Don't Be Happy--WORRY!

The other day I was driving behind this on the freeway:
Crossfire? Really? Why is this the first time I've seen this? Where have I been? Maybe it's a good thing I've never seen it before. It probably reflects the fact that the model had a short run that ended in 2007, which might be a sign that people weren't ready to spend their money on something whose name so blatantly conjures up violence. But then again, this is the same culture that embraced the likes of Grand Theft Auto, so that benefit of the doubt can only go so far.

What motivation could Chrysler have had for naming a car Crossfire? (I mean, really! They might as well have just called it "collateral damage" or "innocent bystander.") They--like so many segments of the PTB--are obviously infusing subliminal messages of violence into the culture and desensitizing us to the concept. What's more disturbing is that gun control is being laxed left and right nowadays. Add to this the PTB's constant rigging of the system to marginalize and enrage an increasing number of people and the likelihood of "getting caught in the crossfire" becomes more and more of a possibility.

Why so much promotion of violence? Are the PTB just thinning the herd? Or are they preparing us for a heightened militarized future? With military drones already in common use and military recruiters providing gaming facilities for adolescents to engage in virtual combat, the notion of crossfire will undoubtedly become a more natural concept for ordinary citizens. And if this doesn't do the trick, maybe we can just sexualize firearms and get 'em hard with videos like this one. Or this one. Or simply glamorize the idea of a police state like this performance.

I often worry that I worry to much. I try to relax, but then something like this snaps me right back into alert mode. This is an undeniable sign that we're on our way to Hades. And forget about that hand basket. We're plowing down a roller coaster full speed ahead, with no brakes (or breaks) in sight!