iRant, iRave

Ok so I wasn’t going to start blogging until I had the rest of the site sorted out but yesterdays events in Boston USA was just far too tempting. Rather than explaining every little detail you shall learn of these events by the power of youtube.

HEALTH WARNING

Remember side-effects of watching American news broadcasts can include:

• paranoia
• that a beer will cure all you worries
• fear
• an over whelming desire to buy consumer goods
• suddenly feeling like you really need a gun to feel “safe”

Hoax???? Yeah right. Hoax would mean there was intent to cause a panic. Hoax would mean that the PR folks who thought this up would have had to have said to the people they sent out to put them up by the way you might get five years for each ad you put up but hey it will be a job well done. Hoax would mean that the authorities of Boston hadn’t over reacted whilst in the other cities of the United States where these adverts appeared up to three weeks ago (!!!!) did nothing. Infact the continued insistence of some media outlets of using “Hoax” suggests one serious case of denial from the authorities.

Now I don’t have a problem with the way the responded after receiving reports of the “devices” as if there had been explosives of some kind then this would be a very different story. My problem is what happened after they were told that there was no danger and it was just plain and simple viral advertising… The media storm continued. Rather than making a statement saying we had to act this way to protect our freedoms and all the usual stuff it is now time for name-calling and finger-pointing.

So we all know what’s coming. Despite five-and-a-half years, a few wars here, no weapons of mass destruction there, the reason given to “explain” this continuing over reaction could only be one thing. Yup you guessed it, 9-11. I am sure Americans made a big song and dance about how their way of life would not be changed and that they would overcome this tragedy. Obviously it’s still too soon to be thinking in a creative and orginal manner.

Of course the Moonites are now public enemy no. 1 and are suspected of having obtained cheeses of mass consumption whilst harbouring Wisdom bin Cube. The American Military are preparing for an all out strike on the moon once they get their five remaining soldiers who aren’t in Iraq or Afghanistan through basic training. Estimates are so far around the half hour mark :

This is a big red button, push it. Got that soldier?
Uhhhhh Is it this one sir?
No that’s flush for the toilet.

Are we doomed to end up like the Americans; suspicious of every package, scared to leave our homes because of the things we’ve seen on our TVs, news stories produced by government agencies, war mongering in every part of the world that has some oil reserves lacks the freedoms and civil liberties or our own (diminishing by the day but in theory we still have a few), all whilst glued to the sofa eating enough processed greasy crud to feed a family in the developing world for a week and a half in twenty seconds.

So who can save us from this terrible menace to our way of life? But the real question is am I talking about the Americans or the Moonites?