Pajiba

aka The Nutty Propheciser

Wow. For as much as that guy seems to know about deadly prophecies, someone should probably tell him that smoking kills too. It's like getting diet advice from an obese man.

Also, most of that information is available in books. He said nothing specific or shocking that made me want to watch this film.

I don't think a "man behind the curtain" is necessary because I don't think the people ostensibly in charge (politicians) need explicit instructions. They know who has real power and they know what those people want. Moreover, they know what those people don't want. The powers that be don't want public health care, ergo, we won't have a publicly-funded health care in the U.S. despite the support of 60%-70% of the public. If, as we learned last year, a company like AIG is simply too big to fail, government will move to protect such an entity. Reagan saved Chrysler and Obama saved AIG, but the end result is the same.

Swank bashing (which seemed like just a silly diversion and not at all serious) not OK? Et tu Hiegl hater? Pot=Black much?

Rant on/
I will not watch anything designed to incite fetal-position inducing fear of the future. On any topic, economic or otherwise. Just what, exactly, in the fuck does it accomplish? Fear mongering is the porn of the intellectual set these days. It keeps the blood pumping, the rage bubbling, the fear juices flowing, the angst percolating, it distracts us from our mundane lives,and above all else, it keeps people plugged into the news/infotainment cycle.
I.
Am.
Done.

I made a decision to be through being fearful a few years back and it is one of the best things I have done. I make frugal decisions and ignore the econo-doom. And yes, I was laid off. I was the first one of my social sphere to lose their job. There wasn't a damn thing I could do about it, it wasn't personal, and I moved on. I had to suck it up. And right now, I wouldn't change it for the world.
Fear (especially targeted at women it seems) is so prevalent it seeps into everything. We MUST have tons of insurance, we MUST be constantly vigilant for bad guys, we MUST beware of every product and activity or IT WILL KILL YOU!!! Bullshit. Here's a newsflash: Despite all of the excessive precautions you might take, something might just kill you anyway. You can't live in fear or you won't live.

Just last night I took the (new) SO for a walk in my local park. It was 8:30 or so, full dark and absolutely lovely out. The whole park was golden with fallen leaves and lamp light, it was like waking through a tunnel of soft glowing light. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, and wanted to share it with him. He is no wimp, but he couldn't focus on how lovely it was because we were in the PARK! in No. Portland! At NIGHT! And proceeded to start in on me (like all men do) about how I shouldn't walk my dog by myself in the park at night because SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN!
Oh, HELL no.
This is a fine area(despite the scary North Portland sterotypes). The park is well lit and very nice. I can't find anyone who can even remember an ugly incident in that park, and it has been a nightly activity for me for 4 years. It is hardly the Fire Swamp. I looked at him and said "So, I am supposed to stay in my house and NOT walk my dog? I am supposed to wait for someone to come and rescue me? If I waited around for some man to take care of me, and agreed to be afraid, I would never get anything done. You said you like strong women? Well here it is baby: I refuse to be afraid." He decided he liked Warrior Princess better than Helpless Damsel.
Life is walking the dog in the park at night:
Be aware, take reasonable precautions, try and surround yourself with people who care about you (there are lots of other dog walkers out there too!), always carry an extra poop bag, (because you just never really know when shit will happen) and
Just
Fucking
Live.
Otherwise, you will end up a freaked out shut-in surrounded by piles of shit.
Rant Off/

I tend to think that 90% of these sort of problems could be solved if everyone took the whole "think globally, act locally" thing to heart. Pretty much all of our environmental problems stem from the manufacturing and shipping of goods around the world, and the complications of a global economy create situations in which the whole thing can collapse at a moments notice. Of course, I have no actual education in the economy side of things, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Aw, come on. If the world ends now, I'll have never gotten my shot at fucking up the lives of poor people, like those fuckhunters in Washington. Thanks a lot, George W, you stole my name, and my future.

When the apocalypse comes to us, and I run into you, if you ask for water, I'll shoot ya', and piss on your bloated corpse.

Wow, someone really wants to be Errol Morris. And someone else really wants to be Phillip Glass.

A-freakin-men, LwaE--well said!

I find it hard to believe that the economy is just going to collapse catastrophically. Sure, things might change, but humans are like cockroaches; society will adapt and survive and you and I in our day-to-day lives probably won't notice the difference.

Personally, I find it hard to muster up a lot of concern for the economy anyway. I don't know, perhaps because I grew up in a rural area, I feel more of an affinity with the natural world than with the manufactured urban environment [read: "meaux is a long-haired commie hippie freak"], and can imagine taking a step back to the olden days if worse came to worse.

Praps whats wrong is people who are completely uneducated about problems such as these make so many random connections between events and facts and statistics that they convince themselves of their grasp on the situation - convince themselves they've found the truth. And praps the people who listen to these people only listen because they'd rather have someone question society and government for them - skepticism eventually turns to dogmatism because why question the skeptic, why question the person who spews exciting bullshit? HE'S the one who is questioning. Why question the person questioning rich boring people who are taking our money?

But no one's as ridiculous as the person who talks as if they know what they are talking about but really don't. I respect the individual who has - through a wonderfully overactive imagination - convinced theirself of absurd conspiracy theories. I respect anyone who creates their own truth. But those who spew oppinion to look like they know something when it's obviously not the case - that's what i hate.

I can respect this guy. He obviously loves his own ideas and i wish i had the imagination to create for myself such profundity in the random thoughts and connections i see when on long walks at night. But I won't respect the trendy libs who worship the zeigtgeist movie dot com thing. I'm glad no one mentioned that web site.

And now for a comment on my comment -

nuhtin like a guuud dose uh pretentious platatyood.

Who cites "The Onion" in their trailer anyway?

enough with the damn spitballs!
and Law'e', i knew you had it in you!

I can't remember who said it about the kooks, but it's rather perfect: A stopped clock is correct twice a day.

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