. I don't know, I'm not that old, nor is anyone else I know. Days like this, I wish I had the longevity and memory of DEATH. The anthropomorphic personification, of course. I wish I could remember all the things, and had the longevity to fill in the blanks left by History. 

 

It's a funny thing, History. "History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." Napoleon Bonaparte. Has to be one of the truest statements ever made. History, like the Bible, is a collection of fables, with maybe a hint of truth (Unlike the Bible, but that's neither here nor there - the Bible is a collection of fables to scare children into submission), and what is it's purpose? A fantastic question, that I have no proof-positive answer for. I could say, it's to show us the mistakes we've made in life, but of course, if that's the case, it has thoroughly backfired, especially the further we get from it, and the closer we get to the center of the continental United States. 

 

Okay, maybe that was a little rude, but it has the benefit of being true. But really, I will say this, in the last, say, 10 years, it's becoming nationwide, from the jerkoffs on Wall Street, to the whores on Hollywood Boulevard. They're buying into the same line of Bullshit as the backwood Midwest, or worse, the degenerate South. Don't get me wrong, I love this country and all it's weird little factions, from the belligerent rednecks to the two-faced liberals. It's quite interesting to watch as a side-show attraction, but some days, it's not very fun to be smack dab in the middle of. It's a bit scary, actually. 

 

There was a news story in the summer about Texas, essentially, removing Benjamin Franklin (I believe) from the History textbooks, because his stance was too anti-religion. Those books get shipped out to the entire country. If it was just Texas, it'd be worth a giggle and further proof that they do, in fact, need to secede from the Union. Would I have any problem with that? Absolutely not, all the good Texan Exports are dead, from Janis and Jimi and SRV to Bill Hicks. It is what it is, the only reason to keep Texas is for ZZ Top, but really - they can get Visas, or dual citizenship. It would be allowed. 

 

Especially if I were Supreme Chancellor or Mugwump or Head Dragon or whatever. 

 

History is a funny thing. Any history, from the History of the World to the History of ones life. It should never be doctored to be something that it isn't. Frankly, nothing should be doctored to be something less offensive. If people can't handle it, for whatever reason they have, then they should get the fuck off the planet. This is Free Speech, the First Amendment to the Constitution. They have the Free Speech to get pissed or hurt, this is true, but they do not have the Free Speech to stifle someone else's Free Speech. 

 

As much as I hate the cocksucker and wish he would crawl into a hole and die, buried with a maggot infested Enema, Fred Phelps has his right to do his thing. Speech is Free to All, not just the people you want to hear. 

 

While I would be forced to consider myself a Democrat/Liberal, because god forbid we have more than 2.5 parties in this country, there are a number of their points that I disagree with, and one of them is the stifling of Free Speech. But that's on the Republicans, too. They preach about wanting to uphold the constitution, but they often forget that First one. I love the constitution and all that it stands for, though I do agree with the Founding Fathers and say that it is Temporary, and should be rewritten periodically. Fact of life, Time's change. 

 

But the fact of the Matter is... pretty simple, actually. Nobody really wants to give OTHERS Freedom of Speech.

 

I know, I'm someone who is pretty relaxed and groovy on some things, This is not one of them. I agree with Freedom of Speech for all, be damned whether or not I approve of their Speech. From Glenn Beck (Fucking psychopath) to Keith Oberman, from George W Bush (Voldemort) to Barack Obama, they all have the Freedom to Say as they please, and here's something even the smartest people tend to forget when they're arguing against Freedom of Speech, people have the Right to turn it off, or to listen. There are several buttons on the TV, two change the channels, and one turns it the fuck off. It's so simple, that must be why these Nazi's don't think about it. 

 

This all goes back to Censorship, just from a vaguely different Angle. Censorship is one of my few Pet Peeves, on a personal level and a global level. I loathe with every fiber of my being the concept of Censorship. It all boils down to the First Amendment, period. The End. Case Fucking Closed. 

 

There are ugly truths in the world, like that there's a bigot, a religious zealot, a communist and a nazi on every street corner of America. If they're out in the open, you can see them, and keep your eye on them, but if they censor themselves to fit into this plastic world of tolerance and nonsense, then they will be a hundred fold more dangerous. Because they will sneak in and under the radar, and they will fuck everything all up. Why not let these bigots crucify themselves? Why do we try so hard to hide their bullshit and rhetoric from public view? Why do we, as a nation, try to protect the people from the Truth? 

 

Just a thought, something to consider. Something to think on. 

 

What does censoring the world and yourself do for the betterment of said world? 

 

I know, there are arguments that they're doing it for the children, and I find that to be the silliest thing I have ever heard. Why protect the children from the truth? They're going to find out eventually, and if they're so fucking protected, when they do find this out, they're going to die from the culture shock. Should they be thrown out into the wild? Well, part of me thinks so, because I am a fan of Darwinism, as you all well know, but really - no they shouldn't be thrown out to the world at birth, but they shouldn't be kept oblivious and ignorant. The children are our future, which is a scary, scary thought in and of itself. It terrifies me, to be quite honest, because of the irreparable damage these parents are inflicting on them, by trying to keep them "safe" from the torturous truth of reality. 

 

The thing is, by shielding, hiding, and warping the Truth, there is so much more harm being done than good. The world is not fair. The world is, Life is, a zero-some game, and it's important that people realize this and remember it, and it should be taught to the children from the first day of school, if not Birth. They can't be protected forever, and they're going to kill themselves when they get kicked in the face by the Real World. 

 

[I WOULD RECOMMEND 90% OF YOU TO STOP READING RIGHT NOW]

 

There are a thousand other things I'd love to discuss, from the nonsense of changing letter grades of A-F to something else, whatever it is, because it is too "psychologically damaging", but really, so what? Would students actually hold themselves to standards? And if they really broke down because they failed, then maybe they should shuffle themselves loose this mortal coil. Bosses, Banks, whatever, are not going to word things in a way to protect the delicate sensibilities of the fucking grown children. It's a harsh reality, and these fucking kids need to be prepared for it. 

 

The children in this country are being kept Too Safe. Period, they're not learning to take Responsibility for their actions, or to suffer the Consequences of their mistakes. There are many important lessons to be learned in this life, that include that examples must be made. Once again, it boils down to Natural Selection. We'll use the example of the School Zone Speed Trap, as it's one of my favorites, and one of the easiest to explain. 25 MPH during school days, 7:30-4:30. Maybe the children need to learn that the Car will win. That dropping the speed of the car by 15MPH isn't going to do a damn bit of good, anyways, but they need to learn, that if a human gets hit by a car, they will lose. They will be a greasy spot spread across the asphalt. You can tell them that 100 times in class, at home, but they won't truly learn it until they see one of their school chums get smacked by a speeding car. Examples must be made to learn from. In this case, the lesson is simple, stay the fuck out of the way of Cars. They will win, no doubt about it. And if the kid is so dumb as to get smacked by a car? Then so be it, he obviously wasn't going to cure Cancer. He was going to be a burger flipper at fucking McDonald's, and as far as I'm concerned, we should kill all their employees so that they will go out of business, and maybe we could begin to examine a Healthy Lifestyle for a change. 

 

That would be a shock, wouldn't it? To quit feeding these obese motherfuckers twice-fried food... 

 

Another thing I've been itching to get at, and part of me is glad that no one reads this, because I'm definitely not going to make any fans. Can we please cut it out with this Support the Troops bullshit? Please? The first round that went, yes, I can see that, because all they were looking for was 3 hots and a cot, they weren't wanting to go to war, but all these motherfuckers who signed up after the fact? Screw 'em, they volunteered. This isn't like fucking Vietnam where there was a Draft and people were going unwillingly into combat. NO! These motherfuckers signed up, volunteered, all gung ho and shit. They can have their reasons, and I'm sure some of them are good reasons, and maybe even truly stand-up reasons, but they still V O L U N T E E R E D. They knew what the hell they were going into when they put their X on the line. They knew they were likely to die, to get blown to hell by some 9 year old kid strapped with a bomb. 

 

I have sympathy for the Draftees of Vietnam. These cocksuckers who think War is like a video game? No fucking way. If they were lied to by the recruiter, okay, I can half-sympathize for them, but they should be smart enough to see through the smoke screen bullshit jarhead mentality. Another thing - FUCK MARINES. 

 

What I also want to say is this, You motherfuckers who want to Support the War in Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, North Korea, Yemen, Syria, wherever the hell we're at War with right now - here's a thought, go over and fight and see the real HORRORSHOW that is War. I have never been, but I've seen enough casualties in my life to know that the old saying, War is Hell, is absolutely true, and how DARE YOU SUPPORT A WAR.

 

My thought on this? We need to start a lottery. A good lottery where no one has to buy a ticket, they just have to exist in this country. We haven't had a war fought on our soil in well over 100 years, and I think these Red White And Blue motherfuckers need to be reminded of the HELL that is WAR. So, here's my plan. 

 

We get a map of the Country, and we get a Monkey, and we get darts. The Monkey throws 5 Darts a week, and wherever those Darts land, gets mortared heavily for 24 hours. It is wholly indiscriminate, and there are rules, if a dart lands in an area that's already been hit in say, the last month, the Monkey has to throw another one. It's only fair. Unless it's Wasila, Alaska, of course. Or Crawford, Texas for that matter. Bloody thirsty gits. 

 

There's a point in this, and not just to show these daft motherfuckers what REAL Terror is, like those people in Kuwait or Israel or Iraq or wherever else actually knows. The fact is, these people don't know what War is, most of them, they see it in the movies, glamorized like all holy hell, or the fact that it is 7000 miles from home, they have a good cushion and barrier there, so they need to be awakened, and maybe after a couple months of this, all around the country, people will begin to realize that BOMBING THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO FUCKING PEACE!!!! 

 

I hope people realize that by bombing the shit out of Iraq and Afghanistan, stormtrooping through THEIR countries, is not a way to win friends and influence people. It's going to piss them off and proliferate their brand of Freedom Fighting. You go into someone's country holding an automatic weapon, you better be ready for some action, Jack. And RETALIATION!!!!! It's to be fucking expected, unless you're a fucking Jarhead moron. 

 

These people.... The people in this country have no fucking idea what it's really like. Soldiers returning home do. Yes, you should support the Vets, to an extent, because they learned their lesson, if you will. They have learned what hell war is, and most of them speak out against it once they come home. Good on them. War is not the answer. It has NEVER been the answer. It's only another Problem to contend with. 

 

How about we try to solve the world's problems with fucking intelligence and not a belligerent drunk in a barroom brawl. Would that be too OUT THERE to consider? I know, it probably is, and I'm sorry for shocking your delicate sensibilities with the idea that maybe the brain is a better weapon than a bomb that will destroy everything except the fillings in their fucking teeth. Maybe, just maybe, if we can reach a state of enlightenment, we can find a way to perhaps bring Peace to the world. 

 

War? The only thing it's good for is population control, and even then it's a piss poor way to do it since the advent of contraceptives... if only the Christian morons would use them. 

 

Thank you and have a nice day. 

 

[NINE INCH NAILS : THE WARNING]

Some say it was a warning

Some say it was a sign

I was standing right there

When it came down from the sky

The way it spoke to us

You felt it from inside

Said it was up to us

Up to us to decide

You've become a virus

That's keeping up it's host

We've been watching you with all of our eyes

And what you seem to value most

So much potential 

Or so we used to say

Your greed, self-importance, 

And your arrogance

You piss it all away 

We heard a cry 

We've come to intervene 

You will change your ways

And you will make amends

Or we will wipe this place clean

 

Your time is tick, tick, ticking away

Your time is tick, tick, ticking away