there is much chatter from our world neighbors about america's recent election. and i know that thousands of flag waving americans and a nationalistic style speech from the president-elect is the last thing you want to hear- but please, bear with us.
I feel compelled to say a word right to the world right now- or as much of the world as I reach :) most of the world is watching right now- at least the western world is and most likely parts of the world that we have throughly screwed over the last 8 years or more. Our neighbors to the north and south are looking and, if I may be so bold to say, they are probably breathing a sigh of relief as big as ours'. Look- there is a fair amount of us who get it. We know that nationalistic jingo isn't going to cut it- and flag waving rah, rahs bring about flashbacks in the minds of many as bushco stole the country for 2 terms. We know. But we need a moment.
Many of us were afraid to admit that we were afraid. We were grimly determined to have our vote count and we desperately wanted to simply wrest control out of the hands of the neo cons in order to give ourselves some breathing room to work. Many americans voted but the number who really see what is at stake are still few. We get that too. But we have to start somewhere. Barack Obama is not a savior- in fact, many of us did not initially support him. My personal belief is that he is too right leaning for me- but he has been our best chance to create an atmosphere of change quickly. Large masses of people move slowly and americans are not known for embracing change. Obama appeals to change. He inspires people and that right there is the singularly most important thing we needed to jump start the movement.
We have an uphill climb to combat just about everything. We still have the war against neo con ideology to wage- they won't go away and there are millions of americans who subscribe to their ideology. They will continue to work against the progressives as we have seen in this election alone. There is much work to do to repair our relationships with our fellow world neighbors- and I hope that this is humbly done through diplomacy. And I know that bloggers will continue to reach out to one another and keep each other honest and informed.
But we needed-- as a country who voted for a man- from both sides of the current political spectrum- a moment. Obama has half a country of right wingers, many who abandoned their own party and crossed over- who probably feel a bit bereft right now- and they needed the moment. The moment to feel a part of something bigger than themselves or the party. We will get ourselves together- and I really feel that we will begin the fight (for that's what it will be) to become a far different country. We have been slapped in the face with reality- and that in and of itself changed the way americans look at the world. Humble pie is only the start. We pissed off most of the rest of the globe- and the rank and file americans feel this acutely. Please, bear with us and accept the apologies of those of us who get it. We'll get there but modifying generations of america is number 1- takes some time.
Showing posts with label nationalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nationalism. Show all posts
Wednesday
Sunday
Die, Warmonger! Die!
Warmonger - war·mon·ger -
a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
[Origin: 1580–90; war1 + monger
]
~
~
CAUTION: This video contains a very simplistic and dreadful message.
(If you consider patriotism to be a virtue then you should have no problem with its meaning.)
The group is "Dope"...but this isn't about a band’s name. The song is "Die Motherfucker Die" ...but this isn’t about the title of this particular song. It’s about the fact that so many, following 9-11 and prior to Afghanistan and into the occupation of Iraq, have used this song as a template for expressing their rage and fear and sorrow. It is also this template that screams "vengeance" and "revenge" toward a phantom enemy. If these citizens could, would but reflect on the meaning behind such, they might see that they are projecting an image of themselves more than of some phantasmal adversary.
The fact that so many, not a majority to be sure, but so many found and find nothing wrong with taking a simplistic song with a dreadful message and applying it to video of the war in Afghanistan and/or the occupation of Iraq and its peoples destruction is precisely what I and many of my blogging and non-blogging friends are fighting against; a blind love or devotion (patriotism, nationalism) to country
that leads to nothing but more blindness and overwhelming rage
that cannot and will not dissipate until
every last drum of oil has been stolen,
every brown skinned person is dead or maimed,
every Muslim is bowed to empire and Christianity,
and every flag replaced with Old Glory!
That is not an attainable goal. Completely unachievable, and yet it is the very goal that the US government is proving it wants and that an uninformed public can’t see for a lack of reasoning skills, gluttony and complacency. This, the objective, is the end-game, the final stand or it surely will be if we continue down the witless path of vengeance and conquering of the world. We will pay an exceedingly heavy price and will likely not be around to even know it.
The video above is most sad, despicable, and most unworthy of praise. It is the rot that has swept over this country more since 9-11 than at any other time in our history. Kill. Kill. Kill. If we do not stop saying, "Die motherfucker die" and dropping bombs and firing guns and slaughtering for oil we will soon find ourselves at the short end of a colossal, all-inclusive stick…
~
~
With that I offer an ode to our need to use Dope's "Die Motherfucker Die" or any other senseless song or rant as anthem for the United States of America's marching music for the theft of godforsaken oil from relatively defenseless countries or as anthem for our ruthless and mighty vengeance of a day that trembles on our streets and collapses upon our hearts, but will never and can never be avenged or righted. This rage, this vengeance has become us… and we it.
a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
[Origin: 1580–90; war1 + monger
]~
~
CAUTION: This video contains a very simplistic and dreadful message.
(If you consider patriotism to be a virtue then you should have no problem with its meaning.)
The group is "Dope"...but this isn't about a band’s name. The song is "Die Motherfucker Die" ...but this isn’t about the title of this particular song. It’s about the fact that so many, following 9-11 and prior to Afghanistan and into the occupation of Iraq, have used this song as a template for expressing their rage and fear and sorrow. It is also this template that screams "vengeance" and "revenge" toward a phantom enemy. If these citizens could, would but reflect on the meaning behind such, they might see that they are projecting an image of themselves more than of some phantasmal adversary.
The fact that so many, not a majority to be sure, but so many found and find nothing wrong with taking a simplistic song with a dreadful message and applying it to video of the war in Afghanistan and/or the occupation of Iraq and its peoples destruction is precisely what I and many of my blogging and non-blogging friends are fighting against; a blind love or devotion (patriotism, nationalism) to country
that leads to nothing but more blindness and overwhelming rage
that cannot and will not dissipate until
every last drum of oil has been stolen,
every brown skinned person is dead or maimed,
every Muslim is bowed to empire and Christianity,
and every flag replaced with Old Glory!
That is not an attainable goal. Completely unachievable, and yet it is the very goal that the US government is proving it wants and that an uninformed public can’t see for a lack of reasoning skills, gluttony and complacency. This, the objective, is the end-game, the final stand or it surely will be if we continue down the witless path of vengeance and conquering of the world. We will pay an exceedingly heavy price and will likely not be around to even know it.
The video above is most sad, despicable, and most unworthy of praise. It is the rot that has swept over this country more since 9-11 than at any other time in our history. Kill. Kill. Kill. If we do not stop saying, "Die motherfucker die" and dropping bombs and firing guns and slaughtering for oil we will soon find ourselves at the short end of a colossal, all-inclusive stick…
~
~
With that I offer an ode to our need to use Dope's "Die Motherfucker Die" or any other senseless song or rant as anthem for the United States of America's marching music for the theft of godforsaken oil from relatively defenseless countries or as anthem for our ruthless and mighty vengeance of a day that trembles on our streets and collapses upon our hearts, but will never and can never be avenged or righted. This rage, this vengeance has become us… and we it.
DIE, WARMONGER! DIE!
The ghouls have all gone home.
Hell… They were never here.
It was your own expression
Floating within your fear,
Your own miserable manifestation.
Die, warmonger! Die!
Thrash no more your hell’s plague!
Die your death away,
Annihilate your starvation
And feed your joy instead.
The apparition is not unfamiliar,
It is your face, your own
Hovering in the skies.
O! Bring your wrath down
And eradicate the lies!
Die, warmonger! Die!
Thrash no more your hell’s plague.
Die your death away, die!
Bring your finishing breath down
And crack large the sky.
© 2008 mrp/tpm
Tuesday
WHAT IS PATRIOTISM (he laughs/laughs/cries)
A healthy comment run on the post Are We Still Broken? How Broken Are We? has caused me to locate three of my favorite "patriotic" videos and post them here. Enjoy.
David Cross...
Bill Hicks...
Howard Zinn...
David Cross...
Bill Hicks...
Howard Zinn...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
LinkWithin
