A Discordian rap star who balances the world on his hatred of the mundane. He's also a songwriter/rapper/producer/performer/poet type of person who does things, and hopes that you like them or that you dislike them in such a way that it will bring you pleasure.
My heart is suddenly heavy from the amazing people we’ve lost in the past few years, from the deeply personal to those I only sort of knew and even those I’ve never met.
I’m trying to figure out why I never really chased my dreams, and I’m trying to believe that it’s “never too late” and I’m trying to FEEL like I haven’t wasted my life the same way that I KNOW I haven’t. I’m trying to figure out why I’m so fucking SCARED to connect with people anymore, and I’m trying to force myself into some romanticized idea that I don’t want to get close to people because I don’t want to leave them feeling like this when I die.
It’s all very selfish, thinking this way…it’s a true narcissism I can certainly cop to. And in all my communicative ways, I’m still relegated to having this conversation through my keyboard AT and not WITH a blanket of people who’ll likely never respond or just offer me sweet but only marginally useful words of solidarity.
If you’ve known me for a lot of years, you know that I can go up and down pretty hard…mortality has always consumed me, and the fear I have right now of who-the-fuck-knows-what is just oppressive. I didn’t eat until 10pm yesterday. Nobody EVER comes over to visit me, and I’m not entirely sure I would have any idea how to entertain company if they did. I’d probably just talk about people dying, and everyone would go home because they’re scared too. When I’m pushing hard trying to succeed at music, I find socialization easy, but at this point, it’s hard to even get excited about that for more than a few minutes at a time. I’m in a constant state of “FUCK WILL SOMETHING INTERESTING PLEASE HAPPEN” and I’m filling that void with science fiction, letting my imagination run wild.
Here’s some talking points in case you’re interviewed - speaking concisely and directly about the reasons protesting is important, and you never know when there are cameras BESIDES the news camera that will likely not appreciate comments that don’t meet their narrative. These come courtesy of B.Dolan and http://www.Knowmore.org
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Point 1. All Corporate Money Out of Politics, Heavy Restrictions on Lobbying
If this was the only thing the #OCCUPYWALLSTREET movement accomplished, it would be a completely revolutionary change. We need to understand that the fundamental reason our democracy is broken has to due with Corporation’s ability to buy politicians.
Instead of demanding Universal Health Care as if someone could wave a magic wand and make that so, think about why Universal Healthcare wasn’t even allowed to be a part of the public debate in a serious way. It’s the same reason it took decades to even BRING UP the subject; because the Healthcare industry OWNS so many politicians.
Apply this same idea to any number of debates; imagine the US foreign policy conversation without military-industrial money in the mix. Imagine the conversation about green technology and the environment without oil companies’ ability to buy votes, etc.
Get the Corporate money out of politics first; then we can have a real national debate on any number of issues without our voice being suppressed and drowned out.
Point 2. Closing of Tax Loopholes and Fair Taxation of the Richest Americans
This is perhaps the most immediately accomplishable of these goals, as it’s an aim President Obama has shown a recent willingness to address and deal with. With the knowledge that there is a populist movement in the streets supporting his agenda, the President might be enticed to expand and strengthen his aim in standing up to the richest 1%. Conservatives have been quick to label this Class Warfare, but poor people know that the war’s been on for years.
Point 3. Sincere Efforts Toward Anti-Trust Breakups of Every ‘Too Big To Fail’ Entity in the Nation
The emergence of these entities has created powerful market advantages, but their inability to sufficiently insulate themselves from risk has made their existence catastrophic for the larger economy. We don’t need to wait for proof of this; we’ve seen it and are actively living in the aftermath.
Point 4. Expanded Criminalization and Punishment of White Collar Crimes
It’s time to arrest the people responsible for the global financial crisis, and give the judicial system some teeth in regard to White Collar Crime.
For starters, we should accept no nationwide settlement with the banks over the mortgage fraud debacle, particularly not one that’s a slap on the wrist. Wall Street is negotiating these settlements to let itself off the hook for crimes it already committed.
Point 5. That Our State and Local Governments Restore Local Authority Over Our Food, Water, and Resources, and that the U.S. Withdraw From Any Trade Agreement that Pre-Empts Control of These Resources.
Federal and state governments, pressed by the agribusiness industry and bound by free trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO, are actively removing local authority over resources like our local food and water.
This means that even if you don’t have clean water to drink, you can’t stop a multinational corporation from mining your local drinking water to sell elsewhere. It also means you can’t prevent business from genetically modifying your food, or stop Wal-Mart from coming to your town and burying locally owned business.
Under these agreements and pre-emptions, businesses have the ability to take precedence over local, and even national, control of food, agriculture, and other areas of the economy. This situation must be addressed if we’re to effectively control corporations.
Point 6. That New Laws Be Enacted to Challenge and Curtail Corporate Personhood and Access to the Bill of Rights
Got this from Sarah who got it from Dolan…this is starting to get around and it’s worth reading.
A personal note: Dolan has been at the forefront of opposing unchecked corporate control ever since I’ve known him. His knowledge in this area is second to very very few who aren’t professional economists and doesn’t just come from sitting behind the computer screen reading wikipedia articles. He’s been on the phone with CEO’s, runs knowmore.org, operates his own business and is generally speaking a kick-ass thinker.
This is by my friend B.Dolan, this is pretty much in line with all of the problems as I perceive them as well, and I believe is where the discourse should have been for the last 4 years:
“My mother had the most wonderful approach to death…even growing up she would say we know so many things, we know almost everything in the world except what happens at that moment. A lot of people think they do, but they don’t. So every time we’d lose someone, she’d say ‘they know the secret!’”
- Betty fucking White
This is so extra beautiful and special to me because it’s in remembrance of her mother…the wisdom her mother had, and her wisdom in remembering the lesson is so such a pleasure to muse upon. ♥ your Momma (I do. OHHHHH!)
