Media Tricks and Mind Games

Four different people are involved in the “presentation” of the character of Darth Vader

Luke’s Last name was originally intended to be “star-killer”

The word “Mafia” is never used in the movie The God Father

In our Federation writings dating back to the seventies in snail mail, neither Robin nor Zachery are ever listed with a Last Name

No matter which way Mickey Mouses’ head is turned, his ears always face dead on to the camera.   Because those ears would look downright silly and out-sized in three dimensional reality but rather instead serve as almost a two dimensional icon.

The reason why so few White people were on the Bill Cosby show, and were never the male dates of his daughters, is because Cosby didn’t want to remind people that he was in fact, Black.

The reason why Darren and Samantha on Bewitched to share a bed on camera, is because the producers wanted to drive home the fact that “yes, mortals and witches can indeed really have sex with other”.  To do otherwise would leave this fact in Doubt.

In most of the Bible, God Himself is the center of attention in every Story.  The two exceptions to this rule are the “characters” of Jesus Christ and St Paul, where they in turn become the center of attention, not to mention infallible, in every scene they are in.

In the “Final Spin” the Wheel of Fortune has never once landed on a Bankrupt

Elvis Presley always was humble and polite to his fans.  And yet the person Elvis spent his whole life worshiping as his Savior, could himself use a little of that same humility.

The reason why those abused animal commercials are always so darned long is that the producers of these ads are deliberately trying to be annoying.

FOX news I don’t think one time has ever praised President Obama for anything, in his involvements with congress, or the press, or in speeches he has made in public.

The Federal Government will never recind or cede back a “privacy right” that it has appropriated from the American People, even those deemed as “emergency measures only”.

Candidate Mitt Romney is the most profusely praised and supported candidate for President the tea party right has ever had- - and yet Mitt Romney is a Mormon.

Not once have I heard any actual references to “Duck hunting” any time Phil Robertson’s name comes to the attention of the Media.

In the Wheel of Fortune- - they are never long or short on time.  They always “time it out’ so that is a certain puzzle needs extra time to solve, they always magically seem to have it.   This is true even if they have to start the “Final Spin” earlier in some episodes than in others.

Nothing positive is ever said about Nick Fallon on Days of Our Lives.  Nick Fallon is among that rare breed of people who are persecuted for their heterosexuality.

The Reverand Chuck Smith never one time ever said “Well, THAT is one question about God I deem as sincere and is deserving of an answer”.

Not one time have Will Horton and Sonny Kiriacus engaged in a discussion about giving each other sexual pleasure or what sexual techniques each of them likes and doesn’t like.  As with the case of Bill Cosby and Blacks, they don’t want to remind their audience that they are in fact dealing with homosexuals.

Host of call in shows “need’ those “seven deadly words” as a ruse for cutting off callers they are afraid will speak the truth- - and they can always blame it on bad language, rather than what it actually is, being challenged with a point they can’t answer.

Jesus Christ apparently believed the fifth commandment was not meant for him the way it was meant for everyone else.  Not one time does Jesus ever praise his parents for “making sure he was raised right’ or having any wisdom.

If the Christian Church did not go to war as other people, they would lose something that’s of a lot more value to them than their consistency or credibility, They Would Lose Their Power.

People who say “I won’t stoop to being political” are the ones you need to look upon with the greatest of suspicion.

No religious right wing nut will ever make the statement “I am a legalist”.

Lassie always had a hair piece to cover up his cock, because all the Lassies were male dogs.

Every time it’s a “Daily Double” in Jeopardy they always move the camera angle way back before that fact is even announced.

Days of our Lives as long as I have been watching- - has never had young people in the cast between the ages of about eight and sixteen.  They avoid these ages like they were poison.

Fonzie was in reality 28 years of age when “Happy Days” first began as a series.  From the git go it would seem that Henry Winkler was intended to be the star of the series, not Ron Howard.

It is generally believed that either a gay politician or an Islamic politician, either one stands a better chance of being elected President than an atheist.

Before President Obama ever became President - as early as late September of 2008, people on the right were already accusing him of “engineering the economic crisis” we were just entering- - with solemn pledges that more deliberate economic sabotage was in store.  There is an adage "What you accuse others of is what you yourself are most guilty of".  This saying, while true only a minority of the time- fits this "crisis mode" that the Tea Party themselves, rather than anything the Obama administration has done, is what the tea party themselves do as a methodology all the time.

It is said "try not to use the words Always and Never" and as a rule I dislike using these terms, but there are times - - particularly when describing certain media practices, you can't get around them.

The reason why the Beatles were such successful song writers is that their lyrics were flexable with multiple meanings enabeling the listener himself to put himself into the song. 

John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, and the Robert Kennedy preached non violence and they are dead.  Followers of Jesus Christ feel quite comfortable with their own violence, and they are also claiming that their messiah is still alive.  Mandella preached violence, and he lived to see a ripe old age.

The words "blow job" have never been used in Days of our Lives dialogue.

The Fucashima nuclear plant disaster has not been referenced once by the media, despite the ongoing reality of the crisis there.

If it's true that imotation is the sincerest form of flattery, what does that say about Christians who persecuted others throughout history - and some tea baggers claim it's now being done to Christians.

Few if any people in the media are mentioning the fact that if Republican State governors had allowed a state wide exchange, like in Kentucky and California, much of this "crisis" would never have taken place.  They're glad to tell you when a crisis begins, but not so big on informing you that it has ended.  (Selah)

It's interesting reading rambling articles about Senator Obama from late September of 2008.  Actually little of any substance, predictive or otherwise, is actually stated.  It’s all rambling hysterics and mentioning groups such as ACORN, which no longer exist.   There was a major ten page WND article about the ten greatest offenses of President Obama while in office.  Each one takes a whole page and by page four I’d had quite enough.  I see the Accronis notice and for the second week ago, it’s a good thing I did because I wasn’t even thinking today was a Tuesday.   I also looked at a Duck Dynesty article raving on about “religious rights’ and censorship in the media, as if the whole world isn’t perfectly aware of the things Phil Robertson has said.   The Romans quote raises an interesting issue, though.  It actually states that the CAUSE of all these former Saints “turning queer’ as it were- - was “because they had forsaken the knowledge of God” and so from that perspective, the way to cure a homosexual is just to pelt them with Bible verses.

 

Last Thoughts On 2013

It’s not necessary to highlight what a disgusting and retrograde the year 2013 was for race relations to go beyond two of the biggest people to be honored by their fans this year.  These would be Phil Robertson and George Zimmerman.  One remark that has become increasingly irritating about this year is the one used on the right by people like Sean Hanity is “People are trying to politicize racial issues like with the Trayvon Martin trial”.  It shows a basic lack of any sort of conscience- - because to be “political” one is presumed to be saying said remark because he is running for office.  Well, this author is not running for any Office and I reserve the right as do all Americans (running for office or not) to make moral evaluations of people’s racial attitudes.   Nobody but a fellow whacko would “sign off” on the idea that this trial in Sanford Florida was NOT about race or bigotry.  Sean claims that “Nobody knows the facts or the law in Florida”.   There used to be a saying in the 1992 Presidential campaign “It’s the Economy, stupid” and now I say “It’s the Forensics, stupid”.   NOBODY, especially the prosecutor, wanted to talk about “the facts” or wave shape vocal analysis- - or the fact that blood doesn’t fall up hill or that you can’t shoot someone over you and not get one drop of blood on you, or smash your skull on the sidewalk, and yet not one drop of your blood on the sidewalk.  As to the law, in order to envoke “the Law” there was to be a hearing on “Stand your ground” but Zimmerman didn’t want to have that hearing because he didn’t want to testify, and he’d have to, and he knew he’d be caught in a lie if he did.  The defense was forbidden to raise the “Stand your Ground” issue but they raised it anyhow.  The Prosecution has the right to a final Rebuttal.  They did not use that right.  The defense was barred from showing that “simulation” as evidence in the trial, but it was OK if they used it in their closing arguments, where it would have MORE and not less sway.  The defense said “We don’t want vocal experts because we don’t want the jury to be biased by any second hand testimony” and yet this same defense had a string of five or six defense witness saying “OH yeah, that’s Georgie’s voice, I’d know it anywhere’ and one “expert” said he “knew it was his voice’ from moans of the dying soldiers from his time serving in the Viet Nam war.   Would Sean Hannity claim all this is just “political posturing” and therefore should not bring it up?   But the most blatant example of Media race bigotry is that thing of Laura Ingrim playing a speech John Lewis made at the fiftieth anniversary of King’s march on Washington in August 1963.   She played Lewis speaking and then the peal of a gun shot rings out - - and we’re all supposed to think that is so funny!  We have driving while Black, like the guy backing out of his driveway then goes back for his briefcase and when he comes back out he’s surrounded by cops- - pointing their guns at him.  The victim of this intimidation knew that it was a case of “Cops acting stupidly” but of course were he to claim this it would be “political posturing”.  And he feared for his life and when looking down the barrel of guns, figured perhaps this wouldn’t be a good time to ask for the officers badge numbers.  Then we have “sitting at a bus stop while Black” and when the coach of these HS basketball players comes along to vouch for them, the local police threaten to arrest him, too.  You know, most decades don’t show their “character” till about the “2” of the decade.  This was true for the forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties.  I could give examples of each, but for want of time and your patience, I won’t.  But this decade showed its “character” starting the moment President Obama was sworn in back in 2009.   The one thing all of this anti Obama rhetoric has as its driving force if the idea that none of them can accept the fact of “That Nigger in the White House”.  There is just no polite way of saying it.   Sarah Palin was the original tea bagger.  The tea party, contrary to another spun myth, was NOT a “reaction to the signing of the Affordable Care Act.   It was in full force eleven months before that bill was signed.  They have done surveys that show that White people make judgements on cases involving Race - - BEFORE any of the facts have become known.  Sarah Palin defended Phil Robertson’s remarks very avidly and forcefully- - but admitted “I don’t even know what he said”.   Romney weighed in on Bengazi before any of the facts were even known.  Now that the New York Times has come out with a long article on Bengazi- - people on the right have taken to attacking it.

Jesus Christ wasn’t all that whitty.  For instance I would suggest “Do not say to do unto others what you would want done unto you - - but rather DON”T do unto others what you would NOT want done unto you”.  Because some queer out there might want to over me his exposed buttox and I’d have to politely decline his offer.   Jesus said if you’re working for someone and you think you can get a better offer- - be a flake and start cheating your boss and catering to his enemies- - and that way the enemies will be so impressed with you they’ll end up paying more than your old boss.  This parable to me has always seemed a little morally “tone deaf”.  Jesus said “Do not test the Lord thy God” but I’m not sure I’ve ever found that verse in the Old Testament.  So then I offer you a parable to illustrate my point.  If it’s true that one should not even ALLOW himself to be tempted with sin by “giving place to the Devil” was not Jesus himself “tempting his disciples to sin” by telling them to carry two swords, and then repermanding them for using them?  Or consider this example.  One guy with an alcohol problem came to this guy’s house with liquor bottles on the wall full of booze.  The guy said “I’ll give you a choice.  You can have a shot glass of gin right now and go on your way.  Or help me operate this old loom while I weave some faboric for an hour- - and I’ll let you have an eight ounce bottle of gin.” The question is “Which choice of action would he be Testing his host?  My disciples would say “Why, the second option because- -the Host put himself under an oath to offer the wayfarer a whole bottle of gin, and now is pressured to make good on his promise.  Therefore I would say unto you - - “So then- - it would seem to having Faith in God’s word, we are implicitly Testing him”  (Selah)   I received a letter from a Pastor in which he made no distinction between “God telling me to do something” but is said thing never comes to pass- - then it wasn’t God’s will that it take place.  Many things come to mind with this saying.  If it’s true that every thing that happens is God’s will and ONLY things that happen are God’s will- - I might presume- - - that if Kate and Samantha get away with murder- - than it must have been God’s will that this murder to Take Place to Begin with.   Can I get a “Selah” to that one?

Johnny Wendell was on at nine, and the station had just one more day of operation in its current format.  Johnny scored points with me by attacking Billy Joel for “having no soul”.  This is exactly my complaint against him.  He’s a plastic banana churn out the “commercial product” because he knows how to “produce’ something that sells.  Maybe that requires a certain kind of talent, but he lacks the true spirit and soul of a real rock artist, which is why back in August of 1990 I gave him the designation of “The Anti Elvis”.  Randy Rhodes won’t be back till Monday anyhow.  That means she’s had a three week vacation- - in addition to the half dozen mini vacations she’s had throughout the year already.  Stephen Stills told Stephanie he’s always supported the troops and wasn’t like all these people that disparaged vets from returning from Viet Nam.  I went out for coffee in the courtyard in the morning, but not in the afternoon.  We had tuna sandwiches for lunch, and coleslaw, and mixed melon.  The second bowl of beef soup was mostly pasta, and the first bowl was mostly beef broth.  I guess the two balance out.  In terms of Nick Fallon, he never mowed anybody down with an M 16 but that doesn’t stop the writers of the Soap Opera from envoking the death penalty on him.  That’s just what they are doing.  It’s the old gag of everybody is in on the secret working off the theory that “If everybody commits the sin, they can’/t prosecute them all”.  If I were the DA I’d just say “Oh yeah? – just watch me”.  Maybe I’d get Anne Milbower to assist me.  We all know what “he got the death penalty for” don’t we?  It’s for threatening to turn in Will Horton for shooting Elvis way back then.  He was in favor of doing it before he was against it.  But of course in order to threaten someone it has to be a threat- and in the city of Salem they just don’t care.  The crime of murder now is considered no big thing.  Elvis is going to hire some of Stephano’s goons to help eliminate any shred of evidence there was ever a murder there.  And Kate learned where to dump the body from Stephano talking about his crime activities.  At first Will took the baby and fled, but now Sonny is trying to “talk him into the idea of sharing a secret, for which each and every one of them could be prosecuted for a felony charge.  It’s like you’re watching the Sopranos.

We had pumpkin pie for desert.  I went to the bakery for a large coffee just now at fading twilight.  I posted tonight in the next blog.  We are running on just under a three month cycle through rate.  We are now in “Skeletons from the Closet”.  San Diego won over Kansas City in San Diego in overtime with waning minutes to go.  SD was ahead 27 to 24 and Kansas City got another chance but failed to score an “answering’ field goal.  So Pittsburgh is now given “Das Boot”.  They are out of the play-offs and the San Diego Chargers are in.

The latest belief on the "Aether Theory" is that said Aether is different for each of us.  There are any number of other "light-space event horizons" passing through this identical space we are in now, but all of them are passing at a rate where their "gravity" hence "materiality" cannot register in OUR space.  However their own Gravity, though it can't be ever "grasped" in our space- - has NO Trouble at All, keeping up with Them in their Own Space- - even though that Same Gravity- - even if it Could be perceived in Our space, and it can't, but if it could- - it would "appear" to be in a vastly different "space distribution" than it does in the other's OWN space.  Each person's "gravity" is best suited to his Own space.  (Selah)   I was going to quote the thirteen sayings from my motivational calendar I received. Maybe I'll do that come next year.