Musings

Hey everybody!
Recently I have kicked the job hunt up to an 11 so I haven't had much time to post anything on here. Its actually really helpful although tragic having my ps3 die. Without the distractions, I find myself getting a lot more done. So without further ado here are some random thoughts and a quote to be used in an academic paper should anyone choose to do so.

 - Jurrasic Park 2 is seriously underrated
 - Watch the new series Grimm and fuck Once Upon a Time
 - Occupy Wall Street is interesting because it is one of the first social rights movements of the disenfrachised in this countries history to be a majority group rather than a minority.
 - Hermit Crabs kinda suck as pets... Sorry, Spiderman
 - I really wish they wouldn't make one click ordering avaliable through amazon on your phone. Its scarily addictive
 - Fuck Kroger and everything about that job. Its served me well for 6 years but I am ready to move upwards on onwards with my life

#OWS and conspiracy theories

I've decided to make a return to blogging with a new 'micro-post' every day or so. Check back often as i hope to keep updating pretty regularly now.

People who believe that the US government faked the moon landing in a secret base in Nevada and through bribes, threats, and violence have managed to keep it under wraps for 50 plus years are stupid. Same goes for the 9/11 'truthers', shadow government believers, secret CIA operations, and don't even get me started with the Illuminati folks.

In order to think that the government has this amount of control and degree of precision with anything it does is ludicrous. Bureaucracy, by its nature, is inefficient and frustrating as anyone who has ever been to a staff meeting can vouch. It seems like a lot of people today, have this view of THE GOVERNMENT as some large and all powerful force over our lives. We view government as an 'Other', an outside force over us that we can complain about but are powerless to really change. This is the part where I tie in the occupy wall street movement.

The protesters like to throw around a lot of facts and statistics like these:

A lot of people however have been criticizing the movement for having a lack of unified grievances they want addressed or not really having solutions. All valid points. I like to think of this movement, if nothing else, as a reminder that "We the people" ARE the government. The government has no power without the consent of the governed and we may not know exactly what we want the country to look like in the future, but we know we don't want corporation's interests over the people and we want to know that we have the power to speak and demand change.

This is definitely a step in the right direction. How do you view the government and what would you like to see change? Sound off in the comments