Mickey Z
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Halloween Wishes from Dubya Land
until fairly recently the whole trick or treat thing didn’t happen here at all. people would go door to door and stuff but you had to say a little poem or fo a song or a dance or something if you wanted anything. in other words be creative instead of just demand something.
however, unfortunately, due to the monoculture i can’t remember what the form was. the person whose house it was would say something when they opened the door but i can’t for the life of me remember what it was.
anyway - here is an amazing song - suitable for halloween..
dancing on our graves - the cave singers.
http://tinyurl.com/3y3jtzPosted by michael on from scotland 10/31 at 03:57 AMThe Day Late Story Dept: In the 7th grade, our English teacher read us Ray Bradbury’s excellent “The Halloween Tree.” In 1980 it was the equivalent of multiculturalism, all those ideas about other times and places, sans genuflecting to the candy industry. She also continued the effort to take students to local colleges for live theater, part of the state-sponsored Recruitment of Homosexuals program that Massachusetts is now famous for. But seriously, hearing respectable lit read with skill and seeing real people on stage has left a lasting appreciation for both. Thanks, Mrs. Jorgensen!
“All the candy corn ever made was manufactured in 1911.” - Lewis Black
Haven’t seen that Bush the Lesser quote since it was uttered, MZ. Thanks for reminding me - I didn’t enjoy my breakfast that much anyway. In January 2001, after attending the Counter-Inaugural, I uttered the now-forbidden words “Get used to this new crowd in DC. They’re leaving feet first, or not at all.”
George W. Bush is now in Legacy Mode, and I propose a contest to predict the Last Sordid Crime of Dubya of Mesopotamia Almost.
Posted by Zen Prole on from Urth 10/31 at 10:10 AM“Schwarzenneger, and Bush (who killed 150 people in Texas-- more now in Iraq): these two made it ‘O.K.’ for these people to come out from under the rocks.”
Here’s another horror story:
Posted by Robert B. Livingston on from San Francisco, California 10/31 at 02:44 PMHello Expendables...I’m back in NYC. Seems like we’re experiencing a major comment shortage here lately. Hey, I’ll take quality over quantity as happily as the next fellow but I can’t help but recall the days when 30-40 comments was a slow day.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 10/31 at 08:01 PMHalloween...the real national holiday...hell, I don’t know who I am 364 days a year...I might as well be some thing else...the facades, the charades. I’m sure some psychologists have theories about acting on inner repressed stuff...I saw a couple of young men dressed as gladiators...how appropriate.
I’m sure many people think it is fun, sorry if I offend anyone. The stores are fill with shit and getting ready to fill the shelves with christmas and easter shit. Buy the candy, eat the candy, hell it’s okay if you’re a few hundred pounds overweight. Be in the spirit...what the hell kind of spirit?
Give a snickers to Nikita the black lab, she will love you for it and you will enjoy being loved by some one...this day. What is unselfish love? Must be a long range terrorist plan to undermine the pathological, anti-social tendencies we enjoy in the land of the free and the home of the injured.
My friend who exiled to Canada to avoid being a target wants to return to Maine...my question, hasn’t he got it yet? Oh, sentimentalism can be powerful...all the memories, instant gratification like the sweet sensation of candy that has an after taste of polyurethane. I forgot about the day of silence...when it’s okay to regress while smelling the turkey...this one day when we want escape from our escapist life style. We’ll have an opportunity to see a war criminal staged with the troops in a chow hall line and everyone will be smiling over the dead turkeys which will include dead Turks. The one thing I like about thanksgiving, there are fewer cars making noise.
Posted by joe of maine on from 11/01 at 04:47 AMi have an idea.
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/01 at 05:27 AMwe could all just write one sentence comment.
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/01 at 05:28 AMthat way there will be loads of comments by the end of the day
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/01 at 05:29 AMthat
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/01 at 07:05 AMmight
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/01 at 07:06 AMwork
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/01 at 07:07 AMok
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/01 at 07:24 AMthen
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/01 at 07:25 AMGood morning Mickey, joe, michael, Robert, Zen, and all yet to arrive.
Yes, I remember when there were a lot more comments. I don’t think that that indicates any deficiency here. I have noticed a dropping off of interest in all things important in other places too. In 1991 there were many who participated in protests and vigils here on a daily/weekly basis. Now, only a few participate once a month. I wish I could say that this is just “burn-out”, but in order to burn out, you would have had to do a whole lot in the past. I think that it is apathy -sort of like dissenting only as long as it feels good to dissent, and then going on with life-as-normal. The problem is the lack of a real depth of empathy for the victims of usa aggression. We will protest, but only up to a point. If it interferes with any activities that would be more pleasurable we are off to the shopping mall, ball game, or to check out the latest video game. WC was right, we engage in feel-good politics. This is not the “me generation”. This is the “me nation”.Posted by RMJ on from Mickey Z 4 Prez Hdqts 11/01 at 08:07 AMRMJ..good morning and to all..I’m not sure who I’m speaking for..the feeling of helpless-ness, the wanting to expedite some kind of action, change..it’s personally frustrating dealing with the war here, at the same time not knowing what to do about the wars we export globally. I notice the activists emails...simply more reminders of how horrible everything is..being reminded constantly without any real acttion, compounded by the oppressive conditions right here in the u.s...and I’m sure the authorities know there is a helplessness being experienced...hell, people can’t gather long enough to finish the second syllable of hel--lo…
Posted by joe of maine on from 11/01 at 09:16 AMNew post is up.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/01 at 10:54 AMHi all,
Speaking of comments. In our site each time a comment is added. Google news updates the content as new.
Yesterday, we had a visitor who left 150+ comments in different articles. (all spam)
Most those articles were from last year, but now are on top of Google news list.
Ungrateful me, banned the guy and added a flood protection to the comment box, so anyone who leaves comment, has to wait 10 minutes to add another one.
Posted by Shahram on from Canada 11/01 at 03:00 PM
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