"What the F*ck! Over!"
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I prefer to be nice, but there are a lot of nice people out there... so what do you do about it?
This is my "Cynical Mood" page.
WTFO is a common vernacular in military, and other similar environments, where the use of "half-duplex" communication systems (radio) are common, where only one person can talk at a time... hence the term "Over", at the end, indicating it is the next person's turn to talk.
"There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby. It's a deal, it's a deal!"
-- God's Away On Business - Tom Waits - (ref)
The above song plays during the end credits of the documentary film:
ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room
... it is painfully appropriate. That film is still one of my personal favorites, for illustrating just how low the human condition can get.
Life and Debt (2001) ... directed by: Stephanie Black - (ref)
I first saw this film in 2006, and it began a long run of documentary watching for me on topics of injustice, mostly financially based. It illustrates only one example of how the World Bank, the IMF (International Monetary Fund), and the IADB (Inter-American Development Bank) systematically "invade" third-world nations, under the premise of helping them, and take over their food (and water) supplies, and force them to become dependent on an import system... all for the financial gain of the big corporations who supply the inferior quality products (compared to what they can produce themselves). This system also effectively results in an economical takeover, undermining the labor force, making them slaves to the corporate suppliers.
"Life and Debt" takes place in Jamaica, effectively beginning around 1976. I became a Reggae fan around 1980, when one day I commented to an acquaintance friend of mine (a black guy), "How can you listen to that stuff (Reggae) all the time? It all sounds the same!" His reply was, "You gotta listen to the lyrics." So I did, and I was quickly hooked as well. "Ambush In The Night", from the Bob Marley album "Survival", released in 1979, is without a doubt my favorite Reggae song. (Lyrics ref.) It was not until after I saw the film that the realization of this song fully hit me. It still has a profound effect on me to this day.
"Through political strategy, They keep us hungry,
And when you gonna get some food, Your brother got to be your enemy...."
-- Ambush In The Night - Bob Marley
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There is a lot more to come in this section... but the handwriting is on the wall folks. What are you going to do about it?
"And nothing really matters till it's a' closer than the house next door...."
-- Born To Late - The American In Me (album) - Steve Forbert - (ref1) (ref2)
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