The 99% are finally protesting... but what is our first demand?

I believe it should be to abolish our slavery to the tyranny of corporations. Let it be our battle cry: Abolish the corporation!

If you have not read this book (above) or seen The Corporation documentary please do!

Here's another great bit of info on the subject: http://www.greens.org/s-r/35/35-19.html

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Definition of BUSYWORK

: work that usually appears productive or of intrinsic value but actually only keeps one occupied

The benefits of busy work... I can't think of any. 

Living one day at a time... forever?

In my last blog I mentioned equipment for living and we'll get to play with the idea again in this one. We've seen the movie industry play into and off of the fears of the public time and time again, yet sometimes the scenarios that play out in fantasy equips us for life in reality... if only what not to do.

The movie "In Time"( In Time trailer ), starring Justin Timberlake, looks kinda lame as far as action entertainment, lacking the "Baysplosions" of the Transformers Trilogy. However, the ideological premise of the plot splashes down in the deep end of my mental pool. This film asks the question: what does the base do when the superstructure is no longer hoarding money, resources or luxuries but life itself? We've reached a point in medical science where it isn't too far off to imagine the possibility of removing an aging gene. Here's this week's medical marvel: A woman born deaf hears for the first time with a hearing aid. So happy for you Sloan!

This film may never become a classic, but it certainly flares up the fire that has always been burning between the classes, which is relevant to the U.S. right now with the wall street protests going on. (Occupation of Wall Street by Protesters) Will it offer us a solution to the age old problem other than revolt, redistribution of wealth and starting the cycle all over again? Probably not, but we'll see what insight it has to offer upon release.

Decepticons

 One of the pop-culture phenomenon I grew up with was the Transformers. I remember watching the cartoons as a kid and I just loved it (almost as much as G.I. Joe but since the G.I. Joe movie sucked I'll use Transformers to make my point instead ; ).

I remember (and wish I still had for my kids to play with) the toys too. I remember I wanted the original Optimus sooooo bad but I did get the second one (pic below).

The funny thing was that my Mom wouldn't buy me any Decepticons so all I had was Autobots... which forced me to take the Autobots I didn't like as much and pretended that they were Decepticons so that they could battle royal. Not to run down a rabbit hole but for any parents who ever read this... don't shelter your kids, just protect them, there's a difference.

Anyway, onto my point... One of the things that was so great about the Transformers was the epic battle between good and evil.

Megatron trying to tear out Optimus Prime's eyes.

The thing that made it so simple, the thing that I loved was this:

You always knew who the enemy was; all their Nazis kept their uniforms on!

However, in the latest film (pic below) we get some equipment for living in dealing with treason.



It turns out that this is extremely relevant due to current headlines about:

"Anwar al-Awlaki and America's fear of the enemy within"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15130941

The interesting thing is... in both the movie and in real life the same thing happens... both of the traitors got a double tap. Honestly... how else do you deal with treason? Triple taps?