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31 de Enero, 2007
His Words That Mean Nothing
SOMETIMES, you're just not sure which would be more appropriate. Cue cacophony of laughter? Or throat-blistering howl of anguish? Yet another small example of the conflict that the Decider hath wrought and made of our Glurrious Hamurkan Way. "I am concerned about the undermining of democratic institutions."—George W. Bush,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Living the Dream
THIS IS A REMINDER that if your government wants you to be quiet when discussing the possible violations it has committed against YOU—the people who make up this so-called NATION—then this "government" is up to no good. That is to say, if the GOVERNMENT wants you and I to engage... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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It Started One Tuesday
A HISTORIC SUMMER STARTS WITH A TINY SLICE OF DAWN at the end of a long, dark night. An avalanche begins with a flake of snow. A flood begins with the White House saying it has everything under control, and a mountain begins with a dreaming mole. It is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30 de Enero, 2007
Royal Thugs
THESE ARE NOT ANOMALIES. This is how the police act MUCH of the time. It's based on the way they see themselves and those who dare to question the authority and might of the State. This questioning can take the shape of you simply not living the way they believe... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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29 de Enero, 2007
From the Heart, to the Heart.
I HOPE YOU WILL FORGIVE ME for lagging so much on some of my regular categories. I try not to rush them, and work on a handful over time, so that when one is ready to bust the soil, there it is. In the meantime, I do this. I... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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28 de Enero, 2007
Sweetness and Meld
TURN IT UP and get in your right mind. Just beautiful. This a some sick spinnin' with Pachelbel's Canon in D, laid down with what I think is a Kayagum (Korean zither); some great beatbox, breakin'/floorwork, scratchin captured using some stylish camerawork and editing. A juicy little Youtubian morsel if... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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27 de Enero, 2007
Del Diario - Entrada #012707
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26 de Enero, 2007
At the Movies - Falling Down
UPDATE: To skip to beginning of analysis, click here. THIS NEW CATEGORY may have been an obvious choice, but I suppose I have been leading up to it. Fusing my experience as a graduate of El Ivory Tower de Pelicula (NYU Film/Tv) as well as my time working in the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Enero, 2007
USA 72% Sane?
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El Gobierno: Breaking the Spine of La Gente
STOP TO WONDER. If "Democratic" governments are elected by La Gente, and work for La Gente, then why are they so afraid of La Gente? I was one of the RNC 1800, as many of you know. I spent about 55 hours in jail without talking to a lawyer,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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22 de Enero, 2007
For Nanette
THE BOOK MEME. Page 123. Sentences 5, 6, 7. Book within reach of right hand, next to an empty Glenlivet bottle and container of raisins. As for the good carrier, whose lusts kept him awake, he had heard his wench from the moment she came in, and had been listening... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Stand Tall, Navajo.
ANOTHER SOLDIER I CAN PROUDLY STAND BEHIND, one who had a spiritual revelation on leave and realized that killing was not for him. His name is Ronnie Tallman, and he is a Navajo Indian who joined the Marines so that he could train to be an electrician. He did... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Proud of White Lies
I THOUGHT IT MIGHT MAKE ME ANGRY, but I can only look at this site "NewSaxon," a "Virtual White Community Online," and feel sad. I know what it feels like to want to belong to something. I know what it feels like to want to have pride in who... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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21 de Enero, 2007
Los Tres Chavalitos y Santo Claus
A WARM CHRISTMAS TALE from some vatos on a quest to find out the meaning of Navidad and the mystery behind...Santo Claus! No, no, not "Santa Claus," Santo Claus. Okay, it's not Christmas, but it's still fun to watch. I'm not sure how long it is, but it's more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Plant the Fear, Reap and Sow.
BOO BOO BOO BOO! Mrs. Robinson; are you scared of Mexicans today? Jey, Jey, Jey! Feel free to give a different opinion, but this post reads an awful lot like a Scared White Person afraid of the DREADED RECONQUISTA and not just reporting on Brown-vs.-Black action, but actually fomenting... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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W for War
I OWE AN APOLOGY TO THE WORLD. The Iraq War is, in fact, my fault. Born in '69; growing up traveling about and in communal homes for many years; hearing so much Beatles and many other 70s groups; reading and hearing about the righteous students and protestors of the past... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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20 de Enero, 2007
Like Crack in the Ghetto, or Trading Booze for Furs
WHAT MANY PEOPLE IN AMERICA do not realize is that the default information they have resting in they cabeza about México is well-shaped by a mighty messaging machine that has certain interests to promote. I know this now. I once did not, either. But as a regular reader knows,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Carrying the Cross of the Conqueror
IT IS TRULY GROSS to me that a popular Latina stereotype for a certain lusty, lazy-minded American man (and I would go as far as to say "hateful" in the extreme of this specific type of racist thinking) is that of the Dirty Hot Latina Maid who longs to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Enero, 2007
Dear Hermanita...
OUR FRIDAY TRADITION, and one popular around the 'net, is to take a nice draught of música to help wash away some of the week's woes. Or just to provide a nice change on un dia we associate with the beginning of a relaxing time in this work-mad nation. Two... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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I Just Want His Bones
I HAVE NEVER BEEN AS THEY WOULD HAVE ME BE, not that they didn't try. Not that the schools didn't try; not that my legal-adopted-whitedaddy didn't try; not that those around me didn't try to control me, my feelings, my memory, my actions, my heart. They same machines that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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18 de Enero, 2007
Gonzales Fears the Power of the Blog
Feingold's first question - "do you know of any one in the country who opposed eavesdropping on terrorists?"Gonzales: Sure - if you look at blogs today, there is a lot of concern about all types of eavesdropping, who don't want us eavesdropping at all.Feingold: Do you know anyone in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Rollin' through tha hood...soon I'll be back for good
I NEEDED A NEWS BREAK and I'm also working on a few other artsy type things, as well as The White Lens III. She's a doozy. Mi clase de Español is this evening, and I'm happy to get back into that. We've been on break for a while, while... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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16 de Enero, 2007
A Superhero...of Sorts
IT IS UNDERSTOOD by portrait artists and those who study the human affect that the left side of the face is the more expressive side. And if there is a discrepancy, that is the side to look at to peer into the soul. Assuming a person has such a thing.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Journeys of Hope
THE JOURNEY that we undertake with hope in our sails can lead us anywhere. Today, we sail under the Fifth Sun toward the distant and shimmering golden horizon. In 1848, when the news broke that California—a land still technically belonging to Mexico but under American military occupation—was a land... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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15 de Enero, 2007
The O-Bomba bringin' trauma!
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The Passion of the Cop
OH I KNOW it's hardly worth our attention, but here at MelWatch, we are sworn to track the happenings of this pinche cabrón, Mel Gibson. And we take our vows seriously, carnál. Rememba Señor G's ill-fated drunken drive recently? Pues, it seems that the cop who dared pull over... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Devil's Toybox
LIVING IN THIS DAY AND AGE AND NATION it becomes very easy to begin thinking as if you are a character in a Robin Cook novel. For those who aren't into medical thriller conspiracy pulp, I'm sure you get what I mean from the image to your left as... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Feelin' Gaudeloopy - La Cosecha Extraña [3]
BEHIND THE SCENES many posts are gradually being built, some of them your old tyme favoritos. There is another White Lens installment being worked on, another Skin of My Soul, a Del Diario, an Español, and another Fifth Sun being prepared for esta semana, so this will, clearly, be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Enero, 2007
Temporary Entry - Moderation on
DUE TO INCREASED traffic (and thus junk comments), and mostly to certain moods or, hmmm, attitudes of certain comments I'd rather not automatically approve and have showing for hours while I am not aware of them, comment moderation has been turned on. I'm sorry to do this, I really... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Heart and Mind of Augmentation
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The Sinking Ship of American Illusion
I WANT TO THANK GEORGE W BUSH for taking the ship of Republican agenda, Democratic process, and Imperialist propagandic might and blowing massive holes in all of it; for waking up the world to America's true methodology by presenting a presidency so artless in its execution of greed and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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12 de Enero, 2007
White House Plays The Warmalkin Card
†OUR LADY OF CONCENTRATION CAMPS brings her special brand of bloggerly imbalance to the Iraq *Augmentation as White house tool Tony Snow (tristemente) resorts to citing a deranged blogger as proof that there is hope for Iraq (You just can't make this stuff up.) Meanwhile, back at Maglalang's blog,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Big Friday en el Electric Tango
¡Viernes! BAJO FONDO TANGO CLUB is a Nezua playlist fave, a band my popz turned me on to a while back. Great mostly-instrumental stuff, I sometimes use it to write to. Here's Electric Tango, a slinky, spooky, spicy sort of jam that reminds me of something THE MEXICAN AGENTS (in-joke... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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11 de Enero, 2007
¡9 Koufax Nominations for Nez!
THE KOUFAX AWARDS. I promised myself I would not nominate myself or pimp my blog to get nominated. Why? Simple. I know I like my junk! And if I asked for nominations or did it myself, well, it's not like I feel I would deserve the nomination any less, so... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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A Pyramid in Pacoima
LAURA, our favorite editor, called to give me The Crunch. That is, she called me to inform me that they need me to chop my article by 35% and have it done by tomorrow morning, at the latest. So I will be nariz to the grindstone for the rest... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Invisible Race (The White Lens II)
WHEN I WAS A BOY, I LIVED ON ANOTHER PLANET. This planet looked a lot like the United States of America, but in this land I lived in, Mexicans were invisible. You didn't see them in gardens, you didn't see them in stores, in catalogs, on the corner, in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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10 de Enero, 2007
Sometimes all it takes is a photo.
OKAY, I ADMIT, I was against many things before I saw these photographs. But now I have seen the light.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Lou Consults La Raza?
DOBBS WOULDN'T even let me vote! Anyway...who is this "La Raza?" Is the quickvote survey (below the cut) referring to La Raza or...is Louie baby referring to The National Council of La Raza? (NCLR) Seems a little sloppy to be jes callin' it "La Raza." Next thing, Lou'll be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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26% of Americans Asleep and Can't Get Up.
tip o sombrero to mercury rising fo da newz... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Dear (Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad) Leader
SOMETIMES I HAVE TO SHAKE MY HEAD just to get it all to settle. Let me get this right: The American People don't want more war. The Generals don't want more war. The Iraqis don't want more war. The Iraq Study Group advised a drawdown. Even the Christing Brits... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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9 de Enero, 2007
Una Pregunta - The American Death is Patriotic Syndrome
IT IS A FIRST here at the The Unapologetic Mexican! Two successive entries in the same new category! Let's pause to consider the earthshaking ramifications of that. What? Oh, right. There aren't any. Okay, then. Let's consider our latest (possibly controversial) question in the light of this latest desire... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Una Pregunta - The Girlyman Syndrome
YES, INDEEDY, señores y señoras, it's that time once again! New Category time. This category will be called "Una Pregunta," and it is not a tongue in cheek category. I have questions sometimes and what better place than here to ask? What better resource to enlist than all of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Skin of My Soul, Part 5
I BEGAN THIS SERIES, The Skin of My Soul, to explore language, my relationship to it, the relationship between language and my identity; the presence and then lack of Spanish in my life and how that felt to me, what it means to me; the way I grabbed English... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Nezua's Status Blog URL
THE SERVER crashed for an hour or so. Please bookmark this site, which will be the place to check should that happen again, or in the horrific instance of extended downtime, where I can get my posting rocks off, if need be. Gracias, goodnight.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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8 de Enero, 2007
Intellectually Serious Pimp Daddy J-Mo
BELOW THE CUT, you can see Jonah Goldberg's new approach as he busts out a column with a dope-ass style. Seems he has been soakin' up some gangsta rap, and now is dissin' John McCain! I know. I was surprised, too.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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State of Supremacy - A Rant on Buchanan
IT WASN'T EASY to check the box above this post for the "Literatura" category. It's a very generous term to apply to Pat Buchanan's book State of Emergency, which I had to read to write the article on The Great Aztlán Reconquista Plot for Chican@ Art Mag's Winter issue.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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7 de Enero, 2007
Zambra
I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED YOU to the incomparable Estrella Morente, an extremely talented and very beautiful Flamenco singer and performer who has trained since a young age. Here she is again, with no more interference from yours truly. Enjoy.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Disney Versus the Truth
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Soldados de Aztlán
LOOKS LIKE THOSE DIRTY, DISEASED, SLOW, LAZY MEXICANS are masters of impersonation, too. Four kids who aren't even realamericancitizens have somehow imitated brilliant humans and fooled NASA into thinking they are gifted. But we know that is not true! Mexicans are not smart. These must be Asian kids in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Haunted Land, Pt. VII
Mexicans are American Indians - It's the Border that is IllegalWill the Real Illegal Aliens Please Stand Up By Barry Carter The brown people of Mexico have been on the North American continent for tens of thousands of years. They are American Indians indigenous to America and thus cannot... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Michelle Maglalang Humiliates Herself Again
FIRST SHE DOESN'T KNOW what the hell is worth looking at in this War On Iraq, and then when her neurotic defocusing blows up like a truth IED in her constantly clapping mouth, she can't get an honest apology out, but skirts it and then reprints all the ridiculous... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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6 de Enero, 2007
I'm Dreaming of a White Jesus
A SHADOWY FIGURE standing under a crucifix oversees two brown-skinned people as they hang a stained-glass window depicting a White Jesus with a blonde, fair child on his lap. On the front page of my newspaper, this is touted as the gentlest of Biblican narratives comes to life. Make... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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New US Citizenship Exam
NOW THEY ARE MAKING JOKES in the exam for gaining American citizenship? 2. What is the supreme law of the land?A: The Constitution—Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam Someone call the Decider! He'd get a righteous belly laugh out of this one.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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5 de Enero, 2007
The Hyper-Powered Hatter and his Obedient Tea Party
CALL ME FRINGE, CALL ME RADICAL, say I see no hope in American Government and watch how (not) upset it gets me. But here is another crumb on a trail to the clearing in the path where the eyes get pried open by the imploding sun of entrenched neoliberalism... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Say Jak!
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS about martial arts that turns so many people into morons. I don't mean studying. I mean commenting. All you have to do is go to any single thread on YouTube and see what I mean. And that is actually representative of everyday life,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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National Guard Runs From Unseen Mexicans
O, WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED that there is a bug-eyed fearcaster on the tube telling us that "according to the Border Patrol," a group of Dirtyboldcowardlymexicans forced US National Guardsmen to "retreat" from their post? Why am I not surprised that there is a link claiming the "Border... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Surging for Legacy
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Stunning Ignorance
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I didn't much like her the first time I met her. But I didn't really care too much, either. She was in a distant orbit, and I didn't have to deal with her. I was glad, because she was a bit hard to take. "Jennifer,"... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30% of America Delusional, too
AND THE ONLY THING I CAN EVER SAY about these polls in the last few years is "damn. that many people still don't see through this ladrón?" Enjoy it, misterbush. For some reason I see you breaking records on the low end, and this may be a pleasant memory... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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4 de Enero, 2007
Azteka No Breaka
I AM STILL NECK-DEEP into laying out (for the first time EVAH) the Great Aztlán Reconquista Plot soon to be published in the beautiful Chican@ Art Mag—which is not something you can just bang out. Laura Molina (the editor) sent me the cover for issue tres, which you are... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Enero, 2007
White Fright
IF THE SCARED EUROINVADER NATIVIST FREAK cannot kill more Indians (aka "Mexicans," etc) to make himself feel as if this "pristine" land his ancestors stole is a secure wedge of the European Manifested Destilicious Pie, he threatens to kill the other European Americans who may not share his same... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Bush Cocaine Use Mentioned on FOX
DEAR BARRACK OSAMA N------ TERRORIST JUNKIE: They are already calling you "pothead" and "junkie" on a major news channel. And, my brown friend, if you even attempt to take on any more power, it will get much worse. Hell, even now, FOX-REPUBLICAN would drop an N-bomb all over you... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Remembering Ramona
THOSE WHO ARE AWARE OF THE OTHER Campaign know who Comandanta Ramona was. For those who do not, she was a very important part of the EZLN, an activist for women if ever there was one, and the author of the Zapatista Revolutionary Laws for Women. Her kidney transplant gave... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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The Huichol Childbirth Method: Share the Pain
THE HUICHOL INDIGENOUS of Mexico have an interesting way of bringing the father into the birthing experience. It is not something I think would go over huge in America. But it sure does highlight some differences in culture! This is probably work-safe, but to tell you the truth, I don't... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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2 de Enero, 2007
three thousand darling americans
WHY IS THREE THOUSAND such an important number? Didn't someone say something about six hundred thousand humans dead because of the Oedipal-Cod Commander's insane unwarranted invasion and the subsequent American occupation? This is tragic. This is a crime of unparalleled proportion. This is a horror beyond even discussion—clearly. Because... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Racism is not an oreo
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT MEANS to "grow up and see beyond color." We cannot see "beyond" color if our nation's history and laws and media messaging memes and jail systems and court systems and police behaviors have, for so long, been aggressively punishing those who are seen to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Ode to A Green, Green Night
THROUGHOUT THE HOLLOW-HEARTED CATHEDRAL applause rises like unwithering sulphur beanstalk tendrils reaching for an imaginary sky one cloud weeping under a dizzy anthem of silence jesús lifts an ochre finger and a wet palm manger rocks in a dead sea breeze but stops and unpeeling itself like an eye unblinking... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Enero, 2007
Do you see what I see?
THE DRAG ABOUT WEB DESIGN, over all other forms of art (at least that I've personally experienced) is that on a canvas, I can spread a dollop of red paint just as I wish. I can mix that pigment to the tint I desire, and I can move my... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Untitled Paz #07
NOT FOTOS I TOOK, but amazing shots. I wanted to kick off the year with images of beauty.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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