Knowledge is Power
Sir Francis Bacon once said: "Knowledge is Power." Right now in the early 21st century of America that statement has probably never been more appropriate. I am a firm believer in the power of knowledge: the more you know, the more you grow; and the more you know the more you should show what you know: TEACH THE PEOPLE, I say. Not necessarily in the classroom but...even on a 'soapbox' if you have to. DO NOT CONCEAL THE TRUTH.
Ari Gold!
Ari Gold from HBO's Entourage has got to one of the most memorable TV characters in recent time. (Although his character is based loosely on prominent American talent agent Ariel "Ari" Emanuel) His anti-gay, cultural , and gender epithets make for the bedrock of satirical genius on which the show stands. Here are some of his most noteworthy quotes. Enjoy.
1) Lloyd: "Are you hiding something from me Ari?" Ari: "Only my cock and my asshole Lloyd."
2) Ari: "I want you to pass this message along to Dana. Tell her that I still have the pictures from Cancun, tell her that I’m gonna start a website. I will take a full page ad out in the L.A. Times advertising it. Tell her it will be called imahollywoodexecutivewhore.com and that no password or fee will be required. Tell her I Want A Fucking Call Back!"
3) Ari Gold: "Listen to me, Lloyd. Do you want to make it in this business or fold shirts at a Chinese Laundromat? Pledge."
4) Lloyd: "What’s wrong?”Ari: "Has so much cum squirt in those eyes you can’t see what’s right in front of your face? Amanda Daniels takes that job, Vince is fucked and I’m fucked. Which means we’re all fucked. And we’re fucked in the way you like to get fucked not fucked in the way normal people like to get fucked."
5) Ari: "Listen, Lloyd, I want you to put all my files, folders, binders, *everything* into a box! If you find a used condom, an executioner's mask, and a fucking spike paddle, don't think, just pack that bitch! Chop suey!"
6) (Ari shows Lloyd the dust on his finger) Lloyd: "The cleaning staff’s on strike, you know that". Ari: "They strike, you work. You’re Asian; you’re supposed to be a neat freak. Go get a rag............ Go Lloyd, go. I want every desk sterile enough for you to get trained on."
The Bible’s Celebrity
So...the Bible: It's celebrity over the years has exploded, surprisingly, making it an integral element to American pop-culture. But is it possible that the Bible's ubiquity and spreading the Gospel has backfired for the Bible making it an easy target for stark repudiations and blasphemy? Think about it: We don't casually argue the viability of, let's say, Paul Revere vs. Israel Bissel, or even, whether golf is truly a Black activity considering how a Black man invented the golf tee; but the Bible on the other hand has been a revolving topic, pedestaled by believers and unbelievers over the polemic whether Jesus Christ was real, if God is alive, Heaven and Hell, and even the preciseness of current events that are said to be predicted and outlined by the Bible--hundreds of years ago! Such reports and proclamations (even if they are from a book) are certainly going to arouse the emotions of people all over, and let's face it--some "authors" are just ahead of their time and will never find their contemporaries; nonetheless, the Bible has been puffed up in such a way that it's modernity and credibility is questionable. Is it safe to say that now, in the early 21st Century, that the Bible has lost it's novelty and the only way for it to regain it is by....keepin' it on the hush?