What’s up internet people? This is J Tru talkin’ to you on another balmy Friday night in Seattle. That’s something I’d theoretically say if I was a DJ. I remember wanting to be a D.J. at one point, but then I figured out I write better than I talk, and I’m pretty sure I could do that a lot better. I’ve heard it said however, that anything worth doing is worth doing badly until you get it right. So I’ll keep doing that. And who knows? I could still do a podcast one of these days.
So I had a good, semi-productive day. Got up, did some meditation and shit, made some coffee, smoked some devil’s lettuce, Got some work done on the farm and had breakfast around noon. Tomorrow I get to lead a composting work party. Socially distanced of course. Ugh. Either way. It’ll be fun and productive. As for tonight, I just finished watching another Spike Lee joint called “Inside Man”. Pretty suspenseful movie about a bank robbery with a kid of a “Usual Suspects” type of twist except you already know it’s coming. Of course, being a Spike Lee joint it’s heavy on social commentary, showcasing the racism inherent in the police force for one. Then there’s the bit about the bank robbers dressing the hostages up like them so the cops end up treating the victims like criminals while the actual criminals get away clean. Huh. I can’t imagine something like that happening in real life. Can you? But in this case, the street criminals get away and expose the real business and war criminals. So much like a younger Ice Cube would say,, it was a good day.
Speaking of cops, which I did somewhere back in the last paragraph because I like some suspense in my segues. But speaking of cops, isn’t fucked up how in the last two months the American “left” went from yelling “Fuck the police!” “De fund the police” and even “Abolish the police!” so cheering on a cop to be the Vice President of the United States? I tell you, 2020 is about the most fucked up movie I’ve ever seen . I saw a clp of this woman talking about how people with signs yelling “De fund the police” have a lot of valid points, but none of them address the reasons she has three locks on her door. I’m like “Shiiiit. If I put a bunch of kids in jail for smoking weed, and then laughed about it when asked if I had ever smoked weed, then I’d think the odds were pretty good that one or two might want to come after me. Legal note. Legal note: Do not go after any political candidate physically. It’s dangerous and counter productive. Really only serves to galvanize public opinion in their favor. I do, however, like to think that if I was the “Top Cop” of a major American state, then I’d have figured out at some point that putting kids in jail for what ought to be the most minor of offenses, throwing them in their with a lot of actual criminals, would necessarily lead to a lot of them turning into actual criminals. So if I was Kamala Harris, of course I would have at least 3 locks on my door and probably a shotgun in case that didn’t work.
But of course now if you don’t support her and the creepy rapist she’s running with you’re Pro-Trump, and therefore no better than a Nazi.. But you know who most of the Nazis were? Just regular people like you and me who decided to fall in line and not ask any questions. But I’m tired of having this argument every four years. Frankly, who the PResident is doesn’t fundamentally change how the government operates. And just like in the movies, the real criminals will continue to get away with everything. So vote for whoever you want, because the only place we can really affect anything is on the ground. So find something on the ground you can affect and say “Fuck it.” before it fucks you.