Now that 2008 is officially over, we can look back at how crazy of a year it’s been. Every year is pretty much “crazy” but we can’t deny that 2008 has made its mark in history.

Let’s look back at 2008 from the eyes of yours truly:

- Formed our LLC for our Internet Marketing company
- Moved back from Arizona after about 10 months of isolation of trying to get our business going (and successfully I might add )
- Lakers win Western Conference. Went to Game 5 of the finals and sat pretty close for a change! About 8 rows from the floor…tickets were def. expensive but as a die-hard fan, worth it.
- Went to Denver for the first time and partied it up with CPA Empire aka Media Breakaway aka Affiliate.com
- Went to NY for Ad:tech and partied with Global Direct Media, CX Digital, Affiliate.com, and RocketProfit.com.
- Obama is elected as president.
- Economy tumbles to all time low with unemployment rate at its highest in decades.
- Best purchase of the year: Volcano Vaporizer
- I traveled to the 11th, 12th, and 13th dimension, if you know what I mean.

But the biggest event of 2008 was simply that I…..took the Red Pill. Yes, if you’ve watched the Matrix, you kind of know what I’m referring to. But if you have no idea what I’m talking about, let me elucidate: the red pill refers to the truth. The truth about the Federal Reserve, the truth about Obama, McCain, or any other republican/democrat front-runner. The truth about the United States and its imperialistic ways. The truth about our economy and how bad it really is. The truth about 9/11. The truth about how the government spends 10 billion per month (or is per week) on a false war in Iraq but doesn’t put money into our economy. The truth about the bailouts and how the wealthy just got wealthier, by robbing the taxpayer of their money and nationalizing banks. This is the truth that I’m referring to.

It’s a double-edge sword, however, when it comes to knowing the truth. The truth will make you mad as it has made me mad. I’m mad because I am a believer or freedom, liberty and fairness. I am a proud American, but the America of late has made me embarrassed. I am embarrassed that I live in a country where a lot of people just don’t care enough their liberty and freedom. I sit back and wait, because as times get worse, people will be forced to get pissed. But when will that come? Will it be too late? Look at Greece where students are rioting in protest of their government. I wish there was more of that here. Bush, Cheney and company should be sent to jail for their crimes against humanity. The Fed continues to try to fix the economy but they know that they can’t do anything about it. The damage imposed by the Fed has finally met its limit and our economy is going to tumble as a result. Obama is the new hope right? So why does he want to continue the war but simply now shift it to Iran and Pakistan. He’s appointing people who are simply keeping the status quo.

I urge anyone who takes the time to read this to take the red pill with me. I’d rather know the truth than not know it. There’s still a chance that America can be a real democracy once again. But, as history as shown us time after time, it begins with grassroots movement from the people. We elect our representatives. We vote in our Senators. We elect our President. Perhaps its time to start looking at the lesser known people such as Ron Paul. It’s no surprise to me that Ron Paul gets very little press and doesn’t receive the millions and millions and millions of dollars that the republican and democrat front runners receive. But what makes me sad is that people don’t realize that it’s usually the little man, the lesser known guy who actually cares for the people and is not influenced by giant corporations and lobbyists.

2008 has been a very interesting year but I think the next 4 years are going to be huge. Bigger than 2008. Either America has some kind of revolution or we see its demise. And what I’m referring to is the death of liberty and freedom, and true democracy. I will dream tonight of the future. I will dream of a beautiful world where Americans turn off the television set and take the 30 minutes to read the real news online. It’s a world where we check our representatives constantly if they aren’t doing their job. It’s a world where if you are corrupt, we kick your ass out. It’s a world where America withdraws its troops from other countries. It’s a world where America has no debt and on the other hand, invests in education, clean energy, roads, technology, the arts and music. It’s a world where America doesn’t spend 10 billion in a false war, but spends it helping those dying children and people across the world that have less than $1 a day to provide for food and shelter.

I cannot wait to dream tonight…

Peace and love,

Andres

OK so I haven’t blogged in a pretty long while and it’s pure laziness on my part. My badddddddd. But I’m here now and I’ll probably add posts of some older stuff, just for shits and giggles.  Anyway, there’s like 5 more days till the new year.

Now, in pretty much all ways possible, 08 has been a hella good year for me. Lots of fun times and personal success. I do admit these past two-three weeks we have taken it a little too easy. Now that the New Year is coming, I’m making a promise to myself to give it all I have and make 09 the best evah!

I’ll leave you guys with a few jams that I’ve been really liking:

Biaaaaaaaaaaaatch!

That’s right, we did it! Christmas Day victory over the much-hated Boston Celtics. Felt good. Felt really good. Here’s a clip of the highlights.

Can’t wait for the next one against the Celtics in Feb at Boston. Bring it!!!!!!!!

- Dre

I’ll leave you guys with a picture or two. Be back later!

So last Sunday I went to the Common and N.E.R.D. concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Believe it or not, this was my first hip hop concert. I’ve gone to quite a few ones before but they were mainly rock concerts…needless to say, I loved it.

I’m a BIG TIME N.E.R.D. fan and it was pretty dope to see Pharrell & co. in person.  Then Common went on and that was the cherry on top. Common is by far one of the most talented rappers out there.

If you haven’t heard N.E.R.D. or Common, be sure to check out Universal Mind Control, a track they worked on together.

Here are some pictures from the concert…

Today, the AP and Coach’s polls were released and they both agreed on one thing: USC deserves the number one spot. Of course, this can be argued for days but I think it’s the correct ranking for SC. Of course, I’m a big SC fan but I try to stay as unbiased as possible.

If you didn’t get a chance to see USC in action, they played a great game last week against the Virginia Cavaliers.

If you don’t agree with USC being ranked number one, well you’re in luck. The Trojans will face the Ohio State Buckeyes next saturday in what is surely the game of the year.

I think it’s going to be a great game….FIGHT ON!

So I came across another video that I consider worthy of your valuable time. Although I’m sure that the author of the video might have stretched out some things here and there, there is still good (and factual) information in this video that will at least make you THINK.

Thinking is freaking awesome and I feel that a lot of people don’t do enough thinking.

Like the previous Zeitgest movie post I talked about a few days ago, you have to see this video (it’s another long one) with an open mind. Just take a look at it and you decide for yourself what you think is true and false. But give it a shot. You have only a couple hours to lose and it’s actually a pretty cool video.

Let me know what you think:

The Esoteric Agenda

As I’m parking I look to my house and can spot the spider hanging on its web…it was that big.

My sis took some pics for your pleasure:

Someone was working hard tonight…

Nice web design (no pun intended)…but man, is that huge or what?