I dropped out of school. (I refuse to educate)

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:12:43 +0000

This post is from the BUREAUCRASH website. I could not agree more with the sentiments contained herein:

Why we think Teensploitation sucks:

Teensploitation is intellectual slavery. Government schools, while alleging to perpetuate diversity, are centers of Statist thought. Today, in virtually every class, students are taught to turn to the government when confronted with a problem, rather than to think for themselves, take their own initiative and bear the accompanying responsibility. Students are told that it is their duty to pay their taxes, to vote, and to accept regulations as good things, that government is needed to protect the less-fortunate from the onslaught of capitalism. Students are rewarded not for documenting how entrepreneurs and voluntary transactions created wealth and thus lifted people from poverty but for proposing an ever-more-invasive government programs under vague notions of “social justice”. Teachers parrot socialist ideas – that market failure rather than government policies caused and exacerbated the Great Depression, that redistribution is “just”, that students should listen to them and others in government because they “know what is good for” them. And like socialism, this one-size-fits-all education means that all students are treated the same – at the lowest common denominator so that none are left behind. Ever wonder why the brightest students are often bored? As H.L. Mencken stated, “The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.”

Government schools elevate the good of the collective at the expense of the individual. Teachers tell students that the good of society, or a whole race or ethnicity ranks above that of an individual. That minority rights must be protected at the expense of individual rights. But isn’t the smallest minority the individual? Further, forcing diversity on students through programs such as affirmative action only reinforces prejudices that categorize people based on a factor outside of their control (i.e. their race/ethnicity). But as has been stated elsewhere, only racists see race. To escape the epidemic of racial conflict students need only grasp that civil society and free markets are the great equalizers, not the State, as is preached in government schools. For example, a business owner does not need the government to tell her who to hire. If she wants to stay competitive she’ll hire the most qualified person, regardless of their skin color or gender. Because, if she doesn’t, her competitor will, placing her at a disadvantage. The same is true of whom they choose to sell to. If a business owner is racist and he refuses to sell to a certain group of people, he’ll loose business while his competitor, who sees the money to be gained, readily sells to them. But, are students taught this in school? That the market is the great equalizer? That the market, not any government program or mandate, creates the most opportunities? No. And why is that? So bureaucrats can keep their jobs?

Mandatory community service is slavery. Through programs such as Zero Tolerance and mandatory community service, government schools teach individuals to be subservient to the State, to surrender their rights without protest. Government schools are merely a bureaucratic tool – controlling what students learn, blocking diversity of thought, transforming youth into unquestioning supporters of an invasive government that controls their personal and economic decisions. As Benjamin Disraeli stated in 1874, “Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.”

Mandatory attendance violates individual rights. Though it varies by jurisdiction, akin to a prison sentence, governments decree by law that youth must attend school when they reach a specific age for a certain number of years. Failure to do so can result in fines (for their parents, whose money is already being stolen to pay for government schools) and if continued, jail. As the great hero of human rights Joseph Stalin once wrote, “Education is a weapon, whose effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.” Any wonder why it’s mandatory?

native texan

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:18:16 +0000

native texan

Originally uploaded by bolexrex

This photo was taken in May of 2006. About 1.5 second exposure.

little vegus

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:56:11 +0000

little vegus

Originally uploaded by bolexrex

stanyan at night

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:50:41 +0000

stanyan at night

Originally uploaded by bolexrex

bike shop on stanyan near haight. july 5 2008.

Self Portraits…show my age.

admin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:36:13 +0000

Currently working on a series of self-portraits. you can see more if you click thru to my flickr page!

Mantis Day

admin — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:09:15 +0000

We had about 200 hundred praying mantis babies unleashed upon our backyard. They are adorable now…but wait unitl August when they are huge and flying around the porch light! Ha…Mrs. Seamus will blow a gasket when the first one flies thru the house! woot!

Vector

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:44:56 +0000

I rarely do vector artwork. In fact, I prefer to leave the computer out of the process altogether.

That being said, I do find that there are times when Photoshop and Illustrator can fill that creative jones. I don’t have a wacom tablet so I am relegated to mousing around; which is fine.

Here is some vector things I banged out recently:

this one should look familiar!

The Mighty DMBQ

admin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:41:02 +0000

One of my favorite bands to do poster work for is DMBQ

Straight-up rawk from Japan. They are really great people.

While on tour in the US, a car accident claimed the life of their original drummer. (RIP China). They stayed at my house a few weeks before the accident…I am glad I got to meet and hang out with China before she was gone.

I haven’t seen nor heard from them in a couple of years. But I have been thinking of them lately.

12.5″ X 19″

4 color screen print

12.5″ X 19″

3 color screen print

(yes we [bolex rex] did get to play a show with DMBQ!)

see DMBQ for yourself:

An old one.

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:45:40 +0000

An old poster for some good people, Audio Out Send.

I was a little worried about the drug reference, but they seemed to like it!

rough sketch:

And completed poster:

12.5″X19″

3 color screen print

IT'S WEIRD TO BE ALIVE

The $134B Dollar Question.

I dropped out of school. (I refuse to educate)

native texan

little vegus

stanyan at night

Self Portraits…show my age.

Mantis Day

Vector

The Mighty DMBQ

An old one.