Discourse on Gatekeepers, Content and Internet Freedom; "The Internet Belongs to Us!"

The masses have always been at the mercy of the gatekeepers of media, and were only exposed to what those chosen few allowed the masses to see. But with the convergence of all mediums, the gatekeepers of media have lost their reign of dictatorship on what we hear and see. And as time and innovation progresses, we will see that the new gatekeepers of media will be us; the people. The internet has made it possible for us to consolidate all the mediums of old into one. It has enabled us to gather our information and entertainment in an individual and independent fashion. Thus, the future power of producing content for the masses lies with us also. To keep this power of content in our control, we must not let those who monopolize the mechanism of data transfer (Cable modem, DSL, etc) or the older mediums gain the ability to regulate our independent power to gather and/or produce content in any way. Those who will want to regulate the gathering and production of content will be those who used to substantially profit from gate-keeping the content. We have begun to see this with the mp3 pirating debate in the medium of music and radio. The music industry has gone as far as to shut down independent internet radio stations and subpoena people to court because they downloaded a single song from another individual's computer in the privacy of their own home. This subject is very dangerous to our internet freedom.

The argument for copyright infringement is baseless as it pertains to peer-to-peer networking. A computer is a product and becomes property when purchased. When two computers willingly connect through a network connection in any process, the data and information exchanged between the two parties should be confined to the privacy of those two computers. Unless there's proof showing that one of the two computers are generating substantial profits based on copyrighted intellectual properties not belonging to them, the music or which ever industry has no authoritative right to invade our digital privacy.

The film industry is no saint of free data exchange either; they have pursued criminal charges on those innovators that have helped reduce the mega-byte size of films without the reduction of quality. And they have constantly changed industry codec standards so that they can completely prohibit the duplication of film. But same baseless copyright infringement arguments for the music industry, applies also to the film industry. Just because these industries have lost their strangle hold on the content monopoly, doesn't give them the right to become the authority of technological advancement. Anyone else who utilizes the digital tactics used by the music and film industry to monitor supposed illegal activity would be convicted for computer crimes.

The TV networks will be the ones biggest hit by the evolution of content gathering and production. In the supposed golden-age of television, there were only three choices to gather one's content. And the only way one was able to hear and see these three choices (ABC, CBS, & NBC) was via a local network affiliate that relayed a satellite broadcast from the original network's source into antenna based television receivers within a geographical area. Aside from relaying network broadcasts, these network affiliates also supplied local based information and entertainment. Hence, the local news and other programming. This structure was extremely costly and was probably the main reason why the three-choice channel system was the only game in town for a long time. But with the innovation of cable, it allowed other concept networks to produce content without the costly infrastructure network affiliation. Cable companies hard-wired the infrastructure in local communities eliminating the need for user-end satellite reception, but this came at a monthly monetary expense. Moreover, users were at the whim of the gatekeepers of content at cable companies. So content choices where somewhat extensive but still limited.

With the internet, content becomes unlimited to gather and even more possible to individually create. This doesn't mean that the gatekeepers of old will become extinct, they'll just have to adapt to the times. For example, for the past 10 or 15 years we saw old mediums such as AT&T and Time Warner gobble up every phone, cable, and internet provider company that they can sink their capitalist teeth into. Both companies now are offer several mediums of old consolidated into a single bill, because they understand the convergence is coming and both had the foresight to adapt. If these two entities decided to fully merge in the future, they could literally monopolize the broadband internet access market. This in essence means they could become the single-handed gatekeeper of what we hear and see. This is another important issue that puts internet freedom in jeopardy.

The future of television will consist not of a high priced cable bill, but that of an expensive broadband access bill. Instead of being limited to a predetermined list of numbered channels for one's content, there will be millions of websites to gather content. And if one can't find the content that appeases them, then they can create their own. We're beginning to see companies like BlogTalkRadio.com and You Tube.com become innovators in aiding individuals to creating there own content.

Advertising and paid subscription services will still be the key to monetary success to any content producer of the future. This is why companies like BlogTalkRadio.com and You Tube provide an avenue for content production and broadcast so they can attract more content producers. They understand that if their company has the more attractive content, then they can increase their advertising prices because of their prominence in a worldwide audience. Just imagine, presently a local television commercial that includes the cost of production and a couple of weeks of primetime rotation in a mid-size United States city (San Antonio, Phoenix, etc) could cost an advertiser $15,000 minimum. An advertiser can only expect to expose this local advertisement to about a hundred thousand content gatherers, and that's if the advertiser's lucky. Compare that to the ad price of a content provider that attracts an average 10,000,000 content gatherers a month worldwide. How much could an advertiser expect to pay then?

In the near future, content producers of all kinds are going to be sought after from every crack of the globe. Content producer stars will probably become the hardest working individuals on the planet because they've got billions of potential content producers that will continue to get more and more creative to contend with. No longer will we have to palate Radio, TV and Film stars, directors, or producers just because they are force fed to us by gatekeepers. Content gatherers will genuinely appreciate the content producers they read, watch or listen to because they have the legitimate choice to go else where for their content. It will be a never ending world of information and entertainment that would occupy the span of a thousand lifetimes.

But this future potential evolution in human creativity can become sidetracked by those who wish to monitor or police content gathering and/or production. This is why the people of the world can let no company, governing entity or bureaucratic consortium regulate the way we obtain and/or produce content via the Internet. To attach any form of regulation will only infuriate a potential digital revolution of information that could create virtual black markets, cyber extortion and private or corporate espionage; all of which would stagnate and retard the evolution of technology and creativity.

Newt Gingrich Should Come Out of the Bureaucratic Closet; We Now Know You're A Socialist!

It seems that a bureaucrat's quest for power knows no limits; especially when the bureaucrat in question claims to be Republican, Conservative and pro-Capitalist. Well it shouldn't surprise those who've observed the theatrical stage of politics that Newt Gingrich is pulling no Socialist-propaganda punches in a self-serving attempt at getting the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

Since his [Gingrich] fall from political grace in the 90's, Newt has spent his time as a political insider, a lobbyist, a commentator/lecturer and a book writer. Prior to Newt's political life, he worked in the bureaucratic education system as a history teacher. Not once has this man made a genuine attempt to be successful in the private sector, and any revenue created from his so-called "for-profit" ventures are directly related to his political career. So its no coincidence that Gingrich is utilizing Socialist-like propaganda to attack Mitt Romney for his tenure at the private equity firm Bain Capital.

Those related to the Gingrich campaign have gone as far as to create a Liberal-like propaganda documentary specifically to demonize Mitt Romney as a greedy Gordon Gekko sociopath Capitalist. Its a movie aimed at exploiting the viewer of their empathy with emotional vampirism and Leftist propaganda. Below is the trailer to this cinematic sleaze.

Certainly if I hadn't of mentioned that Newt Gingrich was the culprit behind this trash documentary, one would've assumed that David Axelrod and the Obama campaign were behind this film. But as you can see, this is a desperate and pathetic attempt by a lifelong bureaucrat trying to obtain power at all costs; even at the expense of hypocrisy.

The reason Gingrich thinks he can get away with this nonsense is because, like most bureaucratic weasels, he thinks his political wit and snake charm can bamboozle the people into believing him; even when he lies. This type of egotistical grandeur is not uncommon to career politicians. Many politicians feel they have a "natural ability" to persuade and evade the whole truth with linguistic trickery (that's why most of them are lawyers).

But I think Gingrich has reached into the well of crookedness once too often, because not even the "Occupy Wall Street" sentiment that he's attempting to tap into is conjuring up mass support. On the contrary, I think he has committed political suicide by attacking Capitalism, for he has no more credibility with anyone who obliges the Capitalist ideals. At this point, he should just become Socialist in hopes of winning the institutionalist Liberals who hate Capitalists, champion bureaucratic expansion and use public service as an opportunity to be a mini-dictator who thinks they're above the law.

I call on all Capitalists worldwide not to support Newt Gingrich or anyone who attempts to demonize the economic model that has brought the industrial, technological and scientific revolutions into reality. The economic model that brought Humanity into modernity and advanced civilization more than anything else in the world; Capitalism! Without us [Capitalists] most of the world would still be living in the Dark Ages.

Categories For The Ghosties! Campaign for your nominee RIGHT NOW!

Sorry it took so long, but here are the nominations for the Ghosties! Better late than never...

• Best Shout-Out Name
• Best Remix
• Best Audio Splice
• Best Fail Troll
• Best Transtesticle
• Best Mexican
• Best Black Guy
  
• Best Brony
• Most Memorable Meme of the Year
  
• Worst TCR character
  
• TCR Fan of the Year
• TCR Troll of the Year
• Capitalist of the Year
• and other honorable mentions from 2011...

Here are the categories for the Ghosties. If you want to campaign for your nominee then Tweet me @GhostPolitics from now until the Ghosties show. Winners will be given the opportunity to make a speech during the LIVE broadcast of the Ghosties (I will accept the award for those who don't show up). I want to reiterate that this award show is merely for props and the winners will receive absolutely nothing. But if you would like something tangible to represent your award, above is a fill-in the blank certificate for your award receiving pleasure. Maybe next year we'll give out a smashed up beer can or something.

Make sure to put the Hash Tag: #Ghosties


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To All True Capitalists: Join the Capitalist Army So We Can Spread Capitalism Worldwide! CapitalistArmy.com is the Network...

In a day and age of governments trampling on Capitalists around the globe, we need a place for us [True Capitalists] to communicate, spread ideas and act in concert with one another. A place that helps facilitates Capitalists and potential Capitalists to succeed and spread the message. A place we can all visit without it impeding our busy Capitalists lifestyles. Something like a social network without all the simpletons wasting bandwidth on trivial subjects and pictures of their pretend social life. I'm talking about a virtual Capitalist Army that can bring together all Capitalists to aid in asserting our authority around the world. To all the True Capitalists worldwide, I bring to you the first social network of its kind; a network for Capitalists! I want YOU TO JOIN OUR ARMY; The Capitalist Army!

CapitalistArmy.com is a concept created by Ghost to help Capitalists worldwide to connect with one another and help each other succeed. Moreover, this social network will allow those Capitalists in the international community to amplify any oppression that is happening to them, and provide networking opportunities to help start ups, beginner investors and other potential Capitalists alike.

I would like to underscore that this social network is not for everyone; its just for True Captialists! For this reason, Ghost will be personally screening all potential members so we can filter out the trolls, losers and entitlement recipients. This social network has all the bells and whistles that the main stream social networks have; profiles, pictures, blogs, videos, audio, video chat, forums, comments, ratings, groups, events, etc. Also, we have an option for people to sell items (like Craigslist; but better) out of their profile and integrate PayPal or Checkout2go for instant purchase your products. Not to mention that I'm allowing all members to post advertising banners on their blogs and articles.

I forgot to also tell you that all this is free to all True Capitalists approved to be apart of the Capitalist Army. There is no charge for any of the social networking perk described above, so all you have to do is apply. Remember to explain in the join form why you're a True Capitalist, and that should make your chances to be accepted very high. So if you're a True Capitalist, what are you waiting for? JOIN NOW!!!!

So You Want to Be A Capitalist? Read This and Pass It On!

There are those who ask, “How do I become a Capitalist?“ This question is something that should be intellectually dissected by those who want to make a legitimate effort to become this prestigious title. Since the fall of Feudalism, Capitalism (or variants therein) has been the demonic substance of many political philosophies throughout the past several centuries; this stigma has given credibility to many collective models and their totalitarian rule. But True Capitalists are not the greedy devils that they have been propagandized to be. Its much like the auto-determination of civilizations from the past, where war, conquest and glory encompassed the thymotic passions of the time. Capitalist in modern times are motivated by more than just profits or gains; it’s the ability to civilly conduct competitive battles of thymos while facilitating opportunities to the spectators. Unlike old thymotic perceptions which inspired destruction and brutality exclusively, Capitalist thymos creates the Chinese definition of the word crisis; danger and opportunity.

What’s the danger? Every living organism on this planet is genetically imbedded to survive, and to survive in this reality means to kill something weaker to sustain life. As much as human idealism has tried to reinterpret this reality, it’s a fact of nature. But the food-chain stops with Humanity, and who takes the place of nature from here while not replicating the brutality that fills the walls of history? Capitalists! Capitalist provide an avenue to civilly separate the weak from the wise. And this is the danger of Capitalism, there has to be losers and people who fail. Which isn’t much of a danger from this author’s view.

The opportunity? A Capitalist must utilize all assets in his/her arsenal to fund a venture that will provide profit and growth. But as with every thymotic conquest comes competition that will utilize all the tools in its arsenal to eliminate start-up ventures that will threaten their part of a given market. As a result, spectators who join sides with a specific Capitalist in a given venture, capitalize by default with jobs, creativity, research and development. Productivity and growth permeates as spectators of the Capitalist battle become part of the spectacle themselves.

To be a Capitalist in modern times is a lucrative, yet a dangerous idea to accept as the foundation of one’s mentality. Those in the failure category of the Capitalist models vent their frustrations at successful Capitalists; which can become extremely violent. To be a Capitalist is not to just accumulate wealth and assets, but to expand economic possibilities to inspire the productivity of a civilization. To be a Capitalist is to go above the limits set forth by society, politics and family influences. The economic model of international free markets has enabled Capitalists to grow beyond the locality of their geopolitical proximity. It provides opportunity on a global scale for that seek it, and economic growth for those who want it. So you want to be a Capitalist? Join us!

Google's Responsibility For the Egypt Uprising; The Aiding and Abetting of Wael Ghonim...

Its been several weeks since the beginning of the Egyptian uprising against longtime authoritarian leader Honsi Mubarak. The American media has been covering this chaos as some sort of fight for democracy, but in reality, its a disgusting display of technological mass manipulation. And Google is the major culprit of all this destruction.

At the beginning of the uprising, a Google executive named Wael Ghonim utilized Internet communication to organize the masses of Egypt. As a result, people took to the streets, and instead of demonstrating or rushing government offices to take control of the country's authority, they looted the streets like a post-Katrina wasteland. The people not only have destroyed their metropolitan cities and turned them into garbage dumps, but they're also starving their own country by prohibiting the number one source of revenue from generating income; tourism.

But all that doesn't matter to Wael Ghonim or Google. On the contrary, they've been fueling the fire of this chaos since the beginning. When Egypt attempted to halt Internet traffic to stabilize the chaos, Google created a method of Internet communication that bypassed Egyptian authorities. When Egypt authorities took Wael Ghonim into custody, Google's media influence made Ghonim look like an imprisoned freedom fighter, as opposed to what he really is; a rabble rouser. Because of Google's propaganda of Ghonim, Egyptian authorities released him in hopes of calming the uprising.

Instead, Wael Ghonim has gone back to his digital agitation and is reorganizing the chaos that has been a reality in Egypt since the uprising. Ghonim said in his most recent statement that, "I'm ready to die for revolution 2.0!" Well Mr. Ghonim, why should the country of Egypt listen to a Google sponsored crier that has no revolutionary credibility other than pushing keyboard keys really hard to tweet a primitive population into chaos?

In a recent episode of True Captialist Radio, I received a call from an American investor that had business interests in Egypt. He went on to say that his store in Cairo was seen on CNN in flames. This is not only the story for foreign investment in Egypt, but also for the local Egyptian investors that are now counting their losses because of Google and Ghonim. This is why I feel that Google's role in this uprising is threat to foreign investment and governments of nation states throughout the world.

If Google can use its communication assets to destabilize governments, what's to stop Google from using these same assets to manipulate markets, conduct identity espionage and/or creating truth out of propaganda (just as they've done with Wael Ghonim)? I think investors, governments and individuals should really analyze whats happening in Egypt, because its not setting a good precedent for global civility.

To all the Listeners; both Old and New! A Message From Ghost...

As you all know by now, the new show is now called True Capitalist Radio where we discuss business, the markets and how to make money. Of course, it's me, so you know that I'm handing out verbal back hands with my personal commentary and becoming a bigger bad ass than I was when I was a "Conservative." The show is still evolving, so if you have any ideas, comments and/or suggestions you can give, send them my way. We've been trying very hard to get guests to be interviewed, but everyone is afraid to come on the show. lulz!

The Twitter, Blog, and the E-mail will remain the same given that everyone has known them for all these years. This show used to be a hobby that cost me no money, but that has since changed for a variety of different reasons. And since I came out the pocket to get the "Premium" services at Blogtalkradio.com (because I couldn't be away from those who love Ghost so much), I need those who truly appreciate the show for its educational/entertainment value to now consider the advertising aspect of this free show.

I'll be completely candid, I have been approached by many media companies who wanted to purchase and/or invest in the content that I've been creating for so long. But many of these proposed models would've included the shows archive, live stream and/or other content to have monthly charges for its access. Instead, I've decided against selling-out in that regard and am attempting to sustain the now accumulating expenses of the show with the Internet advertising model (which isn't the most successful model to content producers). This is why I need those listeners who normally conduct transactions online to click our advertisers (on all True Capitalist Radio Content) to make their future online purchases to help True Capitalist Radio always stay free (archive, live broadcast, etc).

I do this show for many reasons, but the most important one is the fans. I know that fans of Ghost genuinely appreciate content, for they have so many other options to occupy their time (TV, Radio, Movies, etc). And yet, given the shows past erratic frequency, controversial nature of the content and the change in show format; the same fans who've been there all these years are still there. Thank you all...


P.S. Besides, I do it for the LuLz!!!