Rule

6.8.09 

What can I say? 

"No war we should take time to think, the bombs and tanks make mankind extinct"

The number 1 song in the US on June 11, 1985 (my born day) was Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". In 2001 NaS recorded a song called "Rule" in which I took the above quote from. The music from that song was made up entirely of samples of the Tears for Fears song. I truly feel I was born to speak up and there have been many reminders in my life of what I'm here to do. 

I'd like to talk a little about something that happened on twitter today, I was doing my thing per usual and I see a post that says 

@aplusk: This should be a national crisis, send in Blackwater RT NYtimes Alert North Korea Sentences Journalists to 12 years in Labor prison

Now, first of all, I know he was joking, but there's nothing funny about Blackwater, the fact that they kill people, the fact that they are paid by US tax dollars (read: YOUR MONEY), it's just bad all around.

So I said 

@thomasthought WAR IS OVER IF YOU WANT IT, SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT A FIGHT, You have an influence! Stop blowing it please!

@thomasthought If john lennon were alive he'd set you straight, but he's not, and I'm not famous yet so you won't listen to me. Guns won't solve it!

Now keep in mind user @aplusk has 2 million followers on twitter. That means his every posted thought gets transmitted to his followers who subconsciously or consciously get the idea that blackwater(or anything) is something to joke about is cool. I didn't expect him to reply, to his credit, he did :

@aplusk I don't think fighting is the first alternative or the second but holding american hostages is not kosher

I didn't say this to him but I thought - First or second? that's it? You don't even try or conceive that there might be a third or good lord, even a fourth option? My response:

@thomasthought true it's not kosher but sending guys in with guns is gonna get SOMEONE killed, guaranteed. We can work it out my brother, have faith.

To which he totally ignored and moments later made this statement to his 2 million followers(no doubt mostly American):

@aplusk we should find out what the largest social network is in china and run a campaign to encourage the people there 2 help

@aplusk bottom line, china needs to step it up

Now, he totally changed the topic, and ignored what I said about him making light of an AMERICAN SUPPORTED private military mercenary company. My response:

@thomasthought before we try to encourage the people of China to action we should address the apathy right here. It's US that needs to help more.

I was not surprised that the statement was ignored. Everybody Wants to Rule the World, it's our turn now.