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?
Lucifer’s Final Season Begins SOON on Netflix! http://netflix.com (NOT an Ad, just personal excitement).
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
Several nations are threatened with extinction due to climate change.
Maybe the climate deniers were wrong. Maybe the scientists were wrong, too, and it’s MUCH WORSE than they thought. Maybe it IS too late. But maybe it’s not. Even if the experts were sure it’s too late. Maybe they’re wrong. ~jg
Jamie Gray | Musician. Writer. Ally of Earth. Not a tool of corporate greed.
Read the articles that inspired Jamie’s Rant:
These countries have warned they face extinction. They hope climate report is a ‘major alert.’ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/climate-change-rising-seas-may-lead-extinction-small-island-nations-n1276394
Is too late to save our planet? https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/8/10/is-too-late-to-save-our-planet
I solve problems. I believe have a solution to everything. It’s who I am at the core, I suppose. Please don’t judge me if I try to solve yours.
When I look at the absolute mess in Washington DC, I see problems that need solving. Unfortunately, politicians aren’t very good at solving problems…at least not without creating more problems. Bigger ones usually. Expensive ones, dangerous ones, that cost us all.
“The US Capitol stands for what We The People are willing to sacrifice for the greater good.” ~jg
To me, things seem simple. There are gray areas, but by and large, there are simple, obvious solutions to every problem we face. We know must face them, but thanks to our bullshit pay-to-play political system, we usually choose to wait until it’s a fucking emergency.
Because God forbid we take one unnecessary fucking penny of profits from our corporate overlords. The economy will come crashing down and everyone will lose their jobs, if Amazon stock doesn’t continue to rise.
Well, Bezos can blast himself into space and fucking stay there, as far as I’m concerned. He’s a fucking pirate. No one should make billions of dollars in a pandemic. Even if it’s not TAXABLE income (so it doesn’t really count anyway). Give it BACK!
“Bezos can blast himself into space and fucking stay there, as far as I’m concerned. He’s a fucking pirate.”
I truly believe we can solve all of our problems. But the American people need to become engaged in our government. The People should vote for Solutions, not for people who make those choices for us, based on bribes (that’s what political donations really are) from powerful people and businesses.
We can hold Congress accountable to the vote of the people on those ISSUES. Right now, career politicians only REALLY answer to the fat cats who bankroll their elite lifestyles, and pay for their manipulative political propaganda.
And…Oh yeah. We gotta stop electing lawyers and career politicians. Congress should be people like you and me, who serve a term or two and do the best job they can for ALL of the Country (not just their party). Then they go back to their lives as teachers, truck drivers, and chefs. Lawyers shouldn’t make laws. They can write the laws AFTER regular people tell them what we want the Law to MEAN.
Bottom Line? We’ll solve a fucktonne of problems with TWO easy fixes. Get rid of political contributions, and implement term limits for every elected office. Simple shit, man.
But what do I know. I’m just a guy on a couch. ~jg
Jamie Gray | Writer. Musician. Just a guy on a couch.
On this day, 25 years ago, the Grateful Dead played their final concert at Soldier Field, Chicago. A month later, Jerry Garcia would be gone from the stage forever, as the other members struggled to keep the music flowing thru the Space & Drums portion of the band’s long history.
Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead played their final show 25 years ago today, 7/9/95, but The Music Never Stopped.
The Music Never Stopped, as Bobby, Phil, Billy, Mickey, and all of their amazingly improvisational friends, have kept moving the Dead’s music moving Further on, Truckin’ through the Lilly Fields on the Bus to never-ever land.
I still miss Jerry’s soulful plucks and crackly croons, and watching the last show can be hard. Still. 25 years later. But if you’re so inclined, YouTube of the show is below.
