rebellion

<em>rebellion</em>
Abandoned Line, Garfield, NJ

Friday, July 25, 2008

I can do anything that I want, 'cause look:

Terri: "The difference between man and ape is less than three percent genetic material, but that three percent gives you Einstein, Mozart--"
Phil: "Jack the Ripper."
-Mission to Mars

"You can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it."
even if that were true, it's not exactly an encouraging statement. just because something is possible doesn't mean it should be pursued.
"For also knowledge itself is power." -Sir Francis Bacon
but in the wrong hands, is not that power daunting? we educate people, oblivious as to what they may do with said information -- we assume it's for the better, to benefit that person or others. but knowledge can often be misused.

"Look at me, look at me, just called to say that it's good to be
Alive in such a small world.
I'm all curled up with a book to read.
I can make money, open up a thrift store.
I can make a livin' off a magazine.
I can design an engine, sixty-four miles to the gallon of gasoline.

I can make new antibiotics.
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions.
I know how to run the business,
And I can make you wanna buy a product.
Movers, shakers and producers,
Me and my friends understand the future.
I see the strings that control the system.
I can do anything with no resistance.

'Cause I can lead a nation with a microphone,
With a microphone, with a microphone.
And I can split the atom of a molecule,
Of a molecule, of a molecule.

Look at me, look at me, drivin' and I won't stop,
And it feels so good to be alive and on top.
My reach is global, my tower secure,
My cause is noble, my power is pure.
I can hand out a million vaccinations,
Or let 'em all die in exasperation,
Have 'em all healed from their lacerations,
Have 'em all killed by assassination.
I can make anybody go to prison just because I don't like 'em,
And I can do anything with no permission.
I have it all under my command.

Because I can guide a missile by satellite,
By satellite, by satellite.
And I can hit a target through a telescope,
Through a telescope, through a telescope.
And I can end the planet in a holocaust,
In a holocaust, in a holocaust,
In a holocaust, in a holocaust,
In a holocaust!

I can ride my bike with no handlebars,
No handlebars, no handlebars.
I can ride my bike with no handlebars,
No handlebars, no handlebars."
-Flobots

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