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ABOUT zwarg.blog CATEGORIES MAIN ARCHIVES 1999(14) [+] 2000(3) [+] 2001(4) [+] 2002(18) [+] 2003(159) [+] 2004(108) [+] 2005(126) [+]United States vs. Iraq
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Thursday, December 16 2004
The Misty Moon The moon is thin and bright, leading me home. The autumnal air gives the moon its omniscient glow, as we scurry beneath it. Tuesday, December 14 2004War = Cash Looking around today, I find this little nugget on the bbc's web site. It's been long known that there are private contractors in Iraq acting as security personnel. What is news to me, is that the DEA, DoD, and other government groups are using private contractors to run their wars. Oh, that makes me ill. Now the United States is a global juggernaut with mercenaries. I guess I want to know what kind of sick people are in control of these kinds of decisions. And how to get them to shovel manure for the rest of their life. Or maybe clean up superfund sites. Or maybe make them act as crossing guards in the poorest neighborhoods of our cities. Jerks. Wednesday, December 08 2004The Real Reason I have seen the President and his Cabinet describe the war on terror in many ways. They have enumerated many reasons why we need to fight terrorism, and they typically evoke some kind of patriotic or democratic rhetoric to support their arguments for war. I have been waiting for a long time, and I haven't been able to identify for what. Until now. I don't believe the President, his Cabinet, the Military or any of the collaborators in this effort are in the mess to stop terrorism. I don't believe that they understand the cause or the proper remedy for terrorism. If they understood the cause of terrorism, they would not have gone to war. If they wanted to stop the advancement of terrorism, they would not have gone to war. If they ever try to inculcate the idea that terrorists hate freedom-loving nations, they are wrong. I want someone, ANYONE, to ask the President, point blank, "what causes terrorism?" And if he says, "the roots are foggy, but I would point the finger at the historic foreign policy of the United States," I will eat my shoe. In fact, I will eat both of my shoes. Thursday, December 02 2004Soulful Soul Food An evening spent with Saul Williams is an evening well spent. He came to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. A small venue, two levels, close enough to see the whites of his eyes. I had been expecting something that was some kind of slam poetry. I was pleasantly surprised, and delightfully entertained. Actually, it was more like edutainment. You hear these people and their ideas, words, syllables bouncing off your eardrums, and you often say to yourself, "yeah." It was an evening of good grooves and good feelings communal between the crowd and the artist. I was glad I got the opportunity to hear him live, because I learned that he was more than I had thought. It's nice to have your expectations shattered once in a while, you know? In a bizarre twist, you can buy his shit, too. And even listen to it on iTunes. |
