Interviewer: Well... Where are you coming from?. 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 myself.. Interviewer: And how long have you been writing for?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Huh?. Interviewer: How long have you been writing for?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Since I was four.. Interviewer: Do you do this sort of thing a lot like open-mic kinda questions?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Oh I love open-mics I love coming here to do open-mics absolutely.. Interviewer: What kind of reactions do you usually get?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Usually people are... are pretty much in agreement with what I'm saying.. Interviewer: We overheard you before talking about... you went to court today for a speeding ticket?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: That's accurate.. Interviewer: right. Do you wanna 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 speeding ticket ...and I'm here to get my fines out of the way and get the fuck 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 that.. (At this point the interview fades whilst the music grows in intensity). Then before I left I turned 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 left it at that.. Interviewer: Did you walk 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 government 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.. Interviewer: Well... Do you have any weapons?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan 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 worse?. 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 just basically in a hopeless situation as it stands.. Interviewer: What do you think this country's gonna look like in the year 2003?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan 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 what's coming?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Ready as I'll ever be.. Interviewer: Most people aren't.. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: There's a little saying... Dates back for generations.... Interviewer: Go on.... Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Be prepared for anything at any time from anybody don't take no shit always stand your 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 poem for us?. Blaise Bailey Finnegan III: Not at all I don't see why... I don't see why I couldn't.. There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind. It's not state of the art it's a serious state of the mind. The muggers the backstabbers the two faced elite. A menace to society a social disease. To brainwash the mind is a social disorder. The cynics the apathy one-upmanship order. Watching beginnings of social decay. Gloating and sneering at life's disarray. Eating away at your own self esteem. Pouncing on every word that you might be saying. To attack someone's mind is a social disorder. The constitution the government martial law order. Superficially smiling a shake of the hand. As soon as your back is turned treason is planned. When every good thing's laid to rest. By the governments hate by the constitution and their lies. And every time you think you're safe. And when you go to turn away. You know they're sharpening all their knives. All in your mind. All in your head. Try to relate it. All in your mind. All in your head. Try to escape it. Without a conscience they destroy. And that's a thing that they enjoy. They're a sickness that's in all of our minds. They want to sink the ship and leave. The way they laugh at you and me. You know it happens all the time. But it only happens in your mind. The rats in the cellar you know who you are.... Or do you?. Watching beginnings of social decay.... Interviewer: Thank you for your time.