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Re: SHOULD ARTISTS CAMPAIGN?

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Posted by A Realist (from: ) on August 21, 2004 at 19:34:42:

In Reply to: SHOULD ARTISTS CAMPAIGN? posted by Geoff on August 15, 2004 at 18:37:18:

: How do you you feel about your favourite bands and musicians throwing their $0.02 into the ring and campaigning on behalf of a presidential candidate?

While there are many bands and artists that have greatly influenced the music I listen to, compose/write and play, they have no political influence over me. Therefore, I have no feelings or opinions of thier "2 cents" in supporting or rebuking a presidential candidate. TV ads, companies and groups or individual persons affiliated with each candidates party doesn't either. Thier support for an individual hopefull is usally based on the assumtion that they will in some way benifit , and sometimes they do, if that person wins.

The capaigning, when you get right down to it, is a popularity contest. Each cadidate says what they think people want to hear and makes promisses they don't know if they can (and some they know they can't) keep, while pointing out thier parties pros and the cons of the other parties candidate.

It reminds me of my children when something happened and I found out. As I confronted the guilty one they would start telling me things the others done, which had nothing to do with what they did, trying to get thier self out of trouble by making what the others done look worse than what they did. "Well they did this!" back and forth "So you did that!" blowing it out of perportion. And my favorite one of all, "You know what else they done!?". If I didn't know, thier dumba** was fixing to tell me. The funny thing is, when they finally growed up, they asked me how I knew every thing they did growing up...sound familier.

So, what does influence me politicaly? I'd bet you would like to know. Then again you may not care.

Anyway, it's like buying something from any store or business. Now let's be honest here, politics IS big business. They all say thier products are better will do more than the others, when they both do the same thing and were probably made in the same factory. Where I buy it and what I pay for it is not as important as who made it and what it does. If the salesman who talked me into buying it lied to me just to make a sale, that's one thing. If I liked the product and was pleased with it's perfomance, I'll simply go to another person or store to buy it again. I already know he will lie to me. But if the company that made it lied to me about it and thier product didn't do what they said it would and they won't stand behind thier work or thier word, that's another. I will never buy anything from that company again. I would rather loose the money foolishly than let them have it.

So I like to do some research and get the facts about things for my self. When it comes to politics, I listen to what's being said, but I pay careful attention to what's not being said. Then I can find out the truth in what's "really" being said. If I was to say, "When I look upon your face time stands still.", what's not being said is, "You have a face that can stop time." While both statements are in fact being said and make the same point, you will have to be the judge as to which one I meant and you would have to know me personaly to do that. Now I am not saying to question everything someone says. Niether am I saying there is always an underlying statement to what someone says. If I said, "I can jump off the top of the Empire State building and fly.", I would be telling you the truth. But what I did not say is, "straight down to the sidewalk below". It all depends on how I define the word "FLY". This time all you will need to do is wait for me to jump. Then decide if I "flew" to my death or "fell" to my death. The outcome is the same, I'm still dead. No matter how I defined the word fly. Right? It really doesn't matter what someone says or how sincere they say it. Like someone telling thier spouse how much they love them all day, then cheating on them at night. You can say anything you want, but the "true person" that you are is seen in what you do.

I look at a "company's" past history and track record to see if it tells the truth about the "things" they want me to buy. Does the company say what its product will do and do the products do what the company says they will? If not, I ain't buying it from them.

I know you probably think I am completly full of...you know what. That's ok, who knows, maybe I am. Besides it doesn't matter what you think of me, only what I think of me. By being a realist, I respect your right to have an opinion. It is with great regret, however, that at this time in my opinion, and it is ONLY MY opinion, I can't decide which "company" is telling the truth about thier "product". So I guess when "shopping day" comes, I won't be buying.

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: : How do you you feel about your favourite bands and musicians throwing their $0.02 into the ring and campaigning on behalf of a presidential candidate? : While there are many bands and artists that have greatly influenced the music I listen to, compose/write and play, they have no political influence over me. Therefore, I have no feelings or opinions of thier "2 cents" in supporting or rebuking a presidential candidate. TV ads, companies and groups or individual persons affiliated with each candidates party doesn't either. Thier support for an individual hopefull is usally based on the assumtion that they will in some way benifit , and sometimes they do, if that person wins. : The capaigning, when you get right down to it, is a popularity contest. Each cadidate says what they think people want to hear and makes promisses they don't know if they can (and some they know they can't) keep, while pointing out thier parties pros and the cons of the other parties candidate. : It reminds me of my children when something happened and I found out. As I confronted the guilty one they would start telling me things the others done, which had nothing to do with what they did, trying to get thier self out of trouble by making what the others done look worse than what they did. "Well they did this!" back and forth "So you did that!" blowing it out of perportion. And my favorite one of all, "You know what else they done!?". If I didn't know, thier dumba** was fixing to tell me. The funny thing is, when they finally growed up, they asked me how I knew every thing they did growing up...sound familier. : So, what does influence me politicaly? I'd bet you would like to know. Then again you may not care. : Anyway, it's like buying something from any store or business. Now let's be honest here, politics IS big business. They all say thier products are better will do more than the others, when they both do the same thing and were probably made in the same factory. Where I buy it and what I pay for it is not as important as who made it and what it does. If the salesman who talked me into buying it lied to me just to make a sale, that's one thing. If I liked the product and was pleased with it's perfomance, I'll simply go to another person or store to buy it again. I already know he will lie to me. But if the company that made it lied to me about it and thier product didn't do what they said it would and they won't stand behind thier work or thier word, that's another. I will never buy anything from that company again. I would rather loose the money foolishly than let them have it. : : So I like to do some research and get the facts about things for my self. When it comes to politics, I listen to what's being said, but I pay careful attention to what's not being said. Then I can find out the truth in what's "really" being said. If I was to say, "When I look upon your face time stands still.", what's not being said is, "You have a face that can stop time." While both statements are in fact being said and make the same point, you will have to be the judge as to which one I meant and you would have to know me personaly to do that. Now I am not saying to question everything someone says. Niether am I saying there is always an underlying statement to what someone says. If I said, "I can jump off the top of the Empire State building and fly.", I would be telling you the truth. But what I did not say is, "straight down to the sidewalk below". It all depends on how I define the word "FLY". This time all you will need to do is wait for me to jump. Then decide if I "flew" to my death or "fell" to my death. The outcome is the same, I'm still dead. No matter how I defined the word fly. Right? It really doesn't matter what someone says or how sincere they say it. Like someone telling thier spouse how much they love them all day, then cheating on them at night. You can say anything you want, but the "true person" that you are is seen in what you do. : I look at a "company's" past history and track record to see if it tells the truth about the "things" they want me to buy. Does the company say what its product will do and do the products do what the company says they will? If not, I ain't buying it from them. : I know you probably think I am completly full of...you know what. That's ok, who knows, maybe I am. Besides it doesn't matter what you think of me, only what I think of me. By being a realist, I respect your right to have an opinion. It is with great regret, however, that at this time in my opinion, and it is ONLY MY opinion, I can't decide which "company" is telling the truth about thier "product". So I guess when "shopping day" comes, I won't be buying.

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