Here’s what I’m pretty sure is going to happen in this country (I just don’t know how long it will take).

Through various means, some subtle, some bludgeoning, public opinion is going to be increasingly managed. What Americans think and talk about will be governed by whoever controls the media. Yeah, I know, I know. Startling revelation, right? People have been saying that since Cain held the first press conference about his brother’s unfortunate demise. (Had it been possible back then he would have placed the blame on Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.)

Whatever you want to call it, the Main Stream Media (MSM), the Drive by Media, Zionist Propaganda, the Dhimmi News Network, or Hollyweird, the truth is that a conspiracy of thought-control is afoot. And it’s effective. The human brain is a vacuum (seriously) and nature abhors a vacuum. The mind requires filling, like an empty gas tank, or a politician’s pork barrel.

I’m not talking stimulus here; little zaps of bioelectric energy that generate endorphins or satisfy bodily desires. I’m talking information. Raw data. Our species thrives on it, despite appearances to the contrary. We all want to know stuff in order to successfully navigate our world, whether it takes the form of physics, sports stats, celebrity minutiae, or gossip. It’s a need, plain and simple.

And we are in the information age, meaning there are a whole lot of people who no longer build or do real stuff for a living, they instead get paid to produce, manage or act upon information. Do you see where I’m headed here? (case in point: you’re reading this over your high-speed internet connection wondering where this guy is coming from and why he’s wasting your time when you could be finding out something important from some other source. Am I right? You know I am.)

So, whoever can win the information war rules the world. Why? Because everything is so connected now. Oh, maybe not every square inch will be conquered, but enough so that whatever’s left over doesn’t amount to a hill(ary) of beans. There really is no such thing as Freedom of the Press, and the Freedom of Information Act is anything but. No spin? Forget it. When it comes to the promulgation or reception of human information, spinning is not only the name of the game, it is the essence of every kind of people on people activity.

I predict (sadly) that because of this, goodness will die a tortuous death, and what will feed off the carcass will be unmitigated evil. First it will be disguised as something else, maybe something noble or sophisticated or tolerant, but once it’s in full ascendance, depravity and decadence will rip off its flimsy façade and boastfully present itself as pleasure-seeking, power-mad, globally destructive insanity. 

What can we do about it? How can we escape? Only one way out, I’m afraid. Only one hope of redemption, and for saying it out loud, I’ll be patronized, marginalized and pigeon-holed. But here it is anyway: Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Without that, each and every one of us is doomed. Doomed, I tell you!

Just thought I’d cheer you up.