The X-Files: The Next Generation

The X-files, one of the 90's most popular television shows started in the early 1990s and lasted until around the early 2000's. The best episodes were undoubtedly the government conspiracy theory mixed with science fiction and a little theology episodes. What was ironic about the whole timing of the show is that is was a fairly new concept as far as television goes. But it also came on during the Bush Sr. administration. Hmm...coincidence?

Perhaps not. The show started around 1993 (I think). However, with the beginning of the show in 1993 means that a lot of the material was written and laid down a few years before. Say, anywhere from 1988-1992. Hey, wait a sec...that was during Bush Sr.'s term. If we give Bush the benefit of the doubt, and say he had no influence on Chris Carter's creation or writing, then the next big influential administration before was...Ronald Reagan. We all know Reagan wasn't squeaky clean, either (Iran/Contra Affair, Oliver North trials).

What's even more interesting is that the popularity of the X-files hit its peak during the late 1990's. That was during Clinton's term (1992-2000). But other than the whole Lewinski scandal at the White House, there was really no big conspiracy that Clinton or his administration was involved in that we know of. Ironic how a show about government conspiracy should blossom and become popular during a time when there was no government conspiracy. And now that the show has died down and gone off the air, we are up to our necks in conspiracy.

I must admit that I am not partial to any one political party. Democrat, Republican, it's all the same to me. We're really living in a nation with monarchy at the moment: to say otherwise would painfully demonstrate ignorance.

It's not what you see on the surface, people. Dig a little deeper and think.

Recent Hurricanes: the Act of God

Yes, we're all tired of hearing about the hurricanes. Most recent thing I've seen on the AOL website is a poll that has been going around, asking people if they thought the hurricanes were an act of God, a sort of punishment. In some religious groups, up to 33% said yes. And that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion on what's going on in the world, what God's up to, etc. What I'd like to ask those 33% is this: if God wanted to punish Man or Earth, or whatever, why in the world would he choose to wipe out New Orleans? Why, people? Why New Orleans?

Now, I've never been to New Orleans and I don't think I ever plan to go there. I'm sure it's a wonderful place, but I don't see or hear about people traveling the globe to visit the New Orleans area. If God really wanted to punish Americans, specifically for their hedonistic lifestyle, debauchery and decadence, I would think he would have sent a hurricane to Washington D.C. a long time ago and have it hung directly over the White House, Supreme Court and Congress.

Okay. Let's put aside political preferences for a while and re-examine the question. If God really wanted to punish Man, for some reason he chose New Orleans. Why didn't he choose New York? Or Los Angeles? Or Boston? Or Detroit? If there's any punishment to be delivered by God, those are THE prime targets. Not only would God rid himself of millions of non-believers, Satan-worshippers, and evil-doers, but he would be getting rid of some pretty lousy hockey teams, too (who isn't sick of the Red Wings?).

Don't get me wrong, though. I'm not mocking religion and I do believe God has his reasons for doing certain things and his own forms of punishment. For example, the womanizer who's shlong falls off. That's God's punishment, folks. For those who say Katrina devastating New Orleans was God's punishment, well, that makes about as much sense as saying God's punishment to the womanizer is having the guy's grandmother's shlong fall off. (Hmmm...hey, wait a sec! That doesn't make sense! Exactly.)