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31 de Julio, 2007

I'm Part of a New, Vicious Thing


SERIOUSLY, Billious is trippin' out. His vilification-addiction is bloated into such an extreme shape here that it really bobbles into damn good comedy. This is the high sheen on the Oreilly caricature. This is the damn sparkle. Very entertaining!...

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Hecticity


AND THE LAST DAY TO PACK turns out to be just as crazy as I thought. Spent most of this morning hooking up the laptop and making sure I have everything I need, access to ftp, applications, passwords, bookmarks. Not perfect, but I think I have what is crucial. At...

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30 de Julio, 2007

Botulism Cases Spread (Castleberry)


PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING. Not optional for US citizens who eat canned meat products (chili and who knows what else I can't imagine). Read, please. Regarding botulism cases spreading across country. Labels to check in your pantry. Castleberry....

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Bergman Dies at 89


THE MAN WHO MADE PERSONA, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, has left the theater. A great filmmaker and artist, yours was a valuable contribution, and you had an effect on me. Adios, and salud, Mister Bergman!...

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On a Jetplane, Pt. 717


TWO DAYS UNTIL MY PLANE LEAVES and a feeling of dread grows in my belly. I don't like flying anymore. The energy warp of the Fear-O-Port, the whole damn thing. I'm sure I was anxious about flying pre-911, but that didn't help things. Oh, I found the footage I...

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Impeaching Alberto


GOOD. Let us begin yanking the thread that leads to the big stuffed dummy at the top. Thanks for the memories, for the entertainment value you will soon provide, and for really reppin' well for the Mexican American community. Nice job, puto....

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Betraeus Mix (feat. Divider)


"Petraeus." Oh, sure. It sounds epic and strong because of the Greekness, eh? You can see it stamped on the spine of a book. A happy little face carved in stone, rounded bangs and all. Evening light raking sideways over the marble. THE AGE OF PETRAEUS, VINNER OF THE...

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29 de Julio, 2007

Preparando


AS NEZUA'S JAUNT TO CHI-TOWN is fast approaching, I must now use any available time on the few projects on hhhhhwhich I am working. I am not ruling out a five sentence post here or there, but for the most part, I imagine this blog will go a bit...

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28 de Julio, 2007

Rudder is an Ugly but Important Word


IF ONLY I could find a way to keep in touch with what was happening out there without constantly reading news. I just feel I'm getting mired in that energy again. I didn't intend that. It's important stuff, but...time to get back to some classic categories. Switch up a...

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Word to the Otha


I LIKE THIS GAME because it's a fun break and there were no list of rules aside from answering each "question" with but una palabra! And it just feels right for this beautifully sunny Sábado....

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A Grave Habit


ON THE OTHER HAND, cigarettes are very legal and available all over the country. Don't get me wrong: I think you and I should have the right to smoke what we want. Mota, tobacco, cloves, pipes; hell, I support your right to smolder if you want. To catch fire and...

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27 de Julio, 2007

The Return of Reefer Madness!


THEY JUST KEEP TRYING TO INSIST that Marijuana—the plant that, untouched by humankind, promotes brain cell growth (neurogenesis), inhibits cancer cell growth, decreases the occurrence of "neuronal cell death" associated with Alzheimers as well as tumor growth—makes you insane. I really can't figure out why with all of the...

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What's Good for the Gonzo, is good for the George


TRUST ME WHEN I SAY that this man disgusts me. He disgusts me doubly, triply, quaternally. Not only is he a liar and an abuser of trust, he is a blatant example of what happens when a person sells out everything for a cheap dream of power in the dominant...

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A Victory for Humanity and Empathy


YES. US cities and towns may find it harder to crack down on illegal immigrants after a federal judge ruled on Thursday that an anti-immigrant law passed by a Pennsylvania city was unconstitutional. The judge stopped the city of Hazleton from implementing a law that would fine businesses that hire...

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The Sound of Bandwagon Wheels Turning


IN A SHOCKING AND UNEXPECTED TURN, the London band Coldplay has announced that they will switch their sound to salsa, instead of the frigid brit-pop that has made them so famous up to now. Coldplay's new album is taking on a Latin flavor, says the band, who has been...

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Drink More (Tap) Water?


NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry. According to Corporate Accountability International, a U.S. watchdog group, the world's No. 2 beverage company will...

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26 de Julio, 2007

Freedom is Slavery, pt 2.


RACISM IS DEAD? No. And neither is slavery. But maybe slavery is what it is required when you are establishing freedom and democracy. So George might posit. Both of them: Orwell and Bush. Or at least the State Department and its contractors, who are being exposed for being virtual...

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25 de Julio, 2007

When I'm A Big Kid, I'll Run All Day (Regresara)


TODAY IS ONE OF MY SOLID WORK DAYS (a day when mi novia has off and can watch Lil 'Nita all day) so that means its a poquito posting day until quizas esta noche. Meanwhile, here is a video that I shot yesterday while at the park with Lil 'Nita,...

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24 de Julio, 2007

How to Punish the Good


FROM AMIGA BLACKAMAZON: Human rights defender at risk Nigerian, Human Rights Defender and founder of The International Centre for reproductive health and Sexual rights (INCRESE) in Niger State, Dorothy Aken’Ova has been ostracised and intimidated by family and community because of the work she does. Social activists and Frontline HRD...

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In The Wake of a Yellow Star


IN THE ABSENCE OF A HUMANE SOLUTION to the immigration issue, loathing and frustration is leading some individuals to propose their own notions on how to stigmatize foment revulsion deal with the problem. Wayne Mayo of Portland is one such cognitively-challenged individual....

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23 de Julio, 2007

People Know Me


I WAS JUST EMAILED with one of those MySpace friend requests which is from a "person" that is really a disguise for either some type of pharmaceutical addiction or a porn site, and so I rejected it. However, I have to say "Rebecca"s profile pleased me in such a...

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Oaxaca, the face of Mexican fascism


Oaxaca, 20 July 2007 - George Salzman writes: The struggle between the popular movement of rebellion and the government’s actions to totally crush it is at a critical point. I believe the situation is extremely dangerous for many oaxaqueños. Four days ago the governments (Oaxaca State, Mexican Federal, and...

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Non-Sequitur of the Week


AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I lost my NYC I.D. card and got myself an Oregon I.D. Well, yesterday, I went down to the local 7-11, where some large, soft, white boy with piercings in his face or something was working the counter. I haven't told you, but my...

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Down with The Brown?


INTERESANTE. According to UPS, if I live in the United States, my choice of language is...English. I guess the United Parcel Service isn't interested in dollars from the fastest growing market in this country....

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22 de Julio, 2007

Freedom Isn't Free; Bush is The Anti-Price


BUSH MAY BE RIGHT when he says that the desire for freedom is universal. Oddly, it has not yet occurred to him that he is the universal antagonist to that desire. Stealing freedoms from us, bringing death, torture, lies and the abolishment of everyday mobility and safety in Iraq,...

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The Truth About Tacos


THE TRUTH ABOUT TACOS is that like many other foods and culture that the USA appropriates, most of us here in El Norte have no real idea what a "taco" is to those from whom we got them: If you think you've had a true taco after stuffing seasoned ground...

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The Appearance of Health


today while we sat in the zocalo and LJT ran around and climbed things we saw a man take off his clothes down to his shorts and climb into one of the fountains. these fountains are unreliable at best, some days on some days off; most of the sources...

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Violent Showdown in Oaxaca...Tomorrow?


A VOICE THAT BRINGS US THE NEWS of Oaxaca on a regular basis, Nancy Davies, warns of the possibility that the corrupt Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, installed Governer apparatus extraordinaire, may be determined to foment violence in Oaxaca: On Friday June 29 a signed letter appeared in Noticias warning the...

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20 de Julio, 2007

Oaxaca's Truth


As one of the anonymous women in an APPO artisans’ collective put it, the night after the repression, “The government can rob everything, but it can’t rob your dignity, your culture, your customs and traditions. In Oaxaca, because there’s culture, there’s resistance.” Teacher-activist Roman had this to say after...

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The Pricking of My Thumbs


Roberts pointed out that it's old-line Republicans like himself, former Reagan associate deputy attorney general Bruce Fein, and Pat Buchanan who are the diehards in warning of the danger. 'It's so obvious to people like us who have long been associated in the corridors of power,' he said. 'There's no...

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19 de Julio, 2007

A Beautiful Impact


Since we have no mains electricity as part of the No Impact experiment, we also have no TV. Last week, someone asked me how we entertain Isabella without one. In the comments to that post, someone said that they like to take their kids hunting for fireflies. [...] At...

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New Haven Leads the Way With Humane Treatment of Immigrants


IT DOES MY JADED HEART GOOD: New Haven, Conn. - At a time when a rising number of states and cities are cracking down on illegal immigrants, New Haven, Conn., is reaching out to them with a unique perk: an ID card. Besides serving as identification for bank services...

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A Point of Pride


THIS IS SIMPLY the funniest video I've seen in a long, long, long time. And I don't want to say anything more about it. Except...the man has a point....

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18 de Julio, 2007

July 18: International Day of Action Against Repression in Mexico


IF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF a member of La Otra Campana—the Other Campaign—or if you are a Mexican American who feels a strong tie to Mexico or la gente in Mexico, or just a human being who feels solidarity with the people suffering oppression in Oaxaca, please read on. As...

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Just Kill It


JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT ADVERTISERS had no soul left to sell. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Like the maker of an out-of-favor car or sneaker, the U.S. military needs a new 'branding' campaign to earn civilian support in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots, a report for the Pentagon said on...

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QOTD


"To be confronted with a naked man is shocking for everyone."...

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17 de Julio, 2007

Executive Dribblage


IRONICALLY, Bush and Cheney are not strengthening The Executive Branch, nor extending its reach and power for future presidents and vice-presidents, as they plan. Por ejemplo, they are weakening the Presidential assertion of "Executive Privilege" when it is invoked for everything from protecting convicted stoolies to shutting up the press...

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The Apocolyptic Lessons of His Story


THE JOYS AND WISDOM that our favorite drunken jew-hating, maya-slandering holocaust-denying, rapture-drooling filmmaker and egomaniac extraordinaire spreads knows no bounds. Now his filmic seed hath been shat upon our world, and where it hath dropp-ed, ignorance now blooms. They're calling it the 'Apocalypto' Factor. No, not a sequel to...

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16 de Julio, 2007

Strong Women 4 Peace!


Other strong women attending the conference, in solidarity with Iraqi women and children, drafted a "Call for Restitution to the Women of Iraq" which rejects the policies by which the United States brought war to Iraq and renounces war as a means of solving conflict between and within states....

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Bush the Muck on the Bubble


THIS ARTICLE that quotes Keith Ellison comparing Bush to Hitler is very funny in how skewed against Ellison it is. Just dig the picture they chose! SNARL! ME HATEFUL MUSLIM INSULTING AMERICAN PRESIDENT! AIAIAIAIAIAIAI!!! America's first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf...

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Living With Lunita


MY YOUNGEST HIJA is getting more and more control over walking. She has just begun really moving about for periods of time, and it makes her so happy. She walks around the house with a grin on, and her elbows close and her hands up as she waddle lurches...

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15 de Julio, 2007

The Possibility of Widespread Empathy


TUCKER CARLSON's comment about Obama sounding "like a pothead" because he spoke of a lack of empathy in today's discourse was very helpful, and I have to thank him for finally revealing a piece of Right Wing paranoia of which I was not previously in possession. His insult (or...

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A Living Force, A Buying Force, A Voting Force


THESE DAYS, a good way to fall out of favor with the Reich Wing is to treat Mexican Migrant Homelanders (or "ALIENZ", "Migrant Homelanders" is my papás phrase) as if they are human beings. That is just not cool, and you will be castigated and cast out for it. Guess...

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14 de Julio, 2007

So it's clear!


LET'S GET SOMETHING CLEAR. I'm hearing things from people...some people think I'm a sell-out? Or in some way I have turned my back on something or breached some phantasmic ideological contract I never signed with anyone—because I post on Feministe? Or because I go to YearlyKos? And these are supposed...

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Love is Revolutionary (Let's Have Nexus IV)


I HAVE WRITTEN A NUMBER OF POSTS lately that talk about the lack of empathy that I see dissolving many efforts and alliances among the politically active, or just feeding unnecessary negative exchange. By "politically active," I mean those who care very much about people and how we live...

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SPAM of Teh Week!


(links stripped) As slang, grammatical usage of the word teh is somewhat fluid. Besides being an alternate spelling of the, teh also has grammatical properties not generally applied to the; in general, it is used somewhat like an intensified "the". The spelling derived from a typographical mistake seen as the...

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Nezua Jumps Borders of YearlyKos Convention


AND SO THE MOST UNEXPECTED of things has happened, and that is that yours truly has been given—completely unexpected and unforeseen by me—both a Registration grant and a Last Mile grant and so am heading off to the YearlyKos convention in August! Chi-town, baby. Imagine this. So, big thanks...

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Ofrenda for Tony Salazar


Dear family, friends, colleagues of Tony Salazar The Oakland Museum of California has asked a group of friends and colleagues of Tony Salazar that we create an ofrenda in honor of our dear friend and colleague for the 14th exhibit of ofrendas for Día de Muertos that opens the...

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13 de Julio, 2007

Kramer's Obscure Vacation O' Healing


YOU GOTTA GIVE THE MAN CREDIT for originality. Remember Michael Richards fork routine? Well, looks like he came up with something a bit more original than the typical 30 day rehab stint image makeover. Actor Michael Richards, whose career nosedived after he shouted racial slurs at hecklers in a West...

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11 de Julio, 2007

The Context of Corruption; A Backdrop of Oppression


THERE IS A CONTEXT AND A BACKGROUND and a larger picture to many of today's events that those in power would not have us access. They forcefeed us fistfuls of pseudo-truth shards and a flurry of information-flakes; just enough to fetch the fear and loathing to the surface of our...

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10 de Julio, 2007

Don't Look to Them for Truth


"DON'T LET THEM CHANGE YA!" Or even rearrange ya, Bob (Marley) told me when I was a child. I took many of his words to heart, and to this day, he is one of my teachers. I knew who "them" was then, and I know now. There is no...

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9 de Julio, 2007

The Hottest ______ Ever!


LOCAL NEWS is telling us that we here in Western Oregon are in a heat wave. Fire warnings. Triple digits. Thinking of going to the coast tomorrow. Normally, it's insanely windy and cold there, the frigid beach winds blasting an unrelenting series of sandy gales over your shivering, regret-ridden...

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Lawyers Can Drop a Beat


MMMMMMMMM I'M REALLLLY DIGGIN' the opeds these days. They are getting very rich, and thick and quite delish. Attorneys from the D.O.J now feelin' free to speak their mind. Let's listen in! As usual, the administration has attempted to minimize the significance of its malfeasance and misfeasance, reciting its now-customary...

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Dawn Again Finds Me


FOTOS for your Monday perusal....

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Nezua Gets Feministic


THIS IS THE WEEK that I'm doing a temp gig where blonde girls wave guns. I'll still be blogging here, when there is a moment and in that moment, inspiration. I may not crosspost here what I do there. Keep it fresh....

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8 de Julio, 2007

Sunk Ship


COOL. The New York Times states the obvious, but it's nice to read such a large paper tell Bush it's time to stop whining and breaking things and to act like a grownup. The tone of the piece, itself, is like a long sigh....

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Let's Blow This Taco Stand


WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN FRICTION between some New Orleans officials and the Mexican American community that has stepped forth to utilize the work/labor/marketing opportunities opened up by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina—by which New Orleans was drowned due to American Government deciding the town didn't need to...

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7 de Julio, 2007

GREED: American as Vat-Fried Apple Pie and Hamburger Brain


Look, it's ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way of survival of the fittest.'" —Ray Kroc, creator of the McDonald's...

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Markos Moulitsas Revealed


WHOA. This article sort of throws a new light on Mister "poor immigrant" DailyKos Moulitsas and his Humble Salvadoran Family story. Maybe others who are familiar with DailyKos know about this, but it sure is news to me. And important news, given the size of his blog and the...

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6 de Julio, 2007

No Right to Privacy in USA (Cont.)


JUST A TINY REMINDER in case you forgot: the government is spying on you. And no law exists in the US that gives you rights otherwise. You don't even have the right to challenge those who are—right now—going through your mail and email and listening to and recording your...

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bushes in the garden


FANTASTIC ARTICLE by David Halberstam, one that contextualizes dubya bush in his beloved arms of "history," that History that bush imagines will one day enshrine all his greedy, violent, lie-littered deeds with some sort of benevolent and holy light. Oh, so sad, but Mister Halberstam rips shit up: President Bush...

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5 de Julio, 2007

Prejudged George


'After a highly publicized trial, involving calm legal analysis in the courtroom (but vicious vilification outside), Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice," Snow writes in the op-ed. "In reviewing the case, the president chose to rectify an excessive punishment, and at the same time, the president made...

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Eight Things


AND NOW, A MEME. A Hybrid meme, if you will. I've been tagged for both "8 insignificant things about myself" as well as "8 random things about myself." This list will be an amalgam of these two memes. Of course, those things not listed Randomly may possibly be related to...

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4 de Julio, 2007

Our Mother


OF COURSE WHEN I SAY "We are the earth" I don't really intend it in a new-agey, hippie sense, as one might imagine. I mean it in a simple, practical way. Or, if you like, a scientific way. After all, so much Science really seems to underline common sense. Once...

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A Cookie for You.


ANOTHER THING INTERNET RACE THEORY will attempt to convince you without exception (styled in the Vengeful God of Self-Actualization vein?) is that should you begin to open your mind in the attempt to understand the lives and experiences of Peoplez of Color; should you make progress, should you begin to...

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Masterblaster (Jammin')


TAKIN THE WAYBACK MACHINE to 1982—Stevie Wonder rocks the house of otherwise calm peoples. By the end even the white wimmenz showin greasy shift in las caderas! The seat cannot contain this beat! Woohoo! Dig all the Doodes clappin' hard! How do they do it? I would be up...

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The Fourth of July


HAVING HAD MY EYES OPENED and my Schooling fall away, seeing history step forth into the present and feeling my bloodline beating in my chest, what would you have me celebrate on this day? I hope you are happy today. I hope the sun falls upon your living skin...

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3 de Julio, 2007

The Red, Rotted, Roots of a Crooked White Tree


I KNOW THIS whole horrific event should surprise me. It definitely saddens me. And only confirms the truth of what Bob Dylan's Hurricane taught me years and years ago, as well as The Ballad of Emmet Till, and many other songs and other singers/songwriters have. The newspapers don't focus...

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Special Maintenance


INTERESTING....

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Through Our Fingers Slip Away


HERE, NOW. Life and her rhythm. Always, her rhythm. On. Off. Up. Down. Hold tight. Let go. Take it deadly seriously. Let it all float and fall where it will. Expect too much, Expect too little. Judge. Join. Be still. Dance. Love. Fight. Play. I've increased my Stevie Wonder...

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The Dailycost of Paying the Same Old Boss


SOMETHING TO SPIN at the all new Unofficial and Unannounced Summer 07 Hope Explosion Jamboree as we say goodbye to an old day and the Fourteen False Keepers of the Gray. Nearly-free albums for all readers of The Unapologetic Mexican. To pick up your copy, show up any day...

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She, You, I, We




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2 de Julio, 2007

Another One Done Gone




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Number Nine, Take Two


AND SO THE NEXT CHAPTER BEGINS. It feels like a good one. [Note: I have edited some words and images that I ultimately felt were too revealing of where I live to leave online. Sometimes I forget that an average of over 1,000 different people (SO say my stats...

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