Many had questioned why O.U.T.R.A.G.E. decimated the nation like it did on January 17, 2008. Killing off most members of a corrupt, incompetent, cowardly, arrogant, immoral Congress was understandable. Assassinating the worst President in U.S. history, and most of his cabinet members and appointed bureaucrats was justifiable in millions of Americans' minds. But why did the 'Rebellion of '08' extend to the socially prominent, the wealthy elitists, and famous celebrities? Those kinds of questions were being fielded on the O.U.T.R.A.G.E. television programs being transmitted from the Island of St. Kitts, and had been answered repeatedly over the past several months. While many moderators explained things in a variety of ways, the nuts-and-bolts was nakedly basic: most people in positions of power, celebrity or wealth had done very little except capitalize on their fame and fortune for the exclusive consumption of themselves.
At the beginning of 2007, less than thirteen months before the January 17, 2008 murders, prominent social scientists had submitted a paper to the International Nobel Prize Committee, recommending that the sizeable cash prizes awarded to winners be modified. It seemed frivilous to suffocate one's quest for peace with a gradiose gift of something as crass as money. The group of seven doctors unanimously agreed. A portion of the 44-page report included these startling observations that were pooh-poohed by those toward whom it was directed:
"We find the ultra-wealthy people in America (and around the world) to be unmitigated bores, entirely self-absorbed with their own lives and the materialism that fills a great void. Far too many individuals, particularly those in the entertainment and sports arenas, have amassed massive fortunes, only to squander it on themselves and their own demented pleasures. Talk to a rich person and he'll tell you all about the newest new luxury car he just purchased; the biggest new house she just bought; the most luxurious African safari from which they've just returned; or the value of their latest stock acquisitions. As these people sip of their thousand-dollar-a-bottle imported red wine, ask them their views on America's homeless or how many millions of kids go to bed hungry in this country each evening. Ask them if they know anything about the waiter who just served them a $24 bourbon before they sat down to an $80 steak, and inquire as to how they think he's able to sustain his family of eight on his minimum-wage salary (plus gratuIties). Ask them about the environmental disasters facing this planet, or whether they use 'paper or plastic' when they shop at their local supermarket. Not only will their eyes gloss over in utter contempt for your topics of conversation; they will snootily let you know that such conversation is not acceptable at such elegant dinner parties.
It's as if the wealthy live in their own little protective plastic bubble, isolated from the pain and suffering endured by the vast majority of the global population. They will fail to understand why one should even care about the underprivileged, the disadvantaged, the sick, the elderly, the homeless, the drug-addicted, the unemployed, the hungry, the working poor, or the under-educated.
Celebrities take their fame and fortune to even a lower social level by parading their squanderous lifestyles on the front pages of all the 'movie' magazines and gossip rags. When Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith, Mike Tyson, Tom Cruise, and all the other assorted multi-millionaires who grace these glossy publications, they fail to realize how much they contribute to the moral decadence of our society and our culture. Once it became 'acceptable' for Mike Tyson to blow millions of his dollars up his nose, why shouldn't lesser human beings follow his lead? When movie stars boast about living together without the benefit of holy matrimony, or flash photos of their babies born out-of-wedlock, don't they realize that their fans will try to emulate such behavior?
These petulant people could be - and should be - the ones that set the moral tone for our society. They could be leaders of men, generously giving away their fortunes to those of lesser means instead of squandering it all on themselves. Sadly, too few of these fortunate individuals can avoid the flash, glitter, decadence and debauchery that fame and fortune brings. Even more sadly is how America - and the world - has followed their 'greed lead' and decided 'what's mine is mine, and I'll do with it whatever I damn well choose'.
Money cannot buy one good health, true love, loyal friends, spirituality or peace.....we urge the donors of this 'peace prize' to put less emphasis on the material and more emphasis on humanity as a signal to the world that there is more to life than accumulating riches and appearing on the cover of 'People' magazine because of some outrageous conduct."
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. recognized that bad behavior in celebrity relationships often leads to misconduct among the 'masses'. The 'common people' were guided by those of influence, wealth or status. Not just be the politicians, but buy this eclectic collection of "the rich and famous" who seemed to believe their station in life allowed them to behave like the lowest of animals. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. destroyed those greedheads, along with the politicos and the corporate maggots. Now, a new sense of honor and equality - hopefully - will embrace the nation.
At the beginning of 2007, less than thirteen months before the January 17, 2008 murders, prominent social scientists had submitted a paper to the International Nobel Prize Committee, recommending that the sizeable cash prizes awarded to winners be modified. It seemed frivilous to suffocate one's quest for peace with a gradiose gift of something as crass as money. The group of seven doctors unanimously agreed. A portion of the 44-page report included these startling observations that were pooh-poohed by those toward whom it was directed:
"We find the ultra-wealthy people in America (and around the world) to be unmitigated bores, entirely self-absorbed with their own lives and the materialism that fills a great void. Far too many individuals, particularly those in the entertainment and sports arenas, have amassed massive fortunes, only to squander it on themselves and their own demented pleasures. Talk to a rich person and he'll tell you all about the newest new luxury car he just purchased; the biggest new house she just bought; the most luxurious African safari from which they've just returned; or the value of their latest stock acquisitions. As these people sip of their thousand-dollar-a-bottle imported red wine, ask them their views on America's homeless or how many millions of kids go to bed hungry in this country each evening. Ask them if they know anything about the waiter who just served them a $24 bourbon before they sat down to an $80 steak, and inquire as to how they think he's able to sustain his family of eight on his minimum-wage salary (plus gratuIties). Ask them about the environmental disasters facing this planet, or whether they use 'paper or plastic' when they shop at their local supermarket. Not only will their eyes gloss over in utter contempt for your topics of conversation; they will snootily let you know that such conversation is not acceptable at such elegant dinner parties.
It's as if the wealthy live in their own little protective plastic bubble, isolated from the pain and suffering endured by the vast majority of the global population. They will fail to understand why one should even care about the underprivileged, the disadvantaged, the sick, the elderly, the homeless, the drug-addicted, the unemployed, the hungry, the working poor, or the under-educated.
Celebrities take their fame and fortune to even a lower social level by parading their squanderous lifestyles on the front pages of all the 'movie' magazines and gossip rags. When Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith, Mike Tyson, Tom Cruise, and all the other assorted multi-millionaires who grace these glossy publications, they fail to realize how much they contribute to the moral decadence of our society and our culture. Once it became 'acceptable' for Mike Tyson to blow millions of his dollars up his nose, why shouldn't lesser human beings follow his lead? When movie stars boast about living together without the benefit of holy matrimony, or flash photos of their babies born out-of-wedlock, don't they realize that their fans will try to emulate such behavior?
These petulant people could be - and should be - the ones that set the moral tone for our society. They could be leaders of men, generously giving away their fortunes to those of lesser means instead of squandering it all on themselves. Sadly, too few of these fortunate individuals can avoid the flash, glitter, decadence and debauchery that fame and fortune brings. Even more sadly is how America - and the world - has followed their 'greed lead' and decided 'what's mine is mine, and I'll do with it whatever I damn well choose'.
Money cannot buy one good health, true love, loyal friends, spirituality or peace.....we urge the donors of this 'peace prize' to put less emphasis on the material and more emphasis on humanity as a signal to the world that there is more to life than accumulating riches and appearing on the cover of 'People' magazine because of some outrageous conduct."
O.U.T.R.A.G.E. recognized that bad behavior in celebrity relationships often leads to misconduct among the 'masses'. The 'common people' were guided by those of influence, wealth or status. Not just be the politicians, but buy this eclectic collection of "the rich and famous" who seemed to believe their station in life allowed them to behave like the lowest of animals. O.U.T.R.A.G.E. destroyed those greedheads, along with the politicos and the corporate maggots. Now, a new sense of honor and equality - hopefully - will embrace the nation.
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