This morning I woke up and did my usual things. One of those things that I do is read my overnight tweets on my phone. I listen to many people in other time zones, and you know sometimes people are up all night, so the action never stops. This morning, there was one tweet in particular. This tweet was actually a retweet and that retweet said:
So I read this and suddenly, I had all of these thoughts. So I began forming this blog in my head at that point, now here, 12 hours and 41 minutes later, I am telling you what I think:
Have you ever read the Shock Doctrine, by Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein)? well, I strongly suggest it…
In this book and based on the research, writing and talks from this literary angel, there is a theory. I shant explain it fully. If I could, there would be no need for the book.. however, you could start here if you want to begin to understand. Why should you understand? Why not. Do you want to know what is going on around you? Or, at least, what might be? Here is an interview conducted between John Cusack (@johncusack) and Naomi regarding the principles/aspects of the Shock Doctrine effect:
and the rest of that:
so anyway, I’m reading this tweet/retweet this morning, my mind goes from one thing to the other. “Back to war.”, so true. So what is the real agenda here? I have some thoughts, though some call them conspiracy theories, I assume they are the ones who either don’t/won’t understand or.. they are the ones who want you to think it’s nonsense.
Here are some points/questions:
1. point: Oh no. We are so close to a government shutdown. What does that mean? Here’s a tiny summary, (so incomplete):
http://theweek.com/article/index/212411/a-citizens-guide-to-a-government-shutdown
So, here’s what happens. The media reports, “OMG the government could shutdown!” and we’re like, “what does it mean?” and the media reports, “You are going to be messed up! And more importantly, it’s going to cause trouble for the whole country’s economy! The soldiers might not get paid! The National Parks will close! (cancel your vacation!), and you can’t go anywhere, cause we’re not going to issue any new passports!” and we’re like, “OMG!” and the media says, “ALSO.. by doing all of this, we are not going to take in revenue from all of these federal places, and the DEBT WILL GROW!” and you know how we’re all very concerned about that. So..
Now we are all worrying. My cousin’s asking me if her Pell grant is going to be delayed for school, or if her husband, a Marine who has finished his term of service, will get his G.I. Bill to pay for his schooling. Will they be able to pay their bills next week? No one knows.. there is no real source of information online for the history of such things, either.. interesting..
So, what happens now? Well, here we are on Thursday, knowing the shutdown is tomorrow. All sources state there is NO agreement. Obama, a democratic president, is not in agreement with the suggestions made by the House, ruled by Republican majority, who has originally disagreed with the first budget proposal Obama set forth in the beginning. They feel there is room for cutting in the areas of Planned Parenthood. Who needs family planning, right? The Democrats say, no way.. let’s take the extra couple of billion out of the tax cuts issued to the wealthy class. This is also unacceptable. So now we are at a stalemate. Sure, we can just keep making moves, but in reality, there is no fair compromise. Both sides are standing for that in which they believe.
So what happens? The threat of shutdown. How serious! All these consequences! Well hey, you know what? If we just compromise for now.. we can get past this critical and horrid shutdown idea! I mean, if we shutdown, irreversible damage will surely occur. We all read about it in the Fox News and the Posts of all kinds.. So I suppose we will just have to do what we need to do! Making these small sacrifices now will buy time and allow us to keep operations going while we fight for the right to party, right?
Well.. that’s always worked before.
Sadly, we still are at war. Oh wait, did I say war? I meant warS. Yes, with an S. Against what? (shh.. it’s a secret). We are at war against “terror”. We are at war against “anti-democratic societies”. And etc. Well, are these wars that there is ANY likelihood we will win? Nay, I say. This is a strong effort, appealing to the hearts of men/women, saying, “we should be doing something! it’s our job as people to do something!” and “we will not let anyone take us down behind our backs!”. We have most recently been through such turmoil, prejudice, attacks and etc. that we have NO CHOICE but to retalliate, and even.. to attack preliminarily. Even if it means that we, the other people, suspend and give up (voluntarily!) our CIVIL RIGHTS, so that we can be safe. I mean, would you rather be violated and be safe on a plane, or would you rather just trust people and hope for the best, knowing you have a right to privacy? Well..
Anyway, I think you see where I’m going here. It becomes an issue. There is a major event. Even a “natural” disaster:
Oh, by the way, have you ever heard of HAARP?
Well, poor Japan! They have lost businesses, property, lifestyles, lives! What a catastrophe! And you know what? The USA gets a significant amount of automotive parts from Japan. I even heard many factories having to go on hold because parts were not available after the disaster earlier in March. I wonder if they will recover soon? Well, it’s ok, if they don’t, there are always hybrids coming into play very quickly here in America. Wait, we make plenty of them here, don’t we? (Ford and Chevy) And they don’t even use hardly any gas, do they? Well, what a bonus for the USA. Poor Japan.
It’s ok though, it may all seem strange, but it’s not like they’re trying to recreate the universe by finding the “God Particle” or anything. It isn’t as if the most powerful countries in the world have come together to build a pseudo-heaven station that wants to prove that the universe was created from a single particle and that they can recreate that particle, you know, just to see if they can. And even if they did, it’s not like it would be remotely unsafe or anything, cause if they did do it, any anti-matter, or black holes that formed here, underground our own planet would *most likely be immediately obliterated*. But we’re not talking about something like that.
Have you heard of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN (aka European Organization for Nuclear Research):
http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/Safety-en.html
I mean, it would be just insane to attempt to do God’s job, so to speak, recreate existence and all. I mean, we all know how it went last time people attempted to bypass Him, according to the Bible and all..
So, I suppose I’ve made my point. If the public is shocked by something, they will be willing to accept any compromise to avert disaster. It will be a sad time (again) when we, the people, rejoice in the compromises that are made in an apparent effort to save us.
But anyway, just some thoughts. Have a great day!
~3B
