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Monthly Archives: August 2003

underdog my ass—er don’t, actually

30-Aug-03

“President Bush [is] appealing for donations by portraying [himself] as a fund-raising underdog who won’t have enough cash to defend himself against Democratic attacks.”
Michael Moore reports today, “Bush is on pace to raise almost $200 million in time for the Republican primaries where his only competition will be his own dismal record. In Minnesota this [...]

ROBERT ANTON WILSON FOR GOVERNOR

30-Aug-03

After refusing many pleas to run for governor,
I have reconsidered and now enter the race
as an unofficial write-in candidate. After
all, why shd I remain the ONLY nut in California
who ain’t running?

Anti-Semitism & Adbusters, a letter to the editor

29-Aug-03

I have been a long-time reader of Adbusters and am currently a Friend of the Foundation subscriber. I have always been enthusiastic about all of the Media Foundation’s projects and eagerly anticipate the arrival of every magazine issue. For the first time, however, I find myself deeply concerned with the direction the magazine [...]

antisemitism on the airwaves

29-Aug-03

“Every time Israel so much as burps, Pacifica covers it extensively. Yet, when information exists that may give context to Israel’s actions, or could reflect negatively on the Palestinians, it’s normally absent from Pacifica’s airwaves.”
the jewish week—in albeit an exceptionally knee-jerk article—discusses recurring anti-semitic trends within the pacfica network’s radio programming.
also check out my post [...]

and somehow this is legal…

29-Aug-03

“Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Cheney, has won contracts worth more than $1.7 billion under Operation Iraqi Freedom and stands to make hundreds of millions more dollars under a no-bid contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, according to newly available documents.”
right… squid pro ro.

close encounters of the left kind

29-Aug-03

It had been a hot summer of protest. The civil rights struggle was in full throttle. In August 1963, I was a full time civil rights worker in Baltimore Maryland. I was on the staff of the Northern Student Movement (NSM), the northern counterpart to the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. (SNCC) Our organization was working [...]

incredible shrinking world

29-Aug-03

would you believe i used to get this girl completely plastered in high school? i handed her her bra in the cafeteria once! haha!

well, there’s that

28-Aug-03

Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
Try to make things better for someone, sometimes,
you just end up making it a thousand times worse
—“sugar baby” by bob dylan

i have a big mouth

28-Aug-03

why must my mouth get me into trouble
it speaks without reserve
no forethought before vocalization
no patient meditation
unguarded tongue lashes
leads to others’ irritation
my frustration
regardless of composed on the tongue/revising is lying poetic method
my freedom of expression
makes a bad impression
i sink into depression
don’t think i crave attention
say things i shouldn’t
realize way later
someone i love becomes a hater
accusations fly [...]

france shows true colors

28-Aug-03

france says hamas is no terror group, even though they launch rockets at israeli cities and claim responsibility for dozens of attacks on civillians.
well, earth to france: the palestinian national authority has condemned hamas as a terror group and is seizing their financial assets. hell, even yassir araft says they’ve got to [...]

shucks

27-Aug-03

remember when i got interviewed by msnbc about the rnc? they ran the story on the 18th. and they didn’t quote me.

bush gets nailed by gao, pulls plug on clean air

27-Aug-03

would this be considered a case of cause and effect? hrm…