FASCISM.

Just saw a movie last night that every person in this country (and world) should watch. America: From Freedom to Fascism. Its made by Aaron Russo, amazingly, the same guy that did Trading Places. He basically started by wanting to investigate into whether there was a law that required citizens of America to pay Federal Income Tax. He dug deeper and deeper and shit got scary.

"Determined to find the law that requires Americans to pay income tax, Aaron Russo (THE ROSE, TRADING PLACES) sets out on a journey. Neither left- nor right-wing, this startling examination exposes the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America. Through interviews with US Congressmen, a former IRS Commissioner, former IRS and FBI agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the national identity card (becoming law in May 2008) and the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track citizens. A striking case about the evolving police state in America."

At the very least, whether you believe this shit or not, its worth discussing.
My one criticism is that the film looks like it was made in iMovie by a blind guy using MS-Word as his font organizer. Seriously poor ghetto ass production and editing. When you're dumping heavy controversial issues like this, your presentation is so important (see: Michael Moore). It's unfortuante because this guy will probably be written off as a quack due to his shoddy filmmaking. I mean, he could have called on any film major at NYU to do it better and prob for free (just for the exposure). Anyway, besides that, check it out. You will be blown away.

Then if that doesn't make you question your whole goddamn existence, watch this. Loose Change 911. Another documentary which contends the truth behind 9/11. Again, which ever side you want to be on...it's worth at least watching this and hearing one point of view. At the very least, you'll be able to see the importance of presentation when making a statement like this. This film is extremely well made. All for under $6000 and all in Final Cut Pro.

Now to play Devil's Advocate; check out this site. It basically goes thru Loose Change 911, minute-by-minute and retorts all of its claims. Interesting isn't it? You think you know something one day. The next day you think you believe something else. And by Day Three, you have no idea what to believe anymore.