Done With Your Lies

It ain't complicated

Well, I've grown to hate it

I never liked the taste of crow but baby I ate it

They tried to warn me

They said that you were ornery

So don't bring me those big brown eyes and tell me that you're sorry

Well you might as well throw gasoline on a fire

The way you lie

You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man's floor

Well, You lie like a coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch

It just comes way too natural to you

The way you lie

Who Is Barack Obama?

Where are the old Obama girlfriends?

Think about this and see if there's anything here you don't believe.

I hadn't thought about this - but where are Obama's... past girlfriends, surely he had at least one?

No past girl friends popping up anywhere?

Strange - strange to the point of being downright weird!

OK, this is just plain old common sense, no political agendas for either side.

Just common knowledge for citizens of a country, especially American citizens, who know every little tidbit about every other president (and their wives) that even know that Andrew Jackson's wife smoked a corn cob pipe and was accused of adultery, or that Lincoln never went to school or Kennedy wore a back brace, or Truman played the piano.

We are Americans!

Our media vets these things out! We are known for our humanitarian interests and caring for our 'fellow man.'

We care, but none of us know one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president.

March On Washington - 50 Years Later

Today, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the the historic March on Washington, tens of thousands of people crowded the streets along the reflection pond, and up to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. and demanded action on voting rights, economic and social justice.

Fifty years ago, the marchers were able to break unprecedented filibusters and obstructions to force Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.

In the past few years and even months, these same rights have come under attack, from the Supreme Court to places like Texas and North Carolina.

These attacks include restrictive ID requirements, which would limit early voting and cause long lines on Election Day, and voting districts designed to dilute voters' voices. Across the country, people will not be able to exercise their most fundamental right to vote if you don't take action now and tell Congress to act.

A Sad Day For All Americans

A military judge has sentenced Army whistleblower Bradley Manning to 35 years. Below are comments from legal and human rights organizations:

The Center for Constitutional Rights:

We are outraged that a whistleblower and a patriot has been sentenced on a conviction under the Espionage Act. The government has stretched this archaic and discredited law to send an unmistakable warning to potential whistleblowers and journalists willing to publish their information. We can only hope that Manning’s courage will continue to inspire others who witness state crimes to speak up.

This show trial was a frontal assault on the First Amendment, from the way the prosecution twisted Manning’s actions to blur the distinction between whistleblowing and spying to the government’s tireless efforts to obstruct media coverage of the proceedings.

 

Peaceful Warrior

Dan Millman has it all: good grades, a shot at the Olympic team on the rings and girls lining up for the handsome Berkeley college athlete all teams mates look up to with envy.

Only one man shakes his confidence, an anonymous night gas station attendant, who like Socrates, keeps questioning every assumption in his life.

Then a traffic crash shatters Dan's legs, and his bright future. Now Socrates's life coaching is to make or break Dan's revised ambition.

That is what this movie is all about, breaking free from all the misconceptions we have and living in the moment, a moment that is rich with all the things we think are missing and in actuality are present in every heartbeat, so close and in our face that most of us miss it.

Ethics vs Morals

Ethics and morals both relate to “right” and “wrong” conduct. 

However, ethics refer to the series of rules provided to an individual by an external source.  

On the other hand, morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong.

Ethics

>>The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.  

Social system — It defines how thing are according to the rules. 

External source — Society says it is the right thing to do. 

Anonymous - PRISM & Edward Snowden

Greetings citizens of the world, we are Anonymous. 

For many years now, we have warned the citizens of the world about the threats that government pose to the freedoms of the internet. Over this period of time many people have woken up to the lies told by government officials and now understand the importance of keeping the internet open and free for all to use.

The events that have transpired over the recent days have proven, indisputably, that the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom are trying with all effort possible to monitor the internet. 

You might ask us, if not to fight terrorism, what are they looking for? 

The governments of the world are corrupted to the core, by greed and lust, intoxicated by power, they fear losing this power to the people. Let us look at this secret spy system:

Prism, and its apparent effectiveness. 

It has failed to stop terrorism, but has succeeded in monitoring everyone in the world, even law abiding citizens.

Tolerance vs Acceptance

It seems to me that many people have fallen into a comfortable space whereas they are starting to toss around these new buzz words, "tolerate"  and "acceptance" like loose change rolling off their tongues.

But what does it buy?  A hope for equality?

Tolerance is defined by Dictionary as:

1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from an understanding

Acceptance is defined as:

2. favorable reception; approval; favor through understanding.

Bradley Manning Statement

"First, your honor,  I want to start off with an apology. I am sorry that my actions hurt people.  

I'm sorry I hurt the United States. 

At the time of my decisions, as you know, I was dealing with a lot of issues, issues that are ongoing and continuing to affect me. Although a considerable difficulty in my life, these issues are not an excuse for my actions. 

I understood what I was doing, and decisions I made. However, I did not fully appreciate the broader effects of my actions. 

Those factors are clear to me now, through both self-refection during my confinement in various forms, and through the merits and sentencing testimony that I have seen here. 

I am sorry for the uintentended consequences of my actions. When I made these decisions I believed I was going to help people, not hurt people. 

The Moon: An Unexplained Phenomenon

Here is a collection of interesting quotes from scientists, authors, researchers, NASA insiders and star-gazers relating to the enigmatic and often inexplicable nature of the moon:

Isaac Asimov, Author, Professor of Biochemistry at Boston University  

"We cannot help but come to the conclusion that the Moon by rights ought not to be there. The fact that it is, is one of the strokes of luck almost too good to accept… Small planets, such as Earth, with weak gravitational fields, might well lack satellites… … In general then, when a planet does have satellites, those satellites are much smaller than the planet itself. Therefore, even if the Earth has a satellite, there would be every reason to suspect… that at best it would be a tiny world, perhaps 30 miles in diameter. But that is not so. Earth not only has a satellite, but it is a giant satellite, 2160 miles in diameter. How is it then, that tiny Earth has one? Amazing."

"The Moon, which has no atmosphere and no magnetic field, is basically a freak of nature"

A Wake

I need love

You need love

Give me love

And I'll give you my love

They say thirty is the new twenty

And twenty is the new thirty shit I guess

Makes sense, cause fifteen year olds seem twenty

And twenty five year olds seem ten

I used to drink away my paycheck

Celebrate the mistakes I hadn't made yet

Our generation isn't the best on safe sex

We forget the latex, becoming Planned Parenthood patients

Synthetic heroin is the new basehead

So much to escape, fuck a straight edge

Walk around looking through a fake lens

Apps this good, who's got time to make friends?

I wish I didn't care

If cynical hispters with long hair

And cocaine problems, like my music

It's not my issue, I can't solve it

I Took The Bull By Her Horns

There's a side to you

that I never knew

                             never knew

All the things you'd say

they were never true

                           never true

And the games you play

you would always win

                              always win

But I set fire to the rain

watched it pour as I touched your face

Well, it burned while I cried

'Cause I heard it screaming out your name

                                   your name!

But I set fire to the rain

Mass Suicide Of Indigenous Tribes

Guarani-Kaiowás are an indigenous people of Paraguay, the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul and northeastern Argentina.

In Brazil, they inhabit Nhande Ru Marangatu, an area of tropical rainforest. 

This was declared a reservation in October 2004. 

They are one of the three Guaraní sub-groups (the others are Ñandeva and Mbya).

Guaraní alongside Spanish is the official language in the latter country.

The Guarani were one of the first peoples contacted after Europeans arrived in South America around 500 years ago.

They mainly live in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, and is estimated that more than 30,000 Guaranis live in Brazil, and in Paraguay the numbers reach about 40,000, making them the country’s most numerous tribe; not to mention thousands that live in neighboring Bolivia and Argentina.

I Met The Walrus

I was 14 in 1969 when John Lennon mysteriously appeared in Toronto. 

My world revolved around The Beatles and John was my hero.  

I instinctively knew that I had to find him, and more importantly, talk with him.

So I skipped school and made my trek at 7:00 a.m. to a hotel I guessed he would stay in, went to the top floor, knocked on every door and woke a lot of disgruntled people. 

A cleaning lady asked,

“Are you looking for the Beatle?”

I said yes and she told me where he was. 

Reclaim Your Mind

Catalyst to say what has never been said.

To see what has never been seen.

To draw, paint, sing, sculpt, dance and act what has never before been done.

To push the envelope of creativity and language. And what’s really important is:

I call it the ‘felt presence of direct experience.'

Which is a fancy term which just simply means we have to stop consuming our culture.

Letter To Bill Gates

Dear Bill Gates,

How are you? 

It's really great that you are using your billions to save lives with all those vaccines.

Wasn't it weird about all those areas of India where the polio vaccines linked to your foundation, were widely administered, just so happened to end up with 47,500 paralyzed children.

I don't know if it's true since the TV news won't report on it, it's kind of like it doesn't exist.

The french news paper La Voix du Nord reported on new meningitis vaccine; again linked to your foundation, that paralyzed at least 50 children in Chad, Africa.

Must be a lot more cost effective to spend billions on vaccines rather than just a few million on healthy food, clean water and sanitation.

Bananas!*

I know this is long overdue, but I just got around to watching the documentary BANANAS!*.  No, not the early Woody Allen classic, but a campaigning documentary from Swedish film-maker Fredrik Gertten. 

A new wave of class-action lawsuits is being taken out against the Dole Food Company, which for decades used controversial chemicals on their banana plantations in Nicaragua, causing sterility among male workers. 

This documentary allows you, the viewer, to ponder the possibility that this is a lawyers' gold rush, but the employers' complacency and defensiveness tell their own story. 

It seems that US corporations may be reaping a whirlwind of litigation from developing-world communities in Latin America for years to come, and like the cigarette companies, they will fight it every step of the way. 

What a prospect.

The Revolution Of Values

The real revolution, is the revolution of values.

Human society appears centuries behind in the way that it operates, and hence what it values.

If we wish to progress and solve the mounting problems at hand, and in affect reverse what is an accelerating decline in our civilization in many ways.

We need to change the way we think about ourselves and hence the world we inhabit.

The Zeitgeist Movements central task is to work to bring this value shift to light.

Unifiying the human family with the basic perspective that we all share this small planet, and we are all bound by the same natural order of laws, that is realized by the method of science.

This common ground understanding that stems much farther than many have understood in the past.

The symbiosis of the human species and the synergistic relationship of our place in the physical world confirms that we are not separate entities of any respect, and that the new societal awakening must show a working social model that has arrived at, from this inherient logic if we expect to prosper in the long term.

We can align or we can suffer, it's up to us.

Related Articles

Thoughts From Within

Nobody Is Smarter Than You

The Illusory Nature Of The Self

From the creator of the Zeitgeist film trilogy , Peter Joseph. Interpretation and transcription by Phoenix Aquua

Rachel Parent Owns Ignorant Kevin O'Leary

Her name is Rachel Parent, and she's suddenly an internet sensation for her cool-headed debate about GMOs on a popular Canadian TV show.

(She's also the founder of the Kids Right to Know GMO Walk) As you'll see in the video below, Rachel calmly argues for the basic human right to know what's in our food, even as the condescending bully of a host named Kevin O'Leary verbally assaults the girl and practically accuses her of murdering children.

During the debate, Kevin O'Leary, co-host of the The Lang And O'Leary Exchange show, viciously attacked Rachel, first accusing her of being a "lobbyist" against GMOs (an absurd accusation that O'Leary knows is false, as there is no corporate interest in honest food labeling), and then equating her position of questioning GMOs with somehow supporting a holocaust of widespread death of children.