It's Kerry/Edwards...the best choice has been made

It's Kerry/Edwards...the best choice has been made



The email:

Dear Friend,

In just a few minutes, I will announce that Senator John Edwards will join me as my running-mate on the Democratic ticket as a candidate for vice president of the United States. Teresa and I could not be more excited that John and Elizabeth Edwards will be our partners in our journey to make America stronger at home and respected in the world.

You are the heart and soul of our campaign. You've shattered records and expectations every step of the way. Every time someone said you couldn't do it, you proved them wrong. Because of your incredible grassroots energy and commitment, I wanted to make the first official announcement of my decision to you -- more than one million online supporters at johnkerry.com.

I want you to know why I'm excited about running for president with John Edwards by my side. John understands and defends the values of America. He has shown courage and conviction as a champion for middle class Americans and those struggling to reach the middle class. In the Senate, he worked to reform our intelligence, to combat bioterrorism, and keep our military strong. John reaches across party lines and speaks to the heart of America -- hope and optimism. Throughout his own campaign for President, John spoke about the great divide in this country -- the "Two Americas" -- that exist between those who are doing well today and those that are struggling to make it from day to day. And I am so proud that we're going to build one America together.

In the next 120 days and in the administration that follows, John Edwards and I will be fighting for the America we love. We'll be fighting to give the middle class a voice by providing good paying jobs and affordable health care. We'll be fighting to make America energy independent. We'll be fighting to build a strong military and lead strong alliances, so young Americans are never put in harm's way because we insisted on going it alone.

I can't tell you how proud I am to have John Edwards on my team, or how eager I am for the day this fall when he stands up for our vision and goes toe-to-toe with Dick Cheney.

This is the most important election of our lifetime, and a defining moment in our history. With you by our side every day of this campaign, John and I will lead the most spirited presidential campaign America has ever seen and fight to lead our nation in a new and better direction.

Thank you,



Reuters

Marlon Brando: More than a contender, now dead at 80

KPHO Phoenix - Marlon Brando Dies at Age 80

Rumsfeld on Fahrenheit 9/11

"Seeing the reports is one thing, but seeing the images makes it more real. Something like that."


Well, maybe that wasn't exactly what Rummy said. And I believe he was talking about Abu Graibh...but isn't it strange to actually see him making happy with the personification of evil?

Cain Means Ownership

The Onerous Onus of Ownership

"Love's Body is a modern Thus Spake Zarathustra. Professor Brown is affiliating himself to a major line of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prophets, such as Nietzsche, Carlyle, D. H. Lawrence, oddest of all, Emerson. . . . Norman Brown has the same apocalyptic imagery, fire, resurrection, the judgment, the body, and a very similar apocalyptic message."
--Martin Green, Commonweal


The other day, I was talking to my bud, Woody, and he informed me that he would have to evacuate his domicile, since he could not come up with the money to pay the taxes on the house. Among his main concerns was this: What to do with all the stuff accumulated over the years. It was almost as if he were enslaved by the things that weighed him down...namely things, nouns.

While ruminating on the situation, a line from a book I had read long ago popped into mind.

"Cain means ownership."

It is from the book, "Love's Body", which was written just before the 60's began to take hold, in 1966 to be exact, by Norman O. Brown. I had read it in the '70s, and certain parts still inhabit portions of my not nearly so protean mind. This was one of them.

But then, I found myself seeing how this "Cain means ownership" thing, could also explain many of the troubles currently infecting the globe. Not just Woody...who is an innocent victim of its clutches.

Cain, as the story goes, killed his brother, Abel. There are, though, various iterations of what actually happened, and what is to be taken from the story. Laurence Gardner, for instance, talks about Cain's having been spawned from a different confluence of parentage than Abel, and that he had descended from the Annunaki, and was thus superior, by birth, to his entirely earthly half-brother, Abel. Things like that.

And if this is to be taken to be the meaning that Norman Brown meant to convey, well then one must surmise that ownership is a right of children of Annunaki. Or maybe that these good folks have an onus to maintain the nouns of the earth. Something like that.

But I don't think he was talking about esoteric understanding of the story of Cain and Abel. I think he is talking about the undergraduate view of the story, namely that Cain slew Abel, bla bla bla... And in this view, it seems well to explain how we, as contemporary Westerners treat property. We will kill our brother for it and over it.

We at Anonymoses think this is a misprioritization. God's Children should always take precedence over Man's Things.

That said, I still don't know what to tell Woody...

FOX Smells Its Own Hole

FOX Smells Its Own Hole

You've seen Fahrenheit 9/11. Now watch the documentary that exposes FOX "News" for the pussilanimous, flag-waving pom-pom boy apologists and liars they are...

"OUTFOXED", by director Robert Greenwald is available for house parties, via MoveOn.org.

Go!

"Go F*ck Yourself, Dick Cheney."

"Go F*ck Yourself, Dick Cheney." Now, We Feel Better! -- A BuzzFlash Editorial

Americans are being Out-Foxed

Why "Americans" are so Goddam Stupid

"Turn Up the Heat" town meeting a massive success!

"Turn Up the Heat" town meeting a massive success! :
Michael Moore joined over 55,000 people in 4600 house parties stretching from Maine to Alaska. The result: MoveOn members committed to reaching out to hundreds of thousands of unregistered voters in key swing states on July 11. Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 is an incredibly powerful movie that lays bare the cynicism and greed behind Bush's war policy. And the astonishing and revealing footage in it has the power to change the course of the 2004 election.

Fahrenheit 911: Photographs from the Opening Weekend

Fahrenheit 911: Photographs from the Opening Weekend :

Fahrenheit 9/11: The 2nd viewing seals the deal

Fahrenheit 9/11: The 2nd viewing seals the deal

If you watch Moore's film twice, you will not be able to pull the lever for Bush...the images are too indelible.

As Bush falls, consumer confidence rises

As Bush falls, consumer confidence rises

Jack Mathews: Hide this, Bill O'Reilly

New York Daily News - Home - Jack Mathews: Hide this, Bill O'Reilly

More on the "Back-door draft"

CBS News | 'Back-Door Draft' Raises Questions | June 27, 2004?13:48:02

Save the FDR Dime and the JFK Half Dollar

Save the FDR Dime and the JFK Half Dollar from the fruitcakes who would replace the faces with those of Reagan and Tom Delay.

Fahrenheit 9/11 is already the highest grossing documentary of all time

Fahrenheit 9/11 is already the highest grossing documentary of all time

Fahrenheit is also the first documentary to land in the weekend top five, let alone be No. 1.

In terms of raw dollars, Fahrenheit is actually the biggest opening ever for a movie playing at less than 1,000 theaters, topping Rocky III's $12.4 million at 939 venues.

Bloomberg.com: Charlie Rose Show

Bloomberg.com: Charlie Rose Show

Charlie's best interview. Clinton's best interview.
Kudos to both...

Text of President Gore's June 24th Speech

Text of President Gore's June 24th Speech

Fun with 4-letter words

Fun with 4-letter words

Some days seem like they came from Hell...

Some contributions:
MAIL YOUR LOVE NOTE, WAIT FOUR DAYS, THEN OPEN YOUR GIFT.

SPIN WEBS THAT TRAP LIES.

WIDE SEAS CANT BANK THIS HEAT, THIS BURN, THIS FIRE THAT YOUR WORD DOTH FUEL.

MAKE LOVE WITH YOUR EYES // DIVE DEEP INTO MINE // MAKE LOVE WITH YOUR LIPS // DAMP WITH COOL WINE // MAKE LOVE WITH YOUR ARMS // WRAP, CURL, COIL, VINE.
-Kerri Quinton

THUS THEY THAT HOPE
MINE LIFE WITH WIFE
SEAS RAIN SKYS FLYS
DOWN DEEP FROM THEY CANT WEEP
STAR NITE MOON RAYS
WHAT SAYS THOU NAYS
DARK MAZE COOL HAZE
- Dan Jarman



WERE HERE FROM SALT LAKE CITY UTAH!
-unknown

Kim Sung Il dead because of our misguided administration

Some US businessmen get rich while people around the world are beheaded

Had the Bush Administration done it's homework, none of these people would have died. Nick Berg would still be alive. Kim Sung Il would still be alive.

How many more innocent people will have to be sacrificed to American greed, and the handful of people who are benefitting from this stupid, convenient "war"?

New Democrats: "What's new is seldom good..."

New Democrats Online: "What's new is seldom good..."


What's new is seldom good...
for if it is good, it is, but for a short time, new."
- Arthur Schopenhauer


In the book, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence", Bob Pirsig ruminates on the following anomaly of contemporary life:
People ask "What's new?"

Pirsig wondered why people didn't ask instead, "What's good?" "What is quality?"

It's time to start asking the question.

It's time for the DLC to start asking it as well...because some people are "New Democrats" just because they think newness is a virtue in and of itself. And it frankly ain't.

Do not confuse what is new with what is good, and remember Schopenhauer's words. For if you are new, you may not be much good for long.

What ain't good is the current administration, and much of what they stand for. It's going to take New Democrats, Old Democrats, Independents and quality-minded Republicans to unseat the misguided Mister Bush. We needn't squabble. But we do need to remember the good, and prize it.