Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Friday, December 22, 2006
Holiday spirit at United Nations
another bloody rocky movie
good grief
is he battling with his nursing home arrangements this time
anhyoo. hello everyone. nice article mickey,
i did a christmassy post too.
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 06:51 AMand may i recommend james browns “funky christmas” album
mainly for the laughs…
“santa claus, go straight to the ghetto,
hitch up your reindeed HUUHH GOOD GOD”etc
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 06:53 AMno one here today?
to quote bill hicks…
“i feel like i walked into a klan rally in a boy george outfit”
actually, while i am quoting…
from a great movie called “whisky galore” which is a semi-true story about a boat with all the whisky going to the war commanders in london that was wrecked and all the people on a small scottish island stole the whisky and kept it for themself..
“It’s a well known fact that some men were born two drinks below par.”
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 08:17 AMHi michael...Who was it that said, “Some men are born on third base and think they scored a home run”. (If I messed up that quote, it’s because I know nothing about sports.)
Hi Mickey...nice front page today. Good article about the US and the UN. The Security Council should be eliminated and the US should stop its behind the scene bullying to get votes.
If I had money for presents this year (which I don’t) I would be giving 59 American Revolutions and Churchill’s book to everyone. Maybe next year all our troubles will seem far away…
Not much Christmas spirit in the air these days. C-span’s Washington Journal call-in had a lot of callers wanting the usa to bomb the people in Iraq, including the women and children asleep in their beds, as in Haditha. Well, that’s not a new idea. We did it in Panama and a lot of other places.Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/22 at 08:34 AMmorning RMJ
dont know the quote but i get the idea.
incidentally, its sometimes easy to forget the horrendous time difference between my place in exile and people at home and even further back in the usa
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 08:38 AMmichael...we might be in different time zones but we all are in exile.
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/22 at 08:50 AMi suppose so rmj but i have now been to 11 countries and plan for a good few more but in my experience nepal and scotland, in spite of everything are comparitively wonderful places to be
i like mountains
Posted by michael on from e 12/22 at 09:35 AMHello Expendables...wherever you all may be. It still doesn’t feel like winter here but rain is on the way (just in time to possibly delay our flight to Texas tomorrow).
I believe the saying (meant to describe Bush elder and lesser) is: “He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 09:54 AMMichael: That’s some funny stuff at your blog. For some reason, this line made me laugh out loud (lol?): “I’m informed by my disk jockey friends - of whom I have none...”
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 10:04 AMmorning michael, RMJ, Mick and everyone yeat to come...it’s 53 degrees here in Chicago...and raining, but I don’t mind at all.
Posted by JOS on from Chicago 12/22 at 10:59 AMGood day!
Nothing wintery about the weather here An umbrella in Ontario in December is like having snowshoes for a trip into central London ...feels like a winter in England to me.
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 12/22 at 11:05 AMHello JOS and Empress. A little slow here today...but that’s to be expected with the big holiday upon us. I’m making a post in the morning before we leave and then we try to stay in touch a bit from Texas on my mom’s computer.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 12:53 PMHi Every Expendable! Long time no post. However don’t be fooled I check MZ’s blog everyday.
It feels like winter here in Vancouver, Wet and cold.
Also, I haven’t seen the movie but the reviews coming out about Rocky Balboa make it sound like the best one since the first. If your a Rocky fan I think you’ll be very pleased by that movie.
Lots of love to everyone. Merry X"pendable"mas.
Posted by Luna_C on from the Delta 12/22 at 12:59 PMWell if it isn’t our friend Luna...any big news from up north?
Captcha sez: growing
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 01:04 PMtom lehrer is/was a scream
a succession of boring imitators or poor parody artists have runied the while thing. the guy was from the late 50s early 60s into the late 60s then he sort of quit.
i provide lyrics from another song…THE OLD DOPE PEDDLER
When the shades of night are falling,
Comes a fellow everyone knows.
It’s the old dope peddler,
Spreading joy wherever he goes.Every evening you will find him,
Around our neighborhood.
It’s the old dope peddler
Doing well by doing good.He gives the kids free samples,
Because he knows full well
That today’s young innocent faces
Will be tomorrow’s clientele.Here’s a cure for all your troubles,
Here’s an end to all distress.
It’s the old dope peddler
With his powdered happiness.this guy was a rather left wing harvard maths professor who got away with stating his radical opinions BECAUSE he was a harvard maths professor. lenny bruce and mort sahl were not given the same sort of leeway bcause they were not from the same sort of background. nevertheless he was superb and shouldn’t be denigrated on account of his background
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 01:11 PMand that was in a time where you just didnt make jokes about those sort of things.... another....
I WANNA GO BACK TO DIXIE
I wanna go back to Dixie,
Take me back to dear ol’ Dixie,
That’s the only li’l ol’ place for li’l ol’ me.
Old times there are not forgotten,
Whuppin’ slaves and sellin’ cotton,
And waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee.
(It was never there on time.)I’ll go back to the Suwannee,
Where pellagra makes you scrawny,
And the honeysuckle clutters up the vine.
I really am a-fixin’
To go home and start a-mixin’
Down below that Mason-Dixon line.Oh, poll tax2,
How I love ya, how I love ya,
My dear ol’ poll tax.Won’tcha come with me to Alabammy,
Back to the arms of my dear ol’ Mammy,
Her cookin’s lousy and her hands are clammy,
But what the hell, it’s home.Yes, for paradise the Southland is my nominee.
Jes’ give me a ham hock and a grit of hominy.I wanna go back to Dixie,
I wanna be a Dixie pixie
And eat corn pone3 till it’s comin’ outta my ears.
I wanna talk with Southern gentlemen
And put that white sheet on again,
I ain’t seen one good lynchin’ in years.The land of the boll weevil,
Where the laws are medieval,
Is callin’ me to come and nevermore roam.
I wanna go back to the Southland,
That “y’all” and “shet-ma-mouth” land,
Be it ever so decadent,
There’s no place like homePosted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 01:14 PMHey Mickey, I saw they had a link to your site on Counterpunch today.
For some reason I have to be at work right now...not sure exactly why--oh well!Posted by Brian on from Belly of the Beast 12/22 at 01:28 PMThanks, Brian. So much for it being quiet here today. I might have to put out some extra chairs.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 01:41 PMfinal point about tom lehrer was that he never said he was a satirist because that is something someone else should say about you and not something you should ever say about yourself
and for that reason he quit, because henry kissinger won the nobel peace prize and how could anyone evr top that
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 01:45 PMits very late where i am at
have fun with this one if you dare…
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 02:17 PMGood time indeed to post this article - thanks, Mickey! And in the last few years, Australia has joined the US and Israel on more than one occasion - unfortunately.
Hi, Michael, Rosemarie (you are early today!), JOS, Amelopsis, Luna_C and Brian from a quite cool and wet Daylesford (a mere 70F are expected today). Extreme weather conditions - we had more than 100F only 2 days ago.
Have a good Friday afternoon/night, all of you expendables and you, Cool Observer!
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 12/22 at 02:35 PMRosemarie, re the quote (# 4), I think it might be by Molly Ivins - or a Texan saying which Molly put in one of her columns.
And a Merry X"pendable"mas and lots of love from down under.
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 12/22 at 02:48 PMHi Helga...I think you may be right. It sounds like something either Ivins or Jim Hightower would say.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 02:52 PMRocky...more winning, more losing stuff, war...win, lose, pullout, can’t ‘lose face’, what does that mean, super bowl, win, lose, kill, athletes with guns, role models for children, win, lose, children always lose, repeat the previous generation, believe the lies, justify the lies, lie to yourself, lie to your ‘loved one’ that you think you love, who you are dependent upon because of your fear...of losing, must win and what does any of this have to do with anything?...repititon, transcending memories, no repetition, no need to have words such as win, lose, embarrassment, lead, follow in one’s vocabulary
Posted by JOE FROM MAINE on from 12/22 at 03:03 PMWho wants to go camping:
http://tinyurl.com/y5j46yPosted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 03:32 PMAsI quite possibly won’t be back until a few days, I want to wish every Expendable a Happy Christmas or whatever you do or don’t celebrate...just Happy Wishes. I wish everyone travelling safe passage and happy trails.
Expendable Love to you All!!!
You’re excellent “company”
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 12/22 at 03:55 PMMichael, this one is for you: transcript of an interview with Tom Lehrer broadcast in Australia on 8 July 2006:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2006/1730726.htm#transcriptAnd Happy Christmas to you, Amelopsis!
Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 12/22 at 05:18 PMHey MZ! If I cought your implication correctly. Baby is still growing and is about 9 weeks from being the big news.
Any new pics for a gif? Your current one is very out of season. ;)
Take care!
Posted by Luna_C on from the Delta 12/22 at 07:48 PMHi everyone...here’s a link to go along with Mickey’s #25 “camping” link.
http://www.erhetoric.net/rmj20.htm
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 12/22 at 08:14 PMHello again, everyone...from rainy Astoria.
Luna: That’s exactly what I was talking about. Good luck, my friend. As for a new GIF, perhaps when I get back from Texas.
So, RMJ, first they zap ‘em and then they send ‘em off to camp?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 12/22 at 08:26 PMRMJ re#25- Maybe all the synthetics in our clothing act like the shiny stuff in a box of microwave pizza!
(sorry - I just needed to find the humour in it to make it digestible. not sure it worked)Bon soir!
Posted by Amelopsis on from Canada 12/22 at 09:02 PMthansk helga - what is about brisbane? billy connolly was attacked on stage there by the aussie ‘moral majority’ (in the 70s when he wasnt an asshole).
he was attacked by a scottish/australian prison officer, which, i am sure you understand, is a LETHAL combination
Posted by michael on from exile 12/22 at 09:44 PMSmashing, another high-turnout day at MZ’s place. Greetings to all the Expendables.
Michael, of all Tom Lehrer’s greats, “Vatican Rag” is my favorite. Mark Russell was another one doing the musical satire gig for some years, based out of a PBS station in Buffalo, NY (I think). His was a different style than Lehrer’s; more topical but just as enjoyable. Sort of like a funny David Letterman who could play piano.
“I might have been born here, but I’m a foreigner”
- The Coup, “5 million ways to kill a CEO”Set phasers on stir fry. Kirk out.
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