Three questions with: Alex Jones

Clarisa Ramirez
Austin 360
Friday, September 14, 2007

Alex Jones is the expressive and sometimes pontificating voice behind the nationally syndicated "Alex Jones Show," airing locally from 4 to 6 p.m. Sundays on KLBJ 590 AM. Jones also produces documentaries examining and questioning America's politics.

He's presenting his final screening of "End Game" as part of the Alamo South's Celebrity Guests Signature Series on Monday. The film is about the plan by "global architects" to exterminate 80 percent of the population, he says. And yes, despite his arrest in New York on Sunday on charges of using a bullhorn without a permit in front of Fox News studios, he'll be there.

American-Statesman: Why should people watch 'End Game' and what should they expect at the screening?

n half the pieces of information I wanted to get to. ... When you're making claims like I'm making, you want to get into it. There are whole books written on, and government documents, of just the project in the '70s to sterilize Native American women. In some reservations as high as 42 percent were sterilized. And I spent 22 seconds of that on the film. I mean, the level of evil is so massive. I wanted to spend time on the whole history of eugenics. ... it's just impossible to cover it all. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to speak about some of the issues that are not covered in the film, or some of the stories that we had to cut out of the film or were never even able to make, just to explain to people is what you're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg.

How can people get involved in their community?

I think the number one thing we have to do is stop watching television ... We know that the average adult, after just a few minutes of watching television, goes into suspended disbelief. But more than just that, they go into a mesmerized state. And it's even worse with children. It brings you into a sleep brainwave, so you're actually totally mesmerized — you get enthralled by it. And video games, because you add to that physically, it lowers you into a state of near-death. ... This is dangerous. And that's why the public is getting more dumbed down, more and more disassociative, unconnected to things.

Just growing up, in our middle class neighborhood, people were on the front yard, they were talking, there were barbecues, they were doing stuff. ... Now you drive through your neighborhoods and the windows are all glowing blue. ...

Also, just get involved ... I would say service is the key. Helping your fellow man's a good thing, and actually physically doing it feels good. Try this year, instead of going to the Bahamas and getting a big suntan and getting drunk, go visit old people in nursing homes whose kids don't care about them and don't go see them. You're going to feel more fulfilled, so that's going to help you personally, and it's going to help that person you're helping.

What do you do that's creative and not work-related?

I was doing arts and crafts with my children last night. I like to watercolor. Back when I had time, I'd oil paint. I like to go out in nature; go walk around on the greenbelt, go fishing.

("End Game" shows at 7 p.m. Monday at Alamo South ,1120 S. Lamar Blvd. $8.25. 476-1329, www.originalalamo .com.)