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2002-12-03 : 12:05 p.m.
What's your politics? Coke or Pepsi?
The following was written journal entry. I think it makes me sound more angry than what I really was... I was more frustrated than anything else...
Date: 12-01-02 Listening to: Then Jerico (This Big Area) Let�s just put Sunday night�s evening as it was� shall we? Larry King� entirely pissed me off� I mean� ENTIRELY. The praise and much of the intro for U2 was warranted� but Bono had to keep sliding back into the topic at hand (the aids epidemic in Africa) over and over� as if it were some cheap commercial plug in� He was a lot nicer about it, than he should have been� tsk, tsk� Even CNN has to be thwarted by sensationalism� this is why I would not go into journalism kids� I am way too opinionated and political� and I DO NOT BELIVE IN: BROWN journalism� (unless a country�s security is at stake� ) but the death of millions of innocent lives? You�re fucking kidding me� And thank you JESUS IN A HALF SHELL!!! Bono spoke a bit about his (their) stance on God and Christianity� AND THEY ARE NOT!!! Grrrrrr�. In any case� yes� the height of the evening� and poor Adrienne had to stumble herself right onto it� The general banter throughout the program between her, John, and I� was fine for the most part� until Adrienne�s frustration kept getting worse and worse� Adrienne, �Well, what exactly do they have to give us? I mean, what resources? Anything?� I knew what she was implying� and as awful of an implication that was� I kept my cool. �Diamonds.� John responded. �That�s it? Well, those aren�t very important� they don�t have many resources do they.� Continued Adrienne. �Well� if the millions of people weren�t falling over and dying, as a result of disease and mal-nutrition� both of which are completely avoidable� they could cultivate more resources� and actually be a more �resourceful� continent� it�s not all Oil and trade in the world Adrienne�� I responded. Adrienne: �Well obviously it�s not very important, or else why wouldn�t the U.S. step in to help? Obviously it�s not very important� I mean diamonds are not important.� Me: �Adrienne?! It�s not just about diamonds� and if you really wanted to get technical about the matter� diamonds are to an extent important� from an economical stand point� The fact is� if the world economy were to collapse or suffer drastically in any way� only certain values can hold withstanding� such as Gold, Platinum, and precious stones and minerals� I.E. Diamonds� If the U.S. dollar were to falter, the world economy would undeniably crumble to some extent� especially since, country�s everywhere and their markets are increasingly turning to the dollar for value� so you better believe something that seems so benign could be important� and to boot, Africa holds the monopoly on diamonds- if I remember correctly� but that�s not it Adrienne�� Adri: �What do you mean?� Me: �What I mean is� south Africa is sooo fucking poor� they can�t afford to feed themselves� let alone, defend themselves on any military level� which is why� you can go there and find U.S., British, Arabic, and many other interests cultivating diamonds and other essentials, without very little dispute or even decent business skills from the natives� because they are too busy DYING!!! It�s called exploitation� and that my friend� is only a tiny part of the whole story�� Adri: �Well what makes Bono act like he knows it all� who�s gonna wanna listen to him?� Me: �Are you kidding me?� Adri: �Seriously� no one is gonna take him for an expert�� John: In a very soft spoken manner� a kind of: �I know Adrienne is going to beat me for opening my mouth� tone� �Ummm� because people wouldn�t take the time to listen to someone else� someone who isn�t a celebrity�� THANK YOU JOHN�. 10 FATTY POINTS FOR DR. JOHN!!! Me: �Exaaaaaaaactly� the fact still remains people are too fucking lazy to search and respond outside of their immediate world� You, yourself, would never have taken the time under normal circumstances to listen to �the experts� as it were� on the issue� No� you are sitting here and learning Adrienne� because Bono is speaking� and no one else�� Yeah� I may have been a bit rough there� I did personalize it a bit� and hit her below the belt so to speak� but seriously� Oh but here�s the part� I �almost� found amusing� she decides to try and nab me via another route� Adri: �You know Alex� You idolize a lot of people�� Oh yeah� I know what she�s getting at� ( you see, I have quite a bit of posters from various artists hanging about in my room, which she was invariably grasping at to make an absolutely futile point� futile, because she really doesn�t know me all that well, just yet�-- Which we all know� IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT� as it is� But all hell broke loose� and my ghetto raunch came out in full fashion� Yes, good ol� me blows� �What? WHAT?� (I take a deep breath�) �Listen Adrienne� let�s take my little Blink 182 poster on the fucking door as an example� shall we? Well, for one sweets� Blink 182� could go defunct come tomorrow� and honey� I could give a rats ass� seriously�. I COULD GIVE A RATS ASS� it�s simple, fun music� AND THAT�S IT� And even if I didn�t like their music� I WOULD RESPECT THEM WORLDS OVER�. BECAUSE OF SOMETHING I CANNOT DO� to the extent they do Adrienne� put mother fucking EFFORT� Adri: �I don�t think just because you are rich or famous, you should have to do anything� I don�t think they have any moral obligation to have to donate anything�� Me: (I�m physically smacking my head at this moment.) �Adrienne, the issue is not �morality�� the point is, these people, �celebrities� have the OPPORTUNITY that you or I do not have� to work on a level� that is almost impossible for the average person to reach� Anyone, can donate money� anyone� but not everyone can go and spend over a month in Africa to live and see for yourself all the atrocities that go on� to then, report to a world, that you know only will listen to pop stars� not to your typical George Bush or Tony Blair�� She looks over to John� who will not even look her way, to render any support� She�s on her own� I continue� �Adrienne� you were born into a kind of life that makes you LUCKY. It�s not a right to live the way you do� work where you do� live with whom you chose� how you chose� IT�S A FUCKING PRIVILEDGE� And all I know is� had I been born a south African, or an Afghani-woman, or an Andes poverty stricken native� I would want to know one little thing Adrienne� Adrienne got up at that point and casually walked away, mumbling: �I don�t want to have this conversation anymore.� To which I added: �It�s nothing personal honey� you just have to believe and understand on some level (I hope) that these problems will directly affect you at some point... they will� just take a moment to educate yourself on it� and you�d see what I mean� **************************************** And I want anyone who reads this, to understand something� I am not a political activist so to speak� and I am a very typical voter so to speak� as I too, only chose to exercise that right vicariously� and like most people I can only do so much� however� >Yes� HOWEVER, Everything when broken down, ends up on the political bandwagon� to think you are not directly involved in some fashion is complete� BULL SHIT. Abre Los Ojos!! Open your eyes!! Again� Neither kids� neither� You can always judge a person�s �worldly� level�(for lack of a better word)� with their response to such a question� Because politics is neither kids� it is only relative� A trick question I suppose� but that�s what happens when you dont take the time to really think� And now that I�ve utterly stressed myself� because all I can do to affect the world for the time being� is help feed the man downstairs, who sits by the garbage can� I will be on my way� And you have to understand� (oh christ, pleaaase!!) Now would we? ************************************* (On another added note... Adrienne said the next day to me... 'sorry, honey... I don't really know about these things..' To which I replied... 'Well now you do.')
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