Today is the day, they say That you worried about yesterday, they say I say, Yesterday would have been Better without all that fretting That worry that counted for nothing But clouding the state of your mind From the happiness and joy You could’ve created Instead of the stress All the angst and the pain
Live in the now, they say Nothing’s for sure, they say Except that the future and past are the same They’re both in your head Illusions not real Because nothing is real But the feelings you feel That can only be felt By you. Right now.
peace & joy y’all. ~jg
Jamie Gray is a musician, writer, and native New Yorker
It’s a circus. A dog and pony show, of lies, half truths, and propaganda, moderated mostly by the honor system, as actual journalism has devolved into a mass-media marketing scheme. Competing corporate overlords selling the particular brand of fear they think you’re most likely to buy. When in truth, they should be afraid of YOU.
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Here’s the thing about modern American politics: They want us to argue, to the point of complete distraction if at all possible, about big picture shit that is really hard to change. Both parties want the same thing. They want us at each other’s throats over masks and vaccines, instead of just wearing them. They chide us on, to defend or attack the right to be an idiot vs. social responsibility and acting in the common good. Respecting the rights of all the other idiots. But what they DON’T want us to do is to learn to communicate with each other.
Uncle Sam is a Corporate Tool.
They ply us with contradictory information. Some of it’s true, but they make it all seem true. That way when we discuss it, nobody can easily agree on the facts. Close scrutiny will reveal the truth eventually, but who has time for that? By the time the truth comes out, the ‘facts’ don’t even matter, thanks to the hype.
It’s a circus. A dog and pony show, of lies, half truths, and propaganda, moderated mostly by the honor system, as actual journalism has devolved into a mass-media marketing scheme. Competing corporate overlords selling the particular brand of fear they think you’re most likely to buy. When in truth, they should be afraid of YOU.
Corporate News is Not Journalism. Take the time to find The Truth.
Someday, I hope Americans will wake up and realize they deserve better than lip service. We deserve great things.
‘We live in the greatest country in the world’. That’s what they say. I beg to differ.
The greatest country in the world would be at the top of every list. Education. Happiness. Poverty. Healthcare. Crime. Violence. Civil rights. Wellness. Climate change. Sustainability. Incarceration. Mental health. Innovation. Productivity. Renewable energy. Manufacturing. We don’t lead the world in ANY of these important issues.
Poverty in America rivals many ‘third world’ nations. Education sucks. Don’t get me started about healthcare. It’s fine if you can afford it.
The United States of America: It’s fine if you can afford it.
We may have the most powerful military in the world, but even that’s not going to last long. We’re diving deeper and deeper into a national debt we can never repay, to fund wars on terrorism, which are really just thinly veiled political power plays, economic plunder at the expense of the indigenous people who really just want to be left alone to live their lives.
If every American could just go to the doctor without worrying about money, that would be great. If every kid had the opportunity for a GREAT education, and no one had to worry about being homeless in their old age, people would say THAT is great. If we sent food to the hungry, instead of missiles and tanks to their government: greatness.
People in many countries live a better life than we do, here in the States. Free healthcare. A social security system that works. Clean power fueling sustainable industries. Great free education for all. We have plenty of opportunities to become a great country. Truthfully, we’ve been a greater country before. The MAGA folks are at least partly right. We were far from perfect, but we used to lead the world in something other than greed and exploitation, before we lost our way.
We’ve given the keys to our future to a few powerful people, people who control corporations, which control our government. Corporations are very good at doing one thing: maximizing profits. THAT’S how they’ve managed to get people to work sixty hours a week and STILL not earn a living wage. Life isn’t better than it was fifty years ago for most Americans. Even most rich people don’t feel like things are better. Many wealthy people are preoccupied with losing everything, all the time.
Protecting rich people is so much more important than protecting poor people.
Why? Because, the rich are better than everyone else, of course. Wealthy people are simply more entitled to human rights than other people, simply because they have money, and…they’re just fucking entitled. That’s just ‘how it is’.
We let this happen. We allow a system to exist that causes this to be true, despite our ability to make demands enforced by democratic action (OUR VOTES). The system doesn’t have to be like this. It doesn’t have to be like it used to be, in order to magically get better. Think about that. It just makes no fucking sense.
Vote. It counts. Otherwise the minority, GOP assholes wouldn’t keep trying to suppress it.
The system has to get BETTER to get better. Better for EVERYONE, not just the elite. Not just for some people. Better in the things that matter. Change must benefit the majority to have a positive effect. Better.
I say, how about we try making things ‘better’ first and THEN maybe we can talk about ‘great’.
Greatness isn’t just a claim you make to impress people over cocktails. Greatness is easily recognizable. Greatness lasts. Truly great things stand the test of time. Some even improve with age. ~jg
Jamie Gray – Musician & Writer
Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.
Common sense is a paradox. Having common sense is not common at all. What seems common sense to you, may not be obvious to other people, and many people just don’t have any common sense at all. Some people just act irrationally. Even if they claim it’s by design, that doesn’t make it sensible.
So much about life today is paradox. Almost no one is who they seem, as much as who they want you to see them as. Even our leaders have abandoned Truth and Logic for lies and deceptions.
I’ve always thought that most people ‘get it’. I figured, a small minority may be clueless, while most people understand things. More or less. That’s what I thought. Used to think.
…our Leaders have abandoned Truth and Logic…
It’s easy enough to look back and ask if what you did made sense, but it’s also hard to look at our mistakes objectively. It’s much easier to ACT as if we’re smart and just ignore our own ignorance.
Lately, it’s become clear that those of us who truly think about what we’re doing, and whether it makes sense, we are a drastic minority.
Talk about a paradox. ~jg
Jamie Gray – Musician, Writer, Thinker
Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.
To all my so-called Christian friends who voted for Trump: The rise of Evangelical sheisters and the Trump presidency were both predicted by Jesus in Matthew 24:23-25
What would Jesus do?
23 At that time if anyone says to you, `Look, here is the Christ!’ or, `There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect–if that were possible. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.
True Christians act like Christ. Name ONE thing Trump and his team did that was Christ-like. Can’t name one? Because Trump did the OPPOSITE of what Christ would do.
Open your eyes. Don’t be deceived. ~jg
Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.
If I drive down your street at 70mph, the residential street your kids play on, you’d probably be in favor of the State forcing me to slow down, wouldn’t you? For your kids safety? Because the Government has the right, and DUTY to protect the people. From reckless speeders and other dangerous people, such as anti-mask propagandists like you.
I don’t have the right to drive without regard for others safety. Likewise, I have the duty to protect others around me, including my children and yours. I listen to the science that says, driving slowly in densely populated areas with children playing is safer than speeding.
But you don’t listen to science. You disregard safety precautions that nearly all medical professionals agree are important, and claim the right to do so is ‘freedom’. Most horrifically, you’re willing to risk your children’s lives to prove your point, one that science says you’re completely wrong about.
If you think your children have the right to attend school without vaccine or mask during a global pandemic, you’re dead wrong. Children shouldn’t have to pay the ultimate price for your stupidity and your partisan, QAnon, MAGA, political propaganda. America’s children certainly don’t deserve to become victims of this deadly disease, because of the lies you promote and defend. Their Deaths Are Your fault. On your head. 99.9% Preventable.
Please Drink (and Drive) Responsibly
You may as well drink a fifth of vodka and drive 100mph through a school zone at 3:05pm, because that’s probably LESS dangerous than preventing schools from masking up during this pandemic. The Delta Variant is NOT your mama’s COVID…it’s much, MUCH worse. ~jg
The Shark – Jamie’s 2010 Challenger
Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.
…”They have some pretty slick AI that screens for connections and the tell-tale hearts of anti-american hostility and malcontent. It sniffs it out chunks of terrorist cholesterol from the Internet’s arteries, as gigabytes of data streams past their hidden packet snatchers.”…
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They know you already. You don’t have to believe it for it to be true, and knowing the truth doesn’t make you crazy. Unless they need you to be, and generally speaking, they don’t.
So…Once the NSA knows-that-you-know that they ‘listen’ to everything you do online, it’s basically #GameOn. Are you a subversive? Who are your followers? Who do you follow? Are any of them ‘terrorists‘? Because since 2001, that’s the best way for the .gov folks to shut down the voices that are violent. Preach revolt. Or maybe just make too much sense.
We’re Watching. ~The NSA
I know they’re watching me. Because they watch everything. Everyone. They have some pretty slick AI that screens for connections and the tell-tale hearts of anti-american hostility and malcontent. It sniffs it out chunks of terrorist cholesterol from the Internet’s arteries, as gigabytes of data streams past their hidden packet snatchers. Filters the digital goo. Combs thru it all, looking for nuggets of evil against Uncle Sam.
Uncle Sam Towers Above The Danbury CT Railroad Museum
Good ol’ patriotic malcontent used to be ok, back in the day. You can still say the government sucks, if you’re careful, but thanks to the MAGA Revolution, we now know that even patriots can be terrorists…and so does the NSA. Even a gentle grumble can raise the AI hackles these days, which flags you for human eyes to review your dossier. Everyone’s got a dossier if they have any sort of online presence at all. I bet you think you don’t, but if you’re reading this, you know me, so they definitely have you in their crosshairs too.
The good news is, as long as you don’t go too far, they would rather just keep watching. Of course, if you suddenly ‘radicalize’ by plotting violence, or maybe worse, disappear from the Web, don’t be surprised if that generic panel van parked on your street is full of feds with heat tracing cameras and parabolic mics. These are scary times…it makes sense. Sort of. In hugely Orwellian fashion.
Jamie Gray|Musician and Writer
I suppose I should worry. I talk a lot about revolution and rebellion. I DO think the government sucks. But I’d never condone violence, except in self-defense. And I’d never advocate for a coup. I think we SHOULD overturn our government…from inside. Through VOTES and legislation and policy. Kick the moneychangers out of the temple of democracy, so to speak. Voting and peaceful protest. Through free speech, empathy and kindness, educating people to see the corruption that is right in front of them, and show them how to be a part of the solution rather than a victim of a system that pretends to care.
I’m not a threat to anybody’s safety. I’m an advocate for a better America. One that takes care of the little guy…and the victim. An America like they told us about in Civics class. Do they even teach Civics anymore?
Most importantly, I’m not a threat to the status quo. Nobody actually listens to me. I’m just a crazy old guy on a couch, with a guitar, a remote control, and a lot of ideas. If I ask my followers to do anything, most of them might get around to doing something. If it’s not too hard or uncomfortable. Someday. Soon, for sure. One of my favorite songs puts it best: “I’d start a revolution… …If I could get up in the morning”. ~ Aimee Allen
Thanks for reading to the end. Please #Vote. ~jg
“I’d Start a Revolution (If I Could Get Up in the Morning)” Aimee Allen
…Religion is politics. Spirituality is universal. No one seems to know the difference anymore. Probably because they’ve been brainwashed by generations of doctrines and bullshit, into believing that our leaders know what they’re doing… |Are We Losing The Human Race? by Jamie Gray
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“The Human Race is to Be One” -jamie gray
It doesn’t matter to me what name you call God. Every religion has a different name, but logically, if God is responsible for our existence, odds are there’s only one God that has many names. How many all powerful all knowing beings could there be?!
Of course, no matter what name you pin on this Mystical Master of the Universe, an all powerful and all knowing God is either not what he claims to be, or just a fucking asshole. What kind of ‘all powerful’ ‘all knowing’ leader who COULD protect his creations from suffering, but instead prefers to let His ‘human race project subjects’ (us humans) suffer?
Why? Just to teach them a lesson or prove their faith in their God…as some cruel test of allegiance…?! WHAT AN ASSHOLE!
Unless They (God) are just lying, and They have LIMITED ability or knowledge to help us. In which case, They’re an EVEN BIGGER ASSHOLE! ‘Worship me. Even though I can’t ACTUALLY do shit to help you.’ What a douche. THAT God is probably lying about creating us too…taking credit for someone else’s work. Satan maybe?
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It’s pretty clear to me, that any True God would have to be an Energy source. That energy that courses through us, our life force. Our ‘souls’. I believe humans can learn to unite together to harness ‘God’s Energy’, or they can work against each other, against that positive Energy of growth and enlightenment; draining that force in order to dismantle their(our) own very existence.
All the religions say that too…be a force for good. That is a pretty universal concept.
Unfortunately, leaders of most religions simply use fear and reward instead, to coerce and manipulate their followers. They have a recipe. Rules are enforced. Compliance brings enlightenment. Resistance brings never-ending suffering.
The masses fall in line, behind Gurus, Popes and Imans. A Universal quest for spirituality becomes a challenge of fealty, a promise of reward for blind devotion, or pain if you don’t follow the rules. So few religions try to teach anything close to any ‘Truth’.
With us or against us? True believer or heritic? You can’t be one of them AND one of US. That’s their only Truth.
Maybe it’s just me, but that seems more human than Godly. An all powerful, all knowing God wouldn’t demand worship. They wouldn’t have to threaten us. We’d know God by Her works. The rules would be baked into our consciences. The Earth would be a paradise.
Oh, I forgot. We’re NOT WORTHY. We don’t DESERVE to live in a paradise, because 50,000 years ago somebody lied, SINNED, and God’s been holding it against us ever since. What a dick!
No…He’s actually a bigger dick than that because, according to some folks, he sent His Son, Jesus to become human and be TORTURED and MURDERED by evil humans, yet that somehow made Him a ‘righteous offering to Him’, that somehow allows us to be FORGIVEN for that original sin, after thousands of years…FINALLY.
Except, no. We STILL have to wait for some reason, until the Earth is an Apocalyptic nightmare, an indeterminate 1000s of somedays later, suffering and paying for those sins right up to the last day, without any help from Him?!?! Yeah, THAT God deserves a righteous FUCK YOU! Sorry if it sounds a little like your God. Maybe somebody fibbed to you?
Turmoil and Warfare Grow Apocalyptic Worldwide, as Humans Rape the Planet to Exploit Her Resources, Ignoring ALL the Warning Signs, Again and Again.
The primary ‘works’ that we see of modern religions are crusades of intolerance and murder, wars ‘In God’s Name’ to protect territory or resources, like oil.
We see rules that defy common sense, in order to comply with taboos defined by an ancient interpretation of selected historical documents. A subjective, human interpretation, that fits the political agenda of the interpretor. The agenda of some sect of whatever religion they pushing to gain more political power, so they can impose THEIR rules on more people…for their own good, of course.
An Aware-Wolf
Religion is simply politics. Spirituality is universal. But no one seems to know the difference anymore. Probably because they’ve been brainwashed by generations of doctrines and bullshit, into believing that our leaders know what they’re doing. Spoonfed an easy path to nirvana…just follow the rules. Listen to us…we’ll make it easy for you.
But it’s NOT easy. Suddenly, we look around and it’s crystal clear to even the blindest of us, that leadership doesn’t necessarily mean wisdom, and that power corrupts.
“Religion…is a smile on a dog” What I Am | Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
Because it’s religion we’re taught, not spirituality.
Doing things ‘In God’s Name’ should mean helping people. Ensuring no one goes hungry. No one is deprived of food, medicine or clothing. Working for peace on earth, not Israel’s right to exist. Dedication to education and science, preserving our home planet. Taking care of one another and the precious Earth we live on, rather than pulling us apart from each other, dividing us by our differences.
Diversity is strength, and racial purity is another big lie anyway. There is no gene for race. There are just many genes rearranged differently in each of us, every one unique as a fucking snowflake…but much less fragile.
Buddy Christ be With You
Which is good, because it’s pretty clear God’s either not able or willing to help, so we’re on our own down here…at least until we figure out that we’re All in this Together, so we can truly harness the Energy of God: Unity in Our Diversity.
E Pluribus Unum. From Many, ONE. The Human Race is to be One.
Thank you for reading to the end. Peace. ~jg #N0H8
