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August 31, 2013

The end is near

August 31, 2013

Soweto by night

August 31, 2013

Weeping

... it doesn’t matter now
it’s over anyhow
he tells the world that it’s sleeping
but as the night came round
I heard its lonely sound
it wasn’t roaring
it was weeping

and then one day the neighbors came
they were curious to know about the smoke and flame
they stood around outside the wall
but of course there was nothing to be heard at all
"my friends" he said
"we’ve reached our goal
the threat is under firm control
as long as peace and order reign
I’ll be damned if I can see a reason to explain
why the fear and the fire and the guns remain"


-- Dan Heymann

August 31, 2013

Paul Craig Roberts was a devoted Reaganite, wasn't he? An advocate of the position

that the Civil Rights Act institutionalizes discrimination against white males? Winner of an award from ALEC?

Let's take a quick peek at his notion of sound economic theory:

If you want to understand what is happening to Microsoft, read “Atlas Shrugged” ... Hank Rearden, inventor of the fabulous Rearden metal, is harassed and blackmailed by unaccountable government until he, like other persecuted businessmen, shrugs and walks away to join John Galt in a passive resistance ... Rand is scathing in her comparisons of the government class with the entrepreneurial class. She could rewrite her story today using real characters ...
Bill Gates, Meet Ayn Rand
Paul Craig Roberts (2001.01.02 )

Want to guess who he supported in 2012?

... Ron Paul is our last chance .... the other candidates offer no hope whatsoever ...
How Ron Paul Could Win
January 27, 2012

Bottom line: um, he's a rightwing libertarian

August 30, 2013

El picket sign

desde tejas a california
campesinos estan luchando
desde Tejas a California
campesinos estan luchando
los rancheros a llore-llore
de huelga ya estan bien pandos

el picket sign
el picket sign
lo llevo por todo el dia
el picket sign
el picket sign
conmigo toda la vida ...

August 30, 2013

Stonewall Nation

i don't want to see my brothers
kicked into the dust no more
their dreams all turned to rust no more
no more no more ...

... just wait and see ...

August 30, 2013

Carefully taught

August 30, 2013

Biko

september 77
port elizabeth weather fine
it was business as usual
in police room 619 ...

you can blow out a candle
but you can't blow out a fire ...

August 30, 2013

Bourgeois Blues

... the white folks in Washington they know how
to call a man a n****r just to see him bow
lord! it's a bourgeois town
ooo! it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
I'm gonna spread the news all around

tell all the colored folks to listen to me
don't try to find no home in Washington DC
cause it's a bourgeois town
ooo! it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
gonna spread the news

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