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.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Obama as Madison Avenue





Obama tried to sell gun control legislation in the same way infomercials sell useless products:  Appeal to the emotions.  He paraded Sandy Hook survivors at the State of the Union speech.  He gave them his weekly address before the Senate vote.  Unfortunately, the Senators are not the public.  His sales tactic of shamelessly evoking a tragedy would certainly have worked if it had been a national referendum.  He could have kept parading the survivors and pictures of bloodied children until the masses screamed for gun control.  It turned out to be both despicable and ineffective.  Sure we should have gun control, gun owners should be licensed, there should be background checks, if you use a gun improperly your ownership rights should be revoked, and if you have a firearm and you're not supposed to have one you should go to jail.  This is reason.  Obama preferred sensationalism and emotionalism.  Two factors that guide the decision making process in government, much to our detriment. 
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