I just finished watching last nights Maddow show and man I am in heaven with this style. It works with me very well because --Its right, and rightly presented. The cranky noise coming from the A.M. dial, and the FaUX Network---sounds well, old people cranky. I read this great article today that Sullivan linked to hereand I dont see the rabid vulture carcass stripping attack or angryness in any way. The vibe is smug here at support camp - but there has to be an element of constant defense because the HANNITY LIMBAUGH FOX machine has some power still. They are rapidly weakening as the news of the day exposed it found on Drudge.
Maddow is clearly in tune with this and completely in the zone! I'm happy for her success, Im happy for Olberman to make it happen and recognize the vibe as well by getting her on the air.
Now the nails for those assholes - They are in the minority position, they are stale dry pieces of toast that you have to eat by force as you listen to their SLIME.
CHANGE IS HERE-----
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The strongest power: CHANGE
God Bless the Saturday morning cartoons I got to see when I was a child. I remember that feeling you'd have each Friday Night, that tomorrow ---there will be JUSTICE FOR THE WORLD!!!!!
The scenes where Aqua Man sonors ahead to a pod of grey humpback whales linking fins to tentacles making an arrayed octopus - whale net to stop a speeding rocket from slamming into the sea floor. FUCK YEAH! Happened every Saturday ---something like that, albeit by Superman - the supposed most powerful (wtf?), or Batman - who originally always had that problem of being too nice, a guy that dresses like that without any real superpower? add in Robin --- I kind of always saw that as GAY, GAY, GAY ----we now know the real way Batman is supposed to be portrayed (Thank God they got that one right!) Then there was Antman, and Flash - who is so fucking cool, and Wonder Woman - which is the reason most of my generation are not mysoginists ---we'd let her lead us into battle --looking at that ass? Imagine being captured by her thinking "I'm a prisonor tied by golden rope in an invisble jet with a hot Isle of Lesbos looking Yugoslavian - Fuck Yeah!"
I think the most underrated super heroes, of which my generation had the uttmost priviledge to be witnessed each Saturday morning was those stupid late coming tan, elf, vulcan looking - fucking weird sexual tensioned brother sister duo...a.k.a the Wonder Twins. Remember He could change into any H2O based thing, like the oxymoronic "Moving Ice Wave," then she could change into any earthly mammal creature- with a second head--but of course they could only do this as long as they were within touching proximity, then by loudly annoucing that "Wonder Twin Power, Form Of" verse. Fucking classic.
Bottom line is, they could all stop some bad thing from happening --- they could change certain events, and they changed outcomes. Powerful, yes -- but could they move through time? Could any of them travel to the future? And if you can travel to the future then do you not have the real power to change something? To make what I call Significant Outcome. I will try and define that quickly. Minor change would be predictable, mathamatically within reason... a simple defect - odds are there of it (the desired or undesired) of happening. What is not in the odds would be what I call Significant Change. I.E. - the final outcome would be the extreme, but a good example I think, would be - for instance, having the power to travel to the future and then kill the chimpanzees that carried the AIDS virus. That would have had a Significant Outcome to our current lives. Since that AIDS epidemic has occured, we can say that if a hero exists with that power, this action was not on his or her list of priorities so far.
Movies have exploited this concept in many forms. The left side being "Back To The Future" being the example on a somewhat mellow level ( I recall the middle movie being a bit dark, but not Damien like) - Then on the right, a movie like the 12 Monkeys - premised a bit more extreme than my example.
My point is -- how would we, in the present ever know that there hs been a Significant Outcome. How could we prove that there have not been any so far? Any number of scenarios can take place that could wipe us out in a heartbeat, yet here we are "sittin around - thinkin and the like." Healthy and happy. Can it be the cause of some hero going forward making that happen for me?
Is "God" the only hero that were supposed to believe has this power? Well here's what I say -----FUCK GOD! (wait........hold on..........no thunder, no lightning, no chasm rumbling apart in the earth below me------oh shit.....I'm going to live after saying that!)
Kind of gives you a bad karma after saying it, but from the Matrix we do know that Karma is just a word. Like God. Like Carlin taught us.
The best Hero story I've seen so far is the "Unbreakable" story - where the hero could see the offsite actions of an evil person, he was almost immortally indestructable, and he was humanly brave. He made a Significant Outcome - he saved people lives because of the extra sensory power coupled with the inhuman power. E.S.P is something unproven by Science, yet hugely popular amongst all current civilizations, and I would say that my Saturday morning lessons of JUSTICE are just as proven as the power of GOD.
The scenes where Aqua Man sonors ahead to a pod of grey humpback whales linking fins to tentacles making an arrayed octopus - whale net to stop a speeding rocket from slamming into the sea floor. FUCK YEAH! Happened every Saturday ---something like that, albeit by Superman - the supposed most powerful (wtf?), or Batman - who originally always had that problem of being too nice, a guy that dresses like that without any real superpower? add in Robin --- I kind of always saw that as GAY, GAY, GAY ----we now know the real way Batman is supposed to be portrayed (Thank God they got that one right!) Then there was Antman, and Flash - who is so fucking cool, and Wonder Woman - which is the reason most of my generation are not mysoginists ---we'd let her lead us into battle --looking at that ass? Imagine being captured by her thinking "I'm a prisonor tied by golden rope in an invisble jet with a hot Isle of Lesbos looking Yugoslavian - Fuck Yeah!"
I think the most underrated super heroes, of which my generation had the uttmost priviledge to be witnessed each Saturday morning was those stupid late coming tan, elf, vulcan looking - fucking weird sexual tensioned brother sister duo...a.k.a the Wonder Twins. Remember He could change into any H2O based thing, like the oxymoronic "Moving Ice Wave," then she could change into any earthly mammal creature- with a second head--but of course they could only do this as long as they were within touching proximity, then by loudly annoucing that "Wonder Twin Power, Form Of" verse. Fucking classic.
Bottom line is, they could all stop some bad thing from happening --- they could change certain events, and they changed outcomes. Powerful, yes -- but could they move through time? Could any of them travel to the future? And if you can travel to the future then do you not have the real power to change something? To make what I call Significant Outcome. I will try and define that quickly. Minor change would be predictable, mathamatically within reason... a simple defect - odds are there of it (the desired or undesired) of happening. What is not in the odds would be what I call Significant Change. I.E. - the final outcome would be the extreme, but a good example I think, would be - for instance, having the power to travel to the future and then kill the chimpanzees that carried the AIDS virus. That would have had a Significant Outcome to our current lives. Since that AIDS epidemic has occured, we can say that if a hero exists with that power, this action was not on his or her list of priorities so far.
Movies have exploited this concept in many forms. The left side being "Back To The Future" being the example on a somewhat mellow level ( I recall the middle movie being a bit dark, but not Damien like) - Then on the right, a movie like the 12 Monkeys - premised a bit more extreme than my example.
My point is -- how would we, in the present ever know that there hs been a Significant Outcome. How could we prove that there have not been any so far? Any number of scenarios can take place that could wipe us out in a heartbeat, yet here we are "sittin around - thinkin and the like." Healthy and happy. Can it be the cause of some hero going forward making that happen for me?
Is "God" the only hero that were supposed to believe has this power? Well here's what I say -----FUCK GOD! (wait........hold on..........no thunder, no lightning, no chasm rumbling apart in the earth below me------oh shit.....I'm going to live after saying that!)
Kind of gives you a bad karma after saying it, but from the Matrix we do know that Karma is just a word. Like God. Like Carlin taught us.
The best Hero story I've seen so far is the "Unbreakable" story - where the hero could see the offsite actions of an evil person, he was almost immortally indestructable, and he was humanly brave. He made a Significant Outcome - he saved people lives because of the extra sensory power coupled with the inhuman power. E.S.P is something unproven by Science, yet hugely popular amongst all current civilizations, and I would say that my Saturday morning lessons of JUSTICE are just as proven as the power of GOD.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Quick wit, Brass Balls and the most perfect zing ever
This could be considered one of those "Tipping Point" moments looked through the Chaos theory lense. Recall that at this time HRC had a commanding lead in the polls, was ever so much annointed as to be the Democratic candidate, and this articulate, clean cut, colored fellow with little or no hope could not possibly pose a threat to the mighty Clinton Machine>
This zing should be remembered forever because it was one of the most perfect zings that I have ever witnessed - timing, tone, humor, and right to the bone: looking back on it now, now that it is really just a truth, is even more pleasing.
This zing should be remembered forever because it was one of the most perfect zings that I have ever witnessed - timing, tone, humor, and right to the bone: looking back on it now, now that it is really just a truth, is even more pleasing.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
How Important Are Cousins?
Luckily, I had lots of cousins I got to know when I was growing up. Looking back now I realize what a positive evnergy that is. Mom and dad had many siblings each, all within reasonable proximity in age, and boy oh boy did they breed.
My sister and I were the only ones of either clan that lived in Santa Barbara, all the cousins were in Sacramento (my dads side) and Modesto / Santa Cruz (my moms side). We had several get togethers a year, both sides--a couple of times combined even.
I believe the strength of our relationships (primarily male and female) are based off of these rudimentery experiences within our own families. Like chords in a wire rope, we are connected but not technically bonded to eachother.
Then there is the ease in seeing our parents together. In my family, the laughter from the grown ups could have had something to do with their "homemade cigarettes" with twisted ends and weird odors.
Whatever it was we had pure, simple, old fashioned fun. Jumping into the river together, going to the summer fairs together, playing in the neighborhoods, eating great homemade foods, playing every game imaginable--(hide and go seek I think was my all time favorite.)
I believe one of the saddest things to grow up without, is cousins. We bond to them so easily---talk about each others parents, clearly we practice relationships with them, we trust them, want to conquer the world with them. Even though I am grown up and disconnected presently -- we will always be comfortable together no matter how long the separation.
I wish my children had what I had. Not one of my two brothers, or my sister have or will ever have any children. Monica's brothers are still years away from becoming fathers. seems like my three children will be old and gray damn near before they get any cousins. For us what helps substitute this is the third cousin thing ---not nearly as fun, but its working thanks only to Monica's large pool of cousins. Problem is -- her side does not party the way my family did when I was growing up. They are what I consider---"dry toast." The contrast in style urks me because it is oh so fucking boring when they have their family reunions and I'm dragged along. Yes some beer and wine -- but no spirit, no laughing from the bottom of the stomach---all theirs is from the neck ( weak!) But the kids ---they have a lot of fun.......so that is really what its all about.
A nice story backing up this claim can be found here from an Oprah Magazine article. it's a cache link --FYI.
My sister and I were the only ones of either clan that lived in Santa Barbara, all the cousins were in Sacramento (my dads side) and Modesto / Santa Cruz (my moms side). We had several get togethers a year, both sides--a couple of times combined even.
I believe the strength of our relationships (primarily male and female) are based off of these rudimentery experiences within our own families. Like chords in a wire rope, we are connected but not technically bonded to eachother.
Then there is the ease in seeing our parents together. In my family, the laughter from the grown ups could have had something to do with their "homemade cigarettes" with twisted ends and weird odors.
Whatever it was we had pure, simple, old fashioned fun. Jumping into the river together, going to the summer fairs together, playing in the neighborhoods, eating great homemade foods, playing every game imaginable--(hide and go seek I think was my all time favorite.)
I believe one of the saddest things to grow up without, is cousins. We bond to them so easily---talk about each others parents, clearly we practice relationships with them, we trust them, want to conquer the world with them. Even though I am grown up and disconnected presently -- we will always be comfortable together no matter how long the separation.
I wish my children had what I had. Not one of my two brothers, or my sister have or will ever have any children. Monica's brothers are still years away from becoming fathers. seems like my three children will be old and gray damn near before they get any cousins. For us what helps substitute this is the third cousin thing ---not nearly as fun, but its working thanks only to Monica's large pool of cousins. Problem is -- her side does not party the way my family did when I was growing up. They are what I consider---"dry toast." The contrast in style urks me because it is oh so fucking boring when they have their family reunions and I'm dragged along. Yes some beer and wine -- but no spirit, no laughing from the bottom of the stomach---all theirs is from the neck ( weak!) But the kids ---they have a lot of fun.......so that is really what its all about.
A nice story backing up this claim can be found here from an Oprah Magazine article. it's a cache link --FYI.
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