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VicariousE
Wanted to be a simple man of the Earth, enjoying art and literature, the bounty of the Earth. Instead, I have to fend against governments and principalities, global conspiracies and bad social engineering, ree, my autism

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First Podcast, God Help Me

Posted by VicariousE - October 28th, 2016

Yesterday my cousin and I spent a few hours digging a ditch.  My sinus infection really took off last week, so I've had to wear my ancient coke bottle glasses since then, making the work even more miserable.

After I hydrated and zoned out on Newgrounds, went to Mickey Dee's for food.  Then I slept for 10 hours, got up, had a decent cup of joe... it's raining outside, hasn't done that in a while.  Had another big meal, felt contented and slightly groggy, then...

No idea why I picked past US Presidents as a first podcast subject.  Bad enough I went unscripted, so much dirt on the more recent Presidents, and the things that happened under their tenure... ALL the things that happened, including at home, when my parents were still alive.

Oh well, it's a banal start.

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AliceMako

Congratulations taking on a new venture, shit takes some doing :3

VicariousE

Thanks, not an auspicious start, to be sure. But not bad considering I can barely see shit out of my right eye, and my glasses are older than most of the folks who come here lol

GabrielBarsch

everything is going to be fine
dont worry

VicariousE

On the contrary, but thanks for trying to calm an old man down... an old man, who has forgotten much by design, because the real truth of things, is much worse than you may suspect.

Jackho

Interesting listen. You seem well composed, and wise without being didactic. I find american politics and contemporary history fascinating, and it's always better when you can hear from someone who experienced it. Particularly presidents and the atmosphere leading up to elections. My parents have always been deaf to politics and of course we would've been culturally cut off from the wider world until quite recently so it's something I've a lot to learn about.

I remember Obama's election, sort of, but the current one seems so inescapable and omnipresent. Am I wrong in thinking this one is a lot "bigger" - a constant flow of new info for the media to scrutinise thanks to twitter and social media, an endless sequence of controversies and weirdness from, "grab her by the pussy" to Hillary collapsing in NY and a clumsy attempt to cover it up, and that's when they're not hurling insults over twitter like a pair of teenagers. Debates being a measurement of who can get off the most ad-hominem "zingers" and not a battle of ideas, because the people are somehow already behind them, and stubborn about it. It's on the level of Taylor Swift and rap feuds.

It seems like such a clusterfuck with both candidates being horribly petty and barely worth respecting, let alone looking up to. Surely older elections weren't like this. I wonder how much social media has to do with it, how many older candidates would be as reprehensible if nothing could be forgotten and people had an endless capacity to drag shit up back then, or how baseless the arguments would become if motivation could be broken down to measurable social media numbers, when people flock to 140 character ideas.

One thing you said, if I didn't mishear - the TV showed a military jet hitting the WTC, like edited or pre-prepared footage? I've never ever heard of that, have you been able to confirm it with anyone else since?

VicariousE

Culture is a manufactured thing, just something to talk about around the proverbial water cooler. The question is: who's doing the manufacturing? We as a people are better as individuals and communities, but the powers that be, would have us fly under a global flag, and be subject to restrictions our founding fathers would find unacceptable. It's no wonder so many decent people have given up on our nation-states' affairs.

This is our last shot at having a President not affiliated strongly with either party... not that there's much difference between the two. I will make another podcast/statement regarding this shortly.

Since moveable print in the US was (initially) co-opted by the Collectivists a century ago, it's been a downward spiral towards 'the new world order'. In a two party system, there really is no choice... just 2 sides of the same coin.

I've seen it again on YouTube somewhere, OD green DC-10, no markings, 2nd plane that hit the WTC. I saw it through static on my tube TV from WOR channel 9 out of Seacaucus NJ, and my Ma saw the same footage next door (she kept her cable TV).

Only a fool would think 9/11 wasn't an internal con job: #7 collapsing completely; the only one of 5 sides of the Pentagon NOT reinforced, just happened to house all the paper records that were destroyed, by an unseen airplane? Those same records that indicated where over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money to the DOD really went? There are coincidences IRL I suppose, but none so cosy and suspect..... I was still using a 2GB hard drive to surf the internet back then, and remember reading Rumsfeld's statement about the unaccounted dough the night before the attack, wasn't even the lead story on TV lol, but I sure did wonder about what kind of backlash there would be the next day.

Actually, I did kinda know, Nostradamus did predict 9/11, "twin brothers in the new city in the new world would fall, and the new world's inhabitants would go mad, and never recover." Almost all copies of his quatrains were reprints of a very bad translation... and after many years of scouring bookstores and yard sales, did find a proper gaulish to english translation... only to have my mother loan the damn thing to a book hoarder, never to be seen again.

SapphireLight

ditch digging keeps a man honest

VicariousE

So does farming, but these days it doesn't put enough food on the table to be comfortable in the wintertime.

S3C

so Cubs just won the world series in extra innings 8-7...we're f*cked...that prophesy is coming true...

VicariousE

Was there one? Sports, like celebrities, are nothing more than a passing fad, inconsequential to the grand scheme of things, and don't let those freaks tell you otherwise, dey just folk, like you and me. Spouting pre-written lines and twitching muscles doesn't interest me much, though there are some actors and athletes I admire for their skills.

S3C

not just some freak, but some looney 40 y/o who told me the mayan prophesy would come true in 2012 :P

VicariousE

I was sane up until that old lady (a Democrat and Catholic) told me about the flood. Worse part is, I blocked out a critical fact: the Mayans (or the scientists reading the pictographs) were almost exactly 4 years too early.

S3C

catastrophe can strike at any moment, but atleast the prophesy isn't going to be true (thank God)

VicariousE

That lady (the psychic) said the last US president would be a woman, "but not who you think it would be." She said 2 women would be in contention. It's likely she glossed over Trump because of her party affiliation.

The problem is, when the moment happens, will there be warnings issued, and issued for the right reasons? I was told after Rio succumbs to the tsunami, everyone north of that area will be told 'everything's fine' when in fact the Marianas trench amplifies the surge :|

S3C

lol, i'll never be able to win with you if you keep shifting goalposts :P the prophesy was a black man as a president, followed by a women president with the Cubs winning the world series in the same year. besides, who believes the liberal lies of a Catholic Democrat anyway

VicariousE

You're not referring to Kennedy's pre-assassination speech about secret societies trying to suck America dry?

chris-the-stick

well, its good of you to make a new thing/to start a podcast!
bravo!

also:
talking about past/present presidents+politics may sound boring (as first), but if you cover all the subjects evenly and without too much detailism, then it will make for a very good podcast material!

do you have your podcast posted in here, or not?
i would like to hear it.

also, hi! its been a long time since we last talked, my friend! :)

VicariousE

Thanks, still kinda shy about presenting again (after almost 20 years), and I know it sounds crappy, but it's something. There's a few short podcasts on my Audio tab.

Cyberdevil

It's beginning! :D On my way to listen then...

VicariousE

Used to be such a decent presenter... oh well, maybe the words are more important than the snappy and clean read of a radio host.

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