Ah, well...Peaches, folks.

Where in the hell is -B? I hope he hasn't had another sperm mishap!

For Dada

(click on my name)

Right out of PNAC...

Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON - A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon officials who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva Conventions irrelevant.

This is pretty cool...

The Cross of Cards, by Alan Watts

It is said that playing-cards were devised by the ancients to hide a secret where those not 'in the know' would never think of looking for it. For heresy-hunters are serious-minded people who would never think of looking for religion in a game. It is curious to think how men have gambled, fought and slain one another over these unknown symbols, and it is interesting to wonder whether the most accomplished 'poker face' would fall a little on discovering that he was playing for lucre with emblems just as holy as the cross, the chalice and the crown of thorns. Probably not, for men have done things just as terrible in the name of symbols whose holiness they recognized. However, it is no less strange that the puritanic mind should see in diamonds, spades, hearts and clubs the signs of vice, to be avoided at all times and more especially on Sundays.

Today the forms of playing-cards are very different from the original Tarot, but an ordinary modern pack is not without significance, even though it may not be quite the same significance that was originally intended. What that was I do not know, but the living meaning of a symbol is what it means for each man personally. Therefore my interpretation of this particular symbol is not the result of research but my own intuition and has no claim to be \the\ interpretation. Like the often-quoted Topsy, the idea 'just growed' when I laid out the four suits of the pack and began to wonder what it was all about. It is said that 'the ways of the One are as many as the lives of men,' and as I worked at the symbol itself but also from the many possible interpretations that might be given it. However, we begin by laying out the cards in the form of a cross, thus:

Still doesn't work for me, Harold.

I even signed into yahoo.

hmm...

peaches delayed!

and birthday peaches also xxx

I can't do it..I can't do peaches...I did it twice and it felt all wrong for me...

Posted by: SAMMIE FAN at November 28, 2005 09:56 PM

STFU! WANDA!!!!!!!!!aaaaaahhhhhhh

Posted by: air-ono at November 28, 2005 09:58 PM

I'm not Wanda, so shut the fuck up, prick.

I can't do it..I can't do peaches...I did it twice and it felt all wrong for me...

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:12 PM

Hum .. I can think of a few I would do peaches for ... : D - LOL!!

Wow, this Malloy sub is LAME!

"but the living meaning of a symbol is what it means for each man personally. Therefore my interpretation of this particular symbol is not the result of research but my own intuition and has no claim to be \the\ interpretation."

Ya.

A symbol hides it's meaning inside. It must be broken open to get the meaning out. It can be different for everyone.

Great stuff

QUESTION: Can you make it so you can click on MAJORITY REPORT RADIO at the top and go back to the homepage? I always want to but you can't

Hmm..a little Watts on Einstein action...

So in the same way Einstein's relativity theories--the curvature of the propogation of light, the idea that time gets older as light moves away from a source, in other words, people looking at the world now on Mars, they would be seeing the state of the world a little earlier than we are now experiencing it. That began to bother people when Einstein started talking about that. But now we're all used to it, and relativity and things like that are a matter of common sense today. Well, in a few years, it will be a matter of commons sense to many people that they're one with the universe. It'll be so simple. And then maybe if that happens, we shall be in a position to handle our technology with more sense. With love instead of with hate for our environment.

-Alan Watts

Wow, this Malloy sub is LAME!

Posted by: mrd_in_nyc at November 28, 2005 10:14 PM

Yeah, he's full of himself.

Miles Davis in the ROck and ROll HOF? He'd be Kinda Blue.

OK now Werbe is getting better talking about Cunningham

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 10:14 PM

[Impression time]

Wil, you intelligent slut!

:)

Yeah, he's full of himself.

Posted by: SAMMIE FAN at November 28, 2005 10:15 PM

-

Wanda! You psycho!

Miles Davis in the ROck and ROll HOF? He'd be Kinda Blue.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 28, 2005 10:15 PM

That's what I think about Rosa Parks being "in state" at the frikkin capital.

Why are the Dems letting the Bushies get away with treason? Maybe the new Fighting Dem Iraq vets will pick this up...

From http://polispolis.blogspot.com/

The Real Plame Issue: Bush Killed Us

It was a pivotal moment: CNN reports on November 6th that Senator Harry Reid's (D-NV) shut-down of the senate, after the indictment of Scooter Libby, may be a response to "activists" complaining that Democrats weren't "putting up enough of a fight," that they "lacked spine," and did not "stand up to Republicans." The real news is that such long-running disputes on the center-left are spilling onto CNN. There's no telling where this kind of talk may lead.

However, there is no time for these activists (I count myself one) to break their arms patting themselves on the back for forcing some real opposition. We have seen Democratic offensives suddenly halt and wither before, and lapse into baffling and inexplicable inarticulateness.

Reid's rarely-invoked rule to force the senate into closed session, to demand answers on the use of intelligence before the Iraq War, was a blistering shot across the bow, but no more. The proof in the pudding will be follow-through. Judging by the amount of unused ammunition at the Democrats' feet, it doesn't look promising. Absent a widened attack, the Bushies' instinct is that this can be reduced to another tempest in a teapot. And if there is anything the Republicans possess in abundance over the Democrats, it is excellent political instincts.

Democratics have settled on the "falsified intelligence" angle as the way to attack the administration's misconduct in the Plame Affair. Sen. Reid said:

"The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions..."

With this strategy, it is not so much Valerie Plame's blown cover that matters as much as the light it sheds on the run-up to the Iraq war. The Bushies are confiden

Yup, they wouldn't of let her in the Capitol, without a broom, in the day.

Wil, you intelligent slut!

:)

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:17 PM

Ya'Huh!! ; )

I am so jealous .. You have Zach to look forward to still! But ... rumor has it .. the Reno 911 that is to be on at 9:30 here has him in it .. we'll see. (Info comes from a not entirely reliable source!)

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 10:14 PM

I can't think of one "arena" where "different for everyone" is accepted or acceptable...ok...maybe one Arena...

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 10:22 PM

It's the Chomsky shirt that threw me over love's edge...so I'm gonna check that out... :)

*

And now - a word about Saudia Arabia. Our allies in the war on terror...

American Citizen Jailed in Saudi Arabia for 20 Months Convicted in U.S. Court of Joining al-Qaeda and Plotting to Assassinate Bush

">Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison: William Sampson Recounts his 2 1/2 Year Ordeal, Calls Torture "Morally Wrong, a Political Mistake" and Useless for Intelligence Gathering

http://www.citizensofthegalaxy.com/Iputaspellonyou.mp3

http://www.spacerockheaters.com/musica/screamin/hawkins2.jpg

Posted by: Smells dog at November 28, 2005 10:19 PM

I'm not Wanda, so go choke on your little penis.

"Sceamin" should be "Screamin'"

Oh well

Dang that Pantheism is *some* word

*

Lao Tzu - the Tao of Reality.

There is a thing, formless yet complete.

Before heaven and earth it existed.

We do not know its name, but we call it Tao.

It is the Mystery of Mysteries.

*

Chuang Tzu - the butterfly philosopher.

The sage has the sun and moon by his side and

the universe under his arm. He blends everything

into a harmonious whole.

*

Chang Tsai - son of Heaven and Earth

Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother. All people are my brothers and sisters, and all things are my companions.

And now - a word about Saudia Arabia. Our allies in the war on terror...

American Citizen Jailed in Saudi Arabia for 20 Months Convicted in U.S. Court of Joining al-Qaeda and Plotting to Assassinate Bush

Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison: William Sampson Recounts his 2 1/2 Year Ordeal, Calls Torture "Morally Wrong, a Political Mistake" and Useless for Intelligence Gathering

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 28, 2005 10:27 PM

Did you see the man who had been tortured in the Saudi prison on Democracy Now this morning...?

Hey wil!

Checked my public email today. Thanks for the e-card. It was much appreciated, princess!

*

ImPeaches, gang!

Peace

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/washburne/v2016/cd4/ex05.rm

Hey A! |:)

I thought I had some Jay Hawkins....it's actually Ted Hawkins...I'm putting on Jake LaBotz....

i saw Sceamin' Jay Hawkins, with nick cave

: )

"I Put a penis in You - (because u're a ho)"

Posted by: Anonymous at November 28, 2005 10:21 PM

Yup.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

http://kola.cc.columbia.edu:8080/ramgen/music/humanities/washburne/v2016/cd4/ex05.rm

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 10:33 PM

Hey dada.

Cool.

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 10:22 PM

It's the Chomsky shirt that threw me over love's edge...so I'm gonna check that out... :)

*

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:26 PM

Ya ... it got me too!! Well..that and seeing little Zach!! : D - LOL!!

this werbe guy is smooth & excellent

he needs an AAR show!!!

(no more loud-mouthed ding-bats)

(i want smooth, cool from now on)

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 10:39 PM

Is he (or who is) your all-time favorite comedian?

Posted by: SAMMIE FAN at November 28, 2005 10:29 PM

wanda,

u fat ugly cocksucking crack-whore

hi!

Oh jeez forget it Wil...I couldn't ever choose just one...so ...:)

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:41 PM

ask me! - ask me!

have u asked me yet! - have u asked me yet!

nah AirO

SAMMIE FAN good peeps!

new poster, and Wanda one of my fave peeps!

Source was good .. Zach is in the one on now.

sorry, pete

the callers are woeful tonight

so i switched off

Donna Summer- Live

DS Live again

*

Umm.. AIR ONO......Is he (or who is) your all-time favorite comedian?

Yourself...?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 28, 2005 10:46 PM

as if i really care, s.j.

imma call her "new" wanda

& if she walks in my front door i'll pork her, too

Is he (or who is) your all-time favorite comedian?

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:41 PM

Well... Have several, actually! Eddie Izzard, Robin Williams, George Carlin and Zach. I actually .. I had a crush on Zach as an actor before as a comedian.

like.....derrr!

IT'S PETER COOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Robin Williams HBO special was the best. (His most recent one)

Black Eyed Peas - Disco Club

I'd like to see Conan O brian do an hour or so of stand up.

So .... A ... who is yours???

I think Samantha Bee is HOT!! and funny (Chick on the Daily Show)

So .... A ... who is yours???

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 10:53 PM

I can't pick one...I tried when I asked you and realized no way could I pick just one... anyone who's made me laugh even once could be my favorite... :)

//Samantha Bee is HOT!! and funny//

ohhhh, yeah

(wooo!)

extremely hot

extremely funny

she could bitch slap me while i'm going down on her, & it wouldn't worry me

whereas if sammie fan did that

i'd stop, bitch slap her

& go back down

You know you can watch the Rob Cordry and Samantha Bee skits on Comedy Central's Website.

Lesbian Art

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 10:59 PM

Not on dial up...dammit....

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 10:59 PM

yeah, i used to

until i traded cable speed for unlimited down-load

now it plays for 6 seconds & stops for 30

start 6, stop 30

(ugh!)

so i don't bother

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 28, 2005 10:46 PM

Hello
(And for the record, I don't "HATE" Janeane like Wanda does, so another way to distinguish. Just because I am a fan of Mr. Seder doesn't mean I hate Janeane. I don't love her either, though. But she made some good points today.)

So air-ono, fuck off, grow up. You're probably some usenet troll.

Black Eyed Peas - Disco Club

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:51 PM

No playie ... : ( My WMP is saying no good codec! Pisses me off .. it's saying the same thing about the CD Nik gave me with Not going to stop on it.

Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix)

Posted by: Anonymous at November 28, 2005 10:59 PM

(whoa!!!)

thank god i'm alive to see that

(boing!)

ty, lesbian god

Not on dial up...dammit....

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:01 PM

Can you get DSL out that a way??? : /

unlimited download? what the heck is that?

//So air-ono, fuck off, grow up.//

okies

: )

I love lesbians.

ty, lesbian god

Posted by: air-ono at November 28, 2005 11:04 PM

I work only for you, sweetie.

I can't pick one...I tried when I asked you and realized no way could I pick just one... anyone who's made me laugh even once could be my favorite... :)

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:57 PM

Okay ... cop out!!! Come on ... give us just a few.. or I will drone on about Zach and NO ONE WANTS THAT!!! ; )

I love lesbians.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:06 PM

Ok, you too then.

Evening all!!

Okay Wil...who is Zach? I am really curious now.
Do I know of him?

eya SAMMIE FAN

welcome to the bloggie,

pull up a stump and join us!

(ignore the screaming)

My boss was a lesbian. I used to come to work pretty buzzed up, but she loved me, and I did a good job. She even worked around my schedual for school. She asked me to come to her house to watch movies etc. a couple times. I F.... up. Man I could have schlonged her down. Damn

Hey Sam, I got your birthday spankin's right here.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 10:33 PM

Thanks. :)

I was actually looking for that.

Seen anything from these?

Live Evil

Jack Johnson

In a Silent Way

Human Nature

Okay ... cop out!!! Come on ... give us just a few.. or I will drone on about Zach and NO ONE WANTS THAT!!! ; )

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 11:08 PM

Oh! Pressure! ...hmm...Steve Martin.....Robin Williams....Janeane...(not a kiss ass...I love her comedy)...Paul R. Pee Wee Herman ... Jon Stewart....Mitch Hedberg....Larry "bubbles" Brown...Fred Stoller...Emo Phillips...etc....see this is too hard.. :)

//unlimited download? what the heck is that?//

actually,

it's about 11, 12 or so GB's download

after that u get phone speed

I KNOW she wanted it.

Dennis Wolfberg...Judy Gold...

Man, This is one friendly blog. I love all of you.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:11 PM

(bummer)

as one dude to another, i feel for ya

u had ur window

& u fucked up, bro

Evening all!!

Okay Wil...who is Zach? I am really curious now. Do I know of him?

Posted by: toniD at November 28, 2005 11:10 PM

You should Toni!! Zach Galifianakis. He is Greek (like you!!)!! And a doll (also like you!!). He is a comedian and actor ... and he is on the show from time to time .. he does a funny character who is supposedly his twin brother .. Seth?? On the site Zach as a cluip of him on Jimmy Kimmel where he does the character .. you might recognize his voice from that??

(He also bears a striking resemblence(sp?) to a certain blogger we know ...!)

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:14 PM

yeah, i know

i'm great

cheers, bob mate

Do the pigs monitor this here blog? probly huh?

Lesbian Art

correction: //He is Greek (like you!!)!! And a doll (like air-ono!!).//

Comedians?

i miss Jimmy Durante, Sid Ceasar, Red Skelton.

Keep em coming, Lesbian God, you hot little devil

Dennis Wolfberg...Judy Gold...

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:13 PM

BILL HICKS!!!!! (Dennis Wolfberg .. reminded me of Bill .. another dead comic : ( )

Posted by: Lesbian God at November 28, 2005 11:17 PM

oh, christ all mighty

(i'm dead)

Did you see the man who had been tortured in the Saudi prison on Democracy Now this morning...?

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:31 PM

I heard it...

Did you hear the documentary on Pacifica?

Do the pigs monitor this here blog? probly huh?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:16 PM

"The Pigs"!

Who are you?

Manson? HAHAHAHAHA!

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 28, 2005 11:18 PM

I freely confess that I fell asleep in the middle of it...(no nightmares..:)....I'll listen to the rest as soon as this Jake CD stops...

Groucho?? (Say the magic word!!)

Oh Jesus!!! LENNY BRUCE!!!!!

//Do the pigs monitor this here blog? probly huh?//

derr...

we're all blogging from jail, mate

a cat called chubby bubba is our warden

No, but I need to feel comfortable to openly talk about drugs. Major part of my existence. In a good way.

Did you see the man who had been tortured in the Saudi prison on Democracy Now this morning...?

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 10:31 PM

I heard it.

That's why I posted links...

Did you hear the documentary on Pacifica?

I love lesbians.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:06 PM

----

Why would you love a woman that wants nothing to do with you?

I've always found this an interesting new phenom pushed to the nth degree by the MSM.

I see nothing very masculine about a man who prefers to watch and maturbate as two women have sex. Weird.

conoleeza rice comes into my cell & makes me lick he black boots & pussy

& judith miller buttfucked me with a strap-on

(which was nice)

*

but no, we don't do drugs here

(sorry)

Is the tortured man of Democracy Now?

Right SJ! Jimmy D. was my first favorite

Oh! Ruth Buzzy...Tim Conway and Harvy Corman

toniD and air-ono are very different types of doll.

doll (dŏl)
n.

1. A child's usually small toy having the likeness of a human.

2. A pretty child.

3. Slang.
An attractive person;
A woman;
A sweetheart or darling;
A helpful or obliging person.

Gotcha, it's probly better that way

Lesbian Art

Posted by: Anne at November 28, 2005 11:22 PM

fuck knows

but we do

I see nothing very masculine about a man who prefers to watch and maturbate as two women have sex. Weird.

Posted by: Anne at November 28, 2005 11:22 PM

Who said anything about watching and masturbating?

Posted by: Lesbian God at November 28, 2005 11:24 PM

tonid & my mum

(back in the day)

He also bears a striking resemblence(sp?) to a certain blogger we know ...!)

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 11:15 PM

Oh, that Zach!! ;-)

Sorry, I forgot about him. He is a cutie, isn't he.

anything you write here is on the record.

our fbi guys (and gals) have to buy

the other monitors pizza or they

make em read the right wing

wingnut religious loonie

"no fun at all" sites.

Cool.

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 28, 2005 10:38 PM

oh yeah

Looking for more Miles from the late 60s/early 70s... Dark Magus, Jack Johnson, Agartha...

Can't find any full length, just clips

Found this, tho

Miles Davis, Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Disc 2 - 12.6 MB

http://www.leftfieldrhythms.com/Assets/media/Complete%20Bitches%20Brew%20Sessions%20-%20Disc%202%20-%20Miles%20Davis%20-%2003%20-%20Great%20Expectations.mp3

I still love lesbians. Alot.

Please repeat the ? My brain is still mush from the picture.

I mentioned Brian Posehn the other day...him I love too.

well i'm hot & sticky

(i'm off to the showers)

ciao!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 28, 2005 11:26 PM

[insert evil laugh]....

I can totally dig on that hypocracy.... :)

I freely confess that I fell asleep in the middle of it...(no nightmares..:)....I'll listen to the rest as soon as this Jake CD stops...

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:20 PM

I thought about it when I read/heard about the Mirror story about Bush/Blair and Al Jazeera.

I thought about this story too:

Columbia Journalism Review

March/April 1993 DEAD RIGHT

Manuel de Dios's investigative reporting on the drug trade in New York was sometimes reckless, but it was often on target. And he was always alone. by Bill Berkeley

http://archives.cjr.org/year/93/2/dead.asp

Berkeley is a New York-based writer. This article was funded in part by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

(I attended a memorial service. The cops had snipers posted on roof tops...)

Live Evil

Jack Johnson

In a Silent Way

Human Nature

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 28, 2005 11:12 PM

I was on the phone, missed this post.

Ya, I'm looking, looking...

I would like to see Hulk Hogan body slam Hannity, and then clothesline O'Rielly. Then wave an American flag and do the ear-crowd thing. Hulk Rocks.

I don't really like the American Flag...I know...I'm going to hell now..right?

I still love lesbians. Alot.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:26 PM

--

I prefer a man of action. Not a sweaty guy in a closet gettin his rocks off thinking what..."if only they knew the wonders of me?" I feel for ur Girlfriend---if ya got!

P.S. Cancel your cable and read a classic.

Oh, that Zach!! ;-)

Sorry, I forgot about him. He is a cutie, isn't he.

Posted by: toniD at November 28, 2005 11:25 PM

Mmmm! Yes! : )

this is thread #3253

i think we've discussed dope

a coupla thousand times, want a hit

from the bloggie bong? got some "Granville Green"

loaded up! some of us have worked as counselors as well.

we try to be honest and compassionate about

habits of all kinds. most here pretty

accepting that we're all human

with individual flaws. that's

what allows people to be

free here and loved.

OH That's Brutal

Sex is Sex...lesbian or otherwise...

The old official Brian Posehn MRR Trading Card

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/groups/g_12880986/Tradin%27+Cards!/posehn!.jpg?bc_09iDBJygzxQ8q

I think I'm going to put the trading cards up on my site, so when i link them to here, they stay up.

I see nothing very masculine about a man who prefers to watch and maturbate as two women have sex. Weird.

Posted by: Anne at November 28, 2005 11:22 PM

Who said anything about watching and masturbating?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:25 PM

And, who said men have to be 'masculine' all the time?

Who's trying to stereotype whom, here?

Oops...did I forget the IMHO?....

tonid & my mum

(back in the day)

Posted by: air-ono at November 28, 2005 11:25 PM

Ono, did I ever tell you that you are a sick man?

Well you are, pousti!!! ;)

Lesbian Art

Ya, I'm looking, looking...

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 11:30 PM

"Tutu/Amandla/Doo-Bop - Mystery" Miles Davis 03:56

http://www.milesdavis.com/MP3/mystery.mp3

Check it out Jim. They took me off my zanies and I am having trouble. Serious trouble. I think I am nuts.

i'm a lesbian trapped in a mans body...

All I said was that I love lesbians. They make me happy. Even in a nonsexual way. Whats wrong with that. Free Love

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 28, 2005 11:38 PM

I hate when that happens..... :)

Who said anything about watching and masturbating?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:25 PM

------

And just what would be YOUR role, tiger?

Women enjoy a gay man to shop with and talk with. A friend (a female in his head friend). Is this what you mean?

Seriously? Where do I start?

eya Bob26003

pretty common occurrence bud.

(good miles tune NC! tanks!)

Free Love

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:39 PM

I say if a guy isn't stereotypically 'masculine' but is getting laid all the time, maybe even by his girl's girlfriends; he may be onto something...

Who the hell sits in a closet to mastrubate?!?

Hey, that wasn't Complete bitches brew sessions disc 2, it was the song Great Expectations..

Still Good

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/03/12feature.html

At the time of the first convention of the woman's rights movement in Seneca Falls, N.Y., 150 years ago, it was safe for an American woman to assume that half of her babies would die in infancy. She well might die herself in childbirth -- contemporary science was just starting to hit upon basic concepts such as sterilization of medical instruments -- or from any number of rampant infectious diseases. Within 15 years of the 1848 convention, the slaughter of the Civil War would kill millions of sons, brothers and husbands. Death was a common and unsurprising occurrence in women's lives.

Not surprising, then, that many of the radical activists fighting for "woman's rights" were among the estimated 10 million people in the post-Civil War United States who believed in spiritualism, or the ability to communicate with the dead. A catharsis for those who were grieving for loved ones, spiritualism also embraced the theory of free love, a parallel movement that, according to author Barbara Goldsmith, "represented the ultimate expression of female liberation."

In "Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull," Goldsmith argues that a key to understanding the age of suffrage is understanding the influence of spiritualism, which empowered women whose channeled "spirit" voices had authority when their own social positions did not. It was just a short leap from leading seances in the homes of benefactors to demonstrating clairvoyant abilities in public halls, thereby enlarging the entrenched idea of home as "women's sphere." Acting on the strength of their spiritualist beliefs, suffragists turned their attention to the hypocritical legal standards that prevented them from being full participants in U.S. society. They demanded the vote.

Victoria Woodhull promoted views on women's rights that were at least a century ahead of her time. Married and divorced several times, Goldsmith's complex heroine was also a former prostitute and an advocate for prostitute's rights and had traveled the country as a channel f

What do I do though?

She was not afraid to oppose the sexual double standard; she spoke publicly against the institution of marriage, in which women, their children, their income and their inheritance became the legal property of their husbands. For this she was called "the high priestess of free love."

She was also "the adored wife who shared [her husbands' lives] ... the crusading editor, the San Francisco actress ... the founder of the first stock brokerage firm for women, the disciple of Karl Marx, the blackmailer, the presidential candidate, the sinner, the saint." Her oration skills led her to become the first woman to speak in front of Congress in 1871. The next year, when she ran for president against Horace Greeley and Ulysses S. Grant, she threatened to reveal the intimate details of her colleagues' dalliances with free love if they refused to support her candidacy. The paradoxes in Woodhull's character are brought into high relief by Goldsmith's vivid narrative, which follows the woman's rights movement and spiritualism through the Civil War to the late 1870s, the time of Reconstruction.

Goldsmith's illumination of the convenient spiritualist leanings of robber baron Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was having an affair with Woodhull's sister, Tennessee Claflin, is one surprising tidbit. In her guise as a medium, Woodhull offered Vanderbilt financial advice through her trances, resulting in his investment in the Central Railroad. "It was rumored," writes Goldsmith, "that the commodore had allocated profits on 3,000 shares, or $93,000, to Victoria and Tennessee. When the commodore was asked how he had made such astute financial decisions, he laughed and replied, 'Do as I do. Consult the spirits.'"

Salon caught up with Goldsmith just before her national book tour to discuss how death and sex were common concerns among Victorian activists.

The old official Brian Posehn MRR Trading Card

http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/groups/g_12880986/Tradin%27+Cards!/posehn!.jpg?bc_09iDBJygzxQ8q

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 11:34 PM

Oh my Gosh! That's cool Dada!

All I said was that I love lesbians. They make me happy. Even in a nonsexual way. Whats wrong with that. Free Love

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:39 PM

--

Exactly how many encounters and how much "free love" have you recieved from these lesbians that you know so well? Any? Or must you dig out an old Penthouse forum story?

Hulk Hogan, eh? Says alot about your mentality... among other things. (wink)

My husband is not stereotypically masculine...I'll say he's on to something alright Harold... :)

Investigations Involving Congress Members By The Associated Press
Mon Nov 28, 3:56 PM ET

Investigations involving members of Congress:

Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas: Indicted in Texas on conspiracy and money laundering charges, accused of funneling corporate donations to GOP candidates for the Texas Legislature. DeLay, who has denied any wrongdoing, was forced to step down as House majority leader.

_Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.: Under investigation by the Justice Department in connection with a telecommunications deal he was trying to arrange in Nigeria.

_Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif.: Resigned his seat after pleading guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in San Diego to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail and wire fraud, and tax evasion.

_Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Administration Committee: According to court papers filed in lobbyist Michael Scanlon's guilty plea to conspiracy to bribe public officials, Ney received trips, tickets and campaign donations, allegedly in exchange for official acts. Ney has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.

_Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.: The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department are investigating Frist's sale of millions of dollars worth of stock in HCA, the Nashville-based hospital chain founded by his father and brother.

LINK

You are mean ANNE. And me and my schlong will not stop admiring lesbians.

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 11:34 PM

I wanna new card...my card..I just want a new card...the cat looks like she's getting strangled in mine...like she's on a leash...you can't put a cat on a leash...

They are beautiful. Somebody Please get my back here.

Edit: You can't put *all* cats on a leash...

So .. guys get off at the idea of two girls making it. Are girls to feel the same way about watching two guys??

Anyone know for sure what the "Do Not Call" number is?

Googled and came up w/several.

Would like to know for sure if anyone knows.

Weird outtake of "Go Ahead John" off the Miles Album Big Fun

http://cuneiformrecords.com/realaudio/goahead.ram

Very weird. I love the original. I'm not even sure if that is John on this one. Sure doesn't sound like him.

Are girls to feel the same way about watching two guys??

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 11:49 PM

Visually, I don't. That's for sure...but I do appreciate it when two boys love each other....

Posted by: Anne at November 28, 2005 11:46 PM

Penthouse, or Sex in the City? You're stereotyping like mad, now, Anne.

'Women are only friends with men, if they're gay.'

'Lesbians never experiment.'

BTW, people who watch don't usually do it from closets.

You are mean ANNE. And me and my schlong will not stop admiring lesbians.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:47 PM

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Admire away! What is it that you admire, their revulsion of you? Sounds like you be in need of a shrink. Good luck getting that threesome happnin!

Posted by: dr at November 28, 2005 11:49 PM

1-888-382-1222

Cunningham and MZM: The White House Connection
Today, Duke Cunningham pled guilty to receiving over $2 million in bribes from Mitchell Wade and his company, MZM Inc., in exchange for legislative favors. It’s worth noting that MZM also did some unusual business with the White House:

[O]ver the past three years it [MZM Inc.] was also awarded several contracts, worth more than $600,000, by the Executive Office of the President. They include a $140,000 deal for office furniture in 2002 and several for unspecified “intelligence services.”

Why did the White House hire MZM, a “defense and intelligence firm,” to buy office furniture for the White House?

LINK

Anyone know for sure what the "Do Not Call" number is?

Googled and came up w/several.

Would like to know for sure if anyone knows.

Posted by: dr at November 28, 2005 11:49 PM

You mean like the registry?? The Do Not Call registry?? National Do Not Call Registry site

I signed up here .. and so far so good .. been on it about 8 months .. no calls at all! : )

Posted by: Anne at November 28, 2005 11:22 PM

I mostly agree.

I have no idea about the masculinity bit, I'm not sure that comment makes much sense.

...but the "wanting a woman who wants nothing to do with you" part. That makes no good sense, IMHO, whether she's gay or not.

However, I often find the women I know who are lesbians to be very attractive. I like smart women. I like women who are whole people. Secure with themselves, friendly, open, well informed, etc.

A lot of times, it seems to me, that the best women I know are lesbians. Plenty are hetero and fabulous.

That a woman is gay doesn't stop me from loving the very lovable qualities of her.

Don't get lost in that love, though, if she can't give it back like you want to share it.

Best to just love her, let her go and move on to a woman who DOES have the capacity to return your love.

Posted by: dr at November 28, 2005 11:49 PM

1-888-382-1222

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:53 PM

_____________

Tx. much, shell.

You even beat ono telling me (wait for it) it was: 1-800-EAT-SHIT.

(Or some other worthy.)

Tx. again.

(Now back to your regular scheduled l'amour lesbian.)

BTW, people who watch don't usually do it from closets.

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 28, 2005 11:51 PM

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I defer to you, Harold.

I am not talking about bulldykes here. (no offense) but, whatever. I still love lesbians. What the hell is so bad about that?

What do I do though?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:43 PM

figure out how to make it work.

we got a few peeps here

that'll flame ya, so

be aware of troll

cruelty eh?

Wow, Anne.

Anyone who's 'curious' is nuts, huh?

Perhaps you misunderstood Bob.

I think by the term lesbian, he was referring to any woman who enjoys another sexually. (I suspect he was including bisexual experimentation, etc.)

You on the other hand, remind me of regressives who call anything besides the missionary position between two consenting adults "gay sex."

I just like people who don't think along the same brainwashed pattern. And the only 3 or so lesbians I have met, were all cool.

Posted by: Wil at November 28, 2005 11:54 PM

You know what those fuckers did to my poor kid? As soon as she signed up...for the next 30 or 60 days til it becomes effective they called her every day and night to pressure her to buy crap she doesn't need and can't afford...

She;s so sweet to them when they call too! Her dad keep saying "Say no thank you and hang up."...She can't do it...! Poor kid...and stupid telemarketer companies...

Lesbian Art

I think that If a chick is bi or lesbian she tends to be more open and break from regression. And I support anyone who is in the good fight. Got me. I love you, and I am proud of you.

I am not talking about bulldykes here. (no offense) but, whatever. I still love lesbians. What the hell is so bad about that?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:55 PM

--

NOTHING!!!

Just don't fool yourself. Examine the reasons why and where they came from...that's all.

And tihs is good practice for all beliefs, especialy if you watch alot of tv--and I suspect that you do.

They are beautiful. Somebody Please get my back here.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 28, 2005 11:48 PM

Number 1 .. not all lesbians look like the broads in porn, dude. My late sister in law looked like a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.

Number 2 .. there are a large number of lesbians who despise men.. they would just assume cut off every dick they are around as any thing.

Number 3 .. I like Jamie Foxx's take on the whole thing .. he was at the Playboy Mansion .. happened upon two chicks .. they asked him if he wanted to join in .. they started going at one another and forgot he was even in the room. This is the case with most lesbians.

I think you are looking for a bi-curious group of gals... not hardcore lesbians.. because they would want nothing to do with you.

GRAPHIC Lesbian Art

men this, women that....

dykes this, gay men that....

stereotypes eh? fact is theres at least

7 different sexes and probably more.

way i look at it, every body

needs love. the shame is

all the bullshit you

have to go through

to find any!!!

the shame is
all the bullshit you
have to go through
to find any!!!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:03 AM

I agree! I blame religion.

No I do not watch alot of TV. At all. I think I am pretty smart. I am a Bio/Ed. Major with a 3.2 GPA. With NO high school. I am far from brainwashed. Maybe. and I do not like psychology. But I love nice chicks.

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:58 PM

I went through that phase .. now I am out of it! NO!! *SLAM!*

: D - LOL!!

to find any!!!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:03 AM

Isn't "the rule" that you give it in order to get it? :)

Jim is so right as usual. See, Listen to him. ANNE

Posted by: A. at November 28, 2005 11:58 PM

I went through that phase .. now I am out of it! NO!! *SLAM!*

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:05 AM

Yup. If they don't answer by the third 'Hello' I hang up. Stpid automated dialers.

Ah .. now I get it!

December 4th, Sunday

Jake LaBotz

Liquid Kitty

www.thekitty.com

11780 West Pico, LA...................

*

FISH...........!!!!!!

oh the despair..........

:)

Time Reporter Called a Key to Rove's Defense In Leak Probe

By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 29, 2005; A01

The reporter for Time magazine who recently agreed to testify in the CIA leak case is central to White House senior adviser Karl Rove's effort to fend off an indictment in the two-year-old investigation, according to two people familiar with the situation.

Viveca Novak, who has written intermittently about the leak case for Time, has been asked to provide sworn testimony to Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald in the next few weeks after Rove attorney Robert Luskin told Fitzgerald about a conversation he had with her, the two sources said.

This is the story Jim VandeHei spoke about on Olbermann's show tonight.

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:01 AM

Which makes them unlikely or nonviable sex partners and has nothing to do with how lovable they are or are not.

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:05 AM

Right! Good god I cannot understand what her problem is...Once I re-did the Seinfeld bit to a merketing caller ...the one about "give me your number and I'll call you back later..."

I thought everyone knew that joke and was surprised that this operator was stumped by it... :)

Isn't "the rule" that you give it in order to get it? :)""

best way i've found! ; )))

What is a common thread in nealy all mainstream progrming now? Division.

Nearly every sitcom follows this formula:

Male/husband is stupid and ineffectual.

Female/wife is cold and selfish.

Kids are preconsious bastards who merely allow their idiot parents charge of the house.

This theme is repeated over and over in commercials etc..

What have been the societal effects of this and who has bennifited?

6 corps now are responsibel for all that we see read and hear. Twenty years ago it was more like fifty, and even that was thought scandulous by communications researches.

For America to become as dumbed-down as it has, this and the destruction of the nuclear family and true alliances had to be destroyed...replaced with ultra-violence and backstabbing.

Keep them ignorant. Just like the slave masters did.

Posted by: Harold at November 29, 2005 12:07 AM

That floored me when the auto caller thing happend...then I realized that there actually *are* people who will wait on the phone to hear it...

Ya know who I feel really sorry for? Older people who get on the internet and email and open their first junk email attachment and it blows up their pc...

And tihs is good practice for all beliefs, especialy if you watch alot of tv--and I suspect that you do.

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:00 AM

You know Anne, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Which makes them unlikely or nonviable sex partners and has nothing to do with how lovable they are or are not.

Posted by: Akaka Bill at November 29, 2005 12:11 AM

Well .. there is that old chestnut about how can you love someone who doesn't love you .. but .. whatever .. not my deal.

Even loving someone who does not love you is not a waste. The more love the better.

That's right. Seven sexes.

a cut/up poem - The Subject Nearer to it

http://www.dadalux.com/subject.htm

WTF is a "nuclear family" anyway...?

That's bullshit..And if a person is selective to what they watch on tv then the "ploys" are not effective....and even two different people watching the same show will get different things out of it..or watch it with a different point of view..so to me that's too general..to blame tv for stupidity...

Am I the cigar?

Even loving someone who does not love you is not a waste. The more love the better.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:18 AM

That's a truism if I've ever heard one... :)

Ya know who I feel really sorry for? Older people who get on the internet and email and open their first junk email attachment and it blows up their pc...""

sheesh! absolutely!

we get to know the folks around us

so we can help em when that happens to em.

i teach small groups "how to compute"

do the set ups with good proggies.

lately i've just been

installing linux.

no probs at all!

You know Anne, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 12:15 AM

-

You are wise beyond your looks.

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:15 AM

Hmmm... I wonder if you've seen my point.

I know I had one.

I seem to have miss laid it.

I was right there, I don't know why it can't be seen?

Anyway, best of luck.

The best thing that ever happened to me was when my husband lost interest in sex -- with me, anyway.

Talk about a budding flower quickening in bloom.

You never see such a hell-cat.

*

To Atthis

Though in Sardis now,

she things of us constantly

and of the life we shared.

She saw you as a goddess

and above all your dancing gave her deep joy.

Now she shines among Lydian women like

the rose-fingered moon

rising after sundown, erasing all

stars around her, and pouring light equally

across the salt sea

and over densely flowered fields

lucent under dew. Her light spreads

on roses and tender thyme

and the blooming honey-lotus.

Often while she wanders she remembers you,

gentle Atthis, and desire eats away at her heart

for us to come.

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:20 AM

Wednesday morning I get to have a group of "seniors" who are taking a locally given, free computer class about the internet...and I get to show them some stuff on the public computers and catalog databases at work...like how to reserve a book, find a book, and look up things on the worldbook, the magazine and newspaper finder db's....I'm nervous...

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:20 AM

Lookist.

;)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:18 AM

It is the uncompassion in society which breeds fear, which breeds people scared to not fit the mold, which breeds stupidity. Thats one take anyway.

The Subject Nearer to it

http://www.dadalux.com/subject.htm

Posted by: dada ""

oooo! goodun!

Even loving someone who does not love you is not a waste. The more love the better.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:18 AM

Ya .. just be careful not to cross that line into stalker.

what is a truism. And I am not ashamed that I don't know.

You are wise beyond your looks.

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:20 AM

Then i must be a genius.

And modest too.

~~~~

Aye, news consumer, that Mystery miles tune.

can't be beat.

I don't feel that I have to get beat up, to try to get a sale.

Am I the cigar?

or the book of matches...)

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:20 AM

Mr. Sunshine - you are a Peach! Eya!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:25 AM

Either way, you're definitely hot.

That's a truism if I've ever heard one... :)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:19 AM

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Ask a poet, or travel to your favorite lovers leap. That is nonsense. Unreqited love has been the theme of much misery. It just sounds nice to say 'more love' and such.

Kinda reminds me of Diane Keaton's "poetry" in the film "Sleeper". How wise she was.

Oh, now I'm a stalker huh?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:26 AM

Who isn't?

Am I the cigar?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:19 AM

Nah, the fact that you dig lesbians is.

Why, do you feel like a cigar?

Bush To Increase Funding For Hope-Based Initiatives

WASHINGTON—President Bush announced today that he will sign a bill providing an additional $2.8 billion for private organizations that emphasize the importance of hoping for change.

This bill acknowledges the immeasurable role of hope in envisioning a better world for everyone," Bush said during a press conference. "Starting today, I ask all Americans to hope together as one nation that the difficult problems that grip our nation will go away someday."

The president's move will help direct federal funds to such groups as the National Hope Foundation, which has been hoping for a cure for cancer for nearly two decades.

"There are many in our country who are without hope," Bush said. "Yet there are many respected organizations in America that are actively hoping things get better. This program will assist these organizations in obtaining government grants, which will allow them to continue the important hoping that must be done."

Among the programs likely to receive funding is Project Hope You Don't Get Sick, a non-profit organization hoping that over 45 million Americans receive the proper health care they need.

Dream Job United, another likely recipient, is a widely acclaimed program in which the ill-prepared and uneducated are trained to hope for job interviews at top companies. ......

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:26 AM

I guess it depends where you're coming from...

*

It's 4:55am...Perspectives... (SNL bit)

Wednesday morning I get to have a group of "seniors" who are taking a locally given, free computer class about the internet...and I get to show them some stuff on the public computers and catalog databases at work...like how to reserve a book, find a book, and look up things on the worldbook, the magazine and newspaper finder db's....I'm nervous...

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:22 AM

Don't be nervous Shell. They will love you. The Seniors that have no experience or little experience with computers are like littl kids. Just being able to get the info they want will have them hanging on your every word.

Just make it easy and give them cheat sheets.

eya ferocious!

say hi to the history buff fer me!

didja get yer care package yet?

Just make it easy and give them cheat sheets.

Posted by: toniD at November 29, 2005 12:28 AM

:) And speak loud... (just kiddin...that was ageist of me...)

Thanks Toni... xoxo

Why, do you feel like a cigar?

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 12:27 AM

just tryin to keep up.

Am I the cigar?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:19 AM

Nah, the fact that you dig lesbians is.

Why, do you feel like a cigar?

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 12:27 AM

-

hehehehehehehe!

Just sent you an email mr. S - can't wait til tomorrow to pick it up - I got the notice on Saturday night...

Oh, now I'm a stalker huh?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:26 AM

"just be careful not to cross that line into stalker."

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:23 AM

If you can point out where in that I said you were a stalker, I will let you watch me and my girlfriend. : D - LOL!!

what is a truism. And I am not ashamed that I don't know.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:24 AM

To me it's something that is like a "natural law" for me...

Either way, you're definitely hot.

Posted by: Akaka Bill""

hee hee! (bloggie hug!)i think of myself now

as the "Space heater of love"

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:26 AM

Does an ant love you back?

Is an ant beautiful? I say it is.

Do you love the Sun? I do.

good miles tune NC! tanks!)

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 28, 2005 11:41 PM

Thanks...

Sceamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 10:28 PM

Miles Davis, Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Disc 2 - 12.6 MB

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 11:26 PM

The file is 13:48 long.

It's been years since I've heard these.

I was sad when Miles Davis died.

He was a great musician.

I saw Miles Davis at the (Fillmore/Village East).
I saw Dizzy Gillespie at The Blue Note, Sun Ra at The Joe Papp Theater, The Art Ensamble of Chicago also at The Papp Theater, Cecil Taylor at Lincoln Center, Sarah Vaughn at Baruch College Theater, Max Roach at 7 on Seventh, Pharoah Sanders at the Village Vanguard, Sam Rivers and Marion Brown at Studio Rivbea and Tito Puente at The Village Gate.

There were all these music lofts in Soho. A friend of mine was dating Ntozake Shange. There was a time when we would go to these lofts to listen to music and the entire cast of "For Colord Girls" would show up. They would come in and sit on the carpet, throw pillows, area rugs, etc. On one occasion Gil Evans walked in and sat down at the piano in the middle of a set and started playing. :)

It was like, Do you know who that is!!! :p

I miss those days...

Why, do you feel like a cigar?

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 12:27 AM

just tryin to keep up.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:29 AM

-

hahahahahahahah!!

Where is Freud!!

How wise she was.

Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2005 12:26 AM

Didn't Diane Keaton just come out saying she preferred onscreen romances to real ones? (I think she was being serious)

It seems to me that some people are just not nice. I can't identify with that, so I don't understand their motivation.

TWO!! FOUR!! SIX!! EIGHT!! WHO DO WE APPRECIATE?? VIOXX!! VIOXX!! GOOOOOO MERCK!!!

Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales

No but seriously, I am not a cigar.

Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
Mon Nov 28, 6:50 PM ET

WASHINGTON - A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon officials who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva Conventions irrelevant.

Wilkerson blamed Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and like-minded aides. He said Cheney must have sincerely believed that Iraq could be a spawning ground for new terror assaults, because "otherwise I have to declare him a moron, an idiot or a nefarious bastard."

On the question of detainees picked up in Afghanistan and other fronts in the war on terror, Wilkerson said Bush heard two sides of an impassioned argument within his administration. Abuse of prisoners, and even the deaths of some who had been interrogated in Afghanistan and elsewhere, have bruised the U.S. image abroad and undermined support for the Iraq war.

Cheney's office, Rumsfeld aides and others argued "that the president of the United States is all-powerful, that as commander in chief the president of the United States can do anything he damn well pleases," Wilkerson said.

Wilkerson really hates bushco, doesn't he.

It seems to me that some people are just not nice. I can't identify with that, so I don't understand their motivation.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:32 AM

Sure, but suppose they aren't nice because they're getting something vital to their own advancement by not being "nice."...I'm just saying that I can't discount the "not nice" just like that....

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:28 AM

A Tim Meadows bit.

He seems under appreciated, IMHO, but he's one of my all time SNL favs.

I don't understand their motivation.

Posted by: Bob26003""

it's hard to get a handle on it.

get's easier the more you learn eh?

He seems under appreciated, IMHO, but he's one of my all time SNL favs.

Posted by: Akaka Bill at November 29, 2005 12:34 AM

Yep..it was Tim...that was a clever way to illustrate a point IMHO..too...

Why Does Everybody Hate Me?

By Satan

I've tried, I really have, but nothing ever goes right for me. Everywhere I go, it's the same thing: people talking about me like I'm not even there, saying how terrible I am. Telling other people not to walk in my path. Urging that I be shunned and reviled, and commanding me in the name of all that is holy to get myself behind them. I swear, sometimes it seems like everybody thinks I'm the worst entity in creation.

I'm not that bad a guy, okay? I have my flaws, but I'll have you know I used to be considered quite the golden boy back in my day. Do you even know what the name Lucifer means? Depending on how it's translated, it can be "Bright And Shining One" or "Bringer Of Light," or all kinds of pretty names. I'm telling you, I was the fairest star in the firmament once. The only reason I even got kicked out Heaven in the first place is because I was more beautiful than God.

Yeah, well, now look at me. I can't even possess a lousy 10-year-old girl without some geezer in a white collar screaming "The power of Christ compels you!" in my face and insisting that I leave immediately. Look, I just want to connect with a human being for a little while! Levitate a few beds, spin a couple necks around, have some deep, throaty laughs. Is that so wrong? Everybody treats me like some kind of lowlife just because I'm the symbolic embodiment of all the evil in the universe.

----MORE------

I miss those days...

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER""""

they happen still, not gone, just a change of venue )

I like the drug cheerleader. But wheres the good stuff. Give it up lady, screw the vioxx.

Ntozake Shange

It seems to me that some people are just not nice. I can't identify with that, so I don't understand their motivation.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:32 AM

Me? I am a stone cold heartless bitch. I totally admit that! I kill puppies and kittens for fun. Try to orphan children whenever I get the chance .. Hold on .. gotta put my cigarette out in the kid next doors eye.

Found this, tho

Miles Davis, Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Disc 2 - 12.6 MB

http://www.leftfieldrhythms.com/Assets/media/Complete%20Bitches%20Brew%20Sessions%20-%20Disc%202%20-%20Miles%20Davis%20-%2003%20-%20Great%20Expectations.mp3

Posted by: dada at November 28, 2005 11:26 PM

Smoking...

Electrified trumpet & wow wow pedal.

Jimi Hendrix...

Kevin-ster...

:)

Moo.

Topeka Mayor Now Highest-Ranking Non-Indicted Republican Official

TOPEKA, KS—As of Tuesday, Topeka mayor William Bunten, 74, is the nation's highest-ranking Republican official not facing indictment or public reprimand. "I have always prided myself on running a clean campaign, a clean office, and cleaning house when necessary," Bunten said. "However, I have no comment on the charges facing my party's leadership, fundraising apparatus, known associates, or advisory staff." Bunten is the highest-ranked non-indicted Republican since 1974, when Hansen County, SD schoolboard secretary Cal Albright was forced to stand in as the president of the United States for two years.

Lesbian Art

Posted by: Kevin © at November 29, 2005 12:36 AM

Shit! I have been outted again! Will no nik ever hide me??

You Liar. You are a beautiful flower and you know it.

Grandson wants the puter and I am tired, so....

Good Night.

Later

eya Kev!

evening!

Are all you guys friends, like do all youns know each other in person?

Night Toni! Sweet Dreams to you!

Lesbian Art

A.

AHHHH

8-)

MOO

No but seriously, I am not a cigar.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:33 AM

-

You are just screwing around for attention, now.

Even I don't believe that you are in school AND this thick!

Gimme a break Boob---I mean BobX2288

And if I were you I would dash to the mall and have a t-shirt announcing to all, "I Am Not A Cigar!"

...and any other objects that you may deem necessary.

Night ono!!

Now that is fantastic lesbian art. WOW! I'm clapping. and yelling WOO HOO

Hey!

Where's Malloy?

Hold on .. gotta put my cigarette out in the kid next doors eye.

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:38 AM

Oh god...must resist...Seinfeld reference...

MAN: Will you put that cigarette out?!

RAVA: (Pointing the lit end at him) Maybe I put it out on your face! (To Elaine) It's just like Ray said - you and Jerry are jealous of our love. You're trying to destroy us.

ELAINE: Shouldn't you be out on a ledge somewhere?

*

I'm weak...sorry Wil... :)

love ya T

nite!

Miles Davis - Billy Preston/Rated X

http://dilbert.free.fr/art_musique/Miles%20Davis-RatedX.mp3

From the album "On the Corner" Guitars, bass, drums, Miles on that crazy little synthesizer he plays

Gimme a break Boob---I mean BobX2288

Boob was my nickname in like jr. high.

Hey SJ, everyone

8-)

I'm weak...sorry Wil... :)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:45 AM

Horrifying Wil Fact # 8756 .. I have never seen Seinfeld ... He is one guy I really can't stand for some reason. Well... no ... actually . there is a reason it's because he looks like the guy who stalked me when I was younger.... Terry. [Shivers!!]

"And if I were you I would dash to the mall and have a t-shirt announcing to all, "I Am Not A Cigar!""

It should have a picture of Monica on it.

RANDY DUKE

Popping IN long enough to (DOG DAMN IT I CAN't FREAKING SPELL IT!)

starts WITH A G! and it's what we all do WHEN BUSH IS impeached and Imprisoned!

HAHA I TOLD YOU SO! he is A DIRTY DIRT BAG!!!

Have not seen the news in days! JUST FOUND THIS before I'm going to bed! What sweet sweet DREAMS I shall have!

Talk to you all later

AS # would SAY WOOT WOOT!

Now that is fantastic lesbian art. WOW! I'm clapping. and yelling WOO HOO

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 12:44 AM

=======================

You are a certified simp. God bless ya, though. Just don't approach me or speak to me or I will call other, certified-simps, to remove your simp ass from an otherwise simply fantastic view!

Sam,
I think you misunderstood what we talked about on the phone. You seemed to think I said that Democrats were not in favor of business. I tried to point out that the Republicrooks were in bed with big business like Halliburton, Oil Companies, Pharmaceutical Companies, etc. Not small businesses of say fifty to a hundred employees. The big payoffs and the cronyism comes from the big boys. Ie: Halliburton and Chaney!
I am 61 and have always known that the Republicans are for the rich and the Democrats are for the poor and working folks.
Thanks, Greendale Boy

HI & BYE ToniD

8-)

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 12:48 AM

Oh weird..I guess I don't put him on my high list of comedians and yet I love that show... hmm...

I've never been stalked...not counting the "dark knight" from Stanford..who I actually eventally met...and hence why I hate Indian food... :)

GOOD NIGHT!

: ]

Happy days are coming!

Are all you guys friends, like do all youns know each other in person?

Posted by: Bob26003

this is thread #3253

i been here since #6. i try

to get to know everybody i can.

mostly pretty good peeps, occasional

idjit working their way thru the phonies

shows up and i try to love them as well.

MAT!

woot....

:)

I mean on the t-shirt, not the cigar

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:35 AM

Yep. Subtle. Brilliant. Nuanced.

Tim's portrayal of the host aside; that, for the station presenting "Perspectives" (the "Black Issues" show in the bit,) their "perspective" on "Black Issues" was that they are just important enough to warrant a 4:55 AM, Sunday morning time slot.

took me long enough to get that wording right.

Hope it makes sense.

Posted by: Sappho at November 29, 2005 12:22 AM

Gotta love Sappho...

"Given the fame that her work has enjoyed, it is somewhat surprising to learn that only one of Sappho's poems is available in its entirety--all of the rest exist as fragments of her original work. At one time, there were perhaps nine complete volumes of her poetry, but over the centuries, from neglect, natural disasters, and possibly some censorship by close-minded scholars, her work was lost. Late in the 19th century, however, manuscripts dating back to the eighth century AD were discovered in the Nile Valley, and some of these manuscripts proved to contained Sappho's work. Excavations that followed in ancient Egyptian refuse heaps unearthed a quantity of papyruses from the first century BC to the 10th century AD. Here, strips of papyrus--some containing her poetry--were found in number. These strips had been used to wrap mummies, stuff sacred animals, and wrap coffins. The work to piece these together and identify them has continued into the twentieth century. "

You are a certified simp. God bless ya, though. Just don't approach me or speak to me or I will call other, certified-simps, to remove your simp ass from an otherwise simply fantastic view!

Posted by: Not at November 29, 2005 12:49 AM

You simply suck and have no sense of humor.

hee hee MAT!

say hey to Husbot!

MISS ANNE!!!! : )

Miss you lots, firey little lady!!! Be Well!!!

Oh weird..I guess I don't put him on my high list of comedians and yet I love that show... hmm...

I've never been stalked...not counting the "dark knight" from Stanford..who I actually eventally met...and hence why I hate Indian food... :)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:50 AM

Oh my .. you can't just talk about the "dark knight" and then stop .. whatup wit dat??

Preview of naughty bits from Comedians of Comedy movie The pic in specific is the one of Brian and Patton in towels and Zach naked from the waist down bouncing behind them.

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:50 AM

"dark knight" from Stanford?

Is that a euphemism for Montezuma's revenge?

Posted by: Not at November 29, 2005 12:49 AM

See that is what I am talking about. Clearly my post was not funny, but maybe he thought it was serious. I have no idea anymore. But that was being mean just for the sake of being mean.

Stanford..who I actually eventally met...and hence why I hate Indian food... :)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 12:50 AM

Stanford hasn't used the moniker of Indians in years, they are now the Cardinal. Also they haven't been that good since the were the Stanford Indians and Jim Plunkett who is an Indian was there.

Did you date Jim Plunkett?

8-)

As far as panthesism...I think I don't think of spirits as "Supernatural"..just natural...

i sacrifice a snickers bar to the computer gods all the time...

BYE akaMAT

8-)

What do think about UFO's?

John Coltrane - Ascension 6:16 sec

http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/coltraneascension1.rm

What do think about UFO's?

read everything here

http://www.zetatalk.com/

and we can begin to discuss it

have a dozen more sites you can explore

OH MY GOD!!! "Local Hero" is on on IFC!!!! Music by Mark Knopfler!!!!!!!!!!!

In the future, when the human mind is more evolved,hopefully, the questions of existence and the universe etc. will be knocked down. And honestly, I admit, these question I do not even bother with. Because without scientific evidence, tis just faith. Question: How does anything arise from vacuum?

John Coltrane - Ascension 2 10:46 sec.

http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/coltraneascension2.rm

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 01:00 AM

My problem with Panthieism is really the inherent contradictory idea of multiple infinite beings.

The logical problems are rife, IMHO.

Now, they of course must all be true and all be false at the same time in juxtaposed logical expressions which operate as reciprocal proofs in some sense or another, every expression oriented on it's inherent relatve substantive merits, but the very logic which proves their meritorious existence, also prove their unified exitence as one unity of the infinite.

Oneness. Singularity. The first as faith would have it, the second as science is currently laying it down.

Did anybody hear Brendan's story on

Sedition today about his ex-girlfriend trying to

steal his dog?!?

Mine tried and succeded in stealing a VERY old book

(early 1800's) just for spite.

How does anything arise from vacuum?

well theres quite a bit of fact and a few theories as well.

tell ya something intersting tho. you have elements

in your body that came from nova stars

Hey Shell .. Click here for Zach's bio .. by Noam!!! ; )

Mine tried and succeded in stealing a VERY old book

(early 1800's) just for spite.

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 01:11 AM

DUDE!! I woulda trashed her car .. but I am mean and spiteful!! : )

Hey Shell .. great Zach photos at his site, too. One of he and Sarah Silverman ... I now offically hate her! ; )

See ya all Later.

8-)

MOO to You, Shell

8-)

By "They" in "They must all... yadda." above, I mean to say the Panoply Of Gods.

Which ever God or Gods or No God you decide to go with... you're right and wrong.

No matter what, the infinite nature of a "God" means you can not grokk it. Period. End of story.

What ever you think, you're right AND wrong to some degree or another. relative degrees of correctness in this and all matters religious are open to some debate in our democracy... thank God.

Physics is the key. Science is the key. Given to us via intellect by whatever is beyond our comprehension.

Did you date Jim Plunkett?

8-)

Posted by: Kevin © at November 29, 2005 12:59 AM

No. But honestly I met him once...I have a copy of one of hissigned Amex receipts...

*

Oh! Dana Gould, Ben Stiller...and Bob Odenkirk...

god runs a cigar and news stand on 8th avenue,

he keeps a carton of shermans on hand for me,

has the best jokes and is an easy touch.

DUDE!! I woulda trashed her car .. but I am mean and spiteful!! : )

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:14 AM

---------

Yeah, well she keyed both rear quarter-panels of

mine and I'd just rather not get involved in that

shit.

My problem with religions is that they can't acknowledge the fact that these things are beyond our comprehension. They also seem hesitant to realize that the human mind is capable of chipping away at these mysteries and progress has been made.

One of he and Sarah Silverman ... I now offically hate her! ; )

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:14 AM

OMG! Sarah Silverman! Love her!....

cough...I mean Hate her! :)

I remember tripping and knowing their was a higher dimension or something. Now was that my heightened intellect or just trippin?

god is a phillipina BBQ

vendor on a little canadian island.

she teases me about my dogs and

gives me a teriyaki pork

and onion stick for em

Miles Davis - Billy Preston/Rated X

http://dilbert.free.fr/art_musique/Miles%20Davis-RatedX.mp3

From the album "On the Corner" Guitars, bass, drums, Miles on that crazy little synthesizer he plays

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 12:46 AM

Yea, now it's coming back to me...

I did not really care for that album.

As I recall Miles Davis had a problem playing in the upper registers. Instead he adopted a very controlled, minimalist style of playing and preferred ballads.

I prefer his earlier work although his last album was pretty. It was interesting to see what he did with Cyndi Lauper's (pop) songs. I think the last album was titled Human Nature, and included True Colors and Time After Time. As I recall there was a period before that album where he was sick and had not recorded. I was sad when he died.

Miles Davis, a jazz legend...

Posted by: Akaka Bill at November 29, 2005 01:09 AM

This I'm gonna have to stew on for a bit...w/c/b...(that's "Will Call Back" in receptionist talk...)

:)

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:07 AM

I LOVE!!!! Mark Knopfler

OMG! Sarah Silverman! Love her!....

cough...I mean Hate her! :)

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 01:21 AM

Check the site .. Sarah looks hot! I am just jealous! : )

Sarah Silverman is a sexy hot mama.

How many hours of music is too much on your computer?? Just wondering. Mister Negative is wishing doom upon my new PC and he says I have too much at 65 hours.. and I still have a boatload of CD's to download onto this thing....

So .. I am just wondering...

John Coltrane - Ascension 2 10:46 sec.

http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/coltraneascension2.rm

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 01:09 AM

Your on a roll tonight...

I remember tripping and knowing their was a higher dimension or something. Now was that my heightened intellect or just trippin?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 01:23 AM

I remember smoking some serious bud one summer--had to cut it with a razor blade, it was so moist (not hash). We called it "trippin-dimmensions"!

So .. I am just wondering...

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:27 AM

How big is your hard drive?

don't take your hard drive past 80%

with windows as yer OS

I LOVE!!!! Mark Knopfler

Posted by: ferocious at November 29, 2005 01:24 AM

Me too!! Half the music on the 65 hours is him ....

How big is your hard drive?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 01:29 AM

200 GB ....

GO to my computer, then right click on drive C, then properties. It will show you how much is taken up.

BOB WOODWARD, DULLARD AND USEFUL TOOL

Been thinking about Bob Woodward a bit of late.

Trying to put my finger on how Woodward could a been this "crusading" young Turk back in the day and now he ain't naught but a palace courtier for a president, George W. Bush, who is infinitely worse than the man Woodward and Bernstein helped bring down -- Nixon.

Adding to the confusion is my long-held impression of Woodward from televised interviews and/or appearances as a rather strikingly thick-headed thin-skinned dullard. I allus watched Woodward and thought, "This plodding clod brought down Nixon?"

Never made no sense.

Then it struck me.

Watergate was an accident of history, at least for Woodward.

Woodward evidently didn't care fuck-all about exposing infamies in government (as his tenure w/Bush so ably demonstrates). No, what Woodward wanted was to be the guy w/access onna hot story.

B/c in the end, it's really all about Bob Woodward.

During Watergate, Woodward's access consisted, primarily, of the source "Deep Throat", who turned out to be No. 2 CIA director Mark Felt. Nother words, Bob worked w/what he had. His access consisted of a source criticizing the government, so he ran w/the guy that gave him the story.

The Bush Administration obviously learned a valuable lesson about Bob Woodward.

Cause what people learned over time is that Bob Woodward could be trusted to keep secrets, so the Bush administration especially must a figured, "Hell, better to have dumbass Bob on board singing our hosannas than looking over our shoulders for disgruntled cast-offs grousing out in the briar patches."

So the Bushies coopted Woodward. Brought him into the inner circle and let him "report" w/the deepest access possible for a journalist.

With alla the shit that happened right under "reporter" Bob Woodward's nose in the Bush White House, you just gotta know that Woodward has to be one of the most dim-witted, vainest, sanctimonious, selfish, egocentric beast-of-burden plow-horses in all of the elite media.

Woodward doesn't pursue stories. He holds confidences and waits for folks to tell him shit so he can have exclusives. It'

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:24 AM

She is fierce and funny as hell.

I wait upon 'bated breath for "Jesus Is Magic."

The fact that she is Jimmy Kimmel's girlfriend has caused me to completely reconsider Jimmy Kimmel (sexist, fratboy, consumerism, dumb vaguely "conservative" humor that your dad would be able to laugh at with his buddies.)

If she loves him, there must be a good reason.

BOB WOODWARD, DULLARD AND USEFUL TOOL

(...)

Woodward doesn't pursue stories. He holds confidences and waits for folks to tell him shit so he can have exclusives. It's all about Bob.

Woodward is also reliably spun b/c he not only doesn't think much and tends to trust what his confidential sources tell him, what little thinking Bob Woodward does do is often lacking in insight. Woodward is the master of the meaningless detail, the guy who knows alla the facts but draws alla the wrong conclusions.

Bush Admin.: "Here's yer story, Bob. Make sure Peggy Noonan is gonna get hot flashes over it."

Bob Woodward: "Hey, tx. guys. No problemo. Keep the incestuous amplification cranked up to 11 and I'll faithfully act as your court stenographer. Can I have another biscuit?"

Bush Admin.: "Sure, Bob. When yer finished. You don't mind letting us take a peek at that, do you? Proof it, you know?"

Bob Woodward: "Gosh, why would I? I was going to ask you if you'd look it over to make sure I got alla the details right. Gosh, this is a great gig!"

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire

http://www.maxwolf.ru/music/mp3/firebird.mp3

Anyone Else a Stephen King's Dark Tower fan?

I remember tripping and knowing their was a higher dimension or something. Now was that my heightened intellect or just trippin?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 01:23 AM

It depends on what you read.

Posted by: Sappho at November 29, 2005 01:32 AM

No doubt there's a second half to come, but that is spot on.

Very good.

I think it was heightened awareness. Ever heard of Alexander Shulgin?

GO to my computer, then right click on drive C, then properties. It will show you how much is taken up.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 01:32 AM

ROTFLMAO!!! Oh Silly Silly Bob!! You are obviously new!!

I know zip about computers!! I know how to turn it on and get to the internets - that's it! I consider it a feat worthy of recognition by Guiness that actually I figured out how to make the music magically move from the disk to the computer at all!!

Now ... where do I find the computer dealy??

OH!!! OH!!! I FIGURED IT OUT!!! Hold on I will give you the numbers .. you can tell me if it;s okay or not!!

don't take your hard drive past 80%

with windows as yer OS

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 01:29 AM

____________

Window. Can't. Drive. ... Eighty-fiiiiiiiive.

let me know, I will help, I can walk you through it.

Alexander "Sasha" Shulgin, Ph.D., is a pharmacologist and chemist known for his creation of new psychoactive chemicals.

erowid vault

http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/shulgin_alexander/shulgin_alexander.shtml

I guess his books got some recipes too.

Woodward has to be one of the most dim-witted, vainest, sanctimonious, selfish, egocentric beast-of-burden plow-horses in all of the elite media.""

goodun

i'd add greedy and status addicted.

Okey Dokey .. here's what we got ...

Used: 10,502,713,344 bytes ... 9.78 GB

Free: 184,757,207,404 bytes ... 172 GB

Capacity: 195,259,920,384 bytes ... 181 GB (Which would seem to say that even thoght the machine has a sticker that says it has 200 GB .. it actually only has that 181 GB number???)

Also .. there is a little thing that says "Compress drive to save disk space" and there is a box that can be x'd .... it isn't .. should I x it??

you are in great shape. you have not even used 10% of your space. Don't worry about compressing. A 200 GB harddrive is huge. If you clog that up. wow

No do not do it!

first figger stuff out!

Phew!! Thanks Bob!! I was freaking for a bit there! Just got this PC and was worried I had messed it up already!

: )

you have plenty of room for more music. just remember to defragment once in a while.

ya

u got tons a room.

the difference between 181 and 200

is just different ways of counting the space.

manufacturers alway use the larger one.

see a gigabyte is actually 1,024

megabytes, not a 1,OOO.

you have plenty of room for more music. just remember to defragment once in a while.

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 01:48 AM

Great minds .. just checking back here to let ya know I have just begun the defrag!! ; )

Phew!! Thanks Bob!! I was freaking for a bit there! Just got this PC and was worried I had messed it up already!

: )

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:48 AM

Do not - DO NOT - compress your "200 GB!" hard drive!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 01:52 AM

Ah!! See .. I am totally lost! I tell ya .. I miss my IBM Selectric III! Only capacity I had to worry about was ribbon and white out!! ; )

http://www.maxwolf.ru/music/mp3/firebird.mp3

Screaming Jay Hawkins - Portrait of a Man

http://www.angeb.com/place/music/cafe03/song/Screaming_Jay_Hawkins_-_Portrait_of_a_Man.mp3

so a lil lull Bob26003,

so B3, what it boils down to is this,

love everyone you can as much as you can.

learning to do it is half the fun

mistakes are like pin ball,

yer not playing the game

unless you tilt

occasionally.

Shit, sorry...meant to hit preview only so I can d/l it...

What, no more lesbian art?

eya wil

always glad to explain it

no problemo! ask anytime here

and we'll take ya right to it )

Jim, Is there any way I can free up space or speed up my computer without deleting all my files. Is there backups or somethin that I can delete?

Yawn.

Where is my fave dingo and his scatological wit!

Here, litle fella!! Here!!

Do not - DO NOT - compress your "200 GB!" hard drive!

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 29, 2005 02:01 AM

I Won't!! I Won't!! I Won't!! I swear on the life of Zach Galifianakis I will not compress my 200 GB hard drive!!

[Wil pushes back from her desk .. rushes out of the room headed towards the basement and all those boxes will stuff dating back to her birth .. thinks ..."Where the hell is my bible from Catholic High School??? I gotta put my hand on that sucker!!"]

; ) I promise .. really .. on Zach's life and anyone we all know who might look like him ... !

Also .. defrag is done. : )

firebird a wild tune!

Whoa..It was already active...ok I just scared myself...that was weird..

Whoa..It was already active...ok I just scared myself...that was weird..

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 02:07 AM

The music link you posted?? That was scary?? : /

What, no more lesbian art?

Posted by: Bob26003 at November 29, 2005 02:03 AM

______________

Think of the irony.

Bob Jones'n at the U.?

(Well, folks that's wrapped a little too tight in religion always are the biggest back-door libertines. Plus, coming from them, it gives "Oh, God. Oh, God." an entirely new meaning.)

Jim, Is there any way I can free up space or speed up my computer without deleting all my files. Is there backups or somethin that I can delete?

Posted by: Bob26003""

gotta go through each file you delete and understand what it is.

peeps usually mess up when they go hog wild.

i know i did many times, lost some good stuff too!

Al Franken is a phoney.

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:06 AM

Did you see this page? Funny. :)

http://www.zachgalifianakis.com/girlfriend.htm

Ya ..when I get you the copy of Comedians of Comedy .. you will see Zach show Maria his fan mail .. lemme see if I can get a link to what it is ...

What is the creepiest letter you have received from a Tru Calling fan? "A gentleman sent me nine very nice pornographic shots of himself. He was a doctor from Venezuela."

best long term fix is to buy a new bigger hard drive.

speed is a combo of several things.

an uncluttered OS, fast hard drives, and processor/memory speeds.

a trick is to be able to switch installs.

i have a cherry install with only the proggies

i need for a lil more speed. get a sata drive MB

and put in 10000 rpm sata drives. nice and fast!

dual core 64 bit processors fairly

nice as well. so basically

speed gains are always

hardware dependant.

Lesbian Art

Screamin Jay - Frenzy

http://home.no.net/oymo/Files/Screamin'%20Jay%20Hawkins%20-%20Frenzy.mp3

Here's a fairly decent fan site Shell .. lots of great pics of Zach (Hope it will work .. Angelfire .. : / )

My computer is having fun with me .. here's the shuffle its given me over last few minutes .. Jacob's Ladder (Bruce Hornsby), Hotel California (The Eagles), Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac), Wasted Time (The Eagles), Bent (matchbox 20), Fire Lake (Bob Seger), ... now Don't Drink the Water (Dave MatthewsBand). I don't get it's logic! No pattern .. no nothin' .. just well .. having fun with me!

Posted by: A. at November 29, 2005 02:12 AM

----

Hey is this Zach guy you ladies are nutty about, the same guy who did that Comedy Central half-hour special a few years back? The one where he played piano and had a choir back-up as he did a Dylanesque cue-card deal? And if not, does anyone know who he was? A very different and witty sort.

Hey is this Zach guy you ladies are nutty about, the same guy who did that Comedy Central half-hour special a few years back? The one where he played piano and had a choir back-up as he did a Dylanesque cue-card deal? And if not, does anyone know who he was? A very different and witty sort.

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 02:25 AM

That's him!! *Swoon!!*

The cue card of which you speak ... MJP

That's him!! *Swoon!!*

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:28 AM

----

Well you guys are just suckers with good taste! ;)

I liked him too. Very talented.

I have excellent taste in men .. Thank You! ; )

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:16 AM

How much would you be willing to pay for a really good sandwich?

I just got the same question when I did an interview with The Economist. I will tell you what I told them. What I pay for a sandwich is none of your business. It is a very private issue to me. I will talk about anything but sandwiches. My great aunt died in "The Great Mortadella Sandwich Incident" in the 1930s, and it is still very difficult for me to discuss sandwiches — any sandwich, and especially what I will pay for one.

-

HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah..he's on my list... :)

Pin UP Night!!!!!

Klugman & Randall sing You're so Vain

http://www.franklarosa.com/vinyl/AudioPlay.jsp?File=OddCouple_YoureSoVain.rm

I have excellent taste in men .. Thank You! ; )

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:34 AM

-----

Wait a sec...are you saying this is the guy you live with? Or you know somehow?

Sexy .. Funny .. Smart .. how can you NOT be in love with the guy .. is all I'm sayin'!! ; )

"Blues Connotation" Ornett Coleman

http://www.aquariusrecords.org/audio/ornetteblues.rm

Ornette Coleman "Lonely Woman" (Performed by Gregory Nemirovsky Jazz Combo) 22:34

http://www.yutta.kiev.ua/nemirovsky/music/nemirovsky_37.mp3

Posted by: Akaka Bill at November 29, 2005 01:16 AM

"Ya can't grokk the meaning of god..." -paraphraserer

Good...no...great one... :)

good tunes NC

been fun has'nt it?

bet we've posted links to

20000 tunes, maybe more.

(i miss wanda)

My God, It is my birthday.

Is anybody else watching the re-run of Jimmy Carter on Jay Leno from last week, right now?

No

Later on y'all, gonna listen to an audiobook and relax.

eya Spike!

a happy Bday 2 you.

Wait a sec...are you saying this is the guy you live with? Or you know somehow?

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 02:39 AM

Uh ... Am I typing really badly tonight .. or is there some weird assed subliminal(sp?) message thing happening when I post??

No .. I can wish .. but no. I merely have a crush on him .. I also have a crush on HIM!!

eya Spike!

a happy Bday 2 you.

nit B3!

My God, It is my birthday.

Posted by: Spike at November 29, 2005 02:43 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKE!!!!! Why are you not out drinking and having fun?? And how old are you??

[Hits post and prays it comes out clear!]

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:46 AM

Whoops! My Eddie link is screwy! Just hit my name .. you'll see him...

Times-Picayune' Editor: Don't Let City Die

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001571070

He was on the Leno Tonight Show to promote his book "Our Endangered Values".

He made some pretty strong statements last week.

Al Franken will discuss his new book, "The Truth (with jokes)" on Wednesday in the Day Chapel of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum. This event is free and open to the public.

The program is co-sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book and A Cappella Books.

One of my favorite pinups

Miss Dita Von Teese!

http://www.babesglamour.com/DANNI/71DAN03.jpg

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:46 AM

---

No, I'm just a bit sleepy. The "him" guy was a dead link, though. I remember seeing this Zach guy though and thinking he a cross between McCartney, that Doobie brothers guy, and an impish user of irony and exploiter of modern memes! In other words, I thought he really fucking funny!

they happen still, not gone, just a change of venue )

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 12:37 AM

I'm afraid - those days are over.

Actually, it became my birthday about two hours ago central. We are going to the Rolling Stones concert tommarrow night. Meryl Haggart is opening up. We just got back from NO. City is coming back to life. It does not have that rotting garbage/death smell that it had in Oct. The zoo reopened and Kermit Ruffin held a thanksgiving concert down by the river. There seems to be a concentrated attempt to show New Orleans in the worse possibaly light. Things are not as bad as shown and we will be able to rebuild if we get the backing that was promised.

a new generation,

whats ours is theirs though us.

whats theirs is ours though them, nice circle eh?

your word picture of those times was a beaut!

those were fun times eh? good to be alive

"Can America, having witnessed the loss of well over 1,000 lives to Katrina, not rouse itself? Despite its problems, New Orleans remains one of our greatest cities, beloved of this country and the world. We are at the fulcrum of one-third of the nation's oil and gas and 40 percent of its seafood. We gave birth to much of this country's indigenous culture, and we continue to nourish it. What does it say about our civilization if this unique American metropolis is left to die?"

We are a Sick Fucking Nation .. no doubt in my mind. : (

they cut back a lot of that funding allready spike.

What does it say about our civilization if this unique American metropolis is left to die?"

All that needs to be said.

The thing is that the city will not die. It will mutate into somekind of funky do it yourself or die brave new world.

Me too Bob...good night blog...xoxoxo

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Mysterious Mose, Ted Weems and His Orchestra

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The thing is that the city will not die. It will mutate into somekind of funky do it yourself or die brave new world.

Posted by: Spike at November 29, 2005 03:02 AM

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Soylent Green, brother.

Times-Picayune' Editor: Don't Let City Die

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001571070

Posted by: Spike at November 29, 2005 02:51 AM

The city is not dying.

It's being tortured, murdered and mutilated...

so all those peeps likely to lose their properties?

That's an interesting article from tonight's show linked to Mother Jones, about donor-advised funds.

Facts I saw as relevant, with regards to the difference between charitable giving and campaign donations:

The National Christian Foundation (NCF) has $450 million in assets.

They are a leading financial delivery system. They brought nearly $1 billion to ministries, schools, conservative think tanks, and political activists around the country.

Donor-advised charitable funds are coming under increased scrutiny by the IRS.

Philanthropy watchdogs have raised questions about foundations that give lucrative business to individuals who serve on their boards.

In 1982, Terry Parker created the National Christian Charitable Foundation. His new methods needed a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to ensure it was legal.

We are going to the Rolling Stones concert tommarrow night. Meryl Haggart is opening up."

hoo tah! sounds fun!

Screamin Jay - Frenzy

http://home.no.net/oymo/Files/Screamin'%20Jay%20Hawkins%20-%20Frenzy.mp3

Posted by: dada at November 29, 2005 02:22 AM

fucking

awesome

song

Good Night Shell!! Sweet Dreams to you!!

I heard that there were 200,000 homes lost and around 1,300 dead with more bodies coming in every day. There is going to be one hell of a legal battle over property issues. The city is a boom town for people looking for jobs which has caused a housing shortages. The moral of the people is great. The zoo reopening had all these kids laughing and enjoying themselves. The people who stay know what they are facing and only ask that it does not happen again.

We are going to the Rolling Stones concert tommarrow night. Meryl Haggart is opening up."

hoo tah! sounds fun!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 03:07 AM

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Seriously??

Me? Not since Steel Wheels.

Have a great time, Jim!

no not me

spike gets to go!

Whoops! A good time for Spike!

Better music!!

I also visited Democrats.org to see the show's 'Fighting Dems' segment, clearly outlined by The Boston Globe story, linked at the top.

Hardly a reason to not find this show, qualified a major player in the political arena, wouldn't you say?

Demcrats.org would seem to be listening.

Mr. Sam Seder (host) and Mr. Josh Bearman (webmaster) can feel proud; along with any of their lesser known staff; or friends and family for that matter, who support their hard work.

I for one, am grateful alone, for this forum to discuss my Progressive Ohio Democrat viewpoints.

So once again, if I have done enough already, thank you crew.

When are you coming back to run, Sam?

We are still not using our place so we staid in a hotel near St Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter. Funny to be tourist in my own city, but we had a great time. Saw Pappa Grows Funk at the Maple Leaf and then the Concert by the river the next day. The last day we went by our place and did some clean up as we lost most of our patio garden. We have this one bush who refuses to die and a banana tree that may make it, but all the rest was lost.

A plan to draw down the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, withdrawing more than 60,000 troops from Iraq, will be submitted to the Commander-In-Chief, President George W. Bush Jr. after review by Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Pete Pace. This plan was drafted by Gen. John Abizaid and Gen. George Casey, the two top U.S. commanders of the Pentagon, and requests to draw down the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. If elections are successful in December and a new parliament is seated by January, withdrawal will begin almost immediately thereafter. It will be an incremental or phased withdrawal — beginning slowly at first, with one or two battalions — up to 2,000 troops at a time. The target for the next six months is from 158,000 to around 138,000.

Calendar year 2006 will be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with Iraqi security forces taking the lead for the security of a free and sovereign Iraq, thereby creating the conditions for the phased redeployment of United States forces from Iraq.

The Senate will not convene for two more weeks. Business will begin at 2:00 p.m on Monday, Dec. 12 2005.

The House will not convene for another week. Business will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005.

The next West Wing show will be titled “Undecideds”, showing Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005. It should be noted this is the first new episode, since the live special airing of a debate. The summary for the new show is as follows: After getting a slight boost from the presidential debate, Santos courts controversy when he makes the difficult decision to visit the tense Los Angeles community where an African-American boy was shot by a Latino police officer. Meanwhile, Ellie continues to make preparations for her wedding and CJ must manage a crisis between China and Kazakhstan. A new West Wing episode will also air on the following Sunday, titled “The Wedding”.

Cleveland and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced its 2006 Inductees.

The following artists will be inducted at the Twenty-First Annual Induction Ceremony, which will be held Monday, March 13th 2006 in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel:

Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss

Black Sabbath

Blondie

Miles Davis

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Sex Pistols

What's up -B?

How is your bones?

How many hours of music is too much on your computer??

I am just wondering...

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:27 AM

If you can still say only 'hours', it's not too much.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, for the first time, will give the general public an opportunity to win two (2) tickets to the Induction Ceremony in New York City in the Spring of 2006. The Rock Hall will hold a raffle for four (4) sets of two (2) tickets for the 2006 Induction Ceremony in New York City (for a total of 8 tickets). These tickets are usually only available to very high-level donors to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The chance to attend this event is a cost of $100 for the raffle ticket. In addition, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum will also give each of the four (4) sets of winners a check for $1,000 to help offset the expenses of the trip.

If you decide to come to Cleveland for sight seeing I suggest the new exhibit “TOMMY: The Amazing Journey.” The exhibit is now open and will remain so until March 2006.

Tommy is one of the earliest and most important rock operas. The iconic rock opera had many incarnations, including an album, movie, soundtrack, a Broadway play as well as an orchestral version and a ballet interpretation. Conceived and primarily written by Pete Townshend, the Who’s critically revered concept album, Tommy, was released in 1969.

Did you get that thing I sencha?

israeli teenage paramillitary has been patrolling the wealthy areas of new orleans for months now... itll turn into a t.g.i. fridays/ girls gone wild paradise once the unique culture that existed below the surface of the wealth is driven into extinction. I don't see voodoo resurfacing in a honky controlled party climate.
hello.

Here are my suggestions for late night viewing, please note conflicts between networks on certain nights:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
REGIS PHILBIN
COLIN HANKS

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
KEVIN NEALON
RYAN REYNOLDS
TODD GLASS

THE LATE, LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON
SELA WARD
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL
CHRIS BOTTI & PAUL BUCHANON

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO
SNOOP DOGG
HOWARD DEAN
FAITH EVANS

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
CHARLIZE THERON
AUTHOR, MAUREEN DOWD

THE LATE, LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON
TONY SHALOUB
MITCH ALBOM

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
OPRAH WINFREY
BONNIE RAITT

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN
ALAN ALDA
BILLY JOEL

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN
GISELLE BUNDCHEN
THE WHITE STRIPES

JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
JOE ROGAN
BECK

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
DANE COOK
JAMES BLUNT

Posted by: -B at November 29, 2005 03:23 AM

Mmmmmm... Music.

(argle, bargle, largle)

so all those peeps likely to lose their properties?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at November 29, 2005 03:04 AM

There was a 2 month grace period that ended weeks ago. Mortgages forclosed, evictions handed out in the 10's of thousands. People were not even around to be notified so if they weren't legally notified who's to know...

My guess is that evictions were rubber stamped and executed with the hopes that no one would file for a stay of execution.

If no one showed up the eviction was carried out legally.

Case closed.

Next.

eya Jajajajaja!

been a while!

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 29, 2005 03:29 AM

You can have a hit... no back wash!

If you can still say only 'hours', it's not too much.

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 03:25 AM

: D - LOL!! Well.. it's 65 hours some odd minutes .. so technically .. it is almost 3 days of music!! ; )

Opening this Friday in movie theaters nationwide is Aeon Flux.

Aeon is a variant of eon, pronounced with a long vowel e. I prefer to pronounce the verbs "ae", as a long a.

Aeon Flux is set 400 years in the future in a utopian society where a secret rebellion is brewing. In the coming war between the totalitarian government, which imposes order with ruthless efficiency, and those who oppose it with ruthless abandon, the one person who may prove that individuals still matter is Aeon Flux. Fluxis the top operative in the underground "Monican" rebellion and, when her assignment is to assassinate a leading government official, she begins to realize that there is more to uncover than even she expected.

We are a Sick Fucking Nation .. no doubt in my mind. : (

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 02:59 AM

We've gone from fratricide to torture and murder.

How many hours of music is too much on your computer??

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 01:27 AM

If you can still say only 'hours', it's not too much.

So Wil, if you're still up, you can tell Mr. Negative (who's dat?) you have a lot of catching up to do.

I have 31.9 DAYS of music on my computer.

Yes, I could push play right now, my PC would finally stop playing music three days after Xmas...

31 days, 22hours, 30mins and 1 second...(to be exact)

Maureen Dowd?

I... I don't do that joke anymore.

A Vatican document which restricts homosexuals from entering the Catholic priesthood is expected or probably has been, released officially.

The short document takes a strict line on the clergy.

It says homosexuals should be barred from entering the priesthood.

Men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies and those who support gay culture should also be barred, according to the paper.

Those who have clearly overcame homosexual tendencies not lasting more than three years, may be admitted to the priesthood.

I do not concur, because it's my belief no three year waiver should be granted vis a vis the communion sacrament, as outlined by Pope John Paul II.

The first public school opened today in New Orleans. There still is a curfew at 2 am which is not popular.

Post Nihilism

Posted by: Harold at November 29, 2005 03:34 AM

I'll start holding my breath.

I'll start holding my breath.

Posted by: Akaka Bill at November 29, 2005 03:38 AM

I did work in music stores for years...

It says homosexuals should be barred from entering the priesthood.

Couldn't the priest just say he had a headache or something.

This has been your news hour with Brian.

Have a nice week.

Gnite gang

good to read ya spike!

letting peeps know what's happening

really helps. love u all!

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 03:33 AM

Oh my God! I am a poser .. totally!!!

I had better go out an buy me some more music! Although .. I have noticed I am missing a ton of CD's. But .. some of them I bought back in 1985 .. so I guess I shouldn't complain.. they made it pretty far!!

Only one I really miss and was tearing apart the house to find today was my original disk of "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Mr. Negative was like "What's the big fucking deal? Buy a new one." I was all .. "But it's the original cover art!! The ones out now don't have the same cover!! I bought this the day it was released!! It's not the same!!" .... like I was talking about an orignal pressing of a Elvis/Beatles/Rolling Stone LP or something!!

Mr. Negative is my ex.

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 29, 2005 03:38 AM

Post Nihilism Reconstuctionism, 4evr!

2culurul - stay rockin' all summer!

Next Fall Senior Year!

Good Night Sunny J!! Sweet Dreams to you!!

"C'est Si Bon [Rhino] - Mack the Knife" Louis Armstrong 03:25

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Posted by: Spike at November 29, 2005 03:42 AM

Homosexuals?

I... I'm not doing that joke any more.

gnight shadow!

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 03:43 AM

Yeah, people can be funny about CDs sometimes.

I remember plenty of emotional attachments to vinyl; each record could technically sound different.

Compact Discs don't really wear out, (they are still a recording mind you, 20+ years is pushing it) and usually fail due to misuse rather than age.

But there is that first time you get to hear an album...

Nothin' can take those memories away.

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Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 03:49 AM

Ya ... that CD represents the best year and the worst year of my life .. well.. up to this one any way! : D

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Posted by: Harold at November 29, 2005 03:41 AM

Oh, I'm sorry.

That was another pointless wise crack made with little reference to the actual content of the post.

Probably spured by some little sentence at the end which caught my eye, so I cracked smart ass on it, not really consuming the post as a whole.

Sorry.

Sure and Andy painted that Campbell's can. So what is art?

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I did not say nihilism was replaced by reconstruction...

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Hey -B, What Do you think is Page's greatest Zep work?

I can think of one that would, but I kind of like sex ads.

What's up -B?

How is your bones?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 29, 2005 03:23 AM

You'll need to explain what that means, then maybe I'll respond.

What's up -B?

How is your bones?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 29, 2005 03:23 AM

You'll need to explain what that means, then maybe I'll respond.

Posted by: -B at November 29, 2005 04:04 AM

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How are ya!!!

Lighten-up Cantonite!

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at November 29, 2005 03:57 AM

That's right, I added that as sort of a commentary on what the next step after wallowing in submission to abject nihilism would be.

typically it's reconstruction, to be followed by eventual destruction and eventual reconstruction.

Hopefully with each cycle of destruction and reclamation, some progress upon the general state of the human condition can be made.

That progress, if it's ever to be made, or ever to be won in perpetuity through cycles of destruction and reclamation, must be founded in systems that span many lifetimes.

That's why I'm such a fan of this democracy. It is a lynch-pin to our slow but ever onward progress towards a better life and greater freedoms for all people.

Sometimes that path is illuminated by contrast... in this case that contrast would be the insanely horrid governance demonstrated by Bu$hCo Inc.

Damn it, it's WAYYYYY too late.

I prefer the first three Zeppelin albums; but Houses of the Holy should be considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

I prefer the first three Zeppelin albums; but Houses of the Holy should be considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 04:11 AM

Amen .. another one of my CD's that is missing! : /

Willow,

Have you started dating girls? Your cds are missing and the next thing you are going to tell is that most of your cool t shirts have vanished.

I highly recommend either the BBC Sessions or How the West Was Won for their live stuff, over Song Remains the Same anyday.

You'll need to explain what that means, then maybe I'll respond.

Posted by: -B at November 29, 2005 04:04 AM

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Look.

You been kicked in the head a few?

So goes us all to varying degrees.

What's up on the Zep opinion I've asked?

"Battle of Evermore"-- was complex but live, "Whole

Lotta Love" was Seriosly intense!..'specialy on film!

Remember, too, that back in the seventies bands still made albums not just singles.

Singles were simply for promotion's sake. Not to carry an album.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 29, 2005 04:20 AM

Stupid Typekey.

Your cds are missing and the next thing you are going to tell is that most of your cool t shirts have vanished.

Posted by: Spike at November 29, 2005 04:14 AM

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Ha!!! I knew I wasn't the only one!

One day normal, reasonable--and the next!!!!

Lookout, and take inventory!

Well, let's see here...I know those guys in spirit, right.

So that's a toughie.

I'd say, my favorite songs right now...is the Harmonizer work in the mid 70's to early '80s.

Things like reverse reverb effects, pitch shifting that came later, I think, plus the way John Bonham grew as a drummer with different voicings, in particular In Thru The Out Door.

A lot of that stuff is still pretty cutting edge, simply becuase it was an orchestrated and concerted effort from beginning to end, unlike the drop/cut/copy/paste stuff in the digital age today.

These algorithms were very much a product of those guy's intituition at the time, moreso than simnply what came from the factory as a pre-set.

So I would say, maybe I'm Gonna Crawl, or maybe The Rover. Something like that. Just wide expansive "Those Shoes" by The Eagles type songs, which really haven't lost their panache.

Just listen to the solo break by Joe Walsh in "Life In The Fast Lane", then pick up his solo work like The Confessor.

Progressive today, has too much Phish World Beat influence to me, or maybe too much southern Dave Matthews charm.

I like loud Yes or Rush classics, and that Mini-Moog/Hammond sound went the way of the Dodo bird around the time Yamaha dredged up off the fly samples for the R&B/Rap markets in the early 80's. It gets some revival from bands like Beck and Nine Inch Nails up to a degree, but mostly the loud wall of sound heavy metal guitar, chosses to simply accent their music with syth today, instead of complementing it as a separate voice in the arrangement.

I miss that.

It was a really cool thing back in the Pink Floyd days, or when lasers were big at the arena shows.

But to answer your question...I'd say Dazed and Confused. Because I can play it, yea. I have everything except the Markley talk box, the violin bow, the Les Paul Custom...and that analog effect...what's it called?

Er um...Treble Boost? Or was it germanium Fuzz?! I forget. Here's to rippin' off classic riffs at CBGB's.

*cheers

But can you play Anti-christ by the Sex Pistols, mate?

No, but if you hum a few bars of Freebird, I might remember.

...bands still made albums not just singles.

People don't mention particular tracks, like Money or Breathe; but they remember Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.

Amen .. another one of my CD's that is missing! : /

Posted by: Wil at November 29, 2005 04:13 AM

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I lost ALL of my CD's--even those that were gifts from said party. Classy, eh?

The craftmanship of making a great album doesn't really happen nowadays.

Dark Side of the Moon has a consistent tone throughout it, and the songs are sequenced brilliantly. How the songs are strung together is extremely important. It's the same with a film and how it's edited. Many films seemed to be cut and pasted together. They don't have a cohesive flow like some of the classics.

Led Zeppelin never made a bad album. My personal fave is Physical Graffitti.

Presence is very underrated. Tea for One is a great blues number....

Because I can play it, yea. I have everything except the Markley talk box, the violin bow, the Les Paul Custom...and that analog effect...what's it called?

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I have the Les Paul (and Page only played the Standard, most often the tobacco sunburt) Custom.

It Hums!!! PAF!...tube sound-out of an old Marshall head and speaks from Peavey.

Kinda thrown together.

In the early days of rock, the hit single was the important thing, but in the 60's and 70's, making an album became an art in itself, and it was taken much more seriously.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 04:31 AM

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I like this Person.

Now, how varried is your taste?

I think that the album came into itself with the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and the Beatles Sgt. Peppers. There had been albums before like Elvis Presley, the Bob Dylan stuff, and Meet the Beatles, but those two kind of showed what music could be.

In the early days of rock, the hit single was the important thing, but in the 60's and 70's, making an album became an art in itself, and it was taken much more seriously.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 04:38 AM

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G.G., explains the concept album!!! :)

It's the same with a film and how it's edited. Many films seemed to be cut and pasted together. They don't have a cohesive flow like some of the classics.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 04:31 AM

Indeed! Often, I hear people complain about CDs only having 'one or two good songs'. Hence the popularity of compilations and singles collections. (NOW # whatever)

What's scary now, in this A.D.D. world, is when I ask people if a particular film is good or not, they answer with 'it's got a few good scenes'...

And just what I predicted would happen, has come true; a few months back I saw a TV special featuring the 100 greatest action scenes ever! (a video collection for the short attention-span types)

G.G., explains the concept album!!! :)

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 04:43 AM

Concept albums rule!

Though I'm not sure what to think about recent attempts, such as Sufjan Stevens' 50 State series. I think he's working on #3? (He's done a whole album about Illinois and Michigan, respectively.

And just what I predicted would happen, has come true; a few months back I saw a TV special featuring the 100 greatest action scenes ever! (a video collection for the short attention-span types)

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 04:43 AM

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You mean when that car hit that building..(heh heh) Like real good!!!! And blew-up and stuff??
...I likered that one REAL fine.

Lots of that 'mise en scene' shit (sp)

Concept albums were called pretentious by illiterate critics. Screw them. The fact that musicians were attempting to advance rock and roll artistically was wonderful. Bands like Yes, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Pink Floyd, etc., etc. were constantly "pushing the envelope". Zappa as well. Zappa's albums are brilliantly put together. Beautiful flow.

I don't think it's necessarily ADD (about people saying films have a few good scenes). I think it's true that films nowadays just have one or two rousing scenes, and the rest is filler, like an album with one or two great songs, and the rest is just there to fill out the CD.

I saw 2001 a few years back in a 70mm print. The audience didn't say a word. They were mesmerized. Even the teenagers in the audience kept quiet. Because it's a brilliantly made film. Something that goes beyond the usual. I think it's just because artists nowadays aren't really interested in the product. They seem to be more interested in fame instead of art.

Though I'm not sure what to think about recent attempts, such as Sufjan Stevens' 50 State series. I think he's working on #3? (He's done a whole album about Illinois and Michigan, respectively.

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 04:49 AM

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Hows about this for the death of the 'concept album'?---Styx and there damn Roboto tripe.
Idea was fair, excecution was pap!!

You mean when that car hit that building..(heh heh) Like real good!!!!

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 04:51 AM

Nothin' like a Bruckheimer/Bay movie to see how many cars they can blow up in two hours.

Where's the next Pet Sounds? Blonde on Blonde? Joe's Garage? The Wall? Brain Salad Surgery? Close to the Edge?

Or the next Lawrence of Arabia? Current filmmakers can take a lesson from Mr. David Lean. He said that if you have a scene you adore, but it doesn't work in the final film, cut it. It will ruin the rhythm of your film. Too often directors have many scenes that just seem like a white sploch on a blackboard. While they may seem interesting at the time, they don't fit, and should be shown as a deleted scene.

I really don't watch deleted scenes very often. Or listen to some CD complilations where they have alternate takes. There's usually a reason why the artist didn't want it on the final album or in the film.

Dylan is the only one I know who's outtakes are just as good as the ones he left on the album. A recent Yes reissue of Tales from Topographic Oceans (one of my favorite albums) had a bonus track of a rehearsal of The Revealing Science of God, the first track on the album. Is that really necessary?

They seem to be more interested in fame instead of art.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 04:54 AM

Just like the next 'boy band' or whoever?

I do think it's partly ADD to blame when kids plunk down $10 to see a flick, only like 10 mins of it, yet don't feel cheated and say the movie was just 'ok'.

Attention Defecits and the commercialism that's designed to prey on it, that is...

Kilroy Was Here was not one of Styx's better albums. It was the last one by the "classic" lineup, if I remember correctly.

They did a tour with that album with them playing roles on stage (with dialogue and everything). The fans were pissed. Remember seeing it on Behind the Music on VH1.

Is that really necessary?

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 04:59 AM

ooh! I thought of one. Aimee Mann's albums are all concepts; and the Special Edition 'Lost in Space' bonus disc is every bit as good as the original.

Of course, I have a thing for tall anorexic female bass players...

I should say 'anorexic-looking' as I don't believe Aimee Mann has any eating disorders.

She has plenty of other baggage to write about.

I make myself play a whole CD or watch a whole film when I put them on. I force myself to do so. I make myself concentrate.

Too much information does no one any good. The mind can handle only so much.

There's a 172 CD collection of J.S. Bach out there. I love Bach, but 172 CD's? When the hell can I listen to it and absorb every note?

My nephew once had a movie going in his bedroom, a TV show on in the family room, and was on the computer as well. He was jumping between all 3.

No wonder he's a mess. Can't concentrate at all.

Kilroy Was Here was not one of Styx's better albums. It was the last one by the "classic" lineup, if I remember correctly.

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Pretentious and stupid.

I was a young lad and even this was obvious to me.

Dennis Deyoung, tried to take a fair (only) rock band into what ammounted to Holliday Inn and County Fair status. He was succeassful.

When the hell can I listen to it and absorb every note?

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 05:07 AM

Yeah classical's another animal all together; but deserves a mention, considering the work put into it.

Funny eh?

You go back farther and farther, the music becomes more and more complex and lengthy. Rich and well-to-do folk would sometimes travel for days to see classical performances or operas. They would last for many hours, of course all live as there was no way to record anything.

Then a gifted few in the audience would rush home and attempt to transcribe everything they had just heard, from memory!

I guess mp3 recorders are convenient after all...

Hey, Harold!

Did you mentin that your wife goes to PSU?

We shouldn't be afraid of difficult films, we shouldn't be afraid not to be entertained. The viewer pays a high price for a film. And not in money. Viewers spend their time, a piece of their lives-an hour and a half to two hours. A bad film, an aggressive film, takes several centuries of life from humanity.

Alexander Sokurov, Russian filmmaker.

No wonder he's a mess. Can't concentrate at all.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 05:09 AM

Yeah, best I can do is two at once. And they'd better be different senses being used, too.

i.e. video game/music playing or listening to MRR while I blog along.

I can't watch TV and screw with the PC though.

People had memories back then. How 'bout watching a Wagner opera? Those ran for 4-5 hours. And The Ring Cycle, if performed in one setting, is 16 hours long. But it's a good 16 hours.

Just like Lawrence of Arabia is a great 3 1/2 hours.

Didn't you mention that your wife goes to PSU?

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 05:18 AM

She does. Senior year of her Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. 3.4 GPA, too.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 29, 2005 05:22 AM

Stupid Typekey.

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G.G. Owns many a black turtleneck! :)

...And may even be one of the few it fits.

And The Ring Cycle, if performed in one setting, is 16 hours long. But it's a good 16 hours.

I remember seeing that on LaserDisc once.

I didn't actually 'watch' it, though.

Hell, I don't think I could lift it!

That Sokurov quote reminds me of why I hate watching crappy movies. I recently watched The Swarm from 1978 (Hollywood is probably contemplating a remake of this, which actually may not be so bad, as the original is shit). I knew it was going to be bad, and it was unintentionally funny in many spots, but it was such a waste of time. I was angry when it was finally finished because I had wasted 156 minutes of my life. I could have watched Stalker, an Andrei Tarkovsky film I love (which roughly has the same running time).

Tarkovsky's film Stalker has nothing to do with the current definition of stalking.

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 05:18 AM

She does. Senior year of her Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. 3.4 GPA, too.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 29, 2005 05:22 AM

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Very nice guy!!

Are you talking Penn state here? or Univ of Penn?

I have yet to watch Parsifal, a film based on a Wagner opera. It's only 4 1/4 hours, which is rather short for Mr. Wagner.

I bought the DVD years ago, and have yet to watch it.

I was angry when it was finally finished because I had wasted 156 minutes of my life.

I remember walking out of 'The Shadow' half way through, thinkin' the same thing. I'd never walked out on a movie before. I was in the Army theater, nothin' better to do. I was pissed.

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 05:27 AM

Portland State University (big engineering dept)

I was angry...

I felt that way whenever my wife used to make me watch an Adam Sandler movie, too.

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You are starting to remind me of the chick in the Allen film that he meets at the Met-Art!

(a nice smile)

Posted by: MJP at November 29, 2005 05:27 AM

We're excited, she graduates in June, then we're hopefully headed to Europe for a few weeks on vacation, and to scout for jobs.

Thanks, MJP. I love Annie Hall and Manhattan.

I'm like Alvy Singer. I have to watch a film from beginning to end, even if the credits are in Swedish (or Russian).

The only Adam Sandler movie I saw all the way through was Punch Drunk Love. It was OK. I always felt Sandler had a creepy, vicious side to him, and it came out in that film.

It was NOT a masterpiece, like some people said.

Posted by: Harold [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 29, 2005 05:32 AM

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Gotcha. Never have seen a Sandler flick though.

I will count myself lucky!

Yeah, Punch Drunk Love was good because of P.T. Anderson, Sandler was just there.

Which brings us back to Magnolia, which I'm still trying to fully comprehend, especially since it's a 'concept movie' about Aimee Mann...!

I laughed at the end of Magnolia (with the frogs). I know he was trying for something big, but it was unintentionally funny.

There are some great moments in that film. A little too long. I like long films anyway, but it could have used a little editing.

Sandler's films are quite awful (at least the scenes I saw).

His comedy was typical for the 1990's. Childish, sadistic, rude, obnoxious, incredibly immature.

Yeah, like I said. I'm still trying to 'get it' with that one.

Supposedly Mann and Anderson are best friends, he wasn't sure where to go after 'Boogie Nights'.

She was working on alot of songs for another depressing autobiographical album; and it only took one listen for him, I guess, according to the soundtrack liner notes...

Speaking of film making, I still think that opening shot in 'Boogie Nights' is incredible.

Thanks, MJP. I love Annie Hall and Manhattan.

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I had to watch Manhattan and compose a solid paper of this film in 48 hours. I watched the flick soooooooooooo many times--I was riffing on the split screen between Hemmingway and Allen as Motiff (wich it was!)...It was just a horrible experience for me.
PROcrastinator!!

Excellent film though!!

Bill Moyers interview excerpt:

Eggerton: You are the exemplar of liberal PBS bias, according to Ken Tomlinson. Was your show liberally biased?

Moyers: Right-wing partisans like Tomlinson have always attacked aggressive reporting as liberal.

We were biased, all right—in favor of uncovering the news that powerful people wanted to keep hidden: conflicts of interest at the Department of Interior, secret meetings between Vice President Cheney and the oil industry, backdoor shenanigans by lobbyists at the FCC, corruption in Congress, neglect of wounded veterans returning from Iraq, Pentagon cost overruns, the manipulation of intelligence leading to the invasion of Iraq.

We were way ahead of the news curve on these stories, and the administration turned its hit men loose on us.

Tomlinson actually told The Washington Post that he was irate over one of our documentary reports from a small town in Pennsylvania hard-hit by outsourcing.

If reporting on what's happening to ordinary people thrown overboard by circumstances beyond their control and betrayed by Washington officials is liberalism, I stand convicted.

It is an old canard of right-wing ideologues like Tomlinson to equate tough journalism with liberalism. They hope to distract people from the message by trying to discredit the messenger.

Now threw the fear of God into Tomlinson's crowd because they couldn't dispute the accuracy of our reporting.

I like long takes like that one in Boogie Nights, but there's other better examples.

Opening shot of Touch of Evil by Welles.

Opening shot of The Player by Robert Altman.

Several Tarkovsky films have long takes in them (The Sacrifice's opening shot last 9 1/2 minutes).

Then, of course, Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark was shot in a 96 minute take. No cuts. One long stedicam shot. Unbelievable that he pulled it off.

It was shot on HD video, not film. Film cameras can't hold more than 10 minutes of film at a time.

Good quote from Moyers....if you are an agressive reporter, they scream liberal.

Good night, all. Back soon.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at November 29, 2005 05:54 AM

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What do you think of the shot thru the sky-light into the life of a faded flower?

He was in his twentyies!! The brilliant fuck!!!!!!

PS I cannot spell. And Grammer is my Grab-bag!:)

Bush Trying to Help Republican Candidates

Tuesday November 29, 2005 7:46 AM - By LIZ SIDOTI - AP Writer

PHOENIX (AP) - Despite his low standing in the polls, President Bush is working to help Republican House and Senate candidates build their campaign war chests while promoting his own troubled agenda.

The president is expected to assume the campaign role more often in the coming months as the 2006 congressional election year begins.

``I, fortunately, have had my fill of campaigns, but there's nothing like walking into a room full of enthusiastic supporters to give you that spirit, to kind of put that wind behind your back,'' the second-term president told about 1,300 people at a dinner fundraiser for GOP Sen. Jon Kyl in Phoenix on Monday.

N.C. judge declines protection for Diebold

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - AP WRITER

RALEIGH, N.C. -- One of the nation's leading suppliers of electronic voting machines may decide against selling new equipment in North Carolina after a judge declined Monday to protect it from criminal prosecution should it fail to disclose software code as required by state law.

Diebold Inc., which makes automated teller machines and security and voting equipment, is worried it could be charged with a felony if officials determine the company failed to make all of its code - some of which is owned by third-party software firms, including Microsoft Corp. - available for examination by election officials in case of a voting mishap.

The requirement is part of the minimum voting equipment standards approved by state lawmakers earlier this year following the loss of more than 4,400 electronic ballots in Carteret County during the November 2004 election. The lost votes threw at least one close statewide race into uncertainty for more than two months.

Go Maron!!!!!

Go Maron twice!!

Go Maron Thrice!!!

Get real off the radio, you fuck, Goldberg!!!!!

Springer, rules!

Living Colour - Cult of Personality

Goodnight sleepy backwater blog...

Danny Goldberg is an ass. What else can be said?

Goodnight sleepy backwater blog...

Posted by: Nobody at November 29, 2005 06:30 AM

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Chat wth me, Nobes! You gravel-shootin' dick!!!

Visualize

Hey, Nobebody.

911, have you been fucked, sport?

Tough qestion?...why?

I know your answer. Sucks, no?

Maron IS pulling no punchess!!!!!

Never here it again!!!

Randy PUKE Is GOING DOWN!

Doo DAH! DOO DAH!

Randy PUKE IS GOING DOWN

oh the DOo DAH DAY!

Put him away for a Hunreds of DAYs

OH THE DOO DAH DAY!

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☼☼ tuesday ~ white solar dog ☼☼

~ Six in the beginning means: ~

Setting right what has been spoiled by the father.

If there is a son,

No blame rests upon the departed father.

Danger. In the end good fortune.

Hola 13B!

how have ya been?

excellante miss anne...... pleased to greet ya this morning......

Sorry for the slow reply 13B!

Dial-up! : /

Hey I got to see the snow fall!

It sure is beautiful!

Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Bush on Iraq

By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer 52 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of staff says President Bush was "too aloof, too distant from the details" of post-war planning, allowing underlings to exploit Bush's detachment and make bad decisions.

# Rice defends unlimited detention of suspected terrorists AFP - Tue Nov 29, 3:40 AM ET

Evidence presented in San Diego pension case

Mon Nov 28, 8:01 PM ET

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Local prosecutors began presenting evidence against six former trustees of the San Diego city pension fund on Monday for voting to allow the city to underfund the retirement system -- a decision that left the fund with a deficit of more than $1 billion.

snow fall...... it very calming....enjoy it........

nicely done

I tried to 13B, But I ended up crying and gripping the stearing wheel till I was blinded by fear.

I had heard so much about Black ice, and Listened to others about how much they hated snow that fear took
over and I just gritted my teeth and Said today might be the day I die. I stopped at a resteraunt and asked the peeps if I was suppose to drive in it. and they were very kind and helpful, so I was able to calm down and enjoy it for a momment.

Man I have issues right now! It sucks being a mom sometimes and it sucks growing up without someone to guide you. 47 and I'm a big freaking baby!

Ok I'm going back to bed.

My hips are killing me and Husbot is flying into San Diego right now.

UGH, it's going to be a long lonely week.

Randy PUKE is going down is the real reason I came here sorry for getting off TOPIC.

peace

Hope you enjoy the day 13B!

Posted by: Nobody at November 29, 2005 06:30 AM

Odd. Doesn't sound like him...

8:30 am

Good Morning.

Did anybody hear something about a piece of the Supreme Court building falling off?

I smell a punchline.

Basketball-sized piece of marble moulding fell from the facade over the entrance to the Supreme Court, landing on the steps near visitors waiting to enter the building.

No one was injured when the stone fell. The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance.

A group of visitors had just entered the building and had passed under the frieze when the stone fell at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Jonathan Fink, a government attorney waiting in line to attend arguments, said, "All of a sudden, these blocks started falling. It was like a thud, thud."

Ed Fisher, a government worker, said some of the marble pieces shattered, spraying the area with smaller chunks of stone. A group of students from Columbus, Ohio, pocketed some of the fragments as souvenirs, Fisher said.

Mark Goodman, a Washington resident, said some of the people who picked up larger pieces of stones took them back. "We'll have to look on eBay tomorrow," Goodman said.

Did anybody hear something about a piece of the Supreme Court building falling off?

I smell a punchline.

Posted by: -B at November 29, 2005 08:30 AM

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it's been done..... and overdone.......

Morning Sedition (playing Can't Stop by the Peppers)

With hosts Marc Maron and Mark Riley

6-9AM

Mentioning the voice of Fred Flintstone is dead...yabba dabba ded

Marc says he has 14 more shows 'til the end.

I haven't had a chance to visit these yet, but I'm posting them to remind everyone.

Staff Bill Scher's blog picks:

Wake-Up Wal Mart

Wal Mart Watch

Behind The Counter

The Box Tank

Also, this Saturday, see Bill Scher at the Small Press Book Fair for a panel discussion: "The Left Is Right: The Rise of the Independent Media." link">http://www.smallpress.org/">link

Gladiators?

For most gladiators, social life is nonexistent.

As slaves, they have no right to expect one. Sometimes their owners will parade them in front of their peers in order to impress these colleagues, but otherwise they are dependent on one another for their social interaction. The stable can provide a semblance of an ordinary social life, but there is a limited potential for intermingling, as each gladiator is, at
heart, dissatisfied with his lot.

Those few gladiators who rule their own lives can determine the course of their social lives. However, as gladiators, they must become accustomed to a certain amount of notoriety. Unless they mask themselves entirely while
fighting (an uncomfortable proposition, to say the least), they will be recognized. If a known gladiator is good enough, he will develop a following of sorts, a group of people
who adore him and follow his every move whenever
possible.

Gladiators suffer a strange reaction from most people.

Since it is traditionally the occupation of slaves, freemen look down on the gladiator at the same time that they revere him for his exploits. They will take in a gladiator both out of fear and veneration, yet despise him at the
same time for selling his freedom for the entertainment of others.

Yet even then they hardly realize that his price is merely more obvious than theirs, that they too are chained as surely as he, and often for less purpose.

Among nobles therefore, gladiators are tolerated as freemen in spirit.

That's the point of family, Mr. Maron.

//47 and I'm a big freaking baby!//

NEVERMIND, SO IS THIS GUY

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LET'S GO

Russell Crowe has joked about his telephone assault on a hotel worker while hosting the Australian Film Industry Awards, but not everyone is laughing...

How about this storm's long reach, eh? It's like sticking out your tongue to catch snowflakes, shaped like blotter acid. Lightning and Sleet. Fun.

No offense to the people who've done steroids, like Donny Bonaduce, but Zeus needs a prayer.

Now Marc is doing a bit about the pope.

Now Marc is calling the Bush the horned beast...

Something about the Supreme Court...

9:00 am

So after 15 minutes of commercials, I get the (serious) cliff note current events at the end of his show?

They run a lot of advertisements in the morning, huh.

What was the deal with the girl on Ocycontin?

Later Marc. See you tomorrow.

So how 'bout that storm?

The snowstorm that brought blizzard-like conditions and knocked out power to thousands across the Plains is heading toward the Great Lakes region. The storm dumped snow from North Dakota to the Texas Panhandle, closing hundreds of miles of highways and piling up drifts 6 feet high.

Five deaths were blamed on slippery roads in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas. A sixth person was killed when a tornado hurled a car in Arkansas.

I suppose you should know for the Ohio area, the concern right now is in Minnesota.

No watches have been issued by the Federal government. We have mist and fog at Akron-Canton airport, with expected showers in the late afternoon.

Temperatures will remain above freezing for the rest of the week...with some accumulations possible during the weekend. Highs should be in the upper 20's for Saturday.

A new report says Wal-Mart uses legal and illegal tactics to prevent its 1.3 million U.S. employees from forming unions. Released by American Rights at Work, Wal-Mart: Rolling Back Workers’ Wages, Rights, and the American Dream says the company has amassed a poor record on treatment of workers, including low pay, difficult working conditions and the company’s effective strategy for remaining union-free.

The report lays out evidence of Wal-Mart’s wide-ranging union-avoidance tactics, including profiling individual employees at stores that are likely to support unions and using an anti-union hot line for managers to call at the first sign of employee discontent and talk of organizing. Nearly 100 federal unfair labor practice complaints were lodged against the company in 1998–2003, according to the report.

The report follows other recent revelations about how the world’s largest retailer depresses local wages when it moves into a community, its settlement of a federal child labor case and an embarrassing internal memo about a proposed scheme to slash its health care costs by requiring “all jobs to include some physical activity” to screen out less hardy or healthy applicants. Even without the screening measure, fewer than half of Wal-Mart workers have health coverage on the job, according to an AFL-CIO report, largely because of high costs and limited eligibility. As a result, many Wal-Mart workers and their families must turn to emergency rooms and other public health services as their only health care option.

American Rights at Work Chair David Bonior says while most Americans are aware that Wal-Mart mistreats workers, “including accusations of gender discrimination, substandard health benefits and the denial of lunch breaks, most Americans don’t know about how Wal-Mart’s union-busting activity prevents workers from forming unions to address this mistreatment.”

Another report by the Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now (WARN), the community alliance providing a voice for citizens trying to get Wal-Mart to be a better corporate neighbor, and the Wal-Mart Workers Association released Nov. 18 shows Wal-Mart’s average wage is actually somewhere between $6.35 an hour and $7.69 an hour, much less than the $9.63 that Wal-Mart claims. The report, Wal-Mart Real Wage and Turnover Study, shows Wal-Mart’s annualized turnover rate is about 75 percent and that 975,000 workers enter and leave Wal-Mart jobs each year in the United States. As a result of such huge turnover, at any given time, the majority of employees are unlikely to be eligible for most benefits, the report says.

In a related development, corporate officials at Wal-Mart knew contractors the giant retailer hired to clean its stores were employing undocumented workers, according to an affidavit by a federal investigator and news reports. The October 2003 affidavit, which was unsealed by a federal judge Nov. 2, reportedly said a top Wal-Mart official encouraged a contractor to set up several “shell” companies to employ undocumented workers. The affidavit was unsealed at the request of undocumented workers who are suing Wal-Mart over alleged labor law violations.

Meanwhile, this week a new documentary, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, is being screened in some 7,000 congregations, union halls, community centers and other sites as part of a nationwide effort by unions and their community allies to show the real Wal-Mart: a corporation that made $10 billion in 2004 while paying workers wages below the poverty level. Produced by Robert Greenwald, the documentary shows the effects of Wal-Mart’s greed through the personal stories of everyday workers and their families.

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