The Three Tenets of Existential Terrorism

Words are not things or actions. They are vibrations of the air molecules or squiggles on a page. Mistaking words for reality is the mistake that puts politicians in office and sells all of the products, religions, and systems of government on the planet. Saying "Tree" is no more a tree than saying "I love you" means that someone loves you. To perceive reality as it is, one must accept that words are a vehicle for the transference of our perception of reality, not reality itself.
God is dead. I killed him (it, them, her, et al) on November 5th, 1991. Justifiable Homicide. The idea that the universe is run by some cosmic supra-hero concept of ourselves is absurd and unproven. The idea that the creator of the universe put us here in these bodies to satisfy some moral experiment is offensive. The God question; "What are we doing here?", may or may not be valid. At this time, we are here because the physical laws of the universe are not completely against our existence. Our short time of consciousness would be far better served ensuring our survival rather than posturing before some misanthropic cosmic deity.
The only government, the only rule of law, is economics. However our societies are structured, whatever religion or ethnicity, we have all decided that those with relatively more assets have better lives than those with less relative wealth. All measured value is economic value in this system.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Fiscal Cliff and DoubleSpeak



The media has been pounding home the message of a fiscal cliff arriving January first.  No such cliff because it didn't exist.  The politicians put it off for two months and will soon vote to increase the debt ceiling.  There was no finality, no penultimate event.  They make up the rules as they go along and the blathering fourth estate comes up with these ridiculous non-sequiturs to sell commercials.  Here is the reality:  We are in a perpetual cycle of increasing debt that will never be resolved because the voters are selfish and ignorant.  The debt crisis will simply be renamed and repackaged ad infinitum  until the country defaults on its obligations and human voices wake us, and we drown. 

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