THE SYMBOL-MINDED
"I don’t get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I consider them to be symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded."
― George Carlin *
- George Carlin:
Here’s a question: Wouldn’t those ubiquitous Coexist ** bumper stickers be more relevant if they included a Nazi swastika or KKK logo? If you’re proposing harmony amongst all, why are symbols solely acceptable to mainstream morons used in these myopic marketing ploys?
** Coexist bumper stickers:
http://www.carryabigsticker.com/coexist_earth.htm
Muslims, peace activists, men, women, Jews, Wiccans, Confucians and Christians are represented on the Coexist sticker, but wouldn’t the swastika make a better “X” than a Jewish star? And how about that creepy Ku Klux Klan cross in place of the Christian one connoting the “T.” Flip the Communist Soviet Union sickle around, and it becomes a great “C.” Satanism’s upside-down pentagram, encased in a circle, works beautifully as the “O.”
Not only is the Coexist bumper sticker ― like most everything else in the current human paradigm ― designed to generate cash, it has nothing to do with the message we’re told it represents.
To a citizen of Fantasyland ― intent on being delusional ― the Coexist marketing ploy is a wonderful way to unify people the world over. In truth, traditional religion ― represented by five of the seven symbols ― has sequestered almost as much of humanity as the monetary system. More importantly, religion is to blame for innumerable deaths ― from the Crusades, *** to the Inquisition, **** to holy wars, ***** to 300 years of bloodshed concerning Christianity’s inception.
*** The Crusades:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_crusades
**** The Inquisition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition
***** Holy wars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_wars
Why not be truthful and replace the “S” in the bumper sticker with the “$” symbol, as that’s what this obvious advertisement is about.
To most, Nazi swastikas denote evil, but if we all adhered to everything the Catholic Church told us, humans would still believe the Sun, as well as planets in this Solar System, revolved around the Earth. Hence, no space program, nor interplanetary travel. No Hubble nor Kepler telescopes providing us imperative views into the Universe surrounding us. Thus, no hope to save our species, should we someday need to evacuate Earth.
Money isn’t wealth; knowledge is. ****** Money incarcerates, while knowledge frees.
****** Fuller, Buckminster R. (1983). Grunch of Giants. Design Science Press. ISBN: 9781607027591
Find yourself on a deep space journey, during which you lose communication with mission control. Additionally, your rocket engines ― crucial for return ― are faltering. Would you rather be graced with a commodious accumulation of cash, or knowledge regarding how to fix your dilemma?
It’s extremely plausible money has no significance anywhere but Earth.
This blog is an attempt to shed light on reality ― which, for humanity, hides behind a morass of illusion. Face facts: Most individuals in the U.S. are more stressed-out about Ashton Kutcher substituting Chuck Sheen in Two and a Half Men than an out of control nuclear power plant that’s been drowning them in radioactive fallout since March, 2011. ******* Then again, most humans still believe voting is an important activity.
******* Smith, Gar. (2012). Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN: 9781603584340
Sources:
Books:
Fuller, Buckminster R. (1983). Grunch of Giants. Design Science Press. ISBN: 9781607027591
Smith, Gar. (2012). Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN: 9781603584340
THE BOMB MAKERS
"Everything original has already been written."
— somebody without an original idea
"Go back to bed, America. Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again.
Here. Here’s American Gladiators. Watch this. Shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here’s American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it. […]
Here you go, America. You are free to do as we tell you. You are free to do as we tell you."
― Bill Hicks *
- Bill Hicks:
“You turn through the Bible and you won’t ever find a passage that condemns war,” Reverend Terry Moore preached to the bomb makers at his sermon. “God hates war, but sometimes God uses war as a way to achieve His objectives, ridding a dictator or sin in a nation.”
A sketchy argument, since the Bible doesn’t contain passages condemning priests fucking children, either. Are we to surmise, then, that the god of Christianity would condone Father Franz bending boys over the altar, and sticking his diminutive dinghy up their asses?
McAlester, Oklahoma.
Chances are you’ve never heard of this Lilliputian shithole, population less than 20,000. However, unless you’ve been existing inside Simon Cowell’s asshole, you’ve observed McAlester’s contribution to humanity.
This burg ― something Rod Serling should be introducing ― is home for manufacture of almost all non-nuclear bombs produced in the United States. Roughly seven miles south of town resides the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP), a facility two times the size of Manhattan. Whilst watching the Iraqi war on TV ― doing your best to keep Meister Brau on the market ― you were viewing some of McAlester’s handiwork.
“Of course, I see an explosion and think, ‘There goes another McAlester bomb’“ boastfully attests former McAlester Mayor Dale Covington. “We’re proud of it, proud of our workers. They take a lot of pride in the way they build bombs.”
Considering at least 143,000 innocent civilians — but closer to 1,000,000, when you factor in aftereffects — have been killed in the Iraqi war, ** who the fuck wouldn’t be radiant?
** Iraq Body Count:
Definitely not Colonel Jyuji Hewitt ― one-time commander of the MCAAP ― who loved his career. “Sometimes I see bombs being dropped on TV, and I say, ‘Boy, that’s several days’ work right there.’ Sometimes I see a bomb exploding and say, ‘Yeah, that’s a McAlester calling card right there.’“
Then again, there are those on the verge of contrition for what they’ve done, but thanks to Santa ― who’s obviously as real as Jesus ― everything’s better!
“I don’t guess I’m real proud of the fact I make bombs and what they’re used for,” says grandmother Loretta Russell, “but it’s necessary and has to be done to help support our country. I feel like they [Iraqis] asked for it; they kind of started this. […] When I see something explode over there I think, ‘Did my hands help make that?’ I’d rather help Santa make toys, that’s what I’d really like to do.”
Additionally, there are those plant employees who just exemplify that all-American winning spirit. Take Aaron Kilburne for example, who, like his parents and grandparents, manufactures munitions. Aaron explained, “With the war on, [morale’s] going through the roof. I wish there wasn’t such a thing as war, but if there’s war, I want to win.”
During the latest Iraqi conflict, the collective attitude of the employees at the plant was jubilation. There was no shortage of work, and overtime was the rule of the day. Workers were ecstatic to not only be assisting the cause, but padding their bank accounts in the process.
Luke Tucker — another employee at the factory — ponders, “I’m not dropping ‘em, but I’m making ‘em, and I think, ‘Well, am I hurting innocent people or anything?’”
No, Luke. Sleep easy at night. Bombs aren’t made to hurt anyone. They’re filled with delicious chocolate that’s dispensed throughout the atmosphere upon detonation.
When asked if he’d rather be producing candy at a candy factory, Luke stated, “Yes I would, if it paid as much.”
In the incisive words of Bill Hicks:
"I guess the most amazing thing about the war, obviously the disparity in the casualties. Iraq: 150,000 casualties. U.S.A.: 79.
Does that mean if we had sent over 80 guys, we still would’ve won that fuckin’ thing?"
Sources:
Books:
Geist, Bill. (2007). Way Off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small-Town America. Broadway. ISBN: 9780767922739
Online Movies:
MCAAP promotional video:
MCAAP promotional video [2]:
Online Sources:
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlester_Army_Ammunition_Plant
YOU ARE HERE
"I hope we’re interfered with again by the extraterrestrials, and this time they help. You know? In a big way. This time they say, 'We’re gonna do another genetic thing. We’re gonna do it just like we did when suddenly you had architecture, suddenly you could lift stones up and build a pyramid. Suddenly you had mathematics. […] We’re gonna do that again, and this time we’re gonna help you folks […].'
I hope that happens. Then all those dreams that I don’t quite have for us could come true, and that would be the best surprise I could get."
― George Carlin *
- George Carlin:
Sweat.
His body was drenched in it.
Fear.
He could feel nothing else.
It was a hundred blood-thirsty classmates demanding he fight a school bully bigger than a full-grown Black Bear. The initial punch burst his lip like a ruptured water balloon.
The second blow crushed his left shoulder into pureed pulp. Molten lava coursed through his veins. His world contorted into a funhouse mirror reflection. He could feel whatever he had for lunch on a round trip.
He thrust his good arm forth. The effort was less effective than a drive from New York to France. His tiny fist was caught and crushed like overripe fruit.
Losing all faith in David and Goliath, he was a domestic housecat squaring off against a ravenous lion.
Parviz Jafari was drowning in this defenseless sensation, as he confronted the massive UFO. Not only had this anomaly rendered his weapons system inoperable, the inexplicable craft jettisoned a smaller pair of conundrums, one of which was maneuvering around his plane, as though he was standing still. He was flying faster than the speed of sound.
His orders had been to intercept, and engage the craft, if necessary. He now knew neither was possible.
He was helpless. In the black, nebulous space over Tehran, Parviz Jafari speculated if this would be his last night alive.
September 18, 1976. 11 PM. Residents of Tehran, Iran, report a mysterious object overhead, displaying multicolored lights.
The Iranian Air Force scrambles a Phantom F-4 fighter from nearby Shahrokhi Air Base. Upon approaching the anomalous craft, the jet loses nearly all control of its instrumentation. Veering away, the F-4 regains full command of its avionics.
Subsequently, a separate Phantom is sent aloft to investigate. Current-General Parviz Jafari — who pilots this second jet — reports an inexplicable object in front of him, flashing powerful lights in a diamond-shaped array.
Although ground radar fails to work properly, the fighter's tracking system acquires the signature of the mysterious craft, which seems to be roughly the size of a 707 airliner.
Believing the object was of detriment to his plane, Jafari decided to launch an attack on the anomaly. Before he could, his weapons systems failed, and radio transmittance became distorted.
When a circular craft jettisoned the main UFO, and sped toward the F-4, Jafari attempted to fire an AIM-9 heat-seeking missile. Once again, the jet's defensive instruments jammed. Cognizant he was facing superior technology, Parviz veered left in an effort to retreat.
The advancing object returned to the main craft, only to be replaced by a second, similar enigma that flew circles around the F-4. As this anomaly passed alongside the jet, a "round dome over it with a dim light inside" could be seen.
Launching from the principal vessel, an additional object headed directly for the ground. This aberration landed on the desert floor, emanating an intense light, and an "emergency squawk," normally used to locate those who've ejected an aircraft. The sound was so definitive, nearby commercial jetliners detected it.
As for the inscrutable craft initially sighted, it simply vanished.
Upon landing, Jafari and his co-pilot were escorted to a hospital. Following testing, Parviz was informed his blood had failed to coagulate. A second blood sample was drawn, and the men were given permission to leave, without receiving verification as to why Jafari's hemoglobin had initially failed to coalesce.
Via helicopter, Jafari toured the location at which he had seen one of the smaller crafts land. To his wonderment, the squawk continued to resonate, even though he was unable to locate its source. The shrill signal sounded for days afterward.
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency asserts, "This case is a classic which meets all criteria necessary for a valid study of the UFO phenomenon." Such standards include:
A) extremely credible observers, all of whom were positioned in disparate locations.
B) anomalous objects recorded on radar.
C) failure of instrumentation on three different airplanes, including a commercial jetliner in the area.
D) an unprecedented display of maneuverability from the enigma in question.
The U.S. stance on this incident was reportedly one of great interest, as they claimed the information obtained from this event could be extremely useful.
When asked by the Shah of Iran about his encounter, Jafari responded, "In my opinion, they [the UFOs he observed] cannot be from our planet, because if anyone on this planet had such power, he would bring the whole planet under his own command."
The Shah informed Parviz this was not the first UFO report from military officials in Iran. To this day, Jafari remains lost when attempting to determine what he encountered.
Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? That’s because you are…by otherworldly intelligence.
What is this conundrum? Who knows, but an avalanche of proof from exceptionally credible witnesses ― commercial pilots, FAA officials, governors, military aviators, police officers, presidents, senators, scientists, etc. ― substantiate Earth is being frequented by an intellect, or intellects, beyond our current capacity.
The above account of several Iranian armed forces individuals is not aberrant. In fact, it’s quite common, although the governments of humanity would have you believe otherwise.
Why would such be the case?
Do you think anyone is gonna listen to Barack Obama if they had access to ideas and technology thousands of years in advance of what current regimes possess? Hegemonies would forfeit control, and they know it. Hence, suppression ― via ridicule ― continues.
It's one thing to observe a UFO if you're drunk, alone, and traversing a dark road in the middle of nowhere. Should you happen to be a senior air traffic controller, cold sober, and working at a military base ― when you witness not just one unidentified flying object, but seven ― your encounter takes on a different level of credibility. If your sighting is not only visual, but captured on radar by numerous tracking stations, you're posed with an enigma. Moreover, what if the mystifying craft were observed for a period of four consecutive hours? For Sergeant Chuck Sorrells ― on the evening of October 7th, 1965 ― this scenario played itself out.
The graveyard shift at California's Edwards Air Force Base could actually prove quite exciting. Since highly secret military projects are tested at this installation, night skies are anything but dull.
Having been the air traffic controller on duty at the time of this incident, Sorrells was cognizant of just about every type of aircraft flying. Still, what he encountered on the evening of October 7th remains a mystery to him.
At approximately 1:30 AM, to the east of the control tower, Sorrells observed a radiant green luminescence with a red, pulsing light beneath it. Atop this mysterious object was a white glow. No other aircraft were aloft in the vicinity at the time.
Besides the sergeant, the base dispatcher, the weatherman and an individual from the interceptor detachment also witnessed the enigma. After the conundrum was reported to Air Defense in Los Angeles, four other radar sites throughout the state received enigmatic returns.
It was about this time Sorrells observed three other objects, similar to the first. Flying in formation, and remaining stationary for a time, these auxiliary craft also registered on the air traffic controller's radar screen. In a matter of moments, three more vessels appeared.
Upon confirmation of these last objects, the military scrambled a fighter jet to assess the situation. Although the plane was able to paint the inexplicable craft on its radar, the pilot was unable to ascertain what the anomalies were. Even though the jet rose to a height of 40,000 feet, the aerial enigmas rapidly ascended, in order to avoid capture. Sorrells concluded the mysterious crafts were flying at somewhere near 100,000 feet. In 1965, the ceiling capacity of a jet aircraft was just that. As the sergeant’s shift progressed, the conundrums proceeded higher and higher, until, by daylight, they disappeared into the heavens.
Someone in Chuck Sorrells' position is made privy to anything experimental traversing the airspace he's in charge of. You’d be more likely to find a Cosmopolitan magazine article entitled Make Love the Rupert Murdoch Way, before the military tests expensive craft in the skies, without alerting its air traffic controllers.
According to Sorrells:
"I know craft of all types, so I know a lot of things this was not. I know it was not a helicopter. I know it was not an airplane. I know it was not a balloon ― a weather balloon or any other type of balloon. I know it was no known aircraft or flying object that we know of today, or at that time. And it wasn't a laser show…They could probably go 30–40 miles in the time you could snap your fingers twice…And they could rise ― just go straight up. It seemed like they could do that instantaneously. At some points they would hover and just sit for a long period of time — then they would move."
Sgt. Chuck Sorrells — the most qualified of witnesses — observed several anomalies for which he is unable to account. Corroborative documentation from at least seven other sources — both visual, as well as radar — substantiate his assertions.
Birds, meteors and weather balloons don't produce signatures on radar — which solely originate from solid, metal objects. As such, whatever Chuck Sorrells, and several others witnessed on the evening of October 7th, 1965, were tangible craft.
As stated previously ― when it comes to superlative sources, neither Chuck Sorrells nor Parviz Jafari are alone in their claims. Entire volumes could be filled with known citations ― from the most consummate of authorities ― validating UFOs of an otherworldly nature.
This says nothing of the innumerable astronauts, government officials and pilots who’ve experienced the unknown, and been too afraid to go on the record.
That being said, what follows is a sampling of the credibly-credentialed attesting we’re not alone.
"I’m Fife Symington. In 1997 — during my second term as governor of Arizona — I saw something that defied logic and challenged my reality. […]
My office did make inquiries as to the origin of the craft, but to this day, they remain unanswered. I still don’t know what it was. As a pilot and a former Air Force officer, I can definitively say that this craft did not resemble any man-made object that I had ever seen."
Regarding the same incident ― known as the Phoenix Lights ― retired Northwest Airlines Captain Trig Johnston had this to assert:
"I'd say I saw an unidentified flying object of massive proportions float over the city of Phoenix and Scottsdale, and I don't have the damnedest clue what it was."
Neither Symington nor Johnston were alone in their observations concerning the enigma to which they referred. Thousands of Arizona residents attested to witnessing the anomaly in question.
In 1980, Peruvian Air Force pilot Oscar Santa Maria experienced an aerial encounter he was at a loss to explain. Subsequently, he claimed:
"At this point I came to about 300 feet within the UFO. It had an enamel, cream-colored dome with a wide circle metallic base. It had no engines, no exhaust, no windows, no wings or antennas. It lacked all the typical aircraft components with no visible propulsion system."
Former FAA Division Chief John J. Callahan ― who later admonished the CIA for seizing evidence regarding a 1986 encounter concerning a JAL 747 ― had the following to allege:
"When the pilot first reported the UFO, he described it as a huge ball with lights running around it. He said it was about four times bigger than the 747 he was riding in.
And remember the 747 has an elevator. And he’s looking out the window and he sees something that’s four times the size of his aircraft."
Captain Ray Bowyer ― of Aurigny Airlines in the UK ― was shaken after witnessing a pair of colossal aerial anomalies:
"On nearing the object, a second identical shape appeared beyond the first. Both objects were of a flattened disk shape, with a dark area to the right. They were brilliant yellow, with light emanating from within, and I estimated them to be up to possibly a mile across."
Sergeant James Penniston, and dozens of other military staff, encountered an anomaly in 1980 they weren’t able to explain:
"I would go ahead and feel the craft, which was warm. There was static electricity in the air […]. I knew that that craft could not have been made by man."
Mercury 7 astronaut ― and the last American in space on a solo flight ― L. Gordon Cooper penned the following in a letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim:
"I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets, which obviously are a little more technically advanced than we are here on earth." **
** Gordon Cooper:
Cooper had his own, personal experiences with aerial anomalies, in 1951 and 1957.
According to Edgar Mitchell ― Apollo astronaut, and sixth person to walk on the Moon:
"I don’t know how many, or where, or how they’re doing it, but they’ve been observing us, and here for quite some time. And we see these craft [UFOs] all the time." ***
*** Edgar Mitchell:
Healthy skepticism is essential when disproving or proving anything. Unhealthy skepticism simply results in subjectivity, and a failure to acknowledge the truth. Thus, corruption, derangement, lying and suppression of the facts. That being said, the most common skeptical arguments attempting to debunk UFOs of an otherworldly origin, crumble under scrutiny. Those not willing to address the truth typically counter with a rebuttal the likes of, “If aliens are visiting Earth, why haven’t they touched down on the White House lawn?”
A lame contention that will take one as far as a train with no track.
The obvious answer is, “Would you fly an aircraft onto the White House lawn?”
First off, you couldn’t, since defense systems would shoot you down before you could even get close to the grass.
Second, given the U.S. penchant for extreme violence toward everything ― especially its own populace ― why the hell would an intelligent species, able to travel this Universe, get anywhere near government?
Third, when you’re able to reach “here” from “there,” your technology is so much more advanced than ours, what the fuck could Barack Obama and his cronies possibly offer you?
Fourth, during more than one well-documented incident in 1952, numerous mysterious, aerial vehicles buzzed the U.S. capital — including the White House. To date, a definitive explanation as to what these craft were, eludes humanity. **** *****
**** Dolan, Richard, M. (2002). UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up: 1941–1973. Hampton Roads Publishing Company. ISBN:1571743170
***** 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incidents:
Another retort is that UFOs might be secret military vehicles.
Such is definitely possible, but the problem with this argument is that ― in countless cases ― fighter jets are scrambled after these enigmas. If the flying conundrums are yours, why would you send armed aircraft aloft to intercept and/or shoot them down?
Those with a recalcitrant need to debunk ― going far beyond objectivity ― often toss this absurd rebuttal into the mix:
“Pilots are the worst observers of aerial anomalies.”
Would you knowingly board a jetliner with an aviator at the helm who couldn’t discern between a flock of birds and an aircraft the size of a small city?
The following argument rears its head often from mainstream scientists:
“In a court of law, anecdotal evidence is the weakest form of proof, and therefore claims of UFO experiences should be categorized as tenuous, at best.”
First off, innumerable encounters with unexplained aerial anomalies have not only been witnessed by extremely credible observers, they’ve also been corroborated by physical validation. This confirmation often comes in the forms of radar returns ― both aircraft, in addition to ground-based ― and pilot-to-tower, tower-to-pilot audio transmissions.
Second, these scientists may wish to consider amending what they perceive as laws, since multitudinous individuals have been executed solely based on anecdotal evidence.
But of course most mainstream scientists are going to overtly ridicule the UFO phenomena. These individuals are at the top of their respective food chain. They’re garnering fame, fortune and notoriety for supporting the prosaic line. They now have their own TV shows, and many are accumulating millions off books sales. Do you really think they wanna run the risk of losing all that by reporting the truth? Talk to any scientist. One of the better methods for killing your career is to openly embrace UFOs of an otherworldly nature visiting Earth. Just watch those cable ratings dwindle, and book sales dry up like a 90 year old’s nut sack.
Countless scientists of mainstream fame were allowed to become so because they conformed. Sedition opposing what governments wish you to believe will result in your lifelong obscurity, at best. At worst, you’ll be eradicated from the scenario. Follow suit, or perish ― one way or another.
When you factor a monetary system into the equation, almost everybody ― scientists included ― become trained seals, with money as their treat. Threaten a professor of chemistry with a loss of career, should he go public with his paradigm-shifting discovery, and he’ll be mute. Promise to no longer fund experiments for a physicist, if she divulges the secret to cold fusion, and she’ll become more silent than a law school library during finals. Best not promulgate an antidote for cancer, since detrimental treatments are big business, and you’ll be flippantly abused, until a compulsive liar garners greater credibility.
In addition, mainstream scientists are highly revered within this current paradigm. Everybody seeks them for answers. Their egos are continually stroked, akin to a lovable cat with silken fur.
If suddenly it was proven humanity was being visited by species far more advanced than we are, nobody would come to these individuals for anything more than evacuation of a foot-long turd clogging their toilet. Rather, people would seek solutions from the otherworldly beings, since they could cross this Universe, while our “experts” can’t even safely get us to the Moon.
Throughout history, humans have witnessed their position of importance diminish. At one point, we speculated we were the lone reason for creation of everything. Steadily, our grasp of the reign slipped, as we realized the Sun, and other celestial bodies in this Solar System ― besides the Moon ― don’t revolve around us. Verity became even more distressing when we learned this wasn’t the only solar system. Our unique nature further decreased when we fathomed the galaxy in which we resided wasn’t the solitary one of its kind, but rather one of hundreds of billions.
Now, with the hypothesis of multiverses ― an infinite number of universes ― humanity can no longer put off the inevitable. Even though mainstream cardboard cutouts — who pose as scientists on TV — will inform you that humans are the sole game in town, knowing how vast the cosmos is, their position is laughable.
All this being said, it’s obvious folks in highly credible positions ― within our human paradigm ― are of the mindset we’re not the sole sentient species. Again, with hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way alone, and hundreds of billions of galaxies in this particular Universe, to believe otherwise is insanity.
So, where are we? As a species, we’re a particle of dust on a particle of dust in a massive macrocosmic ocean. We’re positioned on an outer arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.
If we were in a shopping mall ― staring at a directory of this Universe ― the You Are Here dot, denoting Earth, would neither be viewable by eye, nor microscope. How long would it take us to get to Cock-Shaped Confections at the other end of the mall? Since we perceive this Universe as presently expanding, we’d walk for an innumerable number of lifetimes, only able to satisfy our phallic sugar fix perhaps billions of years from now, when the cosmos collapsed upon itself. By that time, we may not have even strode to the edge of our own Solar System.
Sources:
Books:
Birnes, William, J. (2004). The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Single-Volume UFO Reference in Print. Pocket Books. ISBN: 0743466748
Greer, Steven, M., M.D. (2001). Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History. Crossing Point, Inc. ISBN: 0967323819
Kean, Leslie. (2010). UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record. Harmony Books. ISBN: 9780307716842
Kitei, Lynne, D., M.D. (2010). The Phoenix Lights: A Skeptic’s Discovery That We Are Not Alone. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN: 9781571746320
Movies:
I Know What I Saw. Dir. James Fox. Exec. Prods. Pat and Tony Craddock, Mark Fraser, Jackie and Michael Gardner. Perfs. James Fox. DVD, 2009. ISBN: 1-4229-7473-1
The Phoenix Lights: We Are Not Alone. Prod. Steve Lantz. Perfs. Frances Emma Barwood, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Fife Symington III. DVD, 2005
UFO Hunters: The Complete Season Two. Prod. John Alon Walz. Perfs. Dr. Ted Acworth, Bill Birnes, James Lurie, Pat Uskert. DVD, 2007. ISBN: 1-4229-3099-8
Online Movies:
I Know What I Saw:
The Phoenix Lights: We Are Not Alone:
WORLD WAR III
"I’m 94 years old now, and I’m afraid my disposition is the same as it was 75 years ago...
This shit’s got to go."
― Jacque Fresco *
- Jacque Fresco:
For there to a be a World War III, it stands to reason there had to have been a World War I and II. Unknown to most, there wasn’t.
During the periods these alleged altercations occurred, Earth ― also known as the world ― wasn’t fighting various planets. Humans were slaughtering one another, but celestial bodies weren’t duking it out.
When people began perceiving themselves as analogous with the globe upon which they resided, they fallaciously assumed their species ― akin to the Earth ― would exist for billions of years. Sounds like semantics, but do you see humanity addressing the dilemma of the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone Park, or the inevitable reversal of the North and South Poles?
No. And that lack of logic results from the assumption our kind ― like this planet ― will be around as long as there’s a Universe.
Hence, there never was a World War I, nor II. There may have been a Humanity War I and II, but when people are constantly killing each other, how do you determine when one conflict ends, and another begins?
For the sake of argument, you’ve been concerned about what you perceive as World War III for years, never understanding it’s already begun. In fact, World War III has been in progress for decades. It became a legitimate battle in 1989, when the Internet was released to the public. Skirmishes were small and localized at that point, but as use of the World Wide Web grew, combat escalated.
You see, the Internet was the key to the revolution. With instant communication worldwide, a person in Nepal could share an idea with an individual in Nevada as soon as she thought it. Unlike prior eras, there was no lag time. Five hundred years previous, one was forced to wait months before discovering what was happening on the other side of the planet.
For the first time in written history, humans could converse with each other right away, no matter how far apart they were on this vast, azure ball. The Internet took the fight to another level, changing the dynamics of World War III. Suddenly, people were not only sharing ideas instantaneously, but understanding they were more alike than their governments lead them to believe. Propaganda instilled in our minds ― via brainwashing, otherwise known as schooling ― no longer made any sense.
Fear of “capitalists” or “communists” began to abate, as an individual from Montana could chat with someone from Moscow, and comprehend they were so similar they could have been twins.
As such, terms like those above were viewed as ludicrous, and factions which had injected them into our lexicon ― to divide and conquer our species ― were regarded as the true enemy. Battle lines became defined, and populations began seeing what they once thought to be their governments, in real light.
Painful verity was being exposed, and distributed across the globe with the push of a button. Hence, one could now learn that a nuclear power facility named Fukushima was melting down ― open to the environment ― and humanity’s hegemonies were doing nothing to fix the dilemma. ** We could instantaneously disseminate information regarding the Gulf of Tonkin incident *** **** ― perpetrated by the U.S. ― that lead to the murders of 58,200 American soldiers in Vietnam. Enlightenment was happening, as humans realized their governments were knowingly destroying them.
** Smith, Gar. (2012). Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN: 9781603584340
*** The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara:
**** Gulf of Tonkin Incident:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_tonkin_incident
In addition, profundity took a leap of paradigm shifting proportions, as the Internet provided access to the most extensive library in known history. A repository that put the Ancient Library of Alexandria to shame. As a bonus, this warehouse of knowledge was accessible to anyone from anywhere.
Unfortunate or otherwise, most humans misused this resource that was essential to their survival. Vapid Internet sites ― which allowed a person to inform nearly any human on the planet where and when they were taking their latest shit ― were accessed most often by the majority of the population. Indecipherable messages were typed with thumbs, as the already borderline-illiterate populace became even more obtuse.
Regardless, during this epoch, more humans were able to read than at any other known period in history. Hence, awareness increased, and a division between those who understood what was happening, and the ignorant, developed. Those uninformed continued to support the very regimes that were killing them, and had no idea World War III was even occurring. Those enlightened began to grow in numbers, as they fought this silent battle to keep humanity from being exterminated. ***** Separation was apparent, and yet solidarity among all walks of humans was, as well.
***** Culture in Decline:
http://www.cultureindecline.com/
As such, the gap between governments ― who had always historically sought control ― and their populations, widened.
As of the writing of these words, the outcome of World War III had yet to be determined.
Sources:
Books:
Smith, Gar. (2012). Nuclear Roulette: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Energy Source on Earth. Chelsea Green Publishing. ISBN: 9781603584340
Movies:
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara. Prod. Julie Ahlberg. Perfs. Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara. DVD, 2003
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