Psych0t
01-21-2008, 02:11 PM
The American Revolution started because of 10-15% US citizens, who think much like ourselves. History repeats it's self, albeit in different or strange ways. Although we are widely ignored and criticized, we have power. We have more power than any of those large media corporations news anchors or reporters. I'm not suggesting that a group of people should dump oil off of the coast of Boston, but something of great measure and protest against the US is bound to happen soon, and it will partly be because of the US's self-imploding economy.
Our message can be heard and understood. The message Paul offers is not something the average working American can hear due to the blackout, and when it is heard it is not something that may sound interesting or understandable when first heard. Why is this so? Maybe it's because of the media bias. The average American knows that Fox's O'Reilley is highly conservative, but they do know about his perpetual lies, therefor they wouldn't think he's lying, even if proof is piled against him. Or maybe it's because the people working at Fox don't understand what's being said, or are paid to omit details. In any event, a large chunk of the US's population believes that there's only two things they can trust; their paycheck and the news turned on every night at 7 o'clock to be accurate and true (or fair and balanced).
Soon enough, there will be a man amidst the chaos who will rally the people together. Remember that scene from "Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves" when Azeem puts everything in to perspective to a panicking crowd, and rallies the entire population, in that instance, to rebel against the evil Sherrif of Nottingham? Something like that needs to happen, when his (Paul's) voice is heard by an entire population at once, and not just heard as fortune cookie wisdom.
I leave the end of this little rant open to the rest of you. Propose what needs to be done so Paul's message is understood and heard all at once, and how we can help. Sending e-mails and talking to answering machines can only do so much. We can take control and help him out further by taking a different approach.
Our message can be heard and understood. The message Paul offers is not something the average working American can hear due to the blackout, and when it is heard it is not something that may sound interesting or understandable when first heard. Why is this so? Maybe it's because of the media bias. The average American knows that Fox's O'Reilley is highly conservative, but they do know about his perpetual lies, therefor they wouldn't think he's lying, even if proof is piled against him. Or maybe it's because the people working at Fox don't understand what's being said, or are paid to omit details. In any event, a large chunk of the US's population believes that there's only two things they can trust; their paycheck and the news turned on every night at 7 o'clock to be accurate and true (or fair and balanced).
Soon enough, there will be a man amidst the chaos who will rally the people together. Remember that scene from "Robin Hood: The Prince of Thieves" when Azeem puts everything in to perspective to a panicking crowd, and rallies the entire population, in that instance, to rebel against the evil Sherrif of Nottingham? Something like that needs to happen, when his (Paul's) voice is heard by an entire population at once, and not just heard as fortune cookie wisdom.
I leave the end of this little rant open to the rest of you. Propose what needs to be done so Paul's message is understood and heard all at once, and how we can help. Sending e-mails and talking to answering machines can only do so much. We can take control and help him out further by taking a different approach.