Supporting Local Talent

For all the crap that may come out of America's Got Talent, you see often times a tiny jewel of a person who has amazing talent. The show tries to spin it that they discovered this new talent because they held auditions. This is only meant to lend them credibility for a show that only pumps out singers while advertising that the show is open to all acts. These people who only sing in the shower or only sing at church, and come out with amazing voices is something that we do not always hear about. A lot of times you have local bands who are singing about issues and topics that really matter. But the same concept of supporting a local band is the same as supporting US companies. Supporting local stores instead of big box stores helps the local economy, and has a direct impact on a local business in your town. If you spend $100 a week at Wal-mart, you are not going to see Wal-mart suddenly start hiring in your local town. But if you spend your money at a local store, you are more likely to see a direct impact in your life by seeing that small company hire new employees.

A New Poem

I finally got the inspiration to write another poem. This one is more towards a children's poem, but I thought it was sweet. I debated writing it as a story, but thought it would fit better as a poem. It is still kind of written as a story, which is another reason why I wanted to try something new in how I write poetry.

Movie Mistakes Reveal the Lie

I have always had a fascination with mistakes in movies with continuity errors (items switching positions between shots), equipment or crew visible (either clearly like in Harry Potter, or in reflections), factual errors (later era planes or ships used in a period piece), to downright illogical use of the surroundings (flat land suddenly becomes a large drop-off in Jurassic Park). Since I took a class on film in college, I have a better understanding of how it came about that these errors have occurred. The Lord of the Rings trilogy flipped the screen a lot, which most of the time is not noticeable because the human body is symmetrical (the same on either side). But when you have a leaf on your cloak that points one way, it becomes painfully obvious. The reason for doing this is the camera angle shows them looking one way. Another shot has them looking another way, but if you flip the image, it makes it look like they are looking in the same direction.

The Case for Ron Paul

How you view Ron Paul may say more about yourself than what you think of Ron Paul. For decades, Ron Paul has been a strict constitutionlist who believes that if the rights of the federal government are not stated, then it is left up to the states to decide. People think Ron Paul is radical, but he is simply following the Constitution. In a way he is radical because the founding of this country and giving us all of these freedoms was a radical idea from the tyranny that preceded. These days, our rights have been stripped away so much that the ideas that our founding fathers had have become radical again.

"E.T." by Katy Perry Examined

There is symbolism everywhere, in architecture, in movies, and in literature. Symbolism is a key component to poetry, and songs are a form of poems. Some symbols have multiple meanings, what are called esoteric and exoteric. One meaning is for those who have "eyes to see" and "ears to hear", who know the true meaning, and the other meaning of a symbol is for the rest of the public.

I have no great insider knowledge about Katy Perry's song "E.T." only that considering her past, and how the record industry works, this could be a possibility. It is already well known that the music industry for years has tried to change society and the youth by the lyrics in their songs, whether they are Satan worshiping like Metallica or Black Sabbath, or if they are trying to hyper sexualize young kids like Britney Spears, Boy Bands, and most recently Lady Gaga.

Doublespeak and Doublethink Explained

Doublethink is having two contradictory beliefs which was coined by George Orwell in the novel 1984. An example is supporting the Libya war while calling it a humanitarian action, or "peace." Doublespeak is similar in that actual words are distorted or have a reversed meaning; again, "war" means "peace." Once you know what it is, you will begin to see it everywhere, not just in politics, but in media, and entertainment. The song "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" sings about how much of a classic cowboy he is like John Wayne, riding his horse into town instead of a Cadillac SUV. Yet if you've even seen the singer in real life--a prime example was the reality show that brought singers from other genres to sing country songs on CMT--he wears big fut coats.