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December 1, 2008 at 20:12:30
Promoted to Headline (H3) on 12/1/08: by Rob Kall Page 1 of 1 page(s) |
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HBO just finished a highly successful season for their series, TRUE BLOOD-- which is all about vampires legally living in America. 
One of the top selling movies this past weekend was TWILIGHT-- about a family of vampires. It's a romance between a vampire and the daughter of the local police chief.
Americans seem to be transfixed with blood sucking undead beings. And why not. There are many bloodsuckers walking the halls of the corporate world-- people who heartlessly and soullessly have sucked the life out of the American economy. These blood-suckers are, like vampires, killers. People are dying for lack of health care. Some kill themselves when they lose their homes. Some starve, Some freeze to death sleeping under highway bridges. And some, who don't die, lose their spirit and simply, metaphorically, crawl into fetal position, unable to deal with an economic collapse that is so much bigger than them.
We're being told, from every direction, that the economic crisis is going to get much worse before it gets better. And still, we watch AIG executives taking billions from the government and throwing lavish parties. We see banks taking the money and giving it out as dividends or bonuses to incompetent failures who think they deserve bonuses... for what? For continuing to drive their companies further into the ground?
We need some silver crosses, some holy water, some garlic, some SUNLIGHT, some stakes through the heart to do something about these corporate losers who brought the economy down. But guess what. In the new world of vampires, the old solutions don't work. The vampires don't die in daylight. Holy water doesn't phase them. Garlic... well these new vampires don't eat at all.
Americans seem to love their vampires. Is this some kind of death wish? In TRUE BLOOD and TWILIGHT, the living do wish to become vampires. And there are teens who pretend they are vampires. Meetup.com lists over 6000 of them ( http://teenvampire.meetup.com/ )
Perhaps Americans like the idea of the power of vampires, or the fact that, though dead, they "live" forever. Maybe they're worshipping the corporate vampires who live off average Americans. In the movies, vampires consider we humans food. I wonder what the corporate millionaires and billionaires think of average Americans-- suckers, fools, money suppliers?
Characters who get very friendly with vampires in TRUE BLOOD are called “fang-bangers.” Maybe we need to start looking at the people who associate with corporate vampires as people worthy of derision. Maybe we need to start characterizing the heads of these companies as worse than greedy, even criminal. Maybe it will take legislators on both sides of the aisle in congress to tell lobbyists where to go, so that finally, those elected officials will start representing and protecting we the people. I know. I’m talking wild and crazy fantasy fiction. Vampires are more real than that possibility.
Still, we have thousands of teens darkening their eyes, making their skin as pale and white as possible, emulating vampires. We have CEOs, mostly men, stalking and sucking the blood from our life savings, from our retirement accounts, our children’s college funds. One thing we know. Vampire stories always come with a lot f blood, at some point in the story. Our nation’s blood-letting has already begun.
Is there hope for America? Will the new administration be able to clean up the economy, sweep away the blood-sucking corporate predators who have been feeding on we average Americans? I'm not sure. When we look at the team Obama has assembled to deal with the economy, you can almost see their fangs. Me, I’m taking what’s left of my IRA and investing it in silver.\
Writing this article inspired me to write this article: How About A REAL MONSTER Museum?
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Best Protection
...against ANY undead, or the diseases they spread, is life. BIG life. Life with heart and heat and passion. My joking response to everybody I know when they start talking the doom and gloom is "Plant Beans"*. The reason I say that is this- the vampires you're discussing have been maneuvering for decades to remove us from control of the essentials of our own lives. From food, water, housing, clothing, energy, transportation, tool-making, you name it. The two things we absolutely can't weather the storm without are food and water. The rest we can improvise as need be. Beans are easy to grow, return nitrogen to the soil, and dried beans are an awesome source of protein. If you have access to dirt, seed, and water, you'll have food. And as every gardener knows, one thing always leads to another. Within a few years you'll have a flourishing garden, be trading zucchinis for broccoli, and considering raising chickens. Once your food supply is safe, you have the option to do other things. The "vampires" are deathly afraid of people who play in the dirt and know how to Do Things. So removing oneself from the corporate grid and Planting Beans are in the end safety measures- better than garlic, silver, or even in some cases holy water. As for the Sun, well, I suspect that the Light of Day will yet cause their downfall. *I recently was informed by my geneology-fiend auntie that I am distantly related to one John Chapman, or Johnny Appleseed, and this explains a lot to me. by Jennifer Hathaway (16 articles, 15 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 758 comments [220 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Monday, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:18:23 PM  (0+)
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Strange Metaphor
Yes, this whole vampire obsessed pop-culture is expressing something very strange, very symbolic of an America gone to Hell, of art imitating life, of profound dissatisfaction with being human in a world that is being strangled by fear, lies and hopelessness, so that subconsciously many feel that to survive and triumph over the self-abasement of living in a cynically encroaching police state, they have to identify with power devoid of humanity, isolated in their heads into fantasy cults that can preserve a sense of freedom and security and self-worth. America is really in a state of anarchy right now, because the men at the top have stolen the country's soul like bad Chinese mandarins in a B Hong Kong Movie oppress the entire Earthly kingdom, so it's every man and woman for his or herself now against all authority, which reeks of corruption from top to bottom. Vampires are the ultimate survivors in a barren world, an alien world where there is no love, so now the undead on Wall Street see their victims on Main Stream begin to adopt the same parmeters, the bitten having succumbed to the curse. What's it all mean? That blood will flow, in all the streets? Or just on movie screens? by Mac McKinney (53 articles, 113 quicklinks, 240 diaries, 1413 comments [31 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:54:10 PM (0+)
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Blood Stock
We’re all blood stock for the lawyer mafia. Lawyers run everything. We elect lying lawyers out to further their lawyer agendas. Interns are often lawyers to be, playing for their team. Judges are a rubberstamp on the abuse. They’re sucking America’s blood dry. Reality is scarier than anything HBO can come up with. by Steven G. Erickson (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 57 diaries, 218 comments [3 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:09:11 PM (0+)
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the history of vampires
Historically (starting even before Dracula, but certainly Dracula), vampires have represented a variety of different marginalized groups, particularly immigrants and racial minorities. This latest infatuation with vampires (add also Buffy and Anita Blake, as well as a number of other tv shows) at first blush seems to deviate from that tradition by reinventing the vampire as something...desirable. But this is really not all that new. Dracula was also sexually desirable, despite his crooked nose and bushy eyebrows (Jewish markers). The tradition of the vampire genre is to marginalize a group (that the vampires are supposed to represent) even as they are presented as sexually desirable. I'm not sure how this relates to corporate America (have to think more about that), but I thought it might be helpful to add this context :) by Mikhail Lyubansky (15 articles, 11 quicklinks, 3 diaries, 184 comments [7 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:47:00 PM (0+)
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Reply: screwed
the sexual metaphor is easy. The "victims" represented are sexually attractive because they are so easy to screw. OR... the vampires who suck the blood of we-the-people look sexy and fool us with their use of glamoring. by Rob Kall (952 articles, 4177 quicklinks, 374 diaries, 2087 comments [45 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:30:21 AM (0+)
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Reply: STRANGEST DREAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcwAJZGXsk by MARGARET BASET (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 345 comments [45 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:35:57 AM (0+)
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Find out more about what the Vampires want and who they are
see, Senate Bailout a.k.a. Bank Robbery Bill and make sure that you read the first comment to it. For more on their plans, see If I were a Terrorist Could it be that widespread corruption has taken hold in our country because the foundations provided for the people to control our government have been undermined? To learn more about how our rights to control our government have been undermined, see the articles at the links above. by Mark Adams (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 312 comments [39 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:38:59 AM (0+)
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The Vorvon...
"We have CEOs, mostly men, stalking and sucking the blood from our life savings, from our retirement accounts, our children’s college funds." I think they're more like the Vorvon "space vampires" portrayed in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533111/ . This thing would suck the life force from its victim in an ectoplasmic blur. Very creepy. by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 5 quicklinks, 16 diaries, 2100 comments [55 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:55:06 AM (0+)
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Reply: 25th century?!
Tom, here I am discussing age old creatures and you, the conservative, bring in the new stuff. What is this role reversal? by Rob Kall (952 articles, 4177 quicklinks, 374 diaries, 2087 comments [45 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:51:03 PM (0+)
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Hey, I was the first
to call Cheney a Vampire and he looks like one ( puffy, reddish, filled with the blood of the victims). But the reason for the morbid fascination with vampires in the US ( not the real bloodsuckers like Cheney), the cute ones which make love etc. is...boredom. Life in this country is very boring so entertainment becomes more and more bizarre. I would not be surprized if we have soon a story of the pedophile falling in love... OOPS, we already have Lolita. Normalcy is not cute anymore. I don't blame them- it is true. by Mark Sashine (72 articles, 19 quicklinks, 269 diaries, 4101 comments [130 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:18:17 AM (0+)
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For the love of the oppressor. Predator or prey?
Vampires, in their glossy modern depictions are desirable for a partner and as a predator on humans. Because we have no predator against us. We prey on everything else! With their superhuman abilities and longevity they are nearly untouchable by the civilization we are bound to. There are certain members of society who through their alienation and/or gothic romanticism wish to fully be removed from society but have the perks of those others. At least as far as popular culture generally depicts them. Vampires aren't "undead" they are of a superior aliveness. Cold yet hot. But then they seduce their food before devouring them unlike, say werewolves who tear theirs apart in a less elegant and sexy fashion. Studying the real history of Vampires is interesting but a comedown for those brought up on screen writer's versions of these ancient stories. Ones going back to the beginnings of humanity in every culture. Ironically the Japanese vampires, Gaki, have more in common with the cinematic American creatures of the night than most others. Read "Vampire Universe" by Jonathan Maberry for a modern overview of the worlds vampires et al. Comprehensive an interesting. by nightgaunt (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 448 comments [27 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:32:28 AM (0+)
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Friends of Kissinger
"I wonder what the corporate millionaires and billionaires think of average Americans-- suckers, fools, money suppliers?"__Bob Kall I suspect most of these corporate vampires view us as Henry Kissinger famously defined us as "useless eaters". Most of us live on the vast ranch that is the United States. We are cramped into corrals, branded and made docile as they first milk us dry then prod us to the slaughterhouses. On my tombstone, per instructions, will be engraved: "I thought an exception would be made for me". by Robert Arend (24 articles, 30 quicklinks, 21 diaries, 240 comments [22 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:58:02 PM (0+)
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cheney is a vampire? bingo!
You see there are always better informed people knowing this stuff about Death Cheney the vampire which is hidden in our time. I didn't flash on it until just now that when Cheney shot that lawyer in the face he was mostly after some fresh blood to lick up. Probably it was the feeling of Veep's hot tongue on the wounds that made the victim so sorry for causing the the whole bloody experience. Cheney admitted the whole thing had been very draining. Meanwhile the Fed's vampires have attached onto us citizen suckers with a high powered pump extracting a trillion a week on average. There will be nothing but Straw Man left to fling back at them as our defiance! I was so pissed this week I yanked all my money out of the blue chip financials, picking up a quick $50 bucks (all they had left in em) enuff for a sleeping bag at Walmart, so I'm happy. If I need more I can sell some blood, but not to the vampires! I'll be sleeping out alot, where the moon and two planets have been in the evening sky, like free TV, lately. Poverty beats getting shot in the face and having to apologize. Want to surprise the Fed? You could declare yourself too big to fail and sign up for a transfusion yourself. Alternatively, infect them with shame and ridicule, they hate that the most. by io (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 100 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:13:40 AM (0+)
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Vampires...
...yes and thier victims suffer from what is now called "The Stockholm Syndrome". Those controled by pathology are often 'flipped' emotionally from hate and fear, to fear in love. by William Whitten (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4880 comments [1685 recommended, 28 rejected]) on Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:16:11 AM (0+)
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