Here's the deal...you want people to know what you think? Then go to the comments page and fill out the text box and click 'send'. I'll put your stuff up here as soon as possible. Please, don't send me BS cuz I still have to go through it in my mailbox. It wastes my time.
Determination is the fuel for success
I'm proud of who I am, nothing less
When you break me down
I grow strong
Fuck the world
Everything's wrong
Dustin Wilson <sac447@pld.com>
It is obvious that we have come to a crossroads in American
history, and at that it is not an exemplary history but a history
filled with repression and clouded by the supposed
"democracy" that leaves people to believe that they are
in charge of their own destiny. In truth the United States is no
better than what Regan said that the Soviet Union. Ideas and
beliefs are not regularly allowed to be expressed in our society
and our so-called government is controlled by two parties with no
real beliefs except the want for power. Now we are moving ever
closer to Oligarchy with Radical republicans trying to take what
cd's and books they dont like off the shelves, what ideas they
dont like off of the internet, and the right to choose away from
women, and using the most dangerous
tool of all, religion, as their basis for this. Thomas Jefferson,
one of the few real leaders this country can ever have claimed to
have had, held it as his belief that "The tree of liberty
must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants." It
is time for the revolution to begin to create the glory that
America should represent.
75570.2164@compuserve.com
the government sucks, they lie and they die. THE people who
try never die.THose who slack will always die on a rack .
THOMAS
what are they teaching us? I'm sitting in school right now
educating myself while the teachers take lunch breaks and
"confer" Why am I learning about drafting and chemistry
and geometry? this isn't preparing me for life outside. What do I
do, where do I go, what will say when I have to come face to face
with reality? One thing I know is that I won't be circumscribing
angles who is in charge here? it's time for a new world power:
the truth
-Mike <oreoman@juno.com>,
age 15 and disappointed with america
Government is inevitable. I will be the first to admit that
the government is not good, yet if you look at some of the other
places out there the States is a damn sight better than most of
them. You may hate the government but to act against it is
foolish, the time for revolutionary activity is passed. The
government is there and there is nothing you can do about it so
make the best of the situation and enjoy the freedoms that you do
have instead of whining about the ones you don't.
Anonymous
How can you say that we shouldn't rebel against the U.S.
government. Why would you let them control you. Your just there
monkey. Look at you possesions, look at what you have. Then think
about the million who of innocent people who have shed blood for
your possesions. I'm not taking for granted the things I have,
but unfortunatly the things I have have come on the broken backs
of others. This is OUR country. Lets make it ours. We fight for
OUR country. We die for OUR country. Now give us what we deserve.
Don't let upper class, white christians in D.C. controll what you
do. Don't be their monkey. Don't be their puppet. Take control of
OUR country, before THEY get ALL the power!!!
ANONYMOUS
I myself do not trust any rightist and extreeme philosophies.
For me the perfect world is exactly how Noam Chomsky described it
a sort of democratic and controlled anarchy....(Not nihilistic
anarchy) or true socialism where there's simply no federal
governments and all governments consist on small local levels
instead of centralization. There's no right or left, it's all
just a scale of power games and we must never let the ultimate
terror rule over us. We should not only fight the Nazi menace,
but something that is even more destructive, Communism. This is
the domain of the anti-human, the murderous secret police,
thought control...total fascism. Let us not forget, incommunism
there is no us and them....everyone is a victim!!!
Anonymous
There's no way that you can be unaware that your greasy
socialist organizers would be totally unable to run a country or
other large state apparatus. Through what means do you propose to
subjugate the class of capitalist pigs who have the ability to
control the factors of production, if not at the point of a gun?
And were this to happen, wouldn't that invalidate the
humanitarian impulses behind the entire socialist movement?
Eugene Debs III
Gfoote@aol.com
THE GOVERNMENT WILL RULE THIS WORLD UNLESS ACTION IS TAKEN.
THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THOSE WHO GRIPE FOR CHANGE AND DON'T
TAKE ACTION ARE HYPOCRITS JUST LIKE THE GOVERNMENT. LIVE BY THE
BOOKS SHOWN IN "EVIL EMPIRE". THEY ARE YOUR GUIDE TO
TAKING ACTION. THEY ARE THE PATHS TAKIN BY REBELLIOUS PEOPLE JUST
LIKE YOU AND ME. IF ALL OF US TAKE ACTION WE CAN ALL HAVE WHAT WE
REALLY WANT. A GOVERNMENT IS NOT NEEDED TO RUN US. THE GOVERNMENT
WILL NEVER HAVE FULL CONTROL THANKS TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME. IN
CONCLUSION, IF ACTION IS TAKEN WE CAN LIVE THE DREAMS STATED IN
THE LYRICS SPOKEN BE ZACH DE LA ROCHA.
ANTI-SYSTEM<ANTISYSTEM@HOTMAIL.COM>
The day has arisen when I will be what I will be
Uncle sam won't impregnate me
He is a dirty old fart
reaching for my heart
No lies about land of the free I'm in front of he.
Fight the war
fuck the norm
fuck the system
I was BORN to rage against them
Anonymous
THE GOVERMENT, THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ALL
CORRUPT. THE WORLD IS GOING TO HELL AND CLINTON AND THE BURACRATS
ARE AT THE WHEEL.
PETER_SA@STUDENTS.UWLAX.EDU
The Government is like a bunch of Lab Scientist, and we the
people of the United States are the Rat's. They test us until we
fall into the darkness of our society. When we say the system is
shity the laugh at us, and say we are the problem. The
Constitution even says that if the people are dissatified the
system has to change work toward the benifit of the people. What
a bunch of shit if I ever heard any. Fuck the Government they
dont listen to our problem's WE NEED A REVOLUTION.
LS444
In going along with the hole thing that we should not worry so
so much about all these other countries and we should just stay
here and worry about our own problems its not that hard to do
what makes sense.
Jeremy Davis, Missouri St.Joseph
We must educate ourselves on the injustices done by
"our" government. We must act together. "If we
settle for nothing now, we'll settle for nothing later!"
adam christensen<rsylva1@foma.wsc.mass.edu>
what's wrong with the system? just from the view of a teen,
part of the problem is that we aren't being encouraged to be
different. we are taught to grow up in uniform and not be what we
want to be. they want us all to be the same. also, blaming
metal/rap and other so-called offensive music for all the
problems in society is wrong. it's just a convenient scapegoat so
all those punks in the government can avoid dealing with the
problem. so to sum it up: repression and censorship sux.
mike<rsjm@thezone.net>
i am alvaro luna diaz , my email is aaluna.euitt.upm.es . i´d
like to say thanks to ratm and all the people who fight in the
fucking US for a world community and against the no justice
VIVA ZAPATA! OTHER DAY I´LL CHAT WITH YOU OK?
aaluna.euitt.upm.es
freedom is nothing
and at the same time
it is everything
we must obtain it ourselfs
destroy all goverment
live in peace-me
fight war not wars
destroy power not people-crass
scott
I think tha Bill Clinton sucks a fatty.
Peter McColluum from Richmond Hill, GA
Being 17 I have now realized that their is no such thing as
freedom. That their is no such thing as the First Amendment,
especially in our school systems. As a student, I am confined to
a shitty school system that doesn't believe in personal freedom
and the freedom of speech. I am constantly harassed and talked to
about my personal beliefs in a system that i believe is a joke.
We live in a rich man's world, and we need to take the power
back.
Anonymous
I may not know a lot about politics, but I do know that
they're all the same. The government wants us to be at each
others throats, and they want us divided. We need to educate
ourselves about each other. If we remain blind, don't speak up,
and remain deaf to the truth.... we will be nothing more than a
pawn in the governments game. They feed on our fear, and control
us with a religion that has a lot of missing pieces. Have faith
in yourself, no one else. Love each other... we are all beautiful
in our own way.
Peace, Love... RrageGrl
RrageGrl@aol.com
I got mad rage against the politics, fuck the president, the
governor and all their stupic shit!
Dallas Roberts <jvand@bright.net>
People, Understand the good of speaking out. With out speech
there is nothing other than domination. Act out to prevent the
BRAVE NEW WORLD and 1984 scenerios which are slowly begining to
take shape the world over, Always remember that the fault lies
not only in the government which we are so quick to berate, but
also in the governed who are afraid to speak out. Belay your
fears and educate yourselves so that you have great stock of the
verbal ammunition the revolution will be fought with. Learn to
unite as one people with a common goal, not a seperate races and
religeons. Unity and education are the keys which will unlock the
doors to Utopia not the promises of governments or the wepons of
the armies. SPEAK OUT INFORM THE GOVERNED.
William Blackstone, Killen Tx. <st_blackston@tarleton.edu>
I think Rage Against the Machine is the healthiest thing to
come from the U.S. since Bob Dylan. The so-called 'land of the
free' is actually not free at all I would classify closer to
fascism with a nice dressing than democracy. It's good that
someone are speaking up against it. ANd, by the way, remember to
visit my friend's 'USA Tribute Page'. Check out http://home.everyday.no/deagol/usa.htm
etomte@sn.no
I feel that with Rage against the machine at the helm of a
growing hate for the goverment it's only a matter of time until
the people wake upand see just what the goverment is doing and
rebel.
ragerecords
Bill Clinton says "Kids should not do drugs," but
Clinton did tha drugs.Bill Clinton says "We should get more
people 2 fight in tha wars", but Clinton is a draft-dodgger.
Bill Clinton lied about White-water, an now tha truth is comeing
out. Why do we have a Presadent that lies 2 us? a Presadent who,
both him an his wife get both male an female hookers, 4 them
selfs? why is'nt he out of tha office? i'll tell ya why,becouse
he lies an says he's gonna do 1 thing, but he does anather. Tha
only thing you an i can do is speak our minds, an keep doin what
were allready doin, Rageing against tha machine
Adam <punkman3@juno.com>
why should I go join the war and get a bullet in my head why
don't they send their rich white christians in D.C. the lower
class has nothing to gain but all to lose in war but the upper
nothing to lose and all to gain.
Anonymous
To the person who wrote that communism is bad, this is
directed to you. First of all I don't know what your basing your
beliefs on, but if your basing them on the stuff you hear about
communism in school, WAKE UP. People can not speak out against
communism till they have read Marx, Engels and others. Because
there you will see that, in theory, communism is perfect.
Communism is the final stage on socialism in which EVRYBODY is
equal and live in harmony. When you think about communism you
probably think about Russia, China, and Cuba. Countries where
U.S. intervention has prevented these governments from
prospouring. The U.S. has spent that past fifty years defeating
the so-called threat of communism. They refused to trade with
these communist countries and did everything they could to make
you hate communism. Granted the level of humanity in these
countries is VERY low, but you shouldn't look at these countries
because the U.S. has fucked them up so badly. Read about Ernesto
Guevara and what his plans were for Cuba. You will learn that
through his non-"Moscow" form of communism Cuba would
have prospered, thus becoming a "threat" to
"democracy." I am definatly not an expert on communsim
but you should definatly understand the theory of communism
before you claim it to me a bad thing. SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA.
Anonymous
The society in which we live is one of ignorance and this is a
barricade which we will be long in overcoming, only when all
people are brought to see our truth will there be a sense of
freedom and unity the world over it is those who choose rather
than refuse to conform to the american standard who can make a
difference in this world, it is those whose eyes are open to the
blatant denial of our so called "rights" who will some
day make a difference. Disregard what your mothers and fathers
tell you, disregard what society tells you open your minds and
make your own choices. Make the decision to change rather than
conform. Seek knowledge as it is the key to truth and the so
called utopia of which dreams are pressed upon us every day.
Understand that when there is no such thing as race and we as a
society have learned to live a one human race melded together as
one common skin color and in support of one goal, unity, then
will we see the next step in social development and in evolution.
Unite, Educate, Communicate, refuse to conform!!
St_BLACKSTON@tarleton.edu
If you listen to rage and read their lyrics at the same time
you will realize that they say more stuff that is the truth than
a politician will say in his whole career. that is a pretty scary
thing because tha ones that back the rules make the rules and we
shouldn't follow the people that nevertell the truth. this is a
case where lies hurt everybody in the long run. now most people
who even understand how corrupt the govn't is think that
eventually it will get better well that is just another falsity
of uor society thinking that every thing will work its self out,
well its not going to get better with out action on the part on
the pubilic. what we need to do is to stop putting people
incharge who have all thte money. cuz money corrupts it is the
root of all evail greed, corruption, and eventually down fall of
the system we call home.
tom sullivan,irvine high school, irvine CA
government in the phillipines suck
jonatha@skyinet.net
Government what's its purpose. It is there to hold the coomon
people down I have total hatred for this government. I will not
say my governmet because it is not mine. The people of this land
need to wake up and realize where this country is headed. It is
in a "downward spiral". We need to band together and
fight the common enemy, the Government of the United States. Once
in in control we can install the rights of the common people, but
before this can happen there are certain people in the way.
M. WILSON <DIV2@JUNO.COM>
the government even controls our textbooks. until september
'96, i thought what i was learning in ap amer. history was
actually american history. but then i found out it is anything
but. they like to filter the info and make us believe that our
country is great and just:
1)they made the philosphy of manifest destiny seem like just
another great american idea.
2)they teach us that andrew jackson was a great president.
textbooks praise his over-aggressiveness and cast an eye over his
indian policy. they ignore the fact that he was no better than
hitler in his attempts to exterminate the native americans. have
you ever heard in your history class that we americans engaged in
a genocide, too? nope. they don't want us to know stuff like
THAT.
3) when we went into the philippines (189_)and the natives
rebelled against our rule there, known in my text as "the
philippine insurrection," we conveniently quieted them b/c
we know what's best for the world, right? but what about when we
rebelled against britain? don't we look to the sons of liberty as
heroes during the revolutionary period?
4) and what about our role as the international police? we like
to be known as that b/c it makes us feel powerful and we make it
our "duty" to keep in tact the rest of the world. too
bad FDR watched the jews burn during WWII without considering our
duty to help them.
5) and about pearl harbor. man, we knew the japanese were gonna
attack us! there are various accounts about how we were able to
decode their warning and we even sent it to the pentagon, but
they didn't WANT to take action
6) and it's funny how we hear extensively about those damn nazi's
and their concentration camps and how they dehumanized the jews
and handicapped. but we only spend about a day in class learning
about the japanese concentration camps right here in the US
during WWII. there are too many more instances about the evils
our government likes to cover up. still, though, i'm not
anti-american.america IS the best damn place there is to live
right now. it's the lesser of all the evils and though we
shouldn't necessarily be content with that analogy, we should see
what freedoms
we DO have here. and then go about ways to change the system to
better suit us utilizing those freedoms.
socialism, on paper, is a great philosophy. but in actuality it
sucks (sorry sue and eric). my dad was telling me how for a while
india was a socialist-republic and how when everyone was
guaranteed material comforts they lost the incentive to work. in
socialism, you don't have to do shit but you'll still have the
same benefits as someone who works his ass off. read LOOKING
BACKWARD by edward bellamy and you'll see how ridiculous
socialism.
i'm not too fond of capitalism, either, but at least it give
people a REASON to work hard.
you wanna fight? mail me back.
Shiv Puri <shivhead@aol.com>
I'd like to add to what that one guy was saying about our
history books. They are very fucked up. Read "Lies my
Teachers Told Me" to find out more. I'd like to add to the
stuff he was saying about Nazi's and concentration camps. After
WWII the U.S. hired ALL former Nazi agents to be secret partners
to the CIA. Who better to teach the Green Berets how to build
Latin American concentration-style camps then then the most well
known at performing genocide (I would have said "masters at
genocide" but you all should know by now that the U.S. is
the master at genocide.). Your history books only tell you the
side of history they want you to hear. The give us heroic images
of genocidal maniacs like Christopher Columbus, Andrew Jackson,
Francis Drake, Goerge Washington, the list just goes on and on.
Don't continue to let teachers spoon feed you the bullshit that
was shoved down their throat in their sadly ignorant childhoods.
There isn't an easier form of protest than simply telling you
History "teacher" to fuck off and stop lying to me!!!
I am also the guy who wrote the letter on this page about how
people need to wake up about communism. (It's the really long
one.) So to the same guy who said socialism was bad this goes to
you. READ!!!!! Don't look at the failures of communism/socialism,
always remember that these situations could have prospoured if
not for U.S. intervention. And if you think that capitalism is
better than socialism you really need to WAKE UP. If you
seriously think that the best way to earn a living is to go after
what you want even if it means beating down the competition,
lying and cheating your way to the top, and then once your their
not giving shit back to the people who helped you along the way,
then you should do well in this capitalistic hell in which we
live.
JAMES
Its June 1st 1997 and I am pissed off...for those of you who
dont already know there is a bill in congress that is trying to
be passed that states: the driving age will be changed from 17 to
18... now this may not effect some of you but its going to effect
me greatly! I am a young person in my grade with a Birthday of
7/5, meaning, I will not be able to drive 'till the summer AFTER
my senior year! C'mon, tell me that doesn't suck. This bill is
completely ridiculous and I dont understand how this helps the
state of New Jersey! help...
Josh Shaffer <ZORAC16@aol.com>
I really have never understood while people seek to affiliate
themselves with any one political party. If the American flag
truly represents the egalitarian form of government which we hear
so much about, then the upside-down flag represents where we are
now. Do you think that you actually have a say with what goes on
in Washington? Do you think that even if you did it would matter?
Well if you answered yes to these questions, then you need to
wake the fuck up. The only people that have a say in what goes on
are the country's elite. The only time you vote is when you head
down to the shoe store and plop down that $150 for that pair of
Nikes. We vote every time we purchase something. The forces of
capitalism control this government which we call
"democracy". The corporate world is the cause of all
the shit that goes on in this country and around the world. Lets
see, $4 an hour at Burger King, The loss of American jobs by
corporations who can find what is essentially slave labor in some
4th world country, the "ignorance" of the tobacco
corporations, The destruction of the environment by the petroleum
and timber industry, etc............... What keeps these people
in business? We keep buying into their shit! Every day,
everywhere you turn, these greedy fucks make sure that we are
incessantly bombarded by images that tell us who we should be,
what we should want, how we should look, and what we should buy
to be all of these things. It's an ideology that becomes a way of
life. It is a political act when you patronize these companies
that insist on unethical practices in order to increase the bulge
in their pockets. When we buy into their shit, it is like saying
" we approve of all of the evil shit that this company
does". We must stop this shit. It isn't really that hard.
All we have to do is stop buying their shit. It is the most
effective form of political activism- hit them where it hurts the
most. In their pocketbook! We've got to stop giving money to
these greedy fucks and tell our friends and family why will not
support these kinds of businesses anymore. We've got to support
the small, independently owned proprietorships in our surrounding
communities. We could make the difference if everyone did their
own fair share. Let me say again that I am not a communist. I am
all for capitalism. There is nothing wrong with wanting a
comfortable life for yourself and those who are important in your
life. At the same time, though, we need to give back. Start out
in your communities. If you can't give money then volunteer at
your local soup kitchen or humane shelter. Start up a recycling
center in your town if you don't have one already. If everyone
gave back just a little, then it would amount to a hell of a lot.
All of this rebelion talk really amazes me though. Why do you
want to rebel? Don't give me all of this "this goverment is
so corrupt(even though it is) and the "man keeps me
down" How many of you people have actually suffered real
injustice? I am not talking about not being able to listen to
music or wear some shirt to school, I am talking about something
to the effect of the Cherokee removal of the 1830's, the Stacco
and Vanzetti case, Bull Conor and his fire hoses in
Birmingham,etc......... You think our goverment is bad? why don't
all of you crying for anarchy just look for what it has done in
Africa. Anarchy just paves the way for a dictatorship. To the
person who says Comunissim is gret in theory, when was the last
time it worked in reality?Capitalism is a much better form of
goverment. A true confederacy would be the best form of goverment
in my opinion. You never hear any of this shit coming out of
Switzerland do you? Yes, the U.S. has a lot of problems, but with
all of its injustice it is still the best country around. It is
better to change the system by working within it then trying to
tear it apart. This is not directed to all of the indigenous
peoples and others that this country has truely screwed. I am
taking a class at my university right now on the history,
literature , biology, and geology of the Cherokee peoples, and am
taking a trip next week along the northern route of the
"trail of tears". The writings of such people as James
Mooney, Tom Hatley, and John Ross have helped to open my eyes to
an entire culture that was before unknown to me. I empathise with
the plight of all who are truley being discriminated against.
This post is directed at all of the middle class and upper class
people who think that they have been in some way been unjustly
treated by our goverment and are ready to "overthrow the
man" because they got fired up after listening to Rage
Against the Machine on MTV. I am for sure not knocking Zach or
Rage, their motives are pure, and I am a big fan. But to those I
am talking to, you need to get truely enlightened before you go
making pleas to overthrow this corrupt country in which we live.
Hate breeds Hate anyway that you look at it. We must look at the
teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. to see the right way to go
about making change. Right your senators and congressman if there
is something you want done, because believe it or not a lot are
not corrupt, and they are actually trying to do some good.
Christian L. Miller <st1770@student-mail.jsu.edu>
Well I'm a truth addict...
Augh shit I got a head rush!
Some of the best lyrics I've heard lately have been from RATM, I
love Zach's style. That mofo ain't scared to say to say JACK! We
all know that the government is responsible for most of the
problems in today's society, so why isn't owning up to their
shit?
scoob69@juno.com
I totally agree with Mr. Miller. All of you who say "Fuck
the system" are the ones who make it worse. If you think you
can do better than the "white christian males" in D.C.,
go ahead, become our leader, show us how much smarter you are
than Clinton and our other leaders. Sure, they make some
decisions that may harm us for the time being, but they are
trying to prepare the country for the 21st century. You think
you're so smart. Wow! You probably have 4 years of high school,
maybe a couple of years of college. Wake up and see that most of
our leaders have 6+ years of school at major universities. If you
think you're better, lead a revolution and lead us instead of
making idle threats. Otherwise, just shut up and live with it.
Small rebellion only makes the system worse. If you want to read
a book about what would happen in a modern american revolution,
read "It can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis. Don't
get the idea that I don't like RATM. I listen to them. I
understand where they're coming from. I also listen to other
hard-core punk bands that have their views of the system we live
in. Just don't make idle threats unless you back them up with
action. Like Mr. Miller says, write your reps and your senators.
Don't just complain on chat lines.
Anonymous
To Christian Miller (and any one else), I agree with some of
what you say but also feel that you are speaking VERY
hypocritically. I'm not saying that we should establish communism
in the United States. All I am saying is that before you knock
communism you should know what it is in theory. I agree with what
you say about people being pumped after listening to Rage Against
the Machine and then thinking they can change this thing we call
"democracy." It is going to take a lot more than that.
But as for every thing else you posted I believe that you are a
complete and total hypocrite. You say that we should be happy
with the capitalistic regime that is established in the United
States, when early in your ranting, you bitch about how fucked up
we are because we let corporate america controll, which I agree
with. And then for you to say that we should just deal with the
problems in OUR country because they don't compare to the
problems of other countries is a joke. WE as american citizens
need to be out there making a change towards unity, equality, and
peace in the entire world. What a better place to start then to
fight the war at home. There are political prisoners being held
captive all over the world and especially in America, though not
comparable to other countries (i.e. Tibet) We neeed to be out
there stopping all of the injustices that occur in this world.
You say that we shouldn't bitch about the injustices we face
every day because they don't compare to the injustices that, say,
the Cherokee's had to face. ANY form of injustices that the
United States governmnent forces it's people to go through is
wrong and must be stopped. Whether it is the assimilation of one
of the greatest and most advanced cultures of indigenous peoples
in North Amreica, to the stuggle of young minorities battling a
racial school system that wishes to do what ever it takes to stop
them from prospering in society. I respect you Mr. Miller and
agree with you somewhat, but do not agree with your idea that
capitalism, or a confederacy (the most racist form of government
in american history) is a better form of government than
communism. I am not by the way an advocate of communism, I only
wish to inform some people that communism is much better than
capitalism and should be read about before you criticize it.
JAMES
WOW! Some people in America's "Justice" system got
thier heads out of thier ass, but why did it take 25 years to
free Geronimo Pratt?
FREE MUMIA.
SUPPORT THE EZLN.
J.
I sit in class each day,and i am fed bullshit (or,more
commonly called "american history"), and even though
our wonderful american documents say we are free, all we are are
victims.Victims of mass propaganda, brainwashed by the
government, made slaves of the flag. where is this so-called
freedom? a country led by a corrupt government, and presidents
who support genocide while they promise us reforms. school
systems that violate our rights, teach us how to fight instead of
how to survive in the real world. our tax money spent on the
building of nuclear weapons, instead of helping the minorities.
we all live on this land, and this land does not belong to us.
the native americans had this land stolen by our
"forefathers", by our american heroes.the same american
heroes that slaughtered entire civilizations, heroes that
enslaved African-Americans, heroes that lead a government that
lies to us, takes our freedoms, and refuses to tell us the truth
about anything. we gotta quit the talking, and start taking
action against these motherfuckers. with a government holding us
down, and the power of oppression making it worse, we cant enjoy
what was promised to us hundreds of years ago.
July 4th is but two weeks away.
instead of saying happy birthday,i say
America,go fuck yourself.
Tony <sweetoblivion@hotmail.com>
Suppresion is sought out by confirming with the government's
point of view. We must take the power back. They suppress us in
every way, thought speech press, censorship everywhere. WE NEED
TO STEP UP AND DEAL WITH THIS CRAP. WE GOTTA TAKE THE POWAA BACK
SonicEric@juno.com
I have the right to believe whatever I want. I don't want the
governments beliefs shoved down my throat every time I watch
20/20. I don't care what you think is right, and I don't need you
to encouRAGE me to continue or stop doing something. Some things
just are not the governments business. Every where I turn the
Machine is staring through my window.
wolf99@juno.com
"WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!" It has come to my notice that
too many so called rage fans don't know or care enough about
politics/human right/socio-political issues. I see being a rage
fan as a big reponsibility. Rage fans should be expencted to care
about politics. So, if you listen to rage and don't know anything
about politics, learn something AND DO SOMETHING!!!!!
lharring@CapAccess.org
I think Rage Against The machine is the best band, and not
only that they also have the guts and the strenght to tell people
all the problems that are going on by Zack De La Rocha's powerful
lyrics. I want to thank Rage for everything they have done for me
since I lived in Bosnia while the war was going on because the
goverment screwed the people and Rage told me that I can take my
anger out on the fell beter about my self and people care.
Donnie (nickname) <portak@interlynx.net>
my name is Maurice and I´m peruvian. Some of spanish here for
your pleasure and about the MRTA last movement: Yo no soy
comunista ni nada de eso pero el problema que tuvimos en el Peru
,con toda esa gente inocente secuestrada nos ha hecho pensar y
creo que no solo a mi pais sino que tambien al mundo que algo
anda mal en nuestro mundo. Dejemos de quejarnos y comencemos ya
revolución pura, joven,unica. If someone wants a interesting
conversation here is my E-mail: morocho@amnet.com.pe
morocho@amnet.com.pe
James, what are you talking about may I ask? I have read much
Karl Marx in my Western Civ class, why do you think communism is
so great? I am not being hypocritical ( by the way contradictory
would be a much better word for this context [not to be too much
of a smart ass -) ] ). I was saying that Our goverment may be
imperfect, BUT it is better to work within it than to try and
tear it down. Communism has NEVER I repeat NEVER worked in the
history of mankind. Sure a Utopian society would be great, but it
would require that EVERYONE work towards the betterment of the
whole instead of personal gain. I enjoy capitalism. I live a
comfortable life (although I was not born with a silver spoon in
my mouth by any stretch of the imagination). Both my parents are
educators and they worked hard to give my sister and I a good
life. It is not the system but the PEOPLE that define a
goverment.
And of this Communism you think so highly of. Look at what it has
done to the countries who used it as a model. The USSR, Vietnam,
Korea, Cuba. You want to talk injustice. Stalin, Castro, Ho Chi
Mein, etc....... My point is that you will NEVER have a system
that is free from coruption, because human kind is unfortunately
easily corupted. There is a big difference between suporting big
business and supporting capitalism. Why do you think that America
is in such a bad condition? You talk so much about freeing
political prisoners in other countries and stuff, what is this
going to do to better our country? If you are so big into this
then why aren't you overseas doing something about it? I,
myself,(on the homefront) have made several donations to the
Leonard Peltier defense fund. Sure there is humanitarian
injustice all over the world, but I feel we need to concentrate
more on the U.S. than other countries.
Don't take me out of context either. I never said to ignore
racial, ethnic, religous, etc. injustice. I adressed my coment to
those who don't know what TRUE injustice is. The people who think
that because they aren't allowed total freedom at their school
that it gives them a justified means to "overthrow the
goverment". To all of those who want to "rebel"
What a joke! You people would want to rebel until the first
missle salvo spread you all over this "corrupt land".
There is injustice, and it is wrong. But injustice alone doesn't
justify the tearing down of our goverment.
You say the Confederate Govenrment was "the most racist form
of government in United States history". You obviously know
little about what a confederate goverment is. Switzerland is a
perfect example of a modern day confederacy. You should do some
reading before you try and debate on this. Also, there has been
BY FAR more greater injustice done under the banner of the United
States than that of the confederate states. Ulyssis S. Grant (a
drunk, a US war hero and our 18th president) owned slaves LONG
after the civil war was over. Abraham Lincon (supposidly one of
the greatest humanitarian presidents) ordered the assassination
of over 20 Lakota Indians in the Dakotas. I have already
disscussed Jefferson, Jackson,and Van Buren and what they did to
the Cherokee. I can go on and on and on. I live in Alabama and I
am sick of having racial injustice being pinned on the south.
I never said that we should be totaly happy with our government,
but we shouldn't seek to destroy either. You missed the whole
point of my post. We all need to work within our communities. We
all need to give back to those who are less fortunate than
ourselves (either finacialy or by volunteering at soup kitchens
etc.) Anyone who has a true grievence has the responsibility to
let their representitives know. If you don't try to use the
system that exsists than you have NO RIGHT to critisize it.
So James, why don't you try to give some actual examples of why
you think Communism is so great (and give actual examples, not
qoutes from Karl Marx)
Christian L. Miller <st1770@student-mail.jsu.edu>
I don't many politcal veiws yet because I haven't read enough
information and I'm not really all that knowledgeable so I don't
want to be a hypocrite. I love Killing in The Name and I agree
totally with the song because being I've experienced it (I'm
Native) with a friend (she is white) she got arrested for shop
lifting and they seemed to be blamming me for it. and it happened
another time after that.
Curstin <delarocha@hotmail.com>
"JOIN THE NAVY" THEY SAY..."JOIN THE ARMY"
THEY SAY...
"FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY" THEY SAY...
"BE ALL YOU CAN BE" THEY SAY...
WE FIGHT FOR THEM WHEN THERE IS NOTHING TO FIGHT FOR
WE ARE MADE TO FOLLOW THEIR LAWS
BUT WHAT ARE THEIR LAWS?
they have a king, they have a president,
they have a leader,
they have a GOD.....
they think they are higher than us...
they think they have control..
they think they have a system....
T H E Y H A V E N O
C O N T R O L,
AND THEY NEVER WILL
-nate <nfisher@up.net>
HELLO, I'M A SEVENTH GRADER. IT REALLY FUCKIN PISSES ME OFF
THAT WE'RE KEPT IGNORANT OF NORTHERN IRELAND, LEONARD PELTIER(?),
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL(MY BRO'!), AND CHIAPAS (CHIAPAS!! NEED I SAY
MORE) WE HAVE TO INSTILL THIS INTO EVERY SINGLE LIVING PERSON ON
THE PLANET THAT THIS SHIT IS GOING ON! IT'S HAPPENING! RIGHT NOW!
WAKE UP DIPSHITS! THIS ISNT HAPPY DAYS! WE CAN'T ALL GO OVER TO
MISTA C'S AND HOPE THIS WILL GO AWAY! AND MAINSTREAM MUSIC IS
ABOUT-- IS ABOUT-- FUCKING SHIT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT! IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING RELEVANT. BUT THIS IS THE ONLY MUSIC
PEOPLE HEAR, THE THINGS FROM THE RADIO. IF WE REALLY WANTED TO,
WE COULD PLAY RAGE OVER AND OVER ENDLESSLY ON RADIOS, HALF OF ALL
TV STATIONS,ETC. AND DON'T FORGET THE LITTLE IMPRESSIONABLE
KITTIES THAT ALWAYS SEE A LITTLE BOX THAT SAYS: TVPG, OR
TVMA(YEAH!) WE HAVE TO TELL THEM ABOUT MALCOLM X AND CHE GUAVARA.
THEN, IF ANYONE MAKES A RACIAL COMMENT, EXUCUTE THE
MOTHERFUCKERS! GIVE EM THE CHAIR!
Anonymous
"If we could shrink the earth's population to a village
of 100 people with the same relative size of human groups, 70
people would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition
only one would have a college education and fifty per cent of the
world's wealth would be in the hands of 6 people.
-Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group, cited in CCPA
Monitpr, Sept. 1996
Comrades: How obvious does it need to be before everyone realises
that no one need live in poverty?
rebecca
VIOLENCE is the key! To change things, violence is the only
way, unless you want to wait for 500 years for those punks in the
white house to realize the corruption and problems they're
causing. If you want something done, VIOLENCE IS THE KEY!
Chris <cbowen@juno.com>
In approx. 1879 an amazing man named Emiliano Zapata was born.
Though he lived for only 40 years (he was murdered in 1919)
throughout his life he created a dream that will live forever.
Now his dream is coming back to life, brought to you courtesy of
the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (The Zapatista
National Liberation Army). They are fighting for education,
shelter, jobs, peace, democracy, freedom, liberty, and human
dignity. They are fighting in the country of Mexico, based in the
state of Chiapas, and trained in the Lacandon jungle. They are
the true heroes of today. "Just for your personal attention,
we would like to announce and make very clear that the US
government is starting another Vietnam in Southern Mexico. We
would like to make this very clear to you because we believe, we
strongly believe that the media in the US is blocking it from
your attention. What they're attempting to do is prevent you from
getting involved here to prevent the deaths of millions of
indigenous people. And at this moment in time millions of
indigenous people are being chased into the hillsides by armies
fueled and funded by the US government, by the Clinton
Administration, by William Perry and all them fucking pigs up in
Washington. And we feel that it's important that we all know that
and understand that and that our action can stop it."
--Zach, at the Tibetan Freedom Concert. The EZLN can teach a
lesson to us all. "Everything for everyone and nothing for
ourselves."
Chandra Vice
Do not go quiet into that good night...BITCH BITCH BITCH
against the coming of the facist neo-nazis that are the united
states government..choke and die on your unmarked helicopter's
poison fumes
AgentScully@thepentagon.com
First of all, I just want you to know that your page is
honestly the best page I have ever come across on the web. No
other RAGE page has given voice to the views of others out there
who care about what is going on in the country and abroad. I just
spent the past half hour reading everyone's responses and it's
given me hope that there are actually people out there who
aren'tsuffering from a severe case of apathy. I just wanted to
thank you for that.
As for my opinion, here goes nothing: As I was scrolling down
this message board, I came to realize that there are several of
you out there that really are as ignorant of the meaning and
intentions of RAGE's lyrics as others who haven't even heard
them. First of all, you can't expect anything to change in this
country or anywhere else for that matter if you are not willing
to make your voice heard to the people whose hands the real power
lies in. In other words, I'm getting really tired of people
proclaiming their rebelliousness like it's the cool thing to do
without really knowing what's going on this country or trying to
make an attempt to change things beyond wearing t-shirts and
putting bumper stickers on their cars proclaiming that "the
system sucks". Why does the system suck? Do you know? Do you
care? My advice would be to educate yourself in the real history
of the U.S. and the current ways of our government and capitalist
society. There are countless books out there that do a pretty
good job of explaining things. I'd recommend Censor 97, Lies My
Teacher Told Me, A People's History of the U.S. or you could read
about what could happen if we allow apathy to weaken us and allow
ourselves to be further subjugated to "Big Brother" in
Orwell's 1984 or Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (I'd especially
recommend that for the person who insisted that the time for
revolution is over and that we should just make the best of what
is handed down to us). I think it's important to realize that
there are more factors at hand in government power than we are
told. In the words of Calvin Coolidge, "Business is the
business of America" and it always has and always will be.
Every political act, every foreign intervention, every piece of
legislature that has been passed in this country has been either
directly or indirectly influenced by the agendas of big business,
which incidentally holds the real power in this country. We need
to realize that with every dollar we spend, we are casting a
vote. Therefore, if we don't approve of Texaco's racism, Shell's
crimes against environmental activists in Nigeria, Proctor &
Gamble's animal testing (and the list goes on) we should not buy
thier products. It is also crucial that we make it more difficult
for lobbyists and big business to control politics. We can not
allow this country to return to a oligarchy again and if any of
us pay attention to history it's likely that that is exactly what
is going to happen if we don't intervene with the little
political power we have now. We need to remember what is real and
what is truly important. Money nor material possesions can bring
us happiness. Like Zach says,the billboards say COME and Play,
Forget about the movement. We can't lose sight even though
everything around us teaches us to be apathetic. As for the
person who wholeheartedly backs communism, I'd like to take this
opportunity to say that it is against all human nature, which is
full of greed and individual concern rather than concern for the
general welfare. As an idealistic socialist myself, I would like
to believe that it could work but as history has shown, there are
leaders and caste systems of inequality in communism just like
there are in capitalism. Utopias do not work (believe me, I wish
they did). As for your reply that the U.S. has been messing
things up for communist nations for the past 50 years, those
governments were doomed to failure with or without U.S.
intervention. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Catherine Brito <Saralee007@aol.com>
Damn Cops! They are a waste of our tax dollars! They don't do
anything worth while! They just go around and take your money and
beat you and smack hand cuffs on you so you cant move your arms!
They insult you and fell your testacles! They Rape your wife and
your daughter! They are racist-queerbashing mother fuckers! The
states(or city's or whover's) Tax dollars should go to a system
that provides guards, etc. etc. for buisness, etc. etc. AND NO
BUYING YOUR OWN GUARDS OR THE WEALTHY WOULD HAVE THE BEST ONES
LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE!!!! just guards to protect your buisness or
whatever!!!! no more fucking patroles!
MaTT <sophistop@hotmail.com>
Violence needs to stop. Im talking everything. I know its in
mans nature to commit acts of violence on another man. But think
about it if the youth of today keep up what they're doing, gang
banging were are we going to be in 20 years. We're goingto have a
genaration of youth growing up withoout fathers. I believe that
if we don't stop soon (the violence) we are going to and up
extinct.
Bill <survival4life@oocities.com>