Once more unto the breach, dear Friends
Here is another edition of Life Under the Power Lines, this is something of a reply to some comments made by people who read the last one entitled "War," the writer is this case trying his damndest to not loose his patience, that of course lasts about three of four seconds and then the shit flies. Hope that this doesn't offend any.
1. Looking back on history, there hasn't been a single conflict that hasn't had a sufficient amount of outcry from the general populace calling for non-involvement. In some cases the leading force was right in it's decision to establish conflict, (During the Revolutionary War, anti-war protests were disbanded by tar-and-feather parties. Anyone wanna go back and change their bet now?) And in some cases, the people's voice is that of better judgment (look at Prince John's exploits before the English commonwealth stood up, bitch slapped him and showed up with a piece of paper titled the Magna Charta.. a document still used in governing bodies today). Either or, the primary function of any progressing society has shifted in the past 100 years from an introverted point of discovery (such as the industrial revolutions in the early 1900's) to an external mockery of other societies through commercial and idealistic notions of meglomanical proportions. Nothing wrong with it, just realize that our institutional modes also have to change from advancement to defensive and in that medium falls the word of the day...war. Disagreement and hatred are nothing new, but for some reason, as of late, it seems everyone with a voice is under the impression that theirs is the voice that matters, and therefore will consistently be correct. Oh, and they must remind us of it at every opportunity. Well, with three billion people screaming their ideals (some thousands of years old) it makes nothing more than noise. So, what do we do, we get something that makes more noise than those voices. Escalation occurs, and pretty soon we have four or five people screaming at each other just as loud as the billions from earlier.... where did the others go? They're hiding underground, because the ones yelling all have their hands on buttons.
2. Now, first of all Fuck the French. Their opinion means about as much to me as a supporter of American Activities as Jerry Falwell's does. The current political system in Farce (not a typo) is as follows: drink wine. Flip off Americans. Date hairy legged women, call them exotic and Mediterranean. Drink more wine. Suck off half the planet to keep the rest of the planet's stray dogs from conquering and pissing all over our beloved Paris. Dlink mope win. Reformat European currency so we always end up ahead. Ddriknnkie.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
3. Germany: I'm all for second chances, even thirds, but do you really want to trust a country so whipped in stature they would be willing to kowtow to ANY power simply to avoid possible repercussion? We may need German money to help finance (every penny in the kitty is a bullet, right?) but at what degrading cost to us. Leave the Krauts to their beer swilling sausage-eating ways. If they get uppity, well, we whipped their ass twice, why not go for the Triple Crown...
4. The United Nations: toughie... If we decide to blow them off and go off on our own we'll look like an overzealous child, refusing to ask permission in favor of possibly begging forgiveness. Guess what, in this case, we lit a match in the darkness...and only found a powder keg. And no one at the UN seems to be listening to the fact that if we don't get the fuck out of the cave, and fast, we're going to end up at the ACME labs requesting a refund for those Wyle E. Coyote matches they sold us. When you're in the right, you're in the right, and I honestly believe that the UN is trying to be passé about this just enough to keep Saddam down, like a mongrel puppy who's trying to eat from your table. Except this puppy has sharp teeth and won't hesitate to bite your leg and chew through your shoe if he doesn't get to eat the whole damn turkey.
5. And finally, the American people: Christ, we are a country of movers and shakers, as diverse as we are populous. Just look at television if you want an example... Overseas, (England and Japan for me) carries one maybe two basic channels. We have over 500. Our attempt at keeping our goop of a melting pot swimming in some sort of the same direction. We have millions of citizens will billions of ideas on what is right and wrong. See, that's the beauty of what our founding fathers did. They may be a bunch of rich dead white guys, but they were also great men. And they knew the one thing all great men know: They didn't know everything. So they left it up to us to adapt and change as time goes on, and if that means that we go to war with a pissant country because he's supporting abject hated of our homeland so be it. You see it breaks down like this: Pop quiz..... There is a man across an ocean threatening our way of life, he's angry, he calls us scoundrels, and he amasses an army. He supports an attack on us in the very homes we've built and worked hard for. He oppresses his own people with an iron fist, and routinely threatens his neighbors. Name this man. Sounds simple.. Golly gee sheriff, that be that thar Sedamm Hussmain, right?
Wrong... I just described King George the Third, the very man we won our independence from..... How’d you do on the test? Answer me that, then yell at me about patriotism, and tell me I'm a baby killer for defending your rights. Believe me, the Tomahawks are coming; I just hope if I have to save the world, I like the way it is when I do.
-T
1. Looking back on history, there hasn't been a single conflict that hasn't had a sufficient amount of outcry from the general populace calling for non-involvement. In some cases the leading force was right in it's decision to establish conflict, (During the Revolutionary War, anti-war protests were disbanded by tar-and-feather parties. Anyone wanna go back and change their bet now?) And in some cases, the people's voice is that of better judgment (look at Prince John's exploits before the English commonwealth stood up, bitch slapped him and showed up with a piece of paper titled the Magna Charta.. a document still used in governing bodies today). Either or, the primary function of any progressing society has shifted in the past 100 years from an introverted point of discovery (such as the industrial revolutions in the early 1900's) to an external mockery of other societies through commercial and idealistic notions of meglomanical proportions. Nothing wrong with it, just realize that our institutional modes also have to change from advancement to defensive and in that medium falls the word of the day...war. Disagreement and hatred are nothing new, but for some reason, as of late, it seems everyone with a voice is under the impression that theirs is the voice that matters, and therefore will consistently be correct. Oh, and they must remind us of it at every opportunity. Well, with three billion people screaming their ideals (some thousands of years old) it makes nothing more than noise. So, what do we do, we get something that makes more noise than those voices. Escalation occurs, and pretty soon we have four or five people screaming at each other just as loud as the billions from earlier.... where did the others go? They're hiding underground, because the ones yelling all have their hands on buttons.
2. Now, first of all Fuck the French. Their opinion means about as much to me as a supporter of American Activities as Jerry Falwell's does. The current political system in Farce (not a typo) is as follows: drink wine. Flip off Americans. Date hairy legged women, call them exotic and Mediterranean. Drink more wine. Suck off half the planet to keep the rest of the planet's stray dogs from conquering and pissing all over our beloved Paris. Dlink mope win. Reformat European currency so we always end up ahead. Ddriknnkie.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
3. Germany: I'm all for second chances, even thirds, but do you really want to trust a country so whipped in stature they would be willing to kowtow to ANY power simply to avoid possible repercussion? We may need German money to help finance (every penny in the kitty is a bullet, right?) but at what degrading cost to us. Leave the Krauts to their beer swilling sausage-eating ways. If they get uppity, well, we whipped their ass twice, why not go for the Triple Crown...
4. The United Nations: toughie... If we decide to blow them off and go off on our own we'll look like an overzealous child, refusing to ask permission in favor of possibly begging forgiveness. Guess what, in this case, we lit a match in the darkness...and only found a powder keg. And no one at the UN seems to be listening to the fact that if we don't get the fuck out of the cave, and fast, we're going to end up at the ACME labs requesting a refund for those Wyle E. Coyote matches they sold us. When you're in the right, you're in the right, and I honestly believe that the UN is trying to be passé about this just enough to keep Saddam down, like a mongrel puppy who's trying to eat from your table. Except this puppy has sharp teeth and won't hesitate to bite your leg and chew through your shoe if he doesn't get to eat the whole damn turkey.
5. And finally, the American people: Christ, we are a country of movers and shakers, as diverse as we are populous. Just look at television if you want an example... Overseas, (England and Japan for me) carries one maybe two basic channels. We have over 500. Our attempt at keeping our goop of a melting pot swimming in some sort of the same direction. We have millions of citizens will billions of ideas on what is right and wrong. See, that's the beauty of what our founding fathers did. They may be a bunch of rich dead white guys, but they were also great men. And they knew the one thing all great men know: They didn't know everything. So they left it up to us to adapt and change as time goes on, and if that means that we go to war with a pissant country because he's supporting abject hated of our homeland so be it. You see it breaks down like this: Pop quiz..... There is a man across an ocean threatening our way of life, he's angry, he calls us scoundrels, and he amasses an army. He supports an attack on us in the very homes we've built and worked hard for. He oppresses his own people with an iron fist, and routinely threatens his neighbors. Name this man. Sounds simple.. Golly gee sheriff, that be that thar Sedamm Hussmain, right?
Wrong... I just described King George the Third, the very man we won our independence from..... How’d you do on the test? Answer me that, then yell at me about patriotism, and tell me I'm a baby killer for defending your rights. Believe me, the Tomahawks are coming; I just hope if I have to save the world, I like the way it is when I do.
-T