Friday, October 31, 2008
This Vicious Cabaret
They say that there's a broken light for every heart on Broadway.
They say that life's a game, then they take the board away.
They give you masks and costumes and an outline of the story
Then leave you all to improvise their vicious cabaret...
In no-longer-pretty cities there are fingers in kitties.
There are warrants, forms, and chitties and a jackboot on the stair.
Sex and death and human grime, in monochrome for one thin dime,
But at least the trains all run on time but they don't go anywhere.
Facing their Responsibilities either on their backs or on their knees
There are ladies who just simply freeze and dare not turn away
And the widows who refuse to cry will be dressed in garter and bow-tie
And be taught to kick their legs up high in this vicious cabaret.
At last! The 1998 Show!
The ballet on the burning stage.
The documentary seen
Upon the fractured screen
The dreadful poem scrwled upon the crumpled page...
There's a policeman with an honest soul that has seen whose head is on the pole
And he grunts and fills his briar bowl with a feeling of unease.
But he briskly frisks the torn remains for a fingerprint or crimson stains
And endevours to ignore the chins that he walks in to his knees.
while his master in the dark nearby inspects the hands, with a brutal eye,
That have never brushed a lover's thigh but have squeezed a nation's threat.
But he hungers in his secret dreams for the harsh embrace of cruel machines
But his lover is not what she seems and she will not leave a note.
At last! The 1998 Show!
The Situation Tragedy
Grand Opera slick with soap
Cliffhangers with no hope
The water-colour in the flooded gallery...
There's a girl who'll push but not shove and is desperate for her father's love
She believes the hand beneath the glove maybe one she needs to hold.
Though she doubts her hosts moralities she decides she is more at ease
In the Land Of Doing What You Please than outside in the cold.
But the backdrop's peel and the sets give way and the cast gets eaten by the play
There's a murderer at the Matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and actors too are uncertain if the show is through
And with side-long looks await their cue but the frozen mask just smiles.
At last! The 1998 Show!
The torch-song no one ever sings
The curfew chorus line
The comedy divine
The bulging eyes of puppets strangled by their strings
There's thrills and chills and girls galore, sing-songs and surprises
There's something hear for everyone, (reserve your seat today)
There's mischief and malarkies but no queers or yids or darkies
Within this bastard's carnival, this vicious cabaret.
words by Alan Moore
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I Pledge Allegiance
War of words
Ours leaders say we’re not supposed to talk to countries that may have links to terrorists. Anyone suggesting that we do gets hit with a backlash of criticism .. accused of legitimizing them ..and even treason. We don’t tolerate disillusionment well. In my opinion ..we are fighting a crusade ..a war of religious ideology ..which is transmitted by words ..and words, like incendiary devices, go off in one mind after another ..spreading exponentially ..like a virus .. getting planted in the brain ..evoking centuries old passions ..until people can’t take anymore ..and they pick up a rock ..or a gun ..or plant an incendiary device in the road ..because one lesson they’ve learned is that you can kill a bear by inflicting a thousand small wounds.
I really believe that, in this war ..the only available exit strategy is dialogue.
A Modest Proposal
"Some things in life are bad,
They can really make you mad,
Other things just make you swear and curse,
When you're chewing life's gristle,
Don't grumble,
Give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best.
And...
Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the light side of life.
[whistle]
If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle.
That's the thing.
And...
Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the right side of life,
[whistle]
For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...
Always look on the bright side of death,
[whistle]
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
[whistle]
Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke it's true.
You'll see it's all a show.
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.
And...
Always look on the bright side of life.
Always look on the right side of life.
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]
Always look on the bright side of life!
[whistle]"
From the film "The Life of Brian" starring The Monthy Python team and a genius called Spike Milligan
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
My Half Cents
Man was created equal in the eyes of God.But mans ambition,avarice,ego,bias made this world a bad place.I stand against accumulation of wealth,accumulation of power etc.I am against interest on money , against non regulation of profit making ,having started as a agnostic and a Marxist,i came close to God minus religion and to social democracy.
Monday, October 27, 2008
"trickle.some.where.economics"
Up or down - redistribute or pillage. 1040 is in the eye of of the beholder.
Representation without taxation. Joe, the cup of coffee.
Cliches and change - a national makeover. For more than forty years this nation has been very conservative.
8 days, a week. A prophecy, maybe - play it backwards.
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......................................it's time to change the world.
Notable Organizations
.......Women Against Military Madness...........and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Please send me all your suggestions for organizations that we should add to our list.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
which alters when it alteration finds
Oh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.
John Cougar Mellencamp.
Last year Andressa was briefly notorious as 'Mulher Melancia' (Watermelon Woman) dancing the Créu down in Rio de Janeiro, since then there has been some lipo apparently. No idea who Marlboro is, but his expression seems ambivalent in this photo, to me at least.
Sonnet 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Point departure
with a judgment point
to keep the sentence
from running on but
the evaluation that encourages is
a HYPERLINK to lifelong
learning desire to understand
pacing and rhythm outside
my vision of location
for a duration or wile.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
What you know
Think about it
......................Globalove Think Tank priorities........................
Overpopulation......get the church behind birth control, provide it for free.....and reduce abortions.
Environment......we are poisoning everything......earth, wind, and water.
Education.....ignorance is our original sin.
Energy......the sun gives us everything......heat, light, wind and life.
Food......look at all the warehouses and tell me why even one should starve.
Healthcare.......is too costly because like education it's a costly investment and should be a non-profit endeavor.
Capitalism.......is a money machine that will eat you alive.....if you let it.
Industry......should be divided into: profit for luxuries.......non-profit for necessities.
Morality......you can't legislate morality......teach the golden rule.
Religion......freedom means the freedom to believe what you want.
Government......should be the "good" big brother......not the "bad" big brother.
Let me know if I've forgotten one......and I'll add it.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
For reason alone
The wellspring of the principle of humanity is in the essence of social morality which can be summed up in a single sentence, "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." This fundamental precept can be found, in almost identical form, in all the great religions, Brahminism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism and Taoism. It is also the golden rule of the positivists, who do not commit themselves to any religion but only to the data of experience, in the name of reason alone.
- Carl Sagan / Cosmos: Who Speaks for Earth
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
V for Vendetta
This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified.
However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
anne
testosterone + god = ingredients for war.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
I accept responsibility
It's time to change the world
Mahatma Gandhi changed the world...........
..............with non-violent, non-cooperation, non-participation.
It could work for us too.
The Way of Peace
Today's world requires us to accept the oneness of humanity. Within the context of our new interdependence, self-interest clearly lies in considering the interest of others. Many of the world's problems and conflicts arise because we have lost sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a human family.
Nearly all of us receive our first lessons in peaceful living from our mothers, because the need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. Peaceful living is about trusting those on whom we depend and caring for those who depend on us.
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the principal source of success in life. The key is to develop inner peace.
When you recognize that all beings are equal and like yourself in both their desire for happiness and their right to obtain it, you automatically feel empathy and closeness for them. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively.
I believe that we must consciously develop a greater sense of universal responsibility. We must learn to work not just for our own individual self, family or nation, but for the benefit of all mankind. Universal responsibility is the best foundation both for our personal happiness and for world peace, the equitable use of our natural resources, and, through a concern for future generations, the proper care for the environment.
.......Excerpt from a speech by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.......
The Art of Peace begins with you.......it is medicine for a sick world.......foster peace in your own life.......then apply the Art to all that you encounter.......Morihei Ueshiba.
Forgiveness is not an occasional act......it is a permanent attitude.......Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Friday, October 17, 2008
"red.estate"
i am following the presidential election closely - it may be one of the historical events of my lifetime - an african american man with foreign father possibly - probably - becoming president. a shift and a change unless every undecided voter is a closet racist.
i do not write much - i will leave images and typo ramblings - i hop.e that is ok.
thanks for the invite, peace
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
shifting paradigms
recognizing that the survival of sentient beings depends more on the spirit of female compassion and nurturing ~ than on male dominance and aggression ~ recognizing that the ability to understand and use language is the gift that bestows the greatest chances for our continued existence ~ and that the first language we learn comes from the beating heart of our mother ~ like a metronome, that sets the tempo for an orchestra ~ it creates the rhythm we follow to connect with one another throughout life ~ and these are the connections that, I believe, we depend on for sustenance ~ more so than the myth of the rugged individualist ~ let the shift begin.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Ten to the One Hundredth Power
"A Mothers' Love"
Instead of the Orwellian nightmare that is our world today......we could have something else.......we can do better.......we deserve GlobaLove Inc.
The purpose of GlobaLove Inc...... is to initiate a global paradigm shift towards the "Star Trek" world. A world where money is not necessary to "survive", a world where food, shelter, education and healthcare is a non-profit endeavor and the right of every human on the planet........a world where profit is no longer the primary goal.
It is possible to eliminate all poverty and starvation, everything is free. What that means is that if we choose to, we could move to a higher level of community by working for ourselves and the group, like a union, a union of earth people......if you're a human, you belong to the union. This union of earthlings will insure the basic human rights to food for the prevention of starvation, shelter to eliminate homelessness, education to lift us into the realm of awareness, and basic healthcare to sustain us in our difficult journey through human existance........a mothers' love. GlobaLove Incorporated will serve as The Human Union....a mothers' assurance of love for all of earths' children. The Human Union......you are a member.......everyone is a member.
I know there are many wonderful organizations that provide much needed aid to the many poor and starving unfortunate of the world but......with an estimated 30,000 people starving to death every single day.......we will have to create a union that agrees to the basic human rights that we all deserve and works to link all global aid efforts. With starvation being our primary concern, the many innocents who want only for a mouth full of food to survive will be first on our list.
GlobaLove Inc. has created GlobaLove Think Tank......we intend to create a brainstorm by linking as many minds together as we can to identify creative actions that will cascade into an unstoppable force......to initiate "Paradigm Shift."
The "Paradigm Shift" would be the optimal outcome......from the "every man for himself" world to the "one for all, all for one" world of the Three Musketeers. Of course I don't expect that to happen overnight but, if we can begin the process, the journey will begin. The primary goal is getting food to starving mouths, then we'll work on housing, education and healthcare. I would have to say that measuring our success would be reflected in how many hungry mouths we feed, how many people we can save from dying of starvation. Like a mother' love, GlobaLove Inc. wants to give what is needed......love and life. Remember your mother.......she bore you......cared for you......loved you.
Jabberwocky
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! and through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
.....Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll.....
Deadline
Good day ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls.
Citizens of the world all.
You know, we humans have lived on this planet now, depending on your viewpoint, for a number of years.
Compared to the long extinct dinosaur we have been around for only minutes but hey, the dinosaur is dead and besides, what did they know? They were never the smartest of beasts were they? They could never match our intellect nor understand, let alone equal, the amazing advances we have made in so short a space of time could they?
No, they couldn’t, they didn’t.
Why, we have Google and Yahoo and MSN.
We are, without a shadow of a doubt, the smartest mammals on this planet. The brightest of primates.
How come we keep fucking up then?
Oh, come on now, you know we do.
With all our mind boggling technological advances, with all the ground breaking medical discoveries we have made, with all our wit and wisdom we still haven’t been able to shake off our tribal instincts nor indeed the primitive urge to be King of the jungle. And boy what a jungle! We leave one jungle behind only to create another. A sophisticated network of industry and commerce that the bigger monkeys can swing from with their white collars and Mercedes mentalities. A system of living that is held together by a fragile belief in self betterment that is shackled to the society we have wrapped our selves in and kept together by the increasing pressures of need and greed.
With one flick of the switch it could all fall apart.
Of course, we have no one to blame but ourselves do we?
After all, when push comes to shove, when was the last time any of us tried to make a change?
Now do not give me that system shite.
We created the system.
We maintain the system.
We ARE the system.
And do not go blaming it on ‘them’.
You know who I mean.
Our politicians and successive governments. (They all smell the same to me.)
Isn’t it time to take responsibility for our actions, or lack of them, and stop blaming it all on some other convenient whipping boy.
Come on people, it has been one hundred thousand years since we swung down from the trees and fell in a rut.
Shouldn’t we try to climb out of that rut now?
the process
Be peace, do peaceful things, have peace.
Spread this every day, in every way.
What is our goal here? Let's make a plan of action.
Thursday of last week, a neighbour of my eighty four year old Mother's, called upon her asking for assistance. Another neighbour, bed bound and disabled was concerned that her husband hadn't responded to her calls. My Mum, along with the other neighbour wnet over to see if they could help.
They entered what appeared to be a scene from a horror film with lumps growing on the floor, cobwebs spun heavy and hanging from the ceiling. A thick coat of crease was over the kitchen surfaces and the ladies husband lay dead upon the sofa. He was eighty six and alchoholic. He lay with one eye still open as keeping watch from beyond the grave. His hands had been withered by arthritis which may have been the reason that the house was in such a mess. Even the bath had cobwebs trailing.
Ironically my Mother, a salvationist, each and every year would call upon the couple giving them a Christams gift from the Sally Army and she and her officers would ask if there was anything they could do to help. The couple always politetly thanked them but always said no.
Unbelieavably sad that even in this day and age, and with a welfare state, two people could so easily fall into such a state of dirt and decay. No one should have to live like that any more.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Just say no
Moving The Energy
In order to effect change, we must have forward movement. The energy must not stay in place, where it may appear to become static... or stagnant.
If we want to effect change, we must BE the change... in all that we say and do. If we want Peace, we must demonstrate Peace... we must BE Peace. If we want there to be equality, we must demonstrate equality in the ways that we speak and interact with our brothers and sisters. If we want prejudices to cease to exist, we must stop demonstrating prejudiced ways of thinking and speaking, living and being... in all phases of our existence, not just when it is convenient for our ever temporal, constantly changing, mindless thinking.
If you say, "I hate you," I say, "I love you." If you do not like my religion, instead of criticizing your own, or lack, thereof, I notice the color of your eyes... how beautiful the eyes of our Creator. If you think I am over weight , I feel fortunate that I am not starving, instead of focusing on your missing teeth. If I judge your moral standard, I hope you will forgive my lack of compassion towards the history that you may have lived. If I meet my brother or sister on the street, and their flame is sadly waning, I will give a little of my own, in order to rejuvenate theirs... because I have the knowledge that my own will be sustained by the Universe, as it is the law and order of things. Instead of worrying about what we don't have, let us be grateful for what we do have. Instead of worrying about what we might not have, if we lovingly sacrifice something, let us worry about what our brother or sister might need, in that very same moment.
In order to move the energy, let us first begin with ourselves, in changing our thought processes. What we give out, is what expands outwardly in the Universe, by the ripple effect... by that same token, what we allow in, is what expands in our own heart. Let us be mindful of both these things. If we allow hate in, it stirs up our own negative energy, and must be released, somehow... be a guard to the door of your own Heart. If we must release the energy, let us transform it, first... into something called Love.
Friday, October 10, 2008
What do you want from life?
To kidnap an heiress
or threaten her with a knife
What do you want from life
To get cable TV
and watch it every night
There you sit
a lump in your chair
Where do you sleep
and what do you wear
when you're sleeping
What do you want from life
An Indian guru
to show you the inner light
What do you want from life
a meaningless love affair
with a girl that you met tonight
How can you tell when you're doin' alright
Does your bank account swell
While you're dreaming at night
How do know when you're really in love
Do violins play when you're touching the one
That you're loving
What do you want from life
Someone to love
and somebody that you can trust
What do you want from life
To try and be happy
while you do the nasty things you must
Well, you can't have that, but if you're an American citizen
you are entitled to:
a heated kidney shaped pool,
a microwave oven--don't watch the food cook,
a Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of
your own home,
a king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum,
a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi,
real simulated Indian jewelry,
a Gucci shoetree,
a year's supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary's baby,
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador, a new mastodon,
a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego,
a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor,
a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck,
a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped,
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away,
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot,
or a baby's arm holding an apple?.................The Tubes.
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'universe', a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest
- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affectation for a few people near us.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Albert Einstein
Thursday, October 9, 2008
"Really?" says I, "How?"
"The Police force are being taught how to speak Polish and why should they? It is OUR country after all!"
"Look at it positively," says I, "at least they get to learn a new language and we British are pretty crap at speaking anything apart from English."
The irony of this is that the girl giving me a lift has a Grandfather who is Polish and who came to the UK during World War 2 to fight with us and live with us.
My descendents come from Ireland, London and Europe. 95% of Londoner's when DNA tested, even if they are white, have black or brown DNA.
One world. One race.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
waging world peace
Light that fuse
I think the first thing I'm gonna do is.......VOTE!
I'm tired of old white guys running this country......maybe we should give somebody else a chance.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
sorriso
from the sermon on the mount of course, and is also part of a tune by the Incredible String Band way back when
good to hear from you Oberon, be well.
Being Open To The Light ... Being The Light... Being Love...
Initiate Paradigm Shift
I invite you to share your dreams.
Be a team member of GlobaLove Inc.