Comments on: My United States of Whatever http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-4001 Anonymous Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:06:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/#comment-4001 I'm currently linking to the USoW mp3 and to your button on <a href="http://ronebofh.livejournal.com/" rel="nofollow">my journal</a>. If that's not cool, let me know and i'll change it. Thanks for both! I’m currently linking to the USoW mp3 and to your button on my journal. If that’s not cool, let me know and i’ll change it. Thanks for both!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-4000 Anonymous Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:48:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/#comment-4000 Arrogant and insane just about sums it up. It's one thing to say "we're powerful, so what we do is important", but it's kind of crazy to think those things actually alter the nature of reality. And hearing "Empire" and "reality" juxtaposed so closely makes me think of <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick" rel="nofollow">Phillip K. Dick</a>: "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." and the "The Empire Never Ended" schtick from <a href="http://www.philipkdickfans.com/weirdo.htm" rel="nofollow">his weird visions</a>. Arrogant and insane just about sums it up. It’s one thing to say “we’re powerful, so what we do is important”, but it’s kind of crazy to think those things actually alter the nature of reality.

And hearing “Empire” and “reality” juxtaposed so closely makes me think of Phillip K. Dick: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” and the “The Empire Never Ended” schtick from his weird visions.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/comment-page-1/#comment-3999 Anonymous Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:01:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2004/10/19/my-united-states-of-whatever/#comment-3999 I lost my respect for Atkins when I read on a message board, "eat low carb white bread instead of whole grain, it has less carbs." I lost my respect for Atkins when I read on a message board, “eat low carb white bread instead of whole grain, it has less carbs.”

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