I love it when I’m proved right by independent sources. My comments are below the article.
WARNING! If you watch the video (you might have to copy and paste this link to do it) http://www.mail.com/MediaPlayerV.aspx?videoPath=APVideos%5cplus%5c20071123%5c1123dvs_tx_shoppers.xml&cat=plus&position=1&totalVideos=200
Don’t be scared, it is not a scene out of a Zombie movie, it is real footage of the sheeple in a buying frenzy. More scary that any zombie movie if you ask me.
The following article is from Worldnetdaily.com, here is the link: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58850.
Texas shopping massacre
Take a look at video footage taken outside a mall in Mesquite, Texas, Nov. 23. (Be sure to turn up the speakers on your computer to get the full effect.) Were it not for the accompanying caption, one would think they were witnessing some horrendous tragedy unfolding – a gang related incident – a shooting – maybe an earthquake or some other natural disaster.
On rare occasions, I’ve seen a similar kind of frenzy breakout on a much smaller scale when certain celebrities arrive to walk the red carpet at some staged Hollywood event, but nothing as large, intense and spontaneous as what was recorded here.
Now, if people act like this just to gain entry into a shopping mall to spend their money on bargains in times of plenty, how will they behave when the stock market plummets to near half its value, banks close their doors for days or weeks at a time and the U.S. dollar collapses on world markets – when food, water, shelter and the bare necessities of life suddenly become scarce, unavailable or just unaffordable? Are we ready for that?
Are you ready for that?
Because this video was shot in the heart of the Bible belt, I suspect many if not most of the shoppers captured on tape attend churches each and every Sunday – but probably not with the same kind of fervor. That’s not to say their pastors and church leaders don’t try to create this kind of atmosphere, considering they proudly employ many of the same customer-oriented, emotionally-driven, impulse-evoking tactics, strategies and marketing principles the malls and their tenants use to stir up business.
Unless there is something else at work here that I am not aware of, I think its safe to assume that the stampede we see in this video clip is probably not caused by a shortage of merchandise or an over abundance of spending money, but rather by an over abundance of merchandise, dangerously dwindling cash reserves and credit limits that are telling worried card holders: “If you want it, you better get it now” – much like a homeless wino begs for money from nameless passersby to purchase himself one last bottle of holiday joy before the liquor stores close.
But, you know, when I drove past the Nashville Rescue Mission yesterday and saw the crowds of street people surrounding it right before Thanksgiving, they didn’t look nearly as desperate and delusional as all of those shoppers clamoring to get inside the mall.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. – Revelation 23:17-18
Randal’s comments:
The passage from Revelation was in the article, not from me but seems appropriate.
The article and video proves my point about the sheeple/zombies in this country. They followed the flock to the mall for a 1 am special opening. Not because the prices at that time were going to be so much lower than they would be later, not because the stores were giving away anything of value but because it was “Black Friday”, the media hyped it, their friends were going and the fucking idiots followed along with the herd.
And what did they come out with? I’m sure they got the latest fashion pushed by the pop star de-jour on TV, or that new “must have” perfume that J-Lo is pushing. Or about that newest gadget! Got to have that new IPhone! “I just know it will be some much better than the mobile phone I bought last month! And won’t my friends be sooooo impressed by me! Because I have a fucking I-Phone!”
Mean while, another child dies of starvation in Africa. Another soldier or innocent citizen dies in Iraq. Another “child soldier” is conscripted into a rebel army in some 3rd world country. And these fucking idiots are fucking clueless. In part you have to blame the media. The top news story will be about the shopping frenzy for Christmas. Another child has died in Africa? Who cares! I got my new I-Pod!
Here is an organization out of the UK that you can buy something for someone from a third-world country as a Christmas gift for a friend or relative in their name. http://www.positivepresents.org/categories.php?sp_c=0 There are US groups that do the same thing but I don’t have access to that information right now.
You want to do something that truly captures the meaning of Christmas? Buy a village a cow or fresh water filter. For the cost of an IPOD, you can setup 5 farmers in beekeeping. For the cost of taking the family to McDonalds you can buy medication for a child.
But what will most Americans do? They will rush to the malls, max out their credit cards and buy a bunch of useless shit that will be obsolete in a few months when the newest version of their useless shit comes out. The “NEW AND IMPROVED USELESS SHIT VERSION 2.0!” And what will Santa bring for their kids? Well, more kids sized useless shit! And it won’t become obsolete, it will be broken within 2 weeks. Fuck them, fuck them all. Let them flock to the stores in droves. Then they will set around their Made in China plastic Christmas tree, supposedly celebrating the birth of Christ (we won’t talk about the almost slave labor used to make their Christmas decorations and presents), open up their presents of shit.
While this is happening, a family will be starving, a child will die due to the lack of clean water, another 3rd world despot dictator will be performing genocide but the sheeple will have their Christmas shit. Fuck them. Fucking hypocrites.
Now someone is going to ask (Rachel
, “Well what are you doing Randal that is different than the sheeple?”
Our family has adopted 4 kids that were born cocaine exposed, we are raising out grandchildren because we have a drug addicted daughter that can’t take care of them. We are helping a family in Nigeria get care for the mother who is on the verge of losing her leg. We are supporting a single mom and her daughter in Nigeria by paying for both of their school and housing. And we will likely buy a village a cow. I’m not bragging (well, maybe a bit, I am proud of my family) but the above is a fact. And yes Rachel, we will likely buy some toys for the kiddos and a bit of useless shit for each other. But figure the fucking odds of us being in the middle of a zombie attach on a mall like in that video.