Helmet - Milquetoast

Alice In Chains - Would?

The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings

Right now in this country we have a problem. One side calls it this and one side calls it that... and then you have those who are far too busy with their routines to really pay attention. The issue with that is a simple one: It means many folks are getting all their information from a specific kind of machine. This machine has to keep running on the fuel our minds provide. You see, propaganda, half-truths, all out lies maybe mixed in with a tad bit of truth all serve a purpose and that is to keep the people wired, tired, and in need of entertainment and.... things without a pulse. In this country we ingest more booze, smoke more cigarettes, watch and gamble on more sports, incarcerate the most people... of any other nation on the planet. We pay our teachers Nothing and now we have citizens so far out there, so far in the abyss of propaganda and pure darkness that they are actually getting behind the idea of arming every teacher in the classroom. Do they do that in Russia? China? Now, right here in the land of the free and the home of the brave we are constructing a wall that will keep out dangerous criminals. I am hearing so much moaning and groaning over The Second Amendment and the implications of doing something on a federal level to somehow control the misuse of weapons that are designed for one thing and one thing only... to strip away human flesh from the bones that hold it upright. Once you cut through layer after layer of horseshit, you find one thing to be at the heart of it all... money! Another kid uses a weapon designed for murder and war kills 17 kids at their own school and wounds a number of others. I watched a bit of the news and saw two politicians from Florida talking about porn being more dangerous than assault weapons. Well, the issue with such a statement is the fact that porn is like an apple while ar15 mowing down 17 kids in a public school is most definitely not an apple. They were fast talkers and could probably sell a raspberry snow-cone to a woman with white gloves. Again, once you get past the bullshit, it comes down to the money and revenue streams in the billions. Fear sells guns... turn your fucking television off!

For a small portion of the population, the journey to finding the self is a long one. The reason it is so difficult to find is because we all walk into the very same trap. The moment we cross that line, our objectives, our motivations, and our vision of ourselves and our place in this world is altered forever. And with that alteration comes the removal of the dream, the drive, and the motivations of youth (killing or setting aside the id). We search our entire adult lives for those moments that remind us of our more imaginative years... where all the dreams and ideas had their beginning.

The Fixx - Stand Or Fall -- HQ Audio - LYRICS

Simply put, it just means the corporation is a person and he dictates the basic policy structure through the lobby and to the government. The government then acts on that corporation (person's behalf). Profit is the number one motivator. The harmony they sell, the patriotism, is just a small part of keeping the whole thing together. It's not an evil conspiracy. It's just what happens, historically speaking. In a real sense then, it can be said that we are no longer a democracy of the people, by the people, and for the people. Well, that's not necessarily true now is it? I suppose in some ways television is the thing that keeps everything together and broken apart so beautifully. Without the illusion, we have nothing of what we think we have and everything we don't.