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[funeralcrasher]

ok i don't write about politics much in my journal because i don't think i know enough anymore.. but one thing i do know is that our country is entering a love affair with fascism. DK were the first punk band i'd ever listened to and despite everyone's criticism of Jello he had many good things to say about social action, and he lived what he sung about.

Please read bedhoppngothboi's entry from earlier today.. print it out and stick it on your cubicle wall. think about it.. and get busy!

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[mb2u]

Thank you for posting that-I really like his stuff.

[syndicalist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we nede to vote him out of office in November. I can't even put into words how much I despise Bush.

In downtown Dallas today I saw a large billboard that plainly said: 'WE CAN BE AFRAID. OR WE CAN BE READY.' then beneath those words was 'WWW.READY.GOV' a US govt website about what to do in event of terrorist nuclear, biological, chemical, etc attacks. The "we can be afraid..." quote is from Dept of Homeland Security Sec'y Tom Ridge

The billboard struck me as kind of Orwellian. It didn't help that a Clearchannel logo was on the billboard frame, heh

[vinlander71.livejournal.com]

I agree with the first bit, but I fail to see what kind of an impact graffiti really has on anything.

The mainstream media (it's what.. 4 or 5 companies now owning everything?) knows all the advertising tricks, all the gimmicks for implanting memes into peoples' brains. I never knew how polluted my mental space was until I gave up television 4 years ago. Now, ads of any kind irritate me and raise my defenses.

I think people need to give up the drug (television & mainstream radio) and see for themselves how the world could be, but too many people are all too happy to have their little opium.

A little over two years ago, I went out at 3 am to watch what was termed one of the most brilliant meteor showers seen in our lifetime (The Leonids, in November 2001). It was quite a spectacular show, but I could not help but wonder what the people inside were thinking.. I could see the blue glows of their television sets. :-(