The Biggest Word

Such a big word. If you add the word "only" it becomes the biggest phrase. The song is so melancholy, but I still love its simple yet powerful message.

Excuse the note of personal interjection here. I have been feeling blue lately. Really felt it coming on strong as Valentine's Day approached. You all may have caught that if you read my two Valentine posts. I'm afraid the dyed-in-the-wool romantic Hollander has lost his zest for that sort of thing. I just can't do it any longer. The ROI is not equitable.

No more poem's written for a special someone. No more serenading you with my terrible singing voice. No more showing up unexpectedly with a picnic basket and a bottle of your favorite wine. No more spending hours in our favorite little shop hand picking items for your own personalized gift box. No more running to be by your side when sickness overcomes you. No more saying "that's okay" when you call me at three in the morning. No more coming to your rescue when some rotten "MAN" plays with your emotions. No more surprise packages arriving at your front door. No more roses stolen from your neighbor's yard. No more sexy emails for you to wake up to. No more massaging you till you fall asleep. No more going shoe shopping with you just to enjoy your company. No more feather-light kisses. No more being friends with your kids. No more cards. No more letters. NO MORE!

Sorry ladies. You give some of that to me first, then we'll see. Right now it looks doubtful though.

Everything I Own

There's Got to Be a Morning After

November 3, 2004

Charles E.



Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC. 20003



Dear Sirs:

It is with deep regret that I must inform you of my decision to leave the Democratic Party. Please know that I have been a faithful and fervent supporter over the years, in fact a lifelong Democrat.

I forgave Vice-President Al Gore for his dismal showing in the 2000 election, as he was obviously unaware of the Republican juggernaut he was up against. Four years later, armed with reams of evidence about Bush’s conceits, the best candidate you could muster was John Kerry. You had to know that his Massachusetts address, anti-war rhetoric from the seventies, and stiff demeanor would doom any chance of winning the South and most of the Mid-West. This is unacceptable when men like General Clark were available.

The nation as a whole is leaning ever further to the right. You absolutely need to either learn to appease those so-called “values” voters or distinguish yourselves more sharply with the Republicans. The mish mash of ideals put forward by the once great party will only serve to guarantee right wing victories ad nauseam.

Please remove my name and contact information from the official rolls of the Democratic Party.


Sincerely,



Charles E.

I knew right off this dame was trouble with a capital T, brother.

The Fall of the Empire

America I have seen the future
Your shining alabaster cities gleam
Why do you hate me because I’m poor

Thine glorious armies roll on to victory
Putting freedom on the march
When will we be free to ask

Democracy will spread through all the heathen lands
The infidels choking on their Koran
Will you ever let god be

Let your Stars and Stripes wave forever
O’er all the land and space
Where can I live in peace

Stomp on evil, socialism and vice
Capitalists raise your mighty voice
Who will help us eat

At last the world will be good neighbors
Good Christians blessed by God
Why, O Lord, why?

1966

I remember this poster hanging in the hallway at school when I was a child. I'm bringing it back now that I am merely a living thing.

Another Mother for Peace was founded in 1967 by a group of women strongly opposed to the war in Vietnam. Their mission was to create a non-partisan, non-profit organization "to educate women to take an active role in eliminating war as a means of solving disputes between nations, people and ideologies." Dedicated to the principle that war is obsolete, AMP encouraged its members to do Peace Homework by writing to elected government officials to express their desire for peace.


The Another Mother for Peace Sunflower Logo
The organization's vision was embodied in the Another Mother for Peace logo - a sunflower with the words: "War is not healthy for children and other living things" created by Lorraine Schneider. This irrefutable statement with its brilliant and childlike design appeared on posters, bumper stickers, note cards, letter seals, key rings, and of course, the distinctive gold medallions worn by supporters of Another Mother for Peace all over the world. A simple yet powerful statement of conscience, the sunflower logo helped make Another Mother for Peace one of the most eloquent and effective anti-war voices of its generation.

Someone I know

Radio Wave Tolerance

I have this fancy-schmancy wireless CD player hooked up in my truck. When you turn it off the radio plays FM 89.1 which is a low frequency religious station. Periodically I will listen for a while until my stomach starts to churn. This happened one early November morning recently and I couldn't turn it off this time. It was like watching a horrifying car wreck you just can't quite seem to turn your eyes from.

The nice preacher man was talking about Thanksgiving and that other more dark holiday which had just passed. He thought this was an excellent opportunity for the faithful to give thanks that they had made it through another "season of evil". The example he gave was that of those Gawd-fearing puritans who so bravely fought the forces of evil and the occult.

They weren't so bad, the nice preacher man explained. After all, the Salem witch trials only lasted a year or so. Most secular people, and even some religious folks, don't realize what enormous good those righteous pilgrims did for humanity. They actually STOPPED witchcraft and occult activities from becoming all pervasive in American culture. Even though the mainstream liberal media has made it seem that the puritans were bad people because they were supposedly intolerant it does not mean that what they did all those years ago was without a good cause. Witchcraft had indeed become all too prevalent in their society. The whole thing has been blown out of proportion by liberal historians. Really very few people were executed. There was even a small town just outside of Salem where only two people were tried and they were BOTH found innocent! With this the nice preacher man, with a smile in his voice, concluded his sermon.

Perhaps today's Christians can take a cue from their more holy ancestors. Once again witchcraft and the occult have risen up and put a stranglehold on AmeriKa. It will only worsen if the faithful fail to act to stem the flow of evil.

Uh, yeah, that's what we need - another witch hunt. Oh my God!

Not George Carlin

Another version of the infamous "BAD American" letter attributed to George Carlin appears below this message.
Chuck



No, I'm a good American

I am your worst nightmare. I am a GOOD American. I am not you.

I also believe that the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid level governmental functionary be they Democrat or Republican. I would prefer my government functionaries to be Libertarian or Independent.

I'm in touch with my feelings and why are you implying that I'm not, damn it!

I think owning a gun is an individual choice. It does not make you a killer, but it does make you a potential killer. Just ask my ex. She and I are both very fortunate that my rifle jammed on that one particular night. I also believe in registering all guns so that we, the people, can keep track of the heavily armed lunatics. I also believe in the Lynerd skynerd (sp) lyrics "Hand guns are made for killin', they ain't no good for nuthin' else".

I think that being an individual who belongs to a minority group does not make you noble or victimized. I think that being poor, or middle class for that matter, makes you a target for the rich and powerful.

I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac, in Spanish, try to convince congress to restore funding to the English as a Second Language programs. Then take advantage of those programs when they are available.

I think fireworks should be legal all the time. I also think that all street drugs should be legal. People who are too stupid to handle either will soon kill themselves and thin the herd. Viola' no more drug problem.

I think that being a student at least means you are attempting to become enlightened. Of course, the very fact that you are working towards enlightenment means you can never achieve it. But that is a different argument for another day and I don't feel particularly Buddhistic at the moment.

I believe that everyone has a right to pray to his or her god when and where they want to, providing they are not forcing or coercing others to do the same. I believe in the separation of church and state. This concept is in place to protect both entities. Keep your government out of my religious beliefs and keep your church outta my public buildings.

My heroes are Joe Montana (the town, not the football player), Pink Floyd, Ted Vanderveldt (both the grandfather and the cousin), a self described commie-pinko-liberal-useless English Lit degree holding - wonderful hippie chick named Chantel, who calls me her confidant, and my dad. There are others, some of whom are reading this missive right now, you bastards know who you are!

A side bar about the lovely Chantel. She bought a newer used BMW at the urging of some of her Yuppie friends, and spray painted it purple. This describes her in a nutshell, which is where she says she is happiest.

I don't hate the rich - if they worked hard and earned every penny without ripping off the American people. I don't pity the poor - if they truly wish to live that way. However, if they have been eaten up and spit out by the system...

Wrestling? Well maybe with baby oil covered consenting lesbians. Otherwise, who cares?

I think global warming is a big lie. The powerful energy companies and their corrupt politition lackeys are lying to us that it does not exist. You are paying too much for energy, Mr. Carlin? Maybe you should look to people like Dick Cheney and Ken Lay.

I was never a slave either. Unless you go along with Hero Dad's analagy that in modern American society we are all just a bunch of midevel serfs with 182 channels of TV to give us the illusion of freedom. In fact the serfs had a better medical plan.

I want to know why Jimmy Swaggert and his ilk can afford to wear $5000 Rolex watches, yet still whine day after day for more money on international television. Also, how can they claim tax exempt church status while at the same time using their power to influence their will (not God's) on the public at large.

I think the cops should be a wee bit more careful about whom they shoot. I have a list which is too lengthy to include here, of several people who were shot for no reason other than the cops were overly aggressive. The one I will mention is the 13 year old black kid who was shot in the back and killed by the Gresham police. His crime? Being black in Gresham. It turned out that the boy was running from the cops because he was skipping school and didn't want his mother to find out.

Why would you care if your picture is on your driver's license or not? I don't remeber anyone insisting that we take God off of our money. Seems to me that's a good place for God (referring to my previous lines about church).

Yes, if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works you should not be electing the President of the United States. If you are a state Sue-Preme Court Justice or Katherine Harris, you also should not be appointing our president.

Those people you dislike who stand on street corners, they are already targets, dumbass.

I believe that it takes a whole society to raise a child. It does not, necessarly, take two parents. Should we take away some woman's children if she becomes a widow? Or should we force her into an arranged marriage with what we deem to be a suitable partner?

What the hell is going on with gas prices...still? Look to the White House. I told you to vote for John Kerry.

If this makes me a GOOD American, then yes, I'm a GOOD American

If you are a GOOD American too, please forward this to everyone you know.

We need our country back.

Signed,

Not George Carlin Any More Than The Writer Of The Original Draft Below

Its just a small matter of perspective

Have you ever wondered why some of us are so anti-organized religion? I know a number of people (am, in fact, related to a number of them) who cannot fathom the disdain I have for their churches. It is not, as they are prone to believe, that I am an atheist, or a God-hater. It is not that I worship Satan and am reveling in the prospect of joining him in hell after leading my sin-filled life. I am a highly spiritual person. I do believe in God and the goodness of the universe. I simply express my spirituality in a slightly different way than they do. That seems to me to be the cause of most of the misery mankind has thrust upon itself over the centuries.

It really boils down to this. The purpose of religion should be to make people feel good about themselves, and about each other. It should be something that brings people together and unites them in a common cause. Getting everybody into heaven is an admirable goal. Another way in which religion is supposed to aid mankind is to make each of us behave better towards society and individuals. Instead, religion divides people into camps of "us" and "them". Members of almost every religious sect I have encountered think that everyone must not only believe in their God, but also believe in Him exactly the way they do. If you don't you are an infidel, a sinner, and a hell bound heathen.

On a small, individual basis, religion can be helpful. It indeed has changed many lives for the better. I have seen countless cases of people who saved their marriage or managed to quit drinking and gambling. Its the bigger picture that I worry about. In that sense I can see that religion has done far more harm than good. Look at the Muslim's and Jew's for instance. They both believe in basically the same God. Sure, their holy texts and rituals are somewhat different, but they both are supposed to be seeking the same ends of peace, love, and a one-way ticket to heaven. What is the big chasm between the two religions? One calls Him Yahweh and the other Allah? I could understand how the ancient Greeks or Romans might fight wars over loyalty to any one of their many gods, but these good folks are worshipping the same God in just a slightly different way. No, we have no use for any organized religion.

Just as True Now

This is a post the staff here at The Space wrote up nearly a year ago. Remember at the time that Obama was not so clearly in the picture. He may be that alternative to hillary we were looking for. This all original content post is reprinted here along with all of the comments posted by our dear readers and contributors. - Ed.






SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED !!!
How many thousand days has it been since George W. Bush declared that on the deck of an aircraft carrier? How much war has been waged since? Exactly how wrong is history going to show him to be on that score? Will the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism ever be fully won? We will know all of the answers eventually. That IS NOT what this post is about, however.

We liberals must not make the same mistake in declaring premature victory in our quest to bring fairness, equality, honesty, and translucense to our federal government. The editorial staff here at the Space has been hearing a great deal of trumpeting about the impending Democratic victory in the mid-term elections and even in the 2008 presidential race. It is MUCH too soon for popping champagne corks folks.

We need to ask ourselves, "What are our goals here, what are we trying to accomplish?" While the neo-cons and the radical Bible thumpers like to accuse us of being unpatriotic, bleeding heart, W-hating, tax and spender's - we know better. Our goal in the past was to dig out the truth about the crooked administation that Bush has set up. It was to force light into the dark, seedy, corridors of corruption. Thanks to their arrogance and ineptitude this has come to pass without much effort on the part of liberals. Really, did we spend 1/1,000,000,000 th of the money the Republicans did on trying to nail Bill Clinton for getting a blow job?

Mission Accomplished may now be declared on that major plank of our platform. And while the low presidential poll numbers, the continual parade of scandals, and the never-ending war mongering may well assist us in achieving our noble goals, we need to refocus now. Our goal must be to take back at least one house of Congress and the Whitehouse. To that end we must make ourselves heard by even more people. We must write even more letters to the various editors of the country. We must be sure to get our friends and colleagues fired up. Getting them to promise to vote is not enough. Regular readers of this and other liberal based blogs will not bring in enough numbers at the polls. Search out your old maiden aunties, your drunken 18 year old step son, try an old girlfriend or two. Most importantly, grab those people who have fallen victim to apathy and shove their nose in the shitty conditions of the country.

And blog, my friends, blog. I know a faithful reader or two of this very blog who believe that we cannot and do not make a difference with our efforts here. Not true. This shit is world wide. If we make a concentrated effort now it can spread in time to enable us to confidently declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED in six months and then again in '08.

Now the staff has a suggestion for the first topic. Hillary Clinton cannot win the 2008 presidential general election. As the editor here has noted in previous posts, she is a woman; a New Yorker (of sorts); an ultra liberal; and most notably is married to that evil Bill Clinton. We can't make a change, guys, if we can't get our candidate elected. Remember how John Kerry came from the back of the pack and kicked Wesley Clark's ass in the democratic primary. Now remember what the Karlrovians did to him in the general election. We might point out that Kerry was a decorated war veteran, an accomplished senator, and popular with the liberal base of the Democratic Party.

It is the position of the Space that we somehow convince our fellow Democrats to choose an alternative. Thus far we deem the best suited to be Evan Bayh of Indiana (Thank you Rich Bachelor for bringing him to our attention). He is telegenic; has a lovely blond wife; has two adorable twin sons; his father was the beloved figure Birch Bayh; and he plays well to middle class voters. We know, we know, you want someone who is more than just palatable to the public. We say get your candidate elected, then make changes. Oh, watch out for the McCain / Gulianni ticket. Think Hillary can beat Mr. POW and MR. 9/11 ??????? You want 8 years of that??
POSTED BY JACQ AT 8:45 PM
17 COMMENTS:
cats dig me said...
I expect lots of comments here, folks. Now is not the time to become complacent!
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 10:01:00 PM
Jacq said...
Refreshing....

It's still the good old boy network. Hills doesn't have a chance, alas. Despite the numerous other countries in the world that have women presidents, the US is still not gonna let it happen.
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 11:21:00 AM
cats dig me said...
Its that damn puritanical streak we have in this country. We still think that a woman is going to have PMS and nuke the world. What a buncha shit! W is far more likely to incinerate the planet.
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 12:36:00 PM
Jacq said...
True, very true.
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2006 1:41:00 PM
carrier said...
Buy the Bayh?

Bayh's our guy?

It would be foolhardy to think that because the president's poll numbers are down in April it somehow translates into victory for Dems in November. A long hot summer lurks between.

Exchanging personal liberty for corporate oppression is not the way to go. No matter how sweet our 401K's grow...it isn't worth it.

And a little bit of that liberty flies out the window with every seat filled with a Republican legislator.

Big government isn't a bad thing as long as the folks that cast votes are still pulling the strings, running the show. At this time that is not the case.

The only way to counter the clowns with the clamps on the beltway is to gridlock them. That means winning a majority in at least one house of congress.

They will steer the issues away from the national questions and try to focus at the state and local levels. We can't let that happen. That is where these ethereal pages should come in handy.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006 9:42:00 PM
cats dig me said...
Don't let McCain fool us any longer either. He is an ultra conservative in moderate's clothing pretending to respect the liberals. He talks the moderate talk alright, but if you look at his voting record you'll see that he rubber stamps the Bush agenda with an alarmingly high frequency. He introduces legislature in the senate that sounds great to liberals and progressives, knowing full well that the bill has no chance in hell of becoming enacted. But then he can say "Hey lookit what I did my liberal pals" and fool us into voting for him. He even had the Hollander, himself, fooled a few years ago. Take our country back now in the fall elections just in case we run into that McCain train wreck.
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006 12:34:00 AM
KEvron said...
"Hillary Clinton cannot win the 2008 presidential general election."

maybe not, but what can she do for dems in '06? she may not be presidential material, but get her on the stump and she's going to help a few more dems into both houses.

KEvron
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006 1:35:00 AM
carrier said...
True. She may not have the national appeal to win a general election, but the former first lady could be instrumental in rallying the democratic faithful this summer and fall.
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2006 8:22:00 PM
Jacq said...
I definitely don't trust McCain. Ms. Clinton has a lot of potential but I'm still leary.

I don't know, Carrier. Money still makes the US go round. That's all most people seem to care about.
MONDAY, MAY 01, 2006 11:32:00 AM
cats dig me said...
I am all for Hillary stumping about the country. She just may be able to energize those soccer moms. If what I suspect is about to happen (and I am right about these things a scary amount of the time) actually comes to pass, we may not need to worry overly much about the Whitehouse race for a time. We need to have us a house in '06
MONDAY, MAY 01, 2006 3:31:00 PM
Jacq said...
Scary? Did you say Scary???
TUESDAY, MAY 02, 2006 5:58:00 AM
cats dig me said...
Scary to those who are amongst the uninitiated. I have developed a certain intuition about these things which usually proves to be correct. One little ol' house in 06, all we need. People involved just need to get together, make a decision, and let their feelings be known. Everybody has got to be sick of all this Bush nonsense by now.
TUESDAY, MAY 02, 2006 6:46:00 AM
Jacq said...
In getting the House together, there's a lot more involved than just the decision-making. It goes deeper than that. Some need to be in and others need to know when their terms have been expired. Sometimes it takes longer than we'd like.

Looking forward beyond 2006 myself.
TUESDAY, MAY 02, 2006 1:16:00 PM
cats dig me said...
Yep, you're right Jacq. We need to prepare for 08 now. Hopefully the Dems can convince the populace their guy is the right man for the big job after throwing out any unnecessary guys from the other houses. Imagine if we do this just right we might have that house we acquire for many years to come. Then we can do some fantastic things once there is no Bush around.
TUESDAY, MAY 02, 2006 8:05:00 PM
Jacq said...
Anticipation of the unknown. Scary thing.
THURSDAY, MAY 04, 2006 1:20:00 PM
cats dig me said...
Its all in the timing. Nice thing about time? As it goes by the scary unknown factors diminish and the possibilities present themselves. I must admit a bit of trepidation about 06, but am confident that beyond that things will probably turn out fine. Imagine a world without Bush in Washington. That place seems so far away and remote, but everything that happens there affects us all huh?
THURSDAY, MAY 04, 2006 1:33:00 PM
Jacq said...
I suppose then that we should never rush to judgement or have unrealistic expectations. I hate disappointments. But the end result may please everyone if the timing is right. I believe in that for sure.

Cupid Laughing, Spreads His Wings?

I know. We who refuse to be held captive by this maniacal holiday run the risk of incurring womankind's eternal wrath. I'm sticking to my guns, thus far anyway.

What a fucked up holiday this is. Women are forced to endure year after year of idiotic, thoughtless presents. Men are forced to wander aimlessly through the lingerie department of their local department stores, trying desperately to not look like a moron or a pervert. If you buy your lady the traditional box of chocolates she will look at you with disdain and say it will cause her to get fat. If you do not cough up the said box of sweets you are accused of thinking she is already fat.

And, lord forbid, that you might actually be single on that awful day. What are you going to do? Hope that some equally forlorn creature takes pity on you and slides over a "friendship" Valentine card? And speaking of the "friendship" variety of card, what does that say exactly? I really like you. Thanks for not having sex with me. Yah, with the population of the planet being what it is, we would all have to send out about a billion of those. Sorry, its not in the budget this year.

Valentine's Day - How Romantic!

Well that's what Hallmark, FTD, and Van Duyn's would like us to believe eh? Nope, sorry Darlings, I won't be giving you a gift or sending along sweet somethings to y'all on the fourteenth. I do not believe in being confined to giving certain gifts only to certain people and only on certain days. Ain't gonna do it. Now before you girls go accusing me of being such a "MAN" (you know the tone of voice required here), let me explain what I will do.

I will gladly take you out to dinner because you are hungry, anytime. I'll send you a hand picked gift box from our favorite little hippy shop filled with incense, candles, tiny Buddha's, and a personalised card. I'll send you a loving, sexy email overnight while you sleep, so that you'll see it first thing when you awake. I'll order items from your favorite online stores and have them delivered by surprise to your front door. I'll write a passionate love song or a romantic poem, just for you. I'll kiss (or bite) all the sensitive spots on your body. I'll let you rant and scream when you are upset. I'll go clothes shopping with you, just to enjoy your company. I'll sneak money into your bank account when your funds are feeling low. I'll be friends with your cats and/or kids. I'll steal roses from your neighbor's yard and have them waiting for you when you get home. Sometimes, only sometimes, that one thing you have really been wanting or needing but couldnt afford, may just appear out of thin air. I'll be there for you, always.

Yep. You won't be getting a Valentine's Day card from me this year. But you may get a beautiful, well thought out gift because it is Tuesday.

And the Pendulum Swings Back

Updated: 6:16 p.m. PT Feb 13, 2007
TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas state Board of Education on Tuesday repealed science guidelines questioning evolution that had made the state an object of ridicule.

The new guidelines reflect mainstream scientific views of evolution and represent a political defeat for advocates of “intelligent design,” who had helped write the standards that are being jettisoned.

The intelligent design concept holds that life is so complex that it must have been created by a higher authority.

The state has had five sets of standards in eight years, with anti- and pro-evolution versions, each doomed by the seesawing fortunes of socially conservative Republicans and a coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans.

The board on Tuesday removed language suggesting that key evolutionary concepts — such as a common origin for all life on Earth and change in species creating new ones — were controversial and being challenged by new research. Also approved was a new definition of science, specifically limiting it to the search for natural explanations of what is observed in the universe.

“Those standards represent mainstream scientific consensus about both what science is and what evolution is,” said Jack Krebs, a math and technology teacher who helped write the new guidelines. He is also president of Kansas Citizens for Science.

The state uses its standards to develop tests that measure how well students are learning science. Although decisions about what is taught in classrooms remain with 296 local school boards, both sides in the evolution dispute say the standards will influence teachers as they try to ensure that their students test well.

John Calvert, a retired attorney who helped found the Intelligent Design Network, said under the new standards, “students will be fed an answer which may be right or wrong” about questions like the origin of life.

“Who does that model put first?” he said. “The student, or those supplying the preordained ‘natural explanation’?”

The Board of Education’s swing back wasn’t likely to settle the issue, given many Kansans’ religious objections and other misgivings about evolution.

“I don’t think this issue is going to go away. I think it’s going to be around forever,” board chairman Bill Wagnon, a Topeka Democrat who supports evolution-friendly standards, said before the vote.

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Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see

That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card of some delay
So this is all I have to say

That suicide is painless
It brings so many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The sword of time will pierce our skin
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger, watch it bring

Suicide is painless
It brings so many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied oh why ask me?

That suicide is painless
It brings so many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless

Artistic Vision? Yeah, okay.

I've had a few people comment to me privately that they don't like the "artistic vision" of the videos on this here lil blog. They think that the use of multiple still pictures is leftover from 70's video production and that the images are too directly linked to the lyrics. Hm, I actually kind of agree. Unfortunately the sources available to us are somewhat limited in that regard. Also I have to admit that I absolutely hate the supposed "artistic vision" of most modern day video producers/directors. Every time I see an MTV style video it reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas special. All the Schultz charaters dancing around on a stage to jazz music had nothing to do with Christmas. Seems the same way when you see a music video in this era. Perhaps we need to break down and buy a good video camera and some editing equipment and make our own damn vids.

I Know A Dead Parrot When I See One !

John Lennon - Imagine

For All Of Us

Dedicated to the Lovely Jacqueline. I know she will love this.

The best song ever written - enjoy !

Go ahead, sing along. Its okay.

My Childhood Innocence

To those of us who survived the 60's: Thanks for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts for you.

Give Me Your Poor...

...One Giant Leap for Mankind

It is true that many of our major cities boast landmarks which are immediately recognizable and, in fact, identify the city itself to even a casual observer. While we who live in this little berg cannot make that same claim, we do have something that is uniquely "us".

Introducing Astoria Oregon's GREAT CHIEF DICKHEAD