Entries from February 2007 ↓

Alright my friends. Forget about the Pentalawn 2000. Forget about the fact that WTC 1 and 2 had to be controlled demolition unless the laws of physics were on vacation that day. And forget about whether Flight 93 was shot down or driven into the ground by its passengers (or if it even crashed at all). All of those pieces of the puzzle don’t stand up to this.

Yesterday, footage from a BBC World News newscast on 9/11/2001 where the collapse of Building 7 was reported 23 minutes before its actual collapse. This video was posted to Google Video multiple times, and each time was instantly removed. There have also been a huge number of posts to Digg, one of them even receiving over 1000 Diggs, and yet none of them have made it to the front page. Strange? Hell yes.

If you haven’t seen this yet, you really need to have a look. And in case you are skeptical, please also notice that WTC 7 (the “Soloman Brothers Building”) is still standing when they go to the shot of the female newsanchor. It is the tall one over her left shoulder.

Since the beginning of the month, we have been in the process of moving. As always, moving comes with the good and the…well, I won’t say bad…but the not so good. So let’s take a look at both.

First the not so good. The not so good includes that awkward in between period where you’re living out of boxes and aren’t quite settled in the new place. Also included is the back breaking process of lifting boxes and furniture into a truck, driving a big huge moving truck down the scary as hell SoCal freeways, then unpacking said items and returning said big bulky awkward truck. Bah. The nice part is that generally moving truck places will hook you up with free or discounted self storage, just in case you have too much stuff.

OK, now how about the good? The good includes the beauty of moving into a new place. It always feels like a fresh start. Plus my commute now is awesome…10 minutes as opposed to an hour plus. Excellent.

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It seems that lately our government hasn’t been very scared of us (us being “We the People”). It’s more like WE are scared of THEM, which is not how it should be, EVER. Not in times of peace, certainly not in times of war, and absolutely not in times of alleged terrorist plots. We the People should be in charge, and that’s not how it is right now.

For example, consider the fact that in November 2006, enough Republicans were thrown out of Congress to create a Democratic majority, something that hasn’t existed in more than a decade. Most normal politicians would take this as a not so subtle hint from their constituents that a change is demanded. The Bush administration however has ignored what We the People requested in November, and is sending even more citizens to Iraq to kill and die (and is arguably making a move into Iran to boot).

In most cases where citizens were blatantly ignored by the administration in power, there would be civil unrest, political uprising, and media and politicians speaking out against what is being done. This is obviously not happening in the United States of NotAmerica. Contrary to what history would dictate, citizens and politicians are not rising up, and are barely even speaking out.

Obviously the Bush Administration has scared us into complacency. They said, “You’re with us, or you’re with the terrorists,” and after enough repetition we have come to believe that. Most of us, anyway.

The sad irony is that We the People are better poised than ever before to stage a revolution. We have the power of the Internet, to digitally assemble under the radar of those in charge (sort of under the radar anyway). Besides that, practically all of our military, including the National Guard are far away from home, leaving the home front unprotected (or severely underprotected) from attacks.

Now I would never (OK, almost never) suggest violent uprising as the best vehicle for political and/or social change. I am just presenting this fact as support for my argument that our administration is not at all afraid of its Citizens. And if that doesn’t piss you off, I’m not exactly sure what will.

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