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More about the media, not so much about pop culture:



I just watched a reality show, whose identity I will not disclose (out of embarrassment). On the show tonight one young women, who looks like a barbie doll (anatomically disproportionate, with long straight, perfect hair, perfectly lined eyes, an innocent/clueless personality) and works at a recording studio for a major record label--dumped her boyfriend on camera. During "The Dump" (which inevitably began with the sentence: "I don't think this is working out) the y.w. actually took a bite of food and then continued to tell him what a special guy he is while she chewed it! Amazing. Did I mention she walked out in the middle of a recording session where a famous and talented music star was in mid-song? Awesome.

The episode also included a y.w. who looks, literally, like a muppet--lot's of plastic surgery, collagen lips, bleach blond, perfect looking hair--the works. This "muppet" stared into the camera incessantly while obsessively playing with her hair and occasionally flashing a sexy yet sinister look as she delivered a line. No word yet if her camera glances and sexy-fidgeting were due to insecurities in her appearance or desperate attempts to look sexy. Likely both.

In this episode I witnessed social manipulation and powerplays, unnecessary urging for confrontation, emotional abuse and back stabbing. All the while, the extremely tolerant, pious, kind nature of one character lingered as the main storyline.

All of the young women and men on the show are quite affluent (with their famous industry parents conveniently left out of the plot) they are often taking private jets & limos, sporting the finest couture, and landing the coolest jobs/internships in the land. Their life, it seems, is a dream-come-true--well except for some guy in Florida who will forever be known as the guy who got dumped on television...anyway, they are, it seems, the representatives of a generation.

Quite an interesting American show, eh?

What is interesting to me is the way they are portrayed as real people. Think about it. It's a reality television show. With this title alone, the producers of the show are telling us that these are REAL people and this is the way REAL people act. And they are also rewarded with fame and wealth for acting the way that they do: talking behind each others' back, cheating on one another, manipulating each other, purposely ending friendships, verbalizing their hatred of one another, being blatantly obsessed with their appearance, never (ever) talking about what is actually happening in the world, and showing complete and utter devotion to looking/being perceived as cool. They have no black or gay friends and they appear regularly on various talk shows (Ellen, David Letterman, The View) to enforce their fame and flaunt their fortune.

My question is this--if the mainstream media is promoting these "real" people as a generation's idols and role models--complete with the wealth, fame, and beauty their generation desires wholeheartedly--isn't that the same as attempting to create-through influence, a generation of assholes?

Why would the mainstream media do that?

...if it made you think...

Read this blog... IT'S AMAZING!!

Shelly, from CitizenAgainstLies.com, wrote an amazing Blog about the MTV spots which were run on MTV last summer (see below or click above). I'm glad she did... we need to get the word out--even if we are wrong. The possibility that we could be right (which truly does exist) far outweighs the consequences of being wrong.

Very Cool Discovery - a soon to be, largely-discovered, Canadian comedian

Hopefully many of you have already heard about this guy--but he will ALWAYS remind me of Canada...even when I'm 60. When I first got here, Jon Lajoie was one of the things that helped me to love Canada more--well him and the sanity most of its Torontonians (sp.) seem to display. In any case, I thought I would share, as I would hate for Hollywood to claim him as their own!
To a hilarious Canadian comedian:

Not Give A Fuck... (OH man...if only that were remotely possible for me!)



And if you don't think that one is funny... try this:



Cheers,
E

MTV warns the public about Martial Law and Concentration camps... Whaaaaaaat?

OK... when I first watched the video below--which you will soon click on and watch--I was in utter shock and disbelief.

So take a look and I'll tell you what I think...



I often go off on these wild tangents when I talk about the United States government and my disdain for it's blatant acts of dishonesty--its achievements in stripping Americans of their rights--USA Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, Preemptive Raids on activists--the incredible amount of power the Bush Administration has managed to secure for itself by use of stolen elections and staged events, and of course the obvious and nauseating control over the media it has managed to seize.

Without fail, each and every time I speak my mind and express my fears over a Government-Gone-Wild , I am called a conspiracy theorist--which is the equivalent of being called a "silly child". And though it is frustrating to hear this very common reaction--there is no doubt in my mind that there is plenty of truth to what I am trying to tell you. I am trying to tell you, in the simplest of words that the United States Government is not finished plotting and practicing the evil deeds it began to commit in 2001.

Their track record says it all:

• using tragedy to gain power -- 9/11 and most recently the tanking of the economy
  
• using ruthless propaganda and flat out lies--where do I begin? Weapons of Mass Destruction, Sadam Husseins ties with Al Queida, or the McCain Campaign calling Obama a terrorist?
• Torture? WTF!
• The Military Stop-Loss policy--a secret way for the government to use and reuse and then reuse troops.... over and over...
• Preemptive War, preemptive raids, survaillance of citizens
  
• allowing and even encouraging racism and hate speech at rallies and elsewhere
  
• controlling the media--Fox News, is this what we call respectable journalism?
  
• a questionable aliance with the Bin Laden family which was (suspiciously) NEVER legally, publically, questioned by congress. Where is Kenneth Star?
• ENRON?
  
• lying about a $700 billion dollar Bailout Bill--which according to MANY economists, was unnecessary and misused; as there was plenty of hidden agenda contained inside of a bill, comprised of hundreds of pages, that Senate only had hours to read and then vote upon
  
• stolen elections of the past (hanging chads anyone?) and more recently, countless reports from all over the nation of people being purged from the voter roles and voter caging

Let's face it, these guys--the Bush Administration, the One-Percenters, the Neocons--are plotting some serious, Voldemort-Style, world domination and it's obvious (to me at least) that they plan on gaining it by any means necessary.

The fact of the matter is, and not to scare the shit out of anyone, but this is REALLY happening. It's not a movie, it's not a commercial in a movie--it's a real commercial that was run in the United States by MTV. Can you believe that? A commercial comparing today to the days of Holocaust... this is real.

So instead of remaining in your current state of blissful-ignoring (i.e. denial) Let's try to think of what we can do to stop it! We can stop this from happening--whether it's on the horizon or not.

Check out this book: "Give me Liberty: A Handbook For American Revolutionaries", by Naomi Wolf. The book was written with the intention of helping us to fight the power and keep our freedom. After all, if it happens in the US... whose to say they'll respect the borders and let Canada live freely? What's the likelihood with Harper in charge?

My point is this: how can it be "conspiracy theory" if MTV is saying it too? It doesn't get more Mainstream than that. Think about it.




**Link to Citizen Against Lies. I sent this link to Shelly, who writes this blog, and she was just as astonished by the video as I was. She said she would post on it tonight and it will definitely be interesting to learn her point of view.

...for the gym-rats, sports enthusiasts, and conspirists alike...

I thought I'd change it up a bit and talk about something new...

As some of you may know, I spend a good deal of time at the gym...yeah, I admit it. It's not that I'm obsessed with the way I look, it's just that I consider myself to be an athlete and staying fit is a vital part of that consideration. In any case, the gym has become my second home and while there, I've learned quite a bit.

At the gym, there is no shortage of interesting characters--the meatheads, the magazine girls, the people who have clearly never touched a weight before, the athletes, the socializers, the group-exercise-class-groupies, those who are addicted to spinning, the gym-rats, those who are medically mandated to train (mostly older population), and of course those who try extremely hard but have all of the wrong moves.

Every once in a while, you'll see a guy (or a gal) and you'll wonder to yourself: "are they on steroids?" For most people, the thought of using steroids is a crazy one, but for others--those who make a living by using their body (athletes, strippers, models, body builders), those who are plain obsessed, and of course, those who work in the industry--steroids is a reality.

A friend and coworker of mine suggested I watch a documentary called BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER. He suggested it because he thought I would like it--he was right. It's a documentary about an American guy who grew up in New York with 2 brothers. Growing up, their childhood obsessions were muscles, wrestling, and being the strongest boy in school and in the house. All three brothers followed their dreams to become professional power lifters/wrestlers. The film follows the main character as he grapples to understand why his 2 brothers are addicted to using steroids and he is not. The documentary evolves into a search for the truth about steroids--are they really harmful? And if not, why the big fuss?

I watched it and thought it to be one of the best I've ever seen--insightful, funny, and a bit genius at times. So, that said, if you're a fitness-punk like I am, this film comes highly suggested--if you're a fitness-punk AND you're American than that's even better.

CHECK IT OUT (of Blockbuster) It really makes you think about society, growing-up American, and of course...the culture's obsession with STEROIDS!

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