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Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Being on the margins and often off the page entirely when it comes to
popular music, Madonna hasn't twiddled my thingie musically. I have
watched her antics pushing the media around though and had some good
laughs. I was watching when she talked about her new album and video,
deciding to pull the harder edge grenade toss to Bushwacker. I then
noticed in Rolling Stone the critics fucking took off on her new album. I
don't put much stock in the critics at Rolling Stone as they are generally
pawns of the record labels, but the level of poison from these
"critics" was damn shrill, kind of reminiscent of Fox News
"coverage" of the "war". Her album "American
Life" is apparently an indictment of the fat-sucking consumerist,
shallow-brained lifestyle so deeply embedded in our bottom scraping
culture. The album was panned horribly. So today it enters the charts at
Number One. I think I am supposed to be happy that somehow, at least for
awhile, some conversation about the pigness of the American Dream is going
to be injected into the common vein that usually serves as a drip infusion
lobotomy for the grazed and difused. Whaddaya think?
Name: gouge
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Hammond, I'm about 1/4 the way thru AsEverWas. The reviews are right,
it's excellent. Of course, I may be somewhat prejudiced, being spawned
from a broken family myself, absent father & mother, 'raised' by
grandparents...sent off to military school (mine was San Marcos Baptist
Academy in Texas. a co-ed joint. You can just imagine how that worked
out... http://smba.org/jrotc/military.html
ah, the stories we could tell of adolescent resistance...coke cans or
toilet paper rolls in the howitzers, dimes crushed in the breech of M1
rifles...or sometimes clips loaded...beer parties the night before white
glove inspections...) and later to become a wandering freak...draft
classification 1-A prime meat...there are a few similarities to our early
stories... anyway, great work!
bob
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Ohio Girl; I can only second and third and fourth Marks Missive, my
thoughts are with you.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Ohio Girl,
Sorry to hear of your continuing struggle with Hep C. I am thinking
good thoughts for you.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: Sad Day in Lone Star State
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Somewhere in Texas a village is missing an idiot
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
And the "Nobody" was just a pair of toy teeth that Wavy would
wind up to chatter away 'plastically' at the audience - sounds better that
what we have now.......
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Nicole,
As for Friday night, say it loud and roll on with your bad self! I
think Bush is gnawing on the 50 year thang that T. Turner predicted. I
think we are back to a Nobody for President campaign again. Shit fire! If
that dumbass would jes go for the pretzels a few more times.
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
Hi all, when I take part in this panel on Friday, I'd like to
paraphrase alot of what was posted today and past days, as sort of a
digger alternative to this whole presidential mess...I mean, I will speak
for myself but I'd like to include a bit about our ongoing conversations
because I truely do feel something of real shape coming into the lense...and
I like it...everything no matter how small or large starts with one
ideal...and it's funny because one of the last conversations Peter C. had
with his father before he died...was his (morris)analsys of the situation
and he said, "it won't happen fast, but it will happen, maybe in 50
years" again I'm paraphrasing, but it fits the time line...and even
Ted Turner said recently...he gives the whole human race only about 50
more years...so if there are any objections to me mentioning the site and
out on going brain storming...speak now or forever... Love all of you, Nik
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress: writenow@spiritone.com
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
"AsEverWas" reviewed by Joyce Metzger for Al Aronwitz's
Blacklisted Journalist
http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/column90o.html
*Pretty wordy - but hey - a favorable review is a favorable review!
Best to all - H.
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
I think our only real hope is to 'deselect' Bush in 04 - that is if the
chads don't get us again - or if (God forbid!) the proposed virtual voting
machines all vote for him no matter what name is written in. I think we
are all suffering from Neurotic President Syndrome and Middle of the War
Blues. The only convincing cure is to get rid of the unelected virus by
any means necessary (BAM!) which some of you might recognize from 60s
counter jargon - ie. Up Against the Wall Motherfucker! - and good-by
Georgie boy.
Hope Screams Eternal..............
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress: gee Officer Krupke, Krup You!
Date: 30 Apr 2003
Comments
I guess the reason for me not writing is personal blues added to
worldwide blues. The doctors think I have "cryoglobulins" which
is a reaction of the blood to the hepatitis C virus, causing your blood to
clump up and freeze at inappropriate times, basically. It's a serious
thing to have, but it matches the stuff that goes wrong with me, and would
explain why I started feeling bad as soon as I had a relapse and the virus
came back, whereas some people never get symptoms from hep C. I think I'm
all krupped-up. I was never a type A personality, but not it feels like
I'm down to about type Z. I felt so excellent for awhile, now that I know
such a level of health is possible I want it back. I've got a doctor's
appointment Thursday where he elaborates on the bad news the specialist
already told me. Oh, brother. Also I've been "confessing," i.e.
cooking up some new tales for True Story.
Why am I not surprised that businesses can invest in voting
machines!!!! Makes perfect sense. Everything's free in AmErica, For a
small fee in AmeRIca. It's always been difficult for me to understand the
differences in this country, why wages and prices vary so widely in
different regions of the country (although poverty remains the same, just
easier to obtain in the pricey places). States' rights to completely
different laws and penalties etc., makes about as much sense to me as a
jury of our peers. No one on earth has a peer.
Well Steve that's a trial I'd like to see. When you're a Jet let them
do what they can.....! From down in Ohio, Peace
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
JAG,
At the end of the discussion at Planet Drum the final word was "it
comes down to each one teach one" and a short but very convincing
description of the effectiveness of that method. Planet Drum Foundation is
a very small outfit, I repeat small, and the effects of the work over the
last 30 years is nothing short of amazing. The myth that one person can't
make changes is foolish, in fact to me it seems that it is the only way it
can be done. Michael Moore was held up as an example in this discussion.
When I first started at PDF I was skeptical but after two years I am
finally getting it. I am a little thick sometimes. Peace.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Mark, you make some excellent observations, and yes Portland is a
maelstrom of divergent attitudes as well as Seattle and on a lesser scale
Eugene. The Northwest has alway's been a beacon for unconventional social
excercise's, the first "bottle bill" for refundable beer
bottle's and cans, the first decriminalization law for our favorite herb,
even one of the first Senator's to oppose the war in Vietnam. I realize
this trend is followed in many other region's and would hope it could
coalesce into a viable alternative on a national level, or better, global.
Your concept gives me hope, and even better, a reason to believe this
current nightmare can be ended with individual effort and reason.
Name: patrick
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
hey gang, I am just coming out of the stupor myself. Was over in the
Biltmore forest earlier today with my wifes father who was visiting. Ah
blazing azealas and the dank smell of the "Robber Barons". Can't
beat a sunnyy day to make things seem right. Speaking of seccession and
such you must check out the"United tribes of the Americas" sight
at theuta.com Its about having a country in a country, or in many
countries. They even have they're seal registered and approved with nafta
for trade. I'm ready to become one of the citizens of the UTA . Talk about
a cool seal on the passport. Check it out!!!! Keep on truckin' Silent
Steve, even slowly on your back! Wish I could be there for your trial.
What a hoot. Well, off to Georgia for my couple of days of work. Hah,
Those fools voted in that new guv to get the rebel battle flag reinstated
and not only won't it be reinstated but the one the old guv compromised
with, Which still had a mini-racist battle flag on it won't be allowed
either.
PS. www.theuta.com DIG IT !! Peace all, Patman AKA Freebo'
Name: Tim
EmailAddress: Revolves Around Revolving Bodies :)
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Mark--Interesting train of thought on secession. I would suggest that
Latino cultures of Southwest are many and varied, some strongly identified
and connected to Latin America, some not--a really fascinating discussion
of the cycle of responses of US Latinos to immigration from Mexico in 20th
c. in David Gutierrez, _Walls and Mirrors._
McMingus said it so well: "uneducated" doesn't (necessarily)
translate into "stupid." I had much better conversations about
my dissertation research with my brother--who never finished high
school--than with most other grad students. Many of the latter wanted to
be members of a club in which they would have the privilege of being
irrelevant to the rest of the world, & could look down on everyone
else from their seat in the club. (Met some wonderful, committed, radical
people there, too.) Grew up among people like the NC hill people you
describe, though much further north. Not liking interference from anyone
often translated into ultraconservatism (one of the places where Jesse
Helms got his votes), but that doesn't mean that, with a shift in the
winds, that all those folks would remain so. It all depends on whether
they hold private property sacred, or community bonds sacred. Next twenty
years could provide a severe test of all our values, including this one.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
McMingus,
I would be remiss without recommending Peter Berg who would recommend
the late Ray Dasmann as his best mentor in Bioregionalism. If you haven't
read Freeman House's "Totem Salmon" you gotta do it. A really
wonderful book.
Name: McMingus
EmailAddress: look out for the Secesh' party
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Righteous thoughts, Mark .. anyone here remember "Ecotopia"
by Ernest Callender ? It could happen, & might be the best outcome.
Bioregionalism : see Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Edward Abbey. Most
legitimate political thought I know of.
Probably most of us here are seceding in our own ways .. even in NC it
can be done. Lots of organic farmers & stubborn hill people here,
don't like interference from ANYBODY.
So try imagining grass-roots people might just be ready to escape
tyranny. Uneducated doesn't translate to stupid.
I hope you've got it right in that last post.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Here are some thoughts from a discussion (me mostly listening) a week
ago. The prevailing opinion is it is an unlikley scenario that this
government can be toppled from within. It is to big, to powerful and it
runs on money and deceit. The other component of this an assumption that
the US is in the late stages of the industrial age if not done with it
completely. Imperial efforts to bag all the world resources to remain a
dominant force and feed a bloated culture bent on ever increasing
consumerism will take a toll. It is a dead end road. The feeling is that
secessionist movements or sentiments will cause populations within our
country to seek independence from much of the political debauchery that
will prevail. An example is much of the Southwest and California is a
Hispanic majority making the needs and traditions of that culture more
linked to the Latin American cultures. San Francisco itself could exist as
a City State which is how most of the country sees it now anyhow. Seattle,
Portland also have a strong counterculture and Bioregionalism has sprung
up throughout our country as well as abroad. These Bioregional groups are
very different from each other and have created communities based in
sustainability but often have quite unique political/cultural
perspectives. The view is that as the situation becomes more corrosive
many of these groups will network and become allies in common needs
tending to work around the established government structures. As these
networks form old border lines will become less relevant. Dependency on a
increasingly out of touch political structure will shrink. As Europe
realigns itself seeking to leave the oboslete warring solutions that US
has relied for to long the US will find less audience for it posing. The
media that is so "powerful" now is going to suffer from their
own transformation into a corporate/entertainment/propaganda machine
losing credibilty at the hands of the big money interests. I know these
are loose ideas floating around but I wanted to share them here to see if
I can get a reaction.
Name: Silent Steve
EmailAddress: West Fourth
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
I actually got authorization this time. Hey, I went to court yesterday
and insisted that I was "Crossing the street very slowly on my
back"..the judge was an old 60's activist and when a DA type objected
to my NOT GUILTY plee (she insisted that I was deaf and couldnt understand
the plea procees. Actually If I had pleaded guity, I could have walked and
if I stayed out of trouble for 60 days the charge would be purged from the
record. Well...I indicated to her that I could hear and snapped my finger
three times, to which the Judge snapped his three times (to get my
attention and to test if I could hear). I looked the cat in the eye, and
he smiled and said "The Jets" to which I mimed my best Jets vs.
Sharks West Side Story Dance. Well, I dont have to tell ya that my not
guilty plea was a solidarity statement for the M27 folks and the NYC
Anarchists who got slapped with shit like interfearing with an officer
(for merely asking questions), resisting arrest (for falling down when
pushed, etc. Anyway, my point is that I was at no time
"Disorderly". Ah, shit, I wont go into it here,... The weather
was fantastic, I naturally wore the Ol' Digger Tee Shirt to court...my
trial is on June 23rd. Keep ya posted. P.S. "When yer' a Jet, yer' a
Jet fer' life."...hey, when Nicole was over, she sang the prettiest
song and played the piano in the back parlor. Wow, how such a "Whiskie
and Tobaccoo" sound can come out of a sweet package like that only
goes to prove that there's a prize in every box. Well, Im' half upstairs
and half downstairs; moving is a bitch, even if its a few floors. Hey the
nice lady who I moved stuff up 5 flights a few months back wants me to
tote some more junk. I think she likes me. Hey Nicole; Carnegie Hall
hooked up with Nonesuch Records and Emmylou Harris is gonna play Zankel
Hall in late October, let me treat you and some friends to the show. Get
back to me on that. (Coyote aint the only one who'd worship in her church
any day!!) (your's also; for that matter). Later all.
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
good to hear from you all...I need to know everyones okay...ps an
interesting item for you...My boss who is a major developer in NYC and
Florida recieved a fax today offering as an investment opportunity, buying
into "computer voting" machines isn't it a bit wierd having them
underwritten by corporations???
Name: McMingus
EmailAddress: "Breaux Bridge Jail " just kidding, a song
by Gatemouth Brown
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Here's my take -- you're lucky to be outside this world of lies &
violence -- take your sweet souls & soar in the air. It's just too
foul in the mainstream.
(Going out to tend the garden here.)
Really.
Name:
EmailAddress: Ricl and Emmett.com
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
http://www.bigmagic.com/pages/blackj/column9a.htm
Here's an arcane article about non-other than Kenny Wisdom
Name: FYI Service
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
US Troops open fire on (unarmed) Anti-American demonstrators in Iraq
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2649496
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Hi Nic - Mark and Jag
Yes where is our inspirational mute who has more relevant things to say
than most verbalists? I have not been licking my wounds because the blood
is too thick so I take out my frustrations by writing and htmling my way
through the day - keeping me sane. Hope springs eternal - yet the Bushman
keeps doing his dirty work in the shadows -
ReRoll The Axis Dice (click through) to see what I mean!
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/axisroll.html
Oh and Nic - I was thinking of you yesterday. Ronnie H. ('The
Hawk") sent me a copy of his new CD "Still Crusin" (very
bluesy in the backbeat) and his biography recently re-done in paperback.
You may have read this - but there are some great early photos of Danko
and the Boys that I know you would appreciate - check it out if you
haven's seen it = "The Hawk - the story of Ronnie Hawkins and the
Hawks by Ian Wallis.
Peace and Love to everyone -
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
I too have been reading, licking my wounds, so to speak. I think their
is a lapse in the action due to shock and awe at how easily this nation
was duped by a moron.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Hey Nicole,
I am here, been watching this book for a week while I am painting. Very
quiet. I am in a funk of sorts or maybe just stunned a little given the
huge swerve the world has taken in the last month. I have been doing lots
of head shaking, reacting to the stuff I see happening now. I still can't
believe the American culture is buying what Bush is selling. So I am
painting and tending to regular matters, waiting to see what is coming our
way. I still hope, maybe foolishly, that a crumbling of Bush's credibility
will emerge and spread, and also a shake up in the media whores who
perpetrated these crimes. It is still raining out here off and on so the
mood is frustration waiting for the spring to really hit and change the
energy cycle. Peace.
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 29 Apr 2003
Comments
Where is everybody...I guess the better weather is keeping you all
outside...well, that's a good thing. Also our inspiring Steve is being way
too silent.
Name: John David Locking
EmailAddress: jlocking@hotmail.com
Date: 28 Apr 2003
Comments
Nurse-plus might cure health crisis via mri technicians poaching via
earthquakes technologies ttyl
Name: Tim Hodgdon
EmailAddress: StopSpamHodgdon@StopSpam.BrunNet.net
Date: 27 Apr 2003
Comments
Greetings from Canada!
I've been buried under the workload that comes with your first year of
teaching, so haven't been on the site in a while. I was browsing through
the guestbook, and discovered that there had been some talk of Digger
women putting together a book on their experiences.
Here's one visitor who would love to read such a book! Are you still
working on it?
Peace, Tim
PS: G.W. _does_ resemble Howdy Doody!
Name: Jennifer
EmailAddress: MiJennWicca
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Steve, ah, yes, alas the world has 3 additional wills women.....Nicole
and I however are the only ones with earthly conscious...as of yet, there
is hope for us all . I live on a rapidly becoming self sufficent solar
powered 20 acre "farm" of my own in the redwoods up high north
country "humboldt" county...eh? Nicole is the lark and song bird
that warms the deepest part of my heart and has been my inspiration to
live full and on the edge of social reality. She is my muse. Nice to meet
you as well. Kisses and love and namaste to all humaneS and living ones.
rocks, trees, birds, rivers....and all. Most love to those non-humanes...and
namaste to the BUSHMIESTER...the thought is chilling... Jenn
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Two Ways,
The waiting is over. Create the conditions you describe. I can't see
any other way. The intellectual level that these old fools play on is just
pathetic. I think now is the time to find common hearts, feed some of the
sadness with the words and vibes of our counter culture, and let our
numbers and spirit reinforce the values. You and I are not alone, we have
the same blood in the veins, the same tears that fall, but we damn sure
have the same right to live in this country free and clear of these
idiots.
Name:
EmailAddress: Two Way's
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
The overwhelming political lesson of the last year is that war works
— that is, it's an excellent cover for the Republican Party's domestic
political agenda. In fact, war works in two ways. The public rallies
around the flag, which means the President and his party; and the public's
attention is diverted from other issues. As long as the nation is at war,
then, it will be hard to get the public to notice what the flagwavers are
doing behind our backs. And it just so happens that the "Bush
doctrine," which calls for preventive war against countries that may
someday pose a threat, offers the possibility of a series of wars against
nasty regimes with weak armies. Someday the public will figure all this
out. But it may be a very long wait.
Name: Taking Up All the Page!!!
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Hammond and Stew in Counter Punch (weekend edition) http://www.counterpunch.org/poems04262003.html
:-)
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Hi all.
I just read this article from the Washington Post - which has to be the
most pathetic thing I have read since this mess began. Apparently our
"liberating forces" in their inept search for weapons of mass
destruction neglected to secure the (well known) nuclear sites and storage
facilities containing all sorts of radioactive elements and unattended
death waste. Now the Pentagoons say they have the places
"secured" - but unfortunately not before some major looting had
taken place by unknown radioactive thieves. This is just one of the
"pathetic" elements within this report.
Will administrative stupidity and blind ambition never end? Currently
no one with any sense what-so-ever is at the wheel of our dearly beloved
SpaceShip Earth. But I guess we all knew that........
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35498-2003Apr24?language=printer
Name: FYI Service
EmailAddress: worththeeffort.com
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
"I thought the Americans said they wanted a democracy in
Iraq," said Kassem al-Sa'adi, a 41-year-old merchant. "If it is
a democracy, why are they allowed to make the rules?"
The Full Magillacuty:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=400441
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Ohio Girl - thanks - and remember, your work is always welcome in The
3rd Page...... :-) Ed.
Name: IGBOS
EmailAddress: MUMUGUY@EGO.COM
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
PLEASE ALL GUYS SHOULD GOOOOO OUT HERE AS I TOLD YOU BEFOR
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
The poem delicately and precisely says what's wrong right now on these
perfect Spring days. I just saw an interview on CNN this morning with
Sanje Gupta (spelling?) a doctor who has always done medical news spots on
CNN, and who was an embedded reporter with military doctors in Iraq.
Without making any antiwar statements (and I don't believe he ever has),
he pointed out that the fighting will end, but people have been left with
wounds that will never end.
I always enjoy these links to Third Page, Emptymirror, Counterpunch
etc., probably I haven't mentioned that! Hello to everyone, Peace
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Duh me.......
It is too early - here is the corrected link to Nic's poem:
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/nicole4.html
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
Ohio Girl - congrats on your True Story contract!
Nicole's latest contribution to The 3rd Page
"Sitting in the Shadows of War"
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/niclole4.html
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress: true life
Date: 26 Apr 2003
Comments
I got another contract in the mail from True Story magazine, for a
story that is a little less fictional than my others, it's based on my own
family, the Fourth of July when one of my children was six years old and
one was just about to be born. I was telling my older son how this story
is like our story, except that the pregnant woman is always counting her
blessings, there is a live-in husband who is very helpful around the
house, and the woman is an excellent cook. "Oh," said my son,
"you mean, not like our family at all!"
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 25 Apr 2003
Comments
New from Stew Albert
"Seig Howdy"
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/seighowdy.html
Name: CounterPunched Again
EmailAddress:
Date: 25 Apr 2003
Comments
"Spring Time in Iraq" (Counter Punch Version)
http://www.counterpunch.org/guthrie04252003.html
Yippie!!!!
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 24 Apr 2003
Comments
Nic - Ask and ye shall receive! (=check your e-mail) -
Hey Hippy Museum - Thanks so much for your listing-links! And when you
see him give Steven a gigantic hug from me.....!!! :-)
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 24 Apr 2003
Comments
I was doing some research on the Tuatha De Danaan and came across this
sort of interesting page...
http://www.shee-eire.com/Misc/CelticView.htm
Hammond, would it be proper for you to forward that to me?
Name: Communes
EmailAddress: ~*
Date: 24 Apr 2003
Comments
The Farm is the most renown , but Sustainable Communes are alive and
well, and are many, and with all the insanity about, folk are having a
renewed intrest in "returning to the land" check out the
Intentional Communities website : http://www.ic.org/iclist.html
Name: the Hippie Museum
EmailAddress:
Date: 24 Apr 2003
Comments
We've added the Digger Guestbook, Tomas' Muse, and Hammond's Third Page
to the Hippie Museum here: http://www.hippiemuseum.org/express.html
and Hammond's War(d) Repot here: http://www.hippiemuseum.org/editorials.html
You're All Great! Onward and Upward! ~* (the Hippie Museum can be found on
the Farm! http://www.thefarm.org )
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress: writenow@spiritone.com
Date: 24 Apr 2003
Comments
Kelly - Bob C. fw'd your note on Kirby's last days and moments. I so
wish I could be at the wake - but distance and time prevail. Again, please
accept these heartfelt condolences to all in the family and to perhaps
thousands of grateful friends - and all for having known Kirby - Grief Be
Far.
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
"Spring Time in Iraq"
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/shadpup.html
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
Kelly - (Nic), So sorry to learn of Kirby's passing. I didn't know him
well but I when was a quasi-denizen of Bolinas circa 1968 - 1969 his
genuine presence there and in the general area is so fondly remembered by
all. My heartfelf condolences and prayers to you and your family. Namasté
- Bole Nath Ki Jai - Hammond
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
Kelly, your e-mail did not go through, perhaps you can post it
again...or a number somehow...I know this is tricky because of spam, but
if you just remove the words (no spam)from my e-dress, it will go through
but they can't gleen it from the general mailing...so give this a try...
willinics@yahoo.nospam.com
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress: re Kirby Doyle's journey onward...
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
Kelly, I'm sorry to hear that news, I knew your father well. In 1969 I
lived in an apartment above the art supply store in Pt. Reyes and Kirby
and Tracy lived down the hall. Somewhere in my belongings I have a drawing
I did of him...just a head shot...I'm not an artist but I was able to
capture Kirby's spirit...I went back and forth between the houseboat in
Sausalito, Olema and the Pt Reyes apt...Shannon and Kirby would come by
the houseboat sometimes on fishing expidetions (at least that was what
they said they were doing down at the water front) I would love to come to
a memorial for him...truely...and if for some reason I cannot leave NYC to
attend, I'd like to write something or participate in some other
way...Your father had a magnificent laugh...please let me know if I can
help in some way, with warm regards, Nicole
Name: noname
EmailAddress:
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
Ronald - to learn about communes go back in time or search the web -
but if you are serious then contact The Family and Steve Gaskin in
Virginia - as this is one of the only communes still communing as such For
the rest - it is a good history lesson but little else. Why not start your
own commune? It is free for the asking - but much harder to actualize.
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
Hey there Steve! Hello to everyone, from almost-Spring Ohio. It frosted
again this morning, Spring hasn't settled in yet I guess. My car and I
both run better on the warmer days, neither of us is ever going to be
quite righ I think, so I'm sure happy to see the approach of Summertime.
Peace
Name: McMingus
EmailAddress: Copperhead Road
Date: 23 Apr 2003
Comments
A write-up about the late Nina Simone & her early days in the
Asheville area of North Carolina .. not a bad article -- http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/news/33497
Name: Ronald Antoni
EmailAddress: ronaldantoni@yahoo.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
I would like some info on communes in cal. and oregon. You can email me
or call me @ 650-799-4511. Im 48 and would like to experience living in a
commune.
Thanks Ron
Name: Karen
EmailAddress: bluefawn@rockisland.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
YES steve, it's a very good sign! we each are our own island; and we
have to listen * look @ how we affect our surroundings:>} You help us
in making the shift; Thanx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
http://www.oboaddy.com/letmeplay.html
Mark; You've probably heard of Obo but just in case. He's Portland's
spiritual rhythm master.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Steve,
I knew you couldn't stay "silent" for long. Despair has
fallen around but most of us are starting get over it, had a good day at
Planet Drum getting some insight and inspiration. After I digest some of
what was said I will pass it along here.
Everybody, Eric has helped put together a new souped-up Planet Drum
Website. In particular check out the new Green City Calendar. This
calendar is a work of love by the volunteers at Planet Drum and a model
used by many communities around the world.
www.planetdrum.org
Name: Eric
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Hey, Steve, good to see you survived the past two weeks which have been
the nadir for many friends of mine. Something about the despair over the
wars we're paying for in our names. But they can't keep us down for long.
Gotta keep on keeping on...
Name: Texas Psych
EmailAddress: TexasPsych-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Check out the best Texas Psych group here: http://www.geocities.com/kilohegroup/TexasPsychPoint.html
Look at all the CD’s we produce for the fans: http://rokybarrett.tripod.com/rokycdclub/index.html
Art for those discs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TPCAG/files/
Most recent, we have EVERY ‘Elevators IA 45 burned to disc along with
the Spades 45. All are from original vinyl including the Spades. These are
then de-clicked and removed of surface noise. Also out now is a 160-minute
George Kinney interview from a month ago. There’s the double disc
8/11/84 Roky gig. It’s great! We put the stuff out on the street for the
fans. Don’t just talk about it! Listen to it!
Name: Steve again....
EmailAddress: I think...
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Mother Witch...now let me get this straight...Oregon is an Island???...Hey,..let
me know where you can pick up a letter will ya?. Oregon??? Hey, I skipped
the last M27 protest. I knew that after the original dry run that the heat
was gonna bust some nuts. It was freezing out and their hot chocolate
cools off fast. (They hate that). It was short and sweet. What gets me is
all of the "Supporters" who said the night before that they
couldnt get busted; so they would "Just peacefully stand across the
street" (without blocking the side walk)..boy were they shittin'
their pants. The heat grabbed the whole mob. Freedom and Just-us for
allmost all. Aint it the way?? Hey, I heard that the war is over...but,..uh..
if it was never declaired,..how could it end?...Hmmm... is it me or
what???? Hi Eric, Hi hammond, Hi everyone....everywhere....Hi me. (whens
the last time any of you said hi to yourselves??...Hmmm...is that a good
sign??...
Name: Steve
EmailAddress: NYC
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Jenny??...Nicole!!..Theres more like you at Home???!!! WOW. Hey, let's
clone ya' baby!!!
Name: Silent Steve
EmailAddress: same-as-it-ever-was
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
hey motherfuckers! Im' on an "Unauthorized" Church computer.
I was told NOT to fuck with it. As I dont have a password, I jumped on it
after someone left it on & open. Hey, whata they gonna do?..cut my
tongue out??...I havent skimmed down or checked out the latest shit yet.
Will do and get back at ya. The Diggers are alive and well in NYC. Im'
still giving away the store. Seems like the only things that I can hold
onto are my tattoos. Hey Nik, I forgot to give you the posters. (next
time)..hope FLA was a gas.
Name: FYI Service
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Arcata, Ca. Outlaws! http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64173-2003Apr20?language=printer
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
My darling Jenny wren, I just e'd you at your wicca address, but in
case you read this first...I was in Florida on your Birthday and no access
to a computer but I thought really hard (soft really) about you and vibed
the best song I could muster...so go check your mi jenn wicca...I love you
more than I could ever tell you...I think it's really over due, the
reunion of the 4 Wills sisters...we could even invite the three boys, but
I don't think they're speaking...what a family...whew.
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress: lettters@spiritone.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
"The Faith Based Wild Card" http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/joker1.html
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Houses of the Unholy (Cards) http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/houseofcards.html
Name: Eric
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Jennifer,
In the 2000 election, in the first debate that I saw Dubya, I broke out
laughing hysterically at the first close-up face shot. I had never really
looked at his face before. I yelled out, "It's Howdy Doody". And
all my friends broke into hysterical laughter as well at the utter truth
of it. He's a puppet, he's Howdy Doody. (Since then I've seen the
comparison appear in print in numerous places, so either word-of-mouth is
very powerful, or thousands of us had the same revelation simultaneously.)
Name: Jennifer
EmailAddress: MiJennWicca
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Nicole....oh where oh where has my big sista gone? 50 years, my time
has come and gone....and no birthday tune from my favorite voice. What is
the news on the boy? btw the only axis of evil is mr bush and his low life
commandos and other MEN in rule that we no NOTHING of. Don't 'cha think gw
looks like alfred e newman on his best day? NIK write me chickie boom.
Love ya and mucho besos from the wren. Love ya more than words Jenn
Name:
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Name: Pope Salmon the Lesser Mungojelly
EmailAddress: rainbow@hemidemisemiquaver.org
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
love love love love love love love love love love LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
i am here in VT now, near bennington, anyone nearby i Demand that you
write to me Immediately. LOVE!
Name: Weed Grower
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Another "joker" for your deck of cards should be Daniel
Pipes. If you don't know about this guy, visit:
http://www.danielpipes.org/
Very scary, this guy's a demagogue like the whole Right Wing
Conspiracy.
Name: FYI - Service
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
The Resurrection is Here! http://www.morningspringrain.com/
Name:
EmailAddress: @idiotson.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
http://www.ericblumrich.com/idiot.html
Name: Orion
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
The US Military came up with an ingenious idea, their "Death
Pack" of playing cards depicting the top 55 most wanted Iraqis. It's
such a great idea (of course we're not advocating any violence), we can
use the concept ourselves. Let's create our own "Pack of
Jokers". Here's my first nomination:
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Here is a link to the SF Chronicle article on the reopening of the
Avalon Ballroom.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/22/DD272653.DTL
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Morningstar lived in my heart over the years, and was always one of the
focal points from which my view of the world evolved. It was the first
thing I tried to find when we got a computer that could go online. And I
was only there for a few weeks..............
Name: Tom Diaz
EmailAddress: tomas@laurelrose.com
Date: 22 Apr 2003
Comments
Morningstar Ranch: Why is this one particular piece of land so special?
We could write books about what happened there? Why is this one particular
piece of land so special? Boil tried to write about it but failed.
Name: r n a
EmailAddress: nina simone
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Nicole, Nina Simone just lest earth? She came to Morningstar in 1968 or
69 or 70 for a visit. I remember what a grand latdy she was. Morningstar
was definately outside of her dimensions. She got a nice personalized tour
by Lou and his entourage of the day.
Name: Joe
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
I am in NYC....lol .....i was just laughing about that the militias in
michigan have bigger arsenals than the iraqis.....so much for disarming
Saddam and his fabled arms caches.....they show a small pile of
conventional arms on tv and make like its a big find
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
...Nina Simone just joined the chorus of angels...
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress: ps
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Hammond, he was in great spirits and healthy...so not to worry on that
front.
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
He doesn't have a computer...I stopped by just before I left for
Florida and he said it was down...I don't know if it's because they shut
it down due to the possible move or if it's just broke...I'll try and make
an arangement where he can come into my office and use mine...it's free
after all...Nik
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Hi Nic - Say where has Steve disappeared to?
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Joe, why did I think you were here in NYC...btw, a gorgeous day here in
the big apple...spring has actually sprung? Nik
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Joe - Sorry to hear about your recent bout of ill health - and hoping
you are on the way to full recovery mate. You have my vote for getting out
of Michigan - AZ/NM has to be better quality air - Taos?
Name: Joe
EmailAddress:
Date: 21 Apr 2003
Comments
Well I just got out of the hospital after 5 days because of my
lungs......been sick over 3 weeks so far this time.....ive been thinking
of New Mexico or Arizona too.....is it still a good place to go for
respiratory problems....I havent been there since 79.......some of those
munition dumps they find in Iraq and show on TV are about 10% of the size
of what some people have bunkered behind cabins in Michigan
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
Bunnies and colored eggs ain't my thang but here is an interesting link
for those of us who want to sidestep Moloch.
http://www.ithacahours.org/
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
IMAM-suspect,
Glad you're back, you old dawg. What subversive duties have you been up
to?
Eric,
I would like to know your take on the SF protest last weekend if you
have some time.
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
Hi IMAM, I suspect I missed you!
Name: Mark
EmailAddress: Morequotes.com
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
If we go back to the beginning we shall always find that ignorance and
fear have created gods; fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit has adorned or
disfigured them; weakness worships them; credulity preserves them in life;
custom regards them and tyranny supports them in order to make the
blindness of men serve its own ends.
Baron d'Holbach
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: @"mangled".com
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
Ouch, tough crowd,Ya hockey puck :)
Name: Imam Ibin Awaytoolong
EmailAddress: ether here or there
Date: 20 Apr 2003
Comments
Then they came for "the actually Quote" and found out they
came for the spelt of truth within "mangled" poetry trala......IMAM
(Suspect)
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 19 Apr 2003
Comments
I totally mangled my last post, this is the actually Quote
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not
a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I
was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not
speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and
there was no one left to speak out for me.
Pastor Martin Niemöller
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 19 Apr 2003
Comments
First they came for the communists and I didn't complain because they
did'nt come for me, then they came for the Jews and I didn't complain
because they didn't come for me, then they came for me and no one
complained because their was no one left.
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 19 Apr 2003
Comments
Please see today's CounterPunch -> The Poet's Basement
"Chaos Theory (Revisited)" http://www.counterpunch.org/poems04192003.html
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 19 Apr 2003
Comments
Dr. Sponge, Now that's funny! Except the joke's on me my car actually
has started to stall out as much as the computer! Thanks for a really good
laugh.
Nicole, best wishes and I hope a speedy resolution to that trial. It
was right to do it the first time, it'll be right if you have to do it
again (but I hope not).
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
As I gaze at all the sublime chaos about me I regress, the ancestral
past, microsmic particles, evoloutions conception, a progressive march
towards history's sum, the primordial sludge that bore us all to evolve
towards sentience and grasp our surroundings. I cannot fathom to what end
this should lead. As "maturity" beckons and reason rules I stand
ready to renounce my membership in the grand experiment called
"Humanity". Foward my mail to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Name: Dr Sponge
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
Bill Gates or GM - an oldie but goodie
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the
waycomputers have enhanced our lives, read on. > > At a recent
computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer
industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with
technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00
cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics: > > 1. For no reason
whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to
buy a new car. > > 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway
for no reason. You > >would have to pull over to the side of the
road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen
the windows before you could continue.For some reason you would simply
accept this. > > > > 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver
such as a left turn would cause > >your car to shut down and refuse
to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. >
> > > 5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun,
was > >reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but
would > >run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all
be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal
Operation" warning light. > > 7. The airbag system would ask
"Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out
and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle,
turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn
how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in
the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine
off.
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
Nic - I know it is difficult thinking of a second trial but plea
bargains generally stink from a victim's point of reality - Please send
this guy away if at all possible - he is undoubtedly a recidivist who
needs long term containment vs. short term hand slaps. Love to you and
welcome back!
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
...my mistake...that was Winslow, Arizona...nevermind
Name: Nicole
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
...just back from Florida...great vacation...tons of sun, the ocean,
rest, and my best friend Susan. Trial went well, but a hung jury now...one
hold out...she wanted more coroboration??? anyway now they offer him the
plea again...the judge told him..."consider 11 to 1 and personally
everything she said (me) made sense everything you said, made no sense, I
would consider the plea" But if he doesn't we just do it again on
April 30th...
Eileen, Prescott Arizona is beautiful..."it's a girl my lord in a
flat bed ford..." that was in Prescott. Maybe check out Gouge
territory...Tuscon...sounds like you keep adding to your wisdom file...
Back later y'all, With really warm regards, Nik
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
PS - Wayne Morse http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/country.html
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress: writenow@spiritone.com
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
Eileen - Sorry to miss you while in Eugene - so close by. Had I known
you were going to be there I could have put you both up at the Wayne Morse
Club House - all refreshments etal supplied with a great smile from my
dear friend Victor who was the late Senator's chauffeur. Should you get
back to Eugene please let me know before hand and I will set the scene for
you and Miranda. Best of the best on your journey!
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 18 Apr 2003
Comments
Eileen, outta sight! Yeah life is a trip. It's good to hear from you!
Eric, jury duty? Ouch. My good wishes are always there for everyone who
has met up on this guestbook. Peace and lots of love, Fran
Name: Mark
EmailAddress: Bard382@aol.com
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
Eileen,
If your traveling south to Prescott please know that you are welcome at
my place for a few days of re-energizing (shower, sleep, repairs, room to
park and good food)in Aptos. I have a garage which is really a shop filled
with all my tools from my mechanic days, a fenced yard for your critters,
a private room and bath, and I can make an etoufee that will make you wish
that you were heading down Highway 61. I will be at Planet Drum in SF on
Tuesday from 10 am til about 2:30 or 3 pm. You could hook up with me there
if need be or PB and Judy know how to get in touch with me. We would love
to see you. If all else fails, come to Santa Cruz and email me, and I will
come find you.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
Eileen,
I know you're probably gone on by now but maybe you will catch this on
the way. Sitting in the Headlands Cafe with you a month ago I was taken
with your spirit again but you have knocked me out one more time. You are
one of a kind, a true free range Digger woman. The road knows. The road
teaches. The road reveals. Home, home on the road. I thought of you while
pumping gas into my Ford in Lost Hills on 5 Tuesday. Elaine and I are
thinking of you.
Name: Eileen
EmailAddress: HWY 5
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
HI ALL! At computer cafe in Eugene, OR. Miranda sitting at the computer
next to me. Ha! It rains so much here ducks come out to wade across the
streets and highways. I laugh everytime I see it. Quail in CA and ducks in
OR. I'm telling you the hunters in Louisiana would not put up with all
this unharmed food on legs!
So HI was not it and Eugene isn't either. Miranda and I basically threw
ourselves into the slip stream having cut for our mooring. Being on the
road has different rules than sitting safely at home or just going on
vacation. How to express this? We have been like those carts one sometimes
gets at the grocery store that has a jammed up wheel. You know the kind
that bumps along makes a lot of noice and pushes forward anyway with
effort. Found out we have lived together long enough (finally!) and we are
pulling in different directions and couldn't get HI to hardly open up.
It's that thing about the road..it feels you, your know? Money and cards
is not always the Open Sesame. Then we flew back after 2 wks of no fun
(but a little) and picked up the school bus and saved the animals (my cat
has since bailed) and headed up here. The bus has now had the whole
muffler system replaced, and is in the shop having the manifold resurfaced
and the bearings checked. Have been riding with the trucks..that's always
fun. Anyway stuff is coming back from being shipped to Hilo (car and
household stuff and art supplies)..oh what an expensive weird ass lesson!
We just had no clue what we were stepping into. But what the heck? We
could have sat at home and rung this discomfort out for yrs. I woke this
early morning thinking about what a gift the road can be. I realize now
what a huge act of faith it is what we have done. Thank goodness Miranda
is so on it! This girl is no BS and has been blossoming into someone I
haven't seen before. Just for that it is worth it all!
So she's heading back for Ft Bragg and once our stuff has come in from
Hilo..sigh..I'm on my way to Prescott, AZ. Oh yeah found a great army navy
surplus today. Got some totally cool stuff. Miranda had to drag me out of
there. I feel so much of "me" shifting with all these changes
and am excited for the first time on this adventure for what's next. I can
tell I'm growing. I've been out of my comfort zone for some time now and
am learning how to make it comfortable. A ways to go I admit. Who's to
know in the end what that will look like? My dreams are starting to help
me. That's when I know it's getting good!
Perhaps will catch up with you all further down the road
Name: FYI - Service
EmailAddress:
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
Is this just E-Voting or is it another E-Volting government plot?
Coyote will be interested in this (I think) per his recent letter to
Sen. Barbara Boxer re: E-lection disturbances in Florida and elsewhere.
From The Guardian (today)
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/egovernment/comment/0,12767,939004,00.html
Name: Eric
EmailAddress:
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
Hope that cured the problem. Some browsers don't seem to handle the
long URLs but now that I know it, the problem's easy to fix. My problem
was getting distracted the past few days with jury duty.
Name: Michael
EmailAddress:
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
Eric,
It isn't only Hammond, the page formatting has gone wide again for
several days. Thanks.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 17 Apr 2003
Comments
"Many people find themselves in a state of despair these days, and
with good reason. Yet we must not let our voices, our No to war and Yes to
peace, be silenced. What has happened? The stone that we pushed to the
peak is once again at the foot of the mountain. But we must push it back
up, even with the knowledge that we can expect it to roll back down
again."
- - Günter Grass ('99 Nobel Prizewinner for literature)
Name: Amanda Illar
EmailAddress: aji1@pitt.edu
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
This site was a great resource for a college history paper! I really
appreciate the great information. It has helped considerably.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: @Downunder
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
Mark;
I spent the better part of 2 year's in Sydney, Australia back in 69-70,
I even made it to Auckland for a week. I'm sure a lot has changed but what
I saw then was a society unencumbered by all the trappings of Modernity
and crass comercialism. I worked for the New South Wales Railroad in a
little suburb of Sydney called Lewishom, I was struck by how open people
were to divergent concepts and world views other than their own, there was
a fair amount of bigotry concening WOGs (Worthy Oriental Gentleman) and it
was applied across the board to include any immigrant not of American or
British descent but somehow it didn't muddle their world view, I think
because they made no pretense of being a world power. Unfortunately I had
to make good on an invite from my local draft board in So-Cal so my
sojourn was cut short.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
JAG,
Someone old and close to me said the American flag now is nothing but a
substitute for the Confederate Flag. He also spoke of a friend, a life
long conservative Republican, who has had enough. These actions taken by
people in their 70's and 80's is dramatic. He is thinking of immigrating
to New Zealand, following some family, but may wait until the election so
he can vote against Bush before leaving.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: hack.com
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
Mark:
You could'nt be more right, we are inundated with media hacks that
wouldn't know a true portrayl of our gov't if it bit them on the ass!
O'reily, Hannity, Colmes, Geraldo, the list is endless, they pander to the
lowest common donominater in our society, Ratings! They continually mouth
inanity's and human interest snippets like they are Edward R Murrow
incarnated all the while sucking up to the sources they are supposed to be
reporting on. A travesty of monumental proportions, endlessly duping the
mass mindset of a co-opted middle class who blindly follow with their
wallets wide open.This puerile crap that passes for new's is what got us
to this stagnating point in time and I see no relief soon.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
Sponge,
You're right on. Bush and his fellow theorists, those raised and
emitted as true products and manufacturers of our immoral capitalist pig
farm, found the half-assed link to 9/11 and Islam countries that
potentially hold petroleum based economies by the cojones. Making the jump
of faith on the ability to use race as a tool, Bush plays his hand, making
a fabricated connection between the 9/11 terrorists and Iraq. Thus tapping
into the racist and violence-addicted nature of our culture providing
endless supplies of hate and vengance much reaching back to the Viet Nam
failure. He has instigated the war of polemics to ravage clear thought
among the misinformed by subverting the media that is all but an
ass-licking tool of the war mongers. Journalism is dead, the honor once
held by the mainstream media leaders has turned to spittle and barks. So
now we have the results of jingoist propaganda hustlers. We have a
misinformed, boiling, racist caldron of chaos that fuels itself with
neverending rhetorical erections sending reason and analysis on the run,
tarred and feathered, and attacked as treason and blasphemous horror. The
gallows may be on the horizon and our own lobotomized brothers lost in
this screaming mob may be our hangmen. Proud American. Proud American.
Proud American.
Name: The 3rd Page
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
Comments
Roll The Axis Dice - and click through
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/thirdpage/axisroll.html
Name: Dr Sponge
EmailAddress: home@last
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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Hi all just back from Munich and then Amsterdam so I havent posted in a
while.
Hello proud American and what a multiple post that was.You missed out
the most vital part of the angloamerican aliance .We the uk supplied
(along with the usa)saddam with the weapons ,finances and inteligence for
him too seize power back in 68. We continued to support him against Iran
and sold him the weapons and technology so that he could massacre the
kurds then invade kuwait.Suddenly we impose trade restrictions and Saddam
is no longer "economicaly viable" or maybe if he had purchased
biochemical weapons he wasnt buying them from us and that is
unforgivable.so we invaded - outed saddam and his cronies- and we will
begin to replace them with other cronies who will look at thier depleated
stockpile of arms and yes , you guessed it, will start buying from us
again and so the circle continues.After all what else is an oil rich
dictator going too do with his money? feed his people? start an education
system for all or perhaps fund a true democracy and open up its borders to
tourists.
No this allience is purely financial, motivated only by greed and will
therefore be very sucsessful.As for our officers wearing red coats i
believe a red nose would be more apropriate judging by the friendly fire
casualties.
Its good to be back.
Name: Rena
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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Minissota has passed a new abortion law, tacked on to a bill that would
allow circuses to come to town (really).
New law says the woman seeking an abortion must be given 24 hours and
information which includes photographs about the procedure, and an
estimation of how much pain the embryo feels during abortion. This bill is
a way for the state to dictate what a doctor says to the patient. Another
provision changes the definition of an unborn child to start with the
moment of fertilization until birth.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3825148.html
Thanks again to Michael Moore for leading me to this horrid news. http://www.michaelmoore.com
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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Spamic Madness! Love to all - H.
Name: gouge
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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sorry for burnin' up so much of the band with that Vet's statement,
Eric.
Name: McMingus
EmailAddress: gone to the mattresses
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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OK, Proud American .. 13 (count 'em) posts before it registers somethin
ain't doin like it spozed to do ? Time to see a physician & get those
prescriptions adjusted .. if that's the problem.
Name:
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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http://winstars.free.fr/english/bush.html
They've added several pages, they rock!!
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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Extremely happy for you Ohio Girl , I know you desperately needed some
good news, and whats better you "earned" your good news by way
of your own expertise and talent. No fluke there.
Proud American is worried about his first amendment rights? Why he's
got Dubya, and his father and Reagan to protect them, the first two who
supported Ossama and Saddam to the tune of Billions well he gassed Kurds
and Iranians while we watched and smiled, aren't you proud, America?
Name: Proud American
EmailAddress: freedom@of.Speech
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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Sorry, for the multiple copies, didn't seem like I was getting
anywhere.
Name: Proud American
EmailAddress: freedom@of.Speech
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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So, you bunch of commie lilly livered liberals advocate free speech,
but, I guess free speech only applies to those misguided twerps that
espouse your communist views? I suppose, too, that "eric" or
"jag" will likely censor this post as they did several others.
You really love this country, but your communism betrays you when you
erase anything doesn't agree with your communistic view.
I thank GOD that I am an American and I thank GOD that HE enabled the
US and GB to begin the process to get rid of the tyrant Sadddaaam and free
the iraqi people from the opression of the last 30 years, and, we did it
without the lilly livered french who aided and abetted Saddaam, without
the russian communists who supplied arms to saddaam, without the chicken
canadians who ran away, and without all the other muslim lovers, and God
haters.
A long time ago, Britain and France were at war. During one battle, the
French captured an English major. Taking the major to their headquarters,
the French general began to question him.
The French general asked, "Why do you English officers all wear
red coats? Don't you know the red material makes you easier targets for us
to shoot at?"
In his bland English way, the major informed the general that the
reason English officers wear red coats is so that if they are shot, the
blood won't show and the men they are leading won't panic.
And that is why from that day to now all French Army officers wear
brown pants.
GOD BLESS THE USA, GOD BLESS GB, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, LONG LIVE GEORGE
W. BUSH.
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress: .......somewhere in France
Date: 16 Apr 2003
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In my family we grew up speaking both French and English, or sometimes
the kind of a neat hybrid language that happens in bilingual families. My
mother was a war bride from WW2 which makes it both funny and sad that
people would be anti-French right now, my parents certainly sacrificed
during a war. I don't speak French all that well (and less and less well
over the years as I don't get much practice), the translation was about
finding some idiots here today. Real merde, pardon my French as they say!
Once when I was a kid, some cousins came over to visit from France and got
me into alot of hot water by telling me stuff to say to my Mom, she never
did tell me what that one word I called her meant! Well Tuesday I got
another contract in the mail from "True Story," this is my tenth
story sold to them. Today I'm going to Cleveland for a
"consultation" the liver doctor wanted me to have with a
hepatitis specialist, so I needed the good True Story news. Paix......Peace
Name: Eric
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Wow, the neo-con spammers were busy today, but I think I have their
puny scribblings cleaned off the walls so to speak. For anyone who wants
to post an article, my suggestion is please copy and paste the link
instead of the full text. Otherwise, you can post the full text on the
free news page.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: @Parle Francais
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Ohio Girl, I understand your Mother is French, someone is full of
"merde":), amazing how fast we pick up profanity, and that you
are more than fluent in my native tongue. Thank you for the missive and I
envy you your ability to converse in French. My parents were from
Minnesota and surrounded by scandinavians, I think it stifled their desire
to know their heritage.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Bonjour Ohio Girl, "Merde Alors" indeed, tres idiots, my
French is lacking, I took Deutsh in school, I said I was French American
and the latter took precedence in my family, Until I found my way :)
Name: Ohio girl
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Bonjour JAG, ma mere est Francaise. J'ecrit tres mal en Francais, mais
je parle francais un peu miex. Ah, merde alors, on trouve quelques idiots
ici ajour'dhui. Paix!
Name: gouge
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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I'm soon heading off to San Diego, looking forward to feasting on fish
tacos and an InNOut here and there for a few days, but...
Bicycle Day is coming up!
http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/albert_hofmann.html
keep the faith, don't let the trolls bother you.
bg
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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ERIC -
HELP !!!!!!!
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Mark, read on it gets worse,unfortunately Franco would be proud.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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This site is being spammed by an ugly cadre of neo-fascists, methinks
their views are neanderthal and they belong on the animal channel.
Name: Mark
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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I just got back from LA. Wow, isn't this boogie a mess! I got some
readin' to do. Seems like some folks got lost on the way to the Birch
Society Turkey Shoot.
Name: Dennis Miller
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Flushed all the neo-fascist anonymous sludge. --ed.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress: ProudFrench
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Axis I think I can say the anti-French sentiment expressed below is not
representative of this site, as a pure blooded French American from both
sides of my family tree I am very proud of my ancestral homes stand on the
war. The French, while not entirely altruistic, are far more willing to
allow reason to come to the fore and not resort to "Nation
Building" as a means to advance a purely political agenda. The French
are suffering a backlash in this country solely because they had the back
bone to stand up to an un-elected president with a lust for power and oil.
Viva La France!!!
Name: axis of evil
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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i can't believe i come to a diggers site and i read about anti french
remarks as far as i am concerned france had the balls enough to stand up
againts your american right wing regime so for me a real digger should be
proud that at least one democraty is willing to stand up against american
right wing policies.
peace
Name: Hammond
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Vicki Edwards - I think the pet store is two clicks to the right!
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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In solidarity Gouge, Amen
Name: vicki edwards
EmailAddress: edwar98ve8@notredame.plym.sch.uk
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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i love king charels spaniels cause they are so cute. i have one my self
and would not change her for the world
Name: gouge
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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JAG, I'm sorry about your brother. As you say, there are thousands like
him. 'Nam is still killing today. Just a few years ago my cousin found his
own end after decades of torment. I have a photo of him standing on a
jungle dirt hardstand, Westmoreland pinning a medal on his fatigue
jacket...
I'm sure the words will fall away from Master Sargent Dial, if he even
bothers to read them. Perhaps years from now they may mean something to
him.
Name: JAG
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Gouge, one last thing, my brother is among the thousands who came home
from Nam with the continuing nightmare of Post Traumautic Stress and even
though a reluctant warrior he never wavered in service, purple heart,
malaria, etc. he still opposed the powers that were (and still be) that
sent him to that jungle for incomprehensible reasons. His life has been a
pure hell as a result and he almost managed to join the list of suicides
that followed their tours on more than one occasion.
Name: Gouge
EmailAddress:
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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It's not exactly that nice story I promised Nicole... I haven't
forgotten. I'll come up with something, next few days in Caly should clear
my head...but I just couldn't let Billy's, and the other's screeds go
unanswered...
Name: stephan
EmailAddress: plutolion@yahoo.de
Date: 15 Apr 2003
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Hi folks greatings from old euro
