Frustrated, Inc.

I hate to think about the bail-out bill anymore, except to wonder how long it's going to take to see obvious examples of how large this particular government blunder is. Thank goodness for the internet because I'm sure those examples aren't going to be shown on television (not even Fox News, lol). At this point, I've lost all faith in television as a source of information. It's merely an entertainment monitor. I think it's more than obvious that our televised political debates aren't staged for informative purposes. Candidates aren't held to the question, their statements aren't fact checked (unless you search online), and at which point a candidate is on TV, he or she isn't saying anything revoltionary anyways. Elections are held for change. With the size of our government, the only way change is plausible is via revolution. Not merely modification, but by a post-definitively swift and forceful taking of change. Things that if a candidate wants to suggest he or she is running for, they might not vote for such a bill as the recent bail-out mockery... Selloutz!

I watched a couple of documentaries over the weekend. The first was Zeitgeist: Addendum, provided free online on Google Video (or see my previous entry). I had not heard of the previous Peter Joseph movie sans Addendum until looking for more information on it's sequel after watching. What I gather is Zeitgeist, Sr. covers is The Fed and Religion. Addendum covers these things in a different ratio, extensively covering our monetary system, debt, and The Fed's control and corruption of world markets and nations throughout history. It's fantastically detailed and presented. After that, it teaches on a growing scale from money to corporations to government to religion to humanity and the Earth (from bottom to top in the grand scheme, but the opposite of the corporate counterpart). While the tone of the movie is powerfully ominous, the movie builds hope in that with the information provided, change can be claimed and perhaps, civilization moved into its next great age. Further information about this Utopian society can be found here: The Venus Project. As I said in my last post, I recommend watching this.

The second Doctor of the past weekend was Religulous. As a self-identified agnostic, this movie played to crowd (preached to the choir invisibile?). I'm all for watching Bill Maher ask people how they can believe some of this junk (or whatever your religion is). It's also great to work at a movie theater showing this film as I can see a lot of people attending it. There's hope! Bill Maher suggests that sixteen percent (16%) of Americans are non-religious. He then points out that this number is greater than (outnumbers) our Jewish population (the one with all the money and the funny jokes). If this is the case, then why in the world does it feel like such a minority? There were two highlights of the film for me. The first was an older fella who works in astronomy and as a reverend. It was nice to see an traditional seeming representative of religion show appeal to reason and rationality. The second highlight would be Maher's rant at the end of the film and how it started small and built to a call to action against religious forces bringing upon us a self-fulfilled Armageddon. It's just pretty kewl beanz that this guy is on television (that there's one of 'em on our side). I would absolutely suggest anybody see this movie and if you're a subscriber to God, Inc. to ask yourself the questions Mr. Maher asks. Fact-check yourself. Submit querie.

I leave you with a bit o' Carl Sagan:
(as seen in Zeitgest: Addendum)
"An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the similarities.
Our lives, our past and our future are tied to the sun, the moon and the stars... We humans have seen the atoms which constitute all of nature and the forces that sculpted this work... and we, who embody the local eyes and ears and thoughts and feelings of the cosmos, have begun to wonder about our origins... star stuff contemplating the stars, organized collections of ten billion billion billion atoms, contemplating the evolution of nature, tracing that long path by which it arrived at consciousness here on the planet earth... Our loyalties are to the species and to the planet. Our obligation to survive and flourish is owed not just to ourselves but also to that cosmos ancient and vast from which we spring.
We are one species.
We are star stuff harvesting star light."

Carl Sagan 1934 - 1996