Democracy Yeah, RIGHT!
Well , I voted for Shumer and Kerry- guess i'm a 'traitor' but it seems there's two choices- tweeledee and tweedleDUMBassDUBYA himself. --so tweedle dee it shall be. Not only that, but this antiquated ... 'electoral 'college' system MUST go! It is time to revamp and re-establish democracy in America. What ever happened to the spirit of the Boston Tea Party? ("terrorism", cried the repugnatans, then known as 'tories')
Will it take another revolution? It may, since democracy has been lost. There are more and more of us with nothing to lose.
However, the orwellian age has dawned. The oppressive 'intelligence' morons watch your every move. Alarm bells ring if more than a handful of people gather, and the cops, or the FBI, are there in an instant. There is no hope. The typical out-of-control tower of power. The most ruthless assholes go right to the top of the economic hierarchy. The best fakers (and biggest assholes, since they have the financial towers of power funding them) get elected- or, if that doesn't work, get 'appointed' by the corporate controlled (since its justices have been chosen by corporate controlled (to varying degrees) presidents) court.
And where do the ..'churches' fit in this? Well, almost every one of these is (sing it- to the tune of that great old Allman Brothers song)--
"just One More
Corporation",
for whom money is the "bottom line"\ . . .
And where are musicians in all this?
Well, once upon a time, the biggest scumbags always used musicians to help generate "fervor". In particular, brass bands evoked a sense of militancy, of 'inevitable progress'; of ..'victory'
But now we have "sound bites"! Who needs musicians any more? Now studies of the effects of various ..'sound bites' can be computer generated, tested, and the 'most effective' (meaning, those inhibiting logical thought and independent thinking) ..'bites' can be disseminated at almost no cost!
(I guess I could become a ..'sound bite'... artist and prostitute myself that way, but no thanks--
I'm going to play REAL MUSIC, both actually and figuratively. And apparently, I may well end up in prison for either one of these ...'unamerikan activities'... ...
Dave Streater
...And the idiotic counter-American (that is, ...'amerikan'...) iraq war CONTINUES.....