Stemmers, Part I
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“Simply one of the many biocidal glories of NAFTA…not long after American
companies started plopping their most toxic operations just across the
border to capitalize on such as lax Mexican environmental laws, a shocking
spike in the number of babies born without a brain (anencephalic) became a
legacy of the massive industrial pollution.”

By Rand Clifford

6/25/08

Bodies of evidence by the millions make the dumbing-down of Americans the
most successful federal program of all timeÂ…. Not that a great challenge has
been surmounted, nor much of a fight put up, nor any bounds of day-to-day
comfort grossly exceeded; insidious is the motif. With shrewd play on human
emotion—especially and always fear—people can be manipulated into
consistently acting against their best interests, for the best interests of
money-hung manipulators. By and large, the dumbed-down believe outrageous
lies that defy all evidence if the lies are packaged and repeated
appropriately. The official story of 9/11 for example, or its diabolical
spawn, the war on terror—would these have any chance at all in a nation of
alert and thoughtful people?

America propagandaÂ…into the bouillabaisse of lies, stir in well-crafted
bogeymen, along with heaping portions of distraction, envy, selfishness—and
double-up on aversion to being different (who wants to be “the turd in the
punch bowl” by controverting what we are officially supposed to believe?) In
such a context, the term stemmer transcends sheer comic relief, into a realm
of sobering relevance threatening to become terminal.

A man called Whizzer in the novel CASTLING, first published in 1995,
identifies stemmers as a blight metastasizing among the American people
under careful nurture at highest levels of government. A self-described
Professor of Social Science, Whizzer deliciously merges charisma with
science, employing experiments in human behavior to prove his theories.

Many people keen to AmericaÂ’s profound intelligence deficit cling to solid
theories of a chemical dumbing-downÂ…from fluoridation of public water
supplies, to aerial spraying (chemtrails), to ubiquitous bisphenol-A
plastics, to heavy metal contamination, to the enormous prevalence in our
foods of neurotoxins such as MSG (in its many nefarious manifestations), and
aspartame, on and onÂ…. But, WhizzerÂ’s extensive research supports his theory
of atrophy…the simple, “use it—or lose it”. His theory of stemmers:

“It all has to do with how much of your brain is functioning,” he insists.
“Scientific evidence is very clear that about all you really need to survive
is a brain stem…your reptile brain.”

WhizzerÂ’s research into stemmers grew from babies born without a brain down
along the Rio Grande, such as in Brownsville, Texas. Simply one of the many
biocidal glories of NAFTAÂ…not long after American companies started plopping
their most toxic operations just across the border to capitalize on such as
lax Mexican environmental laws, a shocking spike in the number of babies
born without a brain (anencephalic) became a legacy of the massive
industrial pollution. Some of the babies born with only a brain stem are
still able to live indefinitely with proper care. Enter WhizzerÂ’s trademark
comic relief: “But then again,” he says, “maybe nature’s just saying ‘Hey,
you wouldnÂ’t use the thing anyway. YouÂ’d be better off not lugging around
all that waterlogged tissue.Â’ Yep, looks to me like the hand of evolution at
work. Maybe weÂ’re seeing the emergence of a new subspecies. Homo Sapiens
Americanus Sans Cerebrum.” Note: Whizzer’s penchant for humor never fouls
his fundamental science; his strict adherence to the scientific method puts
to shame anything we now must categorize as “Bush science”, or, The Official
Stuff. (Please see: Only One kind of science
http://www.starchiefpress.com/articles/article05.html).

At a huge kegger wrapping up an annual tournament involving American and
Canadian softball teams, Whizzer delivers a monologue regarding stemmers
that captivates the crowd (he also uses “The Party” to run a key experiment
to expose major differences in “gut-reaction” aggression between Canadians,
and Americans; except for the border, these people are virtual neighbors).

Basics of Whizzer’s stemmer theory, in his own words: “The Rio Grande is a
sewer and toxic cauldron. But thatÂ’s not the point. The point is a lot of
babies born nearby have only a brain stem, but they can survive, sometimes
for years and yearsÂ…. Yeah, way way back, millions of years before they
invented Canadian bacon or 4X4s, our ancestors had little more than a brain
stem. The reptile brain. Over the years, cerebral cortex grew on top of the
stem ‘cause they started puttin’ together a lot of abstract thoughts, and
figuring out how to make life less of a buggerÂ…how to get a little comfort.
They worked hell outa those brains and like a muscle the brains kept growing
and growingÂ…. And thatÂ’s why now we lug around these big bone casings we
call skulls—to protect all that brain mass we inherited. Well, down at the
heart of all that grey matter lies the ol’ brain stem—all anyone really
needs to survive. With it you can still eat, drink, sleep, reproduce, and
fightÂ…which brings us to my theoryÂ…. The human brain has stopped evolving.
The human brain is currently devolving back toward stemhood, and fast.
Proliferation of consumerism, of gadgets and celebrities, spectator sports
and lottery, television, mega-religion, fast food, smart bombs, drive-by
violence, main stream propaganda and the coolness of being stupid, just to
name a few—they’re causing the bulk of Americans to slough their brains. Who
needs all that gray matter? Around here we call those obviously running on
little or no more than brain stemÂ…we call them stemmers. Basically, theyÂ’re
lizards in sheep’s clothing….”

In Part II: Stemmers, and the future of The American Experiment. Bilderberg,
The Council On Foreign Relations, The Trilateral CommissionÂ…with the Nation
so poised for martial law to usher in the New World Order, is there even
time to identify AmericaÂ’s intellectual nadir for public evaluation of
solutions, or will “My Pet Goat” herald our oblivion after all?

Rand Clifford is a writer living in Spokane, Washington, with his wife Mary
Ann, and their Chesapeake Bay retriever, Mink. RandÂ’s novels CASTLING,
TIMING, VOICES OF VIRES, and PRIEST LAKE CATHEDRAL are published by
StarChief Press: http://www.starchiefpress.com