Monday, May 7, 2012
Green Day: "American Idiot"
My niece gave me this album. Also, she digs "Dark Side of the Moon," and found Ramones on her own.
Go figger.
Go figger.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
One great Cash cover deserves another: "Hurt"
Totally stole name of my blog from this song. As bleak and spare as Johnny sounds here, still find it less depressing than Trent Reznor's original. The latter makes me want to suck on the barrel AND pull the trigger.
Johnny's version makes me want to live.
Just not a Nine Inch Nails fan.
Johnny's version makes me want to live.
Just not a Nine Inch Nails fan.
Socialism in the Bible
It never ceases to amaze and amuse me how little some conservatives who call themselves "Christians" know about their bibles and their propensity to pick verses to promote their own prejudices.
On law of averages, surely some folk I sat next to in the pews hold fast to free market economic theory as their own gospel, ignoring the actual Gospels which enjoin loving and feeding those less fortunate
34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. Acts 4:34-35 (emphasis added)
[Socialism /ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/ is an economic system characterised by social ownership and/or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy,[1] and a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises, common ownership, direct public ownership or autonomous state enterprises.[2] There are many variations of socialism and as such there is no single definition encapsulating all of socialism.[3] They differ in the type of social ownership they advocate, the degree to which they rely on markets versus planning, how management is to be organised within economic enterprises, and the role of the state in constructing socialism.[4]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
On law of averages, surely some folk I sat next to in the pews hold fast to free market economic theory as their own gospel, ignoring the actual Gospels which enjoin loving and feeding those less fortunate
34 that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales 35 and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need. Acts 4:34-35 (emphasis added)
[Socialism /ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/ is an economic system characterised by social ownership and/or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy,[1] and a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises, common ownership, direct public ownership or autonomous state enterprises.[2] There are many variations of socialism and as such there is no single definition encapsulating all of socialism.[3] They differ in the type of social ownership they advocate, the degree to which they rely on markets versus planning, how management is to be organised within economic enterprises, and the role of the state in constructing socialism.[4]] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism
John Prine: "Dear Abby"
"Listen up buster and listen up good.
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood."
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood."
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Neil Young: "This Note's for You"
On the other hand, will sell my integrity and blog to highest bidder, 'ceptin' only not to RepubliKKKans or haters.
4 May 1970; 4 Dead in Ohio
[Today marks the forty-second year since the National Guard fired on a crowd of unarmed students, killing four. The deaths were the result of the students protesting the war in South East Asia which had escalated with an invasion of Cambodia and this culminated the third day of protests at the campus. The killings marked a decided reversal of support for the War in Vietnam. Now the overwhelming majority of Americans were against our role in the war, wanted it over and wanted us out. And now there were dead students to add to the outrage.] http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/gordonskene/may-4-1970-kent-state
With Supporter Like These, Anti Gay Amendments Sure Look Better
Didn't Jesus or Paul say, "Ye shall know them by their works,"? Not to judge any other human, but seems counselling physical abuse of children, although biblical in Old Testament sense, to lie outside love for all humans commanded in the Gospels.
Jus' writin'.
In another story from North Carolina, Amendment 1 stands on the ballot in a state which already prohibits gay marriage to additionally prevent civil unions in the Tarheel state.
To start with the last 2 paras of linked article:
"To recap, Amendment One is now supported by pastors who advocate punching gay or gay-suspected children, it's supported by sinister shotgun-wielding neighbors, it's supported by people want to protect the Caucasian race from extinction and by Neo-Nazis.
Once upon a time they used to wear sheets on their heads. These days their intolerance is worn right out in the open."
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/pastors-racists-neo-nazis-supporting-north-carolinas-amendment-one-150281795.html#ixzz1u1bPxAqO
Indeed, read more and weep if you have a shred of human decency left.
Jus' writin'.
In another story from North Carolina, Amendment 1 stands on the ballot in a state which already prohibits gay marriage to additionally prevent civil unions in the Tarheel state.
To start with the last 2 paras of linked article:
"To recap, Amendment One is now supported by pastors who advocate punching gay or gay-suspected children, it's supported by sinister shotgun-wielding neighbors, it's supported by people want to protect the Caucasian race from extinction and by Neo-Nazis.
Once upon a time they used to wear sheets on their heads. These days their intolerance is worn right out in the open."
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/pastors-racists-neo-nazis-supporting-north-carolinas-amendment-one-150281795.html#ixzz1u1bPxAqO
Indeed, read more and weep if you have a shred of human decency left.
"Preacher" Kills 4 Year Old for Gay Behavior
OLKMNIISNTNI (My new acronym: Oh Lord kill me now in ironic sense not the next instant. Do you think it will catch on widely?)
It sickens me that every mouth breathin' snake handling knuckle dragging son of his aunt can justify their own inner self hatred and turn it against innocents in the world at large.
See you in hell, boy!
[...because Jadon Higganbothan was not blond, or a girl - but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't lament what happened to him, or why.
In Durham, North Carolina this week Peter Lucas Moses, 27, stood trial facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Moses was the leader of a religious cult who shot the 4 year old boy dead for what he called his 'gay behavior.' Moses also shot and killed Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28, because she wanted to leave the cult.
'In the religious belief of that organization, homosexuality was frowned on,' Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline told WRAL.COM.
'Sometime in October 2010, Smith told Moses that Jadon had hit another child's bottom, and Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun that belonged to Jadon's mother, Vania Rae Sisk, prosecutors said.
'He starts screaming, 'I told you to get rid of him!' and told Sisk,'How am I going to do this?' Cline recalled the witness' account.
'Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.'
Four years old. Jadon died with the Lord's Prayer ringing in his ears and hearing himself condemned in the Bible. Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/man-shoots-4-year-old-for-gay-behavior-125262744.html#ixzz1u1XCanKJ
It sickens me that every mouth breathin' snake handling knuckle dragging son of his aunt can justify their own inner self hatred and turn it against innocents in the world at large.
See you in hell, boy!
[...because Jadon Higganbothan was not blond, or a girl - but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't lament what happened to him, or why.
In Durham, North Carolina this week Peter Lucas Moses, 27, stood trial facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Moses was the leader of a religious cult who shot the 4 year old boy dead for what he called his 'gay behavior.' Moses also shot and killed Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, 28, because she wanted to leave the cult.
'In the religious belief of that organization, homosexuality was frowned on,' Durham County District Attorney Tracey Cline told WRAL.COM.
'Sometime in October 2010, Smith told Moses that Jadon had hit another child's bottom, and Moses became angry and started walking around the house with a gun that belonged to Jadon's mother, Vania Rae Sisk, prosecutors said.
'He starts screaming, 'I told you to get rid of him!' and told Sisk,'How am I going to do this?' Cline recalled the witness' account.
'Moses ordered two of the women to set up computers and speakers in the garage, prosecutors said they were told by the witness. They said he started playing music with the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, took Jadon in the garage and shut the door, and the women then heard a gunshot.'
Four years old. Jadon died with the Lord's Prayer ringing in his ears and hearing himself condemned in the Bible. Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/manhattan_diary/man-shoots-4-year-old-for-gay-behavior-125262744.html#ixzz1u1XCanKJ
Monday, December 26, 2011
Don't Blame Dwight Howard
Now in the winter of our NBA discontent and idyllic Orlando weather, let us not blame the wrong people for the possible trade of Mr. Dwight Howard's basketball contract.
Let us blame the right people: the referees.
For if absolute power corrupts absolutely, these Satan sired spawns of the Devil, insane with their perception of their own power, have proven themselves destined for the penultimate circle of the Inferno along with illiterate editors wielding red pens like Vorpal swords, sports columnists and commentators, baseball umpires, and bloggers--all boils on body politic and commonweal.
So in this Christmas season of giving, let us hope they all get what they deserve, with nought but coal stuffed stockings and...
All Orlando Magic fans saw the unrelenting evil crusade of the referees last year, starting with their unprecedented delay of game calls on Mr. Howard during his free throws, calling technical fouls on our guy for merely saying, "Oh, man," and adding to their perfidy, calling several "T"s later rescinded by league officials with some shred of decency left in their hardened hearts.
In the playoffs last year, we saw "Zsa Zsa" Pachulia give performances worthy of all 3 Gabor sisters combined, with him flopping like flounders to get techs plus committing acts of violence worthy of Leatherface, the referees all but bringing a chainsaw for him to carve up Dwight.
It got so bad previously lethargic in that series Jason Richardson had to step up, confront an assailant of Howard, and then serve an unwarranted 1 game suspension.
As seen on Christmas night, the carnage continues with people pounding on Dwight, Perkins even taking a swing, and no ejections, at least from what Sports Center showed.
So let us not blame:
-Dwight Howard,who came to us in Orlando as an 18 year old boy who signed 1 contract extension and now wishes to ply his trade elsewhere under his constitutionally protected rights.
=Nor Otis Smith for trading Courtney Lee for the corrupted corpse of Vince Carter's career.
=Or the DeVos billionaire family who pick pocketed Orange County hotel taxes to build their basketball palace but also have paid out among the highest surcharge totals to the league for 1 of the highest payrolls in the Association.
-Or blame the aforementioned J. Richardson who in the series against the Hawks couldn't find the offensive paint with a compass, map, and GPS.
-Or the woeful three point shooting, so bad one wondered it they could have shot the ball in the ocean while standing knee deep in the surf.
-We won't even blame bandwagon carousel fans, arriving as late as start of second half, especially those with courtside seats who ought to get there at shoot around and harangue the refs, asking if anyone will ever get called for fouling Mr. Howard.
=Nor even give Stan Van more than bit of grief for failing for years to construct any semblance of an offense other than dump it into the post to Dwight and have the rest chuck up 3 pointers like poor folk spending grocery money on lotto tickets, knowing it ain't gonna work but praying to get lucky anyway. {Stan, set some screens underneath for D 12 so he can get to his spot without carrying Perkins on his back!)
No, let us blame the refs: miserable, miscreant, misbegotten demons in striped shirts like Steve Javie, tax cheat, as they all cashed in first class tickets and pocketed the difference without claiming it as income on tax returns. Javie just got off because his jury hated the Internal Revenue Service more than referees.
Long time Magic fans have seen this before; if Mr. O' Neal got in Magic pin stripes the calls he later did in Laker purple, we might have had a couple trophies in O'town already.
With twin blessings of birth in Milwaukee in 1958 and Magic fan since conception, 2 All Star centers have left my teams.
1 left with a championship ring.
So we must think and speak clearly; since the Emancipation proclamation ended slavery in the United States, the owners can no more trade Dwight Howard than they can strip him of other constitutional rights.
They can trade his basketball contract, but the man himself remains free to walk away if he wishes.
If we trade the contract to Minnesota for a bag of balls, he can retire and leave. After his contract expires, he has freedom to play where he wishes.
Right thinking Magic fans will wish him well and cheer for whomever mans the paint for us: Mark Acres, Greg Kite, Rony Seikally, Shawn Kemp, and any other "bums" that come along.
So let us place blame squarely where it lies: on the referees and Der Sternfuhrer (David Stern) for allowing this mockery, this wretched tragedy of officiating to continue.
And Dwight, you got to admit, we in Orlando have better weather than Toronto and Denver, if you like warmth and oxygen to breathe.
Plus, we have no state nor city income taxes for you to pay. Not too shabby if you think about it.
Merry Chrisma-Hanna-Kwanza to all.
Let us blame the right people: the referees.
For if absolute power corrupts absolutely, these Satan sired spawns of the Devil, insane with their perception of their own power, have proven themselves destined for the penultimate circle of the Inferno along with illiterate editors wielding red pens like Vorpal swords, sports columnists and commentators, baseball umpires, and bloggers--all boils on body politic and commonweal.
So in this Christmas season of giving, let us hope they all get what they deserve, with nought but coal stuffed stockings and...
All Orlando Magic fans saw the unrelenting evil crusade of the referees last year, starting with their unprecedented delay of game calls on Mr. Howard during his free throws, calling technical fouls on our guy for merely saying, "Oh, man," and adding to their perfidy, calling several "T"s later rescinded by league officials with some shred of decency left in their hardened hearts.
In the playoffs last year, we saw "Zsa Zsa" Pachulia give performances worthy of all 3 Gabor sisters combined, with him flopping like flounders to get techs plus committing acts of violence worthy of Leatherface, the referees all but bringing a chainsaw for him to carve up Dwight.
It got so bad previously lethargic in that series Jason Richardson had to step up, confront an assailant of Howard, and then serve an unwarranted 1 game suspension.
As seen on Christmas night, the carnage continues with people pounding on Dwight, Perkins even taking a swing, and no ejections, at least from what Sports Center showed.
So let us not blame:
-Dwight Howard,who came to us in Orlando as an 18 year old boy who signed 1 contract extension and now wishes to ply his trade elsewhere under his constitutionally protected rights.
=Nor Otis Smith for trading Courtney Lee for the corrupted corpse of Vince Carter's career.
=Or the DeVos billionaire family who pick pocketed Orange County hotel taxes to build their basketball palace but also have paid out among the highest surcharge totals to the league for 1 of the highest payrolls in the Association.
-Or blame the aforementioned J. Richardson who in the series against the Hawks couldn't find the offensive paint with a compass, map, and GPS.
-Or the woeful three point shooting, so bad one wondered it they could have shot the ball in the ocean while standing knee deep in the surf.
-We won't even blame bandwagon carousel fans, arriving as late as start of second half, especially those with courtside seats who ought to get there at shoot around and harangue the refs, asking if anyone will ever get called for fouling Mr. Howard.
=Nor even give Stan Van more than bit of grief for failing for years to construct any semblance of an offense other than dump it into the post to Dwight and have the rest chuck up 3 pointers like poor folk spending grocery money on lotto tickets, knowing it ain't gonna work but praying to get lucky anyway. {Stan, set some screens underneath for D 12 so he can get to his spot without carrying Perkins on his back!)
No, let us blame the refs: miserable, miscreant, misbegotten demons in striped shirts like Steve Javie, tax cheat, as they all cashed in first class tickets and pocketed the difference without claiming it as income on tax returns. Javie just got off because his jury hated the Internal Revenue Service more than referees.
Long time Magic fans have seen this before; if Mr. O' Neal got in Magic pin stripes the calls he later did in Laker purple, we might have had a couple trophies in O'town already.
With twin blessings of birth in Milwaukee in 1958 and Magic fan since conception, 2 All Star centers have left my teams.
1 left with a championship ring.
So we must think and speak clearly; since the Emancipation proclamation ended slavery in the United States, the owners can no more trade Dwight Howard than they can strip him of other constitutional rights.
They can trade his basketball contract, but the man himself remains free to walk away if he wishes.
If we trade the contract to Minnesota for a bag of balls, he can retire and leave. After his contract expires, he has freedom to play where he wishes.
Right thinking Magic fans will wish him well and cheer for whomever mans the paint for us: Mark Acres, Greg Kite, Rony Seikally, Shawn Kemp, and any other "bums" that come along.
So let us place blame squarely where it lies: on the referees and Der Sternfuhrer (David Stern) for allowing this mockery, this wretched tragedy of officiating to continue.
And Dwight, you got to admit, we in Orlando have better weather than Toronto and Denver, if you like warmth and oxygen to breathe.
Plus, we have no state nor city income taxes for you to pay. Not too shabby if you think about it.
Merry Chrisma-Hanna-Kwanza to all.
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