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An Open Letter to America
Transmission, third World War, third round
A decade of the weapon of sound above ground
No Shelter if you’re looking for shade
I lick shots at the brutal charade
As the polls close like a casket, on truth devoured
A silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle monopolized
The cameras eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who [...]
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“First ten rows, class room seats
Dirty movies, twenty bucks a piece
You won’t regret it, Led Zeppelin IV
Another no show, the Gremlin roars
Don’t fear the reaper, lincoln surrenders
Jefferson, my little brother
Earth wind fire
Another f@#$in’ scalper, you owe me for this one
Another f@#$in’ scalper, you owe me for this one”
“Damone”, 16 , Zoloft Smile
Rant of the day…
I [...]
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Plugging the leaks
“I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go
I’m filling the cracks that ran through the door
And kept my mind from wandering
Where it will go”
The Beatles, “Fixing a Hole” Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
For years I’ve thought of it as ‘plugging the leaks’ and in a [...]
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At least once a season the Canucks go thru a period that makes me question my fan-ness. Not to sound like a talentless Vancouver Province sports writer who’s only trying to generate controversy, but man they sucked last night. For the last couple weeks actually. Listless, bored hockey, with few players stepping [...]
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A few things on my mind today:
Wayne Gretzky for commissioner. Why not? Chris Chelios suggested this like 3 years ago, and I don’t think I’ve heard anything about it since. Let’s look at the facts: A: Gretzky was and is probably the best ambassador hockey ever had. Perhaps [...]
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We get serviced charged up the ying yang these days. It’s a fact of life; if you don’t like it, carry cash. In my recent attempt to become more fiscally responsible, I’ve stopped using my debit card for everything and try to pay cash when I need to pay for something. I get that cash [...]
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So if you’re Canadian you’ve spent your whole life paying a larger dollar amount for printed goods than Americans do. This was never an issue, as our dollar was worth much less than the US greenback. It all worked out the same in the end. We bought our magazines for 5 dollar, [...]
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Hecklers are funny…
So if you check the comments, you’ll see two from some zero calling himself robot pope. Obviously someone with a short man complex and lack of a sex life, but it’s hard to confirm that cuz the loser doesn’t have the balls to not post anonymously. It’s pretty easy to write off donkeys like this, [...]
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Ahhhh TV… The lows, the highs…
Man…I’m starting to sound like a TV hound…
I really don’t watch that much, but I do tend to comment on things I see there occasionally. First off, due to it’s passing-a-horrible-car-wreck, aren’t-we-ridiculous-as-a-culture attraction, I was in a situation where I had to watch alot of Age of Love. Ok… do I even need [...]
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I don’t know who’s worse…the judges or the contestants, but overall what a load of crap this show is. I watched last week and this week to see the 20 finalists, and I gotta say…if this is the best that America’s got to give on the talent side, I fear greatly for the artistic [...]
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**Warning – Somewhat fluffy and self indulgent post that will tread into somewhat personal territory…don’t read it if that annoys you **
“And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks?
Would you find yourself
Find yourself afraid to see?“
Nine Inch Nails, [...]
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fas·cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-iz-uhm] – –noun
1.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
I dunno, maybe this will get me on the [...]
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Ok this guy really pisses me off. Not only is he wasting resources and time with an obviously ridiculous lawsuit, HE’S A FREAKING JUDGE!!! Has America become that Litiginous that someone who is sworn to uphold the very court system he’s possibly abusing is able to get away with suing some poor korean immigrants for [...]
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10 days between posts…Oh Noes!!
Sorry…been both busy and uninspired. I have a good soundtrack post in my head though…just need to put it down.
Regarding the playoffs, I’m over my mourning for the ‘nucks and now I’m going to go with Ottawa in 5 (purely based on the last two games…Ottawa totally has the the Sabres’ number) and the Ducks [...]
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“I’m not a loser, I’m not a dweeb…
I’m just a sucker with low self esteem“
-Offspring, Self Esteem
DAMN YOU CANUCKS!!!! ONCE AGAIN YOU REST ON YOUR LEAD AND BLOW IT!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY PICK YER SHIT UP!!
I was a fan when the Canucks sucked and Bure was screwing the team and someone [...]
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“Just the facts, ma’am. Just the facts.” – Joe Friday, Dragnet
Blogland seems to break itself into two different sectors: Citizen Journalism and OpEd. Personally, I’m an op/ed guy…everything in here is purely personal opinion, and I don’t spend much time [...]
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I don’t know if I see the point of this “Bloggers Code of Conduct” First off…who stood up and appointed you as the writing police, and secondly… what makes you think that your idea of a good community is the same as mine? And thirdly, IT’S MY BLOG!!! Why should I [...]
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…and that stands for f$& off and die, btw. This post is bound to incite a bit of reaction from my activist friends, but frankly I’m pissed off.
I understand your right to protest. Good on you…it’s needed. Personally I think by protesting the Olympics you’re being stupid and naive. And wasting your time. Do you [...]
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Apocalypse Soon?
**NOTE: It may read pessimistic, but it isn’t**
An actual conversation I had the other day with a parent I know:
ME: How’s it going?
THEM: Meh, ok…lots of death and sadness these days. What’s going on with people? Murder here, shooting there, war here, famine there. And now this crazy flu bug…
ME: So…uh…u [...]
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OK this pisses me off something fierce. It’s not brand new news, it’s from a few weeks ago, but I haven’t written about it yet. A group of local exotic dancers here in Vancouver run a little event every year to raise money for Breast Cancer research. It’s called Dancers for Cancer [...]
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