Read the lyrics here and think..who do they apply to these days, you get three guesses. The lyrics have been edited a bit. The part about drugs, highs and whores, although amazingly accurate was removed for brevity.
""Mr Self Destruct"
I am the voice inside your head
and I control you
I am the lover in your bed
and I control you
I am the sex that you provide
and I control you
I am the hate you try to hide
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I speak religion's message clear
and I control you
I am denial guilt and fear
and I control you
I am the prayers of the naive
and I control you
I am the lie that you believe
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct
I am the truth from which you run
and I control you
I am the silencing machine
and I control you
I am the end of all your dreams
and I control you
I take you where you want to go
I give you all you need to know
I drag you down I use you up
Mr. Self-destruct"
No, the answer is not the late night dreams of Daily Kos posts being argued by prominent philosophers and Freud (the sex part of course).
No, the answer is not the nightmares of those of us who went through Catholic Schools..
Yes, the answer is BushCo. Now let me break it down for you.
Voice inside head: reference to the oft debated but scarily possible speaker in Bush's ear." Let me finish!"
Lover in your bed that controls" reference to SM sex that is reviled yet practiced by Repubs.
Sex that you provide : They are enjoying fucking us out of our rights and country
Hate you try to hide: They are not trying so hard now, now they just try to sugarcoat it to make it more palatable
Take you where you want to go: Their followers want to see the end of the world
Give you all you need to know: See MSM
Drag you down use you up: Umm, this one is easy
AHH my favorite part: Mr. Self Destruct!!! Here is the psychic part, we see the self destruction happening right before our eyes YES YES YES!!
The next few lines are easy but even more interesting as this song was written in 90something and it fits our current situation so well.
I love the truth in the lines that religion's message is denial, guilt and fear. What is the political message of Bushco, denial of anything that is not on target, guilt those who argue into feeling unAmerican, and fear. The greatest weapon religion has, fear. Fear of the unknown, of death, of not conforming, of eternal punishment and most of all of not knowing if there really is a God or not. If you are wrong, you go to the bad place, if you are right and "repent" poof into the happy place for you.
Now, prayers of the naive. I rather think that applies to some of Bush's loyal following. Naive in that they do not want to acknowledge that the USA is truly just like every other place in the world. Here is where my rant starts:
What makes us believe that the US is a country that somehow can skip through history never making an error? I realize that we are not taught our own history these days in any true acceptance of it. Our education seems to lack any sense of responsibility for our actions. The slaughter and cold blooded destruction of the Native Americans gets a mention sometime around Thanksgiving. However, the cold reality of it is set aside with turkey and gravy. What are we giving thanks for really anyway? Should we be thankful that our ancestors lied, cheated, purposely spread disease, oppressed, slaughtered and forcefully relocated a whole nation? What were the reasons for it? Greed, sugarcoated with a religious topping. They are heathens, ungodly and therefore not worth being treated as humans. We coat all of our treachery with religion. The naive choose to believe that is what God wants, the evil souless ones, the practical ones, the greedy ones are more than willing to use religion to keep the naive in line.
Anerica is not a special place. We are not a race of beings completely devoid of treachery. The people that are in power now are the same people that convinced others that the Indians deserved death, that blacks were subhuman and should be lynched, that women were evil and meant to be 2nd class citizens. Why do so many on this blog and in the US fail to realize that the Klan, the bigots, the treacherous ones are more powerful now then ever? We the people know next to nothing about what happens in the halls of power in the White House. Did it not bother you that Kerry and Bush are both members of The Skull and Bones society, and Kerry, the one that was supposed to be better than Bush refused to talk about it. Why? If this is just some college club why is it so secret?
I, for one, can totally accept the notion that Bushco let 9/11 happen. They may not have planned it, but they were more than happy to have it happen. Do you think that the wealthy elite really care about the lives of others? It's not been that long since child labor. It has not been that long since segregation, since lynchings. Those tendencies, beliefs and old boys clubs did not go away. They simply became invisible, until now.
It has been mentioned that Cheney and others have been in power in government in some role or other for decades. Do you think he was not networking, doing favors, collecting secrets, gathering loyal friends, spreading ideas and discovering those who agree with him and would do his bidding. COME ON FOLKS!!! We do not know 1/1000th of the reality that is our government and we are now getting a taste of the fruition of Cheney's and PNACs labors.
All of the above rant seques nicely into" I am the lie that you believe, I am the silencing machine and the truth from which you run."
How many of us are still running somewhat from the truth and believing the lie we have to to remain sane.
Will Bushco be "the end of all your dreams"?
We are at war. We are fighting against an implacable, patient, scheming, pervasive enemy. I do not believe Iraq and the situation there is a fuckup on the part of the neocons, they have us where they wanted us. Afraid, indecisive, bewildered and powerless. It will take us years to undo what they have done, and I fear we do not know more than a pittance of the damage.
We will win this, but only if we can realize what it is we are fighting.
Mr. Self Destruct.