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Written by BooYa
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 09:09 |
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Once upon a time, here in the land of the politically un-ignorant American (quite obviously long
ago), the television portion of the media understood it's role in our lives to be that of an
unbiased, yet diligently concerned bearer of truth. We were brought local, national, and even
some decent international news in the familiar tone of our preferred reporters and newscasters,
often authoritative yet softly comforting like that of a caring father or trusted teacher. An
impressively underappreciated range of influence silently drawing people of all ages, ethnicities,
levels of education, sexual orientations, religions and all other conceivable socially distinctive
groups together to focus on their perfect smile each and every broadcast. The standard bearers of
televised journalism would know no bounds in bringing us truth and offering us the tools we needed
for justice to the full extent of their ability. Then somewhere along the way, Americans own need
for sensationalism, the inherent power of money interests, and the unwavering pull of drama
achieved through foregoing political debate in favor of what can only be described as pubescent
argumentation took over and made it, well, yucky.
I believe that very moment in which this unfortunate path was started upon was the infamously
slow-speed chase of that white Ford Bronco. One moment we're minding our own business, seeking
quality news the few times of day it's available...then poof, news is on every hour of every day,
sensationalism is embraced, truth is secondary to drama, Greta Van Susterin is allowed to be seen
in public, and the sanctity of the media is irrevocably, heinously violated. Naturally as this
has progressed people have been drawn into their own self-flagellating battles to seek whatever
small piece of this perceived excitement possible. From outlandish talk shows focused on
humiliation, to social experiments disguised as reality television, we've been so willingly fed
the means to find such ridiculous forms of short-lived notoriety that we take solace in the
comfort of them as acievements.
There comes a point where someone must answer the call of fate and draw the attention of the
people to the core of the problem, exposing them to the true nature of it's purpose. To awaken
them from the ignorance induced stupor and sheperd them through the valley of darkness as a true
leader, protecting them from even their own weakness of mind. That time is here and yet we wait.
We sit idly, some of us hoping for change, some of us mercifully unaware of the reality around us,
others still denying the infinite importance of this time in history being ours to navigate, a
fatally simplistic effort to hold on to the blessing that ignorance can be.
When we get to the point in time where Al Gore can convince so many that the natural cycles of the
earth are caused by its inhabitants, and when a man can win the nobel prize mostly on oratory
skill, we need to correct course post haste. It's letting it go much too far when the people we
elect to carry out our will are too wrapped up in campaigning full-time to actually govern and
legislate. It's beyond reason that our chosen leaders are able only to point out the faults of
colleagues instead of offer alternate ways to fix the problems they're busy blaming on anyone with
a different party affiliation. It has gotten to the point where American politics is no longer
about the discussion or debate, it is about the disagreement and the differences.
Clearly, now, it is time for us as a body of people to defend the sanctity of what could once be
called the Representative Democratic Government of the American People. It is time to make it
clear to those benefitting from our current collective idiocy that we deserve and demand more. It
is time for them to hear that We deserve appropriate effective representation, and we demand the
inherent servitude from them that true American democracy was meant to have from its elected
citizens. Step up or step aside, move away from that which you have taken greedily, give back
what is ours and what by your own selfishness you have wordlessly declared yourself incapable of
due to moral incompetency.
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2012 - My not so humble review |
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Written by BooYa
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:39 |
2012...
There has never been a more disastrous use of 200 million dollars in the history
of entertainment. Roland Emerick seems very intent on doing his best to follow
10,000 BC with something not only worse, but infinitely more terrible. From the
very beginning you have the sense that you are about to go down a path that you
will never fully make it back from. A piece, or more if you're unlucky, of your
soul will be left behind, weeping, pared from you with the sharp blade of ultimate
sorrow after this film.
This horridly overfunded visual orgy of special effects fails to ever offer much of
a story or even the sense of closeness to the characters that most modern dramas
strive to establish. If at any point Mr. Emerick attempted to tell a story, or
give depth to what we were seeing on-screen, he failed to ever establish any
traction. We learn that the main character (played by the less-than-believable
uber hero John Cusack) is a professionally underperforming writer, that his daugter's
only contribution to the movie is that she still at 7 wets herself, and that noone
could ever be more capable of outrunning armageddon than him...Next, enter armageddon.
The ensuing formula to the storyline is: Armageddon chases writer, nearest vehicle
whether it be limosuine, camper, small airplane etc, helps writer outrun armageddon,
writer catches breath, and repeat. Through all of this we are treated to some nicely
done special effects moments of heinous destruction. Yes that is one of two tally
marks on the 'positive' column for this movie, the other being that the final credits
have rolled.
If a below average aspiring teenage film director was able to talk someone out of 200
million dollars, and make a film with it...it would look a lot like this. If, as a fan
of filmmaking you prefer an approach that skips strong plot, skips plot development,
skips substance, skips character endearment, and focuses all funding on special effects...
you will absolutely love this movie. Otherwise, spare yourself the humiliation of being
one of the anecdotal x-amount of people who wasted the money.
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The passion of the Black Jesus |
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Written by BooYa
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Friday, 07 August 2009 08:40 |
Everyone, as we're told, is human and therefore will have shortcomings, or failings, or even inabilities.
Throughout history people have wanted to point at others and see them as perfect though. Whether it was
Lennon, Reagan, Kennedy, Jordan, or Oprah, people have always wanted someone to look to as the modern messiah.
Some bask in this and use the opportunity to marinate themselves in the glory until the inevitable
messianic complex develops. Some fight it or deny it trying to keep their bearings and personality intact.
Most often these people have been musicians, or athletes, but more recently we've collectively, albeit
likely unconsciously, decided that our current Godlike adoration belongs with a politician. Mr Obama, the
Obamessiah, is just the man for such a job. Just the person our collectively frail psyche needs to look to
for perfect leadership of hope. We eat and eat greedily from that buffet of false hope feeding as if we're
starved. We walk along as lemmings willfully betraying our ingrained need for individuality and self
importance in favor of the high we get from feeling love and adoration for whomever we decide to errantly
throw it upon.
I ask now, rhetorically, what happens when that super duper image of perfection starts to fade to us. When
we start to lose our false impression. When we see through the dream we've insisted upon seeing and are
shown the reality that our object of desire is just as human and real as the rest of us.
I know that many were ready for change, that many needed the metaphorical savior to change our outlook
on life, yet why have they insisted upon foregoing reality for the sake of that icky warm feeling?
A lesson that has been repeated many times and will be repeated many more. We cannot falsify reality
and expect anything less than disappointment. Our commander-in-chief, the Black Jesus himself, is
walking that path of disappointment, now, that we all set him upon, and has no other option at this point
than to turn his sights to the next task: fail as intended.
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The sweet love of extremely late term abortion |
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Written by BooYa
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 07:59 |
So the new uproar with the House leadership's health care bill is that it
contains a "hidden mandate" that would allow taxpayer dollars to be used to
pay for abortions. This bill does not mention at all abortion, and though
supporters claim that this makes the bill neutral, opponents say that this
lack of mention is precisely what leaves the door open for opportunity.
Without specific language expressly forbidding the public coverage from
covering abortions, this group of renegade democrats say that these
mini manslaughters would undoubtedly be funded and that this will negate
any chance for their support. With Mrs. Pelosi at the helm, this ridiculous
minority of metaphorical womb-huggers will have little support from the
rank-and-file elite of their particular side of the aisle. We can assume
that had it been Al Gore at the helm, he would have deftly blamed global
warming on unborn babies and abortion would not only be a right but it would
become mandatory before the next full moon.
I see a completely different solution to todays political dissention and
general calamity of decency within all American political bodies. Marrying
the goverment body and abortion in a way never seen before. I propose we are,
as Americans, given the right to abort the very politicians that spread
through our daily lives like a terrible uncurable virus.
With a simple majority, a half plus one popular vote, we could all choose a
better representation of what values and choices are truly desired by us.
In this scenario, liberals would have had their wish years ago and run
the intensely vile George W. Bush from office. They would have had their
opportunity to cure the ills of our country and likely the world...failed
and the cycle would have naturally run itself albeit much faster than normal.
Though conservatives cannot yet claim that this system would rid their lives
of the ever-smiling, shit pile of glee that is the Obamessiah, they can
take comfort that here in this third week of July 2009, his approval rating
is exactly one percentage point below that of his predecessor at the same
point in his tenure as talking head for the American people. Right there
just below good ol' George W. Somewhere below George Sr. even.
Though in this day and age every politician who was within the acceptable
timeframe of allowable abortion would undoubtedly be coat-hangered to death,
the option would be sweet sweet poison to many, drank willingly and wildly
for the ironic sake of self preservation.
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Six degrees of liberal fault |
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Written by BooYa
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 08:33 |
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon is a book and game based on the concept of what is called the small world phenomenon
and assumes that anyone in hollywood can be linked to Kevin Bacon within Six steps. I propose that the same idea
can be applied to placing blame onto the cumulative which I refer to as 'liberals'
In modern american politics liberals have become the exact opposite of what they intend and profess to be.
Liberals in their most basic beliefs, claim to favor individual liberty and oppose restrictions on liberty
whether from religion, government regulation, or class structure. Todays American liberal is what is most
accurately called a 'social liberal', one which supports social programs, progressive taxes and a very broad
concept of what is a right. A very large proportion of these social liberals take this further, to a point
where the majority are experiencing an erosion of rights so that the 'minority' or in most cases 'the ones
who cry loudest' can enjoy the things they want.
Classic Liberalism was once defined by statements from the likes of Henry David Thoreau
- "that government is best which governs least." Though now we have more of the build it bigger because the
idiots cannot do it themselves approach from our elected liberals.
Taking the time to spell it all out here would be quite ridiculous, but it would only be fair to give a
bit of a push by way of example, and not even the easy one of Al Gore causing global warming so that he
could valiantly break the news to us in mock despair.
Darfur... The civil war in Darfur is clearly the fault of liberals.
1.The civil war in Darfur is an ethnic war as opposed to a religious war as previous wars in the region..
2.Liberals find ethnicity a much more acceptable topic than religion.
3.When the conflict began on Feb 2 2003, liberals were still stinging from Republican gain of control in the US Senate
4.Liberals needed a sufficient distraction from their own excessive idiocy.
5.Liberals created a civil war in a foreign country.
Infallable logic. Ridiculous political ideology. Whatever the problem, be assured you can find the connection
to why it is the fault of the liberals.
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