The Tank Man

Where is the..........Tank Man?....................I want to thank him.

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

The Mandelbrot Set

View the Mandelbrot Set..................and see the face of God.

POW

The power of the inability
to learn a lesson is
the multiplier of
the cost to fix it.

Word

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.

~ Oscar Wilde

I Pledge Allegiance

I pledge allegiance, to the Family of Man...and to the Freedoms for which it stands...One World, indivisible...with Liberty and Justice for all.

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.

Has democracy failed?
Do we need another way?
Has the human race evolved beyond its primate primal functions?
The keepers of change have chained our thinking.
The movers and makers make our minds up.
We sit and contemplate where only art acts.

Something had better change.
Something soon.

A Modest Proposal

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout...........Jonathan Swift.

Saturn Devouring His Son

When we put profit above humanity........we are devouring our children.

"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

My Half Cents

I am very grateful for being invited on this very profound forum.

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.

"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.

Join GlobaLove Think Tank

I'm looking for......100............that's the maximum number of team members we're allowed on this website.

Join us and
share your thoughts and ideas on
how you and I can change the world.......
......................................it's time to change the world.

Notable Organizations

My latest addition to our "Notable Organizations" list is.......

.......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.

which alters when it alteration finds

Andressa Soares e Marlboro:

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.

Point departure

When I discourage myself
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.

"Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer."

Morihei Ueshiba

What you know

1500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe.

500 years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat.

And 15 minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet.

Imagine what you'll know...tomorrow..........Agent K - Men in Black.

the moon is cold and lifeless
does it contain the great heart of compassion and wisdom
even though there is no one to love or be wizened?

There is no religion on the moon

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.

Man's primitive urges will never disappear.

For reason alone

Jean Pictet, in his commentary on The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross points out the universal characteristics of humanitarianism:

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.

"…The civilization now in jeopardy is all humanity. As the ancient myth makers knew, we are children equally of the earth and sky. In our tenure of this planet, we have accumulated dangerous, evolutionary baggage -- propensities for aggression and ritual, submission to leaders, hostility to outsiders, all of which puts our survival in some doubt. We have also acquired compassion for others, love for our children, a desire to learn from history and experience, and a great, soaring passionate intelligence -- the clear tools for our continued survival and prosperity."

- Carl Sagan / Cosmos: Who Speaks for Earth

"I want to save humanity but its people that I just can't stand"

John Winston Ono Lennon

V for Vendetta

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate.

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

there won't be world peace until we get less religion and more broads in charge.


testosterone + god = ingredients for war.

I accept responsibility

I willingly take personal responsibility for every single person on this planet.......Oberon.

It's time to change the world

I know how to change the world.

Mahatma Gandhi changed the world...........
..............with non-violent, non-cooperation, non-participation.

It could work for us too.