In Yer Face

This is the logo for the APEC deal in 2022. It was sponsored by Klaus, the World Economic Forum and all them. Notice anything? Of course you do, especially if you know anything about history, especially VaVaII. They may have modified it a littl but there it is... right in your face. 

 It's like when we named the Bud Greene band...we added an "e" on the end to make it "legal" as it were, but clearly the band was named after our favorite herb. There's no mistake.

 Right now, all the "Coincidence Theorists" will say "Coincidence! Coincidence!" They're full of shit, with all due respect. It's clear as day. If it were an "accident" or whatever, someone would've spotted it and said "Wait a minute...this is a bad symbol. We can't use it. Come on, people. What y'all thinking?" That's what would logically happen, right? 

 Some people have been saying for a while that as time goes by, a light will be shone upon the darkness, and evil will be exposed for all to see. If this isn't evil I don't know what is. If you still want to say that this was a coincidence or some sort of accident, I support your right to believe so, but you're fooling yourself, and you know it. This is no coincidence. They'd have never considered using even a modified symbol that represented pure evil, if they didn't WANT it to be seen. It's all coming out in the open, and just wait...there's more to come...WAY more. Tryin' to tell ya.

 People are waking up in droves, and they're either going to be for or against this New World Order that's coming, and already here. If you want to believe that it's all a "conspiracy theory," after about a dozen presidents and countless people in power have said that what we need (and what we'll get) is a "New World Order," then go ahead and tell yourself that, but if you think it's not real you should really do just a bit of research into it. You might just change your tune. I did. 

 This also goes to show that these people are Globalists. They have no allegiance to any country. It's all the same thing. They want ONE government, ONE currency and even ONE religion (can you say "Chrislam?"), and they say it in their own words. If you choose to think that it's just a phrase or they really don't mean it, you'd better think again. 

 The issue is that it's these people- the Elites...the wealthy banking families, plus the military-industrial complex and big pharma, are who make the decisions, NOT presidents and congresses, kings and queens. Think about it...who truly has more say...someone worth 100-million or someone worth 100-billion? Sure the leaders enact the laws, but they don't really decide them. They're mere puppets, and again, feel free to think otherwise if it helps you sleep, but you really might want to look into it. 

 Remember "6uild 6ack 6etter," with the three sixes? How could it get any more obvious? How? Yet most people ignored it. A promise to "build back better," with 666 in the title is belligerent. It should bother even non-"religious" people just a little, but apparently it doesn't. It's a very serious thing, and to use it in the title of something like the old "New Deal," something that's meant to represent all of America is extremely serious. 

 Neither one of these symbols- 666 or the former emblem of a certain Party, should be taken lightly...it's most definitely not a joke, and both represent evil at the end of the day, plain and simple, no matter what kind of spin people might apply. 666 of course is the Number of the Beast...Satan. They're saying basically that we'll "build back better," with the help of Satan. How else can we see it? You can't spin it. It's certainly not something to joke about, especially when it's announced by our president.

 The above symbol is right in your face. Es ist direkt vor Ihrem Gesicht. Whether or not you want to see it or not, or whether you think it's just a really, really bad joke, or something you might want to consider, is up to you. And remember...the truth will ALWAYS come out...not my truth or your truth or Betty's truth or Joe Divot's truth or anybody's truth, but THE truth. It always wins. Always. Wake up.
 

Cards

I'm about to give more samples of my stuff out, and I knew I at least needed some biz cards so I wouldn't look quite like the dipshit I am. I found a place called GotPrint that was cheaper for the same quality than most places I saw. I got 250 for around $25, with tax and shipping, which isn't too bad.

 I opted for the UV coating, which makes them almost glossy. They have a nice feel. What's cool is that the photo looks like it was taken in daylight, although it was around midnight. A big storm rolled in and I caught a huge lightning strike on camera. It lit up the sky like daylight, except for a violet tint that gives away a lightning strike. Maybe it's a little stark but that's okay.

 It was a happy accident that I chose this image. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to use as a bg image, since I make so many different things. I was scrolling through my photos...Moongazers, dog treats, chimes and such, and this photo flashed by. It caught my eye and I knew I had to use it. The whole process, from realizing I needed business cards, to finding a place to designing the cards to paying took maybe twenty minutes. 

 I wish I'd made the print a bit smaller but other than that I like the cards a lot, and I'd order from them again. I thought about listing all the shit I make on the cards, and putting my email, but that's too much shit. I can always get different ones made. These cards look clean. There's plenty of room for people to draw birds or lightning in the trees or whatever. 

 Without sounding sexist I think business cards are gentlemanly for a man to carry, and it shows you at least give half a fuck. I can whip one out and say "My card..." On the off-chance some sister might inquire as to my number, it'll be smoother to hand her a card instead of her having to enter it on her phone or dig around for a pen and paper. 

 The fact that it's lightning might be a good icebreaker. The sister in question would be remarking on how cool that is and how nice the card feels...as she's slowly rubbing her fingers across it. I'd say something like "What's a girl like you doing in a place like this? Do you come here often? Wait a minute...I've got it...you're an Italian. What? You're Jewish? Oh, love your nails. You must be a Libra. Your place or mine?" Dammit, I'm dreaming again. Well, never say never. 

 Anyway these cards are kinda classy. The lightning is cool. You never know...maybe it'll strike for me. Even dipshits should have business cards. 
 

MY Formulas

Not long ago I was talking to my mom about my skin lotion. She told me that my ex, whom I say is a narcissist, told her many times that she had a hand in coming up with the formulas, as well as those for my dog treats. That's bullshit. If you look up "narcissist" on any website on the planet you'll see that first and foremost narcissists are liars. They can't help but lie. Lies are their truth.

 So it doesn't surprise me that my ex would make such a claim. Narcissists are just as quick to take credit for something they didn't do as to deny something they did. The truth is she had NOTHING whatsoever to do with coming up with any of the formulas. While I was in the kitchen making test batches of stuff, she was downstairs watching TV. She contributed nothing. 

 I'm making another attempt to move some lotion. I'm going to give some to several friends who work in kitchens, because while my stuff can be used for anything skin-related, where it shines is on burns. All people have to do is try it and they'll want some. The stuff really works.

 I know that if she told my mom that she helped create the formulas then she told other people, and I'm guessing she even might have told people that I stole the formula from her. It's really no problem though, and people can believe what they want. If I did start selling it again, she could shout from the rooftops how I stole it from her, but if she ever was stupid enough to take legal action I'd eat her alive, and she knows it. 

 There'd be many questions she couldn't begin to answer, like why certain ingredients were used and such. The killer though would be to ask her what ingredients I tried but discarded. She'd have no idea because she wasn't in on it. She'd look like a fool. Since narcissists have no empathy, and can't put themselves in anyone else's shoes, they can't see themselves as others see them, and don't realize how utterly stupid they look when they tell these absurd lies. Again, the truth ALWAYS wins. Always. That's exactly why narcissists fear it. She can lie all day long. If she makes any trouble...she's toast.  

 

 

 

Underwater Medicinal Herb Garden

I didn't realize I had an underwater medicinal herb garden. The plant with the round leaves is called Pennywort. I got some for my jar aquarium because I like the way it looks and it's a fast-growing plant that will help keep the water clean. 

 I've had it in a couple of aquariums before and I liked it, although it had to be pruned once a month or so or it would take over the tank. In this photo it had completely taken over the top half of the jar. It just kept growing in circles, and it was cutting off light to the lower half of the jar. 

 I started with about five small stems with a few leaves, and in a month I had it growing in two other jars, from what I pruned. I pruned it after this photo was taken. I didn't have room for any more in the jars so I figured I'd let it dry and add it to the soil in my potted plants. 

 It also grows in wet soil, and I wanted to plant some. I saw images of it growing in pots. It looked nice growing above water too and I wanted to try that. When I first got it something was bugging me, like there was something I should know about Pennywort, but I couldn't connect it at first. You don't necessarily think about aquarium plants being good for your health, but I started to recall that it had some benefits, and that I was pretty sure it also went by another name that I knew, so I looked it up.

 Lo and behold it turns out that Pennywort is a different name for one of my favorite herbs of all time- Gotu Kola. It's been used for centuries in traditional medicine for things like improving memory, circulation, immune system, mood enhancement and several other things. It flipped me out because I'd forgotten that, and I was thrilled that I was growing one of my favorite herbs without realizing it, and in an aquarium no less. 

 I got into herbs in the middle of high school and tried Gotu Kola pretty quickly. I liked it. Basically it was like drinking a cup or two of strong coffee, but without any jitters. It did boost energy levels a bit, without any of the geekiness of coke or speed. It wasn't like being high on drugs but it was still a very nice feeling. It gave me a little more energy but it also had a slight relaxation effect too, which was interesting...like an herbal speedball. 

 I got my bandmates in all the different bands I was in to try all my herbs and supplements on gigs, and they loved them, especially the guys in Generic Band. We took so much Gotu Kola that it became a band joke. Whenever somebody would mention Gotu Kola, somebody else would reply "Gotu Hell!" It was hilarious. 

 I was proud of myself for remembering an herb that itself is said to improve memory. Just as I was wondering what to do with all of the Pennywort I was about to prune from the jar, I found out that it's actually one of my favorite herbs. I figured I'd let it dry and then grind it up and put it into gelcaps, but then I read that taking it fresh is best. I had some so fresh it was still growing. 

 It said that an average dose was about 5-6 leaves. I was hoping to get my mom and my dog to take some too, but I knew that no matter how gnarly it might taste, I was going to start taking it again. In fact I took some about an hour ago and even though I've been up all night I don't feel tired. I do feel relaxed and really good actually, but I have a little more energy that I normally would. I can feel it as I write this, which is pretty cool. Taking it fresh seems to give a bit more of a "buzz." It's mild, but nice. This is excellent.

 My mom has been having memory issues, and I've been going over the herbs that can help boost memory, and Gotu Kola came up, as I figured it would. There are others, but it's probably the most widely-used herb for memory enhancement. I was worried about the taste, so I made a test batch. Since I was making it for three, I plucked about 20 leaves from the jar. 

 I put them in my trusty NutriBullet, with some water, lemon juice, honey and a pinch of pink salt. The delicate leaves were liquified except for tiny green specks. It looked like Key Lime Pie, and I'll be danged if it didn't taste somewhat like it too. I was very pleasantly surprised. I thought it might taste rough but it was delicious.

 I needn't have worried about the flavor either. I read more about it and found that it's used as an ingredient in many types of Asian cooking, for its flavor. The flavor is described as "sweet, bitter and grassy." I'd agree, but to me the sweetness was much more prominent than the bitterness. The "grassy" flavor is hard to describe but it's there and it's an interesting taste. Beijing Grass, which is also incredibly good for you, has a similar flavor. I call it "Springtime" flavor. 

 I read that it's highly regarded as both a medicinal and a flavoring ingredient in most if not all of the world, and there's a list of its many names. One name means "Herb of long life." It's been widely researched for centuries, and I can guarantee that many compounds have been isolated and used in regular meds, only renamed with 15-syllable names and sold for fifty times the cost of the herbal form. That's how it works. 

 I was impressed to read about it. I never knew all the things it was used for, and I had no idea it was used in cooking. It's said to stimulate growth of new brain calls and protect existing ones. It helps recovery from Alzheimer's and stroke. Like most herbs it's a powerful antioxidant, and that alone is a good reason to take it. It detoxifies the body. It can improve cognitive function, mood and sleep.

 Most compounds in herbs work better when some supplemental nutrition is added, but Gotu Kola has it covered. It contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, phenols, phytochemicals and such, plus protein and fiber. No wonder they call it "Herb of Long Life." 

 Heck, if I had a small greenhouse I could grow my own ingredients for making green juice. Beijing Grass really surprised me too by how good it tastes, and blended with Pennywort it would taste delicious. Beijing Grass and Pennywort both grow like weeds. Beijing Grass grows in pots just fine but it will quickly grow into a thick ground cover if planted in the ground. 

 Here Pennywort grows in a pot, and it looks like growing above water is no problem either. Right now I can harvest enough to have a green drink at least twice a week, and if I get it going in pots I can make it every day.

 I'd probably just plant both of them in the ground, although I'd have to grow some in at least one aquarium, just so I could have some fish to look at. The Beijing Grass doesn't need quite as much water, so half of the greenhouse could be kept drier, and they could duke it out when they meet in the middle.

 Seriously, they both grow like crazy and they might fight for territory. I might have to make a concrete "demilitarized zone" in the middle of the greenhouse. I got into Beijing Grass because in addition to many other things it's used for, it helps detoxify the body and has good nutritional benefits. Those two things would make an extremely potent green juice, and I could even take it up another notch...I could grow my own Spirulina to add to the formula. 

 Spirulina is the most nutritionally-complete food on planet Earth, and that's the dried form. Fresh Spirulina is about fifty times more nutritious, since it's "living" food, like yogurt. I could sell that shit all day long, because people would see and feel the results for themselves. The folks on the cutting edge of nutrition and what to put into your body say that living Spirulina is the only way to go.

 That's a main reason that using fresh leaves is so good...if it's drunk soon after it's made, the cells are still alive. Our bodies respond tremendously well to living foods. If I could vacuum-bottle it without heating it'd probably stay "living" for several days or longer, which could be tested with a microscope, but if kept refrigerated it would still keep most of its nutritional value for at least a month or two. 

 If enough people tried it, I could put the word out when I made a batch and people could come and get it fresh. I'm daydreaming here, but it could seriously be done. Other people do it. It'd be hella good for you, better than probably 95% of most other green juices, and it'd be really tasty too. I'd do it just for friends and family, which is about the extent of how far my products have spread anyway.

 I haven't taken it in years, and I was tickled to death when I realized that not only was I growing it underwater in my jar, but that taking it fresh is best. Besides the fact that it's an aquarium plant, the language barrier was a part of not connecting the two names, just like the Tower of Babel. To my ears, "Gotu Kola" sounds African or maybe Indonesian or something, while "Pennywort" sounds quite British, or at least European. Gotu Kola by any other name is still Gotu Kola. 

 This is the happiest of happy accidents, especially if it helps my mom. It may not drastically help her memory, but the other things will be beneficial regardless, and again it's been widely-studied for ages, with some very positive results. As for the flavor, I loved it. My dog drank about half of what I gave him. He likes less lemon juice. He loves V8 juice, so I added some and he finally finished it.

 But the important thing was my mom. She's picky, and although she'll take something if I ask her to, she'll let me know if she doesn't like it. She liked it so much that she scraped the foam from the sides of her cup with a spoon. She likes it. Hey Mikey! That makes me very happy. My own Gotu Kola farm. Who'd have thunk it? 

 From the positive experiences I had taking it years ago to the way I feel now, I know I'd like to keep taking it, and I know other people would like it too. Who knows...it might just become the next Red Bull. Nah, they'd never let that happen, but once my circle of friends tried it they'd want more. They'd tell two of their friends, and then they'd tell two of their friends, and they'd tell two of their friends, and so on. 

 I'd harvest my Pennywort and my Beijing Grass and my Spirulina and make a big ol' batch, bottle it up, slap a cool label on that bitch and I'd have the green juice of green juices. I'd call it "The Green Agenda." Maybe I'd get lucky and Al Gore would sue me and I'd get free publicity. Never say never. "To your very good health!" - Keith Emerson

Quote of the Day

"I wasn't even here when I was listening to this...this is good music." - Ambrose Cynthia, on first listening to "She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles. 
 

The Real Manson Story/Crushing the Hippy Ethic

I'm old enough to remember the Manson murders in real time. These days it would hardly raise an eyebrow but I remember how utterly shocking it was back then. It was one of the most brutal murder cases this country had seen up to that point. 

 From the start of this blog I've been hollering about how the "Official Narrative" is complete bullshit at least half the time, and even though that's been proven thousands of times in history, most people still believe it.

 The story goes that among other things it was in retaliation for producer Terry Melcher rejecting Manson's music and blah-blah, but I remember from the very beginning there was talk of Manson having ties to the SeeEyeAy and such, and it turns out that the rumors are almost certainly true. All the evidence supports it, and more and more tidbits of info have come out over the years. 

Before this brutal crime, Manson had been arrested for several very serious crimes but rarely served the kind of time he should have, and he seemed to never violate his parole. Turns out his parole officer had direct ties with one of those gubmint agencies. One DA who later looked into the case said that Manson should have been locked away for life many times over for the crimes he committed before the big one. If he wasn't knowingly tied to them it would seem they were certainly protecting him. As O'Neill said, he was more valuable to them on the outside rather than in jail. 

 In case this already sounds like another "conspiracy theory," consider all the musicians who came from the Laurel Canyon area during the 60s and 70s...everyone from Joni Mitchell to Frank Zappa. There are lots of them, and in almost every case at least one or both of their parents worked for the gubmint. Jim Morrison's dad was involved in the phalse phlag incident that started the Vietnam war. Did you know that? Look it up. 

 Investigative journalist Tom O'Neill did. He researched the Manson story for twenty years and finally wrote a book that I'd very much love to read. I always say that if people who think everything is a conspiracy, and therefore untrue, would take 45 minutes or so and just look into these things, they might just find that what they believe to be true isn't at all.

 That's what happened with me, and it's what happened with Tom O'Neill too. He didn't set out to write a "conspiracy" book at all...he believed the narrative and was doing the book to mark an anniversary of the event, but when he started doing research for his book he had his eyes opened, and he had to completely change his views and beliefs.

 Like me he learned that you can't reject perfectly good information just because it doesn't jibe with your personal views. Also like me he had his mind blown. At first he didn't want to believe what he was finding out either, but after a certain amount of research, only a fool could deny these things, no matter how crazy they may sound. They're supposed to sound crazy. IT'S BY DESIGN. Mr. O'Neill would agree with that I reckon. 

 Another thing that comes into play, and has also been rumored for decades, is something called MK Ultra. It came over with the Germans after VAVA2. It's a savagely cruel method of mind control, where trauma causes the mind to fracture into different personalities in order to escape, in their minds at least, the trauma. It's very likely that Manson was put through it. We know how he treated his "disciples," those who followed him, and it's exactly the same thing.

 

 He subjected his followers to sleep deprivation, weird sexual things, mental and physical torture, humiliation and use of drugs, mainly hallucinogens. Again if this sounds like a conspiracy theory, you can look it up. The EffBeeEye got busted for it in the 70s and admitted to it. They promised to quit, lol, and since that was the "Official Narrative" we believed them. Well, it very much still goes on, as evidenced by the few people who manage to escape it, and tell their stories. Although they come from all over the world, from people of all ages and walks of life, the stories bear striking similarity.

 It can literally create a separate "person," or at least "personality," that can be programmed to do a specific thing or things, and can be switched on by a certain phrase, obscure song or whatever, just like an hypnotic signal. The difference is that hypnosis can't make a person do something they wouldn't ordinarily do, but MK very much can and does. Often the person isn't even aware of the other personality or personalities, or what they do when present. The idea of the "Manchurian Candidate" is very real. 

 So if this stuff is true, then why did it happen? Was it just a bunch of random, drug-crazed hippies as we're told, or was there something behind it? There's almost always more layers if you're willing to dig. For many years I've believed that what O'Neill is saying was true, and another pivotal thing happened allegedly for the same reason...to crush the "Hippy movement." 

 The Manson murders gave Hippies a bad name, and so did the other thing. I was half a decade or so too late to have been an authentic Hippy, although I knew quite a few and certainly adopted many of their philosophies, which I mostly hold to this day. Even though I knew that in no way did Manson represent Hippy ideals, it still left a bad taste in my mouth. I can only imagine how bad of a taste it must have been to people who didn't like Hippies to start with. Wow, man...far out.

 The other thing that happened, which most people still believe happened organically, was the introduction to the public of massive quantities of hallucinogens, chiefly acid. Who was allegedly responsible? That's right...the Hippies. What got the ball rolling was the infamous "Kool-Aid Acid Tests." They were hosted by a band from San Fransisco fronted by a guitarist named Jerry. They were basically huge house parties where Jerry's band played for free, and massive amounts of acid were passed out...a taste test if you will. 

 If all this is true, and someone in power wanted to discredit the "Hippy Movement," what better ways to do it than make them look like murderers, and for good measure get them all tripping their brains out? That's what they did. Some of it was made in basements, like the "Official Narrative" says...that is, if you were a skilled chemist and could afford expensive lab equipment, but the market was flooded. It was cheap and plentiful, and for a short while it was legal. 

 People who think that the massive amounts of acid came from homemade labs just don't realize how much there was back then. Some say it was introduced into the public by the gubmint. Isn't that wild? All's I'll say is look into it for yourself. Basement labs couldn't have supplied all the acid that made it into circulation. 

 Some time in the early 90s I started hearing that this guy Jerry, whose band was now internationally known and a household name in the US, had direct ties to the EffBeeEye. I thought it was ludicrous at first, but then more and more info came in. One day I got the story from as close to directly from the horse's mouth as one can get. It's a small world, and one of Jerry's BFFs also happens to be one of mine. Hardcore fans of this band will know who he is immediately, but I won't mention his name.

 He grew up in California with Jerry and all that gang. He never abandoned his ideals and such, but he decided to become a professional, and settled on a job here in town. If anyone knows the story it is he. As close as we are, I knew he might be reluctant to answer my burning question, so I sprung it on him, to see his reaction, and I got it.

 One day we were talking about Jerry and his band, and out of the blue I asked "So, does Jerry have anything to do with the feds?" I got my answer without him saying anything, and he knew it. "I can't say he doesn't" he replied. "He has a lot going on." Indeed. It would seem to lend credence to this narrative, "official" or not. 

 So even if most people didn't believe that Hippies were typically killers, many people thought of them as dirty, aimless and stoned out of their minds on drugs, and granted many were, but some had enough sense to at least not throw their lives away for some drug that was known to destroy the mind, body and soul. 

 Many people thought of acid as the worst drug of all, when it's actually known to be one of the least harmful, physically anyway, in terms of addiction, harmful effects on the body and such. Back in elementary school they told us that if women who took acid would have "frog babies." Hey, come to think of it...that would be an excellent name for a band, or at least a record. Oh, the deeper meaning...

 Although lots and lots of people took acid, especially back then, the majority of people never tried it, but they knew the general effects...hallucinations, doing crazy things like running around naked and whatnot. If the plan was to discredit Hippies, what better way than to make the general public think that they were always out of their minds, thereby making anything logical or positive they might say seem invalid. Who'd believe people who were always seeing things that weren't there? 

 So then the question becomes why would they want to discredit the Hippies? It's because the people in power knew that they were right about a lot of things, and those things went against the bad guys' agenda. All this "Green" environmental bullshit they try to blame us for...WE were the original "Green" people, and if the things we stood for had come to pass, many, many of these corporations wouldn't exist, and lots of them do NOT have our best interest at heart, no matter what they'd have us believe. 

 The Hippies may have been a bit naive, but many of their beliefs were solid, as were the things they fought for, but ultimately lost the battle. We were at the forefront of the organic movement, and after we saw the results, and saw that it was true recycling, we thought the whole world would go organic, but of course the chemical/"agricultural" companies wouldn't have that. 

 We clearly know the harmful effects of the thousands of chemicals used in agriculture, and if the world had gone to organic growing, most of that would've been eliminated. There are exceptions where some chemicals are needed, but they could've been made naturally. If people try to tell you that using chemicals is better, they're full of shit. 

 Once more, the proof is in the pudding, as it were. Food grown in soil that isn't contaminated with insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and every other kind of genocides is MUCH more nutritious than food grown with chemicals. For one thing these poisons leave residue that we consume. Some can be washed off but many pesticides and such are systemic, which means that they're taken up by the plants and can't be washed off. Some harmful chemicals are neutralized by cooking, but many aren't. They're horribly toxic. 

 It's a small world, and my dad, who was anything but a Hippy, was on a committee that was trying to het power companies to bury power and telephone lines all across the US, wherever possible. Guess who lobbied against it, and won...go ahead...take a guess. It was the lumber industry. You know, the ones who make the poles that hold up the above-ground lines. The ones that fall by the thousands during storms, cutting off power to millions. The ones that cause thousands of deaths each year in accidents. It may have also been the steel industry, but I only remember the lumber industry.

 Except for repairs, which is a consideration, it would've been one-and-done, at least when it came to losing power due to falling poles, and trees, which fall on the lines which would've been buried, had my dad and them gotten their way. It wouldn't have been practical everywhere but much of it could've been buried. They'd have to have made the cables tougher and it would've cost more initially but save millions of dollars in the long run, not to mention LIVES. But it would've cost the corporations billions, and they couldn't have that. It made perfect sense to the consumers but not to the industries, and they won. 

 So, the Hippies had some good ideas...so what? Why try to completely discredit them? Because some of their ideas and ideals were starting to creep into the general public, and The Powers That Be couldn't have that. If yet again it sounds like a conspiracy, think about all the lingo we use to this day, that came straight from the Hippies. "Tripping," "geeked," "jonesing." "score," "fire" and many other words and terms that now don't necessarily mean drug use, came straight from all that. 

 The Hippies and musicians were the first people to publicly speak out against things like war, and the people who make ammo, and sell to BOTH sides, couldn't have that. Not that the general public wanted war, but the Hippies really caused more people to speak out. The Hippies were among the first to start calling "Bullshit" and questioning things, which BTW has gone back out of style. 

 Too much of the Hippy ethic, just like the lingo, was starting to creep into society at large, and TPTB couldn't have it. Living in a much more harmonious, natural and safer way would've cost these corporations trillions by now. Think about it. Our way was better, and a HELL of a lot less toxic, but it went against the plan. 

 Back then things could've gone either way. The Hippies were making it happen, and TPTB had to try to stop it. In the early 70s we came so close to legalizing pot that the cigarette companies, who planned to manufacture marijuana cigarettes alongside the regular ones, actually did some test runs of packs that were meant to hold twenty Class-A Marijuana Cigarettes, as it said on the label. I've seen them come up occasionally on eBay. The whole country could've swung toward our side, and the bad guys knew it. 

 It should've been a question of what was best for the people, and what made the most sense, and if the people in control truly cared about us they'd go with it immediately, but it's all about what's best for the corporations. It's just how it is. Follow the money. Apparently it was better to have telephone poles everywhere and kill millions and cause billions in damage than to deny the lumber industry its fortune. 

 They had no choice to try and kill the Hippy movement. It went against their narrative and it would've cost them trillions of dollars. But mind-fucking someone into committing a gruesome act, and introducing powerful hallucinogens to the public in vast quantities, among other stunts, just to take down a group who went against their plans? Absolutely. If you knew how close we came to going totally in the opposite direction, it'd make perfect sense. There are evil people who'll stop at NOTHING to achieve their goals. Unfortunately they're the ones who make the rules. 

 The Hippies were about to turn the tide in this country, so they had to be stopped. The entire Hippy ethic wasn't completely killed off, and lives on in good people, but the tide was turned against Hippies, and therefore what they stood for. Our world could've been SO much better. The Hippies were right. Have a nice day.