Mickey Z

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Glorious bullshit hallucinating nun-fucking hype: not even a holding action against extermination

Posted by Mickey Z on 05/30 at 04:41 AM

there is a certain sense of futility coming from recent posts here. i have read the last couple of days but not posted because how is this for futile....meeting someone you really like for the first time in a long time whom you only didnt ask out before you went away for a year because you KNEW you were going away for a year and therefore there was no point.

then, you get home and get round to asking her out, you get on very well and then you find out that now she is going away for three months and she had wanted you to ask her out all along only you hadnt because you were going away.

well, that was my weekend, how was yours?

with regard to the clash quote and the futility in the protest stuff and the world in general, you got me reading samuel beckett again. so i posted this 15 minute play for all to see…

http://tinyurl.com/27s2wr

Posted by michael on from scotland 05/30 at 05:11 AM

and with protestors/leftists in general i find some but not most of the people fall into one of the two categories outlined in these songs, and they are both nauseating kinds of people…

VANGUARD - If you are offended by this song it is probably about you....

Worker’s World says that they have all the answers
And Milosevic is a guy that they admire
The ISO says Trotsky is the man
And they’ll debate it until they all expire
The industrial workers will lead the revolution
So claims the SWP
No, the truth lies among the lumpen
That’s the RCP

The Sparts say the rest can go to hell
And everyone else is a Stalinist
The CP will just do their thing
And pretend the others don’t exist
Well I had a realization this morning
When I looked into the red and dawning sun
I’ve figured out the truth
And I’m forming a party of one

(Chorus)
I am the leader of the workers
And I’ll tell you why the Left is suspect
Because there’s something you don’t understand
Only my line is correct
‘Cause I am the vanguard of the masses
And all of you should just follow me
If you doubt my analysis
You must be in the petty bourgeoisie

But I am not sectarian
It’s all the rest who are
I work fine in coalitions
As long as I’m the shining star
So bow down to your master
The lastest V.I. Lenin
And off to the camps to all of you
Who’d say, “not this again”

(Chorus)

And I’ll have no music at my protests
And none of that goddamn puppetry
I’ll just have some somber slogans
No decadent frivolity
My chants will be the right ones
Just the ones that should be said
And my banners we’ll wave proudly
Just the proper shade of red

And I will build the party if it kills me
I am solely dedicated to the cause
If I have to stab you in the back
This won’t give me pause
‘Cause my platform will take us forward
And the ends always justify the means
And you must step aside behind me
Be you Quakers, Jews, anarchists or greens

(Chorus)

and

I’M A BETTER ANARCHIST THAN YOU

i don’t drive a car
‘cause they run on gas
but if i did
it’d run on biomass
i ride a bike
or sometimes a skateboard
so #### off all you drivers
and your yuppie hordes
sitting all day
in the traffic queues
i’m a better anarchist than you

i don’t eat meat
i just live on moldy chives
or the donuts that i found
in last week’s dumpster dives
look at you people in that restaurant
i think you are so sad
when you coulda been eating bagels
like the ones that i just had
i think it is a shame
all the bourgeois things you do
i’m a better anarchist than you

i don’t wear leather
and i like my clothes in black
and i made a really cool hammock
from a moldy coffee sack
i like to hop on freight trains
i think that is so cool
it’s so much funner doing this
than being stuck in school
i can’t believe you’re wearing
those brand new shiny shoes
i’m a better anarchist than you

i don’t have sex
and there will be no sequel
because heterosexual relationships
are inherently unequal
i’ll just keep moshing
to rancid and the clash
until there are no differences
in gender, race or class
all you brainwashed breeders
you just haven’t got a clue
i’m a better anarchist than you

i am not a pacifist
i like throwing bricks
and when the cops have caught me
and i’ve taken a few licks
i always feel lucky
if i get a bloody nose
‘cause i feel so militant
and everybody knows
by the time
the riot is all through
i’m a better anarchist than you

i don’t believe in leaders
i think consensus is the key
i don’t believe is stupid notions
like representative democracy
whether or not it works
i know it is the case
that only direct action
can save the human race
so when i see you in your voting booths
then i know it’s true
i’m a better anarchist than you

both by david rovics

Posted by michael on from scotland 05/30 at 05:17 AM

Sheer fucking genius today MZ.

Posted by Keir on from the hague 05/30 at 10:27 AM

Glorious bullshit hallucinating nun-fucking hype: not even a holding action against extermination...I spoke just yesterday to a friend who was once a priest, he married someone who was once a nun...they divorced...not even a holding action against extermination??? Yep! During the Russian Revolution in 1917, the small group had to frequently relocate to avoid the fighting, so they could continue their studies together in their joint effort to help each other, Help each other...become more conscious...so they could jointly and individually make more intelligent decisions, especially during this time of insane violence and turmoil.........

Posted by joe ciarrocca on from 05/30 at 12:25 PM

MZ AND ADOPTA-FAMILY (thank u for taking this refugee in)

I enjoy Camus’s quotes - “......All modern revolutions have ended as a reinforcement of the State. ...Every revolutionary ends up by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.”

My statement: “Modern folks think in Revoluton/Warp Speed - the RPM type. Eventually they run out of gas for pushing too hard - or their engine blows. Their thoughts and impulsive/instinctive acts fail to convert the masses - for life afterall is an evolutionary process. Evolution takes time to notice. It must be studied in the context of history. To some, history is like a tranquilizer, while others treat it like a fertilizer. Tranquilizers can bring momentary peace. Fertilizer, properly applied and mixed with the sun, water and earth makes things grow.” The MickeyZ Blogeroos....I believe...utilize multiple views, critical thinking in a continuum, while never losing sight and mindfulness to “..... accept the things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can, and Wisdom to know the difference.” ( a portion of the 12 steps serenity prayer)

Posted by richie on from st cloud/n ft myers fl 05/30 at 02:44 PM

Hi everyone...I was not going to comment today. I have nothing important to say. I like the serenity prayer. richie your quote from it got to me because someone else, not associated with this site just sent it to me. I think that there is an overwhelming feeling of surrender in some of us....the realization that we have lost the fight for peace and justice. Today the stock market hit new all time highs. The bastards have won. The game is over. Even knowing all of that, somehow I just am not quite ready to kiss the ring of the rulers. Maybe tomorrow, but not yet today. Was it Lech Walesa (sp) who said that it is better to die standing up than to live on your knees.

Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 05/30 at 05:18 PM

Ward Churchill is again/still under attack. Will any in the “informed minority” step up to support him?

Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 05/30 at 06:07 PM

Hello Expendables. I really wanna thank those who posted a comment today.

Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 05/30 at 06:11 PM

Hello RMJ...what do you mean..."overwhelming feeling of surrender”...?...Michael #1...the story about you and the women...how does that leave you?

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/30 at 06:32 PM

Hello everyone:

Mickey, The Clash quote was awesome and so is London Calling.

Cheers.

Posted by Ehtesham on from Canada 05/30 at 06:37 PM

The (almost) daily visit to your blog really makes my day, Mickey! As Keir rightly says: ‘Sheer fucking genius today MZ.’ Kenneth Rexroth has hit the nail on the proverbial head - have had the exact same thoughts going through my head for the longest time and have forwarded this quote to several people already. Although such memorable events as ‘Stonewall’ happened in 1969, of course ..

Hi from a still wet and cool Daylesford to michael, Keir, Joe Ciarrocca, Richie, Rosemarie, Joe of Maine and Ehtesham. Am off to do some shopping now.

Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 05/30 at 09:01 PM

And those are great ditties from David Rovics, michael #2! Thanks for posting them. And thanks for all the great comments one keeps reading on this ‘board’.

Ciao to you, michael and all the other expendables.

Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 05/30 at 09:22 PM

i know that making fun of their appearances is not top of the list of priorities but they really do make it too damn easy sometimes.

take a look at the clown they have as the new head of the world bank....

he reminded me of this bit from orwell…

“looking through the photographs in the New Year’s Honours List, I was struck (as usual) by the quite exceptional ugliness and vulgarity of the faces displayed there. It seems to be almost the rule that the kind of person who earns the right to call himself Lord Percy de Falcontowers should look at best like an overfed publican and at worst like a tax-collector with a duodenal ulcer. But our country is not alone in this. Anyone who is a good hand with scissors and paste could compile an excellent book entitled Our Rulers, and consisting simply of published photographs of the great ones of the earth. The idea first occurred to me when I saw in Picture Post some ’stills’ of Beaverbrook delivering a speech and looking more like a monkey on a stick than you would think possible for anyone who was not doing it on purpose.”

Posted by michael on from scotland 05/31 at 09:22 AM

Well the universe does not want to change for the better...or what many people think they want...so we’ll have to create our own miniature universe, our own new beginnings, burn history books or use them as building materials. I have found it to be difficult to find like-minded enough people to develop a small self-sufficient family/community...even so called progressive thinkers are caught in habitual routines, reinforced by fear and find it very difficult to get out of the behavior patterns established by corporate america and reinforced by greedy bastards who are at least somewhat like-minded with the criminals. Small business are guilty of this as well. It’s hard to right...a world that has been turned upside down for so long...focus is difficult, foggy...at least, frequently, for me. So can we maintaine a focus and not let our brains be manipulated by the insanity and the confusion, much I’m sure is calculated by the Predators and their messengers.

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 09:33 AM

Greetin’s, Expendables. It’s an overcast day in Massachusetts.

I also appreciate today’s post, MZ. Over the years, I’ve used the same language about the most basic failures to contest victimization: what some have celebrated as moral/symbolic/rare victories have been little more than holding actions, the way a military commander will sacrifice part of the force to escape a serious, damaging battle (win or lose). Now, it seems, even that is out of reach. On CP, a meet between tsunami and Katrina victims was crystallized into “less meetings, more fighting.” Fuckin’ A, dude. http://tinyurl.com/2u683h

Cindy Sheehan “leaving” the Democrats? I love ya, babe, but can the drama. Name some names and tell them to bang off.

From my pal, the Rocky Mountain Vagrant: “Our system’s never been broken...it’s always been fixed!”

Movie Note: “Army of Shadows,” about the French Resistance, is out in a Criterion edition (top shelf stuff). It also has extras that include a documentary short from the front lines. It’s available through Netflix.

Posted by Zen Prole on from Urth 05/31 at 09:43 AM

nun fcking baby killing haiku

aboriginal
canadian genocide
residential schools

They think as many as 50,000 children disappeared.
Half of the kids who attended church run gov funded schools died. They were beaten to death, kicked down stairs thrown out windows and starved to death. The survivors speak of having been forced to participate in medical experiments, electro shock treatment, sexual abuse, forced sterility, torture, exteme hunger and cold. They were told they were “the scum of the earth” and would “burn in hell”.
They were beaten for speaking their own language, for laughing. Many died just trying to escape.
with a childhood like that imagine the painful growing into old age.
Not until the ‘60’s were natives allowed to speak with laywers or vote or have any say in their lives at all.
No one of the survivors I listened to spoke of being angry or resentful.
They want Justice. They want the United and Catholic churches to acknowledge what they did. They want healing, they want back what has been stolen from them.
That is in part what June 29th is all about.

Posted by frances on from bc 05/31 at 09:45 AM

Michael of Scotland #13 you said...."i know that making fun of their appearances is not top of the list of priorities but they really do make it too damn easy sometimes”......I agree, throw him in a loch...by the way...Great Wit!

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 10:04 AM

Part of the reason its so difficult for victims of this sort of crime to obtain justice as opposed to compensation is because they grow up broken. Most of their life is spent trying to repair the damage and understand what has happened to them and their families. And the denial of the organizations that facilitated the abuse is extreme.
this is the first crime to have been commited on this continent, enslavement, and its the root of all the current problems. environment, politic, military, social… Its everyones problem.
Just like 9/11 is the root of the current nightmare of the war of terror.

Posted by Frances on from under chemtrail skies 05/31 at 10:23 AM

good idea joe, those lochs are damn cold. i wouldn’t like him to have the pleasure of the scenery first though.

this is loch etive and i might be going there at the weekend, funnily enough with an american friend.

Posted by michael on from scotland 05/31 at 10:32 AM

its certainly a lot nicer than korea from where i have returned… i found this on one of their tourist websites which means it is one of the BEST pictures they could find…

Posted by michael on from scotland 05/31 at 10:36 AM

Here’s a good ole fashion knee slapper for ya…

“It is so painful to me to know that I bought into this system for so many years”

And this person is a Univ. Professor...this is what we have or have had influence the thinking of young people, many who have had frequent hangovers while in class! How in the hell can someone profess to know anything about anything and buy into this stupid, uncivilized socio-economic political system...I’ll tell you how...the only thing this person and others like wise know is what directions their zippers go...oh, yes, they know something and they’ll be glad to tell you about it and perhaps call it critical thinking...it’s amazing what we consider fact, consider information, consider worthwhile information...by the way, how can the largest of all u.s. embassies be built in Iraq amid all the turmoil and chaos...that’s what I would like some Univ. professor to tell me, after he tells me who he is, prior to his learning that also including an inclination to think america is worthy of a 5 minute conversation...I appreciate you feelings Frances.

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 01:50 PM

Hi everyone from a hot and muggy corner of the planet (I love hot and muggy)

Frances...you seem to mention “family” a lot. Thanks. I have often wondered why in this culture “family” is so devalued and trivialized. I used to volunteer in a nursing home. The way that we warehouse the elderly is a shame (I know that sometimes it is necessary). We also warehouse the very young in day care centers (Sometimes a necessity, sometimes a choice). It kind of makes me think that those in other countries know better. I would gladly wear a burka if the young and old in this country could be treated with a little more kindness.

joe...that embassy and all of the military bases that we are building in Iraq- what a horrible misuse of resources. I am waiting for things like that to be discussed in the media, also there is the whole issue of BLACKWATER that shocks people every time that I talk about it.

SO, WHO ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS !

Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 05/31 at 02:10 PM

Hi RMJ #22...info. from Uruknet...."Construction of the U.S. embassy in Iraq, set to open in September, is projected to cost $592 million, with a staff of 1,000 people and operating costs totaling $1.2 billion a year. It will be a 104-acre complex, which is the size of approximately 80 football fields”

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 03:12 PM

Families, clans, tribes and extended families. thats the appeal of small communities. When small communities are healthy they function just like a large family. the one house school room.
there are bridges between the ages, people support and look out for one another. There is an umbrella of common vision/values.

Posted by Frances on from bc 05/31 at 03:18 PM

RMJ: if wearing a burka or my birthday suit was all it took to make the world a better place I would gladly participate as well.

Posted by Frances on from bc 05/31 at 03:21 PM

I’m observing my mood swings, don’t like what I see, however, wealthy people who are content with this barbaric way of life do not care who gets killed or who starves as long as it does not directly hit them in the ass, in their lifetime! The average flea has the same level of functioning!

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 04:16 PM

joe #23… And there is no outrage.

frances #24...you bring up an interesting point. I have spent part of my life teaching - in big schools and very small ones. I have become convinced that there is an inverse correlation between the size of the school and the quality of education. One of the best schools I ever worked in was a 4 room school in New Jersey.

joe #26...I call it the death of empathy. Maybe partly caused by the electronic media, tv, electronic games? Many months ago, I had brief moments of false hope. I thought that showing the Fisk War photos of the bombed children (which Mickey regularly links to) would have an impact and help end the war. I was wrong.

Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 05/31 at 04:49 PM

All the years combine, they melt into a dream,
A broken angel sings from a guitar.
In the end theres just a song comes cryin up the night
Thru all the broken dreams and vanished years.
Stella blue. stella blue.

When all the cards are down, theres nothing left to see,
Theres just the pavement left and broken dreams.

In the end theres still that song comes cryin like the wind.
Down every lonely street thats ever been
Stella blue. stella blue.

Ive stayed in every blue-light cheap hotel, cant win for trying.
Dust off those rusty strings just one more time,
Gonna make them shine, shine

It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free,
Theres nothing you can hold, for very long.
And when you hear that song come crying like the wind,
It seems like all this life was just a dream.
Stella blue. stella blue.
Grateful dead

Posted by frances on from bc 05/31 at 05:42 PM

I received an email from a local peace activist, who responded to my comments about thinking independently from the central government and everything else we have been indoctrinated in...a response was sent to me about a god myth of an ancient culture, apparently to come and save us all...is there any hope for activists?...how can one person save us all...and why? Where have we gotten these ideas, from all the authorities of our societies on this planet?...with some variations...we should wait for daddy, for the mayor, the governor, the priests, the ministers, the rabbis, the president and the generals to come and save us...that’s what the authorities want us to believe and if the authorities don’t save us, Gary, Barry Bonds will hit 7,500 home runs, the media will shove this down our throats for the next year and it will appear, Gary Barry Bonds saved us....and all this time forgetting who is standing on our feet...so...how can we transcend all this if we reinforce this...how can we rid ourselves of the tyrants and predators if we ask for their company...do we deny our own existence and experience ourselves as an entity that simply utters words without understanding anything, without seeing cause and effect, the relationships of events and things? Someone help me out here you can tell I’m confused…

Posted by joe of maine on from 05/31 at 06:55 PM

Hi to all the expendables who have joined me since I made my first appearance (#11). Beautiful picture of a Scottish loch and less beautiful one of Korea, Michael. And unfortunately Mr Zoellick will be capable of doing a great deal of harm - regardless of his looks.

This one’s for you, Michael: a countryman of yours, Andrew O’Hagan, gave a quite impressive opening speech at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. You can read it here:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/sydney-writers-festival-opening-night-address/2007/05/31/1180205389618.html?page=fullpage

Posted by Helga Fremlin on from Daylesford, Australia 06/01 at 01:40 AM