It's Not About GUNS, It's About CONTROL

This film will give you a quick run-down on the facts -- facts that contradict the hysterical firearm-phobia that the corporate/government media is constantly whipping up.

BUT

This is mostly about defending yourself from criminals of the private kind.
That is NOT the purpose of the 2nd Amendment.
That's not what it SAYS, and that's not what it MEANS.

The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is very specific: it is to enable the People of the States to RESIST the tyranny of a Federal government gone mad.

You DO have a right to self-defense, but it isn't really a 2nd Amendment right -- it's a 9th Amendment right.  (Remember: the Constitution doesn't enumerate all the rights that you have, it just restrains the government from infringing on certain rights that were considered so important that they were given particular protection.)

The right to keep and bear arms is one of those vital rights.

Here's a pop quiz for you:
When the Redcoats went to Lexington-Concord in April of 1775, what was their mission?
Give up?
It was GUN CONTROL.

Don't take my word for it.

Look it up.


Liberty & Justice,


sj

An American Tradition

One thing the U.S. has always been good at:

 killing unarmed women and children.

Between Rounds

The more involved you are involved the resistance, the more deeply you commit, the more time and energy you spend in that fight -- the more important it becomes to find balance with the beauty and grace of the sweet things in life:

To be awed by the splendor of a sunrise, feel the first breeze awaken on your cheek as the pre-dawn birds are tuning up;

To dance naked in the rain feeling the earth under your feet;

To lose yourself in the embrace of a lover, and by losing yourself, rediscover yourself;

To hear the music of the world and join in the chorus with the unique harmony that's in your heart;

To feast on good simple food, to feel a bite of liquor do a fire dance in your mouth and down into your belly, spread its warmth through you like a flash flood of molten joy;

To be in the serene and majestic company of horses, who, no matter what their condition, retain their nobility even unto death;

To sing loudly and dance freely, to feel great melancholy and great mirth, to love deeply and hate deeply, to win a long shot and to lose everything but heart -- and to fight hard, fight  with  everything you've got for freedom and for justice and never, ever, EVER surrender.

That's the way to live.

Just my opinion, of course.


sj

Josie; On Being an Outlaw

Couldn't have said it better, myself.

sj

When the law is corrupt, a man or woman of conscience has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Grim and Grimmer

Steamroller

Yeah.
I could play this groove all night long.
Brother James does it to a T.
Word is he wrote it as a parody/put-down of Blues Bands that were more white than blue.
Nevertheless.
It smokes.

I hope you dig it.

I do.


sj

I LOVE This Guy

Here's a stand-up individual for you.

This is an example of why "good cops" don't last long on the job. Cops who commit ASSAULT or MURDER or RAPE face virtually no discipline and keep their jobs.

But a cop who stands up for the Bill of Rights? 
THAT cop gets disciplined and fired.

See the problem?

See the solution?


sj

Blow Jobs

The House impeached Clinton
For a blow job and lying about a blow job
That is the standard for impeachment
In the blowjob House of Representatives

The Senate tried but did not convict Clinton
For a blow job and lying about a blowjob
In the blow job U.S. Senate

The House did not even impeach Bushie Junior
For war and lying about war
In the blowjob U.S. House

The House did not even impeach Obama
For war and lying about war
In the blowjob US House

Ergo blowjobs are more important
To our Congress
Than wars

Just a gang of blowjobs
Republicans and Democrats
Tweedle-dumb versus Tweedle-dee
All in it for the blowjob by Wall Street
Always the best Congress that money can buy
Government of the blowjobs, by the blowjobs and for the blowjobs
Government of the warmongers, by the warmongers and for the warmongers
Is not War the ultimate blowjob?


- Francis A. Boyle

Outlaw

Josie, My Sister Outlaw

Check her out at:
http://www.josietheoutlaw.com/

Renegades

Here's one that's well worth watching. History nobody ever told you. You'll see why they didn't. sj

News Flash: The "threat of terrorism" was and is a scam.

The Truth will set you free --- but it's going to hurt like hell.

Free Outlaw Renegade Alternative Country Music Dowload

Some people call it "Americana" music.
Some people call it "outlaw country."
Some call it "alternative country," or "renegade country."

I just write what I feel, about things I care about.

You can call it whatever you like.


You can get a free download of two of my songs here.

I hope you dig it.

Thanks for listening.


sj

JFK: The Last American President

I guess I'm about half JFK liberal and half Ron Paul conservative.

sj

I Guess it HAD to Happen....

Telling a Little Truth On Screen

And the man plays some means blues, too.

sj

I Get Confused...

No Matter How Bad You Think It Is...

......it's really much, much worse.

Mitakuye Oyasin

I Can Stand a Little Rain.....

It doesn't get much better than this piece by Henry Mancini.

I hope you dig it.



sj

Toot-toot-tootsie...

Toots Thielemans.
Incomparable.
I dig it.
Hope you do, too.


sj

Now Let Me Get This Straight.....

                               This fire....

                                                            ....resulted in this.

                                        But this fire......

 ...resulted in this?

 

The Official Conspiracy Theory (OCT) is proof positive that the US Government believes that Americans are complete fucking morons.

Let's hope the American people don't prove the US Government correct.

 

sj 

The Magic in the Music

Now.

We're All in the Same Boat

Scorecard

I Dig This.

Good Company

These days, if you're NOT on a "terrorist watch list," 

you're not much of a patriot.

sj

"Feminism"

I define "feminism" as the belief that women can and should be the social, political and economic equals of men. Frankly, I don't see how anyone with two brain cells to rub together could be against the social, political and economic equality of women.

In my opinion, if a man isn't a feminist, he isn't much of a man, either.

sj

If you're STILL using a bit, don't tell me you "love" your horse.

Bullets are made to penetrate the body and inflict grave bodily injury or death.
ALL bullets.
A .45 does it.
So does a .22.
Some bullets may cause more damage than others, depending on the circumstances, but they ALL do damage.
That's what they're made for.

Bits inflict pain in order to coerce compliance from the horse.
ALL bits.
A leverage bit does it.
So does a snaffle bit.
Some bits may inflict more pain than others, depending on the circumstances, but they ALL inflict pain.
That's what they're made for.

There are no "gentle" bullets and there are no "gentle" bits.

If you inflict pain on someone to coerce them into having sex with you, you're not their "lover." You're just a rapist.

If you inflict pain on a horse to coerce them into obeying you, you're not their "partner."
You're just an asshole.

sj

Thanks to Kim at Renegade Wind for this video.

And it you believe THAT one......

Join the Resistance!

It could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
:)


sj

There's no statute of limitations on murder.

US Commits Yet Another Atrocity

I Want THIS on a T-Shirt...

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"Stop organizing rallies that isolate issues, and their solutions, into narrow, disjoint fragments, to marginalize dissent, distract the people, and delay the needed revolution against the singular cause of all societal problems: elite oppression of the people."

Maybe on a bumper sticker, too.

sj

 

Illegal Immigration

A Recurring Case of Blues

When I was in music lit class, back in the waybackwhen, a young white ass't prof began his lecture on the blues by describing it as a "contribution" of black America to music.
"It was Black people," he said, "who gave America the blues."
"Excuse me," interrupted my sax-playing pal, Mguma, "But wasn't it the other way around?"

Oh, yeah.
You dig?


sj

Dreams of Our Fathers

Not everyone has the same "founding fathers."

Past is Prologue

John Wayne on the Trayvon Martin Murder

Joe Burdette: It wasn't murder. 

Nathan Burdette: If he says it wasn't murder, why do you say it was? 

John T. Chance: Man gets shot that's got a gun, there's room for reasonable doubt. Man gets shot that hasn't got a gun, what would you call it?

From  Rio Bravo (1959) Dir. Howard Hawks

1964

Johnson’s escalation in Vietnam
14 you see
Good shape
Judo, swim team, lifeguards
Almost eagle scout
Draftable
Fight or die or both
It was them or me
So I fought back
Against the Bastards
Running this Empire
The Greatest Generation

Half century later
Still fighting back
Against the new generation of bastards
Running this bastard empire
My  bastard  generation
Them or me
Who will it be

- Fab




Francis A, Boyle is a professor of international law at the University of Illinois. He's long been an out-spoken advocate for "liberty and justice for all," and a fearless critic of government criminality.  In short, one of the few "good guys."

- sj

We Have Met the Enemy.....

Just for fun, watch some of the war movies made during the late 30's and 40's.
Recognize the bad guys?
They surveil everyone, have spies everywhere and encourage kids to rate on their parents. They have check-points and road-blocks, "Your papers, please?"  They arrest people in the middle of the night and take them who-knows-where, no warrant, no charges, no lawyer. They torture. They murder.
They're the Nazis.
They're US.

sj

The Policeman Is NOT Your Friend

Watch this. Twice. Take notes. Then take action.

You Can't Uphold the Constitution Unless You READ the Damn Thing!

Mitakuye Oyasin

On June 25, 1876,  the U.S. Army’s 7^th cavalry, under the command of George Armstrong Custer, moved against a village Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho where they camped along the banks of the Greasy Grass Creek – called “Little Big Horn” by the wasichus, in what is now Montana. The “surprise attack” had been seen in a vision by Lakota religious leader, Sitting Bull.  Led principally by Crazy Horse, the Indians responded to the threat by mounting a decisive counter-attack (or, more precisely an attack-on the –preparation) that wiped out the infamous Custer and five companies of his regiment.

I always commemorate the day in some way, because it isn’t often that the good guys win one, and even less often do they win in spectacular fashion. I wonder whether one of my forebears participated in that fight.

Previously, Custer had led an attack against a peaceful village of Cheyennes living with Chief Black Kettle on the Washita River. They were living there at the behest of the U.S.  There was a white flag flying over one of the lodges, and Black Kettle was reportedly displayed an American Flag he’d been given to show that he was a “friendly” Indian, i.e., one who had conceded to the U.S. government’s demands.  Custer and his men murdered around a hundred Cheyennes that day, including many women and children.  The slaughter was hailed as a great victory

The Lakotas and their allies were fighting to protect their homes and families and their freedom from invaders. Their only offense was refusing to surrender to the demands of the United States government. Today, no doubt, the U.S. would call them “terrorists.”

What’s that they say about history repeating itself?

sj

"Homeland" Insecurity

Full House

I hope you dig this by Wes Montgomery.

sj

Executive Privilege, Gracie?

The Bit Should Bite the Dust

For those of you who still insist that you "need" a bit.

Thanks to Kim for sending me this link.


sj

Red doing Bird

I a big sax fan.

Thanks to Kim for sending me this one.

I hope you dig it.

sj

Resurrection

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All that is gold does not glitter

Not all those who wander are lost

The old that is strong does not wither

Deep roots are not reached by the frost

From the ashes a fire shall be woken

A light from the shadows shall spring

Renewed shall be blade that was broken

The crownless again shall be king.

 -- J.R.R. Tolkein

Freedom

No man is free who is not a master of himself.

 --Epictetus

Be Somebody's Hero

It's rough out there.
Take care of each other.

sj

Eye to Eye

I look into the windows to his soul and see everything I wish I could be.
I wonder what he sees when he looks at me.

When it's time, it's time.

The Tao of Spartacus Jones

It's a shame that people who choose to exercise their right NOT to think, don't also invoke their right to remain silent.

Tao of Spartacus Jones

 

 Turning a tiger into a Lady is a neat trick.

Me, I'd rather turn a Lady into a tiger.

Rodrigo

Nobody plays this piece like Paco de Lucia. I hope you dig it. sj

Death to Taxes

In my old neighborhood, they used to call it "extortion." sj

Frank Sinatra sings Antonio Carlos Jobim

Great songs as only Old Blue Eyes could sing them. It doesn't get any better than this. I hope you dig it. sj

Nancy & Billie Joe

This Nancy Wilson cover of the Bobbi Gentry classic is my favorite. Features Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis on T.Sax. I hope you dig it. sj

The Bad Seed

If you haven't seen this movie, you should. The story unfolds around a little girl who is a psychopath. After I had an encounter with a psychopath, myself, part of my recovery therapy was watching this film again. Like the psychopath in this story, the one I knew was an accomplished liar and manipulator. She's able to read people extremely well, and plays to their needs to convince them that she's just a wonderful person. In fact, she's all illusion. She is none of what she superficially appears to be. I was lucky to escape her clutches without suffering even more harm than I did. She made the mistake of taking her focus off of me and onto her new target. It wasn't until I saw her interact with other people, that I finally saw behind her mask. sj http://www.aftermath-surviving-psychopathy.org/

Quartette Tres Bien

Great cut from one of my favorite groups. I hope you dig it. sj

April Fools

Egging things on...

That's What I Call "Clarity!"

And I love the temperate manner in which he expresses himself.

sj

Ringo --- No, not THAT one.....

I'm a sucker for a song that tells a good story.
This is one of my favorites.
I must have been about 12 years old when I first heard this.
Listened to it today for the first time in a bunch of decades -- and it STILL gets me.

OK. Maybe I'm a sap. 

I hope you can dig it.


sj

Invitation

Here's Maynard Ferguson's 70's funk version of "Invitation," one of my a favorite pieces.
He takes it places.
:)

I hope you can dig it.


sj

Astrud Gilberto

I keep coming back to her.
Like she's the first note of my one-note samba.
Taking me back to another time.
Fast.
Sultry.
Dangerous.
I drank rum and coke.
Carried a baretta.
Wore tuxes.
Like a low-rent James Bond.
Made love on the beach
Under a full moon.

I was young then.
And I was good.

I'm older now.

And better.


sj


http://www.astrudgilberto.com

Give the Devil His Due -- PROCESS!

Obama claims that his little star chamber proceeding , in which he and his henchmen decide who gets put on the “kill list,” constitutes “due process.”  As usual, Mr. Obama is lying.

Here’s a little bit about what due process actually is --- and just kicking it around with his boys doesn’t cut it:

"The essential elements of due process of law are notice, an opportunity to be heard, and the right to defend in an orderly proceeding." Fiehe v. R.E. Householder Co., 125 So. 2, 7 (Fla. 1929).

"To dispense with notice before taking property is likened to obtaining judgement without the defendant having ever been summoned." Mayor of Baltimore vs. Scharf, 54 Md. 499, 519 (1880).

"An orderly proceeding wherein a person is served with notice, actual or constructive, and has an opportunity to be heard and to enforce and protect his rights before a court having power to hear and determine the case. Kazubowski v. Kazubowski, 45 Ill.2d 405, 259, N.E.2d 282, 290." Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, page 500.

"Due Process of law implies and comprehends the administration of laws equally applicable to all under established rules which do not violate fundamental principles of private rights, and in a competent tribunal possessing jurisdiction of the cause and proceeding upon justice. It is founded upon the basic principle that every man shall have his day in court, and the benefit of the general law which proceeds only upon notice and which hears and considers before judgement is rendered." State v. Green, 232 S.W.2d 897, 903 (Mo. 1950).

"Phrase means that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, property or of any right granted him by statute, unless matter involved first shall have been adjudicated against him upon trial conducted according to established rules regulating judicial proceedings, and it forbids condemnation without a hearing, Pettit v. Penn., La.App., 180 So.2d 66, 69." Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, page 500.

"Due Process of law implies the right of the person affected thereby to be present before the tribunal which pronounces judgement upon the question of life, liberty, or property, in its most comprehensive sense; to be heard, by testimony or otherwise, and to have the right of controverting, by proof, every material fact which bears on the question of right in the matter involved. If any question of fact or liability be conclusively presumed against him, this is not due process of law." Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, page 500.

"Aside from all else, ‘due process’ means fundamental fairness and substantial justice. Vaughn v. State, 3 Tenn.Crim.App. 54, 456 S.W.2d 879, 883." Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition, page 500.

"[T]he meaning [due process] does not change with the ebb and flow of economic events." - Justice Sutherland, in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379, 402 (1936).

"It is manifest it was not left to the legislative power to exact any process which might be devised. The [due process] article is a restraint on the legislative as well as on the executive and judicial powers of government, and cannot be so construed as to leave congress free to make any process ‘due process of law,’ by its mere will." Murray's Lessee v. Hoboken Imp. Co., 18 How. (59 U.S.) 272, 276 (1855); French v. Barber Asphalt, 181 U.S. 324, 330 (1900).

"An act of the legislature is not necessarily the ‘law of the land.’ A state cannot make anything ‘due process of law’ which, by its own legislation, it declares to be such." Burdick v. People, 36 N.E. 948, 949, 149 Ill. 600 (1894).

"Due process of law does not mean merely according to the will of the Legislature, or the will of some judicial or quasi-judicial body upon whom it may confer authority. It means according to the law of the land, including the Constitution with its guaranties and the legislative enactments and rules duly made by its authority, so far as they are consistent with constitutional limitations." Ekern v. McGovern, 154 Wis. 157, 142 N.W. 595, 620 (1913), cases cited.

"’The law of the land,’ as used in the constitution, has long had an interpretation, which is well understood and practically adhered to. It does not mean an Act of the Legislature; if such was the true interpretation, this branch of the government could at any time take away life, liberty, property and privilege, without a trial by jury." Saco v. Wentworth, 37 Maine 165, 171 (1852).

"The individual may stand upon his constitutional rights as a citizen." "His rights are such as existed by the law of the land long antecedent to the organization of the State, and can only be taken from him by due process of law, and in accordance with the Constitution." Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43, 74 (1905).

"[T]he provision [due process clause] is designed to exclude oppression and arbitrary power from every branch of government." Dupuy v. Tedora, 15 So.2d 886, 890, 204 La. 560 (1943).

"The Legislative has no right to absolute, arbitrary power over the lives and fortunes of the people. The Legislative cannot justly assume to itself a power to rule by extempore arbitrary decrees…" Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists (1772).  

"Daniel Webster, in the Dartmouth College Case, stated: ‘By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgement only after trial. The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities, under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.’ - It is thus entirely correct in assuming that a legislative enactment is not necessarily the law of the land." - Judge Thomas M. Cooley, A Treatise on Constitutional Limitations, 5th Ed. 


liberty & justice,

sj

 


 

Dark Gray

More fact than fiction.

sj

The Lady Wails

Listening to my current favorite singer, Kerensa Gray.
This is, like, my native tongue, daddy-o.

I hope you dig it.


sj


www.kerensagray.com

You're Invited...

...To visit my newly redesigned website at www.spartacusjones.com

It's very Zen, right now.

Minimalist, you dig.

But you'll find music there that you can download for free.

Not sure what else we're going to do with it --- open to suggestions.

Let me know what you think.

sj

Mexico

When I think of Mexico, this is the song that comes to mind.
Well,  this one and "Besame Mucho."
Must have played that one a thousand times. We did a real slow version, featuring my pal, Tony, on tenor sax.
His daughter and I did the vocal together.

For me, Mexico was a place where the good was the best, the bad was the worst, and the ugly got real fucking ugly.
I miss it.


sj

Viva Los San Patricios

Mexican music on the pipes seems like a perfect celebration of St. Patrick's Day.
If you don't know why, you can read about it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a5sxWlAUUE


sj

Villa-Lobos

I dig this Villa-Lobos piece.
The arpeggio is a monster.
Makes me want to break out my guitar and get serious again.

I hope you dig it, too.

sj

Fight!

This is it.
If Obama get away with this, he will have the power of an Emperor, a King -- a Fuhrer.

I disagree with Rand Paul on many things.
But not on this one.

sj

Time

This great little tune is an obscure piece by the "British Invasion" group, the Dave Clark Five.
One of my favorites.

I hope you dig it.

sj

Spring is Almost Here

At least, that's what the ponies tell me.
And horses never lie.

sj

For Free

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite song-writers.

I hope you dig it.

sj

Life Goals

A great little scene.
I love his list of things he DOESN'T want to do.
:)


sj

Re: Music - Revolutionary and Inspiring

A friend sent me a link to this TED Talk and it brought together a lot of unorganized thoughts I've had on this subject for quite a while. This lady pulls it all together and I realized when I heard her, yes, that's what I've been trying to get at.  That makes sense of it.


I have to ask: why am I making music?

Is it for the money?
Or is it to make connections, to communicate, to share a message I believe has value?


I'm about to make some radical changes.

I hope you dig it.

sj

NDAA Explanation

This is the law that Obama is fighting so hard for.
That should make you think.
Assuming you're still capable of thinking.

sj

Standing Up

The outrage amongst gun-owners over the 2nd Amendment violations could help galvanize resistance to ALL Constitutional violations by ALL levels of government.

Don't argue about WHICH Right to protect! Some people are touched more directly by some than others, and so respond more. Embrace ALL these folks.  We're ALL on the same side, not matter how or why we got there.

You heard few protests over the PATRIOT ACT because it was pushed through without having been read by most of the Congresspeople who voted for it, let alone by the People, and it was passed in a frenzy of post 9/11 hysteria. Further it is a subtle thing that targets individuals quietly.

By the time the TSA appeared at airports, there was substantial learned helplessness as evidenced by the compliant behavior of air travelers.

Both things SHOULD have been stopped in their tracks. However, we can't go back. We have to take action to fix it now.No matter how far you go down the wrong road, TURN AROUND!

What's important is not that some people FAILED to notice when other rights were violated, but that they are personally being touched by a violation NOW, and THAT may in turn sensitize them to the violations that they DIDN'T see or understand earlier. (You could look at the flip side, too. Some people who were wailing and moaning over First Amendment violations have said NOTHING about Second Amendment violations.)

You have to understand that until it happens to YOU, it doesn't seem real or important. You know that guy who said "First they came for the Jews, but I wasn't a Jew so I didn't speak up...?" (I'm paraphrasing). He hit the nail right on the head.

When people finally DO wake up, we need to accept and embrace them instead of castigating them for not having awakened SOONER. If they COULD have, they WOULD have. The Bad Guys play a full court man-to man press game of DIVIDE AND CONQUER --- we damned well better not do it to ourselves.

For WHATEVER REASON a person finally wakes up and joins the fight, I welcome him or her. As Will wrote in Henry V: "...He today that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother..."

Liberty & Justice,

sj

 What the Spartans said about giving up their weapons, 

we should all say about giving up our freedom.

Requiem for a Republic

Matewan

John Sayles is a great film-maker, and Matewan, in my opinion, may well be his masterpiece.

If you haven't seen it, you should.
Right now.
Today.
You can find it on youtube, and it's available on dvd.


In 1920, they called Union men "Bolsheviks" and "socialists" and "communists," or just "reds."
And even today you'll hear idiots griping about unions.
Socialists.
Communists.
Uh-huh.

You work an 8-hour day instead of a 12 or 16-hour day?
Ever hear of the "minimum wage?"
You get time and a half for overtime?
How about paid vacation days or sick days?
Health care?
Retirement plan?
You think the government did that for you?
Guess again.
Why do you think so many politicians are union-busters?

If you have any of those things, you can thank a Bolshevik, socialist, communist, union "red."
And a lot of them paid their union dues in blood.

I want you to see Matewan because, if you squint just a little, it'll look very familiar.
In fact, the situation is exactly what we have today
Every one of us who can find work is working dawn 'til dusk and still hopelessly in debt to the Company Store, and being rode roughshod over by Company thugs.

What we need now, is a damn good union.


liberty & justice,


sj

An Offer You Can't Refuse

The U.S. Government represents 

The People of the United States

Like the Mafia represents 

The people of Chicago.

sj

We Can't Afford to Lose THIS One

THIS is Horsemanship.

The rest is just "riding."

Further, Cynthia Royal trains her horses without coercion or force.
You can find more about her at:

www.IMAGINE-DiscoverThe Magic.com


sj

Thanks to Kim for turning me on to this!

These Cats Wail

Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
But maybe that's not fog.
Maybe it's smoke.
These guys burn up the stage.

I hope you dig it.

sj

The Once and Future King

There are too few men whom I respect, and fewer still whom I admire.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr  was one.

It is despicable beyond description that the murderous Barack Obama should have the perverse nerve to try to conjure up the spirit of MLK, and attempt to associate himself in some way (pigment, I assume) with the brilliant and courageous human being.

King and Obama are as different as black and white.

This is the speech that got King killed --- by men like Obama.

Don't forget him.

I won't.



Liberty & Justice,

sj

How Do You Know What You Think You Know?

Ain't it the Truth.

Fine re-working of the Roberta Flack classic penned by Donny Hathaway.
And it's still the news.
Sorry to say.

I hope you dig it.

sj

Any Questions?

illustration by Abecedarian Jameson

See the Difference?

Just Plain ZERO

I may not be Captain Hook,but I know a crock when I hear one.

And ZERO DARK THIRTY is just about the biggest crock to come along in a long, long time --- and that's really saying something considering how stiff the competition has been lately.

"Greatest Manhunt in history?" 

Yeah. Right. 

To start with they were hunting for a guy who was reported to have died of kidney failure in 2001.  And why were they hunting for him? Because he was accused of being responsible for the World Trade Center arson-murders of Sept 11, 2001. 

How do we know he was guilty? 

Because George Bush and Barack Obama say he was guilty, that's why.

The evidence?  Well, there really isn't any, at least, none you can call "evidence," and still keep a straight face.

But, hey who needs evidence, anymore?

So let's suppose Osama bin Laden really was guilty.

Do we extradite the bastard and put him on trial for the crime of the century? 

Do we show our civilized dedication to the rule of law, respecting the rights even of someone we despise?

Certainly not.

We just send a hit squad in to kill him --- you know, like the President will do to you, too if he doesn't like what he thinks you might be up to.

Oh, yeah, and then they dump the body in the ocean before anyone has a chance to positively identify the deceased.

Oh, Yeah, and then 22 of the witnesses - members of Seal Team 6 who allegedly "got" bin Ladin -- get killed in a helicopter crash...

I mean, seriously, after all the lies the government has told us over last 12 years, how much of a complete moron would you have to be to buy any part of this story?

It staggers the imagination.

But apparently Kathryn Bigelow, whose previous piece of celluloid crap was The Hurt Locker, is staggering all the way to the bank, having decided she's going to be a cheerleader for Obama and American fascism the way that Leno Riefenstahl was for Hitler and German fascism. 

In case you're not certain, I don't mean that as a compliment.

Ever wonder where the production money comes from for junk like this? And all the help the film-maker gets from the Pentagon?  You think anybody making an anti-war film would get that kind of cooperation? 

Hollywood has always cranked out government propaganda. But lately it really has become unabashedly Pentagon West, and Headquarters for PsyOps targeting the American People.

They'll probably give Kathryn Bigelow a medal. 

She'll deserve that as much as she deserves that Oscar

sj

Problem-Solving

It's not just for humans anymore.

sj

Thanks to Kim for sending this along.

Free or Slave? There's no in-between.

It Only Hurts When I Laugh

 

I remember watching the Andy Griffith Show when I was a kid. 

Comic actor Don Knotts was brilliant as Deputy Barney Fife, an inept blowhard trying hard to mask his feelings of inferiority and insecurity behind false bravado.

On one  occasion, Sheriff Taylor (Griffith)went out of town for a couple of days, and by the time he returned, Deputy Fife had locked up just about everyone in his sleepy Southern town of Mayberry on one ridiculous charge or another.

It was hilarious.

As a TV sitcom.

But just picture Barney Fife on steroids -- literally.

With a taser.

With automatic weapons.

And a carte blanche.

Now multiply him by thousands.

Not so funny anymore.

Is it?

sj

Employee of the Month

 

Thanks to Kim for sending this along.