I just had to Goggle Justin Bieber because I did not know who he was ....
now I wish I hadn't ....

Melt down?

Your title seems to say he "lost it." I dunno. Would you say that about any impassioned religious preacher that got up and performed before his congregation? Or what about a politician bent on convincing his fans of his position? If Jones is anything, he is a peformer, an entertainer and he just delivered an excellent piece.

I don't care for him, never watch him (even if he is local to me), and consider that he has a special agenda that he skirts around. But all in all, this was an excellent presentation well suited for his followers.

I think it's only a matter of time until Alex gives himself a stroke or a heart attack (unless he's just acting, of course).
When it happens, I'm sure it will be blamed on TPTB.

Having watched AJ rage in a hundred (or so) vids, I honestly was beginning to think he had nothing of true life-changing value to offer us. Yes... he had made some good points over the years, but nothing that you could take personally and change your ways with.

This rant changed that perspective.

I've long thought that the entertainment industry, in all its various forms, was undermining our collective sense of reality.

Good one, AJ, regardless of the fact that JB grew up in my area and I'm glad for his success.

Wow! I certainly hope Alex didn't have a stroke after that tirade. In all seriousness though, I couldn't agree more with what he is saying. I am amazed at the way some people, even members of my own family, sleepwalk through life. I have tried, God knows I have, to wake people up. I see the way they worship these celebrities; Beiber, Lady Gaga, the Kardashians, and pay absolutely no mind to the issues staring them right in the face.

I have given up on trying to wake people up. I can't force them. They have to shake themselves from this slumber that they are in.

I found the video where Alex was confronting Janet Reno about Waco extremely interesting. It was this very event that opened my eyes to the atrocities committed by our government. It was while I was in the military that I found out what really happened at Waco. I haven't trusted our government since.

I totally agree with his sentiment, but I don't believe there's any conspiracy here. What we have in society today is a byproduct of modern capitalism. It reminds of abiogenesis vs creationism - nobody intentionally created this mess, it just sort of happened.

Everything he said in his rant was spot on, if you don't get the gravity of the situation, you clearly don't understand that the the media brainwashing IS the greatest threat to our liberty. There is a reason why Thomas Jefferson never read the newspaper.

How many people do you know who care about pro sports, my guess would be most people. This is a huge problem, pro sports and celebrity worship is a tool to pacify, and the passion of his rant reflected the gravity of the situation. Great job Alex, rock on.

Again the guy hits the nail on the head!

Brilliant rant, loved every word of it.

My only fear is that I am not up to the challenge as well, but I know that I am!

You know what I'm doing about it?

I'm fighting for freedom and to promote critical thinking and questioning every day, every hour, every minute!!!

Let Freedom Ring!!!

Flagged. Let's pass this around.

Originally posted by Paschar0

Bottom line: You should question everyone all the time, blind faith in anyone is what got us into these messes to begin with.

I don't follow anyone except my own Heart and Mind.

I listen to each person when they talk, and I think about what they said.
When someone is correct, I promote their knowledge.
When someone is incorrect, I don't.

You seriously need to stop judging people by their personality and start listening to the veracity of their words.
And today, in this little clip we saw in the OP, AJ is 100% correct in his assessment.

If Obama said it, I'd back it. Don't you get it? The messenger doesn't matter. The truth matters.
Anyone can hold the truth or deny it.

Question everything. Even your own prejudice against someone you don't like.

Explain exactly which part of this is incorrect.
Articulate it in depth. If you have good points, you can sway me, I am open minded.

I don't even follow AJ, I don't have faith in anyone except myself.
But I know the Truth when I hear it.

It was a good rant. Unfortunately I can tell when people are acting out a rehearsed, scripted scene and when they are genuinely ranting "on-the-fly." Alex is a good actor for his stereotype. I wouldn't cast him in a serious role though. Maybe that's why he was casted as basically himself in "Waking Life."

He's a fear-merchant. When using overemotional vocal rolls like that, people tend to listen to sound of the emotion rather than taking in exactly what is said. I would estimate that about 20% of his listening audience absorbed more than 30% of what was said during that rant and even then only because they had already read similar things in the alternative press before.

What Jones said on that rant is the same thing that has been trumpeted by bloggers and forum posters for years. The Justin Beiber thing gets thrown in as a "current events" example because of his recent activity with the Grammys. Bloggers have been using his name since the night of the Grammys as an example of media control gone awry.

The rant was well scripted and based off of blogs and forum posts over the last 2 weeks. Not original thought on Jones' part.

Originally posted by Control

He's a fear-merchant.

He just screamed for us to not be afraid. And to have no fear.

Please rectify your mistake.

Originally posted by Tephra
How many people do you know who care about pro sports, my guess would be most people. This is a huge problem, pro sports and celebrity worship is a tool to pacify, and the passion of his rant reflected the gravity of the situation. Great job Alex, rock on.

It also plays into "divide and conquer." Get us all worked up over "our" team (Rah Rah Sis Boom Bah!), as if it has any bearing on the wider reaches of life.

I think Alex's point is clear and meaningful.

Originally posted by silo13
Like him or not, rant or no, at least he's not just sitting back doing NOTHING.

You're right. He is doing something. He's doing his job. He's playing his role.

Controlled opposition, my friends.

Don't mistake this rant for passion. It's theater. He's acting, and he doesn't do a very good job of it. Or maybe he does, because you people seem to have taken the bait.