Why Do We Suck?

Why do we suck so bad as a species? Humans collectively are like Ron Jeremy, in that we will fuck anything. The oceans, the forests, and the skies above have thoroughly enjoyed a brutal and often sadistic pillaging. Continue, or perish? Obviously, we've chosen to perish. And that's OK with me.

We deserve extinction, because we're not as smart as we think we are. These big fucking brains have done nothing but help us to seal the fate of our species.

If our stupid monkey friends ran the show, would they fuck shit up as much as we have with less than half the brain capacity? Perhaps, but I argue that they would not be nearly as efficient at doing so. So, here it is; we're fucked.

Your kids, and your kids' kids will inherit a battered, raped, and dying Earth. Fucking Green Peace with Bill Gates' bankroll couldn't get us out of this quandary.

It's important to now take all the bits of your life that are beautiful, tragic, and compelling, and put all that shit in a big stew, let it simmer on high, and create something that will show the toxin laden ancestors of human beings that we were more than the selfish god damned assholes responsible for fucking up the Earth.

From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: Buy Gold

From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: Buy Gold

War Redux

"Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of women, the humiliation of the old, the division of the family, the division of the country - it had all been done in our name... The French city ... had represented the opium stage of the addiction. With the Americans had begun the heroin phase." -James Fenton, 1985

"We seem bent upon saving the Vietnamese from Ho Chi Minh, even if we have to kill them and demolish their country to do it....I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which, sooner or later, will envelop my son and American youth by the millions for years to come." -George McGovern, speech to U.S. Senate, April 25, 1967

Insert Sappy Sentimental Patriotic Post Here

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor." -PNAC I constantly pray for those that lost loved ones on that fateful day.

But wrapping yourself in a star spangled banner and blindly following some elitist twit to the dawn of Armageddon is not the most effective manner of mourning. Follow the light of truth and you will be set free.

Bottom line, without wasting too much valuable time, is that 9/11 was an inside job* and a pretext to secure the second largest remaining oil reserve in the world.

3,000 lives to insure the 'American' way of life is a small price to pay for those that decide our futures, shit more than a million have already died in Iraq.

Being a cynic, wrapped in the tattered shell of an idealist, I know now there's nothing we can do about the status quo.

So, sit back relax, check you're fucking Facebook and enjoy the show, because it's going to be a good one.

*unless you believe an autonomous faction of cave dwelling fundamentalist breached the most sophisticated defense and intelligence network in human history without professional training and or assistance

Tell Me What I Want

Between Google, Facebook, and Chase Bank or whatever parasitic credit company that owns your soul, nothing is secret. These mega-conglomerates no longer deal in tangible goods, but information.

They know what kind of toilet paper you wipe your ass with, whether you prefer pistachio ice cream or rocky road, and if you're a queer punk rocker with a preference for studded anal beads.

These mother fuckers know everything. I'm at a point in my life where I just don't feel like thinking for myself anymore. I tried that and it only causes mental turmoil, hair loss, and hallucinogenic drug use.

I mean, how the fuck else could you cope with a world that is infected with government sanctioned torture, environmental degradation, and Fox reality shows people watch to escape their own shitty, meaningless lives? 

Therefore, I implore Google, Facebook, Chase and whatever Department of Defense data mining program that is monitoring my every digital move, to tell me what I want.

You know more about me than I do, so please just come out and say it, because I'm tired of using this overgrown mass of gray matter for empty introspection.

Why I'm Rooting for the Fall of Modernity

Admittedly, I abuse modern technology and all of its unnecessary evils just as much as the next fellow, but I do despise it.

Maybe not as much as Theodore Kaczynski, but you have to wonder about the worth of material things that cause some to see life as being secondary to intrinsically worthless shit. Ironically enough, I say this while typing on my MacBook, with Gmail open in another tab.

But I think humanity would be well served if the lights went out, the iPhones melted away, and the mind numbing filth that permeates the internet faded to black. Imagine a world in which human interaction counted for something more than temporary fulfillment of materialistic urges.

What if we had to actually work together to survive? Now, I'll be the first to admit that I would quickly perish from a combination of boredom and starvation.

Yet, what if we retained and utilized our instincts, that deep down primal shit all of us possess, but is convoluted by reality TV shows, cable news, and corporate debauchery? Fuck it, too much thinking for now, and Prison Break just came on.

RIP Ted Kennedy

The last of the uber-politico Kennedy brothers has died.

You can bet the good ole' boys of the military industrial complex and other gluttonous corporations are lighting up their illegally imported Cubans, whilst sipping on a vintage bottle of Bourbon saved from the days of slavery. 

Albeit, Teddy wasn't exactly the picture boy of morality, as demonstrated by his excessive drunkenness and the time he bailed on that chick when she was drowning, but he did do some good stuff which I won't waste time writing about here.

I wonder what Robert McNamara, Michael Jackson, and Ted Kennedy are talking about in whatever place their non-corporeal bodies have traveled to?

Perhaps MJ is teaching them the proper technique to maximize the visual effects of a crotch grab. Or maybe McNamara is still trying to sell them on that whole Vietnam thing.

I think most likely though, Teddy is mixing up fuzzy navels and reminiscing about that three way he had with his bros and Marlyn Monroe in the Oval Office. Or would that be a four way?

Shell is Evil

Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle Nigeria claims

(CNN) - Oil company Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other dissidents, the plaintiffs announced Monday. A team from Royal Dutch Shell works amid spilled oil in Atali, Nigeria.

A team from Royal Dutch Shell works amid spilled oil in Atali, Nigeria. The lawsuit accuses Shell of complicity in the 1995 hanging of Saro-Wiwa and the killings or persecution of other environmental activists by the military government that ruled the country at the time.

Roughly half of the settlement will go into a trust fund to help the people of Nigeria's Ogoni region, according to court papers.

"In reaching this settlement, we were very much aware that we are not the only Ogonis who have suffered in our struggle with Shell, which is why we insisted on creating the Kiisi Trust," Saro-Wiwa's son, Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., said in a statement accompanying the settlement.

Nigeria's Ogoni people have complained for years that Shell was allowed to pollute its land without consequences. Saro-Wiwa's death sparked a worldwide outcry, and his movement ultimately forced Shell out of the oil- and gas-rich Ogoniland region.

There was no immediate response from Shell to Monday's settlement. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights went to court on behalf of Saro-Wiwa's family and others in 1996.

Shell fought the lawsuit until last week, when a federal appellate court ruled that the plaintiffs could sue the company's Nigerian subsidiary in American courts, overturning a March decision in the company's favor.

"This was one of the first cases to charge a multinational corporation with human-rights violations, and this settlement confirms that multinational corporations can no longer act with the impunity they once enjoyed," plaintiff's lawyer Jennie Green said in a statement released with the settlement.

Cold World

The instant we are conceived, whenever that may be, our futures and fates are sealed. If we are born to a rich and affluent family, opportunity awaits, the possibilities are limitless. To the poor and destitute, life may not be so easy. Though, many can climb out of the gutter, perhaps this game, life, is rigged.

Righteous Wretchedness

I like the anonymity of my name. A simple Google search turns up a host of interesting individuals with the same moniker.

Among them, a mystery writer, an American outlaw of the 19th century, a Canadian politician, an architect, a composer, and a multitude of other interesting characters.

They accomplished something, as their names are prominently featured when queried.

Then of course there is myself. I don't think my identity registers within the first dozen pages of a Google search. And I'm OK with that. I enjoy living in the shadows.

Why strive for recognition when someone else of the same handle can do it for me?

There are many interesting JW's that have existed. Take this fellow for example. He sacrificed himself at the age of 21 during the Battle of the Bulge.

At 21 I was in a haze of substance induced euphoria.

There's even an award named after a prominent JW. So, as it is, I am content with the other JW's of the world representing with a wealth of commendable and notorious achievements. I'll sit back and bask in their reflective glory.