Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord yeah

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave that all to the poor

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes

Now in darkness world stops turning
As the war machine keeps burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment God is calling
On their knees, the war pigs crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh Lord yeah

-Black sabbath, "War Pigs"

People moving out, people moving in.
Why? Because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I'll set you free.
Rap on, brother, rap on.

Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the preacher.
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the teacher.
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration,
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation.
Ball of confusion. That's what the world is today.

The sale of pills are at an all time high.
Young folks walking round with their heads in the sky.
The cities ablaze in the summer time.
And oh, the beat goes on.

Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul.
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon.
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything.
And the band played on.

So, round and around and around we go.
Where the world's headed, nobody knows.

Oh, great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Just a ball of confusion. That's what the world is today.

Fear in the air, tension everywhere.
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record's a gas.
And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation.
And the band played on.

Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills,
Hippies moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the war.'
And the band played on.

Great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.
That's what the world is today, hey, hey.
Let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya, let me hear ya.
Sayin'... ball of confusion.

-The Temptations, "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)"
June 1970 • Billboard: #3

By the early '70s, the so-called dawning of the age of Aquarius had reached its twilight, and the encroaching darkness didn't look half as appealing as the dawn had promised. Most artists and producers at Motown, not to mention company head Berry Gordy, preferred to avoid controversy at all costs, but producer Norman Whitfield deliberately sought contemporary issues to use as subject matter. He began to tackle them with regularity, using the Temptations as his (somewhat resistant) creative outlet. As a result, his work became the most modern of all Motown acts. "Cloud Nine" marked the Temptations' first foray into social issues, with its obvious references to drug use as a form of escapism from inner-city woes. Runaways ("Runaway Child, Running Wild"), rampant consumerism ("Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down"), and psychedelia ("Psychedelic Shack") were all referenced to varying degrees of critical appeal but continually good commercial success. "Ball of Confusion" took the format another step farther by layering virtually every contemporary complaint that could fit into the lyrics and spewing them out in rapid-fire success. The song didn't bother to offer any solutions, but it sure was one hell of a gripe-fest.

Considering the confused state of affairs and the pessimistic outlook that had descended on the country, disillusion was justifiable. Listening to this lyrical rant today, it's hard to believe that the country didn't collapse completely into a police state or a radical civil war. It's hard to say whether the circumstances of conception have any effect on the resulting child, but if they do, then one can only wonder how many disaffected souls from the so-called Generation X were conceived while their parents listened to songs like "Ball of Confusion."

Along with the consciousness-raising lyrics came a new and updated approach to instrumentation for Motown. Wah-wah pedals and distortion were sudddenly commonplace, as were electronically synthesized sounds and wildly exotic and self-indulgent arrangements. The post-hippie wasteland was grim indeed, but the music somehow didn't collapse -- yet. The most remarkable aspect of the Temptations' sudden embracing of social issues was how drastically different it was from their graceful past. It was as though they had been pulled forward through a time warp, yet their sound remained recognizable. Strange days required strange measures, and in the hands of Whitfield, the Temptations were plunged gracelessly into a time that spurned grace with "Ball of Confusion."

- Thomas Ryan, American Hit Radio, Prima Entertainment, 1996.

Senator Byron Dorgan: bin Laden is "Osama been forgotten"
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John McCain vs. John McCain
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Tony Robinson travels to America, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Africa to gather evidence that might uncover the realities behind the prophecies contained within the Book of Revelation. He interviews people who believe millions will be spirited up to Heaven, Israel will fight a nuclear war, that the Secretary General of the UN will be unmasked as the Anti-Christ and the world will end after the Battle of Armageddon.

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We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers, planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the mantra, peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic the search for the grail

Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower you got to let it grow

So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games together
Projecting our images in space and in time

Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender you got to let it go

So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games together
Raising the spirit of peace and love
(I want you to make love, not war
I know you've heard it before)

-John Lennon, "Mind Games"

I Need to Wake Up Now
By Melissa Etheridge

Written for Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"

Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see

Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

. . . . . . . .

Al Gore's AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it. Melissa's video for "I Need To Wake Up," written for this impactful and important film, is contained in the DVD as a special feature. Please click here to review the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch

"I think the change that Al Gore is going to make in this world, with this project and in the future is as great as any he could have made as President."

--- Melissa regarding Al Gore and "An Inconvenient Truth"

"There are many of Melissa Etheridge’s songs I could choose to be a part of my list but this one is more meaningful to me than all of the others because she wrote after seeing Davis Guggenhim’s first rough cut of “An Inconvenient Truth” and I am so grateful for the passion and “truth-force” that she poured into this song."

-- Al Gore on Melissa's song" I Need To Wake Up"

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

WHAT WOULD YOU DO??????????????
www.911timeline.net/whatwouldyoudo.htm
Music, lyrics, produced, and performed by Paris

What would you do if you
Knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?
And then what if you saw
All of the things that's wrong
Would you stand tall and strong
Or would you turn and walk away?

I see a message from the government, like every day
I watch it, and listen, and call 'em all suckas
They warnin' me about Osama or whatever
Picture me buyin' this scam I said "never"
You in tune to a Hard Truth soldier spittin'
I stay committed gives a fuck to die or lose commission
It's all a part of fightin' devil state mind control
And all about the battle for your body mind and soul
And now I'm hopin' you don't close ya mind - so they shape ya
Don't forget they made us slaves, gave us AIDS and raped us
Another Bush season mean another war for profit
All in secret so the public never think to stop it
The Illuminati triple 6 all connected
Stolen votes they control the race and take elections
It's the Skull and Bones Freemason kill committee
See the Dragon gettin' shittier in every city

What would you do if you
Knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?
And then what if you saw
All of the things that's wrong
Would you stand tall and strong
Or would you turn and walk away?

Now ask yourself who's the people with the most to gain (Bush)
'fore 911 motherfuckas couldn't stand his name (Bush)
Now even brothas waivin' flags like they lost they mind
Everybody got opinions but don't know the time
'Cause Amerikkka's been took - it's plain to see
The oldest trick in the book is make an enemy
Of phony evil now the government can do its dirt
And take away ya freedom lock and load, beat and search
Ain't nothin' changed but more colored people locked in prison
These pigs still beat us but it seem we forgettin'
But I remember 'fore September how these devils do it
Fuck Giuliani ask Diallo how he doin'
We in the streets holla 'jail to the thief' follow
Fuck wavin' flags bring these dragons to they knees
Oil blood money makes these killers ride cold
Suspicious suicides people dyin' never told
It's all a part of playin' God so ya think we need 'em
While 'Bin Ashcroft' take away ya rights to freedom
Bear witness to the sickness of these dictators
Hope you understand the time brother cause it's major

What would you do if you
Knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?
And then what if you saw
All of the things that's wrong
Would you stand tall and strong
Or would you turn and walk away?

So now you askin why my records always come the same
Keep it real, ain't no fillers, motherfuck a blingin'
Mine eyes seen the gory of the coming of the beast
So every story every word I'm sayin' 'Fuck Peace'
See you could witness the Illuminati body count
Don't be surprised these is devils that I'm talkin' bout
You think a couple thousand lives mean shit to killers?
I swear to God we the ones - ain't no villans [sic]
Or any other word they think to demonize a country
Ain't no terror threat unless approval ratings slumpin'
So I'ma say it for the record we the ones that planned it
Ain't no other country took a part or had they hand in
It's all a way to keep ya scary so you think you need'em
Praisin' Bush while that killer take away ya freedom
How many of us got discovered but ignore the symptoms?
Brothas talkin' loud but ain't nobody sayin' shit'
And with the 4th Amendment gone eyes are on the 1st
That's why I'm spittin' cyanide each and every verse
I see the Carlyle group and Harris Bank Accounts
I see 'em plead the 5th each and every session now
And while Reichstag burns I see the public buy it
I see the profilin see the media's compliance
War is good for business see the vicious make a savior
Hope you understand the time brother cause its major

What would you do if you
Knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?
And then what if you saw
All of the things that's wrong
Would you stand tall and strong
Or would you turn and walk away?

Alternative versions of the music video are here:
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What would you do if you
Knew all of the things we know
Would you stand up for truth
Or would you turn away too?
And then what if you saw
All of the things that's wrong
Would you stand tall and strong?
Or would you turn and walk away?

“Children of Men” by Alfonso Cuarón is based on a critically acclaimed novel by P.D. James depicting a desperate chase set in a dismal England of 20 years from now, on a dying Earth that has been devastated by nuclear bombings, immigration conflicts, plague, environmental damage and the looming end of the human race. The fascist government of future London (one of the few surviving nations) supplements its citizens’ rations with anti-depressants and a suicide pill called Quietus, which is plugged on the ravaged city’s moving billboards with the slogan, “You choose when.” Heroes do not take Quietus. They trade in the right to choose when to die by choosing what to live for. In cinematic terms, that means death can come at any time—even to someone you love, even in the first act. Starring Clive Owen, Chiwetel Efiojor, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine.

www.childrenofmen.net/

In darkness there can be light. In misery there can be beauty. In death there can be life.

"Pan's Labyrinth" by Guillermo del Toro is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale set in a dark Spanish forest in a very dark time — 1944, when Spain was still in the early stages of the fascist nightmare from which the rest of Europe was painfully starting to awaken. Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended together into an extraordinary, spellbinding fable. Told through the eyes of Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living whose imaginary world is inhabited by fantastical creatures and secret destinies, Pan's Labyrinth is a visually imaginative and allegorical take on the fears she faced in Spain during WWII.

panslabyrinth.com/

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, V For Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (NATALIE PORTMAN) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (HUGO WEAVING) known only as “V.” Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, V ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about V’s mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself – and emerges as his unlikely ally in the culmination of his plan to bring freedom and justice back to a society fraught with cruelty and corruption.

www.vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commence