Lady Gaga is coming to perform songs from her new album just down the road from where I live. I have an exam the following day so fuck me seriously. I have wanted to catch Mother Monster since last year when I was bugging my ex to take me to her damned concert in London. Looks like she and I are just not meant to be. I guess I'll just have to catch her in Singapore some time then seeing as Malaysia has its knickers in a bundle perpetually when it comes to her or indeed anything homosexual related.
Lately I've been watching a set of disturbing videos as well. The prime video of concern is called "The Road to World War 3" and it's talking about how recent events are slowly leading towards those events. Normally I'd brush off people like these as fringe nuts but when you consider all his theories and explanations it starts to make frightening sense. For instance, the maker of the video talks about how Iran is being targeted by the Western powers due to it trying to break free from the US dollar's grip over petrol prices. So what happens is the West then proceeds to destabilize Syria and will attempt to try to get into Syria to involve Iran. What's scary is the video was made in September 2012. Now nearly a year later the British Parliament is debating whether to launch a war in Syria and the USA is already gleefully announcing their intention to get involved.
Oh and China and Russia are standing by Iran on strong terms. An attack on Syria and Iran could be the flashpoint of Armageddon as we know it. In a secular sense of course because I'm obviously anything but religious. But the implications are horrifying and it scares me just to think of it. Check out the video below.
And if you'd all rather care about Milley Cyrus being a skank then well, good on you. The sad reality is people are easy to manipulate and control because they care far too little about world affairs. In light of all this global politics, Malaysian politics suddenly seems so very small and insignificant. Truly, I am ever slightly worried.
Hi Cy,
ReplyDeleteA longtime "lurker" from the States.
When your studies allow, you might want to research the "Libertarian" party since this video and others appear to be based on that core: "Isolationist", small government, gold standard, eliminate the evil Federal Reserve system (very Ayn Rand). Former Congressman Ron Paul was the visible face, and now his son, Senator Rand Paul, is attempting to step into that visible "leadership" role (not sure this highly autonomous "group" has a leader).
I'm not sure who is "gleeful" (Fox "News"? ;-) I do believe that Obama is fundamentally in the "American Idealist" tradition (Woodrow Wilson, American Transcendentalist: Emerson, et al). Oddly, I also believe that "W", Bush, is also at his core in that tradition but pushed back to the religious "idealism" of the Puritans. Any reaction to the Syrian tragedy is probably more grounded in the guilt over not reacting to Rwanda. Personally, I would prefer not reacting since we have been at ambiguous war for so long (replacing a murderous elite with whom?).
I hope no one will misstep over Syria. If WW3 comes, my guess, it will be over International Waters in SE Asia. Just my opinions, no inside knowledge.
I wish you well with your studies: "it's always darkest before the dawn" and all that.
Edwin
Heya thanks for your long comment, always nice to know who my silent readers are haha. Sadly people like Ron Paul will forever be sidelined in American politics despite all the traction I thought he had gained.
DeleteThe whole South China Sea issue is a cause of great concern for me as well. On one hand you have China claiming the whole area as our own and has already got into conflicts with the Philippines and Vietnam. Malaysia is involved in this dispute as well and the prospect of war with China worries me.
On the other hand there is the invariable increase of American warships and defence contracts being negotiated in our region of the world that makes me just a tad uneasy as well. No offence really but I don't entirely trust the Western powers as well. I think their institutions and people are inherently good but their politicians have all become corrupt to the core. It all just smacks of Empire again.
Hi Cy,
ReplyDeleteSorry if I went wordy ;-)
I don't blame you for being concerned about America's military: all large standing armies are problematic ("give a man a hammer and everything looks like a nail" type of thing). The President has decided to seek consensus over Syria so we shall see.
Empire? America has had its flirts. The only political group who seems comfortable with that idea now are the "Neo Cons" (new conservatives with former VP Dick Chaney as the visible face, and most influential advocate in the first 6 years of W's presidency. Most people believe that W noticeably distanced himself in his final 2 years). I believe Obama is trying to walk back from that unilateral attitude and renew partnerships around the world (please note, he almost went unilateral over his reaction to Syria: the "moral", doing the right thing, versus what Americans tend to view as overly pragmatic "chess playing", read morally problematic, strategy by others). I believe it helps to understand America by realizing that the left, the middle and the right all tend to be very concerned with the morality, rightness, of things, even though they are deeply divided by what that means: regardless of their religion or lack thereof. America was strongly colonized by religious refugees escaping State Religions and persecution in Europe, plus some Church of England profiteers ;-) Just kidding, kind of ;-)
This is way too long again. Quick: corrupt? or shared intellectual visualization of the world? China? Tibet raised the question of aggressive neighborhood bully or ready to join the world community (the Dalai Lama has been a very effective ambassador well beyond the Buddhist community).
Sorry for the length. Edwin