Response to Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase

“Acting like everyone who’s been successful is bad and because you’re rich you’re bad, I don’t understand it"
-J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon



It's not "everyone" Jamie, it's just you...and when you try to pit us vs. them, it makes you look more guilty.

Win-Win capitalism (I trade you money for a good product/labor or vice versa) works. Predatory capitalism (make money at anyone's expense) SUCKS...and that's why transparency is the apocalypse: when we see what you are doing, we choose to boycott your business until you change.



Rolling Stone wrote a great opinion piece with the same quote:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/a-christmas-message-from-americas-rich-20111222#ixzz1hgL6uUjk

Write the President

President Obama,

I marched in Kansas and Maryland for Bradley Manning, because I believe he is a whistle blower and protected by the Pentagon Papers Supreme Court ruling (as Daniel Ellsberg does).

If you were his lawyer and believed in him, how would you defend him?





http://www.whitehouse.gov/advise

Obama, Political Strategist

Obama is "working with everyone" because we voted for all of them, and it was our choice to put each of them in power. He's doing his job as president to work with the rest of those who are governing. By working with even the worst of the politicians, the People get to see what everyone is really up to, then it forces our hand to either march and let the government know what we want or remain complacent. It's master political strategy at it's best, but it makes him look like a bit of a puppet.

WIN-WIN

The only monsters in the military industrial complex or the government or big business are those who use their power to control or kill others. There is no necessity for spies if we decide to win together as the People instead of "us vs. them." I am seeking a peaceful WIN-WIN solution for everyone on Earth so we can stop fighting and enjoy our lives here. Unfortunately, many in the military/government/big business aren't interested in that, so I care to point out where they are seriously pushing the planet in what I consider the wrong direction.

My Bias on Jesus and "Christianity"

My Bias on Jesus and "Christianity"
-or-
[what I have learned from being raised in Christian Science, a History BA, three different Bible interpretations, religion documentaries, lots of drugs and an interest in hearing as many accounts of Christ as possible.]



Jesus was a Jewish man who practiced a form of spirituality begat from Judaism and possibly influenced by many other faiths, as there is evidence that he may have traveled around the middle east and Asia (before his thirtieth birthday) learning and sharing wisdom with religious leaders and philosophers. Many consider his worship of God true Judaism or "like it was meant to be practiced" (to quote you Coco) but the past and present Jewish church would disagree.

Others consider it an entire other form of religion, since he was hated by many of the rabbis and his preaching was often considered blasphemy, ("it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to get into heaven"--not a favorite.) His ways of speaking greatly distanced himself from the rest of the Jewish church, therefore, many "Christians" consider his practice to be not Jewish, but "Christianity."

I would ask, why did masses of 5,000 people follow him to hear his preachings? From what I've read, my answer is: he actually healed people. By his altruistic philosophy (via action), he had believers from surrounding countries coming to him for healing, not to mention changing water to wine, creating food out of thin air, walking on water, and raising himself from the dead (if you choose to believe those accounts). He also taught his disciples how to do the same, which may dispel the idea that he was the only one capable of such power (as the book of John proselytizes).

Is that Judaism? I don't think so. Is it "Christianity?" I couldn't say the majority of current Christian sects practice what he did. The closest thing I've seen so far is a method called "Christian Science," because instead of seeking miracles (which suggest the impossible happened), you follow a scientific, metaphysical process that results in eventual healing (which utilizes understanding and is very possible). Did he call it that? Of course not. Did he call it Judaism? Definitely not.



If I'm wrong, teach me.

Feints and Counter Feints............for a Change.

You guys ever notice that Obama enjoys the fact that the world is evolving during his tenure? His comment on Occupy Wall Street was, "They have a reason to be there." He is a black man raised during the birth of the US counter-culture movement. He was born when JFK was elected, and he was 2-years-old when JFK was assassinated. He was seven when Bobby Kennedy died. He became the class president of Harvard because he's the one guy who could unite the conservative and liberal student bodies together. He's a damn nerd that has to dumb it down for public consumption. He's wicked smaat.



I know this is unpopular, but I trust Obama. His actions suggest he's working for the banks, the military and some other nefarious powers, but I bet you this is political strategy for getting We, the People involved in three simple steps:



1. Offer to work with EVERYONE.
2. When unpopular law gets passed, hold those who submitted the bill accountable by letting the People know.
3. If the People begin to march...GOOOOOOOOOOD. He's only the President. He NEEDS the People to back him with what they really want. If the People are behind the law, THAT LAW HAS POWER. It's been too long that most of us just don't care what the government does. This is making us aware, and WE ARE DECIDING TO CARE.



Feints and counter feints.



If he were to run up in the government like JFK, he would have been taken out quicker than JFK. Would that have been smaat? No.

Bradley Manning is STILL in prison

Hey America, are we really going to let Bradley Manning rot in jail for blowing the whistle on the immoral acts of our military and government? It's been a year-and-a-half with no trial...and no evidence. He's also a kid.

It seems as though they are treating him as a traitor.

Wikipedia: "the word 'traitor' may be used to describe a person who betrays (or is accused of betraying) their own political party, nation, family, friends, ethnic group, team, religion..., social class, or other group to which they may belong. Often, such accusations are controversial and disputed, as the person may not identify with the group of which they are a member, or may otherwise disagree with the group leaders making the charge."

If blowing the whistle on the most powerful nation in the world covering up human rights violations is traitorous, then being a "traitor" might just be the next big thing.

Watch out America...fix it, or get fix'd.

Occupy Wall Street for Obama

NPR news, November 17, 2011:
"Occupy Wall Street protesters are switching tactics after camps were dispersed by Police. Demonstrators are now sitting in large groups in the middle of traffic surrounding the financial district and disrupting business as usual. Police presence is quite heavy, and they are making hundreds of arrests."


I wonder if they are ever going to use those empty FEMA camps for surly protesters.



Did you guys notice that when asked about the Occupy movement, Obama said, "they have reason to be there." He's got to be loving the civil action. He was raised during the marches that changed the US in the 1960s, and by "working with" some of the backwards conservative policy, the People are finding out real quick what we DON'T LIKE.



Obama needs us to march and tell it like it is. If he does it, they will just call him a liberal and stone wall him. It's up to us to make the precedent that enables the president to move with the will of the People.

Today is the greatest...day we've ever known

Remember, remember the 5th of November, visit your credit union, become a member, leave the big banks, so they will remember and save yours with those who consider it tender.

-Anonymous

99% Means WE, the People

Once we realize WE are the 99%, that means we can live however we want to live, and the government can't tell US otherwise. The People determine the laws in this country, and we don't need a government to vote on what's acceptable and what's not.

When WE change, the government must change with US.

Modern Day Translation of Jesus

"Jesus is Lord who died for the sins of all mankind and then rose from the dead to ascend to paradise in the sky."


It IS a bit frustrating to read how the Council of Nicea translated it in 325, especially if one were to extrapolate the desire for control of man's soul thru Jesus' martyrdom by the Roman Catholic church. If I were to translate, it would be:


"Jesus was a highly advanced student (and eventual teacher) of metaphysics who demonstrated how simple it is to heal thru prayer, but he became so feared and misunderstood by the people in power around him (due to the masses gathering in his support), he was publicly crucified for his beliefs. He further proved thru his resurrection that Mind really can conquer matter, and his following grew as a result. His "ascension" might've happened (based on his understanding that the physical world is a dream), or it could just be a metaphor for the influence his philosophy (and practice) had on human beings which spread all over the planet."

The Frozen Food Section ~ Swingin Battle Axes

http://locashmagazine.com/tag/jonathan-toth-from-hoth/
September 29, 2011
By Sikboy

Jonathan Toth From Hoth and Tucker Booth battled the heat this summer by spreading the frozen word from Saint Louis to L.A. and many spots along the way. Created in 1999 their first official release Jonathan Toth from Hoth’s Brainwashing was released in 02. Starting from the brain trust of Artist/Producer/Engineer J-Toth and Artist/PR director Tucker Booth, the Frozen Food umbrella now covers around 20 artist with styles galore. Since its conception the FFS has released over 40 projects from various artist. From Digital to CD’s and Vinyl, you can pick up nearly a decade of spirited indie Hip-Hop here http://thefrozenfoodsection.com/store/ also many projects are available for free download at the crews various bandcamp sites I’ll list below.

This year brought 3 official ice-cold releases from the FFS as well as some mixtapes being circulated by Tucker. Kamatoth Cocktails with Kama from the Earthworms the Men With Beards album produced by new Frozen producer Mike G and The Book Of Toth, the 4th solo release from J-Toth. “I love pressing music, although it’s not always possible, some products are digital. We make as much music as possible and then pick through what sounds good” proclaims Toth.

The newer Frozen label mates Tax Free, Tenacious the Terrist and Underated all have new releases in the works all mastered at The Cooler the infamous FFS studio/HQ in the heart of the U-City Loop in Saint Louis. As for the new talent Toth says “We’re into finding good talent that wants to excel at just being good, we try to consistently crank out good, original, precedent setting music. We want to keep out name in people’s mouths and out music in their ears, We’re the Frozen Food Section it only gets better!” The FFS is definitely making moves including a shiny new website on the way.

On the West Coast front FFS West Director Tucker Booth has taken it back to his roots and that is playing Guitar in the streets and emcee battle mode at a fever pitch. Winning the S.L.U.M.fest 2011 battle in STL this summer and last month’s Sounds of the Cave battle in L.A., Tucker’s on a winning streak with another L.A. battle scheduled in October. Check out these rounds in L.A. Tucker Booth Vs. Profane from Hustle or Die.

This battle spawned a mix tape session with Tucker and the Hustle or Die Crew featuring Profane,Gambit and C.A. San Pedro, CA. emcees with a strong following of their own. “It took everything I had and then some to beat these guys, 9 rounds with Gambit 5 with Profane, I was sweating it all the way. We had many extra rounds, it was often to close to call it” Tuck Truth also appeared on the Sounds of the Cave internet radio show on the www.killradio.org network. Also on that network is the Radio Sendiddy show which Tucker has Co-hosted several times with Dj and Radio personality Dj Bob-E. (see killradio.org in articles)

As for playing guitar in the streets Mr. Fly Folk Rapper as he’s sometimes known says “It’s a round about way to break into the business, but it’s still bearing fruit.” I have also heard many times from Tucker that it just something he loves doing. Playing at Farmer’s Markets is how he met Dj Bob-E and it gives him an outlet to sell FFS CD’s and promote his shows and besides who doesn’t like tips for doing something you love?

All this recent activity has been documented by videographer Blu, who has been bombing You Tube like a B-52, with footage of all the battles, radio shows, and mix tape sessions. A new Video blog by Tucker and Blu called Suffering Lessons had also recently hit the web. The new Video series interviews of emcee’s from everywhere remembering their favorite battles along with exclusive footage and each one ends with an on the spot freestyle session with each guest.

“I’m super stoked about my new video blog Suffering Lessons and the whole idea of remembering rap battles (big or small) from throughout hip hop history. I know that I have played a microscopic but nonetheless entertaining role in the development of St. Louis’s talented battle rap scene and look forward to carrying the torch as most unfuckwitable emcee on into my proper middle age. Can you imagine a 40-year-old man still whipping 20 year olds at battling? Think Jay-Z except goofy and white and autistic…..WTF??? Tucker says about the new project.

You can check it at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrBluwho. The FFS has been putting in some serious work and it’s polished like James Brown’s shoe’s. Anybody like free music? Check out the Frozen Bandcamps here, Much love ~ Sikboy

http://jonathantothfromhoth.bandcamp.com/

http://thefrozenfoodsection.bandcamp.com/

http://ex-files.bandcamp.com/

http://menwithbeards.bandcamp.com/

Letter to the Co-conspirators of 9-11

9-11-2011




Dear sirs,

We are shocked and awed at your audacity to murder our fellow human beings in a business decision to destroy the World Trade Towers, and accrue insurance money, stock market splits and an increase in funding via the Patriot Act. Your strategy of using fear to sway US public opinion through the symbolic destruction of American greatness is cowardly, monstrous and sad. You have betrayed the Constitution and proved you will justify treason to obtain your desired ends. Killing fellow citizens in an orchestrated method to secure more power is the immoral act of a traitor. You do not have the shared interests of the People, so We, the People no longer need your leadership, your products, or your laws. We do not wish to avenge our dead brothers and sisters with more bloodshed, because that would only continue to further violence. Instead, we seek a WIN-WIN solution for all mankind interested who wish to be harmonious and open to Love as our guide instead of fear.

US law is inspirational and unifying when used for fair, objective justice, but like any great computer program, an update is necessary every once in awhile. Currently, money dictates the law, and that is the definition of corruption. For those people in power who wish to further our American greatness, please update our system: blow the whistle on those in power who are abusing their positions, and let them face the consequences of their actions. 9-11 was the greatest, malicious hoax ever pulled on our civilization, but now that we know who they are and why they did it, their power is no longer valid to us. We, the People, are unified through our trust of each other and love of humanity. Only love can make heaven possible on Earth, so until you give up murder as an option for “rational” policy, you are no longer welcome here.

We appreciate your resignation immediately.



Peace,
The People

Reduce the US deficit by Trimming the Military

Cut military spending?

HELL YES.

Why?

They are paid an unreasonable amount of money to defend the USA, when no one in their right mind is going to attack the USA, and even if they did, they would fail. The only thing I'm worried about is the possibility of a military cut in spending resulting in a our own military staging a terrorist action within our country to prove that we need more national security...it's been done before.

Any Leaders Out There?

Martin Luther King and Gandhi showed us how to make change thru peaceful protest, and the change made has lasted longer than change made thru wars. Unfortunately, peaceful protest works better when there is a leader or team of leaders to lead the peace. Right now, people just look angry and itching for a fight.

Any intelligent, charismatic, extroverted individuals up to the task of changing the world thru patience and love?

The whole world is watching...and waiting.

Roof Fall Demonstration

In the summer of 1997, I was roofing the home of a friend of mine, Jen Froehlich Sengpiel. Her parents hired me to tear off the roof of their steeply pitched, three-story home. The bundles of shingles were stacked in nine piles of eights around the pinacle. It was a hot day, but my co-worker, Benjamin Gandhi-Shepard, and I were doing fine until a pile of eight bundles began to slowly slide down the roof, over the gutter and onto the front yard below. My supply company had anchored the bundles with 16-penny nails instead of 2x4's on the slope, and the weight of the shingles bent the nails back over the course of the day, releasing them. I checked the other piles, and they seemed to be fine.

By the end of the day, we had nearly finished, when I heard another pile of eight starting to slide. Frustrated at the thought of having to haul eight more bundles up the ladder, I ran across the roof and slid into the pile attempting to stop them. Upon my arrival I did quick math: eight bundles x eighty pounds a bundle = 640 pounds...then SHOOOOOOM! Suddenly, I'm sliding with the bundle about halfway down the steep slope.

It hit me immediately: I'm going over the edge, and I can't stop. Instead of be afraid, my next vivid thought was, "alright God, this is up to you. I trust you'll take care of me," and I began to watch. I slid fast over the last half of the roof and my feet shot past the gutter. I reached back and grabbed it, and heard the pins pop out against my weight, "ping, ping, PING!" I looked down and had the strobe light/camera shutter effect of the ground getting closer and closer. I landed on my feet and compressed harshly with my forehead hitting my knees (which I can't do normally). The bundles exploded next to me, landing on top of each other in a massive heap.

I stood up amidst the largest adrenaline rush I had ever experienced, thanked God and proceeded to pick up the shingles. Mrs. Froehlich came out asking, "what the hell just happened?" I was a bit embarrassed, and suggested it was the shingles that made the ruckus...but then she asked how I got off the roof so fast. I admitted what happened, and being a Christian Scientist herself, she understood and was quite excited that I was unhurt and had a CS "demonstration" (as opposed to a healing) to share.

Benjamin about had a heart attack running down the ladder to find out what happened, but he too being raised a Christian Scientist, laughed when he found me unhurt.

Any Christian Churches Who Don't Practice Fear Mongering Out There?

I grew up in Christian Science (which differs pretty significantly from all Christian sects) and one of the main premises is "Fear is an illusion". Another is "matter is unreal and temporal". When asked, "what is all this stuff then?" Mary Baker Eddy (founder of CS) considered it to be what she called "aggressive mental suggestion" or "animal magnetism" meaning, every thinking being plays with light and dark, but what really matters? Light (or Love or life) is something. Dark (or death, or fear) is the absence of something.



Have you ever known people that excuse themselves from doing things or experimenting or living their dreams because of "what if's?" What if I die? What if I get sick? What if I fail? What if I embarrass myself? Fear looks really real then, even though it is and always will be speculation.



Fear mongering is used to control. In all the CS church services I attended, fear was not sensationalized, it was outed as an illusion. Love was always promoted and pontificated upon in as many ways as possible, to get us to realize that's also how healing happens. Love of self, love of others and love of God culminates into a transcending of this material world, and all it takes is a moment of clarity to see thru it...that is, if you have a moment, and no doubt.

John Lennon's Last Words

I just watched the "John Lennon: Love is All You Need" Documentary on Biography channel. It's really easy to see why he was assassinated by listening to what he said during interviews in the final years of his life. It came to him, that all we have to do as a planet is Love each other, forget about the fear of violence and trust that it will work. It'll be hard, but it'll work...really...it will.



He noticed that people were moving past the old ways of being and believing and were ready for this change, but others were still seeing and repeating the past, not budging or attempting any kind of change at all, and unfortunately, many of them are in government positions of influence who are able to keep us here indefinitely...and many of them do...and that's crazy.



Change is scary.

It's also normal and inevitable.

Why not?

What have we got to lose?

The Era of Rhetoric

We are living in the "Era of Rhetoric."

Leaders don't admit what their true motives are. Politicians say one thing and do another. The military prides itself on secret keeping, so anything they say is propaganda. Big business does the least possible to protect it's workers and (honestly) minimum wage means "if we could pay you less, we would."

How do we get accountability? When will transparency catch on as the only workable solution for world problems? Who will make honesty cool?

Barack Obama is slowly becoming the best political strategist the US presidency has ever known...but it's all about feints and counter feints...because right now, that's the only way to maneuver within this political landscape of meaningless words. I love my president, as I love my country, but is this it?

How do we, The People, command respect?

I don't go to CNN for news like I don't go to Burger King for a meal -Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins interview by Maximus D. Estevez and Jonathan Toth:


Max:
Ever since your last album, there has been a lot of change in the direction the music industry has been heading. How do you feel about the music thats coming out today within what was/is your genre?

Henry:
I don’t know what my genre is and I have not made a record for about ten years. One thing I notice with some hard rock music is that some of it sounds processed and compressed so when you turn it up, it doesn’t really get louder but more confused in the mid-range. There are a lot of stoner and doom bands that I pay a lot of attention to and some really great labels. TeePee, Southern Lord, Meteor City all put out sold records. The new Boris albums coming out later this month are excellent. I think music is just fine, you have to know where to look.


Max:
You've had a lot of influence on what has made spoken word performances popular in many people's eyes. What was the spark that ignited the flame on what has become a very successful avenue for you and those who have followed suite?

Henry:
I started doing talking shows in 1983. There were poetry readings in Los Angeles happening in local clubs and I got asked to be in one and I went from there. I liked being onstage on my own as I have a few stories to tell. My first national tour was in 1985 and it drew from 15 to 50 people and then went up over the years. At this point, it’s the best way for me to get across the information to my audience. I don’t think in lyrical terms any more, I think more journalistically at this point.


Max:
You were a big part of the punk rock scene in it's early stages, stateside. You've even been called the father of punk rock music in America. Can you explain how it all started and when you knew you really had something that people were eager to follow and why they were so eager to follow it?

Henry:
I was in bands that were a small part of a large picture. There can’t be any one band or person who started anything and I can think of other people and bands who were far more influential than I could have possibly been. Ian MacKaye and his bands Minor Threat and Fugazi and his label Dischord, those a very influential entities. I think there will always be a desire for music and other expressions that push back, there’s nothing new about any of this, only the delivery systems have gotten more efficient. When I was young, there was no internet. It was all phone calls and waiting on the mail. Now things are moving much faster. I think when you assign too much credit to one person or to one band, you miss out on the bigger picture. The picture is always bigger than you think.


Max:
As an avid reader and being an author, what writers influenced you in becoming an author and what authors currently pull you in intellectually?

Henry:
It was reading Henry Miller that mistakenly made me think I could write. I was on the road and seeing many things for the first time, so I started writing it all down. It was Miller who made me think it was possible. Miller makes it appear easy because he was so good but writing isn’t easy. It’s very hard. I enjoy reading Chris Hedges. I thought his new book Death Of The Liberal class was very interesting. At the moment, I am reading a book of articles written by Robert Fisk. He has covered almost every major conflict in the last few decades. I think he’s very sharp. I read a lot of history, biography, political and social studies books at this point. There are a lot of great writers out there.


Max:
While you've put aside music to work on many of your other projects, is music still amazing to you? If so, why?

Henry:
I like to listen to music. I don’t want to make any at this point. I don’t know what else I could do with it besides live in the past. I have not the time for that luxury.


Max:
You've done a lot of work with The Partnership For A Drug Free America and I understand that you are also affiliated with an orphanage. What was it that spurred these interests and do you any other work in a similar vein?

Henry:
I work with Drop In The Bucket, West Memphis Three, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Holly Grove Children Services Center. I started doing this as soon as I started making enough money to pay my bills and get some stability. I think it’s a good thing to help others but you have to get yourself into a stable environment first.


Max:
In America's search for transparency, new organizations have been formed, such as Wikileaks. America is torn on that specific issue. Some view it as treason. Others view it as patriotism. What is your take on the subject?

Henry:
If WikiLeaks is treason, then so was the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame [VP Dick Cheney called her and her husband "Fair Game" after they proved and announced to the media that Bush was lying about Saddam Hussein's WMD's] and let's get everyone into court and get it going. If America has so many things that we are not supposed to know about, perhaps it's time to change the way we do things. The way America conducts itself at this point only seems to lead to new conflicts. If America didn't go to Iraq, there would be no deficit. Since the American media has been bought and paid for, some people need alternate sources to get their information.

I don't go to CNN for news like I don't go to Burger King for a meal.


Max:
In a time when many American's are wanting more transparency in government and to get their voices heard, what do you see as the most honorable and expedient way to get the government to listen to the will of the people?

Henry:
Campaign finance reform would help. Thanks to the Citizens United case, politicians can be wholly own by corporations and really don't have to listen to the people. If the government really listened to the people, do you think we would be in Iraq now? Do you think we would have the healthcare system we do? I think for at least the last three decades, politicians have been distancing themselves from the citizens they serve. I don't know if that will change in our life time. I think both the left and right are part of the problem.


Toth:
Aside from Campaign finance reform, how can the US public get our government to realize the importance of transparency?

Henry:
I don't think it can. I think that big business, multi-national corps. have had every administration's ear from at least post-FDR to now. At the end of the day, your vote is somewhat meaningless, rioting is useless, destruction is pointless. When the SCOTUS gave corporations First Amendment rights, the writing that has been on the wall for years was set in neon. I think what needs to happen is more things like wikileaks. The curtain that protects the wizard has to be assaulted. You might not like what you get but in the end, I think we will all be the better for it.


Toth:
In your opinion, what is the best means of networking for like-minded people who want change?

Henry:
Internet, twitter, things like that. They are cheap, hard to stop and easy to start.


Toth:
Do you boycott certain businesses, if so which ones?

Henry:
I don't eat at fast food places. I don't base any opinion I have on things I learned on any network news outlets, even if it turns out to be true. I have to cross reference the information. Past that, I rely on myself to make the right decision at the time. I don't have kind of list though.


Toth:
For all the rumors about "secret societies" do you believe that most of the major decisions are made by "shadow governments" and if so, how do the People out them?

Henry:
I think business runs the world. Always follow the money. From all that hearts and minds crap in any country the America is "spreading Democracy" in to anywhere else. Dig down into the ground. If there's oil there, chances are, that country needs some Democracy and we're the country to drone strike them into freedom.


Toth:
Do you think WikiLeaks as a whistle blower outlet and activist for "free press" is a good idea? Why?

Henry:
Ultimately, yes. The America has to change its policy. It won't unless it's outed. Why should it? Corps in the America loved Mubarak, he bought their shit with your tax dollars. Great deal. Transparency means transparency. Ripples in the water upset those who are used to navigating in placidity. That is to say, there will be some lawyers involved.


Max:
Do you ever miss the beginning of your career? When things were fresh and new experiences or has the ride become better as it's progressed?

Henry:
I don’t miss anything really. I think about the past now and then but when I really drill down into it, I remember the parts that were not all that great. Since I have not stayed in any one thing and keep my line of work diversified, things feel new all the time. I am in the middle of shooting three documentaries for National Geographic. I am out of here for Vietnam and India in a few days. Boredom is proofreading. Everything else is quite interesting at present.


Max:
What is next for Henry Rollins? You've been a success with music, being an author, an actor, and hosting your own show on IFC. What can we expect to see from you in the future?

Henry:
I have a lot of tour dates for next year. My first photo book is out in a few months and I am working on a few new books.

"Paul Bunyan" by MC Paul Bunyan

Paul Bunyan ft. MC Paul Bunyan by Men With Beards


Yup, call it what you wanna...
the name's Paul Bunyan.
I'd rather you not call it a second coming...
unless you're gonna.

No need to worry about me young ones,
I like peace...and ummm...
I chop trees, a conflict to some and
I got a big blue ox, she's a fun one.

Kinda weird...somewhat.
I got a beard on my beard, something huh?
See that lawyer over there, frontin' some?
He's a tree, it's my job to cut him some.

Know how to tell a tree from the other ones?
When they talk, it makes you wanna leave.
Their stories they tell turn you green.
They block your sunlight and steal your sheen

...and got deep roots,
that intertwine with judges and police too,
but to me, shoot, they're just weeds.
I'm from Mizzou...I'll show 'em a thing or two...

with my trusty blade, she's a thing or two,
and my lovely Babe, she's a ringer too,
with her shade of blue, maybe touch of gray,
when I see those dudes, there's not much to say

...but they talk, talk, talk...
and on trial, they walk, walk, walk.
I got an ax and an ox, all I do is
swing, swing, swing and chop, chop, chop 'em off.

Make 'em firewood...
for burning our witches at the stake, like a liar would.
It's not just me, HE'S A TREE!
Except he's rotted out and hollow and lost his Chi.

So it's chop, I have to swing,
and down goes one bad apple tree.
Later...eh? Unless you're a
vampire, you won't be rising from your grave later, eh?

I take 'em out by the dozens like eggs,
Chuck Norris is my second cousin (no way!)
Hater alert, saw it comin'...
good thing for you it's Paul Bunyan.


Know what I'm talking aboot? I won't cut you unless you really deserve it...so just don't be a tree...and if you're a human being, I won't swing. Know what I'm talking aboot?




FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM "MEN WITH BEARDS" BY MEN WITH BEARDS

Blind Optimism

Blind optimism is referring to the facts:
Good happens...everywhere...always. It's normal, and for many...boring.



Evil (not the opposite, but the lack of good, like light is something and dark is nothing) is not the norm, it's the exception. I have lived an amazing life surrounded by beautiful people who care about each other and love well and I've never seen evil. I've never been touched or affected by it either. I see Only Love.

Am I special? Of course, just as anyone else here at this forum is (you guys KNOW that's true), but there is no "ignoring" evil or having "little or no concern"...it's just knowing the truth: there is no evil. It's a myth (it's a fear mongrel's legal weapon of choice)...there is only misunderstanding and ignorance of the good that is there.

Basically, I don't see it, because it's not there, but trying to tell that to normal people gets you into fights, so I give an easier way of understanding it for those who can't accept there is no evil...I just can't see it.



I'm a blind Optimist

The Obamanomaly

Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy became president. He was two-years-old when JFK was assassinated, seven when Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King were likewise and in his teens when the rumors spread across America that the CIA killed them all, and if the rumors are true that his parents worked with the CIA (and possibly Obama himself), he most likely would've found out the truth about the shady US political history within the military industrial complex...

He was also a black child raised in the 1960s.

Anyone who thinks he's "in on it" is missing an understanding of his background. After recent evidence that proves George H.W. Bush (US President 1988-1992) was not only CIA, but also the instigator of Iran/Contra affair, the government's control of drug sales on the black market, cosigner of AIDS development as a biological weapon, and originally part of the conspiracy to kill JFK (according to ex-CIA head William Colby) I choose to refer to the law of physics for the Obamanomaly:

"For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction."

In my scientific and sociological opinion, Obama is here to change things for the good...not the selfish interests that have run things since we've been alive. I'm not interested in believing the hype, I'm interested in transparency and accountability and progressive change...but I do understand political strategy...feints and counter feints.

To beat your enemy, you must know your enemy.

The Ten Commandments...nowadays.

It seems to me that the Ten Commandments are just logical laws applied to the human condition that keep us from hurting each other (according to the King James version, Exodus 20):





1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me (be true to yourself)

2. Thou shalt not worship any graven images (don't f*ck with bullsh*t)

3. Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain (be careful with your words homey)

4. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy (put some time aside to pray or meditate...chill)

5. Honor thy mother and thy father (they brought you here, don't front on them)

6. Thou shalt not kill (easy...don't trip)

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery (find who you dig and get with them)

8. Thou shalt not steal (really?)

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (don't sell out)

10. Thou shalt not covet (don't hate the player, hate the game)





There is no "or else"...it's just a list of rules that (when adhered to) keeps most human beings out of unnecessary trouble...from my interpretation...real talk.

Do you guys believe that truth is objective?

I used to, but I think the English language makes it relative.
I believe things are what they are, but interpretation changes them somehow. I believe God is Love, and I know that's the truth...but anyone can debate that.

Have you ever thought humans think they are too smart?
I think some things are obvious, like God created the universe, but then I bump into lots of people who deny that or have a different version.

I don't like debating anymore...when I was younger and full of new intelligence, sure. Now, I like sharing...since nobody can ever fully agree on EVERYTHING. Debating is short-sighted and limited (for me) sharing is open and creative (for me)...but that's just another opinion.

Everything is different...but everything is the same. Are we on an evolutionary edge right now? Are we about to ascend into some new understanding? I hope so. I would love to look into anyone's eyes and be able to find truth, love, empathy and compassion.



Are you laughing God? Thought so.

The Addiction to Being Right

Do you guys get the feeling that everyone wants to be right?





I think that's perfect, but I do take issue with those who think they have a corner on the market in regards to truth...everyone's is different. Is that a dimensional concept that many here don't understand? When people use anger and spite and dissension over and over with the intention of "WINNING" a point, it seems inappropriate since this life is filled with subjective discussions...unless they are in third grade...they don't teach subjectivity and objectivity until high school at least...





I will ask people next time, are you in high school?





In a subjective conversation, the only option is sharing...you can't win anything (except maybe the respect of your peers, but some clearly don't want that). Will you share your opinion with us instead of attempt to disprove or disrespect anyone? Without respect, it just seems desperate...almost as if you know you're wrong.





I learned about that tell from watching the GOP over the last 20 years...but that too is just an opinion.

Bible quotes instructing man to kill...check the ignorance that we are evolving out of...

Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)



Kill Witches

You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)



Kill Homosexuals

"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)



Kill Fortunetellers

A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB)



Death for Hitting Dad

Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB)



Death for Cursing Parents

1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB)

2) All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT)



Death for Adultery

If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)



Death for Fornication

A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)



Death to Followers of Other Religions

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)



Kill Nonbelievers

They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)



Kill False Prophets

If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through. (Zechariah 13:3 NAB)



Kill the Entire Town if One Person Worships Another God

Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)



Kill Women Who Are Not Virgins On Their Wedding Night

But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst. (Deuteronomy 22:20-21 NAB)



Kill Followers of Other Religions.

1) If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. Your hand shall be the first raised to slay him; the rest of the people shall join in with you. You shall stone him to death, because he sought to lead you astray from the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. And all Israel, hearing of this, shall fear and never do such evil as this in your midst. (Deuteronomy 13:7-12 NAB)



2) Suppose a man or woman among you, in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, has done evil in the sight of the LORD your God and has violated the covenant by serving other gods or by worshiping the sun, the moon, or any of the forces of heaven, which I have strictly forbidden. When you hear about it, investigate the matter thoroughly. If it is true that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, then that man or woman must be taken to the gates of the town and stoned to death. (Deuteronomy 17:2-5 NLT)



Death for Blasphemy

One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father got into a fight with one of the Israelite men. During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the LORD's name. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother's name was Shelomith. She was the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. They put the man in custody until the LORD's will in the matter should become clear. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard him to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death. Say to the people of Israel: Those who blaspheme God will suffer the consequences of their guilt and be punished. Anyone who blasphemes the LORD's name must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the LORD's name will surely die. (Leviticus 24:10-16 NLT)



Kill False Prophets

1) Suppose there are prophets among you, or those who have dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles, and the predicted signs or miracles take place. If the prophets then say, 'Come, let us worship the gods of foreign nations,' do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you love him with all your heart and soul. Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him. The false prophets or dreamers who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of slavery in the land of Egypt. Since they try to keep you from following the LORD your God, you must execute them to remove the evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 NLT)



2) But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die.' You may wonder, 'How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not?' If the prophet predicts something in the LORD's name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared. (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 NLT)



Infidels and Gays Should Die

So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. (Romans 1:24-32 NLT)



Kill Anyone who Approaches the Tabernacle

For the LORD had said to Moses, 'Exempt the tribe of Levi from the census; do not include them when you count the rest of the Israelites. You must put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, along with its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and its equipment as you travel, and they must care for it and camp around it. Whenever the Tabernacle is moved, the Levites will take it down and set it up again. Anyone else who goes too near the Tabernacle will be executed.' (Numbers 1:48-51 NLT)



Kill People for Working on the Sabbath

The LORD then gave these further instructions to Moses: 'Tell the people of Israel to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you forever. It helps you to remember that I am the LORD, who makes you holy. Yes, keep the Sabbath day, for it is holy. Anyone who desecrates it must die; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community. Work six days only, but the seventh day must be a day of total rest. I repeat: Because the LORD considers it a holy day, anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.' (Exodus 31:12-15 NLT)

"PLAY" from different Points of Views [PoVs]

Capitalist - He who dies with the most toys, wins.



Communism - Everyone gets the same number of toys. You go straight to the opposite of Heaven, if, we catch you selling yours.



Socialist - My mom says you have to share that toy with me.



Democrat - My brother is bigger than your brother and he says you have to let me play with you.



Republican - My kid can beat up your kid.



Confucianism - Once a toy is dipped in the water, it is no longer dry.



Taoism - The doll is as important as the dumptruck.



Agnosticism - It is not possible to know whether toys make a bit of difference.



Atheist - There is no toy maker.



Evolutionism - The toys made themselves.



Baha'i - All toys are just fine with us.



Christian Scientist - Those toys aren't real, play with God instead.



Calvinism - He who dies with the most toys was eternally predestined to win.



7th Day Adventist-He who plays with his toys on Saturday, loses.



Anglican - They were our toys first.



Greek Orthodox - No, they were OURS first.



Branch Davidian - He who dies playing with the biggest toys, wins.



Catholicism - He who denies himself the most toys, wins.



Judaism - Those toys cost a lot of money...and a lot of lives.



Islam - All toys belong to Allah, unless they aren't Muslim.



Church of Christ - He whose toys make music, loses.



Polytheism - There are many toy makers.



Theosophy - All toys came from the original One Toy.



Non-denominationalism - We don't care where the toys came from, let's just play with them.



Existentialism - Toys are a figment of your imagination.



Hari Krishna - He who plays with the most toys, wins.



Jehovah's Witnesses - He who sells the most toys door-to-door, wins.



Libertarian - No one is going to tell me what I can and can't do with my toys.



Mormonism - Every boy can have as many toys as he wants.



New Age - Go stand in front of your mirror and contemplate your inner toy.



Pentecostalism - He whose toys can talk wins.



Pantheism - There are no toys--everything is sacred.



Satanist - I'm going to smash all your toys.



Theosophy - All toys came from the original One Toy.



Unitarian Universalist - I respect your toy and yours and yours.



Anarchist - We can play with anyone's toys we want, whenever we want for as long as we want.



Voodoo - Let me borrow that doll for a second.



Wiccan - Let us breath in harmony with our Toys.



Hedonism - To heck with the rule book!? Let's play!

God's Joke?

Based on the way John Lennon said,

"If anybody can put on paper what our government and the American government and the Russian and Chinese government are actually trying to do, or how and what they think they're doing, I'd be very pleased to know what they think they're doing. I think they're all insane...but I'm liable to be put away as "insane" for expressing that...that's what's insane about it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6mqec9NQU

...and then he was assassinated within six months...I'd rather be considered insane than believe what our governments are trying to sell us.

Is that God's Joke? Give us great leaders who get assassinated by the insecure power mongers fighting for their right to project control thru fear and intimidation?



That would suck God...I don't believe you would ever do that to your children...



I think of God as a mothering opportunity for life and further creation. God is more like...order...laws of universes, solar systems, Earth, gravity, water, air, food, music, family and the fact this all happened to work for us.

The fact that we exist in this amazing scenario makes me think this must have been created for the purpose of just "being". What else are we supposed to do?

I vote, make the most of it...go the distance...party our asses off and love each other passionately...and most importantly: settle all disputes and pull anyone in power who is attempting to steer us toward war.



Transparency is the Apocalypse...the revolution will be anonymous

Osama Bin Laden's death as US Military Strategy

Based on several conspiracy theories and my understanding of how the military has learned to sway public opinion thru Psy-Ops (psychological warfare), I believe Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed several years ago (probably 2001 or 2002) and instead of show off our victory, the US Military decided to "keep him on ice" until what was deemed a better opportunity to use such a victory to direct public opinion.


The reason why is this:
From 2001-2008 the George W. Bush administration needed military and US contractors to remain in Iraq and Afghanistan to complete their control of government and oil (if possible) using the "Search for Bin Laden" as a reason to be occupying (and controlling) the Middle East. If they caught him in 2001 or 2002, they would've had to pull out, leaving that territory (and Saddam Hussein) unattainable.


Whether he was literally "put on ice" (body saved as proof) or just shot and buried is moot at this point. He couldn't survive for a trial, because there is no evidence linking him to 9-11 (Saddam Hussein had plenty of war crimes, and he was taken alive to be put to death in front of the world) so a trial for OBL would've been problematic for those who actually pulled off 9-11, because they would have to cover up lots of "actual facts".


The knowledge of killing him was power enough to withhold from the public until it was deemed advantageous to US Military policy...i.e.: We've got most of our plans, plants and people in the right places in the Middle East, we can now get out of Iraq and Afghanistan...btw, we caught and killed Osama Bin Laden. GO USA!



P.S.
Remember how John Kerry kept phrasing that statement during the 2004 US Presidential elections? "I will capture and kill Osama Bin Laden"...think that was random phrasing?

My Letter to Bradley Manning

Bradley,

TRUST YOURSELF
KEEP THE FAITH
KNOW YOUR POWER
ACCEPT YOUR FATE

Do not try and bend the spoon, that is impossible.
Instead, only try to realize the Truth...there is no spoon.
Then you will see, it's not the spoon that bends...
it's only yourself.

-Jonathan

Are the "powers that be" thwarting our evolution?

What if transparency is necessary for the human race to evolve to the next stage of our evolution?

Has our government, military or big businesses helped us evolve in that regard? No. They are using the power of secrecy to keep power...but secrets are like sand and truth is rock...if you build your fortress on sand, it doesn't take long before the cracks begin to show. The only way to save it, is shore it up with rock (if it's not too late)...already most people don't buy what the governments are selling, so how long do they have before they get washed away?

"Transparency is the Apocalypse" or "the Truth shall set you free" (if you remember that one). When Dorothy pulled back the curtain, she realized all that hype was just a little old man pulling strings to make think he was more powerful than he really is...sound familiar?

All whistle blowers are is people who have become privy to those secrets, and they KNOW the rest of the world wouldn't be happy at what our leaders are doing...so they tell us...and so far, they pay the price. They need our help. Amnesty for transparency would be a great start.

Please write to Bradley Manning, and he might write back

Army Regulation 190-47 denies any visitation to Army prisoners, but we may send Bradley Manning letters and he MAY CHOOSE TO CORRESPOND.
Break out your snail mail techniques guys...


Send letters* to Bradley Manning here:
Bradley Manning 89289
830 Sabalu Road
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027


*Letters will be rejected if they contain any of the following:
-Solicitations for gambling/lottery, business or pen pal correspondence.
-Blackmail, threats or indecent subject matter
-Plans or plots for escape
-Codes

Manning's Motives

Manning went to with his concerns to a commanding officer (as is protocol) and was told to shut the f*ck up. He went around his commanding officer to another superior and was told likewise, STFU. After enough denials, he decided (after a great debate with fellow computer hacker LAMO that you can read online) he would leak all of these practices to the media (thru WikiLeaks, since most mainstream media wouldn't have published it) so the world could see what it's leaders and military were really up to.

That's called "blowing the whistle" on immoral and illegal behavior by those in power. Whistle blowers are those who risk their lives to save the world from incredible malfeasance by those who were elected or put in power to be responsible. Is that treason? Thomas Jefferson would say "hell no." That's being the best patriot America could ask for.

I would've done the same.

The last time this happened was when the "Pentagon Papers" were leaked to Daniel Ellsberg and published by the New York Times in 1971. The Supreme Court ruled that since the government was lying to public about civilian deaths in Vietnam and military actions, the public had a right to know. It changed the course of the war.

Here's a significant difference: The Pentagon Papers were filed "TOP SECRET"...the government cables Bradley Manning leaked (allegedly) were only filed "CLASSIFIED". When President Obama claimed "This isn't the same as what Daniel Ellsberg did" he was right...but not the way he thought he was. Bradley Manning is another whistle blower...and he should be free.

My trip to the "Free Bradley Manning Rally"...six weeks early

So I drove down to Leavenworth, Kansas today for a "Free Bradley Manning Rally"...that was happening six weeks from now. I had a funny feeling something was wrong when I got to the address for the protest an hour late, and no one was there. The next funny feeling I had followed re-reading the two links I had seen about the rally...I had read them both incorrectly.

Soooo...Leavenworth. I'm here...in a clash of decisions I sung, "should I stay or should I go?"

I meditated for a bit, creating space to find out why I was here...then a thought hit me: I wonder if I can ask for and receive an impromptu interview with Bradley Manning...ask, sure...receive? Hmmm...

I took several deep breaths and decided I was doing nothing wrong, so no ill could befall me if I tried. I remembered that our brothers and sisters in the military are human beings like the rest of us, and they would understand my reasons.

I pulled up the driveway into the Leavenworth Prison (1300 Metropolitan...where the rally was to be...six weeks from now) passed the sign saying, "vehicles may be subject to search/you must show ID" and accepted it as a possibility, parked and walked up the hill to the "Visitor processing center".

I opened an old school, screen porch door and looked inside to find a sharply dressed, black prison guard at a desk.

"Hello, I'm Jonathan Getzschman from RevolutionTruth.org. There is a "Free Bradley Manning" rally here on June 4th, and I was wondering if I could interview Mr. Manning before then...like now."

"Who is Bradley Manning?" asked the guard.

...after some explaining, the guard said, "you mean that military kid? He's two miles up the road at Fort Leavenworth Prison."

HAH! The rally was scheduled at the wrong address...no longer my fault.

I asked the guard if he thought there was ANY chance I might have of interviewing Manning.

"You never know," he responded, "good luck sir."

Obviously a sign from God, I proceeded to the military base. On the way in, as I passed more signs that now said, "Vehicles WILL be searched and you MUST have ALL forms of ID necessary," I accepted the now inevitability that my personal belongings would be rooted thru...breathing...breathing...

As I approached the first "check point" there were guards in shiny uniforms swarming the road blocks asking for and receiving papers...that I didn't have. Three of them then approached me...two younger white males and an older one.

"What are you here for?" asked one of the younger guys.

"My name is Jonathan Getzschman of RevolutionTruth.org and I was wondering if there was anyway I could interview Bradley Manning before the rally on June 4th." The two younger guards looked at each other, and their furrowed brows turned into an expression "already-always-knowing" that I was another one of "those people."

"Ok sir...we're going to need you to turn off your vehicle, open all the doors, the hood, the trunk and stand in front of it."

I didn't argue. "I was just throwing it out there...just in case there was a way I could get a chance to talk to him."

"Where did you drive from?" asked the first guard, as I prepared my van for inspection.

"St. Louis."

"You drove all the way from St. Louis to ask us if you could do an interview?" the guard asked eyeing me suspiciously.

"Yeah." Although a complete lie, my ego was still fragile from having my own "already-always-knowing" moment about the date of the rally, so I stuck to it. "I just want to hear his story. I don't mean to mess with your schedule or be a bother."

"Yeah..." the guard said, "why don't you show me your ID and proof of insurance and stand in front of your vehicle."

The other, younger guard searched my vehicle, looking through my bag first, "people who want to find out about a guy who tried to mess up our country makes it our job to find about you."

"Well, I love our country," I said, "and I wanted to hear his side of the story."

As they continued to inspect my van, I heard one of them say, "why does this keep happening?" and the other said, "something must have gone down that we haven't heard about yet," (???) yeah, something like that...but what an interesting exchange.

"What's this group you're with?"

"RevolutionTruth.org...it's a "Free Press" activist organization," I responded, "that seeks to insure that the People's rights aren't violated by intimidation or government censorship." It was at that point that they pulled out my protest sign, "AMNESTY for TRANSPARENCY," made eye contact with each other...and both rolled their eyes.

"Oooooookaaaaaay..."

"Is he clean?" the older guard asked as he approached us.

"Yeah, he's clean. Mr. Gechezmenn? I'm sorry about having to put you thru that sir, but it's protocol. You can't just drive into a military base and ask to speak to high level security risk like that kid."

"Who would I need to ask permission from?"

"The Staff Judge Advocate...you'll have to call him and schedule an appointment."

"Can I write his name down?" I asked. I wasn't sure if I could leave the front of the vehicle yet. He motioned over, and I grabbed my journal.

"Staff...Judge...Advocate...you ever watch 'JAG' on TV?" one of them asked.

"Yes."

"That's the guy you gotta get ahold of. Don't do it this way again."

"Yes sir." I was led to the exit gate by the older guard, and he gave me back my license on the way out. Only about fifteen minutes had passed...I could breathe again...that was the longest breath I ever held.

Whistle Blowers Do The Right Thing

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for speaking his mind politically about South Africa. He was a whistle blower. For the first several years, he sat angry and depressed in a 5 foot by 5 foot by 5 foot cage. He became weak and suicidal...until something hit him. They (the government) could take everything physical away from him, but they couldn't take his happiness...unless he allowed them to. He realized, he can be happy ANY TIME HE WANTS TO, regardless of his situation. He made the decision to focus on his happiness within that cell for the next 20 years. Not only did he radiate happiness within him, the prison guards became scared of him. Eventually, they respected him more than their bosses.

You simply decide to be happy...thinking of what makes you happy, writing what makes you happy, feeling what makes you happy, until you are happy. Hold it, nurture it, love it, and grow it. Buddha, Confucius, Jesus and Socrates all kept no kind of Earthly possessions...why?

They realized happiness comes from within.

Mandela took it so far, that even before he was released from prison, his power was so evident, the world EXPECTED him to get out and take control of South Africa. The day it happened, he was released, he was cheered and he waltzed right on into the capital, and declared that he would be the new leader...and HE WAS ACCEPTED.

He also brought the idea of "Amnesty for Transparency" to the country. All war criminals and corrupt politicians were given the chance to admit their crimes and go free. About 50% of them did and testified against themselves and their peers. There was great suffering about it, but the people got to find out what really happened and THEY GOT CLEAN.

That was 1990.

I believe it's happening now, and I recommend "Amnesty for Transparency" for our governments, militaries and big businesses. Bradley Manning, Rudolf Elmer, Adam Winfield, Tim DeChristopher and other whistle blowers are attempting to put this in action, but they are being jailed, because that concept is threatening to people in power who like their gig the way it is and who are directly profiting from it.

Those people in power are in the minority, and they are accountable to US...let's remind them of that whenever possible.

Whistle blowers "DO THE RIGHT THING" when others won't.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!

Check this out guys, if we want to make great change it's worth a try!



The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took

only three months & eight days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.


I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.



Congressional Reform Act of 2011


1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below...

a. Two Six-year Senate terms

b. Six Two-year House terms

c. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms


2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.


3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people.


4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.


5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.


6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.


7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.


8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 10-1-11



The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.


Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.


If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is time..




THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, cut-and-paste and pass it on.

I Still Trust President Obama

I trust Obama because he's running the same strategy that got him to where he is today:

1. Work with the status quo (even tho it's not what his constituents want)
2. Hold them accountable (this is always good)
3. Listen to the people when they are loud enough (Egypt was the precedent. He will follow thru with US when our numbers are big enough)
4. Be flexible when a prior stance no longer applies (instead of being stubborn and rigid like most party presidents, trust the people over the politicians)

I see him being himself in regards to typical Democrat policy, and likewise I see what looks like sucking up to the GOP. He became class president at Harvard by doing this, but he brought the liberals and the conservatives together because he understands how to unite as opposed to dividing.

The USA is so used to "party politics" that it seems odd to watch our president treat the right and the left as friends instead of enemies...we're Americans...people forget that in the political rhetoric that gets carelessly thrown around.

I also notice the INTENSE propaganda being tossed EVERYWHERE.
I also remember...DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.

Obama got here by the people, for the people...that doesn't just disappear...unless you buy the hype.

Feints and counter feints...getting into the pit of snakes is difficult enough...smoking them out takes patience and strength.

What Happened on 9-11?

9-11-------------------------------------------------------->



The US Air Force was playing "war games" the weeks before the attack...battle scenarios, drills, etc...one of those simulations actually being an attack on the World Trade Center. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) was responsible for the safety of the airways, and normally, anytime a commercial airliner flies off course, two to four F-14 US fighters are scrambled within 20 minutes and "accompany" the jets to see what the emergency is. If it's a terror attack, they have instructions to shoot down the plane, so it can't be used as a "missile". On that day, NORAD claims they didn't send fighters after the four airliners because they thought it was a drill, and the F-14s were somewhere else...so for over TWO HOURS...while those "commercial airliners" were gearing up to attack the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Who called NORAD off? That's the answer to who initiated 9-11



If you want to know who was in on it within the WTC, find the answer to these three questions: 1. Who was supposed to work in the WTC on 9-11 but didn't show up? 2. Who WASN'T supposed to work in the WTC on 9-11, but was ordered to go in anyway? and 3. Who made short-sells on the Stock Exchange the week before 9-11 (meaning: who knew the towers would fall which would make the market crash, and capitalized upon it by short selling their stocks, so when they split and doubled, the stock holders would have twice as many stocks)? These answers are still unknown to the public, because the names are the answers of who was in on it...President Obama could change that.



In military speak, it's called a "False Flag Operation" which means: make it look like the country has been attacked, attach a face to that attack (or a patsy), so the people will have an enemy, then use the people's fear to justify attacking that person and their country. In this case, Osama was ex-CIA who realized what the US government was up to, infiltrating all nations of the world with military and political influence to essentially steer those powers to US interests. Osama went rogue and began telling the Muslim world what the US was doing, and the US does not forgive that kind of truth telling. Our military took out the towers by way of the Rockefeller family and the CIA. Why? The Rockefeller family owns the banks and consequently the Stock Market, and the CIA runs much of the military industrial complex. RESULT: Stock Market crashed and most of the public lost their money, unless you had insider information and short sold your stock the week before, CIA and US Military got to invade Afghanistan and Iraq (???) to insure oil barons get a mainline, and the Patriot Act was born: more security for the US, less privacy to its citizens and the military industrial complex gets a bigger paycheck...until they want MORE.



P.S. It's not all of the Rockefellers and the CIA, just a handful at the top who organized it and set it up...the majority down the chain were just following orders. I think this time, we should find out the reality of who thinks they can rob the United States of money, lives, freedom and truth and put them on trial. If there are any whistle blowers up to the challenge...please step forward now.

If you could get on the mainstream media, what would you say?

If you could get on the mainstream media (all channels at once) what would you use the opportunity to say?




Before we talk current news, we have to get our history straight for the American public:

-John F. Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA, organized by Allen Dulles and paid for by Nelson Rockefeller because JFK was eliminating the CIA and about to begin printing money without the FED.

-9-11 was a false flag operation that killed 2,000 people and was initiated by the Rockefellers and the CIA who used the public fear to manipulate the stock market to their benefit, while securing the nation thru the Patriot Act, enabling the military industrial complex unprecedented money and power.

-People who are blowing the whistle on governments, military and big businesses like Bradley Manning, Rudolf Elmer, Adam Winfield and Julian Assange are in jail because those people in power (that haven't been caught yet) don't like the public finding out how they have abused their power.




WikiLeaks publishes the whistle blowers...pure and simple. When the mainstream media is controlled by money, the money will always win until the will of the people is sparked and inspired toward finding out the truth about what's really going on.

Whistle blowers are people "in the know" who have witnessed corruption or human rights violations and don't want any part of it (let alone being an accomplice to hiding it) so they report it to journalists who will out those violations. Until the mainstream media cannot be bribed, the truth won't be found on regular TV news.

If we want our leaders to be held accountable for their actions, let's have "Amnesty for Transparency." ANYONE who wants to be free of unethical and immoral culture within government, military or business, may come forward and testify about what they witnessed (or enabled) and be freed for their honesty. The power of the People is dependent upon the honor of their leaders. Let's keep them clean.




Come forward and tell us what's wrong, and you will be received as a hero.

"America by Bradley Manning" (God bless the whistle blowers)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5vYFl0z9g0




You ready? Here we go...down into the rabbit hole...

I know this chick named America,
she's married to a man who's been scaring her,
he protects her, but he lies and steals,
and cheats...while swearing upon her seal.

She's heard rumors of clandestine, backroom deals,
and getting off on enemies losses in the field,
but lately, someone's making 'em squeal, and
now she's nervous, about how it's making him feel.

She's seen things, but it's more than that,
she's been clothed and adored and worn the hats,
she's been housed and fed and adorned in tats,
and enjoyed being an accessory, before his acts.

So now, she's as guilty as him, and
if she doesn't fix it, so will be her kin,
and that WILL be a sin, when her
man makes his move, will she too or blow in the wind?

Remain status quo, accept the life,
become an accomplice, and let it slide.
Is it worth her time, to keep her turf and pride?
Were it up to him, would she live or die?

You can fool some people some of the time, but you
can't fool yourself forever, so stop lying.
Can she, find enough backbone to climb,
out of this pit of despair, where the water's fine?

Can it be time for some amnesty,
and come clean, and trust her man to be
the man he claimed to be before transparency, and
stop withholding rights of fellow humanity?

She'll forgive him if he can, but if he can't,
the Apocalypse of Truth will divorce their hand,
only to reveal a greater land...
rock will stand where the secrets wash away with the sand.




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Let's Stop Playing Their Game

Anyone out there ever read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand? She suggests that the creators of this world will realize their visions and accomplishments are being perverted and bastardized by those with lots of power and little standards...so they retreat from the mainstream and disappear with like-minded people into their own reality...away from the power hungry, the fear mongers and those who conspire to control creators for their own twisted ends.

I would suggest that's what's happening to USA's version of democracy. Our great vision of equal opportunity and "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" has been replaced with "the American dream," brought to you by big businesses who tempt the masses with credit lines to fund your dream...until 90% of you default on your loans, and then your dream is absorbed by the big business who sold it to you in the first place.

Weird? No, it's just BIG BUSINESS. Why would they dangle the carrot in front of the consumer? Because consumers pull the plow with little gain in return.

How would we combat this? By NOT PLAYING. We have an infinite amount of opportunities and options within our own social circles and families to make our lives satisfying and abundant. When big business or government or military sees the People as "masses of numbers" instead of individual lives who matter, the temptation is to treat them as numbers in an amoral perspective that leads to an uncaring nature revolving around gain at whatever the cost, meaning: if we play their game, we will be treated as cattle, moving from pen to pen, being milked and prodded all the way to the slaughter house.

Let's stop playing their game, and let's begin our own.

What do you want to play?

The People's Power

With all the conspiracy theory out there about what the "powers that be" are up to, I think it's important to remember the People's Power.

We are individual beings of living light. Science has been proving that little by little, and many religions have come to that conclusion as well.




That's pretty radical.




As beings of light, we are energy (or even angels) and have the power to use prayer/meditation/positivity/affirmation to change our reality. Right now, the world is waking up, and regardless of religious or scientific belief, we KNOW how powerful we are when we THINK together.

While we live our out normal lives, let's also affirm or pray these kinds of concepts to further the creative perception of our planet:

1. We, human beings, are united on our Earth.
2. We are harmonizing the Love of ourselves and each other to find harmony in our actions with each other.
3. We are affecting our physical world with positive change.
4. We are finding WIN-WIN solutions for all humanity to live in peace and enable each other's "Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness."
5. Our personal differences are embraced by our singular purpose of respect and empathy for one another.




Will you guys add some to this thread, and I'll make a HUGE list of beautiful ideas for the World to read? Then we can translate them into all of our languages, and send them to the rest of our planet.

Open Letter to anyone in Government, Military or Big Business who has witnessed corruption

Please let the People know...I would recommend WikiLeaks.



You are people like us, and we understand. You are not guilty of being an accomplice unless you keep hiding any abuse of the system. Drop all fears of retribution and simply come clean. If you are benefiting to the extent that it feels as if you are trapped...we understand...we would probably feel similarly if we were walking in your shoes.



The times have changed, and the tide has turned...people want the truth.



Please...blow the whistle. The sooner we get clean, the faster the dominoes will fall...and we will rise from the ashes and make real evolution happen. Let's get free...because we shall know the Truth...then that's all we can be.



Transparency...it's the apocalypse...but that's a good thing.

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Sharing the vision of WikiLeaks to people who aren't online?

WHOA...

I spent an hour talking to a fellow business entrepreneur named Kevin, who owns one of the last remaining video tape/dvd rental shops in St. Louis.

I asked him if he knew about WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. He said yeah, and I asked him what?
"He published a bunch of US military secrets right?"

Well, sort of...I added to that, bringing up US cables between ambassadors and video of human rights violations.

"But he did some kind of espionage to get them right?"

(Sigh) No, and I explained how all media is submitted to WikiLeaks via the internet, and then I asked him if watches FOX NEWS.

"Well sure, but that's because when they get their facts, they'll show you a book where they got it from and say, 'if you don't believe me, read it here,' so I usually like hearing what they have to say, trusting that they are doing good fact finding."

It turns out he get his news from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch too (which he considered the "liberal" newspaper) and occasionally listens to NPR, but they are often more "socialist" than he likes.

Anywho, I let him know more about the facts behind WikiLeaks, including Julians' history of breaking into the US DoJ computers a decade ago (which he had read about, but did not know it was Julian) and then evolving into a people driven, whistle blowing, multi-media publishing organization that specialized in "Free Press activism" (suggesting it was a decision based on all the secrets he had found out about, but was unable to do anything about...by himself anyways).

After that, Kevin had some interesting questions:

"Why am I not hearing about that in the papers or the magazines I read?"
"Why don't the news programs I watch include anything on WikiLeaks?"
"Why do I feel as if my political views (conservative) aren't spoken about or considered by the Republicans?"
"How come I don't get much information from the media I pay attention to?

That question was the overall gist of what we talked about for the last half hour. He felt as if all sorts of shit was going down around the world, and every time he searched for it, he could only find out in a library or from friends "in the know".

HE COULDN'T GET MUCH FROM THE REGULAR MAINSTREAM MEDIA...and that was obvious and frustrating to him.

I told him to get online and just go to youtube and start searching topics that interested him (especially since he's a movie guy...who's NEVER BEEN ONLINE). I mentioned he would find lots of propaganda from the right wing and the left wing, but if he kept looking, he would also find TONS of documented info that was true and valid and incredibly apropos to what's going on. I also implied he might find out why he's experiencing such an underwhelming feeling of being left in the dark.




I would ask everyone who's volunteering for WikiLeaks to remember to talk to EVERYONE about the importance of getting online and seeing for themselves what they believe. Mainstream media is too contrived now with too little information for anyone to feel satiated, especially for many of these older generations who have come to trust their usual routine of doing things.




I really enjoy asking people, "so what do you know about WikiLeaks?"
The rest is...an apocalypse.

INFO WARS...who'd a thunk our governments would end up in a war where they have to hide information or lose power?

These are WAR GAMES...and here are the players:


1. WikiLeaks and whistle blower media outlets-"Freedom of the Press" activists
2. Whiste Blowers-Bradley Manning, Adam Winfield and Rudolph Elmer (in jail)
3. Anonymous-a faceless group actively seeking to disrupt organizations opposed to "Freedom of Speech" and whistle blowers


They represent Transparency
-------------------------
Those against Transparency:


1. Some big government
2. Some big military
3. Some big business



The winner will convince the public they are right...who do you think will win?

Transparency is the Apocalypse.

Who wouldn't want Transparecy?

The Status Quo are those who are satisfied with how our system is working.

This social group benefits from a lack of transparency, because they are privy to information before it hits the public. For example, members of the Bilderberg group meet every year, to make secret, coordinated business decisions together, so they can manipulate the stock market based on buying or selling stocks as a TEAM. When they, the wealthiest 1% of the populace, who own 90% of the Earth make strategic moves TOGETHER, say to sell stocks all at once, those not in the know (the other 99% of us) are at a disadvantage when we watch the stock market drop as a result of their teamwork. Likewise, once the rest of the market has mimicked them, and the value drops further, a group like this can then buy back their shares at a significantly lower price, making money on moves that ONLY THEY KNEW ABOUT.

"Short selling" stocks is another way of making money, IF YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR STOCK IS GOING TO SPLIT. If the stock splits during the course of your short, you'll owe twice the number of shares at half the price. The last time the Stock Market saw an unusually large percentage of "short sells" was the week before 9-11...is that a coincidence? No, if you know why: those who engaged in short selling the week before the World Trade Towers fell had insider information about what was going to happen. A simple way to find out who had prior knowledge, would be to ask our government for a list of those who made short sells during the week of September 4, thru September 10, 2001.

Unfortunately, that list is unavailable...it has been censored by our government from the public ever since the attacks of 9-11.

Why?

Because it would be a map to finding out who knew about 9-11 before it even happened. Lack of transparency allows money to be made in ways unavailable to the rest of the people, and that's not fair...or it is fair, until we decide as a people, that we want transparency within our governments and our big businesses.

To understand how it operates further, let’s understand the culture. If you are a part of this secretive group, you are not only benefiting from it, you are in on it, and therefore an accomplice before the act, meaning: "you can't snitch, because you've been getting rich with the rest of us…and if you tell, you’ll go down with the rest of us as well.”

The difficulty for the lay people of Earth is obtaining transparency from a group of elitists who don't want to get caught, and are accruing wealth thru unethical and often immoral means.

How do we stop this culture?
We ask, “who is willing to come forward and be the whistle blower of all whistle blowers?”
Someone in The Status Quo will answer.
Who’s first?

Open Letter to the US Government

Open Letter the US Government



February 3, 2011

People of the US Government,

It has come to our attention that some of you (not all) have been cheating, lying, stealing and/or murdering other human beings for reasons such as power, money, security and/or fear.

We here at WikiLeaks dare those of you who have witnessed such acts (or have proof) to come forward and submit your testimony and/or evidence to us, so that we may keep a steady check on the people in power who should be held accountable for the state of our government.

We will publish the material online, around the world, so that we Earthlings may be transparent about our governments, learn who are committing these acts and take necessary actions to correct the wrong or unacceptable. Then there will be less room for corruption amongst our governing bodies, and more room for actual idea building that helps unite the Earth.

Today, the world is thirsting for honorable people, as so many in power are proving to be less than desirable. For your actions, you may be considered a traitor by others for a time, but remember, they will only believe that until there are more of you than them. Once you are the majority, the rest will either fall in line with transparency or face the consequences of lying and hiding the truth.



Thank you much for being the best human being you know how to be,
the security of our planet depends upon you,
WikiLeakers

The Math on our World

Broken down in simple math:




+1 = a person who thinks up positive ideas, creates positive ways of living and makes positive change. Most importantly a '+' means 'add' to the world.


-1 = a person who thinks up negative ideas, destroys positive ways of living and makes negative change. Most importantly a '-' means 'take away'.


0 = a person who thinks nothing, creates nothing and makes no change. Most importantly, a '0' means 'nothing'.




If those three people were trying to live together, the problem would look like this:

+1

-1

0

______

0 (in other words, nothing's able to happen and there can be no change based on the way the first two people cancel each out by disagreeing, and the third is insignificant...at least at this point in their life)




Now you do the math:


Where are we today?

How easy is it to be a '0'?

How difficult is it to be a '+1'?

Can people who are '-1' change?




If this was your world, what answer would YOU want?