Response to Russell Brand on Voting

If you haven't seen it yet, please do.

Russell Brand had an interview in which he had spoke on as to why he chooses not to vote (I mean let's be real he's not an American citizen anyways so I'm sure that's got part to do with it but I digress).

You may watch the video here.

"I don't get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people."
"I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity."

I have to agree with most of what he speaks of, at least on the level of having similar interests in mind for the planet and humanity as a whole and for stopping power of the corporate lobbyists and corporate agendas. Don't get me wrong that's a major issue here with the powers being held by the few, while the majority of the population trods along with the illusion that they have a choice, being spoon fed whatever is needed to pump their brains full of false ideas and ideals through television.

OBEY

But alas, I lost Russell at the point of the interview where he falls upon extreme taxation as the "solution to all the problems of the world."

I get the point, it looks good on paper (as it ALWAYS does), it keeps bad corporations from "retaining control" by controlling the money supply, but how can something like that be regulated? It will hurt an honest person at some point who worked hard through many years of dedication to become wealthy and who may have no political gain in the matter. (We could even use Russell as an example)

Taxation is like playing nanny to humanity, as if having no faith in the goodwill of people. We can't have a revolution and put more power in the governments' hands to continue to tax and regulate business! That's the exact OPPOSITE of a revolution! You're not putting power in the people's hands that way. 

I find it funny, it's pretty typical of an English man to want high taxation!

No taxation without representation.

Democracy fails in large populations. You can argue that this "high taxation" is represented of the population voted by the people (yet we're all praising Russell's ideal of not voting). Clearly democracy is failing and is better designed for less dense populations where you are more fairly representing the will of the people. 

In a democracy of 10 people, when 6 vote against 4, you're only harming 4 people. Even in harming that 40% equivalent of 4 people, those 4 people are more apt to have a dialog with the other 6 in order to make sure they're not being taken advantage of. In a democracy of 10,000, that same 60% - 40% split instead harms 4,000 people, and in our current DOCUMENTED US Population of over 315  MILLION people, you're VOTING against the FREE WILL of 126 MILLION, where these 126 million people have almost no say in the matter, and the wishes of the 99% are being swept under the rug of the 1%. (Please.. do not correlate my 99-1% with the "I am the 99%" bullshit, it's merely a feasible example.)


So here we are...


Lest we forget that the power of people is held when government has little to do with anything? If a particular corporation is causing a monopolized, power hungry, greedy agenda, we CAN organize and boycott that corporation and take them down from the inside out instead of creating a middleman to exploit the innocent. Even if only that 40% does not support the wills of the corporation, that would be 126 MILLION voices, in power in numbers acting out the wishes and actions of their voices and not just putting it on paper to get scoffed at.

That's what the revolution needs to be, to destroy the overbearing hand of what our government is now resembling of the British monarchical system that we fought to be free from in the first place, not to revert further into it.

Just because someone is charismatic and uses above average vernacular doesn't make their ideas better than yours. 

We've got to be critical, we've got to keep thinking, we can't just buy into the ideals of another individual because we identify PARTLY (if any) with what they're saying and then switch "Off" and ignore the rest of their plan.

Don't you want to have the voice for yourself? 

Don't vote, act.

Don't listen, think.

Don't allow any more of your earnings get STOLEN from you in order to support a bullshit BIG GOVERNMENT.

Don't listen to a Brit, we seceded from them in the first place for these exact problems that we're facing today.

HOLY CANNOLI

Mmm.. I wish I had some cannolis..

Anywho! Wow I've been SO BUSY lately it's out of control!

I got a lot to update the world about! So here goes.

Was April really my last post? Yeesh so sorry.

This was one of the toughest summers of my life so far, the most trying for sure. I've lost some friendships that I thought would last forever over trivial politics, but I made some new ones that don't suck me into those things. The tail end of summer has left me here extremely tired, busy, but definitely much more enlightened and rearing to get back into gear.

Although I haven't written any new songs in a while, I've been working on my guitar and though I've still got a ways to go, I feel vocally I've had some improvements; especially with performance confidence.

A good friend of mine got me involved with an amazing new showcase for indie artists at this cool little spot called Sheddy's Public Parlor here in LA, and I've already gotten to perform twice since August with some of what I would say is the best talent around these parts.

It's so difficult standing out amongst the molly eating tech-heads, and the bubblegum blowing bimbo pop stars wannabes when you've got nothing but raw emotion and a sincere spirit oozing out of your every pore as a performer. I'm grateful I've met my matches.

This new showcase has done wonders for me. I've never felt more welcome, more encouraged, and more alive as I do in the company of these kind souls who are doing the same as I am, and I can tell this is just the beginning.

I'm also trying to get much more involved in the community around here and break into new avenues that I wouldn't have imagined. I got the opportunity to meet members of the LA Chapter of the American Marketing Association, and am fortunate that just last week I was able to volunteer at one of their panel events. That experience was amazing and it really helped me crack open my shell a bit more when introducing myself to new people of all different career paths, and even got to hear from one of the major marketing professionals at Universal Music Group as well as have a nice chat with him personally.

I'm really starting to brainstorm as well with finally getting my shit together for my EP. I thought I would have had it done by now, but I was a bit overzealous with the realization that LA is a tough city to survive in and get on your feet with. I'm ready to hit the ground running now and there's so many opportunities awaiting for me and with offer after another to perform and I'm so grateful for what I've got.

And it's only just beginning.

Well I just wanted to say hello to everyone and let you know I'm still alive and kicking and fighting and punching through!

I love you guys!

If you got ANY ideas for what you might want to see as offers from me for Kickstarter pledges, please please PLEASE tell me!


-Nicole

Stillborn

So I've begun taking my music in a new direction a while back, and got lost for a while. It's finally starting to pour out the right way again.

I wrote a new tune not very long ago. I finally got around to hooking up a demo to my soundcloud.

Listen Now.

The lyrics are as follows

Stillborn

We can't depend on them. No no...
They're stealing from our mouths
to keep us on our knees.
They'll never, oh they'll never
look out for our needs.

We've been prisoned by dead since the days we were born.
And I wonder,
Why does it matter anymore?

The gleaming in our eyes
Is only meant for a disguise
And this endless conversation
Has swept across the nation.

We've been prisoned by dead since the days we were born
And I wonder
How does it matter anymore?

So strip me down.
Throw down another round.
Yeah strip me down.
Get consumed by the sound. 

©Nicole DeRoy 2013.

Divide and Conquer

I never really thought about that saying too much before. I always just associated it with either the Looney Tunes playing out some wacky scene, or Pinky and the Brain attempting to take over Warner Brothers, but I never really thought about it.

Think about it. If only for a moment.

Divide and conquer.

What about this age old saying do you end up thinking about?

Well, it all dawned on me this morning. I was reading a fabulous article today breaking down the banking system and the 9 things they've done over the course of history to create a "less obvious" slavery on the world. It was very interesting, but not for the person who practices apathy, it would be too much to digest.

Divide and conquer.

"Sell concepts like “nationalism”, and incite religious-based and race-based hate to divide and conquer people from uniting against a segment of society (bankers) that commits a long list of atrocities that would have landed anyone else in jail centuries ago."
(click to read the article)

How many times has this phrase been used in entertainment? How little do we respect it? 

What it truly is saying, is if you divide your target and pin them against each other, you can conquer all.

Divide and conquer.

Would you go as far as agreeing with me that this is exactly what the media and current government administration is trying to do? Either way, whether or not I stand alone with this, I don't doubt it with any bit of wavering.

Let's look around us. Anytime there's an individual whose ideas differ, do we not become defensive?

What if we all learned to set aside our differences, and mean it, and learn how to work together in harmony to overcome the obstacles we face today? Why don't we all agree to do our part and take our lives and our country (and eventually our world) back?

Is it really just too easy to give in and allow ourselves to get consumed in entertainment beyond reason, and let the world fall apart?

What's stopping us from honestly achieving happiness? Entertainment has it's place, don't get me wrong, but how biased does it have to get?

Divide and conquer.

It's poetry / lyric time:

Fat Queen

They pop us full of pills

To keep us working, for their fill

Life was not meant to be lived this way

And I’m sick of the charade they play

Worker ants to serve the queen

So she may live fat and happy

So she may fuck us all

Time is money, but both were imagined

Both have been assigned value

Because they know many will follow suit

To obtain the things we could create

With or without it

Worker ants to serve the queen

So she may live fat and happy

So she may fuck us all

© Nicole DeRoy 2013

President of What!?

What does raising the minimum wage do?

Increases company expenses.
Increases the cost of living.
Increases the money that is taxed and collected by the government forcing less economic growth.
Damages the economy even further.

"How does it increase the cost of living?
How does it damage the economy?" You may be wondering..

Companies will not give their employees raises to create (make up for) linear inflation of these wages. If anything their budgets and costs will be affected where they're forced to keep their higher paid employees' wages low. They need to maintain the balance to raise said "minimum" wage workers' pay. This will result in increase cost of their products in the market place to pay for the effects of the minimum wage increase.

Now where is there opportunity for economic growth with an increase in the cost of goods, while a widespread decrease in value of income occurs? Wallets all around tighten, and this action keeps money out of the economy. The only benefit goes to the government alone, as they reap the benefits of increased tax revenue; which they will spend on frivolous acts of war and "social programs" because let's face it, you could do it on your own and you COULD "build that" if the money was in YOUR pockets like how it started before the government took it all, but instead, they're pocketing it, and redistributing your dollars on THEIR terms, while maintaining 100% control of how you use the money YOU worked for, (not them).

It's an ILLUSION! It won't change how much "money" there is. If anything it just hurts working Americans even further.

"But why would the government want to hurt us?" You may be asking. It's simple. They own us, we're the modern day slave. It's not a race thing, it's a power thing. When are we all going to wake up and unite in solidarity and STOP these crooks from ruining the integrity of human existence!?

Meanwhile, Obummer and Moochelle are taking yet ANOTHER luxurious vacation. When was the last time YOU took a vacation or could even afford to call out sick!?

How can anyone honestly tell me this will help the economy?

This is perfect for an original poem of mine:

Generation Fuck

What does it really mean
To live the American dream?
A civilization of simulation

The lies lay in ideology
The people fall for the façade of
A life of glory and bounty

But do we keep pressing on
With the mistakes ancestors made?
Afraid and unwilling to face
The consequences
And take matters into our own hands.



Open for discussion. GO.

© Nicole DeRoy 2013

Hello world?

This is my obligatory first blog post.

Well, not that I have never created a blog before, because I have, but after years of lying dormant my words are about to resurface in this new medium called blogger.. hmm..

A little bit about me (because I may as well be a stranger)..

I'm always thinking. Always. There's not a road that my mind doesn't wander through. I'm a Taurus born in the year of the Rabbit, and I'm sure as hell a living example of this.

This is also in some form a disclaimer of sorts, as I am a libertarian. I do have a burning passion in practicing politics, but I hate politicians and never will be one. I stand up for freedom, and won't bend over for the man.

I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and have traveled a route of over 3800 miles in my beat Ford Focus that currently has a screw in one tire that I can't afford to repair so I keep an eye on the air level, a busted window that I poorly keep in the up position with duct tape, and my cup holder has more cigarette ashes than an ashtray, to explore the la-la land of Los Angeles. I have seen a lot of shit in my life thus far, created a lot of stories, and that my friends will come another day.

I'm a poet, an artist, a musician, and just a curious and good soul looking for a purpose. 

I like to make people smile, think, and live merrily whenever I can.

Here's a few words to leave you with.

Introverted Red

This black cloud is like no other

A hurricane, bestowing thunder

Sweeping souls

No warnings told

Devastating hearts of gold

Imprisoning good thoughts

Intentions wrought

Pain persisting

With no one listening

A silence found

As trees fall down

No escaping

These winds are taking

All strive

While vessels breathe

In synchronicity

Without simplicity

Peculiar rhythm

Creates a schism

Within these souls

Forever old

Have lost their gold

While the blackness consumes them

© Nicole DeRoy 2013