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Monthly Archives: August 2006
The dark side of white music
What’s insidious about Country & Western Music? I’ll tell you. I thought I was just incensed at its hypocrisy because it rewards multimillionaire entertainers for talking like hicks. Country singers pretend to be simpleton hillbillies, possessed maybe with down-home smarts, … Continue reading
Private philanthropy
I was recently introduced to a young couple, both 21 years old, proud parents of a month-old baby. They live in low-income housing, dad works a joe job. . .mom stays home, no friends or family nearby, to take care … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Notes, Perspective
Tagged America, American, Catholic, coup, Dance, Family, Injustice, Justice, Nuclear, Philanthropy, Protest, Travel, Water, Wealth
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Minutemen Civil Defense Klan in hindsight
COLORADO SPRINGS- I had the pleasure Tuesday night to attend a membership recruiting meeting for a Minuteman border protection group. About fifty citizens turned up, with a collective IQ of probably about that. Lots of people eager to use their … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged 9/11, America, American, Bigotry, Bigots, Border Wall, CIA, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, coup, Crack, Cult, Defense, DIA, Drug, Drugs, EPA, Federal Government, Government, guns, Hatred, Heroism, illegal immigration, immigrants, Interest, IRS, Jobs, KKK, KLA, Klan, Mexican, Migra, Minuteman, Minutemen, Permit, police, Popular Culture, Protest, Rap, Resist, Resistant TB, Satire, Security, TB, terror, Terrorism, The Bomb, The Fed, Uncle Sam, Voice, White
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Here comes Hurricane Che
Google it. “Ernesto.” See what you get: Ernesto the hurricane and Ernesto Che Guevara. This season’s brightest prospect for an action weather spectacular has been given a decidedly un-American name. To me it’s reminiscent of the 2004 season when … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sight-Bites
Tagged 2004, America, American, Art, Bolivia, Bush, Castro, Chavez, Che Guevara, Cuba, depression, Election, Evo Morales, Fidel Castro, Florida, France, google, Hugo Chavez, Invasion, IRA, Iraq, Jeb Bush, Katrina, Latin, Latin America, Media, Minutemen, Popular Culture, Sovereignty, The Nation, Un-American, Venezuela, weather
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Such a guilty pleasure
But let me share it with you! The other afternoon I was crossing a quiet street on the West Side and heard behind me the thump of something dropped to the pavement, followed by a man’s surprised curse. “Shit.” I … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Army, Art, Beer, Cars, children, Colorado Springs, Community, Community Service, DUI, guilt, IRS, Popular Culture, Salvation, Salvation Army, The West, Thrift, Working
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Parenthood
Have you ever noticed how easy it is to be a wise parent–as long as you don’t actually have kids?
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No free TV
Television used to be free. They were the public airwaves and the networks were given the use of those airwaves so long as they were serving the public good. What’s happened? Now the public airwaves are full of television shows … Continue reading
Tagged Axe, Football, Games, Levis, Media, NFL, Programming, Sport, Tax, Taxes, TB, Television
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Progress at the local radio station
The main obstruction to getting Democracy Now aired on KRCC has left the building, unceremoniously let go, hopefully with a restraining order.
Posted in Info Virus, Sight-Bites
Tagged Colorado Springs, Democracy, Democracy Now, KRCC, Left, Media, Radio
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Celebrities to soothe airport terror anxiety
In an airport the other day I overheard Connie Chung making an announcement. Our national threat level is elevated to Orange apparently, further precautions are necessary, etc, etc, please report any suspicious activity to the TSA. Was that Connie Chung’s … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Airport Security, Anonymous, Art, Beef, BOA, camps, Celebrities, Celebrity, CIA, comedians, Community, Community Service, compliance, Concentration Camps, Corporation, Department, Department of Homeland Security, DIA, EPA, Fun, Homeland, homeland Security, Infomercials, IRS, John Smith, Left, Love, Masses, Media, Popular Culture, Pot, reason, Security, shoe, Shoes, Slaughter, terror, Travel, USA, Voice
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Right wing imprimaturs
Did the Neocons flat out buy the National Geographic? It was a brilliant coup. If you were to have asked yourself what periodical has been the most trusted and revered, it would have been the Geographic. Right behind … Continue reading
Posted in Sight-Bites
Tagged America, coup, Fascism, FLAME, GOP, Graphic, IRA, Iraq, Media, National Geographic, Natural, Nature, NeoCon, Neocons, Photo, Popular Culture, Rap, Right Wing, The Nation, War, War Machine
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Dog and pony sex show
Little JonBenet Ramsey’s killer has been found. How many stories like JonBenet are on the back burner, waiting for a lull in the news or for the need for a distraction from the news? How fortuitous that just as a … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged America, Art, Atrocities, Atrocity, bombs, Boulder, Chicago, CIA, circus, cluster bombs, Crack, Death, DIA, Disaster, Diversion, Fire, Gender, Headlines, Health, Heroin, High School, humanitarian, jail, Journalist, Journalists, Lebanon, Left, Levis, Media, Mental Health, Napoleon, PLO, police, pool, Popular Culture, Rap, rapist, School, sex, Television, The The, Thinking, transgender
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Little shit
Speaking of shit. Is it time to resurrect a prank played on our president when he visited Europe in 2003? Before Bush paid his visit, clever Belgians and French took little party favor flags in Bush’s image … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Sight-Bites
Tagged AIG, Art, Bush, Campaign, criminal, Euro, Europe, Flag, Flags, French, Popular Culture, President, Travel, Tribute, Voice, War, War Criminal
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Bullshit making instructions
Writing an column for Crank Magazine some years ago, I announced my intention to describe how to make a bomb. Crank Magazine took out a newspaper ad in the local daily to publicize the upcoming issue , mentioning the forthcoming … Continue reading
Rules of engagement for Lebanon peacekeepers
Concerned nations await clear rules of engagement before agreeing to send soldiers to keep peace between Israel and Lebanon. Israel has opposed ceasefire terms because they would inhibit Israel’s opportunity to deal blows to Hisb’Allah. Here are perhaps peacekeeping orders … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Info Virus, Politics
Tagged Allah, Fire, Israel, Israelis, Lebanon, Muslim, Muslims, Peace, peacekeepers, peacekeeping, Rove, Rules of Engagement, soldier, Soldiers
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Apple Pan unchanged since 1947 or 1987
This is my favorite eatery in LA. You stand along the wall until there’s a seat free at the counter. You’re breathing down their necks, actually. Luckily those seated are eating at the pace they are being served. Fast. The … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Notes
Tagged Apple, Apple Pan, Banana Cream Pie, Hamburgers, ketchup, Los Angeles, Rap, RAW, Restaurants, West Side Pavillion, Working
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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
We held a protest today at the front gate of Peterson Air Force Base. It was to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 61 years ago. It’s an annual remembrance. The event also offers us a chance to … Continue reading
US Postal Service eco-unfriendly
Remember the eco-revolution of the 1970s? Recycling was the rage. Manufacturers cut down on packaging. The USPS does not remember those days. Not only do they require the use of their packaging materials for Priority service, but you can’t recycle … Continue reading
Police state
In Norway you can’t speed or run a light anywhere without getting a ticket. In Norway they have cameras mounted sporadically along the roadways so you have no choice but to drive properly. Even on a country road, even if … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged America, American, Art, Big Brother, British, Cars, civility, Colorado Springs, cops, Department, enforcement, EPA, Fun, Graft, Interest, Justice, Machismo, Natural, Norway, police, Police State, POW, power, revenue
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9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11
At a precinct meeting to suggest planks for the Democratic Party platform, a friend of mine was stuck on 9-11 truth telling. He’d like to write it on a blimp. I agreed but argued, first things first. Anti-war first … Continue reading
Posted in Sight-Bites
Tagged Absolut, America, American, Americans, Art, ATF, Black box voting, Congress, Convention, Corporate, Crack, Democratic Party, Election, GOP, Greed, History, Imperial, Imperialism, Insecurity, IRS, Justice, Myth, Nine Eleven, Pot, Rally, Rap, Security, Truth, Voting, War, World Trade Center
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Restarting economy with repurchased toiletry items
Never mind that the London plotters never got beyond plotting. Never mind that the likely success of their bomb smuggling strategy is yet unproved. Already the Department of Homeland Security has decreed that no one can take liquids or gels … Continue reading
Posted in Info Virus, Politics
Tagged Art, Banned, BOA, Conservatives, Craft, Department, Department of Homeland Security, DIA, Economy, EPA, Explosives, Hoax, Homeland, homeland Security, India, initiative, Islam, London, Media, NeoCon, NPR, NSA, PLO, pool, restart, Rove, Security, SMU, Soccer, terror, terrorist, Thinking, trial, War
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Digital reproduction of aluminum
1. Aluminum Siding In the German film epic HEIMAT, an unscrupulous brother brags about the lucrative post-war business of aluminum siding. Barry Levinson’s 1987 TIN MEN depicted the same competitive salesmanship arena stateside. In Germany the aluminum siding industry was … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective
Tagged Aluminum, ARN, Art, BOA, Business, cell phones, CIA, Computers, Contras, Cooking, Craft, DIA, Film, Germany, GM, Headlines, HIV, Industry, internet, IOC, IRA, jogging, Levin, Media, Music, Natural, Origin, Popular Culture, Pot, Sales, scam, Sony, Technology, Video, War
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Black gloves
Can somebody explain the psychology of our boys in their black gloves? Am I too distracted by the bad-guy movie image? Black gloves remind me of hired assassins, mafioso, bad cops, sadists, interrogators and torturers. Did I miss any … Continue reading
Posted in Info Virus, News
Tagged Algeria, America, American, Americans, Assassins, bad cop, cops, Cuba, Death, Evolution, freedom, Freedom Fighters, French, Gestapo, GM, Hessians, Hitler, Interrogation, Interrogation, Islam, Love, Mercenaries, Military, Psycho, reason, Revolution, Revolutionary War, torturer, Torturers, US torture, War
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Atrocity damage control
This is 14-year old Abeer Qasim Hamza al-Janabi’s ID. From Al-Mahmudiya. She is the young girl who was gang raped by five American servicemen who killed her family, and incinerated her body once they were done. The press reported … Continue reading
Animal cruelty at the rodeo
I just learned how they make horses and bulls jump up and down at the rodeo. I must admit I wondered why it was that the animals suddenly leaped about madly (bronc’d) after they got out of the gate and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged American West, Animal, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Animals, ARN, Cowboys, cruelty, Justice, Popular Culture, Protest, Rap, Rights, Rodeo, Sport
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