poppa dont take no mess

The problem with being a fanatic is that once you are committed you believe anything, like war is actually caused by flags. Never mind thousands of years of barbarian brutality throughout the world or revisionist history of a uptopian existence until . . .what? the invention of fire? the aliens left? the white man came? wtf?

Kelli Garner is going to be the next Scarlett Johansson. Hopefully her voice wont sound like an eighty year old man who's been chain smoking for 60 years.

Here is the scale of the universe. Obviously it takes a little while to load.

There's more than enough tropical, fantasy vacation spots to go around but when Vice magazine steps up their game and gets in to North Korea, its time to take notice!!

Cell phone companies are lowering their voice rate plans across the board, because they are raising their data rates and requiring you to have one!!! D'OH!!!

This is the kind of thing that leaves me pissed off for days. A couple in Florida paid for their home in cash in 2005 only to have Bank of America foreclose on it five years later. Apparently Banks can do whatever the want, no matter what and their worst case scenario for whatever damage and pain they inflict on innocent people is, "oops, my bad". God I love the movie "Fight Club". Too bad Tyler Durden sold out.

I guess the only true vote is the almighty dollar and what you do with it. Maybe the TV liberal bed wetters are right, and we should MOVE OUR MONEY!!!!

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My mind just keeps going back to this Joe Stack story. As a total news junkie American living in a post-9/11 world when I heard about an airplane flying into a building in Texas my Spidey-sense lit up. Then it was reported to be intentional and not an accident which piqued my interest. As I watched this story unfold via different news sites I watched it climb the ladder of relevant news. Then as the investigation hit critical mass the story broke that the Pilot, Joe Stack, was angry at the IRS and even had a “manifesto”. He was an American citizen, angry at the Federal Government, specifically the IRS and decided that “I’m hardly the first one to decide I have had all I can stand”. So he flew an airplane into an IRS building. Once that news broke agencies realized they had a serious hot potato issue on their hands and they didn’t want to ignite copycat radicals, so the story was buried across the board. Within 24 hours a little blip on the news cycle became a major headline and then an albatross. But this man, Joe Stack did exist. I don’t think he was trying to hurt “people” I think he had “had enough” and was trying to make a point. The media can try to shut pandora’s box but I don’t think he will be the last.

In an age when people are making careers out of causing conflict we don’t need more cultural isolationists, bigots or hypocrites. Politicians on both sides of the isle are not only lying to citizens, but are lining their pockets with lobbyist money from companies that do not have citizen’s best interests in mind. This is not new and this is not news. This is not a “who wants to push the cart/ ride in the cart” point I am trying to make. My point is as long as people are distracted and maintain outrage over he said/she said the general plundering of American middle class wealth is happening right out in the open. The stick up comes in the form of hiked up interest rates, fine print loop holes, legal gridlocks and federal tax oppression from which the average citizen has no defense, because even educating yourself about these pitfalls won’t save you from them.

We need to find some sort of pause button because the plundering of American capital has snowballed past the point of reason. Terrorist. Revolutionary. Fanatic. I think this was just the first shot.


The Insane Manifesto of Austin Texas Crash Pilot Joseph Andrew Stack


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what do I say now?

I've had this space since 2000 and used to post my short films, friends short films and then feature films. I feel at odds with the mirco-handheld over exposed techno revolution these days so I'm thinking about going low tech. Should I write about real estate in NYC? Semi satirical internet punditry? or should I take the plunge into the ever expanding realm of internet pornography? I don't know. I feel like a teenager looking for an identity and I like that I don't know. For now I am going to go with that, while I try to get back in the swing of things. Until then, here's some links;

Do you like R&B? Soul music? Funk? Check out Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. They have more talent than the Black Eyed Peas have marketing muscle so spread the word, ya heard!

I think today might be a good day.

It's things like this that make me germaphobic. I can't imagine how many times people have had sex on subway seats throughout the night, while every morning middle class elitists push and shove each other to sit on one. crazy man.

Wow. The Chinese are truly shameless. They even have a knock off of google. Its called goojje.com. I guess they stopped inovating a couple of centuries ago and just mastered the art of taking other peoples ideas and copying them. If you put together how much money that cost western companies, do you think it would be enough to have avoided this global economic collapse? Business fail all the time to competitors undercutting them. How can the global economy compete with a giant sweat shop, 1 billion strong, with nuclear weapons? I guess we better learn Chinese soon.

Facebook is starting to freak me out.

Thomas Jefferson would have had a good laugh at this. I did.

What would you do if you were a billionaire? I think in the grand age of retail therapy spending money can be an art form. Spending big money in a special way is an artistry. For example Bill Gates gave billions to charity and to have a temperature controlled home in the mountains, which is about as original as you can expect from the original nerd. Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has two airlines (one which offers sub-orbital spaceflights), a record company, a mobile phone company, his own Caribbean island and now that slick bastard is getting an underwater plane!!! I think he is the Pablo Picasso of modern rich dudes. In terms of artistry in wealth tho, among his peers he's more of a man among ants. People don't get rich being creative.

Ok. I'm good for today. Thanks for reading.

-mike

new decade, new year, new start

Every population demands a certain pedigree from people who claim to have something to say, but if someone like Immanuel Kant, who spent his entire life in one little village, can have an impact on modern thinking then my experience and self contained rationale can at least provoke a new discussion on old problems. Yea, yea I know I'm comparing myself to a pillar of modern philosophy but nobody ever got anywhere being humble.

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things are not what they seem

You know those free credit report commercials? Apparently its a scam.

All that fear over big brother when its just your neighbor that's watching you. This woman lost her health benefits for smiling on Facebook.

When times are tough people start losing their minds, this guy lost his life over a subway seat.

Louisiana real estate agent was showing a house to a client and found a stash of human remains. i wonder how he played it off?

Twilight fans get punked. It's funny how parents love the romantic notions of the Twilight movies for their teenage daughters, because the main character doesn't have sex until she's married, but the main character's relationship is the DEFINITION of an abusive relationship. For shame.

You Go girl! Now women can pee standing up!

Bob Shepard, 99 year old voice of Yankee stadium, has called it quits. He has announced line ups from the times of Joe Dimaggio to Derek jeter, 4,500 games and 121 post season games. This guy is a legend. At least he will always live on as the announcer for "number 2, shortstop, Derek Jeter". Wow.

Time Magazine chronicles the decade from hell. And yes, you are still in it.

I don't know whether or not this is cool or cruel, so I guess I'm just as messed up as the next guy, but here's what butterflies look like in space.

rave unto the new world chick