...And unadulterated mindless thought, mixed with the occasional lucid idea..
Sometimes you feel like a nut
Sometimes you dont
Sometimes You want to
Sometimes you wont
Sometime, is sometimes a long time
Sometimes it isnt
Whats the difference between waiting for something
fun, and something that isnt ?
thats life sweetheart... thats life....
Hallo! out thereall those folks out in the ethers of the internet worlds!!!
I haven't totally moved yet. No see I am in Maine. I had a wedding to attend. Brian Hart of Disassemblance got married to his long time beauty Ruth. So Congrats to them! That was Saturday.
Sunday was a "Surprise" Birthday party for my Mother. Or perhaps an un-birthday party for her. She is now 50. It was held at my Uncle's house with tons of relatives. There was Steaks, Salmon and LOBSTAH!* Chel and I made Dark chocolate Truffles, and served them as a desert to thte adults, well we served the ones that had run in them to the adults. If I think of it when I get back to CT. I will post the recipe for the Truffles at my recipe site; whats4dinner.bravejournal.com
After the Party; I went with my sis and her man ANd picked up a friend who had just gotten back from two months in New Orleans and Went down to Gritty's in the Old Port, and had a drink. It was a good time.
Now it is Monday. And in two and a half hours I will be on a Greyhound bus on my way back down to New haven.
I have a crazy four hour layover in Boston.
ergh, oh well. I will be arriving home at about 11pm. Then to walk home and sleep, to only get up early and go to work tomorow morning. ick... though tomorrow night we will be moving most our things over to the new place.
YAYAYAYAYAYA!
Ok... there we go updated.
*Complete with Mainah phonetics.
Here is the article:
life as we know it is about to change
i smell it within the air the weather is getting strange
drugged up seddated and numb from the pain
the sickness in america has spread to her brain
she is no longer fit to make good decisions
she is completely blind and void of any vision
she parties hard and she keeps her concious mind in prison
therefore she's heading for the ultimate collision
she can no longer hide the scars on her face
the innocense now gone its hard to replace
she has no shame no remorse or any grace
she embraces the devil and she hates over race
ms amerikkka the beautiful the free
fallin within the cracks i wish that you could see
she burried a misery within society
its obvious you have no regard for me
thats why you caught up in the belly of amerikkka
lost in the stomach in amerikkka
broken down in the bowels of amerikkka
sinking in the garbage of amerikkka
stuck in the brain of amerikkka
suffering in the body of amerikkka
lying in the wicked spirit of amerikkka
dying in the old soul of amerikkka
ms amerikkka you've been a very bad girl
you nearly disgraced humanity in the eyes of the world
vanity has took you over your not deserving
the mirrored imagage of your reflection is quite disturbing
she makes so many promises she couldnt keep
she neglected to mother her young so they dont sleep
they scream out for justice and then they weep
were not to blame ms amerikkka it's what you reek
the adessity of your inventions to rule us all
the tragedy of your intention to fool us all
you should have gave in to nature and to the laws
its only a matter of time until you fall
the things you should have worked out in your first colony
took some of your own advice and your phsyocology
youve destroyed all moral and the ecology
im sorry but i dont accept your appology
thats why you caught up in the belly of amerikkka
lost in the stomach in amerikkka
broken down in the bowels of amerikkka
sinking in the garbage of amerikkka
stuck in the brain of amerikkka
suffering in the body of amerikkka
lying in the wicked spirit of amerikkka
dying in the old soul of amerikkka
oh ms amerikkka so much attractions
has yet to take resposibility for her actions
we work around within the system and make addaptions
so you can let freedome rein with your faction
how can people still be hunger when theres a surplus
suffering within your home youve made them worthless
damn near policed a state and make us nervous
even though some conform and joint your service
your presidencies the biggest joke but with a laugh
i always smell the gun smoke on your behalf
i think i should send a telegraph to your staff
amerikkka your down and dirty you need a bath
so tell your secret agents dont be parranoid
this wasnt taught by saukretes or sigmund froid
this is simply gods work you cant avoid
every nation ever built has been destroyed
thats why you caught up in the belly of amerikkka
lost in the stomach in amerikkka
broken down in the bowels of amerikkka
sinking in the garbage of amerikkka
stuck in the brain of amerikkka
suffering in the body of amerikkka
lying in the wicked spirit of amerikkka
dying in the old soul of amerikkka
On June 28, 2005 you addressed the nation in prime time about the
> situation in Iraq. You called the casualties, destruction and
suffering in
> that country "horrifying and real." Then you declared: "I know
Americans
> ask the question: Is the sacrifice worth it? It is worth it," you
asserted
> and went on to explain your position.
> My question to you is this: "Who is doing the sacrificing on the US
side
> besides our troops and their families and other Americans whose dire
> necessities and protections cannot be met due to the diversion of
huge
> spending for the Iraq war and occupation?"
>
> Let's start with the wealthy. In the midst of the ravages of war, you
gave
> them a double tax cut, pushing these enormous windfalls through
Congress
> at the same time as concentrations of wealth among the top one
percent
> richest were accelerating.
>
> You also cut taxes for the large corporations that benefit most from
> arcane, detailed tax legislation. Many of these corporations have
profited
> greatly from the tens of billions of dollars in contracts which you
have
> handed them.
>
> Companies like Halliburton, from which Vice President Dick Cheney
receives
> handsome retirement benefits, keep getting multi-billion contracts
even
> though the Pentagon auditors and investigations by Rep. Henry Waxman
have
> shown vast waste, non-performances, and not a little corruption. Not
much
> corporate sacrifice there.
>
> You and Mr. Cheney need to be reminded that your predecessors
pressed,
> during wartime, for surcharges on corporate profits of the largest
> corporations. As Rep. Major R. Owens pointed out recently in
introducing
> such legislation (H.R. 1804), the precedents for such an equitable
policy,
> at a time of growing federal deficits, occurred during World War I,
World
> II, the Korean and Vietnam wars. Ponder the difference. Past
Presidents
> increased taxes on the large companies as a way of spreading out the
> economic sacrifice a little. Instead, during record, even staggering
big
> corporate profits, you reduce their contributions to the US Treasury
and
> military expenditures.
>
> Where is the presence of the sons and daughters of the top political
and
> economic rulers in the Iraq theater, where they can see the suffering
of
> millions of innocent Iraqi people? You can count on the fingers of
one
> hand the number of family members serving over there among the 535
members
> of Congress, and the White House. No specific data is available for
the
> families of the CEOs of the Fortune 500. But we can guess that very
few
> are stationed in and around the Sunni triangle these days. Can't get
much
> tennis, golf or sailing in, if that were the case. How often have you
> extolled the patriotic sacrifice of members of the armed forces, the
> Reserves and the National Guard? How often have you praised their
work as
> the highest form of service to their nation, its security and future.
> Well, what about your daughters' having this sublime opportunity to
be on
> the receiving end of their father's encomiums? Remember Major John
> Eisenhower, among others.
>
> In an earlier unanswered letter, I urged you and Mr. Cheney to
announce
> that you would reject the tens of thousands of dollars in personal
tax
> cuts that passage of your tax cut legislation for the wealthy would
have
> accorded both of your fortunes. Recusing yourselves would have
conveyed
> the message that it is unseemly to sign your own personal tax
reduction.
> It would also have furthered the principle of the moral authority to
> govern.
>
> Well, you did sign your own tax cut, while tens of thousands of
Americans
> had to leave their employment and small businesses and go to Iraq at
a
> reduced pay and worrying about inadequate protective equipment and
> insufficient training.
>
> Those rulers who send young men and women into undeclared wars on
> platforms of fabrications, deceptions, and cover-ups do not have
proper
> incentives for responsible and effective behavior and politics. Some
> degrees of shared sacrifice provide prudent restraint against the
> manipulations and recklessness of politicians and the supporting
avarice
> of their fellow oligarchs.
>
> Without some measure of sacrifice, programs are misdesigned to pursue
> stateless terrorists in ways and areas that actually produce
recruitment
> opportunities for more such terrorists. Note your own CIA Director
Porter
> Goss's testimony before the Senate earlier this year. But the
resulting
> warmongering, where the "intelligence and the facts" are fixed to the
> policy, became unsavory re-election strategies in 2004.
>
> You have often told us that you want to nominate federal judges who
> believe in a strict construction of the Constitution. How about a
> President who believes in the strict constitutional authority of
Article
> One, Section Eight which gives Congress and Congress alone the power
to
> declare war? Requiring a declaration of war, together with
legislation
> requiring, upon such a declaration, the conscription of all eligible
> members of Congressional and White House families would assure that
only
> "unavoidable and necessary wars" are declared and fought.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Ralph Nader
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I guess getting sent this by my grandmother and father is pretty normal for me... I am an independent, whereas they are democrats, who want me to be involved more politically. i.e. have an opinion. SO they sent me this letter. And I honestly am a lil conflicted by it. Half of me is sitting in my head thinking yup yup yup that sounds about right. And the other half is thinking this has got to be a set up.
How so? It seems to have been created quickly, it doesn't delve too deeply into concerns, and it was released tp simply "Stir the pot."
Which brings me to a few conclusions. Both the democrats and the republicans like to stir the pot. anotherwaords they like it when they have something to complain about. I guess even the independents like to complain.
Alright here is my complaint. I really think it is irresponsible to "release" letters of this sort of content into the ethers of the internet to simply piss people off. And I am sure it is working because my grandparents are ticked about it, as is my Mother... and they sent it to me hoping to tick me off as well? odd present. It seems strange to tick folks off when they are powerless to do anything to prevent the continuating conflicts.
I guess ignorance is bliss.
Having read the entire "Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (at least 100 times), while walking through the crazily busy kitchen and dishroom at work... it struck me. I finally understand "Bistromathics." I figure now, if I could only find a way to harness it in it's very maleable form... IKEAs everywhere could fly... to the moon and back... bring interesting decor into the non-modular space world. Can't you just see it? IKEA in Space. Think of the marketing potential.
There is a fellow at work, that I swear, something is just not right with him. He appears to sail his boat without a rutter. Today he was wearing pants far far far too small for him. Maybe two sizes too small... to the point that he couldn't sit down without screeching in agony. But he didn't go and ask for new pants. He walked around in those pant (I should say he limped around in his pants... constricting movement) all day. And he works again tomorrow... He'll be wearing those again... heheheh.
Another fellow at work told me today that he is in love. In love with his MP3 player.
well... I am exhausted. I should see what it is I am going to eat for dinner...If you are at all curious of what I end up cooking then check out www.whats4dinner.bravejournal.com
I'll post the concoction there afterwards.
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
NEW LONDON, Conn. - Seven homeowners in this small waterfront community lost a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday when justices ruled that City Hall may take their property through eminent domain to make way for a hotel and convention center.
Word of the high court decision spread around Bill Von Winkle's part of town like news of a passing relative. "Hello?" he answered his cell phone. "Yeah, we lost. I know, hard to believe, huh?"
"I spent all the money I had," said Von Winkle, a retired deli owner, of the properties he bought in the Fort Trumbull neighborhood. "I sold sandwiches to buy these properties. It took 21 years."
The court's decision drew a scathing dissent from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who argued the decision favors rich corporations.
The fight over Fort Trumbull has been raging for years. New London once was a center for the whaling industry and later became a manufacturing hub. More recently the city has suffered the kind of economic woes afflicting urban areas across the country.
City officials envision a commercial development including a riverfront hotel, health club and offices that would attract tourists to the Thames riverfront, complementing the adjoining Pfizer center and a proposed Coast Guard museum.
Most homeowners sold their properties to make way for wrecking crews, but seven families stubbornly refused to sell. Collectively, they owned 15 houses.
"The U.S. Supreme Court destroyed everybody's lives today, everybody who owns a home," said Richard Beyer, owner of two rental properties in the once-vibrant immigrant neighborhood.
Nationwide, however, legal experts said they don't expect local governments to rush to claim homes.
"The message of the case to cities is yes, you can use eminent domain, but you better be careful and conduct hearings," said Thomas Merrill, a Columbia law professor who specializes in property rights.
In his majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said New London could pursue private development under the Fifth Amendment, which allows governments to take private property if the land is for public use. He said the project the city has in mind promises to bring more jobs and revenue.
"Promoting economic development is a traditional and long accepted function of government," Stevens wrote. He added that local officials are better positioned than federal judges to decide what's best for a community.
He was joined in his opinion by other members of the court's liberal wing — David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer, as well as Reagan appointee Justice Anthony Kennedy, in noting that states are free to pass additional protections if they see fit.
The four-member bloc typically has favored greater deference to cities, which historically have used the power of eminent domain for urban renewal projects.
At least eight states — Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina and Washington — forbid the use of eminent domain for economic development unless it is to eliminate blight. Other states either expressly allow private property to be taken for private economic purposes or have not spoken clearly to the question.
Meanwhile, the decision did little to bring city officials and property owners here closer together.
Under the ruling, residents still will be entitled to "just compensation" for their homes as provided under the Fifth Amendment. However, homeowners had refused to move at any price, calling it an unjustified taking of their property.
City Manager Richard Brown said he expects more lawsuits, but believes the land fight is over and doesn't expect a showdown when bulldozers arrive in the neighborhood.
Landowners in the lawsuit, however, pledged to continue their fight.
"It's a little shocking to believe you can lose your home in this country," said Von Winkle, who said he would battle beyond the lawsuits and fight the bulldozers if necessary. "I won't be going anywhere."
The case is Kelo et al v. City of New London, 04-108.
___
Associated Press writer Susan Haigh in Hartford, Conn., contributed to this report
SUMMER READING LIST!
I am this summer working on relearning the things that I most aptly forgot from liberal arts education in college... Ah yes that's right... I am re reading text books.
1.Bang Your Head (the rise and fall of heavy metal... ok this one isn't a text book....)
2.Walking The Maze(Loren Cruden... another non-textbook text)
3.A History of England (Prehistory-1714) Textbook.
4. Creation of the Sacred (biological explanation for religion, textbook)
5.Folk Medicine in America Today (non text book)
6.Slick Sins and Fractured Facts (How Cultural Myths Distort the News, non text book)
7.Myth of the Matriachal Prehistory (Why an invented past wont give Women a future...Texty book?)
8.Lives and Voices(Sources in European Women's History Text book)
9.Women in the middle Ages(text book)
10.Lenin and the Russian Revolution (text book)
11.The Art of Democracy (a Concise history of Popular Culture in the United States, nontext book)
12.Readings in Western Civilization: The Church in the Roman Empire (Oh yuh, text book)
...And by the time I fisnish all of the reading it should be about oh... late september... and then I will go to the used bookstore (I live by Yale) and find all sorts of new reading materials. I figure I will be getting a Yale education without the degree...Euther that or if I decide to transfer to Albertus Magnus... I will at least know what the hell I am talking/ writing about.
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