tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.comments2023-08-12T04:26:03.422-04:00Eat, Sing, PoliticChris Medranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15571626358031064845noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-53877280581782629222010-04-02T23:12:10.097-04:002010-04-02T23:12:10.097-04:00Excellent comment, and a bit of poor research on m...Excellent comment, and a bit of poor research on my part. I will edit in a correction. Thanks for the input!Chris Medranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571626358031064845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-36082358514497321122010-04-02T17:32:11.320-04:002010-04-02T17:32:11.320-04:00Duly noted. But you are mistaken about Second Ame...Duly noted. But you are mistaken about Second Amendment March. It was NEVER their intent to go ARMED into D.C.-- NEVER. You may be confusing that with another pro-2A rally taking place just across the Potomac, in VA (where open carry is legal). Also, despite what those who like to smear would say, April 19th was NOT chosen because of Timothy McVeigh, Waco, or Oklahoma City. It's the 235th anniversary of Lexington/Concord, when the British came to take away the arms of the colonists. This is quite obvious if you look at the SAM website at the logo with the minuteman. If it's to commemorate a monster such as McVeigh, or the deaths of innocent people, I would think they would use a different logo -- perhaps the symbol for anarchy or something OTHER than a symbol of patriotism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-85635432980761853222009-01-19T14:57:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:57:00.000-05:00this has got to join my favorite quotes: "The ease...this has got to join my favorite quotes: <BR/>"The ease with which President Bush turned our Constitution into a roll of toilet paper for his own desperate need to defend the failed ideology of Neo-conservatism. "agent 008https://www.blogger.com/profile/12778699771109969760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-10680700740279955502008-12-03T13:14:00.000-05:002008-12-03T13:14:00.000-05:00ode to Obamaas the world changes in front of meor ...ode to Obama<BR/><BR/>as the world changes in front of me<BR/>or the mental construct of it<BR/>three simple words rock my world.<BR/>they could be notes, rippling out into the universe<BR/>or colors, waiting in the mist to be seen as a rainbow<BR/>and today is the first day of the rest of my life<BR/>and i believe i can truly be free.<BR/><BR/>three words<BR/><BR/>and the sun will rise tomorrow<BR/>and i will drink it into my skin like a thirsty child<BR/>and be a better dreamer<BR/>i will achieve things i could not conceive because i did not believe... <BR/><BR/>in every corner of life it rings like church bells <BR/>it is sung like an aria<BR/>played like a harp<BR/>it seeps into the fabric of society like red die<BR/>and it will bleed, when washed, onto other pieces<BR/>turning a page of time that cannot be turned back<BR/>and the force of faith is contagious<BR/><BR/>to live for a time in the age of no more lies<BR/>to live for a time when the words of those who dance through the trappings of political performance with dignity and grace are candid<BR/>to believe these words <BR/>because they are heartfelt<BR/>and understand their impact on my life<BR/><BR/>this is a stranger to me<BR/><BR/>a foreign concept<BR/>welcome and uncomfortable like new shoes <BR/>causing blisters<BR/><BR/>so three words rock my world<BR/>and who am i now<BR/>what is my context, my world<BR/>if i find the common thread<BR/>and follow it like time to the safety of right now and from now on<BR/>to the unfamiliar entity called optimism<BR/><BR/>yes we can<BR/>and i am part of the we<BR/>a piece of the common thread<BR/>and these three words are huge, colorful, and resonate as if sung with perfect pitchagent 008https://www.blogger.com/profile/12778699771109969760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-18665374095455195072008-12-03T02:29:00.000-05:002008-12-03T02:29:00.000-05:00and so... darkness has been thrown upon you, not f...and so... darkness has been thrown upon you, not frothing from within, or perhaps a bit of both. as in my previous post, he said "yes WE can". ... think for a moment. who is going to join his team? self preservation is not selfish in this time. think as though you had a child. who can guide the child if something happens to you? those of us that tie the facts together need to remain intact to spread the truth around. what do we do now? we work, we don't bitch. we know what has brought us here, but in reality, this story is much older than you have told here. you could publish volumes on it. should we start with colonialism? and remember, there were European colonialist players in Africa who were religious people trying to pass on goodness (as far as their hearts honesty was concerned). are these people evil? just like the American soldiers in Iraq, the masses have been duped from the get go. good meaning people who spread evil because they are uneducated. <BR/>so here's what we do. we mourn the dead. petition the government for a financial commitment to counseling for injured, their families, and the families of the deceased, as well as physical and mental rehabilitation for those who need it. next comes education. never volunteer for a war without knowing why you are killing. we need a universal program of education. wipe out illiteracy, it is possible to do this within one generation. i am currently drawing up a proposal for the Obama Administration to this end. wipe out the Bush/McCain etc. supporters by educating the citizens of this country so we don't vote for them or let us believe we have if we in fact haven't. <BR/>as for taking into account our evil deeds, you are certainly asking too much (from a realist point of view) in the year 2008. those who've been spoon-fed lies all their lives know nothing else. this is a country of lies and hypocrisies from its onset. we only have what we have. if you allow that fact to make you sick (as in unredeemingly vengeful) all you've got is sickness... on top of lies, and you are punishing the average well meaning citizen of this country for the sake of indulging in your own delusions of grandeur. get off your high horse, my dark angel, and work like a man.<BR/>so we need universal health care, a universal education program, and hope. sound socialist? go head, call me names, i'm pushing an agenda of positivity ... with a vengeance ... because (as i keep explaining to my four year old when she fights with friends over toys) it is people who are important... not capital!agent 008https://www.blogger.com/profile/12778699771109969760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-19046568094648846552008-11-09T23:54:00.000-05:002008-11-09T23:54:00.000-05:00it is such a time of positivity. forward mobility ...it is such a time of positivity. forward mobility is important here in a life saving kind of way. many of us are caught out here in disbelief because we have been taught for so long that, if i may, "no we can't", and it seems optimism is no longer a part of the collective vocabulary. honestly it is hard to switch from one state of mind to another so quickly, and i am getting to know myself better. it was interesting to note when i opened my itunes the other day that i have a lot of rebellious music in there, from a culture that has had enough of being beat down by the powers that be... and i didn't want to hear that sentiment right now... that realization required a little marination... because that sentiment is also a part of my identity...<BR/>in the shift back to optimism american citizens need each other, and i feel blessed to be a new yorker in this time. the buzz is still in the air. hearing reports of police brutality in boston against citizens who were celebrating obama's victory in the streets on election night sits sickeningly in my stomach, but is not so much a shock as yet another angering sentiment and a reminder of the work to be done here, and the fact that obama, while being exactly what we need right now, is not a magician... so how do we really make the shift, when the cops will smash the head of an innocent man simply because he was happy, and felt free to express it in the street.<BR/>deep breath..<BR/>i am happy, though, and i glow, and i walk around and see it in others. we keep each other glowing. people in nyc are happy and you can see it in their new york dead pan faces, glowing under the surface. smiles break out of those defensive expressions at the drop of a hat, and strangers are a little kinder to each other... less stressed out. my focus is not on riding the glow, though, it is in making it stick. i need to work. network. find and utilize resources that were unavailable in the diminishing bush era. to make a difference for the citizens of this earth so that if by chance we have a backlash possibility four years from now, the people will be just as strong in conviction and commitment to moving in a new positive direction as we are now... not complacent and numbed by a false sense of eternal security and half drunk, half hung over from bush's wines and circuses... i was quite young at the time, but i can't help but remember what happened when carter tried for a second term... we can't let that happen again!<BR/><BR/>so i am on a mission to spread love and optimism, and keep it in the air... to help americans see the forrest that has been obscured by the trees, to unpick the stitches of "no, we can't" from the fabric of our society, and promote literacy and critical thinking. depression can slip in quietly if you turn your head for a nano-second in these days of post election stress disorder... the key is to remember that he said "yes WE can", not "yes I can" and he and his team need us all to help him. there is a lot of work to be done. <BR/>wow... what a difference a day makes!agent 008https://www.blogger.com/profile/12778699771109969760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166500096663007193.post-85104092539602308922008-11-08T00:04:00.000-05:002008-11-08T00:04:00.000-05:00That's the body politic. Lies, mis-truths, hidden ...That's the body politic. Lies, mis-truths, hidden and blatant hypocrisy. <BR/>Welcome to the world of the human mind.Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124833030737401218noreply@blogger.com