Interviewer: Well... Where are you coming
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: (pause) Well... I don't like the way the country's ran, don't you know, and, erm... that's pretty much what i was expressing in my poem. The government... the American government - they're sneaky, they're very deceitful, they're liars, they're cheats, they're rip-offs. I mean, the American government is one systematic government that...that nobody can trust. I don't trust them
And how long have you been writing for?
Blaise Finnegan III: Huh?
Interviewer: How have you been writing for?
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: I was four
Interviewer: Do you do this sort of thing a lot, like, kinda questions?
Blaise Bailey III: Oh, I love open-mics, I love coming here to do open-mics, absolutely
Interviewer: What kind of reactions do you usually
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Usually, people are... are much in agreement with what I'm saying
Interviewer: We you before talking about... you went to court today for a speeding ticket?
Blaise Bailey Finnegan That's accurate
Interviewer: right. Do you tell us that story?
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Yes, absolutely, I wouldn't mind telling you the story. Erm... I went to court today for a speeding ticket, and I told the judge, erm... "Let me tell you something, and you listen and you listen good, I'm only gonna say this one time and one time only, I don't repeat myself for nobody," I said. I says... "I'm here to pay a speeding ticket, not to listen to your lectures and hear you run your mouth for an hour." I says "I'm here to pay off my ticket ...and I'm here to get my fines out of the way and get the f*ck to work." The judge says "You can't talk like that in my courtroom, you're in contempt of court." then I said... I told the judge, "If that's the best you can do, I feel sorry for you." I said "Why don't you just shut your fucking mouth for once and listen." I said "I'm not gonna take any shit." I said "I'm gonna pay my speeding ticket like I said." I walked up to the god damn judge and I hand him my 25 dollars and I says "Here's my money, now I am leaving." And I left it at
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Then, before I left, I around and told the judge "I'm here to state who I am and be honest with you." I said "If they thought I was dangerous on the road like you're trying to accuse me of, wouldn't they have taken my license when I first got it? Yes they would." And the judge says "Yeah, you have a point," He goes "You don't need to get loud," I said "Don't get loud?" I says "I've got every right to get loud." I says "You can't do a god damn thing about it, because I'm expressing myself in your court, and there is nothing you can do about it. You think you're god because you have a robe and you can put people up the goddamn river for 20 years? Well you're not." And I it at that
Interviewer: Did you away?
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Yes I did... I don't like the judicial system, I don't like the government system, I don't like the police, I don't like anything to do with this country's government. I just don't like it, because... they're sneaky, like I said - they're deceitful, they're lying, they're cheats, they rip people off. That's the American for you. America is a third world country, and people don't recognise it... and I think that that's pretty god damn sad, that they don't recognise their own country as a third world, third rate, third class slum
Well... Do you have any weapons?
Blaise Bailey III: Yes, I do. I own a high-powered assault rifle, I own a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun, I own a regular shotgun, I own a regular hunting rifle, I own a 9mm, a 357, a 45 handgun, a 38 special, and, erm... I own an m-16 fully automatic ground assault rifle...
Interviewer: Do you think things are gonna get better before they get
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: No way. Things are just gonna get worse and keep on getting worse. Like I said, America's a third world country as it is and... and we're basically in a hopeless situation as it stands
Interviewer: What do you think this country's gonna like in the year 2003?
Blaise Bailey III: Y'know, I'll tell you the truth - nothing against you guys, but I don't wanna answer that question because... I haven't even got a mind that's that...that inhumane
Interviewer: are you ready for coming?
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: as I'll ever be
Interviewer: people aren't
Blaise Bailey Finnegan There's a little saying... Dates back for generations...
Go on...
Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Be prepared for anything at any time from anybody, don't take no shit, always stand ground. People wanna come up to me and run their mouth - guess what? I'll throw them through the fucking window... I won't think a thing of it
Interviewer: Would you mind reciting your for us?
Blaise Bailey III: Not at all, I don't see why... I don't see why I couldn't
There's an evil virus threatening mankind It's not state of the art, a serious state of the mind The muggers, the backstabbers, the two elite A menace to society, a social To brainwash the is a social disorder The cynics, the one-upmanship order Watching beginnings of decay Gloating and at life's disarray Eating away at your own esteem Pouncing on every word you might be saying To someone's mind is a social disorder The constitution, the government, martial law Superficially smiling a shake of the As as your back is turned treason is planned When every good thing's laid to By the hate, by the constitution and their lies And every time you think safe And when you go to turn You know they're sharpening all knives All in your All in your Try to it All in mind All in your Try to it Without a they destroy And a thing that they enjoy They're a sickness in all of our minds They want to the ship and leave The way they at you and me You know it happens all the But it only happens in mind The rats in the cellar you who you are... Or do Watching beginnings of decay...
Interviewer: Thank you for your