Mickey Z
Cool Observer
Monday, September 19, 2005
The real looters step up, let's blame Ellen, & Marxist sea mammals
pat robertson is a f*cking lunatic. i can’t think of anything else to say!
Posted by michael on from scotland 09/19 at 07:57 AMTop O’ the mornin’ to you Michael...I agree that Pat is wrong 99% of the time but look at it this way. His recent remarks give us an opening to get the word out. Just gotta turn that lemon into lemonade. It is extra sweet when we use their words to defeat them.
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3518Posted by rosemarie jackowski on from doin' time in the big house... 09/19 at 08:49 AMthere is actually a special interview with chavez on democracynow.org today.
Posted by michael on from scotland 09/19 at 09:17 AMInteresting comments discusion on a post over at Harry’s blog, sometimes I forget that there are most likely many people who read the comments here at Mickey’s. I had not visited Harry’s site before and have now added it to my favorites section.
I think one and all who visit here should speak up and join the party…
There is certainly plenty of room.
Go sea lions! But remember, humans will only let you go so far...when you start messing with our money we respond like the mafia, and not today’s mafia, like back in the 30’s or even the old country.
I liked Times Square a lot better pre-Mickey Mouse,
Posted by JOS (formerly James from Puerto Rico) on from Santurce, Puerto Rico 09/19 at 10:01 AMDid you just say “actually,” Michael?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 10:01 AMaaarrghh, its rubbing off on me now!
Posted by michael on from scotland 09/19 at 10:04 AMAfter watching and hearing about all of the sports “heroes” over the weekend, I finally found this story about a real hero (sorry, I haven’t done the tinyurl thing yet):
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2165781
Posted by JOS (formerly James from Puerto Rico) on from Santurce, Puerto Rico 09/19 at 10:04 AMSorry, JOS, I was typing a comment as you posted. Good to see you here again and glad to hear you’ve found Harry’s blog.
Thanks for the ESPN link. I’m araid Coles will face some ridicule in the lockerroom.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 10:08 AMHey Michael, regarding the “3. people who punctuate with their fingers when they speak,” I agree, but I can’t stop using the old “quotation marks” finger move every once and a while ever since Farley did that character on SNL:
So I don’t “brush my teeth,” or “wash properly.” I always thought that was hlarious, not quite so hilariou when I do it, though now that I think about it.
Posted by JOS (formerly James from Puerto Rico) on from Santurce, Puerto Rico 09/19 at 10:11 AMYeah, Mick...that’s what makes me think of him as a true hero.
Posted by JOS (formerly James from Puerto Rico) on from Santurce, Puerto Rico 09/19 at 10:12 AMi saw a comedian taking the piss out of people doing the quotation marks thingy and he said the way to deal with it is to punctuate everything with your fingers back at them including full stops, commas, and question marks.
anyway, back tomorrow
Posted by michael on from scotland 09/19 at 10:31 AM>>>"You just want to put it behind you,” he said. “I think, you know, as a man, when you’re violated in that way, you don’t know how other people are going to take it, how other people are going to view you. There’s so much that comes with revealing that part of your life and story."<<<
He’s to be praised for coming out with it. Peace and ease of heart to him and his loved ones.
Oh, that Pat! It’s like a cabaret act in your living room once he gets going! Imagine being willing to look that stupid in public, all for a laugh!
Here’s a horrible thought...what if he was serious? >shiver<
Sea lions...slugs that bark. Weird creatures, and the fact they’re in the “pinniped” family...such a frivolous-sounding name for such majestic creatures! Sorta like “gay,” I guess.
What’s with all the cat lovers? If that’s a membership requirement, I’m excluded...got two dogs, don’t like cats.
Posted by Mudge the Expendable on from Texas 09/19 at 10:32 AM>>>...what the mediocre reviews this film is garnering knowingly ignore is the daily price of the arms trade and how Hollywood plays a role in fetishizing the use of such weapons. Governor Arnold once said, “I have a love interest in every one of my films--a gun."<<<
There is talk of amending the Constitution to make the Governator eligible to run for President. Seeing this quote, I think it will succeed if it’s “actually” attempted. He could even get elected, terrifying thought that it is.
Good article, MZ, it will keep me awake all night.
Posted by Mudge the Expendable on from Texas 09/19 at 10:46 AMMudge is referring to an article I just wrote about “Lord of War.” It’ll be posted here tomorrow. If you wanna check it out now, here’s one place you can find it: http://tinyurl.com/ce3j6
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 10:47 AMHi Mickey & Rosemarie & JOS & Michael -
That ‘assassinations’ - ( just use one finger, for these quotes… George Carlin has done some great stuff about gestures, in general. )- article is amazing, Rosemarie. I guess we’re freeing people from those pesky confines within their bodies, eh?
I went to register at the LA Times, and found out I’d already registered with the Trib, which owns the Times, so I was confusing their data-base. Gee, sorry. ( Bunch of inbreds! )
I support the Sea Lions, 100%. Interesting that they don’t like to be splashed or sprayed with water. Well, people do such things to each other, as a mild form of harassment. Perhaps the Sea Lions understand that, and, being bright, noble creatures, take offence.That the media report anything said by the likes of Pat Robertson is, perhaps, even more disturbing than what the guy says in the first place! I recall a few years ago, Jerry Fallwell making an announcement that one of the Teletubbies was actually gay, and was surreptitiously creating homosexual tendencies in our youth. I didn’t know what Teletubbies were. When I investigated, I was staggered. And, his remarks were all over the media… Meanwhile, Chomsky can’t get 90 seconds on mainstream “anything.” (Two fingers, here.)
Of course, it makes sense, but sad, even alarming sense.I’d like to suggest that, to prepare for the future, we begin, now, to communicate using the basic sounds of “Baaaa” and “Mooo.” As these will soon be the basic forms of communication within the US, we should begin to hone our skills, at once.
Baaa, Baaa, Baaa
- MoooPosted by joe on from sleeping with the fishes 09/19 at 10:59 AMPS -
Mornin, Mudge -
Mooo, Baaa.
I support Arnold’s bid for the presidency.
If we’re going to be the Fourth Reich, we might as well have a Fuhrer with the correct accent.
I’m Mooo, about the Baaa.Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 11:04 AMMoo! Baa baa bleat? Moo moo snort moooooo.
Posted by Mudge the Expendable on from Texas 09/19 at 11:35 AMThanks Mudge -
I know we all feel exactly that way about these events.Great article, Mickey. Since it’s up for discussion, tomorrow, I’ll save my considerable blather for later.
Yesterday, Suzanne and I went out for much of the day. We saw The Constant Gardener. Sad from first frame to last. Excellent performances, pretty good story. The real “star” of the piece, however, was the African backdrop. The vast majority of the movie was filmed in a very, very poor area. It reminded me of both India, and some parts of Mexico City. (Actually, the outskirts of Mexico City. While I was a resident, the second largest population area in all of Mexico, was the environs of the Mexico City Dump. Enormous numbers of poor people congregated around the dump, where they could scavenge stuff to help them survive. Our darkest imaginings, here, will serve most accurately. I saw people burning tires, in several areas, for heat and “cooking.” Ever see a burning tire?)
Anyway, the poverty in the film was overwhelming, and was as constant as the gardening. Most of Black Africa has been hammered for centuries by our “industrious, goal-oriented, progressive, thoughtful” ancestors from Holland and Belgium and England and France and Germany and Austria and, of course, our own Vaterland, the land of the free. An entire continent bathed in blood. Throughout the movie, there were scenes in which the land was viewed from above, and the earth was a deep, blood red in many places. I’m sure it’s some sort of clay, but might just as well have been blood.
All these nations filled with wretched poverty because human beings aren’t allowed to use their own land or their own resources for their own lives. They’re driven into “reservations” of one sort or another, where they get to tear each other to shreds over who gets a share of - as Mickey so aptly describes it - the crumbs from their table…
Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 11:59 AMOn the Lords of War movie...I saw an interview, maybe last night, with Nic Cage on CNN’s celebrity/gossip show.
The interviewer goes (paraphrased): A lot of people will be surprised to learn from the movie that the United States is the world’s biggest arms dealer (you could tell he was one of the surprised).
Nic: Yes, most of America doesn’t that. I don’t want to give too much away, but that is kind of the subject of our big ending.
Posted by James on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 12:58 PMJoe, I saw Constant Gardener advertised on almost every “left” website. I always wanted to know if it was any good or not, thanks for the info.
Posted by JOS on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 01:01 PMOh yeah, Nic also mentioned most of the funding to make the movies came from foreign investors. Quel surprise.
Posted by JOS on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 01:12 PMHi JOS -
Yes, it’s a Lefty film, do doubt.
The plot is a serious indictment of the drug companies…
The book from which the film was made, was written by John LeCarre, maybe THE biggest spy- type writer in the world. I read one of his novels, when my mother was dying, and I was staying at her house. The book was about a super British spy who had obviously come to feel nauseated by the whole business. In The Constant Gardener, he’s obviously angry at the way “White Nations” are treating Africa, and with the drug companies, specifically. I just read that, in his latest book, he seems even more disgusted with corporations, in general. I guess that’s a good thing. Maybe some of his readers will wake up a bit…Hey, JOS, last night I was reading Chomsky, on Dave Dellinger:
“Before reading this book, I knew and greatly admired Dave Dellinger. Or, so I thought. After reading his remarkable story, my admiration changed to something more like awe...”Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 01:31 PMwow, that’s quite a compliment coming from him. I feel the same way. Thanks, Joe.
Posted by JOS on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 01:40 PMI’m I being misinformed or did that misifno site linked to in this post actually say this:
“There are many exaggerated fears about depleted uranium because people associate it with weapons-grade uranium or fuel-grade uranium, which are much more dangerous substances. When most people hear the word uranium, a number of strongly held associations spring to mind, including the atomic bomb, Hiroshima, nuclear reactors, radiation illness, cancer, and birth defects.
Depleted uranium is what is left over when natural uranium is enriched to make weapons-grade or fuel-grade uranium. In the process, the uranium loses, or is depleted, of almost half its radioactivity, which is how depleted uranium gets its name. But facts like this are less important in peoples’ minds than the deeply ingrained associations they have with the world “uranium.” For this reason, most people believe that depleted uranium is much more dangerous than it actually is. (More details on depleted uranium in English and Arabic.)”
I repeat, some SOB actually wrote this?:
“Depleted uranium is what is left over when natural uranium is enriched to make weapons-grade or fuel-grade uranium. In the process, the uranium loses, or is depleted, of almost half its radioactivity, which is how depleted uranium gets its name.”
J
Posted by JOS on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 01:54 PMSomething I wrote last year:
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/June04/MickeyZ0611-2.htmPosted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 02:00 PMGreat, horrifying article, Mickey. ( Odd, the way we’re forced to mix words… )
Some of those images will undoubtedly remain with me forever.
I remember watching a tape of one of Dr. Caldicott’s lectures, in which she said that one, single particle, just microns long, would cause cancer if it reached the base of the lungs. She also said that, if such a particle was inhaled, it would likely reach the base of the lungs, as it was so tiny. At the base of the lungs, there are no natural bodily mechanisms to remove a foreign particle.Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 02:12 PMIt’s almost funny that their argument is that DU is “only” almost half as radioactive as weapons grade uranium.
Posted by JOS on from Puerto Rico 09/19 at 02:22 PMYes, JOS, it’s like arguing that it’s OK to shoot people with a .22 caliber pistol, since the shells are so tiny…
Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 02:31 PMAnd if they die, only bury them 3 feet down.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 02:32 PMMickey, that passage from Shelley, on the front page today, is just wonderous stuff. Thanks.
Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 03:17 PMMudge, I don’t really like cats either, despite what that video might have led you to believe. But they use their psychic powers to draw me to Mickey’s site each day, so what can I do? And they never ever use their fingers to make quote marks. I think they’re edging out the sea lions in the animal kingdom class war.
I tried not to make quote marks with my fingers around ‘animal’ just then.
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 09/19 at 05:47 PMSpeaking of Pat Robertson and evengelical lunatics in general, and the intelligent design theory in particular, I came across this while perusing Harry’s blog after reading the sea lion piece: http://www.venganza.org/
My cats might not be the center of the universe after all…
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 09/19 at 06:11 PMJames (I guess you have sole possession of that name now), I can swallow the whole Flying Spaghetti Monster concept but the Global Warming/Pirates theory cleverly ignores the proliferation of pirates each summer in Pittsburgh (not to mention Buccaneers in Florida and Raiders in SoCal...in large numbers each winter).
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 06:15 PMMaybe a vegan bolognese sauce would help you swallow the entire thing? And when are we going to see Expendable merchandise along with the Mickey.net stuff? Though maybe the underwear’s not such a good idea this time; the placement of Expendables over that certain area…
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 09/19 at 06:31 PMSay it ain’t so… Cindy Sheehan arrested in Union Square? Kos and the Voice are reporting it. This’ll just juice the whole thing up a notch, though.
Did enjoy the blog today!
Posted by John Eden on from Georgia 09/19 at 08:44 PMLong time no see, John. May we call you an Expendable, too?
Here’s something on Cindy...with suggestions for action:
http://tinyurl.com/8cv8rPosted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 08:49 PMbecause of ellen:
my hands are always dry in the winter
i have to wear corrective lenses
the k in knife is silent
over 60 million people 20 years or older in the united states are obese
sir-mix-a-lot is a one hit wonder
oprah sang her own theme song
dostoyevsky’s father was a tyrant
van gogh cut off part of his ear
rumsfeld shook hands with saddam
george bush sr. hates broccoli
johnny can’t read
howlin’ wolf and muddy waters were rivalsPosted by tm on from a chair 09/19 at 08:57 PMDidn’t Ellen also trade David Ortiz to the Red Sox?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 09:01 PMSure! I’m certainly expendable - didn’t quite find the beginning of that thread, so not sure of the implications, but I guess it’s just all of us commenters… Yeah, the first six weeks of school is daunting - not much time for keeping up or blogging. I do check your site frequently, tho rarely have time for comments. Things are crazy here, as the “No Child Left..” forces are strong, keeping us busy.
Thanks for the link on Cindy. I’m sure she’ll pull through it fine, make some good ammunition out of it all.
I did have a question for you: how many people’s homes would you estimate you could physically see from the 59th street bridge? Struck me this summer as we were driving along the Belt Parkway to the Verazano, that I was passing more people in those few minutes than live in my whole state… trying to get that reality across to my freshmen is hard, searching for some concrete numbers… thought you as a city dweller might have some guess at least.
Posted by John Eden on from Georgia 09/19 at 09:02 PMThat poem is riveting, but for some reason I can’t quite get the Ellen reference…
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 09/19 at 09:14 PM...and if the Sea Lions are Marxist (we used to live on the Oregon coast just south of Sea Lion Caves) just look at what these former soldiers are saying!
“WTF Over” is a new blog by Iraq veteran Vic Blazier, at URL: http://spaces.msn.com/members/tipofthespear/
- it’s good!Posted by John Eden on from Georgia 09/19 at 09:16 PMJohn,
The 59th St. Bridge connects Queens to Manhattan. If you stood in the middle of that bridge and looked around, you’d see more dwellings than I could calculate.
Btw, I’m gonna add your blog to my links list.
MZ
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 09:16 PMJames: The original post contained an item about Pat Roberston blaming Ellen for Hurricane Katrina.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 09/19 at 09:18 PMGreat! Thanks - I don’t get to blog very often these days, but will get back to it soon.
Posted by John Eden on from Georgia 09/19 at 09:28 PMHi John & James &, of course, The Z -
Did you ever get to Southern Oregon, John? I’m in Grants Pass. I’ve spent some time out at the coast. It’s really beautiful.
James, Ellen is responsible for Katrina, and possibly for 9 - 11, or so some of our esteemed Televangelists tell us…And, Mickey - there’s an Astoria in Oregon… A little smaller, I guess.
The population in Oregon is about 3.5 million - less than the pop. of Queens and Brooklyn, combined.Posted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 09:32 PMSorry, Mickey -
I guess I just jumped in there.
Hope you guyz have a good night.
- joePosted by joe on from Oregon 09/19 at 09:33 PMOh, of course… it’s a compliment to this comments board that I forgot, as there’s been so many interesting links and things to read since then. Damn that lesbian-- she must be responsible for getting me fired from my last full-time proofreading job, as well as for my cats peeing on my futon yesterday, and for me and my bike getting arrested during the RNC last year.
And for Dostoyevsky’s epilepsy, and his gambling problem, Salinger quitting writing, Bartleby’s decision to prefer not to, and Philip K. Dick’s brain aneurysm.
She must be stopped.
Posted by James on from Hell's Kitchen 09/19 at 09:36 PM
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