"I thing we just saw the next President of the United States"
Help is on the way...
Don't just believe me, or your own eyes. Here is what some leading conservative bloggers are saying:
THE BLOG-SPIN: People I trust to be as honest as you can be - Mickey, Polipundit, Brookhiser, Drezner - lean toward arguing that Kerry won. I wonder what Hugh Hewitt and DailyKos thought. Just kidding. - Andrew Sullivan
Even the Bush inner circle admit that Bush did poorly. This is from the Right Wing Drudge Report:
Bush inner circle suggests Bush visit with Hurricane victims earlier in day was emotionally draining, contributed to "tired" appearance in debate...
But then again...you cannot trust Matt Drudge. A couple of days ago his headline read: ORANGE ALERT!
...and there was not an Orange Alert. He was talking about Kerry's make-up. This is irresponsible, since 85% of the people only read the headline.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Anonymoses' new poem debuts on Billy the Blogging Poet
The Virtual Poet Laureate of North Carolina, Billy the blogging poet (Jones) , has started a new feature on his awesome site. The Wednesday Guest Blogger Series. To kick off his new venture, Billy invited me to submit a poem or other written item...which I, miraculously, completed and submitted...and can be found here.
Rather than simply posting the poem, Billy went the extra mile and added a brief bio and some commentary. (Great job, Billy!).
The poem is called "The War Song of G. Dubya Bushrock", and is a BushWorld version of TS Eliot's classic Prufrock. Hope ya like it! I have to thank my old friend, Rob Urban, for turning me on to this poem back in the '70s, and for awakening in me a renewed interest in the poetic word. In one of Rob's poems, "Possibilities", he wrote of a future time where he drove a taxi in Manhattan. And now, 20 years later, he is indeed in Manhattan. But he is doing way better than he envisioned. He was also one of those brave souls who ran toward the WTC as it was crumbling down. And while he was inundated with dust and the smoke of death, he thankfully survived, and helped inform the world of what was happening. One of the heroes of that sad day.
I first met Billy Jones while attending an outstanding blogger conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, hosted and presented by blogmeisters Billy, Ed Cone, David Hoggard and Matt Gross, and attended by such giants as Eric Muller of IsThatLegal?, Ruby Sinreich, and, of course, Anonymoses -- who is, as you may not know...9 feet tall...standing on a car, and composed of pure energy. Our particularly deipnosophistic banter over plates of Thai creations was memorable and hopefully repeatable. Greensboro is becoming a major center of blogging, and I only wish they would come and give Charlotte a kickstart.
So head on over to Billy the Blogging Poet, and introduce yourself. Ye poets and bloggers will find a brother and kindred spirit.
UPDATE!
Reviews roll in...
This is the most brilliant f**king thing I have ever seen.
Rob Urban, Journalist
That was truly an amazing work of genius.
- Kevin Hayden, The American Street
Fantastic! Great work. TS would be proud.
Billy (the blogging poet) Jones
The knowing, the not knowing, the wishing we didn't, the agony of the dilemma, the cajoling of the mind to stick with something, the apathy, the resignation, yet the still searching for hope...all this and more you capture in your poem, Dave...the plight of us as humans in these present times. And, since we are all so intricately connected to each other ~ each of us carry within us the trials and tribulations of all...whether we realize it or not. Thank you for creating such poetry that allows us to "Feel" such Truth.
- Patty Ann Smith, Hope4America
A brilliant poem.
Iddybud
T.S. would be proud...and probably flattered.
Tom Priest
Rather than simply posting the poem, Billy went the extra mile and added a brief bio and some commentary. (Great job, Billy!).
The poem is called "The War Song of G. Dubya Bushrock", and is a BushWorld version of TS Eliot's classic Prufrock. Hope ya like it! I have to thank my old friend, Rob Urban, for turning me on to this poem back in the '70s, and for awakening in me a renewed interest in the poetic word. In one of Rob's poems, "Possibilities", he wrote of a future time where he drove a taxi in Manhattan. And now, 20 years later, he is indeed in Manhattan. But he is doing way better than he envisioned. He was also one of those brave souls who ran toward the WTC as it was crumbling down. And while he was inundated with dust and the smoke of death, he thankfully survived, and helped inform the world of what was happening. One of the heroes of that sad day.
I first met Billy Jones while attending an outstanding blogger conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, hosted and presented by blogmeisters Billy, Ed Cone, David Hoggard and Matt Gross, and attended by such giants as Eric Muller of IsThatLegal?, Ruby Sinreich, and, of course, Anonymoses -- who is, as you may not know...9 feet tall...standing on a car, and composed of pure energy. Our particularly deipnosophistic banter over plates of Thai creations was memorable and hopefully repeatable. Greensboro is becoming a major center of blogging, and I only wish they would come and give Charlotte a kickstart.
So head on over to Billy the Blogging Poet, and introduce yourself. Ye poets and bloggers will find a brother and kindred spirit.
UPDATE!
Reviews roll in...
This is the most brilliant f**king thing I have ever seen.
Rob Urban, Journalist
That was truly an amazing work of genius.
- Kevin Hayden, The American Street
Fantastic! Great work. TS would be proud.
Billy (the blogging poet) Jones
The knowing, the not knowing, the wishing we didn't, the agony of the dilemma, the cajoling of the mind to stick with something, the apathy, the resignation, yet the still searching for hope...all this and more you capture in your poem, Dave...the plight of us as humans in these present times. And, since we are all so intricately connected to each other ~ each of us carry within us the trials and tribulations of all...whether we realize it or not. Thank you for creating such poetry that allows us to "Feel" such Truth.
- Patty Ann Smith, Hope4America
A brilliant poem.
Iddybud
T.S. would be proud...and probably flattered.
Tom Priest
Monday, September 27, 2004
Are Bush and Kerry really Goofus and Gallant?
GOOFUS AND GALLANT
Goofus wants to make everyone hate his country.
Gallant wants to make friends around the world.
Goofus turns his back on the poor.
Gallant listens to the poor, and tries to help them.
Goofus likes to blow up things.
Gallant likes to help keep his house in order.
Goofus is basically a racist and a sexist.
Gallant identifies with all of humanity.
Goofus would choose someone like Dick Cheney to be his partner.
Gallant would choose someone like John Edwards to be his partner.
The similarities are uncanny.
Do you have any more?
Feel free to comment!
411blog.net: Where bloggers and journalists come together.
This service exists to create a constructive, symbiotic relationship between blogging and traditional forms of journalism.
Among those listed are these:
Rhetoric and Democracy
the chutry experiment
(Thanks to Lex Alexander and Blog on the Run.)
Among those listed are these:
Rhetoric and Democracy
the chutry experiment
(Thanks to Lex Alexander and Blog on the Run.)
Evangelists do more than lay people
Evangelical Christians now control the Republican Party, says Evangelical Christian, Jerry Falwell.
WASHINGTON – The Rev. Jerry Falwell said yesterday that evangelical Christians, after nearly 25 years of increasing political activism, now control the Republican Party and the fate of President Bush in the November election.
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WASHINGTON – The Rev. Jerry Falwell said yesterday that evangelical Christians, after nearly 25 years of increasing political activism, now control the Republican Party and the fate of President Bush in the November election.
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Sunday, September 26, 2004
3 Giants Against Bush's War: Diana, John-John & Paul
Who could have prevented Bush's War from ever being allowed?
Princess Diana, John Kennedy Jr.(who would have been Gore's running mate, not war hawk Lieberman), and Paul Wellstone.
What a freaking coincidence! Three of our most beloved.
And it only gets worse from there.
Welcome to BushWorld!
Where Bush gets what Bush wants.
Like God.
Like the Devil.
When will George's misprisions make their return call?
Must all our beloved be taken?
Fire Bush.
He is not a nice man.
Princess Diana, John Kennedy Jr.(who would have been Gore's running mate, not war hawk Lieberman), and Paul Wellstone.
What a freaking coincidence! Three of our most beloved.
And it only gets worse from there.
Welcome to BushWorld!
Where Bush gets what Bush wants.
Like God.
Like the Devil.
When will George's misprisions make their return call?
Must all our beloved be taken?
Fire Bush.
He is not a nice man.
Elizabeth Edwards: First blogger in the White House
Elizabeth Edwards on Blogging
First, on blogging, a couple of notes. Read Kos and found out about the NY Times piece on blogging -- thorough piece. I have traveled this road so long moving with the masters (in order to read them) from the acidic edge of newsgroups to the more definitive personalities of blogs. Today, too, Ed Cone's blog sent me to Mr. Sun (a new one for me) who was commenting on the (Greensboro) News and Record blog. He wrote, and it is true about this blog as well: "The blogs sound like the people I choose as friends: smart, informed, funny, curious, and imperfect." The genius of it is completely captured there. Even coverage by the NYT won't change 'em.
From Daily Kos (on NY Times on Daily Kos)
Moulitsas's site, Daily Kos, teems with information -- sophisticated analysis of poll numbers, crystal-ball babble, links to Senate, House and governor ''outlook charts.'' But what pulls you in is not the data; it's his voice. He's cruel and superior, and he knows his side is going to win.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Bushitler: The Serpent's Egg
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany...
MORE
Friday, September 24, 2004
Progressive Blogging
Why blogging is not for the conservative of heart.
by Anonymoses Hyperlincoln III
(in progress)
[NOTES]
Ruminiate this!
Martin Wisse
Progressive Gold: The Best of the Left
Blue Lemur: A free Progressive Blogging Community
by Anonymoses Hyperlincoln III
(in progress)
[NOTES]
Ruminiate this!
Martin Wisse
Progressive Gold: The Best of the Left
Blue Lemur: A free Progressive Blogging Community
How Bush Terrorized America into War on Iraq in order to seize their Oil & Assets for Cheney & Friends
There's something almost obscene about a map that was studied by senior Bush administration officials and a select group of oil company executives meeting in secret in the spring of 2001. It doesn't show the kind of detail normally shown on maps - cities, towns, regions. Rather its detail is all about Iraq's oil.
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Another interesting task force document, also released under court order over the opposition of the Bush administration, was a two-page chart titled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfields." It identifies 63 oil companies from 30 countries and specifies which Iraqi oil fields each company is interested in and the status of the company's negotiations with Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Yet the documents suggest that those who took part in the Cheney task force - including senior oil company executives - were very interested in Iraq's oil and specifically in the danger of it falling into the hands of eager foreign oil companies, rather than into the rightful hands of eager U.S. oil companies.
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It seems likely then that Big Oil, through the Cheney task force, was involved in discussions with the administration about getting control of oil in Iraq. Since Big Oil has sought to distance itself from the administration's decision to invade Iraq, this apparent involvement helps explain the otherwise baffling level of secrecy surrounding the task force.
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It's also noteworthy that one person - Dick Cheney - was pivotal both in advancing the administration's plans for regime change in Iraq and in formulating U.S. energy policy.
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Another interesting task force document, also released under court order over the opposition of the Bush administration, was a two-page chart titled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfields." It identifies 63 oil companies from 30 countries and specifies which Iraqi oil fields each company is interested in and the status of the company's negotiations with Saddam Hussein's regime.
...
Yet the documents suggest that those who took part in the Cheney task force - including senior oil company executives - were very interested in Iraq's oil and specifically in the danger of it falling into the hands of eager foreign oil companies, rather than into the rightful hands of eager U.S. oil companies.
...
It seems likely then that Big Oil, through the Cheney task force, was involved in discussions with the administration about getting control of oil in Iraq. Since Big Oil has sought to distance itself from the administration's decision to invade Iraq, this apparent involvement helps explain the otherwise baffling level of secrecy surrounding the task force.
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It's also noteworthy that one person - Dick Cheney - was pivotal both in advancing the administration's plans for regime change in Iraq and in formulating U.S. energy policy.
MORE
Michael Moore Speaks to Syracuse Crowd of 10,000
It was a big night for fans of Michael Moore in Syracuse last night. Moore spoke to a sold-out crowd of 10,000 at the Carrier Dome. Two large video screens flashed a video of John Ashcroft singing “Let the Eagle Soar” and Michael Moore appeared in jeans, black T-shirt, and a red baseball cap with an American flag on the front.
- (Iddybud guest blogging at American Street)
- (Iddybud guest blogging at American Street)
Catching up on the news...
A few windows I have yet to close:
"Similar to sugar pill"
The Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly urged antidepressant manufacturers not to disclose to physicians and the public that some clinical trials of the medications in children found the drugs were no better than sugar pills, according to documents and testimony released at a congressional hearing yesterday.
The Jewish Vote comes home to Kerry
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) is gaining support among Jewish voters as growing numbers disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, according to a poll commissioned by the American Jewish Committee.
Village Voice on Roger Stone
Roger Stone spearheaded the pro-Bush mob shutdown of the Miami/Dade recount in 2000.
Polis is a blogger from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Good stuff!
Bush takes the bait
Bravo to John's offensive on Iraq. He has re-framed this debate for what it really is: a trade-off between Saddam in power and the chaotic, terrorist incubator it now is. This is an answer to Bush's "I'm against evil you're for it" scenario. It's something Americans can instinctively understand; we've been living in the same world with dictators forever, even helping them, as in: Saddam. Once Bush's foolishly simplistic worldview is challenged, the rest comes tumbling down. The trick is to say it in ways that busy people working three jobs can quickly grasp, and to keep the focus on serious doubters in Bush's own party, like Chuck Hagel and Doug Bereuter, in every single press release.
Bush's 'Transformational' Democracy
George W. Bush’s advisers call him “a transformational president,” meaning that they believe his election to a second term on Nov. 2 will cement Republican political control for the foreseeable future. Some outsiders might consider the boast hyperbole, but this prediction of conservative hegemony should not be underestimated.
Captain Obvious: The website that's almost as evil as President Bush, but so much smarter.
"Similar to sugar pill"
The Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly urged antidepressant manufacturers not to disclose to physicians and the public that some clinical trials of the medications in children found the drugs were no better than sugar pills, according to documents and testimony released at a congressional hearing yesterday.
The Jewish Vote comes home to Kerry
Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) is gaining support among Jewish voters as growing numbers disapprove of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, according to a poll commissioned by the American Jewish Committee.
Village Voice on Roger Stone
Roger Stone spearheaded the pro-Bush mob shutdown of the Miami/Dade recount in 2000.
Polis is a blogger from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Good stuff!
Bush takes the bait
Bravo to John's offensive on Iraq. He has re-framed this debate for what it really is: a trade-off between Saddam in power and the chaotic, terrorist incubator it now is. This is an answer to Bush's "I'm against evil you're for it" scenario. It's something Americans can instinctively understand; we've been living in the same world with dictators forever, even helping them, as in: Saddam. Once Bush's foolishly simplistic worldview is challenged, the rest comes tumbling down. The trick is to say it in ways that busy people working three jobs can quickly grasp, and to keep the focus on serious doubters in Bush's own party, like Chuck Hagel and Doug Bereuter, in every single press release.
Bush's 'Transformational' Democracy
George W. Bush’s advisers call him “a transformational president,” meaning that they believe his election to a second term on Nov. 2 will cement Republican political control for the foreseeable future. Some outsiders might consider the boast hyperbole, but this prediction of conservative hegemony should not be underestimated.
Captain Obvious: The website that's almost as evil as President Bush, but so much smarter.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
John Edwards: Smart, Sexy, Pure
Vote for us and the world celebrates.
Vote for them and the world mourns.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
"the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity is the worst national catastrophe in American history"
PLAME
by Michael Carmichael for Political Junkies
Whitley Streiber is a novelist and a non-fiction author of some very popular books. In his essay, A National Catastrophe, Streiber deduces that the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity as a NOC (no official cover) agent of the CIA is the worst national catastrophe in American history.His final two paragraphs explore the motivations for this crime, and he concludes that the criminal who leaked her name is either a psychopath hell bent on initiating a nuclear Armageddon or a cynical and vindictive sociopath who deserves a severe dose of whatever is left of American justice.
Excerpts from Mr. Streiber:
The outing of Valerie Plame in the column of Robert Novak has now led to the resignation of Jim Pavitt from the CIA. Mr. Pavitt was Valerie Plame’s superior. His work has been devastated by this catastrophic security leak, and he has apparently chosen to resign as a result. The announcement of his retirement is the tip of an iceberg of national disaster.
Don’t believe for a moment the rantings of lying radio hosts about this case. Valerie Plame was no small fish. The revelation of her name is, in fact, the most serious intelligence disaster in the history of this country.
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The rumor mill also has it that Karl Rove and Dick Cheney may be indicted in the matter.
Of course, this is a partisan time, so there’s no way of telling how true such rumors are. In any case, it doesn’t matter. The grand jury apparently has the name of the individual or individuals responsible. It is to be hoped that, if found guilty, no matter how high they may be, the people responsible be made to suffer the maximum penalty for the horrific crime they have committed. – Whitley Strieber
by Michael Carmichael for Political Junkies
Whitley Streiber is a novelist and a non-fiction author of some very popular books. In his essay, A National Catastrophe, Streiber deduces that the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity as a NOC (no official cover) agent of the CIA is the worst national catastrophe in American history.His final two paragraphs explore the motivations for this crime, and he concludes that the criminal who leaked her name is either a psychopath hell bent on initiating a nuclear Armageddon or a cynical and vindictive sociopath who deserves a severe dose of whatever is left of American justice.
Excerpts from Mr. Streiber:
The outing of Valerie Plame in the column of Robert Novak has now led to the resignation of Jim Pavitt from the CIA. Mr. Pavitt was Valerie Plame’s superior. His work has been devastated by this catastrophic security leak, and he has apparently chosen to resign as a result. The announcement of his retirement is the tip of an iceberg of national disaster.
Don’t believe for a moment the rantings of lying radio hosts about this case. Valerie Plame was no small fish. The revelation of her name is, in fact, the most serious intelligence disaster in the history of this country.
...
The rumor mill also has it that Karl Rove and Dick Cheney may be indicted in the matter.
Of course, this is a partisan time, so there’s no way of telling how true such rumors are. In any case, it doesn’t matter. The grand jury apparently has the name of the individual or individuals responsible. It is to be hoped that, if found guilty, no matter how high they may be, the people responsible be made to suffer the maximum penalty for the horrific crime they have committed. – Whitley Strieber
States Writes: a Progressive Peer Directory from The American Street
Research links to mass media & blog sources in all states. Swing states - won by less than 55% of thepopular vote in 2000 - are highlighted, with cumulative Gore and Nader vote totals defined as Dems.State newspapers are generally listed in order of city size, but capital city papers and highly regardedpublications may supersede that order. Blogs without postings after 1 July 2004 were screened out.
These are the sites listed from North Carolina:
Monkey Media Report The Political Junkies EDCONE.COM: Word Up Deride and Conquer collective sigh Stand Tall anonyMoses APOSTROPHER Carolina Progressive Blog on the Run Ruby's Rants & Randomness a complete bunch of pants reason and radical Blue North Carolina CAROLINA JOURNAL ONLINE I respectfully dissent Brian's Slightly Left-of-Center Blog SCRUTINY HOOLIGANS the COMMON SENSE FOUNDATION notes from underground - societal whispers
These are the sites listed from North Carolina:
Monkey Media Report The Political Junkies EDCONE.COM: Word Up Deride and Conquer collective sigh Stand Tall anonyMoses APOSTROPHER Carolina Progressive Blog on the Run Ruby's Rants & Randomness a complete bunch of pants reason and radical Blue North Carolina CAROLINA JOURNAL ONLINE I respectfully dissent Brian's Slightly Left-of-Center Blog SCRUTINY HOOLIGANS the COMMON SENSE FOUNDATION notes from underground - societal whispers
"That is, anybody with a computer and a modem can be a blogger, and any blogger can be a media-player."
Wither the Newtwork "News"
Network News: Too Little, Too Late
Newsweek on the eventual collapse of a dinosaur.
Network News: Too Little, Too Late
Newsweek on the eventual collapse of a dinosaur.
Monday, September 20, 2004
How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics by Calvert Watkins
Occasionally, I like to see what my old professors are up to. One of my favorites was Cal Watkins, who taught a course in Indo-European, among other things. Who would have thought, at the time, how valuable it would be...even, and especially, in genealogical research.
Here is one of more recent endeavors, called How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics. Cannot wait to get a copy!
Here are some of the reader comments:
AWESOME & EXHAUSTIVE MASTERPIECE
This vast tome is a masterpiece of comparative Indo-European poetics. It investigates the nature, form and function of poetic expression and ancient literature among an impressive variety of Indio-European peoples. The author uses the traditional comparative method to identify the genetic intertextuality of particular themes and formulas common to all the daughter languages of ancient Indo-European. The work comprises seven sections and 59 chapters.
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This work is an opus magnum, and it took me months to read it. Even so, I cannot claim to have grasped all the complexities of the fascinating text in which more than 30 familiar and obscure languages are quoted. I strongly recommend this masterpiece to those interested in ancient history, language and its structure, and to literary critics.
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Your first impression will involve picking your jaw up off the floor.
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A stunning achievement...
I haven't read this book, not really.. How could I? The author cheerfully quotes about fifty of the major Indo-European languages over an historical span of some 5,000 years. The Greek is in Greek (which I can barely spell) and (if you are like me) your knowledge of Luvian, Old German, and Sanskrit is probably a little bit rusty.
Nevertheless, it is absolutely one of the most fascinating books I have ever had in my hands. It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "tour de force."
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If you have not read the works of Professor Watkins, and you have an interest in languages, poetry or genealogy...let me not hesitate in recommending him.
You may also find his works, used, here.
If you happen to have an American Heritage Dictionary sitting around...look in the back and front for articles by Professor Watkins on Indo-European languages, as well as a reduced Indo-European dictionary...which is in the back of many editions.
Here is one of more recent endeavors, called How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics. Cannot wait to get a copy!
Here are some of the reader comments:
AWESOME & EXHAUSTIVE MASTERPIECE
This vast tome is a masterpiece of comparative Indo-European poetics. It investigates the nature, form and function of poetic expression and ancient literature among an impressive variety of Indio-European peoples. The author uses the traditional comparative method to identify the genetic intertextuality of particular themes and formulas common to all the daughter languages of ancient Indo-European. The work comprises seven sections and 59 chapters.
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This work is an opus magnum, and it took me months to read it. Even so, I cannot claim to have grasped all the complexities of the fascinating text in which more than 30 familiar and obscure languages are quoted. I strongly recommend this masterpiece to those interested in ancient history, language and its structure, and to literary critics.
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Your first impression will involve picking your jaw up off the floor.
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A stunning achievement...
I haven't read this book, not really.. How could I? The author cheerfully quotes about fifty of the major Indo-European languages over an historical span of some 5,000 years. The Greek is in Greek (which I can barely spell) and (if you are like me) your knowledge of Luvian, Old German, and Sanskrit is probably a little bit rusty.
Nevertheless, it is absolutely one of the most fascinating books I have ever had in my hands. It gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "tour de force."
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If you have not read the works of Professor Watkins, and you have an interest in languages, poetry or genealogy...let me not hesitate in recommending him.
You may also find his works, used, here.
If you happen to have an American Heritage Dictionary sitting around...look in the back and front for articles by Professor Watkins on Indo-European languages, as well as a reduced Indo-European dictionary...which is in the back of many editions.
Eugene Armstrong beheaded
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong. The militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage - either an American or a Briton - would be killed in 24 hours.
The grisly decapitation was the latest killing in a particularly violent month in Iraq, with more than 300 people dead in insurgent attacks and U.S. military strikes over the past seven days. Earlier Monday, gunmen in Baghdad assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group that has served as a mediator to release hostages.
The grisly decapitation was the latest killing in a particularly violent month in Iraq, with more than 300 people dead in insurgent attacks and U.S. military strikes over the past seven days. Earlier Monday, gunmen in Baghdad assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group that has served as a mediator to release hostages.
Bush and Abel: Ownership Society & The Cainization of America
George W. Bush is MegaCain. He kills many people's brothers. Well...he has others do it for him.
And now he is calling for an "Ownership Society". As Norman O. Brown once pointed out..."Cain means Ownership".
Are you a Cain or an Abel?
You needn't be either.
Bush is a Cain.
Vote for Cain if you must. But know that blood is on your hands.
Lots of it.
The Bible teaches lessons. Whether or not you learn the lessons is up to you.
Here are some thoughts I had on the matter, prior to hearing of Bush's new designs.
(unformatted)
None Dare Call it Armageddon
None dare call it crusades, None dare call it Armageddon...
Time for a little peace, love and truth-tellingI just watched a History Channel video on The Crusades, just to gain a little information on that period for a dollar...the rental charge on the video.Turns out Damascus played an important role. I flash forward to the present news of Israel bombing Damascus and shake my head. Will this madness ever cease? Why can't we all just get along? Is God that deranged that he or she would not allow a sort of wise tolerance to enter into the souls of these endlessly warring peoples? I googlesearch the matter and stumble upon a page which bears this quote:The Prophet (pbuh) said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the Armageddon (al-Malhamah, the great war) will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Sham. (Abu-Dawud)...this makes me feel no better. No better at all. Even a little anxious. Bush's poll numbers are falling, badly, and when that happens...someone has to be kicked. Kicking dogs is illegal. Vicariousness is an intriguing concept, and one wonders if such things do not still go on among world leaders. We don't need no stinking religious war or religious victory. Blessed the peacemakers. All people are created equal. It is the handful who act otherwise. And sadly, it is that handful that currently rule the world.If mothers ruled the world, less children would die.Women...rise. Gaia is calling her daughters to save her from the rapists and child-killers. Sheesh! And to think Google caused all this!Let us make a detour around Armageddon. Let our children live.Winning is not everything. Possession is overrated. Cain means ownership.Peace is disarming.
FADE TO BLACK
Posted by: HyperLincoln / 10/7/2003 10:13:30 PM
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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, CommonwealThe 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...
Posted by: HyperLincoln / 7/1/2004 02:47:11 PM
And now he is calling for an "Ownership Society". As Norman O. Brown once pointed out..."Cain means Ownership".
Are you a Cain or an Abel?
You needn't be either.
Bush is a Cain.
Vote for Cain if you must. But know that blood is on your hands.
Lots of it.
The Bible teaches lessons. Whether or not you learn the lessons is up to you.
Here are some thoughts I had on the matter, prior to hearing of Bush's new designs.
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None Dare Call it Armageddon
None dare call it crusades, None dare call it Armageddon...
Time for a little peace, love and truth-tellingI just watched a History Channel video on The Crusades, just to gain a little information on that period for a dollar...the rental charge on the video.Turns out Damascus played an important role. I flash forward to the present news of Israel bombing Damascus and shake my head. Will this madness ever cease? Why can't we all just get along? Is God that deranged that he or she would not allow a sort of wise tolerance to enter into the souls of these endlessly warring peoples? I googlesearch the matter and stumble upon a page which bears this quote:The Prophet (pbuh) said: The place of assembly of the Muslims at the time of the Armageddon (al-Malhamah, the great war) will be in al-Ghutah near a city called Damascus, one of the best cities in Sham. (Abu-Dawud)...this makes me feel no better. No better at all. Even a little anxious. Bush's poll numbers are falling, badly, and when that happens...someone has to be kicked. Kicking dogs is illegal. Vicariousness is an intriguing concept, and one wonders if such things do not still go on among world leaders. We don't need no stinking religious war or religious victory. Blessed the peacemakers. All people are created equal. It is the handful who act otherwise. And sadly, it is that handful that currently rule the world.If mothers ruled the world, less children would die.Women...rise. Gaia is calling her daughters to save her from the rapists and child-killers. Sheesh! And to think Google caused all this!Let us make a detour around Armageddon. Let our children live.Winning is not everything. Possession is overrated. Cain means ownership.Peace is disarming.
FADE TO BLACK
Posted by: HyperLincoln / 10/7/2003 10:13:30 PM
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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, CommonwealThe 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...
Posted by: HyperLincoln / 7/1/2004 02:47:11 PM
CBS admits errors. When will FOX, NBC, ABC, etc.?
The one network that has the nuts to stand up to power made mistakes, and admits it. The other networks and news orgs are essentially PR tools for power. When will they admit their errors?
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Government Insider Says Bush Authorized 911 Attacks
or how to turn the U.S. into a presidential dictatorship by manufacturing a bogus Pearl Harbor event
"This (9/11) was all planned. This was a government-ordered operation. Bush personally signed the order. He personally authorized the attacks. He is guilty of treason and mass murder." --Stanley Hilton
Stanley Hilton was a senior advisor to Sen Bob Dole (R) and has personally known Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz for decades. This courageous man has risked his professional reputation, and possibly his life, to get this information out to people
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Stanley Hilton falls on a hand grenade for America
From William Rivers Pitt, 2002
Truthseeker interview with Mr. Hilton on Sept. 10, 2004
Stanley Hilton Sues Bush Cabal for 9-11 Conspiracy
Mike Ruppert Names Cheney Prime Suspect in 9/11
FBI Conspiracy Cover Up by 9/11 Commission by SIBEL EDMONDS
Dov Zakheim: The Mastermind Behind 9/11? by STEPHEN ST. JOHN
What? And Why? The 9/ 11 Conspiracy Continues... by JOHN KAMINSKI
EXCERPT:
I've said it over and over. The US government planned, executed, and then covered up the 9/11 caper, covered it up with layers of clumsy lies and false leads, like pseudo hijackers with phony names and heartwrenching cellphone calls that couldn't have possibly been made. As Barb Honegger recently wrote on the Conspiracy Planet website, they covered it up by piggybacking the whole plot on a military exercise that was being conducted that very day, so that the air defenses would hesitate intercepting the hijacked airliners, so that the practice exercise could become real, and the rich oil pigs could get their way playing hog-in-trough with all the coins in the U.S. Treasury."
"9/11 was no attack by Islamic malcontents. It was a deliberately scripted terror event to turn America into a police state and simultaneously make billions of dollars for the richest people in the world, some of whom live in this country, many of whom live in Europe, Arabia and elsewhere. They were the same friends of the Bush family who stole all those treasures from the Iraqi museum."
"This (9/11) was all planned. This was a government-ordered operation. Bush personally signed the order. He personally authorized the attacks. He is guilty of treason and mass murder." --Stanley Hilton
Stanley Hilton was a senior advisor to Sen Bob Dole (R) and has personally known Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz for decades. This courageous man has risked his professional reputation, and possibly his life, to get this information out to people
MORE
Stanley Hilton falls on a hand grenade for America
From William Rivers Pitt, 2002
Truthseeker interview with Mr. Hilton on Sept. 10, 2004
Stanley Hilton Sues Bush Cabal for 9-11 Conspiracy
Mike Ruppert Names Cheney Prime Suspect in 9/11
FBI Conspiracy Cover Up by 9/11 Commission by SIBEL EDMONDS
Dov Zakheim: The Mastermind Behind 9/11? by STEPHEN ST. JOHN
What? And Why? The 9/ 11 Conspiracy Continues... by JOHN KAMINSKI
EXCERPT:
I've said it over and over. The US government planned, executed, and then covered up the 9/11 caper, covered it up with layers of clumsy lies and false leads, like pseudo hijackers with phony names and heartwrenching cellphone calls that couldn't have possibly been made. As Barb Honegger recently wrote on the Conspiracy Planet website, they covered it up by piggybacking the whole plot on a military exercise that was being conducted that very day, so that the air defenses would hesitate intercepting the hijacked airliners, so that the practice exercise could become real, and the rich oil pigs could get their way playing hog-in-trough with all the coins in the U.S. Treasury."
"9/11 was no attack by Islamic malcontents. It was a deliberately scripted terror event to turn America into a police state and simultaneously make billions of dollars for the richest people in the world, some of whom live in this country, many of whom live in Europe, Arabia and elsewhere. They were the same friends of the Bush family who stole all those treasures from the Iraqi museum."
Tipping Point: Bush Bad for Business Bottom Line
Whilst perusing Daily Kos, I ran across a discussion on how bad things will suddenly become if Bush is "re-elected".
Here is a point I made. Tell me if I am wrong!
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Tipping Point: Bush Bad for Business Bottom Line
"It's the world, stupid!"
We are all in concurrence here, I believe. And I also believe this is the biggest issue of all, ultimately.
Business is starting to catch on too. And I think it might well prove to be the tipping point. Businessmen and women are ashamed to say they are American. They call themselves Canadians...perhaps thinking of the future.And when the world hates you...your bottom line suffers, if not your very existence.
This is what should be talked about in the Big Media...because they too are going to suffer by having dwindling world opportunities.
-anonyMoses
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Many a poor man and woman lament the plight of those even less fortunate around the globe. They can hear the cries.
But when Business begins to listen to the World -- even if only for their own self-interest -- major changes may more rapidly occur. Let us hope we can spare the world of more of the same, nay, worse. And may we spare ourselves of the world's wrath at our poor judgement.
Here is a point I made. Tell me if I am wrong!
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Tipping Point: Bush Bad for Business Bottom Line
"It's the world, stupid!"
We are all in concurrence here, I believe. And I also believe this is the biggest issue of all, ultimately.
Business is starting to catch on too. And I think it might well prove to be the tipping point. Businessmen and women are ashamed to say they are American. They call themselves Canadians...perhaps thinking of the future.And when the world hates you...your bottom line suffers, if not your very existence.
This is what should be talked about in the Big Media...because they too are going to suffer by having dwindling world opportunities.
-anonyMoses
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Many a poor man and woman lament the plight of those even less fortunate around the globe. They can hear the cries.
But when Business begins to listen to the World -- even if only for their own self-interest -- major changes may more rapidly occur. Let us hope we can spare the world of more of the same, nay, worse. And may we spare ourselves of the world's wrath at our poor judgement.
Kerry '04: Because World Democracy is Vital
Kerry/Edwards: Spreading Democracy the Right Way
Do we want to spread democracy around the world, as George W. Bush has claimed?
If the answer is YES...the question then becomes:
What is the fastest way to achieve it?
Here's how...
Honor the votes and wishes of the world.
Well, the world has spoken, and the message is overwhelming and clear.
The world wants John Kerry to be the leader of the free world.
NOT George W. Bush.
In all the countries except three very small countries,
John Kerry was who they would vote for.
And these include our strongest allies.
The message is clear.
It was a landslide.
Trust Democracy. Trust the people of the world.
And trust John Kerry and the Democrats to restore America's trust and respect in the world community.
Vote KERRY/EDWARDS this November.
Do we want to spread democracy around the world, as George W. Bush has claimed?
If the answer is YES...the question then becomes:
What is the fastest way to achieve it?
Here's how...
Honor the votes and wishes of the world.
Well, the world has spoken, and the message is overwhelming and clear.
The world wants John Kerry to be the leader of the free world.
NOT George W. Bush.
In all the countries except three very small countries,
John Kerry was who they would vote for.
And these include our strongest allies.
The message is clear.
It was a landslide.
Trust Democracy. Trust the people of the world.
And trust John Kerry and the Democrats to restore America's trust and respect in the world community.
Vote KERRY/EDWARDS this November.
Saturday, September 18, 2004
anonyMoses predicted Iraq Water War back in May
On one of my "dump blogs" called "NUCULUS" (as yet developed), I predicted there would be a war over water in Iraq.
Well, here it comes...
Well, here it comes...
BUSH: "You're Gonna Get Drafted"
Dave Johnson at Seeing the Forest wrote a piece for us to share with our younger citizens. (via Matt Gross)
Distribute widely...
The Draft – A Reason to Vote if You’re Under 30
You already blew it: You didn't vote last time, or voted for Nader or Bush, and now you're gonna get drafted. There's no way around it now, the draft is almost a certainty.
You're hearing about Reserve and National Guard units being called up, and about people not allowed to leave the military even though their term is up. Have you thought about what this means to you? You KNOW this means they're having trouble finding enough soldiers to go to Iraq, right? Of course Bush doesn’t want to start the draft BEFORE the election. Duh! But what do you think happens the day AFTER the election?
I repeat, they are having trouble finding enough soldiers to go to Iraq. Think about it. Right, you're gonna get drafted.
Or, maybe you think they can't do that? Maybe you think the draft doesn't happen in America. Maybe you think they can't just grab your ass up off the street, stick a rifle in your hands and send you off to war? Of course not, that NEVER happens. Right.
WAR. Yes, that word. The word you have been hearing from Bush’s lips for months now. "I'm a WAR president", he says. Well, what did you think war MEANS? Somebody ELSE’S war? Did you think it means you get to watch a TV show with planes and stuff?
No, WAR means young people getting grabbed up off the street and sent off to fight. That. Is. What. War. Is.
And, by the way, women and students are NOT going to be exempt this time. Maybe not even rich kids. ONLY the children of politicians will be exempt. THIS TIME.
So, are you finally ready to do something about it THIS TIME? Which candidate do you think is more likely to grab your ass off the street and send it to Iraq? Which candidate do you think is more likely to start a war with Iran, or Syria, or maybe even North Korea? Like Bush says, we're at war, and that's the issue in this election. Well, THAT’S what you should be thinking about THIS TIME.
So vote. THIS TIME.
Distribute widely...
The Draft – A Reason to Vote if You’re Under 30
You already blew it: You didn't vote last time, or voted for Nader or Bush, and now you're gonna get drafted. There's no way around it now, the draft is almost a certainty.
You're hearing about Reserve and National Guard units being called up, and about people not allowed to leave the military even though their term is up. Have you thought about what this means to you? You KNOW this means they're having trouble finding enough soldiers to go to Iraq, right? Of course Bush doesn’t want to start the draft BEFORE the election. Duh! But what do you think happens the day AFTER the election?
I repeat, they are having trouble finding enough soldiers to go to Iraq. Think about it. Right, you're gonna get drafted.
Or, maybe you think they can't do that? Maybe you think the draft doesn't happen in America. Maybe you think they can't just grab your ass up off the street, stick a rifle in your hands and send you off to war? Of course not, that NEVER happens. Right.
WAR. Yes, that word. The word you have been hearing from Bush’s lips for months now. "I'm a WAR president", he says. Well, what did you think war MEANS? Somebody ELSE’S war? Did you think it means you get to watch a TV show with planes and stuff?
No, WAR means young people getting grabbed up off the street and sent off to fight. That. Is. What. War. Is.
And, by the way, women and students are NOT going to be exempt this time. Maybe not even rich kids. ONLY the children of politicians will be exempt. THIS TIME.
So, are you finally ready to do something about it THIS TIME? Which candidate do you think is more likely to grab your ass off the street and send it to Iraq? Which candidate do you think is more likely to start a war with Iran, or Syria, or maybe even North Korea? Like Bush says, we're at war, and that's the issue in this election. Well, THAT’S what you should be thinking about THIS TIME.
So vote. THIS TIME.
Friday, September 17, 2004
Bush/Cheney & The Nightly News: Too little too late
What do the Bush/Cheney administration have in common with the Nightly News?
In a phrase: "Too little, too late."
After three years of sluggish incompetence, the Bush/Cheney administration is trying to calim any recent uptick as proof of their good works. But it is too little, too late.
The Nightly News, bless their hearts, has 15 or 20 minutes to funnel the world into a news capsule for popular consumption. But invariably it is too little, too late.
And they waste their 15 minutes on Michael Jackson and poorly cloaked pharmaceutical ads deguised as news.
In a phrase: "Too little, too late."
After three years of sluggish incompetence, the Bush/Cheney administration is trying to calim any recent uptick as proof of their good works. But it is too little, too late.
The Nightly News, bless their hearts, has 15 or 20 minutes to funnel the world into a news capsule for popular consumption. But invariably it is too little, too late.
And they waste their 15 minutes on Michael Jackson and poorly cloaked pharmaceutical ads deguised as news.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Kerry/Edwards: Code Green
Kerry/Edwards will return America to Code Green,
a place it has never been under Bush.
One might even think he profits from it
being that way.
John Kerry knows that a fear-free society
is a healthy society.
And the health of the citizens
come before the wealth of the few
who would exploit fear
for financial gain.
And John Kerry knows that,
just like under Clinton,
America can live in a green world,
and not a code red, yellow or orange.
There is simply no reason why a farmer in Iowa
should have to live in fear,
when the likelihood for terror
happening in his fields
is actually zero.
Choose hope, not fear.
Choose John Kerry and John Edwards.
They will make America safer
and healthier,
and will get America's financial house in order.
You can help.
Learn how at JohnKerry.com.
a place it has never been under Bush.
One might even think he profits from it
being that way.
John Kerry knows that a fear-free society
is a healthy society.
And the health of the citizens
come before the wealth of the few
who would exploit fear
for financial gain.
And John Kerry knows that,
just like under Clinton,
America can live in a green world,
and not a code red, yellow or orange.
There is simply no reason why a farmer in Iowa
should have to live in fear,
when the likelihood for terror
happening in his fields
is actually zero.
Choose hope, not fear.
Choose John Kerry and John Edwards.
They will make America safer
and healthier,
and will get America's financial house in order.
You can help.
Learn how at JohnKerry.com.
[This ad was written by Anonymoses Hyperlincoln, and may be used freely.]
Bush will burn your passport...
...and kill your business.
The World Likes Americans, but dislikes Bush.
If we re-elect Bush, the world will dislike Americans too.
Want to go overseas?
Want to do business overseas?
If your answer is YES...
Vote for John Kerry.
Show the World that we care what they think.
You do not have to burn your passport.
You can travel and do business overseas.
It's easier if you are welcome there.
Bush has sadly made us unwelcome.
And to rehire him would spell universal unwelcome.
Think outside the box.
Travel outside the box.
Vote John Kerry in November.
Give yourself a passport to the world.
We can repair the damage.
It's as simple as a vote.
Vote wisely.
Indeed, vote worldly.
Vote Kerry/Edwards in November.
The future is our friend.
And Peace is better than War.
The World Likes Americans, but dislikes Bush.
If we re-elect Bush, the world will dislike Americans too.
Want to go overseas?
Want to do business overseas?
If your answer is YES...
Vote for John Kerry.
Show the World that we care what they think.
You do not have to burn your passport.
You can travel and do business overseas.
It's easier if you are welcome there.
Bush has sadly made us unwelcome.
And to rehire him would spell universal unwelcome.
Think outside the box.
Travel outside the box.
Vote John Kerry in November.
Give yourself a passport to the world.
We can repair the damage.
It's as simple as a vote.
Vote wisely.
Indeed, vote worldly.
Vote Kerry/Edwards in November.
The future is our friend.
And Peace is better than War.
[This ad was written by Anonymoses Hyperlincoln, and may be used free of charge.]
RNC to change name to RNBC
Republicans Not Colored (RNC) have decided to absorb their media unit (NBC) and call the new entity RNBC. This, they say, will provide "balance" to their Conservative media arm, CNBC.
Back to you, Dan.
Back to you, Dan.
Angry Bear asks: "Where's my Recovery?"
It's time to take stock of how the US economy has recovered from the recession of 2001. Unfortunately, the scorecard is not good; the current recovery is the weakest recovery from a recession in recent history.
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John Sayles: Infotainment at the RNC
John Sayles is the director of Silver City which opens nationwide September 17. He also directed Matewan and Return of the Secaucus 7.
Here, he takes on the RNC.
Here, he takes on the RNC.
Harvard B-School Prof Outs Bush
Harvard Business School
A professor of GW Bush tells how Bush told him of his connected pussilanimosity.
"What I couldn't stand -- and I told him -- he was all for the U.S. to continue with the Vietnam War. That means he was all for other people, Americans, to keep on fighting and dying."
The Curse of the W
CHARLOTTE--During the preview show leading to the game between the Panthers and the Packers, one Charlotte talkinghead repeatedly said" We need a W" "Bring us a W". (He meant "win" but also meant "Bush".
Wrong!
I think he cursed the game by trying to tie a win to a Bush.
Thanksalot! W doesn't mean "win". It clearly means "wrong".
Wrong!
I think he cursed the game by trying to tie a win to a Bush.
Thanksalot! W doesn't mean "win". It clearly means "wrong".
RAW STORY columnist, Avery Walker, on the Blogosphere
Iddybud in 3-D
EXCERPT:
Now, I love oxblog, wonkette, iddybud and American Amnesia as much as the next guy. More, in fact. These people find stories that have otherwise slipped through the cracks and follow them with a tenacity that print journalists sorely lack. But we have to remember that these people have some of the best blogs out there.
Mister Walker makes some good points about how to keep your blog from being moribund and shallow. Although I disagree with his condemnation of stream-of-conscious writing, I find that most of what he says rings true. An enjoyable read for bloggers and those who want to know more about blogs...
-Anon
Monday, September 13, 2004
Exposing more 9/11 lies: The Things We Breathed
I knew they were lying to us at the time, and now, after time has passed, the truth starts to come out...
anonyMoses, spaced
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the air was not so bad. Nothing like what the folks at the tip of the island had to suffer. But it was bad enough to kill the flowers. It was bad enugh that we had to put wet towels over our air conditioners to keep down the particulates. But it was "perfectly safe"...at least according to the official reports at the time. Some people actually believed it. I was not one of them.
I knew I was breathing asbestos, burnt human remains, and all manner of horrible substances. And I knew I was just one of millions who were also told to stay put.
Were the truth known, there may well have been a total evacuation. That is, if you weren't leaving by plane. They were grounded.
The fires burned for weeks and weeks, and there was an occasional respite, when the wind shifted directions and blew the smoke, pollution and burnt remains away from the bulk of the island.
I once tried talking a walk through Central Park, a few days after September 11th, but the air was so unsustaining that I had to lie down and fall asleep...which I did for Lord only knows how long.
But look. Rather than trying to make people afraid, let me say instead that most people survived. And some may walk away entirely unscathed.
And surely people in, say, Tulsa or Phoenix or Butte, Montana needn't worry about terrorism, as the likelihood of it reaching them is microscopically thin indeed. And small towns should worry even less.
The best way to beat terrorism is to never fear. Once you fear, they have won.
There should be classes in fearlessness, like happens amongst Buddhists. If no one feared, terrorism would dry up. So again...there is nothing to fear but fear, itself.
I will probably write more about Fearlessness education, as I do think it is a low-cost way to win and even win-win...as having fearlessness is a virtue in and of itself. Like Patience.
anonyMoses, spaced
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the air was not so bad. Nothing like what the folks at the tip of the island had to suffer. But it was bad enough to kill the flowers. It was bad enugh that we had to put wet towels over our air conditioners to keep down the particulates. But it was "perfectly safe"...at least according to the official reports at the time. Some people actually believed it. I was not one of them.
I knew I was breathing asbestos, burnt human remains, and all manner of horrible substances. And I knew I was just one of millions who were also told to stay put.
Were the truth known, there may well have been a total evacuation. That is, if you weren't leaving by plane. They were grounded.
The fires burned for weeks and weeks, and there was an occasional respite, when the wind shifted directions and blew the smoke, pollution and burnt remains away from the bulk of the island.
I once tried talking a walk through Central Park, a few days after September 11th, but the air was so unsustaining that I had to lie down and fall asleep...which I did for Lord only knows how long.
But look. Rather than trying to make people afraid, let me say instead that most people survived. And some may walk away entirely unscathed.
And surely people in, say, Tulsa or Phoenix or Butte, Montana needn't worry about terrorism, as the likelihood of it reaching them is microscopically thin indeed. And small towns should worry even less.
The best way to beat terrorism is to never fear. Once you fear, they have won.
There should be classes in fearlessness, like happens amongst Buddhists. If no one feared, terrorism would dry up. So again...there is nothing to fear but fear, itself.
I will probably write more about Fearlessness education, as I do think it is a low-cost way to win and even win-win...as having fearlessness is a virtue in and of itself. Like Patience.
BushMedia Pushes Mushroom Cloud Bullshit
Careful, or I'll hit you with this!
They are simply trying to scare us again, so we will vote for Bush. Don't believe them this time... They are known to lie about such matters.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Business Abandons Bush
The World is too Important for Business, and the World says no to Bush
Business people are beginning to realize that Bush is bad for their future, and are starting to shop around. I think this will become a winning avenue of opportunity for Mister Kerry...
DEVELOPING...
Business people are beginning to realize that Bush is bad for their future, and are starting to shop around. I think this will become a winning avenue of opportunity for Mister Kerry...
DEVELOPING...
Poland, Nigeria and The Philipines favor Bush
Only 3 countries in the world want Bush to win.
It's the World, Stupid - Part 4
It's the World, Stupid - Part 4
Saturday, September 11, 2004
John Edwards: "Walk with me through this day"
John Edwards spoke this morning at the Congressional Black Caucus Prayer Breakfast about the triumph of joy over sorrow on the third anniversary of 9/11.
Good morning. Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord’s word to get us through. “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
And let me show you how we are building and putting cedars in those three hallowed places—the footprints of the Towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania. Walk with me through this day and you will see that this is a season of hope.
THE REST OF THE SPEECH
Good morning. Today, on this day of remembrance and mourning, we have the Lord’s word to get us through. “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”
And let me show you how we are building and putting cedars in those three hallowed places—the footprints of the Towers, the Pentagon, and the field in Pennsylvania. Walk with me through this day and you will see that this is a season of hope.
THE REST OF THE SPEECH
Friday, September 10, 2004
"Very September 10th"
Whilst performing "automatic writing" upon a blog comment window today, I stumbled upon a notion that was "very September 10th". It is that anything that happens today can be so adjudged. And as I am writing today, so too may it be so adjudged and ascribed. (There are still scribes, aren't there?)
Baruch! Git in here!
Anyway, here is said utterance, in its entirety:
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Bush Explained, Part One
What the Corporate Apologists for Bush are doing is muddying the waters...a thing they are very good at. They are also experts at muddying the air...figuratively and literally. It they could only put their sucking to good causes, they might suck up the pollutions they constantly spew into the world.
As long as there is a DOUBT (about the documents, for example), their lemmings can always say:
"well that's debatable..."
...and carry on with their pussilanimous deference toward this most inept executive. (Or do they all suck?)
END PART ONE
anonyMoses Homepage 09.10.04 - 7:21 pm #
Bush Explained, Part Two
It is tantamount to the hundred types of chad...
"Oh! Chad is complicated! Too complicated for ordinary people! There is dimpled chad, pregnant chad, hanging chad, shrimp chad...".
Chaos and Confusion.
What they do.
Enemies of light, truth and clarity.
Pollution itself.
The world knows.
Less than half of one small country finds him at all worthy.
The only stage he needs to be on leaves in an hour.
If we can't do better than Bush...we are screwed.
[Uttered by anonyMoses, and said to be "very September 10th."
anonyMoses Homepage 09.10.04 - 7:24 pm #
Baruch! Git in here!
Anyway, here is said utterance, in its entirety:
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Bush Explained, Part One
What the Corporate Apologists for Bush are doing is muddying the waters...a thing they are very good at. They are also experts at muddying the air...figuratively and literally. It they could only put their sucking to good causes, they might suck up the pollutions they constantly spew into the world.
As long as there is a DOUBT (about the documents, for example), their lemmings can always say:
"well that's debatable..."
...and carry on with their pussilanimous deference toward this most inept executive. (Or do they all suck?)
END PART ONE
anonyMoses Homepage 09.10.04 - 7:21 pm #
Bush Explained, Part Two
It is tantamount to the hundred types of chad...
"Oh! Chad is complicated! Too complicated for ordinary people! There is dimpled chad, pregnant chad, hanging chad, shrimp chad...".
Chaos and Confusion.
What they do.
Enemies of light, truth and clarity.
Pollution itself.
The world knows.
Less than half of one small country finds him at all worthy.
The only stage he needs to be on leaves in an hour.
If we can't do better than Bush...we are screwed.
[Uttered by anonyMoses, and said to be "very September 10th."
anonyMoses Homepage 09.10.04 - 7:24 pm #
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Sabra Callas to perform at Founder's Hall today!
Sabra Callas will be performing at Founder's Hall in Charlotte today, from Noon until 2:00.
Come check out this great local performer!
Come check out this great local performer!
Monday, September 06, 2004
A Cure for Ye Hiccups
Ahhh Choo!
Some people say that when they sneeze, they see God, or in some other way, lose their mind. And it has been said that when John sneezed, he became anonyMoses. We think this is an urban myth, even with photographic evidence. We just like being sceptical. Keeps us feeling manly.
AnonyMoses, other than being the person who is typing these words, is also the person who invented the cure for hiccups.
The cure involves no snake oil, no hokus-pokus, no standing on your head while throwing salt over your shoulder. But it does involve one of the few elements that are actually involved in said hiccup. Breathing.
Normally when you breathe, your breath runs along a track. Back and forth. But it needn't be on a back and forth track. In fact it is that moment when the inspiration becomes the expiration, and vice versa, which is part of the problem.
To remedy the problem, here is what you do:
1. Breathe in a slow, steady figure-8.
Simple enough, isn't it?
It usually knocks out the problem immediately, although you may experience one or two hiccups as you're getting the knack. You will find that it helps if you slow your breathing down as it rounds the turn from being an exhalation to and inhalation, and vice versa.
This type of breathing has many other uses, such as prolonging life, increasing awareness, relieving suffering and anxiety, and so on. But for hiccups, there is no better remedy.
And it's free. And prop-free as well. Not even a glass of water.
Please report your results, should you use this handy method by AnonyMoses, free healer.
Thanks, and have a very good tomorrow.
"George W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David"
BUSH 'TOOK COCAINE AT CAMP DAVID' Sep 6 2004
And wife Laura liked dope, says book
By Emma Pryer
GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims.
His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth.
Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s.
She quotes his former sister-in-law Sharon Bush who claims: "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
Other acquaintances allege that as a 26-year-old National Guard, Bush "liked to sneak out back for a joint or into the bathroom for a line of cocaine".
Bush has admitted being an alcoholic but, asked during the 1999 election if he did drugs, he said: "I've told the American people that years ago I made some mistakes.
"I've learned from my mistakes and should I be fortunate enough to become president I will bring dignity and honour to the office."
...
Former student Torbery George says in the book: "Poor Georgie. He couldn't relate to women unless he was loaded."
Another says: "He went out of his way to act crude. It's amazing someone you held in such low esteem later became president."
LINK
What if George had not been treated as a medical case, but instead, as a criminal case...like most people? Would his prison time have prevented him from voting, much less becoming the President of the United States?
He should come clean, and be glad that he was treated so kindly. He should also consider those who are now serving in his absence...just as in Vietnam. And he should lead a fight to begin treating addicts medically, and work toward their becoming a healthy addition to America, rather than a permanent liability.
And wife Laura liked dope, says book
By Emma Pryer
GEORGE W Bush snorted cocaine at Camp David, a new book claims.
His wife Laura also allegedly tried cannabis in her youth.
Author Kitty Kelley says in her biography The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, that the US President first used coke at university in the mid-1960s.
She quotes his former sister-in-law Sharon Bush who claims: "Bush did coke at Camp David when his father was President, and not just once either."
Other acquaintances allege that as a 26-year-old National Guard, Bush "liked to sneak out back for a joint or into the bathroom for a line of cocaine".
Bush has admitted being an alcoholic but, asked during the 1999 election if he did drugs, he said: "I've told the American people that years ago I made some mistakes.
"I've learned from my mistakes and should I be fortunate enough to become president I will bring dignity and honour to the office."
...
Former student Torbery George says in the book: "Poor Georgie. He couldn't relate to women unless he was loaded."
Another says: "He went out of his way to act crude. It's amazing someone you held in such low esteem later became president."
LINK
What if George had not been treated as a medical case, but instead, as a criminal case...like most people? Would his prison time have prevented him from voting, much less becoming the President of the United States?
He should come clean, and be glad that he was treated so kindly. He should also consider those who are now serving in his absence...just as in Vietnam. And he should lead a fight to begin treating addicts medically, and work toward their becoming a healthy addition to America, rather than a permanent liability.
Sunday, September 05, 2004
Bush's War on Seniors
Endlessly greedy, Bush Inc. foists it's latest flip-flop on senior citizens, while telling them the opposite. But Seniors are not gonna take. They are smarter than this upstart.
Pat Buchanan: My New Hero?
Hooda Thunkit! The man who had me spitting with his talk of "culture war" at Republican Conventions past, has now risen to the mountaintop. He has finally said what should have been said years ago, but everyone was too chicken to say it...
Create the Winning Kerry Ad...and win a new President!
AnonyMoses is rolling out its new product line in time for Fall...which we hope will be Bush's Fall...
We will be creating the ads that, for some dumb reason, the Kerry folks are overlooking. And we want you to help.
Create the ad that will send Bush packing, and put the infinitely more sane, Kerry and Edwards, in the White House. Do it for your mother. Do it for America. Do it for the world.
One needn't be too clever with the design. Remember, a good ad is supposed to be your best salesman. It is supposed to make the reader act. I once saw a 50 year old ad for Postum in a collection of the world's best ads...and went out and bought some the next day. It was still working for the Postum people...50 years after it ran!
Most ads, which are based on how people generally scan a page, has this structure:
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ILLUSTRATION
SUBHEAD FOR ILLUSTRATION
HEADLINE
SUBHEAD
BODY
SUBHEAD
BODY
SUBHEAD
ETC
INFO ON HOW TO ACT, COUPON, ETC
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It could be that the illustration is all you need.
Show a picture of Bush having a tryst with Monica...and you've done your job.
Or maybe the caption seals the deal.
If not that...the Headline. Most people never get beyond the headline, so try to have the ad do the work without the need of body copy. But let the body copy flesh out and enhance the work of the more primary elements.
The coupon section at end could be a link to where people can donate to the Kerry campaign.
Good luck & have fun!
We will be creating the ads that, for some dumb reason, the Kerry folks are overlooking. And we want you to help.
Create the ad that will send Bush packing, and put the infinitely more sane, Kerry and Edwards, in the White House. Do it for your mother. Do it for America. Do it for the world.
One needn't be too clever with the design. Remember, a good ad is supposed to be your best salesman. It is supposed to make the reader act. I once saw a 50 year old ad for Postum in a collection of the world's best ads...and went out and bought some the next day. It was still working for the Postum people...50 years after it ran!
Most ads, which are based on how people generally scan a page, has this structure:
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ILLUSTRATION
SUBHEAD FOR ILLUSTRATION
HEADLINE
SUBHEAD
BODY
SUBHEAD
BODY
SUBHEAD
ETC
INFO ON HOW TO ACT, COUPON, ETC
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It could be that the illustration is all you need.
Show a picture of Bush having a tryst with Monica...and you've done your job.
Or maybe the caption seals the deal.
If not that...the Headline. Most people never get beyond the headline, so try to have the ad do the work without the need of body copy. But let the body copy flesh out and enhance the work of the more primary elements.
The coupon section at end could be a link to where people can donate to the Kerry campaign.
Good luck & have fun!
BULLETIN: YOU CANNOT TRUST MSNBC
MSNBC is using Enron's Frank Luntz, proving they do not learn from their mistakes. DO NOT TRUST THEM!!!!!
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Zell Miller: The Face of Conservatism
The Face of Conservatism
What is it with the Millers? The Strange Case of Zell and Dennis Miller.
Republican Party found to be harboring Conservatives...
but the Democratic Party is not without then either.
In fact they have harbored Zell Miller and Gary Condit...
...two strong Conservatives, who are really more Conservative than they are Democrats, and admittedly so.
Zell Miller complains about "his party leaving HIM". Well, what would you expect when the feller acts like an adolescent hothead? What is a gentleman to do? Respect the man for acting like a boor and a madman? This sort of behavior might be fine, even de rigour, for Conservatives, but frankly it is too intolerant, too illiberal, for the mainstream of America, and it is certainly over the top for the gentle and kind Liberal.
But now that I have had time to think about the matter, I am glad that he exposed not only the content, but also the style of today's Conservative. It may well prove to be the very tipping point where people realize Liberal is not such a bad thing, and Conservative is not such a good thing.
After all...today, the real fringe, the real radicals, are on the Right, not the Left. The Left are really only just those with the backbone to stand up to the Right. In every other way, they are the center.
The Left is the defender of the center in more ways than one. The Left defends the common well; air, water, peace... the things we all cherish and, usually, share. The Right, however, is trying to privatize water, in fact they already are, and they have privatized not Peace, but War...and it won't be long before they privatize air. But some things should be geyond mere purchase by the highest bidder. It is this sharing of the common well that has been where politics end. But no longer. And it is time to become a little more traditional in this sense of protecting the well.
And the Center should not resent the Left for fighting to protect it. It is their children and grandchildren who will most benefit, or failing the help, suffer its loss.
It really is a time for a kinder, gentler America. At home AND abroad. Zell Miller ain't it. Pat Buchanan ain't it. Rush Limbaugh ain't it. O'Reilly certainly ain't it. And the Conservatives, of which these are all big stars, ain't it.
Republicans should think twice about harboring these hothead, intolerant, illiberal radicals. The Democrats, you can bet, will. Mean-spiritedness may play well in certain televangelized congregations in holdout haunts in the Deep South, but it cuts against the grain of common decency most everywhere else. The world certainly finds these intolerant cults to be atavistic and counter-productive.
Friday, September 03, 2004
"Most people only read the headline."
More than 85% of your readers will only read the headlines. Since this is true, it only makes sense to make your point...in the headline. Therefore, from now on, I am only going to write headlines.
Here are some of the next ones. Consider it a case of looking into the future. You may also feel free to use them for your own purposes.
- BushWorld: Corporate Fascism at Work
- Moderate Magnet: The Democratic Party - Big Tent for Moderates, Independents and Progressives
- Are Soldiers Not America?: America is NOT safer
- How Bush Stole Your Passport: World Removes Welcome Mat
- Voting to re-hire Bush? Are you really that cruel?
Here are some of the next ones. Consider it a case of looking into the future. You may also feel free to use them for your own purposes.
- BushWorld: Corporate Fascism at Work
- Moderate Magnet: The Democratic Party - Big Tent for Moderates, Independents and Progressives
- Are Soldiers Not America?: America is NOT safer
- How Bush Stole Your Passport: World Removes Welcome Mat
- Voting to re-hire Bush? Are you really that cruel?
Bush Fatigue: Deflating the Bush Bubble
It doesn't pay to be smart or educated in today's America. It is the gullible and the stupid, who drink the koolaid and pass it around for others to be poisoned, who are pullulating in the cowshit.
But these braindead automatons are easily bored, and soon they will be bored with their lunkhead messiah in the Honkey House.
Judge a country by it's fruit. Our latest offering is the new George Wallace, Zell Miller.
Eat it if you like.
I shant be joining you.
But these braindead automatons are easily bored, and soon they will be bored with their lunkhead messiah in the Honkey House.
Judge a country by it's fruit. Our latest offering is the new George Wallace, Zell Miller.
Eat it if you like.
I shant be joining you.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Millions of Floridians miss Bush Speech.
Is this a sign from God?
Fuggetabbadit!!!!!!!!
NOTES ON BUSH SPEECH
Bla bla bla...I know nice people.
Lies about Medicare and Medical benefits.
Lies about releasing energy with tax relief.
"Nothing will hold us back" is the tagline so far.
Hyperbole about terror not happening on his watch.
More compassionate conservative bullshit.
Lies about offering clear and steady leadership.
He looks like he is on drugs.
Lies about expanding liberty in an expanding circle.
Imperialism.
"We will extend the frontiers of freedom"...meaning look out world, we are coming to take over.
Workers...suck it up.
Threatens to take away social security, etc. Old Europe, as it were.
Licking business' ass.
Reduce regulation.
Make tax relief permanent.
Bla bla bla
Stealing Kerry's idea about empowerment zones.
Bla bla bla
Sticking it to lawyers.
Plagiarized Al Gore line about doctors and patients having say so instead of:
BUSH: Government
GORE: HMOs.
"Ownership Society."
[see: Cain means Ownership]
Empty promise to America's schools.
Local people in charge of their schools.
Screw the moderates.
I'm reminded of what David Ogilvy once said:
YOU CAN'T BORE SOMEONE INTO BUYING YOUR PRODUCT...
What else is on...
MAJOR DISRUPTION!!!!!
ABC MISSES IT!!!!
ANOTHER DISRUPTION!!
PBS seems more reliable in coverage.
Bla bla bla...lies about Kerry and coalition.
Get this boring man out of my white house!
Sorry, but this man really sucks.
What was his name?
God damn what a long speech...
Freedom indeed!
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COMMENTS
Zhoodah : i've never seen such UGLY women in my life
Fuggetabbadit!!!!!!!!
NOTES ON BUSH SPEECH
Bla bla bla...I know nice people.
Lies about Medicare and Medical benefits.
Lies about releasing energy with tax relief.
"Nothing will hold us back" is the tagline so far.
Hyperbole about terror not happening on his watch.
More compassionate conservative bullshit.
Lies about offering clear and steady leadership.
He looks like he is on drugs.
Lies about expanding liberty in an expanding circle.
Imperialism.
"We will extend the frontiers of freedom"...meaning look out world, we are coming to take over.
Workers...suck it up.
Threatens to take away social security, etc. Old Europe, as it were.
Licking business' ass.
Reduce regulation.
Make tax relief permanent.
Bla bla bla
Stealing Kerry's idea about empowerment zones.
Bla bla bla
Sticking it to lawyers.
Plagiarized Al Gore line about doctors and patients having say so instead of:
BUSH: Government
GORE: HMOs.
"Ownership Society."
[see: Cain means Ownership]
Empty promise to America's schools.
Local people in charge of their schools.
Screw the moderates.
I'm reminded of what David Ogilvy once said:
YOU CAN'T BORE SOMEONE INTO BUYING YOUR PRODUCT...
What else is on...
MAJOR DISRUPTION!!!!!
ABC MISSES IT!!!!
ANOTHER DISRUPTION!!
PBS seems more reliable in coverage.
Bla bla bla...lies about Kerry and coalition.
Get this boring man out of my white house!
Sorry, but this man really sucks.
What was his name?
God damn what a long speech...
Freedom indeed!
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COMMENTS
Zhoodah : i've never seen such UGLY women in my life
Listen to Ed Cone at noon today...
WUNC 91.5fm the state of things:
"News Round-up: Election day is exactly two months away. Much of the attention this week is on the Republican National Convention in NY, but here at home in North Carolina, races for Governor and Senator are heating up. Host Melinda Penkava talks about political issues and the news of the day with Paul O'Connor, columnist for the Winston-Salem Journal; Ed Cone, who writes the weblog EdCone.com and contributes an opinion column to the Greensboro News & Record; and Mike Munger, Chair of the Political Science Department at Duke University. "
"News Round-up: Election day is exactly two months away. Much of the attention this week is on the Republican National Convention in NY, but here at home in North Carolina, races for Governor and Senator are heating up. Host Melinda Penkava talks about political issues and the news of the day with Paul O'Connor, columnist for the Winston-Salem Journal; Ed Cone, who writes the weblog EdCone.com and contributes an opinion column to the Greensboro News & Record; and Mike Munger, Chair of the Political Science Department at Duke University. "
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Is Zell Miller Satan?
What a redneck hothead! What a lover of life-killing weapons! What a non-Democrat!
Is he going the inherit the wind now brewing in the ocean? Does Frances have Zell's name on it?
I see no bright future for this angry low-class hothead, this Benedict Arnold.
Deliverance was filmed in Zell country.
Squeeeal!
Cheney is speaking as I write. So far he has class. Zell was the epitome of the lack thereof.
I, for one, would gladly leave him.
Is he going the inherit the wind now brewing in the ocean? Does Frances have Zell's name on it?
I see no bright future for this angry low-class hothead, this Benedict Arnold.
Deliverance was filmed in Zell country.
Squeeeal!
Cheney is speaking as I write. So far he has class. Zell was the epitome of the lack thereof.
I, for one, would gladly leave him.
COLUMNISTS
COLUMNISTS
ERIC ALTERMAN
ROBYN E. BLUMNER
MARIE COCCO
RICHARD COHEN
JOE CONASON
DAVID CORN
MAUREEN DOWD
E.J. DIONNE
ELLEN GOODMAN
THOM HARTMANN
BOB HERBERT
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
JIM HIGHTOWER
MOLLY IVINS
PAUL KRUGMAN
GENE LYONS
MYRIAM MARQUEZ
DICK MEYER
THOMAS OLIPHANT
GREG PALAST
TED RALL
RICHARD REEVES
ROBERT RENO
FRANK RICH
JAMES RIDGEWAY
ROBERT SCHEER
HELEN THOMAS
ERIC ALTERMAN
ROBYN E. BLUMNER
MARIE COCCO
RICHARD COHEN
JOE CONASON
DAVID CORN
MAUREEN DOWD
E.J. DIONNE
ELLEN GOODMAN
THOM HARTMANN
BOB HERBERT
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
JIM HIGHTOWER
MOLLY IVINS
PAUL KRUGMAN
GENE LYONS
MYRIAM MARQUEZ
DICK MEYER
THOMAS OLIPHANT
GREG PALAST
TED RALL
RICHARD REEVES
ROBERT RENO
FRANK RICH
JAMES RIDGEWAY
ROBERT SCHEER
HELEN THOMAS
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Friday, August 27, 2004
PIEDBLOG
THE LEGEND OF THE PIEDMONT BLOGGERS
as told to Anonymoses Hyperlincoln III
Once upon a time, there existed a man, and the man was a cone. But not that kind of cone. He was a Cone. And this was, decidedly, a good thing, for tis better to be a surname than to live in Surinam, and both are far better than being a shape...unless, that is, that shape is not unlike that possessed of your humble narrator and guide, Anonymoses the Archon.
as told to Anonymoses Hyperlincoln III
Once upon a time, there existed a man, and the man was a cone. But not that kind of cone. He was a Cone. And this was, decidedly, a good thing, for tis better to be a surname than to live in Surinam, and both are far better than being a shape...unless, that is, that shape is not unlike that possessed of your humble narrator and guide, Anonymoses the Archon.
At any rate, this good Mister Cone was talking to a good mister David Hoggard, and it occurred in their joint mind, that Buberian I-thouness that transcends time and space, to, maybe, create a happening, yes, and one centered around blogging, and bloggers, as they had suddenly become the stewards into whose hands the fate of the world had been entrusted...strange though it may seem at first.
And sure as eggs is eggs, their vision became reality, and their reality drew crafty and deipnosophical blogsmiths from throughout the land...which of course ends at Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee. Some carpooled from our beloved capital, Raleigh, wherefrom my own grandparents hailed. Others came from that great center of culture, and home to America's first public university, Chapel Hill. And yet others came from lowly Charlotte, home of NASCAR and ketchup consumption*.
Most, however, came from their beloved Greensboro...named for collard greens, since everyone there ate them with great relish and sound. Well, let me amend that to read, "pretty good relish". I never really understood why it should be cooked with pork parts. Probly goes back to Isaac or sump'm. Hell, ask them! I'm from Charlotte! We got Wendy's!
And speaking of "got Wendy's", I got wind the other day that the mighty Piedmont Bloggers were taking their show on tour, and that they were, in essence, a new model for society, partly based on the knowledge gained at Black Mountain College, but coupled with all that the Internet can bring to bear upon the issues confronting bipeds in Bushworld.
There is even talk of a radio and television network, along with movies, broadway shows, the Beijing Opera, Dai Rakuda Kan, Live from the Roof of the White House, and other marvelous venues, but need we have anything to do with them? No. So why do I bring them up?
Now, you know that if I tell you, I will also have to sell you an automobile. Oh you do! Good!
Well, I will tell you why I bring it up, but not until the fifthteenth chapter, by which time you will have completely lost interest, and the fact that I write it in Hittite makes it all the less likely that you'll find out that, indeed, I have forgotten why I brought this up. Product-placement, maybe. Or maybe the Armagnac. These things are yet to be discovered.
So yes, Piedmont Bloggers. Who were they again, Margie? Oh yeah. Archons of the Blogosphere. Big phucking deal. Bet ya caint say that on ABCNNBCBS!
No, Jethro. I cannot. And I'd rather YOU didn't either. Besides, I haven't told the good folks who have had the karma (I shant make value judgements!) to be reading these words of wisdom, that Collardboro, rather greensboro, (oops! should I capitalize upon the moment?) is the erstwhither home of one William Sydney Porter, if my memory joins me, or better known as the candybar, Oh Henry! ... and where a lot of people spilt blood during the Revolutionary War.
Now some time in between the two, this Porter feller goes and changes his name to "O. Henry" of all thangs, and proceeds to write some of the most clever and beloved stories in America's history. And he was from this great city where the initial meeting of the great Piedmont Bloggers held their meeting of the minds. And just look around at the results!
Heaven on Earth. And you thought it couldn't be done. Not in your lifetime. Not in your lazy, couch-potato, good-for-nothing lifetime. But there it is! And you cannot doubt your eyes. Or your president. Not since the Ashcroft Dictates were handed down.
"Ah! 'The New Dictation!'. Haven't had time to absorb that one, yet, Sahib."
So why bring it up? Again. Chapter 15.
CHAPTER 2
And then it happened...
It was a warm Saturday August morning in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the sun was shining. Shiny, happy people gathered in an art museum and began sharing ideas, bagels and coffee.
Greeting each Piedmont Blogger as they entered the Sanctum Sanctorum, was Mister Cone, himself, looking much more awake than I felt, and a good deal younger and more sprightly than in his online portrait. David Duchovny with a beard, maybe. At any rate, he made everyone feel welcome, thus facilitating further introductions and conversations that seemed to not want to end...so it was eventually carried down the street and into a Thai restaurant on the groovy Tate Street...on which the author once lived lo those many years ago, and also where the blog conference was held. Do I hear the Twilight Zone theme?
No. It was actually Pictures of Matchstick Men. Very similar though!
And so it was that the brave Piedmond Bloggers forced their way into the mind of Anonymoses.
Chapter 3
So who were these other characters? You've only mentioned a few names. What are you, stupid?
To answer that question, I have devised a series of self-guided self-observational meditations, based on the poetry of Rumi and Spacius, only translated into Cobol, then back into Tocharian B, then transliterated into math symbols read by Steven Hawking. Well, not really, but I could! Instead, I turned to resident blogger-poet, Billy Jones, who was the master of virtual ceremonies. His skill set includes the ability to expand the size of a blog ten thousand fold. And he does it with his hands. Quite remarkable really, when you consider that in just one day, his productivity was 600,000%. And this is why he is not a lackbeard.
Chapter 4
Legend has it that Matt Gross had come down from blogger heaven to add gravitas, wit and guidance to the celebration, and I, for one, want to corroborate that would-be urban legend. And he was not only there, he was trustworthy, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful, brave, and clean.
Matt was the man who is largely responsible for Howard Dean's meteoric rise early on, when no one thought he had a chance in Hell. And now he is helping to shape Erskine Bowles' campaign into a winning campaign. Matt has had a bright past, and is sure to have an even brighter future. I guarantee it.
Also adding gravitas to what was quickformed in weeks, and not in exotic Palo Alto, where BloggerCon III was to transpire at the lovely Stanford campus, or in the ancient halls of Harvard, two places known for attracting blognoscenti and the bloggerati, but rather in a mid-sized city in North Carolina which, although relatively unknown, promises to not always be so --and I smell victory -- was the great legend, Jerry Whatsisname? Just kidding! The one and only Jerry Bledsoe, author of many a 5-star book, and delighter and instructor of Carolinians far and wide, with his journalistic contributions.
And adding not gravitas, but a sort of levitogravitas, or gravitolevity, although properly called jocoseriosity, was the inevitable AND inimitable Bradford von Krantzenstein, or Brad Krantz for Bermuda short. And Mister Krantz was not long before he dropped the proverbial stinkbomb by insinuating that writing is not of worth if it not sold. But Mister Krantz perhaps deliberately left out the fact that a gift when converted into a commodity renders the bearer of the gift susceptible to losing that gift. Or as Schopenhouer warned, "writing for money has spelled the death of literature." But of course, the risible Mister Krantz was being his rascal self, and, his nudging was fuel for the group to rachet it up a notch. So we thank him for doing what he does best...get people to thinking. This is why he is one of the Legends of which I report.
Chapter 5
Two legends that didn't make it, and may not have even known about the Conference, since they didn't get my email in time, are Charlotte talk show host, Mike Collins, and the lovely producer of the show, Wendy Braatz...both of whom I only just met today, the day after the Convention, because they had an Open House at the WFAE studios, which bring such great things to Charlotte as "Charlotte Talks" and NPR. I had the added pleasure of hearing Michael Reno Harrell, who was entertaining the guests, and who graced me with the great ballad, "The Nickle", about a girl from Syracuse who comes South.
Mister Edward Cone might like to know that Mister Collins is not unlike Mister Christopher Lydon, whose respectable work he is already familiar, since he was once a guest on his A-list rolodex watch. No wait. Something like that, or suckmycat, if you are from the deep south.
Anyway, I told Mike and Wendy that I was going to convince them to interview Mister Cone, if he would be so kind, and maybe Misters Gross or Hoggard, should their hands not already be full -- not assuming, mind, that Mister Cone's hands are idle. Of course they are not, so lay off! It's just that he was the host of the most recent conference (unconference), and has the added advantage of having been interviewed before. Not that the others haven't mind. Oh, never mind!
Chapter 6
Among the blognoscenti was the good and young man, Jay Ovittore, who had to bear my calling him Joe, but whose forebearance was a deep well indeed. One of the younger Legends, Joe said to Anonymoses during post-prandial chit-chit that he had no interest in selling his ideas, but rather wanted to give them freely. Will this limit his abilities? I don't think so. And neither did (referring back to a previous conversation) Mister Cone or Ms Sinreich, both of whom actual do sell some of their work, but, because of their magnanimity, are not in fear of losing it.
Such magnanimity should be the coin of the realm, especially in the world of politics...which too often corrupts into just another way for someone to boost their wealth or power. But, as Lin Yu Tang, from his perch created by having been the only Chinese Nobel Prize winner, tells us: People are largely motivated by fear. The desire for wealth is but a fear of poverty. The desire for power is but a fear of impotence. The desire for Fame is but a fear of obscurity. And the desire for "Success" is but a combination of the three other fears...and a fear of failure therewith.
But Piedmont Blogger-politicians are not like this. They are fearless bodhisattvas guided by love and caring. Among the fearless bodhisattvas were Sally Greene, Jeff Thigpen, Mike Barber, Kirk Perkins, and Don Vaughan. But, as Gerry Goulder of Guilford GOP News, who is also a mighty Piedmont Blogger, points out:
Republicans are losing on the Internet. I attended the Piedmont Bloggers Conference this weekend. I may have been the only Republican political blogger present. Many local Democrat politicians were present, and they introduced me to a plethora of Democrat blogger web sites...Blogs increase participation, build a community, extend beyond campaign season, and build a strong bond between office holders/candidates and the voting public.
To fix the problem, all that need be done is to shut down blogs and the internet. Either that, or open it up to all people, and encourage and facilitate its use. At least that's what my plumber tells me. And he has a master's degree. In Science.
IN PROGRESS
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Remind America that Jesus taught us to be peacemakers, advocates for the poor, and defenders of justice.
God is not a Republican.
"Sign our petition and send a message to America that God is not a Republican, or a Democrat and that the Religious Right does not speak for you. Remind America that Jesus taught us to be peacemakers, advocates for the poor, and defenders of justice."
"Sign our petition and send a message to America that God is not a Republican, or a Democrat and that the Religious Right does not speak for you. Remind America that Jesus taught us to be peacemakers, advocates for the poor, and defenders of justice."
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Monday, August 23, 2004
Swillbowl Bedouins "For Truth"
I ran across an interesting word today: "Swillbowl". It means "a drunk".
And I submit many of these Swiftboat veterans have devolved into Swillbowl Bedouins.
Drunk on money and their newfound power and fame, but wandering through a desert of uncouth untruth.
I say: Hold them to their mission. If they are truly "for Truth"...load them down with it.
Make sure they get the real truth, and make sure they correct their own untruth, in their fervent "search for truth".
Or are they really just more lying liars?
And I submit many of these Swiftboat veterans have devolved into Swillbowl Bedouins.
Drunk on money and their newfound power and fame, but wandering through a desert of uncouth untruth.
I say: Hold them to their mission. If they are truly "for Truth"...load them down with it.
Make sure they get the real truth, and make sure they correct their own untruth, in their fervent "search for truth".
Or are they really just more lying liars?
"The GOP Hits New York" by Madeleine Begun Kane
The GOP Hits New York
(Sing to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again")
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The GOP bash will soon be here.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Won't give 'em a hearty welcome cheer.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
They'll swarm our bars and they'll crowd our streets.
They'll praise and laud their nominees.
And we won't feel gay when The GOP hits New York.
MORE
(Sing to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again")
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The GOP bash will soon be here.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
Won't give 'em a hearty welcome cheer.
Oh, no! Oh, no!
They'll swarm our bars and they'll crowd our streets.
They'll praise and laud their nominees.
And we won't feel gay when The GOP hits New York.
MORE
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
You've heard the word. You've even said it. But what does it mean?
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: adj. Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while highly educable.
super=over
cali=beauty
fragilistic=delicate
expiali=to atone for
docious=educable
(from Mrs Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words)
OTHER NEWS
Christ Rose: "Liberty Bound"
Kerry, Bush and BCCI
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: adj. Atoning for extreme and delicate beauty while highly educable.
super=over
cali=beauty
fragilistic=delicate
expiali=to atone for
docious=educable
(from Mrs Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words)
OTHER NEWS
Christ Rose: "Liberty Bound"
Kerry, Bush and BCCI
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Saturday, August 21, 2004
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