AN INSURRECTION OF ONE

Carrying right along from my previous posts on the false humility and self serving “charity” of our modern society, last night I watched a film called “God Bless America”. At first glance it would seem to be a simple “B” movie advocating “spree killings” and random acts of violence. It is not for the kids as the language and gore are pretty edgy. However the underlying message is quite important. It is one that advocates a return to sanity.

One line really caught my attention, “What is the point of having a civilisation, if we all act uncivilised?”

The film luminates how badly we all act and reminds us of how we got there; which inherently tells us how we could quite easily return to a more civilised state.

According to “God Bless America” we have become rude, cruel, insensitive and approaching the same stage of barbarity that typified the final demise of the Roman Empire.

The irony is that the film (which is hoping to be distributed by the media industry) lays the blame in good part at the feet of that same media industry; at the terrible level of debasement that the TV industry presents us with; at our glorification of celebrities who lie, cheat and act desperately immoral to retain their status as heroes of our debased culture – the film stars, reality actors, politicians and the rude,cruel and foul mouthed talk show hosts who promote racism, hatred and violence in the name of false patriotism and self endorsement. The heroes of the film, at first glance, can be seen as stereotypical “anti heroes” in the footsteps of “Dick and Jane” or “Thelma and Louise”, in fact they even try to emulate “Bonny and Clyde” at one stage. But the message is clear at the end, our heroes are acting immorally. They are in no way representative of the original Greek tragedy  ”Anti heroes”. Which raises the contention of who are the real bad guys? The phony, rude, insensitive and morally debased society which surrounds them, or our “heroes”.

We no longer value morality, sensitivity, pathos or pity. We glorify only psuedo charity, infamy, cruelty and ruthlessness. Unless this slide into emotional and physical barbarity comes to an end, the film’s unanswered question will become our epitaph. ”What is the point of having a civilisation, if we all act uncivilised?”

Yesterday was “MaundayThursday”.  A tradition that dates back to the infamous ”last supper” and a time when Jesus showed his humility by washing the feet of his gang.  I like the story and the message it conveys.

But to refresh the absurd notion that she is Queen by divine right, and in a manufactured allusion of her connection to the infamous “Last Supper”, Lizzie two doshed out money this “Maunday Thursday” to a few “deserving people”. People she didn’t even know and who were chosen by her myriad and overpaid staff.   She dished out little red and blue bags of money in a ceremony that cost thousands. All that pomp and ceremony to emulate and insinuate herself and her grandiose aspiration with an act of modesty and humility. How come her majesty didn’t bend her royal knees and wash the feet of the poor like the carpenter’s lad did? What a crock!

It worries me how we as a species can manage to debauch even the greatest of ideals into something that is so self serving and debased.

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Welcome to the world of “Chicago Economics” This was a school of economic thought that lifted its ugly head in the fifties and sixties. Basically it decried that Governments were not there to help their populations, but only to ensure that the country is viable economically. Toward this end its mandate was to reduce social spending to the lowest level possible, privatize everything it could and allow and encourage international corporations a free and unregulated run at the exploitation of those countries resources. If these objectives were reached, “Chicago Economics” would allow a “free market” that would self regulate itself to a point at which supply and demand would produce an economically utopian society for its population. If wages were lower, the cost of production could also be lowered. If production costs were lower, the retail price of both commodities and consumer goods would also be lower. The consumers could consume more and the producers could then produce more. This would result in a self regulating economic environment that would eventually lead to the “Chicago Economics” mantra of a utopian economic society. The one drawback to this philosophy however, was that in order to attain this “State of Economic Grace” and allow the new global economy to bring us all this peace and prosperity, there would have to be no interference from governments, trade unions, environmental protection agencies or any other office that had an interest or concern in the well being of its fellow citizens. The international corporations would … Continue reading →

This is the day after I got my latest Hydro bill. And yes, I’m pissed off! Why should my monthly hydro bill be the same as my OAS pension when the head of BC hydro gives himself a one million dollar bonus for providing me with “an affordable and reliable service”? ‎ Why should I face increases of 7% for hydro, 20% for fuel and 40% for ferries? All to pay for “public commission” bonuses and salaries. The people of BC own their own resources, not the non-elected executives of “public commissions”, nor the government. They are only there to provide SERVICE to the people. They are not there to make a profit, nor to fund their own lifestyles. Unless the government starts to put the PEOPLE before THE ECONOMY, there will be no economy! Yes I am p******d off at being told I should turn the heat down or spend thousands for a heat pump so that non-elected executives can turn theirs up! If my hydro bill is average at 400 a month and the average household is four people, that makes each BC resident’s average hydro bill $100 per person per month. According to BC Stats the population of BC is 5 million people. That means that BC hydro’s income (public commission-read individual non-elected people) is 500 million dollars EVERY MONTH. That makes 6 BILLION dollars every year! This means that the government makes almost ¾ of a billion dollars in HST revenue every year. No wonder no-one … Continue reading →

The justice system of this country is designed to create and administer the rules and regulations that keep us all safe within our society.  It has to be impartial in its judgments. “Blind justice”, that is to say the equal rules that apply to us all, is the cornerstone of this system. In fact that is why the justice system exists. It is there to stop any one person, or groups of people, from administering their own view of what they feel is right and what is wrong. The policing system of this country is designed to act only upon the orders of that judicial system. They are there to administer the apprehension of anyone whom the judicial system feels has transgressed the rules and regulations of our society. They are a subjugate arm of that judicial system. If the judicial system ascertains that someone is breaking the law, then the policing system is assigned the duty of apprehending that person. That apprehension can include an investigation of the person, inquiries into their circumstances, a search for evidence and whatever other means the police have at their disposal to ensure that the judicial system can do what it is supposed to do; to keep us all safe from the bad guys. To facilitate all of this poking about into the lives of its suspect citizens, the police often have to break existing laws, especially when it comes to privacy. Obviously such breaches are required at times. But to make sure … Continue reading →

I’m reno’ing my house. It’s sixty years old with no insulation. Too cold and too expensive to heat! Anyway I’m ripping off the wallboard from the inside as the outside is very old cedar siding and difficult to find. In my walls so far, I have found about two dollars and a few cents, an old hammer and some newspapers from the seventies. Boy, were things cheap then! At least that’s what the old classifieds tell me!  And then I  found a couple of what seem to be very old military “Swagger Sticks” . Treasure!
So I was wondering if anyone else had found anything interesting in their walls? A couple of friends told me that whoever built their place saved themselves a dump run or two by pushing all the old wallboard back into the cavity! Anyone got any dead bodies or antiques or anything ? Oh! dead mice don’t count unfortunately. Let me know what you have found or register (email addie) to comment,sorry, I had a spam problem, and I will write up a list of your treasures with credits or trackbacks if you like…

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This is not Canadian behavior. Who are you and what have you done with my Canada? By closing our eyes and accepting the legalized use of torture by our supposed allies we have lowered ourselves to a normative moral level of cowardly societal behavior that is comparable to that of pre Second World War Germany. Public Safety Minister Toews said last week that “Information obtained by torture is always discounted. But the problem is, can one safely ignore it when Canadian lives and property are at stake?” He is not stipulating the use of torture directly by Canadians of course, only that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service should use such information, extracted from the victims of torture, to  ”make the protection of life and property its overriding priority “.  Overriding what? Our natural repugnance at the knowledge that we are being “protected” by intelligence gleaned from countries that use torture as a normalized procedure of interrogation?  Toews’ statements contradict the stance the Canadian government took on torture in 2009, when it said information gathered through torture should never be used. If we do (ever) make use of this information, then how can we  ethically criticize any other country for using such methods? This is not just turning a blind eye to the use of torture, it is a clear signal that we as Canadians approve of such barbarity. This is not Canadian behavior. By turning our heads away from such behavior we have successfully drowned out the sounds of our own … Continue reading →

…As an addendum to the previous post “The Way of the Dodo”…

I‘m busy renovating my house. Today I’m an electrician. I like to have the TV or something blaring as I work. But this stopped me in my tracks! On CTV on the talking head news channel (70?)  they were announcing a new segment (after the ***** commercial of course). The segment was to be titled:

“If Israel attacks Iran, how will that affect your portfolio and the market?”

Think about it folks! Think about it! Am I wrong? Has money taken over everything to the point where a whole lot of people have forgotten what is important ?

Back to the wiring ….

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